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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 ]


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 ]


The Serengeti of Expectations
This Thursday is Valentine's Day, but because my mate believes that romance should be spontaneous, we have made no reservations. With reservations, she says, come expectations. With expectations, comes disappointment. Love, claims the Mate of the Urban Man, requires sudden adventure and hot, sweet surprise. So again this year, we'll simply head into the glittery night, and see what turns up... ...

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[ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


The Real Thing
Every day it may get harder to separate the real from the dramatic, the genuine from the theatrical, the costumes and lights from the heartfelt McCoy. But even here in L.A., we crave authenticity. We don't want knock-offs, we want Diors; not just directors, but auteurs; not mere relationships, but sometimes, by G-d, marriage... ...

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[ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


My Old Friend Marcus Martialis
Like many Americans, the Urban Man often worries about Rome. Not the modern Rome, but the ancient Rome---as in, "Will America suffer a similar fate. Will our empire fall to barbarians or zealots." ...

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[ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


Little Paper Masks
All last week, the Urban Man was having his hardwood floors refinished; so today, my listeners have every right to expect some amusing tales. You know: The dust. The fumes. The language barrier with the workers. And yes, I've already milked the topic in social settings. For example, I have some great shtick about the arguments with my wife... ...

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[ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


Predictions for 2008
While most of the city whoops it up tonight, the Urban Man will be closeted with leading psychics and well-known experts so I can complete my predictions for Greater L.A. in 2008. I know that everyone from politicians to financiers have come to depend on this forecast, which has always proven just as accurate as they expected... ...

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[ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:44:00 +0000 ]


Like an Unexpected Thing
Tonight, as the Urban Man goes hurtling toward a holiday party on the westside of Los Angeles, he again finds himself looking for metaphors of redemption. As usual, I ignore the tinseled displays, outlined houses, and giddy malls. Not for me the rhythms and candles of the season... ...

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[ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:44:00 +0000 ]

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