by Dino-Ray Ramos | Nov 5, 2025 | Culture, Entertainment, Music, TV
Since the news of MTV downsizing its music channels and basically phasing out the foundation on which it was based, I’ve been thinking about all of us who were raised on the cable channel and the cultural impact it has had. From the moment MTV aired the music video...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Nov 4, 2025 | Dossier, Featured, Music
The almighty algorithm put this video of legends Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt singing Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” on The Late Show with David Letterman on March 24, 1999: It’s one of Young’s best songs...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Oct 28, 2025 | Dossier, Music
🎶 The radio plays our favorite song 🎶 And it’s what keeps me holding on 🎵 Baby, do you miss me 🎵 Now that I’m gone 🎶 Picture it: you’re at the club in the ’90s and this song comes on. You rush to the dance floor in your halter top and bootcut...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Oct 21, 2025 | Dossier
Odetta was not only a musical artist, but she was also a formative voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1930 and raised in Los Angeles, Odetta Holmes combined her classical training and a deep sense of purpose to her brand of folk, blues,...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Oct 21, 2025 | Calendar
Have you celebrated Filipino American History Month? If not, there’s still plenty of time! If you need a place to celebrate, might I suggest Filipino AF at the Upright Citizens Brigade in LA on October 22! Filipino AF is a comedy variety show of improv, sketch,...
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