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Dead Men’s Tales at The Last Bookstore
The Last Bookstore gets into the Halloween spirit on Oct 24th, with “Dead Men Do Tell Tales,” featuring “music, lectures, and films about dead things (Or nearly dead things. Or things that might eventually die, which I guess opens the … Continue reading
Book Review: We Got Power
Up until now, most punk rock coffee table tomes have focused on the “first generation” of 70s Los Angeles punk, the skinny artists who followed the Weirdos and the Screamers, and whose drug of choice was heroin. There was a … Continue reading
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KISS Weigh In On Pussy Riot, The Elder Movie and Their New Monster Book- Exclusive Interview
The hearts of a very select number of Kiss fans around the globe were set aflutter last year when British filmmaker Seb Hunter announced plans to finally make a dramatic film to accompany the music of the group’s 1981 release … Continue reading
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“Picturing Compton” August 25 at Southern California Library
Come to an Author Talk for Book Compton: Images of America with Robert Lee Johnson Saturday, August 25, 1 p.m. @ Southern California Library 6120 S. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90044 323-759-6063 From Publisher’s … Continue reading
Interview with Ariel S. Winter of “The Twenty-Year Death”
Ariel S. Winter, author of The Twenty-Year Death, was kind enough to answer some questions about the novel, reviewed here for the LA Beat. A resident of Baltimore, who has earned his dues as a bookseller at The Corner Bookstore … Continue reading
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Book Review: Fever-Little Willie John:a Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul, written by Susan Whitall
Among the numerous bios recently written about (and by) music artists, there is one that stands out from the rest: “Fever-Little Willie John: a Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul,” written by Susan Whitall (in collaboration with Kevin John). … Continue reading
Book Review: “The Twenty Year Death” by Ariel S. Winter
The Twenty Year Death by Ariel S. Winter – out today August 7th – is quite an accomplishment. Published by Hard Case Crime, and featuring a gloriously pulpy cover, the book consists of three novellas with an interconnecting story, each one … Continue reading
Creatures of the Night:an Interview with Author Jim Fetters
(All photos, except where indicated, courtesy of Jim Fetters. Copyright 2012) In 1962, a Los Angeles-based television channel by the name of KCOP 13 premiered a horror show by the name of ‘Jeepers’ Creepers Theatre’, igniting in 12 year … Continue reading
