INSIDE THIS ISSUE Horoscopes ........................................................... 2 Now Streaming ...................................................... 2 Puzzles ................................................................... 4 TV Schedules ......................................................... 5 “Morning Glory” “Dirty John” is Time’s up for Top 10 ................................................................... 6 6 shines bright 7 back on television 7 HBO’s “Watchmen” Home Video .......................................................... 7 May 30 - June 5, 2020 ‘Laurel Canyon’- How it became the epicenter of musical creativity BY GEORGE DICKIE “Artists from the New York scene were just coming “Obviously, the Troubadour was a huge Grand They may have come for the cheap living but they out west to a change of pace,” explains Alison Central place for all of these artists,” Ellwood says. stayed for the creative musical atmosphere of “Laurel Ellwood (“Story of the Eagles”), the film’s director, “You know, Glenn would hang out there just to meet Canyon.” “and then they all started coming and they all started people and learn about the business. ... And he was Airing consecutive Sundays beginning May 31, the gathering there. And they would say, ‘Where are you not just a great musician and singer/songwriter but so-named two-part EPIX documentary uses archival living?’ and next thing you know, people were just he was a very savvy business guy, which a lot of them interviews and footage to tell how the rural enclave – you know, I think David Crosby says it first: ‘There were not at that time. ... But you know, Glenn had a in the Hollywood Hills outside Los Angeles became were just a few of us. Next thing you knew, there were vision and a dream and set about making it happen home to a laundry list of some of the most influential like 30 or 50 and it became a real scene then.’ ... ... and he did. He hooked up with Don and Don signed and famous names of 1960s and ‘70s music, among Artists were around and supporting one another so it up and off they went and really took it to the next them the Eagles, the Doors, The Mamas & the Papas, was a very conducive environment for creativity.” level.” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, the Byrds, The stories in the documentary are pure meat and And then there are stories of the coupling and Bonnie Raitt, The Monkees, Little Feat and Jackson potatoes for any music aficionado. Yes, there are the uncoupling that went on, including John and Michelle Browne. parties, the drugs, the hook-ups and the break-ups Phillips, Graham Nash and Joni Mitchell and even It’s easy to understand the attraction. In addition Steve Martin and Linda Ronstadt, one of Ellwood’s to being an inexpensive to live (at the time), the but there are also tales of fateful events, such as how place had a rural vibe and lots of bucolic beauty the Doors’ success eclipsed the band Love’s standing favorite discoveries while making the film. that fed their imaginations yet was a quick drive to at Electra Records, what inspired John and Michelle “It’s just wonderful how interlaced everybody was,” the clubs on the Sunset Strip, where many of them Phillips to write “California Dreamin”’ and how future she says, “and how they shared and grew from one congregated. As more musicians moved in, more Eagles Glenn Frey and Don Henley first met at the another and took from one another and expanded. wanted to join the party. legendary club the Troubadour. 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CANCER Self-esteem is an important part of well-being. You’ll be- come aware of your value and your loved ones will show more appreciation for you. LEO “Jerry Seinfeld: 23 “Workin’ Moms” “Movie: The Lodge” “The Happy Days of All of your attention will be on Anne (Dani Kind), Frankie Riley Keough (“The Girlfriend your family this week. If you Hours to Kill” Garry Marshall” have a big move coming up, The Brooklyn-born comic (Juno Rinaldi), Jenny (Jessalyn Experience”) stars as a woman Writer-producer-director you’ll realize time is running and Emmy-nominated star Wanlim) and Kate (series who tries to build a better Garry Marshall, who died out and your stress level will of “Seinfeld” gives his take creator Catherine Reitman) relationship with her fiance’s at age 81 in 2016, is fondly rise. on talking vs. texting and the are back for the fourth wary children by spending remembered by family and round of this well-received the weekend with them at a VIRGO magic of Pop Tarts, and weighs friends in this two-hour ABC You won’t keep your opinions the proximity of “sucks” Canadian comedy about the remote cabin. But when he special, which celebrates to yourself. If there’s some- and “great” in a stand-up trials and tribulations of early has to leave them in her care, Marshall’s remarkable career thing on your mind, talk to performance recorded earlier parenthood, which finds the some strange and frightening as the creator behind such someone about it so they can ladies struggling to maintain events take place in this 2019 guide you toward a solution. this year during a three-month pop-culture TV hits as “Happy engagement at the Beacon their sanity after returning from horror movie. Lia McHugh and Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” LIBRA Theatre in New York City. maternity leave to old routines Richard Armitage are also in and “Mork & Mindy,” as well You’ll find a solution to your fi- (ORIGINAL) — or perhaps worse. Trenna the cast. as such movie blockbusters nancial or emotional concerns Keating, Dennis Andres and as “Pretty Woman” and “The thanks to sudden inspiration Katherine Barrell are other cast or a dream. The right choice Princess Diaries.” will be clear and things will fall holdovers. (ORIGINAL) into place. SCORPIO Standing still isn’t a solution. It’s time to take action and make things better. You’ll suc- cessfully put aside your fears and worries so you can move in the right direction. SAGITTARIUS You’ll uncover a new talent that allows you to demon- strate your creativity. You’ll volunteer for a cause that’s close to your heart. CAPRICORN It may be time to clean up your social circle. As the say- ing goes, when you lend money to a friend, you lose the money and the friend. 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