Welcome to issue 11 as we move forward into 2020 with the February/March issue. On our cover, power couple Larry and Luisa Dunn of LDO are featured. We interview the original Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist/composer Larry Dunn about his career in the article titled “The Man with the Sound.” […]
After launching our first print issue in 2014, we’ve put out two special editions and two collector’s issues; and for what seemed liked the popup magazine, a total of nine regular print issues from October 2017 through December 2019. For the New Year, we are proud to release Issue #10 […]
The jazz-fusion community mourns the loss of radio personality Tony Palkovic from KSPC Claremont 88.7 FM, who for 30 years hosted a unique radio show that featured legendary musicians, including Allan Holdsworth, Larry Coryell, Bunny Brunel, Joe Zawinul, Stanley Clarke, Brian Auger, and countless others. “Tony was a huge supporter […]
Happy holidays Agenda readers. This issue is filled with nourishment to feed the season. Issue 9 features three holiday movies: Abominable – a children’s animation; Black Christmas – a horror movie; and Last Christmas – a romance. Last Christmas was written by Emma Thompson, directed by Paul Feig, and inspired […]
Kiki Ebsen performed her one-woman show and multi-media theater production To Dad with Love: A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen at the Theater West on Friday September 6, 2019. It was evident on her premier that show business has always been in her blood as she wore several hats that evening, not […]
“I don’t believe when I was an ‘ingenue,’ that I ever got to say words that were written by a woman. It was always written by an older man, who imagined what a pretty girl wanted to talk about.” Lea Thompson is perhaps best known for her role as the […]
Bunny Brunel’s CAB performed to a sold out crowd at the famous Baked Potato in Studio City on August 17, 2019. The lineup that evening featured Bunny Brunel (fretless), Virgil Donati (drums), Dennis Hamm (keys) Alex Sill (guitar), and Kaylene Peoples (flute/vocals). From the very first note the audience was treated to music that rocked the house.
Funny, I was coining the phrase tent dress every time I ran across someone wearing a muumuu, not realizing that the tent dress is in a category all its own. These two styles, including the Kaftan, which is another free-flowing dress style are similar in a lot of ways but different in others.
I thought about Lucille Ball. I know her show was in the 50s and women were expected to be the homemakers. Just look at her costume: an age appropriate dress, always below the knees, an apron, sometimes culottes, and trousers. Ricky always came home to a clean house and a cooked meal, well most of the time when Lucy wasn’t making mischief or pulling off one of her many antics.
Now I don’t subscribe to the view of hiding in baggy clothes or gym clothes until I lose the desired weight. In fact, I think it is better if I feel good about myself while I’m in the process of getting fit. But the challenge has always been finding flattering clothing when I’m in-between sizes—and it’s slim pickings out there!
