Justin Rudd, a Long Beach-based canine-centric activist and organizer who oversees a number of animal-oriented events and organizations, discusses the activities and accomplishments of the two chief organizations he founded, Community Action Team (CAT) and Haute Dog–including persuading the City Of Long Beach to approve the Dog Zone, a three-acre area along the beach for, off-leash dogs and their human companions to run & play — as well as the DOG E-Newsletter, a weekly missive e-mailed to 3000+ subscribers, among other topics. [www.JustinRudd.com]
COMEDY CORNER: George Carlin’s “I Love My Dog” (first 2 minutes) [www.GeorgeCarlin.com]
MUSIC: Harold Budd & Brian Eno’s “An Arc of Doves,” Skip’s Animal Co.’s “Please Let Me Know,” Wilco’s “Hummingbird,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Loudon Wainwright III’s “Dead Skunk”
