Pat Macpherson, Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Jonny Whiteside (laweekly.com), Chicana/os Alice Bag and Jimmy Alvarado; Gene Simmons ("Family Guy")
"I want to rock 'n roll all night and party every day" - Gene Simmons and Company.
"I want to rock 'n roll all night and party every day" - Gene Simmons and Company.
Most L.A. punk rockers were not Bavarian Nazis, but some were. Few were thrashing in lederhosen, but there were plenty of kilts (twentytwowords.com) |
What would Noah Levine (Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, Los Angeles) about a book like this or the social movement that was and musical style that continues? We'll have to ask him at Vromans.
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We Were There: A Discussion on the Early Waves of Punk in L.A.
Vroman's Hastings Ranch at Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, 2:00 pm
When singer-author Alice Bag and musician-writer Jimmy Alvarado convene for We Were There: A Discussion on the Early Waves of Punk in L.A. event, it’s going to run a lot deeper than a mere nostalgic gabfest.
Who needs pubs? We have lit in NOHO |
(Decline) The Alice Bag Band, aka the Bags, getting socially conscious performing "Gluttony"
Violence Girl |
Where the hippie pathology largely focused on spiritual and personal gratification, punk was all about dissatisfaction, disorder [or reordering the unfair social order], and critical examination.
Gene Simmons tells all (youtube.com) |
This should be a highly entertaining and provocative afternoon, one served up with equal measures of reckless back-alley abandon and invaluable gutter-bred philosophizing. More
- Vroman’s Hastings Ranch
- 3729 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena
- Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:00 pm; FREE
- Bag’s book is $17.95. (626) 351-0828
Decline featuring Interviews with punks from the early 1980s in LA:
Circle Jerks, Germs, FEAR, Catholic Discipline, Alice Bag, more
Me, Inc.: Build an Army of One... (facebook.com/KISSopolis) |
KISS legend, Israeli-born, Jewish rock god Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz, follow on twitter) is gearing up for the Oct. 21, 2014 release of his new book, Me, Inc.: Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business. He has announced a string of signing sessions to coincide with the release:
- Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:00 pm
- Barnes & Noble: The Grove
- 189 The Grove Drive, L.A., CA More (nationwide)
"The most 'evil' band in the world"? If so, the Devil screwed all of us but good.
"The Crazy Moons," the women of L.A. with "Poetry for the People," Oct. 22, 2014 |
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