Photo by Jack GouldIf you haven't heard of Squelch, surely you've heard of his genitals. Like him, they've been named Best Performance Artist(s)... More >>

Johnny Light—which is not his real name but rather the name he always gives when he must give a name and his own seems all too... More >>

The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace is its own special reality. There, the sun beams down on roses growing to magnificent size, breezes... More >>

Illustration by Bob AulJAZZ-Z-Z-Z-Z Finally, someone with the balls to speak the truth about the sad state of modern jazz (Buddy Seigal's... More >>

Photo by Michael QuinnWhy do guitarists sell millions of records and get all the chicks? Why do idiots collect guitars? Why are there so many... More >>

As sure as the sun rises in the East, my colleague Matt Coker is going to hell, for he's the one who first realized the striking way in which,... More >>

There are plenty of galleries along Laguna Beach's Forest Avenue that pull in all kinds of bored passersby. Their offerings generally are beyond... More >>

They sit there on a shelf collecting dust, these stacks of jazz CDs that record companies send me. Their mere presence annoys me at times, kind... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldThe Laguna Art Museum's low-tech, Luddite approach to the future—one that even the Unabomber could love—would be... More >>

Photo by Maggie St. ThomasJoey was the sweetest, sweetest man. I know to look at him, people think this guy must be so weird, but he was... More >>