Email Author Skylaire Alfvegren

2012 Stories by Skylaire Alfvegren

• The Sounds of '42

  published February 16, 2012

  Around 3 a.m. on February 25, 1942, Los Angeles was jolted awake to the sound of air raid sirens and anti-aircraft explosions. In the course of... More >>

• Witchy Woman

  published February 9, 2012

  You may have eyeballed this happening lady at any number of hep arts and music events around town, an ethereal, statuesque blonde clad all in... More >>

• It Take Guts to Talk About This Stuff

  published February 2, 2012

  We all should be familiar with Philadelphia's famed Mutter Museum, the country's best-known cabinet of medical curiosities, which has been... More >>

• California, Where Did We Go Wrong?

  published February 2, 2012

  If President Jimmy Carter had been re-elected, we would all be driving electric cars and powered by green energy. Instead, one of Ronald Reagan's... More >>

• The Fastest Curtain in Town

  published February 2, 2012

  When I was young, I was a rock hound, attending gem and mineral shows around the Southland. Once, among displays of pyrite and geodes, I found a... More >>

• Waugh's Angeles

  published February 2, 2012

  Released on Oct. 11, 1965, The Loved One was promoted as "the motion picture with something to offend everyone." Refined English writer... More >>

• I'm Fucked Up, You're Fucked Up

  published January 26, 2012

  In the USA, the only country in the Western world whose government allows direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription pharmaceuticals, deaths... More >>

• Enter the Dragon

  published January 26, 2012

  With 2012 upon us, we are indeed entering the Dragon — the water dragon, to be exact. It's a year in the Chinese zodiac we haven't been in... More >>

• Your Shows of Shows

  published January 19, 2012

  This writer is quite convinced the advent of reality television signified the final nail in the coffin for modern civilization. If the Mayan... More >>

• Fante, Dead and Alive

  published January 19, 2012

  In 1936, Musso & Frank, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood, responded to its growing popularity by expanding with an exclusive "Back Room" tucked... More >>

• This Is How to Use Your Head, Bangers

  published January 12, 2012

  Father Gregory Boyle — a recent recipient of the faith-based humanitarian Opus Prize, which recognizes "heroes who are conquering the world's... More >>

• Triple Threat

  published January 5, 2012

  The Unholy Three describe their act as "a quickly paced, provocative, Dada-esque combination of wizardry, mentalism and offbeat humor." But it's... More >>