This was an unsettling year, not just for me, of course, but for anyone concerned about the state of the arts and politics at the federal and civic level. Throughout 2010, my creative output was scattershot at best, waylaid by a seemingly never-ending series of personal and professional setbacks, many of which I wrote about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Mailander’
Witness L.A. Pays Witness Again
Posted: November 30, 2010 by Rodger Jacobs in Las Vegas Sun, Le Journaliste ColoreTags: books, Celeste Fremon, David Ulin, Joseph Mailander, Las Vegas Sun, Los Angeles Times, New Homeless, Rodger Jacobs, Street Hassle, Witness L.A., writers, writing
A few days ago I updated my friend Celeste Fremon on the latest and she, in kind, updated the rest of the L.A. community who frequent her well-worth-reading web presence. Celeste is a damn fine journalist, scholar, and journalism instructor and is a recognized, passionate advocate for social justice, so her interest in my story should come as no surprise [...]
Mailander on Ulin
Posted: June 19, 2010 by Rodger Jacobs in Hideous Music and the Sound of Many ShotgunsTags: books, David Ulin, Joseph Mailander, Los Angeles Times, reading, writers, writing
I held off on expressing any commentary on David Ulin’s step-down as editor of the L.A. Times’ greatly-diminished Book Review because I was certain that our friend Joseph Mailander would have a say-so on the subject. He did not disappoint: Of interest: the presumption is made by editors all across town, even ones that [...]
Mailander in the L.A. Weekly
Posted: March 12, 2010 by Rodger Jacobs in Breakdown on Paradise RoadTags: Griffith Park, Joseph Mailander, LA Weekly, Los Angeles
Our friend Joseph Mailander has another by-line in the L.A. Weekly. Read “A Nervous Rec” about the L.A. City Council’s plans to help resolve the budget crisis in the metropolis by the sea by slashing funding for the Department of Recreation and Parks, which is the most ridiculous proposal I’ve heard in a long time, [...]
Headlines and Deadlines
Posted: February 20, 2010 by Rodger Jacobs in Hideous Music and the Sound of Many ShotgunsTags: David Martinon, Joseph Mailander, Los Angeles, The Consul, writers, writing
Did you know that Joseph Mailander is a personal friend of David Martinon, the Consul General of France in Los Angeles? How cool is that, to have you own Consul? I wonder if tequila is his liquor of choice? He looks more like a Modelo kind of guy to me Ahhh, the life of a [...]
