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...
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...
Shots of Love: L.A. Photographer Ellen Berman Remembered
Ellen Berman, a gifted and much-respected fine-art photographer and graphic designer based in West Hollywood, California, died at UCLA Hospital in Westwood on March...
Jack Kerouac: Writers Burke, Alfonso Spar on Beat Author’s Legacy
In a 2022 conversation on social media, noted writers and pop culture observers Ted Burke and Barry Alfonso traded long-held views on the life...
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
The May 24, 1975, edition of Cash Box magazine with Texas rockers ZZ Top on the cover marked my professional writing debut, when I...
‘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...