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MICHAEL GRECCO ‘DAYS OF PUNK’ and ELIZABETH WATERMAN ‘MONEYGAME’ Exhibitions Side-By-Side at Leica Gallery LA
Set the date for Thursday, September 14, 2023, in Beverly Hills for two Los Angeles-based fine art photographers (and partners), Michael Grecco and Elizabeth Waterman, and their opening night receptions at the Leica Gallery LA in Beverly Hills.
Posted in Art, Events, Miscellanious
Tagged Billy Bennight, Days of Punk, Elizabeth Waterman, Leica Gallery, Michael Grecco, Moneygame, punk
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Cruel World 2023: A Report from the Front
Cruel World 2023, with a stellar line-up of new wave, punk, and goth 80’s bands, came to Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena on May 20th. Headliners included Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Echo and the Bunnymen, Human League … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Music
Tagged Cruel World festival, festivals, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, iggy pop, industrial, new wave, punk, Siouxsie
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Michael Grecco’s “Punk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978–1991”
“Every picture tells a story, don’t it?” as Rod Stewart would intone from the mic. There’s also the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words” and it holds true. Rocker, author, director and photographer Michael Grecco started out his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Miscellanious, News & Sports
Tagged Backstage, Billy Bennight, In Your Face, New Wave: Onstage, photography, post-punk, punk
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Book Review: Growing Wild by K.P. Rennie
Ever since the beginning of rock ‘n’ Roll, parents and teens have been at odds, whether the kid’s hair was too long, too short, or too purple. Add in undiagnosed learning disabilities or mood disorders, possibly an unreported trauma, and … Continue reading
My Vinyl Treasures: Yes L.A.
“My Vinyl Treasures” record posts are a result of one of my ongoing covid-19 self-quarantine projects, cataloguing many records of various genres I have acquired through the years. It should go without saying, that whatever I post here, I like … Continue reading
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Tagged alley cats, Bags, Black Randy, COVID-19, dangerhouse, Eyes, Germs, Los Angeles, My Vinyl Treasures, No New York, punk, x, Yes L.A.
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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, february 11, 2020
there’s a new pad to do gigs now in my pedro town! the sardine at 1101 s pacific ave (used to be the old “ramona’s bakery”) is putting on shows, everyone who can should try and play here – c’mon … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays
Tagged Clubs, gigs, Mike Watt, punk, Ramona's Bakery, Recess Ops, Recess Records, Rock, Rock and roll, Rock N Roll, San Pedro, The Sardine, Todd Congellier, Venues
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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, january 19, 2020
forty years ago this month at d boon’s pad at 519 w 19th street (upstairs, in the alley) in our pedro town, him and me started the minutemen and got the first batch of tunes going. joe baiza and gary … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, d. boon, Dennes Boon, Dennes Dale Boon, Econo, Gary Jacobelly, Joe Baiza, Mike Watt, minutemen, punk, punk rock, Rock, Rock and roll, Rock N Roll, San Pedro, sst records
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Pretty Dope Fiends and After School Specials
Thinking about the pretty dope fiends I’ve known after watching the riveting and very sad documentary, “Who Killed Nancy?” (2009). One I met while walking somewhere near ABC No Rio in NYC, he asked me if I was ok because … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged nostalgia, pretty dope fiends, punk, Who Killed Nancy?
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Brenda Perlin Reads from her New Book at Book Soup
Book Soup has always supported punk readings, and tonight was no different, with readings from Brenda Perlin’s Crime and PUNKishment: Stories and Exclusive Interviews with Rodney Bingenheimer, Jack Grisham, Palmolive of the Slits, Linda Ramone and Captain Sensible. Besides Brenda … Continue reading
