About Brian Michaels
Brian Michaels is grew up in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles in the glory days of the late 1960s and 70s. Only a stone's throw from the Sunset Strip, Michaels had an early education in rock music. Michaels attended his first punk rock show at the age of 14 at the Whiskey a Go Go and has been going strong ever since.
Brian is a defense attorney by profession but adds photography and writing to a list of his many passions outside of the his job. Brian can be found on the web at www.exlaprosecutor.com.
Saturday saw the last of a 3 part free concert series sponsored by KCRW and the Annenberg School of Photography promoting it’s “Who Shot Rock” exhibit covered early in the summer here. On Saturday Rafael Saadiq and Band of Skulls rocked … Continue reading →
On Friday July 13th, The Mint LA hosted “THE CONCERTS FOR EARTH” Foundation’s first fundraiser event, “Funk in the Jungle L.A. .” This is event was to raise awareness and money for the foundations mission to educate on the … Continue reading →
Hot cars, hot women, tattoos, and some hard rocking music. Hootenanny is an annual culture and music festival on the outskirts of Orange County. It is the definitive Orange County music happening. Here’s our photos from our day at … Continue reading →
Los Angeles native, Claremont to be exact, Ben Harper brought an ensemble of musicians and famous friends to Southern California this past weekend for a pair of shows in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles where he played the Santa Barbara … Continue reading →
I confess I didn’t know much about Jimmy Cliff’s life or career going into Wednesday night’s gig at the legendary Troubador outside of the … Continue reading →
A funny thing happened to me on the way back from the Bush concert at Staples Center last night. I ran into the most ass kicking hard rocking, mostly girl rock band I have ever seen. Hardly Dangerous was one … Continue reading →
It is hardly possible to conceive of a more perfect party machine than Diamond Dave-era Van Halen at its best. They were that rare band that had it all, the perfect meld of Apollonian ambition and Dionysian ass motivation. The … Continue reading →
In 1966 the Beach Boys released their masterpiece, album, Pet Sounds, now universally recognized as one of the greatest rock and roll recordings of all time. I will be dating myself here, but I was 1 in 1966. I didn’t … Continue reading →
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Enjoy the photos. A great event we go to every year closed out by the massive sound of The Roots. This was the 26th year of this melting pot of Los Angeles communities, music, and people. Its a bit of … Continue reading →