With assists from the music of Nada UV and flotsam and esoterica on loan from the Prelinger Archive, we stitch together a flirtatious invocation with stark archival recordings that swing from teen dating rules to moral panic to vanishing Los Angeles landmarks.
The result is a fast, strange ride that asks what humor can protect when culture gets anxious and progress starts to bulldoze memory.
• How can you be yourself without suffering for it?
• How do you pick a date, and what “counts” as a real one?
• What are the ever-evolving edicts of etiquette rules around floral arrangements
ow to say good night
• How do you say goodnight—and stick the landing?
• Angel’s Flight and Bunker Hill as symbols of heritage threatened by redevelopment
• The recurring idea that levity can be a lifeline
Note: This episode of the podcast differs significantly from the version that aired on KCHUNG Los Angeles tonight. Check out that one, too!
