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Fanatic! I hope you’ve been well and hitting all your marks. Lots of great music happening and more to look forward to. How cool is this, new Young Prisms and Guerilla Toss albums. Can’t wait to hear these in full. Young Prisms album info. Guerilla Toss info: https://guerillatoss.bandcamp.com/album/famously-alive Our good pal and sonic ally, McGint…

Fanatic! I hope your new year is going great so far. My European tour dates canceled as one country after another fell out. I should be in Berlin right now. It’s not for me to complain, I think pretty much everyone has been put through quite a lot over the last two years. New Sweet Knives is moving out! Did you get your copy of the new Boris album …

Fanatic! I’m glad we’re still here. I hope you had a good time over the last week. It’s something having shows directly on the holiday, two in a row. I don’t know what you’re up to this weekend and don’t know if you’ll even have a chance to check out this show until later in the week or month but I hope you do! A great mix of tunes we have lined up…

Fanatic! I hope you’re having a good time today, wherever you are. Until next year, hang in there and STAY FANATIC!!! –– Henry

Fanatic. I hope you had a great music filled week. I’ve been listening to a Sun Ra album a night. I look forward to it all day. The excellent Outer Battery label has just released a new Fake Names 7” in four color variants. I checked out the test pressing last night. Sounds great. MOD Con from Australia are really great. I’m digging both albums big…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. Here are some records you might like. The new MOD CON album Modern Condition is really good. TV Smith and Richard Strange are going to formally release their track Don’t Panic England. New Boris album called W. Boris Reincarnation Rose 12”. I like this Nicfit album. I just pre-ordered the new VUM album. I liste…

Fanatic. Happy December. As you know, vinyl production has slowed and often it takes a long time to get a record you ordered. I finally got a chance to hear the new Grouper album Shade on vinyl. I think it’s really good. There are so many records I’m waiting on! Hard to be patient. Below is our gathering of tunes. Please enjoy and stay fanatic. –– …

Fanatic! I hope you survived the last few days. I had a sandwich and some Gatorade I bought the night before at a grocery store. Great records I’ve heard lately: MOD CON - Modern Condition Bat Fangs - Queen Of My World Screensaver - Expressions Of Interest Alien Nosejob - Paint It Clear Delivery - new songs We have a great show for you tonight. A g…

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So often architecture is associated with high price custom homes and fancy institutional buildings.But many designers are also helping shape the city with pro bono work for nonprofits in less affluent neighborhoods. One in the news recently is the Campus For At-Risk Children in Watts being designed by Frank Gehry.And unveiled Saturday – with a cele…

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Berliners are facing many of the same challenges as Angelenos in terms of affordable living space, as well as coming to grips with changing family structure; but, they have come up with an intriguing solution. Baugruppen, meaning building groups, are cohousing communities where you choose who you want to live alongside and then split the costs of d…

While in Berlin, DnA’s producer Caroline Chamberlain visited the world’s first board game cafe called Spielwiese. She met with the designers of some games dealing with some very German challenges. “Cool am Pool” is a board game coming soon by Hartwig Jakubik that has players compete over the best places by the pool. Caroline learns how it works and…

Frank Lloyd Wright’s first L.A. commission, the Hollyhock House, opens once more to the public after a lengthy restoration. Alan Hess, an architect and preservationist who has written five books on Frank Lloyd Wright, talks about why he can’t wait for the building’s opening and what we can learn from Frank Lloyd Wright today.…

Everything Talks let us know what our objects really think. In this episode Tom Saunders channels a paper and a Wholefoods reusable bag bickering over who killed the plastic bag. Shockingly, however, "plasty" makes a comeback.Door KCRW: DnA

Huntington Beach approved a reusable bag ordinance last month. Channel 2 reports, while many agree with the goal to cut down on the 123 thousand tons of discarded plastic bags in the state every year, a lot of residents in HB are hot under the collar that the ban wasn’t put on the ballot. They say if the city is worried about the beaches, they shou…

Kristina Wong meets a porn star.Door KCRW

Bobcat Goldthwait tells a couple of stories about his friend Tony.Door KCRW

Brendon Small tries to stay sober at a metal festival.Door KCRW

Chris Garcia remembers the confrontation between his sweet old dad, and a sweet former gangbanger.Door KCRW

How did Christian Duguay wind up handcuffed in his own apartment? He explains.Door KCRW

Giulia Rozzi compares the pros and cons of an open relationship.Door KCRW

Jamie Lee goes on spring break.Door KCRW

A teenage Jay Larson takes a limo to Hampton Beach and winds up rich.Door KCRW

Ken Reid encounter a machete and a snake.Door KCRW

Kim Coles talks about a phone conversation with Bill Cosby that she'll never forget.Door KCRW

Kurt Braunohler talks about the worst thing he ever did on a date.Door KCRW

Matt Jones reveals the lie he told "The Gilmore Girls," and how it got him his first job in show business.Door KCRW

Mike White talks about "getting the help he needs" before appearing on "The Amazing Race" with his dad.Door KCRW

Rick Glassman tries out a speech he's going to deliver to his old high school.Door KCRW

Steven Yeun talks about family, love and punishment.Door KCRW

Thomas Lennon goes to New Orleans and buys a new sex toy.Door KCRW

Andy Daly explains how he wound up on a bus with a rollerblading hip-hop mime.Door KCRW