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For Earth Below

Johnny Angel
’Twas the great rock philosopher Ted Nugent who once said that the truly heavy in rock was akin to dragging one‘s balls along the concrete. And right he was. The basis of all the low-down, bass-grounded, quarter- to half-note-delayed kick-and-snare sludge the world has known and loved since the dawn......
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For Earth Below

Johnny Angel
’Twas the great rock philosopher Ted Nugent who once said that the truly heavy in rock was akin to dragging one‘s balls along the concrete. And right he was. The basis of all the low-down, bass-grounded, quarter- to half-note-delayed kick-and-snare sludge the world has known and loved since the dawn......
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For Earth Below

Johnny Angel
’Twas the great rock philosopher Ted Nugent who once said that the truly heavy in rock was akin to dragging one‘s balls along the concrete. And right he was. The basis of all the low-down, bass-grounded, quarter- to half-note-delayed kick-and-snare sludge the world has known and loved since the dawn......

After the Fall

Johnny Angel
As a child of the television culture, I‘ve seen just about every sort of gruesome or tragic event replayed or re-enacted by reality-based TV, or by the evening news. You’d think that this bloody overkill would have desensitized me when the real thing happened in front of me. Isn‘t desensitization......

He’s a Bounty Hunter

Johnny Angel
Art by Gustavo Vargas You know the bounty hunter. He’s the tough, macho dude armed with enough firepower to subdue a regiment as he busts down doors and snares degenerates in service of the mighty hand of justice. He’s the last hard-ass cowboy, a Wild West throwback, a living, breathing,......

Guardian Satan

Johnny Angel
Illustration by Gustavo Vargas Wouldn’t life be a dream if everyone had a real, live guardian angel, someone who could fix any problem? Like the big brother you never had, who would beat up neighborhood bullies? Or your own personal version of TV’s Equalizer, a professional jack-of-all-catastrophes? Well, Matty the......

Fetish Fulfillment

Johnny Angel
Illustration by Gustavo Vargas No matter how many times she’s made the trip, Scarlet’s stomach knots when she ventures into the Seventh Street fleabag where Monday Morning Michael schedules their sessions. The horror hotel, which stands amid homeless herds pushing shopping carts, is utterly disgusting — the pool unfilled and......

Taking From the Till

Johnny Angel
Art by Gustavo Vargas Let’s make one fact clear here. Our man Mr. Bird’s case isn’t either of these; he just dug in eagerly with both hands. Like this day, for an example. The sunny, smoggy almost-noon feeling is hitting him as he turns off Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys......

Dial ''F'' for ''Fraud''

Johnny Angel
Art by Gustavo VargasIt’s just past sunrise, 26 floors above Olympic Boulevard in Century City, and if the panoramic vista doesn’t take your breath away, check your pulse — from the view eastward to the glass behemoths of downtown; southward to where the first slew of morning flights take off......

Paradise Lost

Johnny Angel
Photo by Kathleen ClarkEven in Hollywood, the mean streets grow eerily quiet by 2 a.m., but that was hardly the case at the Cadiz Apartments on North Sycamore Avenue on the 2nd of November. When the LAPD arrived at the complex to respond to a 911 call, a disheveled, wobbly,......