We just celebrated Reggae Night XV at The Hollywood Bowl, and I’m happy to report that I have perfect attendance to this beautiful Los Angeles Summer tradition. I LOVE it. Everyone coming together, feeling Irie … it’s a perfect night […]
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We just celebrated Reggae Night XV at The Hollywood Bowl, and I’m happy to report that I have perfect attendance to this beautiful Los Angeles Summer tradition. I LOVE it. Everyone coming together, feeling Irie … it’s a perfect night […]
Sometimes it goes down that too many good things are happening at the same time, and in Los Angeles, sometimes that means you have to make tough choices. We were on our way downtown to the Prince Memorial at Los […]
It’s been sad times lately, so I jumped at the chance to go listen to something positive, especially when it was one of our favorites, Josh Homme, talking about his new record with Iggy Pop – the wonderful Post Pop Depression – in the intimate Clive […]
Though Dreamcatcher Events have been putting on their awesome musical getaways for five years now, I only recently learned about them. Which means I’ve missed out on a lot of supercool opportunities already, but now that I know … you […]
Today is the 100th anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, labor radical and forefather of all American protest music. Hill was honored and celebrated on Tuesday night with a truly incredible, beyond sold out show put on by Tom […]
There has been extra fun stuff to do in town ever since I got back, and I was extra excited to get the call that my friend Tom Morello was firing up an August edition of Firebrand Fridays at Genghis Cohen. These […]
The inaugural Firebrand Friday hosted by Tom Morello took place last Friday at Genghis Cohen in Hollywood, and it was just the best. Hearkening back to the Hotel Cafe days when Morello had these nights in residency where he would bring in […]
Okay, I love My Morning Jacket. I’d never seen them live. I got an invitation from the fantastic KCRW to attend a live show at Mack Sennet Studios to see them play their excellent new album, The Waterfall. I was there. Gnarly […]
Bill Graham And The Rock and Roll Revolution show opens today at The Skirball Center. If you are a lover of the rock and roll, you want to check this one out for sure. We heard a little speech from the Skirball people, […]
Man, when I hear “Concert for Social Justice”, I am, of course, there. The event was held last night at The Fonda in Hollywood by the Grammy Museum and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to fund the organizations’ “Speak Up, Sing Out: […]