Nat Faxon

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp visits a survey at CSUN and at Edward Cella’s Gallery.

Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson talks Grammy wins with "Black Panther" and Childish Gambino.

Director Adam McKay on the history and heart of former Vice President Dick Cheney in "Vice".

This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I appear on an obscure talk show on CSPAN one time, get recognized the next day by one person, and think I’m now a famous person who will…

Mary Ruefle reads the entirety of her glorious and gruesome essay about shrunken heads, the title essay in her book My Private Property.

Edward Goldman talks about recuperating from all the crowded art fairs in LA with quiet visits to exhibitions across town.

This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I talk about how part of watching a movie or television show is about shopping, for clothes and home decor and maybe even friends.

A writer of ten novels in French, Holy Lands is the first novel by Amanda Sthers to appear in English, translated by herself.

Tosh Berman’s memoir,  Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World , is a depiction of culture brought into Los Angeles from the rest of the world: reinvented to be here.