Rumpus Room
Its Only Rock and Roll Memoir, But I Like Some Of It
I’ll tell ya when it hit me. It hit when I heard Kenny Rogers on NPR talking about his and then picked up the LA Times and saw an ad announcing a reading at Barnes & Noble for “Sinners,” the new memoir by the “front man” from Creed. And I thought: Kenny Rogers? Creeed? Hey! Rockers! Leave us kids alone! But a Kenny and Creed tome are just two […]
Graham Nash Sings At Defense Benefit For Political Prisoner Pfc Bradley Manning
Audience Awed As Well As Shocked As Singer Doesn’t Sing “Military Madness” 26 October 2012 Standing in line outside the church, the Church-in-Ocean-Park on 2nd and Ashland just off Main Street in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica, I meet all kinds of folks waiting to get in. Folks like Eddie and Felicia, and […]
Treeless in Santa Monica
Just before the turn of the century – the previous century – a large white house was constructed, “Queen Anne” style, on the corner of Third and Marine in Ocean Park at the southern end of Santa Monica, Calif. You can actually see a photograph of it on the back wall of the Omelet Parlor […]
Dennis The Drummer
PICTURE CREDIT: The Mighty Hannibal with Atlanta City Council Proclamation about breaking the color barrier with Dennis St. John Dennis St. John played drums on “Spooky,” a really cool hit song my older sisters had among their vast 45-rpm record collection in 1968. It was sung by Dennis Yost and his band The Classics Four […]
HAPPY EQUINOX from as-told-to HR
What a country! This past Sunday luck had me spending nine hours on the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah in nature. I hiked and climbed and swam in Snow Canyon State Park, which is located in southern Utah near Zion & Bryce National Parks. Then, a miracle: RONNIE’S PASTRAMI Deli appeared semi-magically on our drive back […]
