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NICOLE RECOMMENDS: CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS Presents: ALICE COLTRANE'S "PTAH THE EL DAOUD" (For all you

NICOLE RECOMMENDS: A TRIBUTE TO RAY CHARLES (With no fewer than 18 featured artists including Judit

NICOLE RECOMMENDS: TONIGHT! -- REGGIE WATTS & KAREN (Watts cannot be pigeonholed, and true to form,

I thought this posting last week from Harvelle’s, our own oldest blues club in LA, was hilarious: “Dear Harvelle’s Santa ...

RIP BIG JAY MCNEELY Passed away Monday at 91, a legendary LA horn honker who helped turn R&B into R&R, ...

  OR DO I must tell you how good Dr. John Cooper Clarke was at Hotel Cafe last week, so ...

THE BELLY OF THE BEAST I girded my loins and waded in last Thursday. The natives were suspiciously friendly and ...

My 5-minute run for City Council. I got a lot of support (especially considering — per minute). Thank you all. ...

I DECIDED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. It lasted about five minutes. It was an emotional five minutes. An angry, ...