LOS ANGELES -- A few weeks after moving to Los Angeles last August, my partner and I were driving home from the movies when we came across the voice of Art Laboe on the radio, chatting with KDAY 93.5 FM callers late on a Sunday night.
"Why have you never dedicated a song to me?" I asked them as we rolled up to a stop sign.
"Because it's corny," they replied. "But I'll do it if you really want."