The Fall and Rise of Ervin Nyiregyhazi, L.A.’s Skid Row Pianist
Decoupage!: L.A. Post-Punks on TV! Sealed with a Kitsch!
Like a Virgin: When Richard Branson’s Label Mattered
Blood Feast: The Stomach-Turning Cinema of Herschell Gordon Lewis
George Barris & Ed “Big Daddy” Roth: The Stones vs. Beatles of ’60s L.A. Kar Kulture
Slash Records, or Let’s Have a War
Robert Johnson: The Legend vs. The Man vs. The Devil
Guitarist Derek Bailey: Free for All Improvisor
The Black Dahlia Murder: The Hottest of Cold Cases
William S. Burroughs and His Literary Hero, the Real Jack Black
Launching Warhol and Pop Art: Walter Hopps and His Ferus Gallery
Lisa Fancher: Steering Punk’s Final Frontier in LA
The Roots of Rock Run Deeper Than Robert Johnson
America’s “Mein Kampf”: Francis Parker Yockey and “Imperium”
“The Faster You Pour It Down”: On Charles Bukowski’s “On Drinking”
“Sing of Human Unsuccess / in a Rapture of Distress”: The Tragicomic Poetry of John Tottenham
John Gilmore: Having Repeatedly Supped with the Devil
Lionel Rolfe and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Coffeehouses
Desperate Straights: David Weigel on the Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
L.A. THEN AND NOW:
columns by Anthony Mostrom
The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy
Unsuspecting extras go down in film history
Hollywood noir wasn’t always on film
Popeye almost didn’t get off the drawing board
Dead certain about his date with the hangman
The lore of Southern California permeated Frank Zappa’s music and self-image
Super criminals blew their way into history
L.A. cartoonist was obscure and misunderstood — the epitome of avant-garde
L.A.’s Longest Running Punk Label
Musical Revolutionary Ornette Coleman Unleashed Free Jazz in 1950s L.A.
New Book on the Black Dahlia May Finally Have Solved the Mystery
Meet John Tottenham, L.A.’s Poet of Procrastination
Looking Back at the Summer of ’67 in L.A.: Protests, Love and General Hershey Bar
Take a Trip Back Through TV Host Huell Howser’s California in This Perfect Summer Read
To Hell With Coachella: An Old-Timer’s Trip to Palm Springs
Twin Obsessions: The Black Dahlia Murder
Can South Pasadena Preserve Its Old-School Charm?
The Watson Family Photo Archive, a Treasure Trove of Hollywood History is Closing its Doors
The History of Forest Lawn Cemetery, Celebrity Resting Place
A Former Resident of DTLA’s Barclay Hotel Chronicled its Grisly History
Road Trip: Mary’s Market in Sierra Madre Canyon
The Gruesome 1927 L.A. Murder Case That’s Been All But Forgotten
Meet the Couple Who Made Malibu, Then Lost the “Battle for Paradise”
L.A.’s Unknown Origin Story Is Violent as Hell
The Book Our Gang Reveals the Compicated Racial History of the Little Rascals
The Time L.A.’s Water Crisis Turned Deadly
What Sex Acts Were ‘Trending’ in 1890s L.A.?
A New Book About Hollywood Extras, Stand-Ins and Other Forgotten Bit Players
New Marilyn Monroe Biography Says Her Death Was an Accident and JFK Was Just a One-Night Stand
New Book on Mickey Cohen Shows He Wasn’t Just a Notorious Gangster — He Was a Folk Hero
John Dark – Late night with John Gilmore
Sweet ’n’ Nasty – stepping out with the L.A. old-time-music underground
It’s the Girl! – Janet Klein’s soothin’ syrup stomp
Music Reviews – Unwritten Law, Broadcast, L.A. County Line, Ralph Towner – Gary Peacock
License to Eel – E Writes the B-Sides