Art Tavana

Maynard James Keenan: nihilistic drill sergeant; Credit: Levan TK

Every Tool Song, Ranked

An insanely deep dive into the prog-metal giants' insanely deep catalog, from the throwaways (sorry, purists) to the classics....
Tony Vreski

Why Are People Still Debating Whether Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie?

What if I unironically told you that violently killing terrorists was the basis of our most pure Christmas movie? "Most prized among people of this opinion ..." BuzzFeed wrote about Die Hard in 2013, "is the transgressive act of selecting a violent action movie over Home Alone or more classic fare. We......
Inside the All Amusement Fun Center of Burbank; Credit: Photo by Art Tavana

The L.A. Area's Last Mall Arcade Is Closing Its Doors

With tears in his eyes, Jim Rowton describes getting the news. "After 22 years in business, I get a phone call," he says, looking like a Disney Imagineer who's about to lose his theme park. "It's like they're throwing us out with the trash." On March 15, L.A.'s last traditional......
Unreleased photo of Izzy Stradlin during a tour of Japan with Guns N' Roses (1988); Credit: Alan Niven

Where's Izzy: Searching for the GNR Reunion's Missing Person

Izzy Stradlin now lives where nothing moves. While his old gang reunites for a world tour, the co-founder of Guns N' Roses is semi-retired in California’s secluded Mayberry: the quaint Ojai Valley. He’s holed up there in a midcentury home hidden behind a wrought-iron gate and hot pink rose bushes;......
The first released photo of the Lemmy Kilmister statue; Credit: Courtesy Travis Moore

We Got an Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Rainbow Bar & Grill's Lemmy Statue

Lemmy Kilmister wrote music that sounded like war. He did it for 40 years, juiced-up on amphetamines, Tennessee whiskey and a thirst for military history. The legendary British Motörhead frontman is what his former manager Todd Singerman now describes as the "Elvis or Beatles of his genre," which is hard-hitting......