Email Author Greg Burk

2000 Stories by Greg Burk

• The Goods

  published December 21, 2000

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• Border Garde

  published December 14, 2000

  “I think artists need to draw attention to the things that are overlooked. We’re here to be an outside voice, in the same way shamans a... More >>

• The Gospel of Charles

  published November 9, 2000

  Charlie Parker’s mid-‘40s sessions are the bop New Testament; everything after is just commentary. The Jesus role of course belongs ... More >>

• A Little Bit of Chaos

  published November 2, 2000

  Summer Saturday evening at West Hollywood’s Schindler House. Flat ’20s Modern architecture. Pre-televisional vibe of de... More >>

• A Little Bit of Chaos

  published November 2, 2000

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• The Elixirs

  published October 12, 2000

  ”A man tells his personal truth, with such loving passion and honesty and intelligence and fire, and ecclesiastical everything-he‘s-got, on h... More >>

• Fuckin’ Z

  published September 7, 2000

  Dodger Stadium, day after Memorial Day. The security and publicity folks are a little keyed up: They‘ve just heard Zakk Wylde torture hi... More >>

• What the Hell?

  published August 24, 2000

  Photo by John Eder You know what’s gotta be the toughest thing about being Rob Halford? Though he’s been screaming the metal message f... More >>

• Selling Really Weird Music

  published June 29, 2000

  It’s a club. It‘s a brand. It’s a religion. It‘s the Knitting Factory, and it’s coming to Hollywood. KnitMedia, the Kni... More >>

• Big Love

  published June 15, 2000

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• Don't Read This Story

  published June 8, 2000

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• The Labors of Lawless

  published April 27, 2000

  “I come from a very religious background. My father was a Sunday-school superintendent, my uncle was a preacher, my grandfather was hea... More >>

• Heroes

  published March 30, 2000

  Metal howler Ronnie James Dio’s champagne moment at last year‘s L.A. Weekly Music Awards (where he and Mike Watt co-presented the Hard Ro... More >>

• Restrung

  published March 23, 2000

  The Eric von Essen you never knew When somebody dies too young, the way Eric von Essen did in 1997 at the age of 43, you always... More >>

• Dark Stars

  published March 16, 2000

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• Nobody Nowhere

  published February 10, 2000

  This band Spite is the realest thing I ever saw on a stage. So. Does that mean I “like” these four gentlemen‘s “music”? It’s a hard que... More >>

• AC Buddha

  published January 27, 2000

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