music

Rock of the '80s

If you are of a certain age and spent any part of your younger years in SoCal, you may have been very familiar with Jed the Fish. If your music […]

image of highway sign: " Exit 244 Twin Peaks Rd 1 1/4 miles"

Honoring the creator David Lynch, who passed away on January 15 at the age of 78. The Big Dream by David Lynch [Music CD], 2013 The third and final studio […]

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It’s October 25: World Pasta Day–Celebrate! While you slurp your spaghetti or fork up fusilli, check out some titles you can get from the library to enjoy (sauce on the […]

A record store in the palm of your hands! See what you find on hoopla!

Those who grew up with record stores like Tower Records, Penny Lane Records, and many other smaller music shops will probably remember how fun it was to browse through the […]

Color image of Eddie Van Halen in shirt and jacket, with long hair. Image dates from 1993 by Alan Light, used under CC by 2.0 license from wikimedia.

Eddie Van Halen was born in Amsterdam in 1955; his family left the Netherlands in 1962 and settled in Pasadena. Eddie grew up here, attended Pasadena High School and Pasadena […]

Wooden sign with "Hope" painted on it over a bouquet of yellow daisies. Hope by Gedalya AKA David Gott, used under CC 2.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Inspired in part by our One City One Story Summer Selection, Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts, and its story around The Wizard of Oz  and in part by the struggles we share […]