Patt Morrison for Thursday, April 21, 2011

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 21, 2011

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:19

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1:21:30 – 1:39

Most controversial piece of Geffen graffiti show might be outside the museum

The Geffen Contemporary (MOCA) hoped to turn heads with its “Art in the Streets” show, which opened this month and chronicles the evolution of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the current global movement in cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Sao Paulo. But more controversial than the exhibit itself may be the alleged tagging it’s attracted in the surrounding Little Tokyo neighborhood. The LAPD reports a significant uptick in graffiti and vandalism in the neighborhood, prompting the installation of surveillance cameras. Police officers worry the exhibit is drawing taggers who might be wanted on vandalism charges elsewhere, as well as two Frenchmen detained and released Friday after authorities caught them with buckets of grout and tile. Critics of the exhibit say it’s just a liberal elite glorifying graffiti and vandalism while enthusiasts hope it sends a message to young artists that if “you harness your talent, you can be in a museum one day.” Can illegal graffiti also have artistic value; is it art or urban blight?

 

Guests:

Man One, a street artist who runs Crewest art gallery in downtown Los Angeles

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Heather MacDonald, contributing editor of City Journal and the John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.  She is the author most recently of “Radical Graffiti Chic” about how , “sponsored by L.A.’s aristocracy, the Museum of Contemporary Art’s new show celebrates vandalism.”

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1:41:30 – 1:58:30

OPEN

 

 

2:06 – 2:19

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz lays out the numbers

The nation’s credit outlook dims … the housing market is still bumpy … multinationals send jobs overseas … is this the new status quo? Are we reaping the results of a financial whirlwind decades long? Nobel Laureate and Columbia University economics professor Joseph Stiglitz gives the government's efforts to deal with “The Great Recession” a bad grade and voices his warnings about the growing federal deficit and debt and weighs in on the various budget fixes being touted by Republicans and Democrats.

 

PATT: Professor Stiglitz is speaking this afternoon at 4pm at the Burkle Center at UCLA as part of their Distinguished Speaker Series.

 

Guest:

Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Columbia University economics professor; he served on and later chaired President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers and was also chief economist at the World Bank; his latest book is Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.

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2:30 – 2:39

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2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Pollack pens the pun for fun

Some people are “pun people” (pun intended), and others roll their eyes at puns as tomfoolery.  Whichever side you’re on, John Pollack writes in The Pun Also Rises that puns are experiencing a “pun renaissance” in our culture and are a part of virtually every language spoken.  Who better than a former presidential speechwriter and winner of the 1995 O. Henry World Championship Pun-Off to discuss the role puns play all around us in movie titles, news headlines, and billboard ads? Pollock joins Patt to explain how puns can make you smarter, how puns have impacted the development of human language and language creativity, and ultimately why, after years of existence, puns still matter.

 

Guest:

John Pollack, author of The Pun Also Rises

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