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DESCRIPTION:Legendary musician (and now City Lights author!) Ry Cooder will discuss his 
 1st book Los Angeles Stories (Oct. 2011, City Lights) with journalist 
 Lynell George at City Arts and Lectures on Wednesday Oct. 5th, 8:00 PM. A 
 book-signing will follow. \n\nLos Angeles Stories is a collection of 
 loosely linked tales that evoke a bygone era in one of America's most 
 iconic cities. In post-World War II Los Angeles, as power was concentrating 
 and fortunes were being made, a do-it-yourself culture of cool cats, 
 outsiders and oddballs populated the old downtown neighborhoods of Bunker 
 Hill and Chavez Ravine. Ordinary working folks rubbed elbows with petty 
 criminals, grifters and all sorts of women at foggy end-of-the-line 
 outposts in Venice Beach and Santa Monica.\n\nRich with the essence and 
 character of the times, suffused with patois of the city's underclass, 
 these are stories about the common people of Los Angeles, "a sunny place 
 for shady people," and the strange things that happen to them. Musicians, 
 gun shop owners, streetwalkers, tailors, door-to-door salesmen, drifters, 
 housewives, dentists and pornographers, new arrivals and hard-bitten 
 denizens all intersect in cleverly plotted stories that center around some 
 kind of shadowy activity. This quirky love letter to a lost way of life 
 will appeal to fans of hard-boiled fiction and anyone interested in the 
 city itself. \n\n\nAbout the author:\nRy Cooder is a world-famous 
 guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, interest 
 in roots music, and more recently for his collaborations with traditional 
 musicians from many countries, including The Buena Vista Social Club. He 
 has composed soundtracks for more than twenty films, including Paris, 
 Texas. Two recent albums were accompanied by stories Cooder wrote to 
 accompany the music. This is his first published collection of stories. 
 Find out more about his music, including his new album Pull Up Some Dust 
 and Sit Down at Nonesuch: \n\nhttp://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/12/18690070.php
SUMMARY:Legendary musician Ry Cooder @ City Arts & Lectures/Herbst Theater
LOCATION:Herbst Theater \n401 Van Ness Ave\nSan Francisco, California 94102\n(415) 
 621-6600
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/12/18690070.php
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