Billy Joe

Green Day's Billy Joe Makes a Mess of His Life, Asks Fans to Pay the Price

Billy Joe Armstrong sat down this month with Rolling Stone to atone for his infamous mid-set rant at last September's I Heart Radio concert in Las Vegas. You may remember the gig, which featured the puerile Bay Area punkers performing along with the likes of Rihanna, Bon Jovi and Swedish House Mafia ... More >>

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[Moxley Confidential] Killer Billy Joe Johnson Makes His Case for Death Row

White Supremacist OC Nazi Gets His Wish!

Will Billy Joe's Suck Up to Prison Gang Work?​In what may have been acclaimed homicide prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh's easiest conviction, a jury this afternoon found Billy Joe Johnson--the notorious, wide-eyed and lisping Costa Mesa white supremacist--guilty in the 2002 conspiracy to execute a fello ... More >>

Dirty Deputies? Where have you read that before today?

'I Lit the Fire': Jared Petrovich claims he was just following orders when his words sparked a fatal jailhouse beating; April 3, 2008, By Nick Schou An Open Letter to DA Tony Rackauckas Regarding the Jailhouse Murder of John Chamberlain; March 13, 2008, By Nick Schou Tased and Not Confused: To ... More >>

Last Night: The Black Lips at Detroit Bar

Black Lips, Pierced Arrows and The Growlers At Detroit Bar February 10, 2008 Better than: Staying at home and perfecting the 10-key. Download: "O Katrina" by Black Lips. You know a show is awesome when you leave drenched in sweat and covered in silly string. Also, I think I'm now slightly deaf. ... More >>

DA Determined to Send White Supremacist Killer to Death Row

Prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh announced this morning he will try a second time to send convicted killer Michael Alan Lamb, 33, to San Quentin State Prison's notorious Death Row. An Orange County jury convicted the Public Enemy Number One (PENI) Death Squad hit man in July for the execution-style murd ... More >>

Mexican Institute of Sound: A House of Blues Highlight!

Last night all eyes would be focused on Lee "Scratch" Perry's performance at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Honestly? I was only there to catch the all too brief performance by Mexican Institute of Sound. I had just arrived, roughly thirty minutes after the "arrive at 7" marker - and glancing up at ... More >>

White Meat, Please

DA roasts Lamb and Rump, two seasoned white supremacists

Blind Spot

For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner

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Ten of the years most timeless records

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