Landmarks near Westchester
Randy's Donuts on
805 West Manchester Avenue
in Inglewood is near the eastern border of Westchster. The Donut
location is in Randy Newman's "I Love LA" music video. They
often play the song "I Love LA" at Laker games.
Randy Newman
The Best of Randy Newman CD has the "I Love LA" song. Click on the link below for pricing/shipping info on the CD
The Best of Randy Newman
Randy Newman's Songbook 1 CD has other good songs. Click on the link below for pricing/shipping info on the CD
Songbook 1 Randy Newman
Songbook 1 CD review by Amazon.com reprinted with permission
Although he’s now best known as the curly haired Prince of Pixar (he’s written hit songs for a number of animated blockbusters, including Toy Story 2 and A Bug’s Life, Randy Newman began his career as a misanthropic satirist and thwarted romantic. It’s this version of Newman who shows up for Songbook Vol. 1, revisiting 18 of his compositions, most written in the '60s or '70s, and all stripped down to just voice and piano. The idea is borrowed from vintage tributes to the masters, the "songbooks" of Jerome Kern or Cole Porter, usually interpreted by a great vocalist such as Ella Fitzgerald. In Newman’s case, it’s hard to imagine anyone else singing a slave trader’s smooth sales pitch ("Sa! il Away"), a deity’s bemused take on mankind ("God’s Song"), or a child murderer’s creepy meditation ("In Germany Before the War"). Stripped of rock backbeats or orchestral sweetening, Newman’s songs reveal their stark beauty and classic craftsmanship even more keenly. What may be most remarkable, however,
is how prescient me of the songs seem now ("Lonely at the Top" predates the rise of People magazine and a revolving cast of whining superstars by half-a-decade) and how timely some of its humor is. "Political Science" may have been written during the Vietnam War, but its clueless narrator ("No one likes us I don’t know why/We may not be perfect but heaven knows we try") sounds a lot like a Bush Jr. cabinet member or this season’s hottest Fox News pundit. Since the early ‘80s, Newman has focused the lion’s share of his attention on soundtrack scores and sly but cuddly buddy songs. Songbook Vol. 1 makes one wish! Newman would devote more of his energies to writing new songs as topical, vibrant, and biting as his old ones. --Keith Moerer
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Westchester Golf Course Hole 10
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Westchester Golf Course Hole 10 Angle
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Westchester Golf Course Holes 9 and 10
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