01/12/06
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 A "blog" (short for "weblog") is a website containing dated entries in reverse chronological order, most recent first, authored by an individual or group. Adding material to an existing blog is called "blogging," which is performed by a "blogger." Individual articles on a blog are called "posts" or "entries." "Blogosphere" refers to the total universe of blogs.
Blogs took off in the summer of 1999, when automatic blogging software opened up the process of creating websites to those who lacked a knowledge of the codes which make clickable...
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01/11/06
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During today's lunch break, I sauntered two blocks from the office, entered a fancy casino, and plunked two bucks down on a blackjack table. Thirty seconds later, I walked out with five whole dollars clutched in my sweaty little fist.
But it hasn't always been so easy to gamble in this town.
When Riverside County's casinos were outlawed in the 1930s, private gaming clubs like the Dunes and One Thirty Nine sprung up, partly to keep Palm Springs hotels filled during the Depression. Since there was no city authority, with only one deputy sheriff who rarely visited from the county seat, townsfolk turned a blind eye toward these establishments. Everything ran smoothly as long as club owners kept the wagering out in the sparsely-inhabited desert, away from the...
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01/11/06
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"They met on the Internet—a Palm Springs, Calif., investment banker and a Mumbai-based Indian film star. They fell in love, they married. Their first child—a screenplay."
Aww. How cute. And their movie actually got made! Brad Listermann's the moneyman, and Kashmira Shah is the star. If you hurry, you might just catch them at the Film Fest.
Sigh. What a romantic story.
PS: WE ♥ U...
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01/10/06
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 [This is a new HD DVD—compatible with all players and televisions—about the first national monument created by Congressional, rather than Presidential, action. Proceeds go to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. A shorter version of this 45-minute documentary was shown once, at midnight, on a TV station in Orange County and earned five Emmy® nominations,...
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01/10/06
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Noted on latimes.com (Styles & Scenes):
"[...] Wanna hold a film festival that will draw scads of A-list stars? Simple. Just give everyone awards! [...] At the Palm Springs Gala, [David] Cronenberg's nabbing the Sonny Bono Visionary Award. But don't expect any jokes about Bono's vision not being good enough to avoid that tree on the ski slopes. [...]"
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01/10/06
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Maggie Downs is a skydiver who recently relocated to the desert. She has uploaded some amazing photos of her parachuting experiences, and she also blogs about them:
At 6,000 feet, about the same altitude at which the accident occurred, I turned and flew away from the group. I shoved my hands down by my sides, pointed my toes, and curled my shoulders forward until I shaped my body into a wing. I could feel my limbs cup the air, and I shot through the sky faster than I ever have before. Behind me, the group had kept my space open to recognize the missing man on the jump.
I deployed. After a few more seconds,...
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01/09/06
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 The longform festival runs through Monday, the 16th (accompanied by the usual top-quality blog from Julie Varnau's crew). Last summer, I attended their short-film festival and scribbled some notes on the backs of bar napkins from the Sweaty Palms Motel:
So there I am, in the Sweaty Palms cocktail lounge, knocking back my 5th or 8th
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01/09/06
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 Do you have an eye-popping Palm-Springs-related photo lying around? It's sure to be better than this example, of PSL's HQ (click thumbnail to enlarge). Send your contest entry photo (JPEG format, under 100Kb, *and* longest side less than 500 pixels) by eMail to AlanB@PalmSpringsLifeQ.com (just remove the anti-spam "Q"), and we'll publish the best ones. We'll even give you a cool PSL poster, suitable for framing!
Plus, your name (and city) will appear here—on your photo's
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01/09/06
Posted by Steven
CATHEDRAL CITY
It seduces like the sea -- a field of blue, its values changing to mimic the water’s darkest depths, undulating movement, mercurial nature. A sensual yet calculated translucency also prevails -- characteristics that also describe the artist, her gesture, and her process.
I'm in the studio of Soonja Oh Kim, who invited me to see (and ultimately write about) the abstract wall constructions she made for her solo exhibition this January at BGH Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.
In this series, "Earth and Water," Soonja takes her inspiration from land and sea. Works in rich greens and earthy browns augment the blue panels -- some single, others paired, joined by dramatically contrasting, black-painted wooden beams, which...
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01/09/06
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We want to hear from you!:
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