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Sacred Nest Egg
Five magazines from the late-1980s and early 90’s are dusted off for examination. They left the newsstands,
but not our hearts.
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Herald-Examiner
1955 - 1964 -
Los Angeles Times Home
1939 - 1985 -
Los Angeles Times West
1966 - 1972 -
Los Angeles Magazine
1962 - 2005
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Melody Maker
1968 - 1997 -
New Musical Express
1964 - 1997 -
New York Rocker
1977 - 1981 -
Rock and Roll Archive
1960s - 1980s
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Los Angeles Free Press
1966 - 1976 -
Action World
1970 - 1971 -
Village Voice
1968 - 1971
From the Sunset Strip to West Hollywood, and back.
Now it can be told; the true story of The Phone Booth, LA’s most famous and aesthetically pleasing topless bar, as well as the favorite watering hole of The Lizard King himself, Jim Morrison.
See which way the wind blows, and enjoy free access to the salacious story. You don’t pay a penny.
The Phone Booth
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After Dark
1969-1980 -
Charlie
1968-1970
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Los Angeles Times Midwinter archive
1911-1960 -
Exploitation Film archive
1960-1980
Architecture Archive
Modernism, Brutalism, or Futurism. Whichever you fancy, the archive contains material from three leading architects, digitized from various out-of-print books.
It was said that by the late 1950s, there was no specific Los Angeles city magazine.
On the heels of two other city magazines folding (Fortnight and Script), came the Southern California Prompter — referred to by the cats as simply, “Prompter”. Founded by David Ral Brown, the city-oriented publication changed its name in 1961 to Los Angeles Magazine.
Focus on Wonderland / Directed by Hawley Lawrence
The December 1969 issue of Los Angeles Magazine looks at "Los Angeles: Focus on Wonderland". The short promo was made for United Airlines by Filmfair Studios in Studio City.
The production house produced ads for a variety of companies including Goodyear ("Woman Stranded/No Man") and Procter & Gamble.
The United Airlines promo featured Bob Beck and Judy Rockley. Beck taught acting for a few years and worked with Merrick Pictures on Vine St.
He was reportedly going to appear in Guess What Happened to Count Dracula? (1970), though his name is not in the credits. Judy Rockley had one or two minor screen credits to her name, but was busier as a model for the Flair Agency.
She appeared in the January 1965 issue of Los Angeles Times Home magazine on their carpet and rug installation section. In addition to household appliances, Rockley modeled for automobile companies.
A 1967 sales brochure for AMC was more than impressed, "blonde from Los Angeles by the name of Judy Rockley , is far prettier than any cougar (animal or and clad in a gold - lame , mini - skirted tracksuit , will help introduce the Javelin in New York City later this month..."
