Why a site on Westchester, CA, a little suburban spot
between Marina Del Rey and Los Angeles
International Airport? And why is it from a more
personal perspective like myself!? First off, there isn't
any serious historical groups out there, much less a site
with more than one picture, that is, if not preserving,
showing off some interesting history of this small Los
Angles suburb.
Sure, there’s this Westchester/Plata Del Rey Historical
Society/Club/whatever deal, but the last time I tried
to contact them, nobody was home. I even visited
their offices at LMU but nobody was there. Doubt that
they have that office anymore.
So, I decided to tackle the minefield of internet web
design and slap one together.
One thing that should be noted about this hole-in-the-
wall is that, obviously, it's not an “official” nor a
“general” site at all. This is a more personal tribute to
this suburb that I spent a good chunk of my
impressionable days, circa 1979-1981. So don’t expect
anything like the some real estate corporate
sponsored version of local history trying to sell ya
something nor the History Channel, this’ll be more of ‘I
Love The 70’s’ and VH-1's latest notsalgic mini-series
mixed together with too much shmultz and self-
references galore.
Good Luck and dig in,
Don-O
oddlystupid at yahoo dot com
‘Westchester, My Westchester’
Links
‘Polynesian Village’ tribute
Photo gallery and left over god knows what
LAX
KXLU and The Molotov Cocktail Hour
between Marina Del Rey and Los Angeles
International Airport? And why is it from a more
personal perspective like myself!? First off, there isn't
any serious historical groups out there, much less a site
with more than one picture, that is, if not preserving,
showing off some interesting history of this small Los
Angles suburb.
Sure, there’s this Westchester/Plata Del Rey Historical
Society/Club/whatever deal, but the last time I tried
to contact them, nobody was home. I even visited
their offices at LMU but nobody was there. Doubt that
they have that office anymore.
So, I decided to tackle the minefield of internet web
design and slap one together.
One thing that should be noted about this hole-in-the-
wall is that, obviously, it's not an “official” nor a
“general” site at all. This is a more personal tribute to
this suburb that I spent a good chunk of my
impressionable days, circa 1979-1981. So don’t expect
anything like the some real estate corporate
sponsored version of local history trying to sell ya
something nor the History Channel, this’ll be more of ‘I
Love The 70’s’ and VH-1's latest notsalgic mini-series
mixed together with too much shmultz and self-
references galore.
Good Luck and dig in,
Don-O
oddlystupid at yahoo dot com
‘Westchester, My Westchester’
Links
‘Polynesian Village’ tribute
Photo gallery and left over god knows what
LAX
KXLU and The Molotov Cocktail Hour
| SITE AND OTHER WESTCHESTER NEWS (updated 5/9/11) Not much to report here, only to mention the official radio show of this web site, THE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL HOUR, has finally rebooted their web site with lots of content and features with promises of more to come. In related news, MCH did their first live remote show in El Segundo in early April for their annual Martin Denny Easter Special. They also promise that photos from that monumental occasion will come. Soundsation Records have finally built themselves a nifty little website: pages of history, photots, bios plus a blog for the latest bru-ha-ha. Really nice layout and all. You can visit their site HERE. (BTW, don't be fooled, they don't do the net deal "thing") Speaking of the Sound, sad bit of news from the original owners of the store. They are going out of business with their own Soundsation in Issaquah, Washington. Click HERE for more information. Thanks to Darcy Wilson for the tip. ....and while we're on a link binge, I have been notified on a community website called The Playa Westchester Hub. It's a fine site that's frequently updated with latest information on what's going on around the 'hood. Check it out HERE. While diggin through my files, I bumped into an 1999 L A Times article about one, if not the founding fathers of Westchester/PDR, William Hannon. I don't know where to put this, so I'll just link it HERE! As for this site? Well, now that I have a better web site program, this place will be updated and/or added more frequently than the past.....I freakin' hope.....so, keep checkin' around these parts. |
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