Sunday, November 15

TiVo lets you pause TV, not your life

TV show parties on Thursday nights are so 1990s. A decade ago people had to make sure they didn’t miss their favorite show when it came on TV so that they wouldn’t be left out of conversations discussing what the characters said or did, or be confused during the next week’s episode. Read more...



Building a Legacy

Expect to meet a revolutionary in Thom Mayne’s Santa Monica office of Morphosis Architecture. There’s nothing strange on the surface of this office ““ some interns ordering a $5 pizza, phones ringing off the hook, and cars piled up in the parking lot. Read more...



For the record

Frequenters of the Sunset Strip expect to find their live bands at exclusive clubs, not jamming for fans at the local record store. But the latter is often the scene at Sea Level Records, an independent music store owned and operated by Tod Clifford since 2002. Read more...


Soundbite

Stevie Wonder “A Time to Love” Universal Motown Group After 10 years without a new album, many artists would be calling it quits. Turns out Stevie Wonder was just biding his time. Read more...


Stars can shed eye-opening light

Celebrity activism has long been a part of American culture. From Jane Fonda’s appearance with the Viet Cong in 1971 to Kanye West’s televised rant on the president’s disaffection for black people, the famous have long embraced the role of aspiring world changer. Read more...