#OnlyinLA Podcast

Ron Barbagallo repairs and restores classic animation art. His client list includes Disney, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera to name a few. He is also an accomplished photographer and the creator of the Found in Los Angeles project.

From humble beginnings to fashion runways and glamorous Hollywood, tune in as I talk to makeup artist Levi Vieira about how to break in to the business, makeup tips you can never go wrong with, working with RuPaul and our journeys with gastric sleeve weight loss surgery.

Sham Ibrahim does digital drawings of pop art phenomenons and is arguably the most colorful and controversial artist in Los Angeles. From his Warhol-esque portrait of Rhianna’s beaten evidence photo to Casey Anthony as Marilyn Monroe, Jody and discuss his journey to finding his voice as an artist and Hollywood’s indelible influence on it.

We are back again with Ed Squair where we finish our conversation on his projects while working for Disney, what he is up to next and his fascinating #StarWars and La Cienega’s Restaurant Row collection. In this episode he will also reveal where the best comic book shop in Los Angeles is.

Ed Squair is an archivist, writer, video producer and pop culture and toy collector He has so many interesting stories, for the first time, we had to break an interview into 2 episodes! In part 1 we talk about his LA story, that includes living in the same building as one of the Hillside Stranglers! We also talk about his 21 year career at Disney, where he spent most of it in the photo archives and then went on to create content for the company’s social media launch and later their original video department.

Señor Amor is an LA native, a DJ extraordinaire, and co-Host of KXLU’s long running show The Molotov Cocktail Hour. Tune in to hear what it was like growing up next door to the Jackson’s, being a DJ at Beverly Hills High and being a part of the revival of the Lounge Music culture and the birth of the Neo-Burlesque scene.