Category Archives: Columnists

The Melancholy Prizefighter

Posted on September 25, 2006 by lmharnisch

Sept. 25, 1907Los AngelesMeet Joe Gans, a boxer whose name once echoed among fans of the ring now buried in the dusts of sporting history. Gans may well have been one of the finest fighters whoever lived—among sportswriters, he inspired … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Wolfe Book, Request Line XIV

Posted on April 20, 2006 by lmharnisch

I have ceased blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe uses the “Laura” format, in which the anonymous, butchered body is … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Wolfe Book, Request Line XI

Posted on April 17, 2006 by lmharnisch

I have ceased blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe uses the “Laura” format, in which the anonymous, butchered body is … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Wolfe Book, Courtesy Card

Posted on April 11, 2006 by lmharnisch

I have ceased blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe uses the “Laura” format, in which the anonymous, butchered body is … Continue reading →

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Otis Chandler Tribute

Posted on March 10, 2006 by lmharnisch

These are audio files I made of the in-house memorial to Otis Chandler (at right with his 1937 V-12 Packard, originally owned by Bette Davis), conducted March 7, 2006. These are field recordings and the audio quality isn’t great. But … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Wolfe Book, Uncle Vern

Posted on February 19, 2006 by lmharnisch

Page 24-25I was breezing along (“breezing” being a relative term in reading a book at the molecular level) when I came across this little bon mot tucked into a sentence:“Angry about the threats she was receiving if she didn’t cooperate … Continue reading →

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