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KCRW's The Urban Man

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Every week, The Urban Man sets out to fathom Los Angeles: its mystery, its poetry, and its beautiful conundrums. Along the way, he often gets personally involved with his subject and fraternizes with the natives.


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Not the Messiah
Like millions around the world, I was a tad disappointed on Inauguration Day. It was that downbeat speech, the man's refusal to assume the mantle of Messiah, or even flat-outpromise me a better world. I had anticipated the announcement of a newera or at least a fiery dawn. I had expected a Google-Earth zoom out toglobal truths......

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[ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Reasonableness
It’s the night before the inauguration, and like many Americans, the Urban Man has gone to dwell briefly in the 18th century. You remember the 18th Century: enlightenment, rationality, the belief in progress and common purpose—all things lately out of fashion....

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[ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Getting Real
Last week, the Urban Man attempted to spend a whole day gettingreal. No kidding: I tried to devote a full 24 hours to looking lifeboldly in the eye. I meant to stop dodging issues, deluding myself, orignoring bills stuffed in drawers. I intended not to duck hard facts,even if they hit me square on the forehead......

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[ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


The Necessary Bureaucracy
Tonight I want to tell you about the kiss of a beautiful woman. It was,I assure you, exquisite. But first we have a little bureaucracy tocomplete......

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[ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


The Necessary Bureaucracy
Tonight I want to tell you about the kiss of a beautiful woman. It was,I assure you, exquisite. But first we have a little bureaucracy tocomplete......

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[ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


2009: Not as Bad as You Think
Once again, it’s time to announce my highly-anticipated predictions for the coming year. Once again, the Urban Man has been chatting up leading psychics and diligently caucusing with unnamed sources......

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[ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:56:00 EST ]


2009: Not as Bad as You Think
Once again, it’s time to announce my highly-anticipated predictions for the coming year. Once again, the Urban Man has been chatting up leading psychics and diligently caucusing with unnamed sources......

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[ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:56:00 EST ]


A Watch for the Urban Man
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[ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


A Watch for the Urban Man
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[ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Warming Up 4th and Main
Again the other night, the Urban Man headed out to help warm updowntown L.A. Like many downtowns around the country, ours is a big,cold place after dark– so as usual, it required some thousands of Angelenos to get it done......

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[ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Warming Up 4th and Main
Again the other night, the Urban Man headed out to help warm updowntown L.A. Like many downtowns around the country, ours is a big,cold place after dark– so as usual, it required some thousands of Angelenos to get it done......

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[ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Warming Up L.A. Live
Once I heard Kevin Starr, the great California historian, say a remarkable thing about L.A. He said, "Now that we've poured all this concrete, we have to learn to love concrete." And I remember thinking, "Yes! What a noble request to make of the human spirit. After all, here in L.A. someone is always building something large and cold and ugly. And surely, it's our job to go out and warm these structures up, not just with our bodies and our cash, but our affections."...

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[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Warming Up L.A. Live
Once I heard Kevin Starr, the great California historian, say a remarkable thing about L.A. He said, "Now that we've poured all this concrete, we have to learn to love concrete." And I remember thinking, "Yes! What a noble request to make of the human spirit. After all, here in L.A. someone is always building something large and cold and ugly. And surely, it's our job to go out and warm these structures up, not just with our bodies and our cash, but our affections."...

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[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


The Tree of Numbers
Recently, while working his day job, the Urban Man almost set off yetanother global financial crisis. Really. All because of cell H33 onpage 5 of a spreadsheet I was constructing......

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[ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


The Tree of Numbers
Recently, while working his day job, the Urban Man almost set off yetanother global financial crisis. Really. All because of cell H33 onpage 5 of a spreadsheet I was constructing......

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[ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Out Looking for the Spark
Last week I got a little depressed. Yes, it happens even to the mostdedicated Angeleno. Maybe it was a post-election depression or maybe itwas part of the upcoming global depression…in any case, I needed to access The Spark of Life......

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[ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Out Looking for the Spark
Last week I got a little depressed. Yes, it happens even to the mostdedicated Angeleno. Maybe it was a post-election depression or maybe itwas part of the upcoming global depression…in any case, I needed to access The Spark of Life......

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[ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Last View of Atlantis
Wasn't it a shame that just before Athens fell, nobody snapped any pictures…or okay, made a few sketches? I mean, wouldn't it be great to see how the Acropolis actually looked? The Roman Colosseum? The Colossus of Rhodes?......

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[ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


The New World
Just after the election, I read a quote from a woman in France whosaid, "I think America is re-becoming a new world." All week long thatphrase rang musically in the ear of the Urban Man as he went lookingfor the new world right here in L.A.......

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[ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Standing at the Edge, Part II
I don't know about you, but tonight the Urban Man feels ten monthspregnant. I'm lying here with a strangely distended belly, waitinghelplessly for the birth of a new world......

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[ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


Standing at the Edge
I don't know about you, but even though the world is coming to an end,I haven't yet noticed any despair on the streets. The people I run intoseem curiously upbeat, in fact unusually free with their smiles. Newvitality has entered social gatherings. A strange optimism. Maybethat's because every time one world ends, another begins, and whoknows—the next world might be better......

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[ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:00 EST ]


Mastering 'It'
Mastering 'It'...

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[ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


Evading Mere Logic
Here in L.A., we're good at evading logic. Usually this only requires high production values and snappy dialog. I mean, if the explosions are big enough, the audience will forget that the car ran out of gas before the last commercial break. Give the hero a black leather trench coat, and no one will realize that he could have, you know, gone to the police three scenes back. And yes, if the lyrics of her song are well-phrased, no one will notice that the heroine has no way of actually supporting ...

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[ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


The Palace of Distraction
Like most Americans, the Urban Man tries to stay as distracted as possible throughout his day. There's coffee, there's YouTube, there's email, blogs, Brittany, Brad, Hillary, Barack, and Angelina. And if all that fails...which it never does...there's the ceaseless reconfiguration of my digital devices... ...

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[ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


Spring Flu
Last week, when the world financial system got a spring flu, so did the Urban Man. I also found myself in bed, one moment spiking 104, the next shaking with chills. I also tuned in the BBC at 3 a.m. and fell prey to fever dreams. The markets got a $200 billion shot from Ben Bernanke. Me, I made do with over-the-counter drugs... ...

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[ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


An Unwelcome Revelation
Every now and then the truth leaks out. You know, the way the universe is really organized. Maybe you knew it all along, or maybe you suspected it long ago. Still, when you accidentally hear the inner ticking of the gears or glimpse the secret action of the levers, the mind does tend to reel... ...

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[ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


Not for Everyone
It's not easy to get attention at a social gathering in this town. Each of us has his own virtues and agendas to discuss, but we have to wait impatiently through the virtues and agendas of others. The Urban Man, however, has one no-fail way to engage even an Angeleno's full interest... ...

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[ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:44:00 +0000 ]


Figuring the Value-Add
People like to say that Angelenos are materialistic, but it's not true. Actually, we're far more sophisticated than we at first appear, and we deal in currencies far subtler than dollars or real estate or jewels. For example, we know the exact price of a wry look, a happy nod, a returned call, a moment in the sun. We know the precise rate of exchange for clout, juice, shimmy and, of course, lunch reservations... ...

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[ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


Fighting Peter Pan
Fighting Peter Pan...

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[ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


Wild Thing
Wild Thing...

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[ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]

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