1. For all things LA Meekly please check out our new website: www.lameeklypodcast.com

     
  2. Episode 83
    Avoid The Annoyed (Things That Annoy People In L.A.)

    We asked you, dear listener, what annoyed you most in Los Angeles and after we got past the snarky remarks putting us down we have our answers. This month we go off the cuff to air the grievances we and our listeners have with the city from what parts of town are considered suburbs to parking in Century City.

     
     
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  4. Episode 82: The Meekly Mysteries (Unsolved Disappearances)

    Happy Cancelled Halloween! This month we learned how many p’s are in the word “disappearances” to bring you this decidedly un-spooky episode on some of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Los Angeles history. We’ll cover Jean Spangler (22:24), Gertrude Tompkins Silver (42:16), Jonathan Aujay (1:10:59) and the Salomon family (1:26:59).

     
     
  5. Episode 82: MEEKLY MYSTERIES (Unsolved Disappearances in L.A)

    Happy Cancelled Halloween! This month we learned how many p’s are in the word “disappearances” to bring you this decidedly un-spooky episode on some of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Los Angeles history. We’ll cover Jean Spangler (22:24), Gertrude Tompkins Silver (42:16), Jonathan Aujay (1:10:59) and the Salomon family (1:26:59).

     

  6. Fade in on a sleepy pueblo street. This month we are diving into the early, lawless party days of the Sunset Strip and a few of its biggest night clubs. We’ll cover the creation of Sunset Boulevard itself (22:49), the Trocadero (36:18), Ciro’s (1:01:50) and Mocambo (1:25:48).

     
  7. Ciro’s Nightcub, with Abbe Lane posing with a billboard of herself

     
  8. Cafe Trocadero

     
  9. Mocambo Nightclub on the Sunset Strip

     
  10. wehadfacesthen:

    Singer Abbe Lane,“the swingingest sexpot in show business,” outside Ciro’s nightclub in Hollywood where she was appearing with Xavier Cugat’s band, 1954