Otis Hart

May 14, 2024 | npr.org | Lars Gotrich |Hazel Cills |Sheldon Pearce |Jacob Ganz |Otis Hart |Ann Powers

The recording engineer left an indelible mark on how we hear music Artists like Superchunk, Neurosis, Pixies, Low, Mogwai and Joanna Newsom came to recording engineer Steve Albini when they had something righteous or defiant to proclaim.

Dec 1, 2023 | gpb.org | Neda Ulaby |Otis Hart

Section Branding Primary Content Listen Listening... 00:00 / 02:57 Caption Shane MacGowan live onstage in 1988, courtesy of the documentary film Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan. / Magnolia Pictures Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking frontman for Irish punk band The Pogues, has died. He was 65 years old. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death Thursday morning.

Aug 10, 2023 | laist.com | Victoria Ivie |Otis Hart |Ben Christopher

As the new school year begins, parents, researchers, advocates, and educators are still trying to untangle the academic, mental and social-emotional consequences of the pandemic. There is no one answer to the question: Are the kids OK? Academics with a bird’s-eye view point to numerous statistics that show kids aren’t demonstrating the same academic skills as years prior. “We're still playing catch up,” said Joseph Bishop, who leads the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.

Aug 10, 2023 | laist.com | Victoria Ivie |Otis Hart |Ben Christopher

Topline: Starting Saturday Aug.12 and lasting until late September, certain stations on the Metro C Line will be closed for repairs. Why now: Metro is closing the stations in stages for overhead power-line upgrades. The stations are expected to reopen Sept. 25. The repairs come as the C Line reaches its 30th anniversary.

Aug 10, 2023 | laist.com | Victoria Ivie |Otis Hart |Ben Christopher |Mandalit del Barco

A hundred days into the Hollywood film and television writers’ strike, negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and major Hollywood studios remain stalled, with no resolution in sight. For those on strike, the hundred-day mark is especially significant: It took that many days to resolve the previous writers’ strike that began in late 2007. Some of those striking now were on the picket lines 15 years ago — and for similar reasons.