Michael Dare

Thus Spake Lennon

In December 1985, five years after John Lennon died, this newspaper printed an interview with him. Not an old interview, but a fresh one, from beyond the grave. It was, looking back, a stretch for the Weekly, something better suited to the National Enquirer. But it struck me as a......

Lies To Get You Out of the House

The L.A. Weekly was founded in 1978, which makes this our twentieth anniversary year. In celebration, we will be looking back at the paper’s history in occasional articles. This is the first. None of this is my fault. At least not all my fault. There are plenty of others to......