WEBVTT - INTERVIEW: Etan Rosenbloom Visiting LA Landmarks

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<v Speaker 1>Jo J Kattan SiZ is here this morning, one of

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<v Speaker 1>two point seven Kiss FM. Yeah, Ryan's Roses is the

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<v Speaker 1>next thing we're gonna do after a Ton Rosenbloom of

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<v Speaker 1>Valley Village. This is if you're from southern California, Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 1>this area something interesting. You probably know there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of rich history here in Los Angeles. But I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that people think of La quite like that. Aton

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<v Speaker 1>Rosenblue mom with this now. I saw him on TikTok.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy born and raised here. He's living out the

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<v Speaker 1>denas Silver Lake. He's to Hollywood all over the place,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's on a mission Sisanitania. He's on a mission

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<v Speaker 1>of visit every single La landmark on the National Register

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<v Speaker 1>of Historic Places. Aton, how many of them are there?

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<v Speaker 2>There is just about six hundred of them right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's growing every few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, Okay, people don't Some people that aren't around here

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<v Speaker 1>or from here may not give LA the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>credit for history right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You're absolutely right. You know. Someone just commented on one

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<v Speaker 2>of my posts this morning. Actually it was a quote

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<v Speaker 2>from La La land that says they worship everything and

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<v Speaker 2>value nothing. I think a lot of people have that

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<v Speaker 2>attitude about la history, that we don't have a history

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<v Speaker 2>or that we don't protect it, but it's just not true.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're a young city comparatively, and it's true

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<v Speaker 2>that we've lost a lot as always developed. But look,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what you care about, entertainment, social justice, architecture, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>there's historic sites here that you can visit to learn

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<v Speaker 2>about this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to hone in on like three Mussies three

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<v Speaker 1>that you can recommend to people listening. But first, how

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<v Speaker 1>is it that you can go do all of this

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<v Speaker 1>as your primary focus? Always confused, I'm always wondering.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'll tell you, I have a day job,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a wife and kid. It is tough, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't sleep. I spend all of my nights and

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<v Speaker 2>weekends just visiting and researching and connecting with people and

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<v Speaker 2>places just for hobby. Yeah, it's just for a hobby.

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<v Speaker 2>I make nothing out of this. It's it just, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>pure masochism. I guess you could say it, but look,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's fascinating what you can learn through the

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<v Speaker 2>historic places that you pass by every day. So I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm getting so much out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, one hundred and seventy. He's been to six

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<v Speaker 1>hundred total. Give us three at the top of the

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<v Speaker 1>list that we could jot down to try and check out.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure. So, I mean, something I understand about the National

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<v Speaker 2>Register first is that it's not really intended as a

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<v Speaker 2>tourism guide. A lot of the most significant buildings in

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<v Speaker 2>LA are privately owned, So I spend a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>time just taking videos outside the gate of some beautiful house.

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<v Speaker 2>But I wanted to talk about three of them that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Kiss listeners actually can go inside. So first

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<v Speaker 2>up is the Lumbus House in the Highland Park area,

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<v Speaker 2>and you pass right by it if you're going south

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<v Speaker 2>on the one tent. It is a wild looking house

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<v Speaker 2>made of river rocks and concrete and wood and telephone poles.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually they're built right into the sea, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>handbuilt in the early nineteen hundreds by this guy named

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<v Speaker 2>Charles Lummis along with a bunch of indigenous kids from

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<v Speaker 2>New Mexico. And Lummis was one of the all time

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<v Speaker 2>most interesting Angelina's I think he walked from Cincinnati to

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<v Speaker 2>LA on foot to take a job as an editor

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<v Speaker 2>at the La Times. He championed Native American rights, early

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<v Speaker 2>advocate for preserving historic buildings. He founded the Southwest Museum,

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<v Speaker 2>and he threw epic ragers at his house. He actually

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<v Speaker 2>he built the inside walls and floors at a concrete

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<v Speaker 2>just so he could hose them down after parties.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that's a really important, unique guy, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think the house reflects his uniqueness.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great backstrough. Right, what's the second LA landmark

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<v Speaker 1>we should check out?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure? So number two is the mission Son Gabriel Arcan Hell.

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<v Speaker 2>LA landmarks just don't get any more important than this mission.

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<v Speaker 2>So he was established in seventeen seventy one, ten years

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<v Speaker 2>before La existed. In fact, it's said that the forty

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<v Speaker 2>four founding citizens of Los Angeles set out from this

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<v Speaker 2>mission on the day that they founded the Pueblo of

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<v Speaker 2>La So you know, it's a rare connection to this

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<v Speaker 2>time when this land was occupied by the Spanish. They

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<v Speaker 2>even have a grapevine there that was planted in the

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen seventies and continues to bear fruit today. I've heard

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<v Speaker 2>that there are people trying to make wine from that

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<v Speaker 2>right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy one I mean amazing, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I think it has had a long time

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<v Speaker 2>to age like a fine wine.

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<v Speaker 1>So one more LA landmark here. This is Aighton Rosenblom

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<v Speaker 1>who's been to one hundred and seventy incredible history in LA.

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<v Speaker 1>What's one more real quick?

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<v Speaker 2>So number three is a fun one. Is the Vasquez Rocks.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you guys ever been there?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, so not everything on the National Register is man made.

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<v Speaker 2>Vasquez Rocks are these crazy rock formations that jut out

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<v Speaker 2>of the ground at forty five degree ankles and it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like Mars, which kind of explains why so many

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<v Speaker 2>sci fi movies in Westerns have been shot there, like

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<v Speaker 2>most famously, there's an episode of the original Star Trek

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<v Speaker 2>series where William Shatner is battling the Gorn. And I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>since since this is Kiss, BTS, Rihanna, One Direction, Radiohead,

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<v Speaker 2>they've all shot music videos. Wow, so you have definitely

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<v Speaker 2>seen these rocks in the background. And I put together

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<v Speaker 2>a YouTube playlist on my website of all the videos

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<v Speaker 2>shot there.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I wonder if those rocks ever knew they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to see BTS. I mean that's the thing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you think about that history and BTS just seals it

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<v Speaker 1>from me. Ay Don Rosenbloom. You can check them out

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<v Speaker 1>et An does La on TikTok and Instagram. Thanks brother

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on. You really helped us understand it very nicely.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, thanks for having me Ryan see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Bye bye. You know when you're talking to somebody and

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<v Speaker 1>you realize that you are so not nearly as smart

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<v Speaker 1>as they are. I had that feeling. Oh interesting, it's

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<v Speaker 1>very interesting. But you know when you're the dumbest person

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<v Speaker 1>in the room, Well, at least I felt that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel that way. Okay, No, Michael and I got

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<v Speaker 1>married at a landmark here in La historic building in

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<v Speaker 1>downtown for that reason. Top three. Well I did not

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<v Speaker 1>make a top three, but we did it for that

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<v Speaker 1>reason so that it can never be torn down. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>look at you and Rihanna?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that as smart?

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<v Speaker 1>All? Right? Now? It's Sharon. He's going to be the

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<v Speaker 1>landmark performing Sofi Stadium got tickets for that. Next and

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan's roses. It's time