REMEMBERING CAMERON AND THE LATE BOHEMIAN WORLD OF L.A.
Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995)—better known as ‘Cameron’—was a renegade even by the standards of L.A.’s various bohemian subcultures. An...
R.I.P.
WALTER LURE: LAST MAN ROCKIN’
The death earlier this week of Walter Lure, one of the original Heartbreakers, was yet another tough blow...
JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL: HANGIN’ WITH ‘THE SHE-WOLF OF COMO’
A five-time W.C. Handy award-winner and the fourth generation of a venerable musical family, Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006),...
VIKTOR TSOI: THE LEGEND OF RUSSIA’S GREATEST ROCK STAR LIVES ON
Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Russia’s most beloved rock & roll star. When Viktor...
PETER GREEN: THE END OF THE GAME (RIP)
Peter Green, inheritor of Eric Clapton’s spot in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, was, said...
PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS
Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B,...
FRED WILLARD WAS FOREVER YOUNG: AND REALLY REALLY OLD
For 60 years, Fred Willard made us laugh playing the same character, from early comedy club gigs with...
LITTLE RICHARD: THE ORIGINAL PUNK
Rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true originals last week, when Richard Penniman, the incomparable Little Richard,...
FAREWELL, GEM SPA: AN EAST VILLAGE INSTITUTION BITES THE DUST
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just killing and sickening people; it’s decimating small businesses, some with storied histories....
REMEMBERING MICHAEL MCCLURE: THE REAL LIZARD KING
The late poet Michael McClure (1932-2020) was always associated with the original Beat circle of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder,...
REMEMBERING VICTOR HAYDON: THE MASCARA SNAKE, FAST & BULBOUS
Pamela Des Barres’ life changed completely when she met Victor Haydon, first cousin to Don Van Vliet (Captain...
THE END OF THE GAME: REMEMBERING PETER BEARD
Capturing photographer, adventurer, author, wildlife preservationist and international playboy Peter Beard (1938-2020) in words is like catching lightning...
HAL WILLNER, AMERICAN VISIONARY
The coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands of people worldwide, each a tragedy to their friends and families. But...
IN THE STREET WITH NICK TOSCHES (RIP), ROCK SCRIBE, NOVELIST AND MASTER OF ‘STUDYIN’ NOTHIN’
Bob Pomeroy met Nick Tosches on a Manhattan sidewalk bench. Prior to that, Pomeroy had collected, read and...