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PublisherRare Bird Books

ISBN-101942600712

ISBN-139781942600718

eBay Product ID (ePID)219442580

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Book TitleLos Angeles in the 1970s : Weird Scenes inside the Goldmine

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), General, Essays

GenreTravel, Social Science, Literary Collections, History

AuthorJohn Densmore

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsFinalist for the Foreword INDIES award for Best Anthology 2016 "The book doesn't merely look at the sexy components of Los Angeles history, either ? it engages with issues of rape, feminism, race relations, labor movements and more."? LA Weekly "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Nope, not talking about France during the Revolution. We're talking about Los Angeles...in the 1970s."?KPCC's "Take Two" One of Angel's Flight Magazine's Best Books of 2016, "The book doesn't merely look at the sexy components of Los Angeles history, either - it engages with issues of rape, feminism, race relations, labor movements and more."- LA Weekly "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Nope, not talking about France during the Revolution. We're talking about Los Angeles...in the 1970s."-KPCC's "Take Two" One of Angel's Flight Magazine's Best Books of 2016, Finalist for the Foreword INDIES award for Best Anthology 2016 "The book doesn't merely look at the sexy components of Los Angeles history, either -- it engages with issues of rape, feminism, race relations, labor movements and more."? LA Weekly "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Nope, not talking about France during the Revolution. We're talking about Los Angeles...in the 1970s."--KPCC's "Take Two" One of Angel's Flight Magazine's Best Books of 2016, Finalist for the Foreword INDIES award for Best Anthology 2016 "The book doesn't merely look at the sexy components of Los Angeles history, either -- it engages with issues of rape, feminism, race relations, labor movements and more."-- LA Weekly "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Nope, not talking about France during the Revolution. We're talking about Los Angeles...in the 1970s."--KPCC's "Take Two" One of Angel's Flight Magazine's Best Books of 2016

Table Of Content1 -- Introductionby David Kukoff5 -- L.A. Woman Reduxby John Densmore11 -- What Needed Screwing Got Screwedby Luis J. Rodriguez17 -- Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney to the Z-Boysby Joe Donnelly29 -- Snake vs. Wolfby Chip Jacobs53 -- March 1974by Dana Johnson61 -- From the Desert to the Sea: First Encounters with Los Angelesby Deanne Stillman73 -- Hamburgers, Hemorrhages, and Haute Cuisineby Lynne Friedman87 -- The Making of a (Tennis) Playerby Joel Drucker101 -- Ritam Bhara Pragyaby Howard Gewirtz 115 -- "Me? I've Got a Pilot."by Ken Levine123 -- Shitty Lead Guitarist Takes California by Stormby Geza X135 -- Merging Worlds: Los Angeles, 1979by Mitch Schneider143 -- I was an Illegal?by Jillian Franklyn151 -- Bright Lights, B-Cityby Bruce Ferber163 -- Last Button on the Left: The Late, Great Z Channelby Matthew Specktor169 -- Heart of Dorkness: How Dr. Demento Saved my Bony, White Assby Michael Lazarou183 -- For Nowby Lynell George197 -- Borrowing Sugarby Susan Hayden203 -- It was Fun While it Lasted: Scientology, est, High Times, and Higher Learning at Uni Highby David Kukoff237 -- Cruising Van Nuys Boulevardby Rick McCloskey253 -- The Notre Dame Killerby Anthony Davis and Jeremy Rosenberg265 -- The Day Three Chicanos Died by Del Zamora271 -- Snapshots: Seventies Performance Art in LAby Erica Lyons and Debra Wacks281 -- Running for City Council in the 1970sby Joy Picus289 -- Just an Ordinary Girlby Samantha Geimer297 -- Johnny Wadd: Originsby Bob Chinn309 -- The Snake and Bake Murderby Steve Hodel331 -- A Few, Mostly True, Things About LAby Jim Natal335 -- When Reality was a Joke: the Making of Albert Brooks' Real Life (1979)by Tom Teicholz

SynopsisWith the tragic and bloody ending to the optimistic 1960s in Los Angeles's fabled hills, the 1970s became a defining decade in the city. Marked by the Manson murders, rampant inflation, and recession, the decade seemed to usher in a gritty and unsightly reality. The city of glitz and glamour overnight became the city of smog and traffic, a cultural and environmental wasteland. Los Angeles in the 1970s was a complex and complicated city with local cultural touchstones that rarely made it near the silver screen. In Los Angeles in the 1970s , LA natives, transplants, and escapees talk about their personal lives intersecting with the city during a decade of struggle. From The Doors' John Densmore seeing the titular L.A. Woman on a billboard on Sunset, to Deanne Stillman's twisting path from Ohioan to New Yorker to finally finding her true home as an Angeleno, to Chip Jacobs' thrilling retelling of the snake in the mailbox attempted murder, to Anthony Davis recounting his time as Notre Dame Killer and USC football hero, and Samantha Geimer discussing the timbre of Los Angeles in the time leading up to her assault at the hands of Roman Polanski, these are stories of the real Los Angeles--families trying to survive the closing of factories, teens cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, the Chicano Moratorium that killed three protestors, the making of a porn legend. Los Angeles in the 1970s is a love letter to the sprawling and complicated fabric of a Los Angeles often forgotten and mostly overlooked. Welcome to the Gold Mine., With the tragic and bloody ending to the optimistic 1960s in Los Angeles's fabled hills, the 1970s became a defining decade in the city. Marked by the Manson murders, rampant inflation, and recession, the decade seemed to usher in a gritty and unsightly reality. The city of glitz and glamour overnight became the city of smog and traffic, a cultural and environmental wasteland. Los Angeles in the 1970s was a complex and complicated city with local cultural touchstones that rarely made it near the silver screen. In Los Angeles in the 1970s , LA natives, transplants, and escapees talk about their personal lives intersecting with the city during a decade of struggle. From The Doors' John Densmore seeing the titular L.A. Woman on a billboard on Sunset, to Deanne Stillman's twisting path from Ohioan to New Yorker to finally finding her true home as an Angeleno, to Chip Jacobs' thrilling retelling of the "snake in the mailbox" attempted murder, to Anthony Davis recounting his time as "Notre Dame Killer" and USC football hero, and Samantha Geimer discussing the timbre of Los Angeles in the time leading up to her assault at the hands of Roman Polanski, these are stories of the real Los Angeles--families trying to survive the closing of factories, teens cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, the Chicano Moratorium that killed three protestors, the making of a porn legend. Los Angeles in the 1970s is a love letter to the sprawling and complicated fabric of a Los Angeles often forgotten and mostly overlooked. Welcome to the Gold Mine.