Drew Fortune

“This book is dedicated to the person who told me getting married and having children was not for every girl.” This loving dedication and bit of sage advice (from the author's mother) begins the odyssey that is Rock and Roll Stories, photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s gorgeous photo book and memoir of......

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"How do you respond to the claim that most people under 30 have a negative, preconceived notion about you?" Carson Daly, who is 38, visibly winces when I ask this question, as if I've blown cigarette smoke in his eye. It's 11:30 a.m., and we're sitting on a leather couch......

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Butthole Surfers and 400 Blows Echoplex August 27, 2011 Better than: Cheap speed and whisky at a roadside carnival. "God bless everything, because it's all going to shit," barked 400 Blows lead singer Skot Alexander at the beginning of their punishing opening set last night. It could have applied to......

Z-Trip is lost. We're standing in the middle of Rockaway Records in Silver Lake, in the rock section's "G-H" area, and the DJ -- born Zach Sciacca -- is in his own world. We were discussing the golden age of DJ culture when he got sidetracked, his fingers flipping madly......

Phish Hollywood Bowl August 8, 2011 Better than: A night of bowling, In 'N Out Burger, some beers and a few laughs. I'll refrain from any further Big Lebowski allusions, but there were quite a few El Duderinos getting their groove on in the aisles of the Hollywood Bowl. Sure,......

Interview by Drew Fortune A day before I get Daniel Johnston on the phone from his home in the small town of Waller, TX, I'm on the line with his 90-year-old father and manager Bill Johnston, arranging an interview time. Speaking with a world-weary drawl, Bill cautions me, "Make sure......