Carousel News & Trader--A
Sun
Valley-based trade mag for the mighty carousel industry--previews a
book about Orange County amusement parks that pre-date Disneyland and
Knott's Berry Farm. Early Amusement Parks of Orange County trades on author and former Disney/Knott's ride operator Richard Harris'
lifelong fascination with theme parks and attractions and contains
photographs culled from museums, private collections and the Orange
County Archives.
Harris does devote plenty of ink to Disney
​Saturday Night: Iris DeMent at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach; September 26, 2009.
Better Than: Plenty!Iris DeMent is country because in the country is where you still find things living tough and wild; tonight she wore a polka-dot dress and eggshell-blue cowboy boots and when she pumped the pedals on the piano, her heels would dip and scoop like she was bouncing around on top of a horse.