A Glimpse Into the Rabbit Hole: A Grace Slick Art Show in West Hollywood
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- Grace Slick, 1960s psychedelic icon and singer of Jefferson Airplane, has been down many rabbit holes in her 80 years on this planet. She left the safety of a middle-class Palo Alto upbringing and an early marriage to pursue her rock-n-roll dreams….
The Audacity of Vulnerability: Nick Cave Opens Up at L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall
LOS ANGELES, CA- You who wish to conquer pain You must learn what makes me kind The crumbs of love that you offer me Are the crumbs I’ve left behind Your pain is no credential here It’s just a shadow of my wound – Leonard…
Year of the Monkey: Patti Smith in Discussion with the Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES, CA- “It was the Year of the Monkey and I had beamed down into a new territory, on a road without shadow beneath the molecular sun.” – Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey Loss. Grief. Despair. Confusion. In her newest book, spanning…
Face It: Debbie Harry’s New Memoir and Live Talks Book Event in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Coincidence: it’s supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It’s the stuff that’s meant to be. Things that are supposed to be drawn together, as if by some extra-earthly force….
Los Angeles Band X is Honored With a Grammy Museum Exhibit [PREVIEW]
LOS ANGELES, CA- Four decades ago, Los Angeles, like many other cities in the United States, was going through an identity crisis. The late 1970s was a time when the decaying bones of a once sparkling golden era was turning into a question mark. It…
Looking To Punk’s Past, The 2017 Tribute To Johnny Ramone Focused On The Present [REVIEW]
HOLLYWOOD, CA- As dusk slowly draped itself over Hollywood Forever Cemetery last Sunday night, the hip-shaking sounds of rock ‘n roll echoed loudly, past granite headstones, beckoning ghosts from far and wide. DJ Howie Pyro put the record needle to the grooves of Lou Reed,…
Dhani Harrison: Bloodlines Of A Beatle [REVIEW]
ECHO PARK, CA- Monday July 24, an uncharacteristically humid evening for Los Angeles, found a line wrapped around the unassuming entrance to the gritty Echo night club on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. Though an hour before doors were set to open, those lined up buzzed…
SSHH Rocks The Viper Room With Reggae Infused Set
HOLLYWOOD, CA- The UK duo SSHH took the stage Friday night at West Hollywood’s Viper Room to promote Issue, a full-length release of cover songs, out November 11. I hadn’t been to the Viper Room in over a decade and looked forward to seeing whether the place had changed. I was…
