WHEN AIM MET THE SLA: STARRING DENNIS BANKS AND PATTY HEARST
Patty Hearst’s kidnapping riveted the nation like few others in the 1970s. Equally riveting, but far less covered,...
Activism
ALI: JUST SAYING THE NAME LIGHTS UP A ROOM
It’s fitting that today is not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day but also the 80th anniversary of...
FINNISH AVANT-GARDIST KEUHKOT IS CONTINUING THE UNIVERSE
Keuhkot is, as Jordan N. Mamone suggests, “the world’s only one-man avant-garde Finnish vaudeville act.” “Keuhkot” is the...
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2021, PART I
Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of coffee, tea and/or antibiotics, and kick back with Please...
DIVINE: LAUGHTER AND LUST IN THE DUST
In 1984, Cree McCree sat down with Divine during the filming of the Lust in the Dust, directed...
THE LAVENDER SCARE: WHEN GAY WAS NOT
Spreading fear is one of the hallmarks of the far right in the U.S., a way to divide...
DENNIS HOPPER & DORIS DAY: THE ODDEST COUPLE
In 1989, journalist Cree McCree had the unusual, almost surreal, experience of conducting face to face interviews—within a...
MARATHON LENS: PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE RAPPORT ON JOE STRUMMER, STYLE COUNCIL, LITTLE RICHARD AND MORE
British photographer Steve Rapport returned to London in 1980 and played “catch up” on the exploding rock ‘n’...
‘LUSTFUL AND PERVERTED DESIRES’: THE OZ TRIAL, LONDON, 1971
Jim Anderson was one of three editors on trial for publishing OZ magazine, the now legendary psychedelic underground...
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER: A SOUL FOREVER ON ICE
Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) was an enigma. The former Black Panther, revolutionary and author was also a murderer, rapist,...
DAVID HENDERSON: BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER AND THE ‘VOODOO CHILD’
David Henderson, poet, writer and voice, knew and worked with giants like Ornette Coleman, Langston Hughes, Sun Ra,...
SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE: DOA’S JOEY KEITHLEY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Against all odds, Joey “Shithead” Keithley, DOA frontman and longtime activist, won election to city council in his...
ALICE BAG: AN L.A. PUNK LEGEND
Alicia Armendariz (aka Alice Bag) is a Los Angeles punk legend, not just for her groundbreaking first band...
STEAL THIS NATION: REMEMBERING ABBIE HOFFMAN
The life and times of Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), troublemaker, fugitive activist, writer and countercultural icon, have continued to...