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Dedication of John Fante Square
Literary Los Angeles has been having a love affair with John Fante for awhile now, and, in glorious L.A. fashion this means free, and some not-so-free events in his honor. Last year, on the 100th anniversary of John Fante’s birth, … Continue reading
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Tagged fante
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fante tour
I’m sure Esotouric’s John Fante-based tour of L.A. is fantastic, but since no one I know has $58 to set aside for such a tour, a few months ago some friends and I decided to make our own Fante tour. … Continue reading
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Tagged angel's flight, california, downtown los angeles, fante, food, library, maps, public transit
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Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland
Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland quotes and notes to self: Not knowing yourself: “Imagine you are sitting down in a chair and on a screen before you you are shown a bloody, ripping film of yourself undergoing surgery. The surgery … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, bret easton ellis, coupland, fante, flowers, nick hornby, tom robbins
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Catastrophe in Los Angeles (quotes)
“Only catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we need them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, earthquakes, mass killings, etcetera. We can … Continue reading
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Tagged bret easton ellis, delillo, didion, fante, mike davis, nathanael west, norman m. klein
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cityscope: a compilation of obsessions
mini-book/zine i made for my friends, december 2006 ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ******
Posted in art/architecture, history/memory, language, literature, los angeles, movies/photography, music, philosophy/religion
Tagged albert speer, california, chatham, david markson, debord, delany, dictionary, didion, eliot, eternal return, fante, flowers, gaiman, hollywood, iggy pop, kundera, library, nathanael west, o'keeffe, palimpsest, park, plato, public transit, rilke, robert frost, ruins, shelley, watergate, west los angeles, woodward, woolf, yogi berra
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