Music of My Life: Peeples’ Choices (1951-2020)
URL SlugHere's a list of memorable music that has enriched my existence in my time on this planet, or at least from 1951 to...
John Lennon: 40 for 45 Years, and Still a Voice for Peace
If it seems like a lifetime since musician and peace activist John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, that's because it has been....
‘Almost Famous’: Neal Preston Recalls the Interview Tape Hostage Crisis
When "Almost Famous" music journalist William Miller filed his Rolling Stone cover story on the rock band Stillwater in 1973, there was one epic...
U.S. Beatles ‘Rarities’ Album: Behind the Scenes at Capitol
URL SlugCapitol Records’ U.S. version of The Beatles’ “Rarities” collection turned 44 years old on March 24, 2025. The Hollywood-based label, then owned by...
Warren Zevon Friends Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderon Topline Tribute Concert Oct. 24 (Updated)
The Los Angeles-based nonprofit Wild Honey Foundation will pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon in a benefit concert to be headlined by...
Surf Legend Corky Carroll’s First Solo Art Show Opens at Dana Bay Gallery Oct....
URL SlOriginal art created by surf legend Corky Carroll will be showcased in his first public solo exhibit, “The Colors of Cool,” to premiere...
Photographer Henry Diltz Returns to Germany for 2025 Woodstock Events
Henry Diltz, official photographer at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, and three fellow veterans of the Woodstock production team will...
Schwab’s & Obits & the Mortality Heebie-Jeebies
Schwab’s is 'a combination office, coffee klatch and waiting room.'
– William Holden, 'Sunset Boulevard,' 1950
The world-famous Schwab’s drugstore at the corner of Sunset and...
Shots of Love: L.A. Photographer Ellen Berman Remembered
URL SlugA Shot of Love: Photographer Ellen Berman Remembered
URL SlugEllen Berman, a gifted and much-respected fine-art photographer and graphic designer based in West Hollywood,...
Jack Kerouac: Writers Burke, Alfonso Spar on Beat Author’s Legacy
URL SlugIn a 2022 conversation on social media, noted writers and pop culture observers Ted Burke and Barry Alfonso traded long-held views on the...