Monthly Archives: July 2011

These young cats were rocking their mini-Strats Thursday morning onstage in the auditorium of Wilson Middle School, where a totally enviable summer school program sponsored by the nonprofit Pasadena Educational Foundation is in its fifth week. Enviable in the sense … Continue reading →

Mr. Poetic, aka Darnell Davenport, was one of the team members from the Leimert Park-based slam poetry team Brass Knuckles, heading to the national championships soon in Boston (and raising funds to do so: http://www.indiegogo.com/Brass-Knuckles-LA-Slam-Team) who were part of the … Continue reading →

In my upcoming column in the next Rose magazine, I take my search for decent live local rock music to Cafe 322 in Sierra Madre, where last week the brilliant art rockers Human Hands — including my lifelong friend Pierre … Continue reading →

I was in the Texas Panhandle for four days last week, for the annual reunion of my mother’s side of the family. I’ve been back to Amarillo and the Palo Duro Canyon, where this picture was shot, every summer of … Continue reading →

The Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library is still closed for restoration — of the lush plantings in that cool little glade, of the wooden bridge, of the big old Japanese house that’s now back from Japan where it was … Continue reading →

Fishing on the Upper Owens River just southeast of Mammoth Lakes — if you call 10 miles down a series of dirt roads from 395 “just,” the same secret spot I’ve been meeting former Altadena brothers Mike and Pete Moffat … Continue reading →