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  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Susan SurfTone: Former FBI Agent, Surf Guitarist Coming to Long Beach

    ​Nothing cooler than a surf guitarist with a past--especially if, like Susan SurTtone, it's a past that involves Russian spies and such. According to Rebecca Haithcoat at our sister publication LA Weekly, In the early '80s, SurfTone (real name: Susan Yasinski) was an FBI agent in New York, chosen ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    The B-52s haven't stopped partying since 1976

    And they're still rocking that lobster

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Penguin Prison on Cashing Checks With Lana Del Rey, Being in a Boy Band and Occupy Wall Street

    ​Whether singing in his local gospel choir, recording jingles or rocking at downtown clubs in his native New York City, music has played a major part of Chris Glover's life. In 2009, Glover adopted the moniker Penguin Prison, which he says came from "a joke rap song and there was a line about goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Tom Tom Club at the Echoplex Last Night

    Rebecca Aranda/OC WeeklyTina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Victoria Clamp are the Tom Tom Club​Tom Tom Club October 10, 2010 Echoplex  The Hype: The Tom Tom Club burst from the stomach of Talking Heads in 1980. Tina Weymouth took her funky bass lines, Chris Frantz his complex drumming rhythms, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2010

    Jerry Roach of Cuckoo's Nest: Not Dead

    Photo by John GilhooleyJerry Roach is not dead.​Controversy and the Cuckoo's Nest--it's as if Jerry Roach never left us. But many assumed the owner of the former Costa Mesa punk rock club had left permanently. "People thought I was dead," he tells me with a chuckle.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Gwen Stefani and Guns N' Roses at Fashion Week, 'My Sharona' Singer Dead, Rage Against the Machine

    "Gwen Stefani 'All Tied Up' at L.A.M.B. Fashion Week show," reports our sister paper the Village Voice.Guns N' Roses play 17-song, 90-minute set in front of extremely lucky (and small) crowd including Sebastian Bach and Kevin Bacon at former CBGB location during Fashion Week, reports Brooklyn Vegan. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Cool Internet find

    I never made the trek to New York's CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock. But thanks to the Intranets, I can now feel like I'm in a dingy NY club when I'm really typing in a Long Beach apartment.Click this link for a CBGB virtual tour. I suggest doing what I did: Pump the Ramones, spill some beer on yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Tim Barry Q&A

    In case my story in this week's print edition wasn't enough for you, I was kind enough to transcribe my interview with singer/songwriter Tim Barry for your reading pleasure. Tim's a great person to talk to and I hope you have half as much fun reading this as I did conducting the interview.

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Heavy Trash, PowerSolo, Detroit Bar, November 11, 2007

    PowerSolo: Nordixie Danes show us Americans how to rock, white-trash-roots style. There's something terribly sad about seeing Jon Spencer playing with his latest band, Heavy Trash, before a crowd in the two figures on a Sunday night. Spencer once led his Blues Explosion trio to glorious heights of ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    This Is the Voice

    The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight

  • Film

    September 14, 2006

    Hardcore Cinema

    Bad BrainsLive CBGB 1982

  • Food

    October 6, 2005

    Pauls Cocktails

    Bad BrainsLive CBGB 1982

  • Unknown

    July 21, 2005

    KILL YOUR FANS

    July 21 - July 28

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    They Want My Smokes!

    July 21 - July 28

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    The Tweakings of the Decent

    David Byrne apparently loves PowerPoint

  • Culture

    November 18, 2004

    Season 2, Episode 3

    David Byrne apparently loves PowerPoint

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Whats Inside a Band?

    The lost years of the Cramps

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Who Put the Bomp

    Greg Shaw: 1949-2004

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Guitar Wolf

    Greg Shaw: 1949-2004

  • Music

    June 26, 2003
  • Features

    April 3, 2003

    South By Southwest

    Greg Shaw: 1949-2004

  • Features

    February 27, 2003

    This Cat Never Strayed

    20 years later, Lee Rocker is still rockabillys biggest fan

  • Music

    January 23, 2003

    Panda Punk!

    Peelander Z made themselves from noodles

  • Unknown

    November 28, 2002

    Radio Rest Stop

    Peelander Z made themselves from noodles

  • Music

    May 10, 2001

    CD Reviews

    Peelander Z made themselves from noodles

  • Music

    November 2, 2000

    Happy Helloween!

    Holidays with the quarter-century-old Cramps

  • Columns

    April 20, 2000

    Letters

    Holidays with the quarter-century-old Cramps

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    People Have the Power

    Patti Smith, 53-year-old mother of two, is still ready for revolution

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