January 17, 2025

Links: L.A. performances (1/17/25).

This week: Rickey Washington, John Schneider, Luis Conte, Slaughter, Todd Hunter, Bob Sheppard, Rorschach Test, Jeong Lim, more.

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January 16, 2025

RIP: David Lynch, 1946-2025.

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He made us voyeurs of ourselves.

January 7, 2025

Bulletin: Video of Will Salmon memorial.

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Those who missed the November memorial for Will Salmon, Sunday Evening Concerts co-curator and multidisciplinary light of L.A.'s arts community, can now experience video of the event.

January 1, 2025

Retrospective: MetalJazz.com 2024.

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Doors closing, doors opening.

December 19, 2024

Re-plug: "The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association" (Cymbal Press)

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December 10, 2024

Ponderation: The nature of psychedelic music, via a new Nirvana U.K. covers album (2024 update).

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Psychedelic music embraces two main trips: good and bad.

December 5, 2024

Live review: Dan Rosenboom-Joshua White-Eric Revis-Mark Ferber at the High Low, Dec. 2, 2024.

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Seal of quality.

November 27, 2024

Record review: Marilyn Manson, "One Assassination Under God -- Chapter 1" (Nuclear Blast)

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Thank god for a good Grinch.

November 21, 2024

Ponderillo: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, "Live at the Adler Planetarium" (International Anthem)

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The evolution of abolition.

November 14, 2024

Live review: Will Salmon memorial at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Nov. 10, 2024.

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Incalculable belief and disbelief.