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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...
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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...
John Sebastian at Woodstock, Aug. 15, 1969. Photo: Henry Diltz, used with permission.

Photographer Henry Diltz Returns to Germany for 2025 Woodstock Events

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Henry Diltz, official photographer at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, and three fellow veterans of the Woodstock production team will...
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Schwab’s & Obits & the Mortality Heebie-Jeebies

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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...
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Shots of Love: L.A. Photographer Ellen Berman Remembered

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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,...
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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...
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Waylon Jennings: Ramblin’ Man – Cash Box, July 12, 1975

Country music outlaw Waylon Jennings spoke with Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples at RCA Records in Hollywood on May 14, 1975, for a...

Peeples Cash Box Magazine No. 1 – 5/24/75

URL SlugThe May 24, 1975, edition of Cash Box magazine with Texas rockers ZZ Top on the cover marked my professional writing debut, when...
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‘Dandy’ Don Whittemore – A 50-Year Appreciation

URL SlugFamily and friends of Los Angeles record industry veteran and ice cream entrepreneur "Dandy" Don Whittemore gathered at the Hilton in Woodland Hills...

Henry Diltz Launches New ‘California Dreamin” Slide Show Tour May 8

Celebrated rock photographer Henry Diltz launched a seven-date slide show tour dubbed “Behind the Lens: California Dreamin’ 2025” on Thursday night, May 8, at...