CATS Is So Bad … It’s Good
HOLLYWOOD, CA- I feel the need to start out by saying that I did not pay to see Cats. Well, not money at any rate. I managed to dig up some ancient passes for a theater nowhere near my home, but my friend and I…
Blood is Thicker Than Mud: Earl Sweatshirt and Cheryl Harris at the MOCA
LOS ANGELES, CA- When you’re around the dinner table with family this holiday season, passing steaming sides of sweet potatoes and asparagus, you might be inclined to strike up a conversation. You could discuss the latest miscues at work, the dog’s upcoming appointments, Uncle Danny’s…
Capitol Records: Music and Technology Come Together at Capitol Royale in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Artists reveal. Musicians reveal to technologists what technology is for. It is not the other way around, no matter how much technologists want to say it’s the other way. I can tell you this because I’m one of the people who writes…
D’Addario Foundation Presents Star-Studded “Back 2 School” Benefit
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Music is the one thing that is truly universally moving and that can break down so many barriers,” Suzanne D’Addario Brouder said. “In terms of education, unlike any other form, it has a trifecta of impacts,” she continued. “Cognitive, social/emotional and communal….
Time Is Tight: The Memoir of Booker T. Jones
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Life was meant to be lived in the key of C. It was the simplest, least complex key. It had no sharps or flats and was beautiful and pleasing to the ear…I believed that C was the natural key for the earth,…
Q&A with Irina Liakh
How did you start your magazine? Around 5 years ago I launched my first art blog at the time when I really needed a creative outlet. I start interviewing artists (musicians, actors, photographers, and others) and sharing their stories. And since finding and sharing music…
Another Day in the Life: Ringo Starr in Conversation with David Lynch & Henry Diltz
LOS ANGELES, CA- Creativity… such a weighted concept; full of expectations, grand schemes and presumptions of talent. But the bottom line is that inspiration leading to the enigmatic creative muse is not as elusive as it may seem; in fact, it’s constantly surrounding each and everyone…
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….
Peace, Love, And Understanding Reign Supreme At The Ohana Fest
HOME PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY DANA POINT, CA- For the past several years, Ohana Fest has been one of my favorite music festivals to attend. Not only does Ohana Fest live up to its “extended family” theme, but it’s also a music…
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…
