Censorship takes a stronghold over the scene. The ones in charge ban your album from stores. What is a musician to do? In Perry Farrell's case, the answer was obvious: Start your own festival. The first Lollapalooza, in 1991, doubled as a farewell tour for Farrell's band, Jane's Addiction. Many......
The world of construction is no place for a lady. It’s too difficult. Too rough. Women can’t handle it. They’re not strong enough. Yeah, right. Try telling that to the crew at Lightning in a Bottle. At the perennially popular music and arts festival, women have long played a key......
Prophets of Rage Whisky a Go-Go May 31, 2016 Top rule for a Los Angeles native: Attend any show where you hear the words, “performance by members of Rage Against the Machine, Cypress Hill and Public Enemy.” Yes, a historic event went down last night. And yes, the rumors are......
It’s a dream come true for international electronic musicians who have longed to perform in Cuba. For the first time since 1960, recording artists from around the world are allowed to play in the island nation, thanks to the détente with America. The Manana Festival proudly takes the reins of this......
Perfectly aligned with the ideals of Bob himself, Marley's family has launched new products promoting the healing aspects of cannabis. In honor of the reggae legend's 71st birthday, cannabis brand Marley Natural is linked to the star’s legacy of utilizing the herb as a daily ritual to increase vitality and......
Twenty years after retiring from Oingo Boingo, and two years after finally returning to live performing, Danny Elfman is coming to the Hollywood Bowl stage, performing the role of Jack Skellington from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The first show, appropriately held on Halloween night, sold out in hours. An additional......
There are moments when you can feel the power of fate. That's how it seemed a few days ago at the State of Marijuana 2015 event held by Cannabis Awareness Research Economics in Santa Monica, when leading California elected officials mingled with weed entrepreneurs and health advocates to share ideas......
Tommy Chong is a natural-born hero, admired for his comedic accomplishments, inventions and perseverance. Now he's creating hemp and weed-related goods under his name. His Chong Water, an organic hemp and mint-lime beverage with electrolytes, vitamins and antioxidants, has begun initial roll-out. And on July 21, connoisseurs can tap the......
Awakening each morning in pain caused by various surgeries, Yami Bolanos engages in her daily routine of relief, which she finds only with cannabis oil. A cancer survivor who underwent a liver transplant 19 years ago, she is now in need of another organ donation. But like others who use......
Christopher Hawley, longtime Venice resident and frontman to the Christopher Hawley Rollers is reminiscing over the band's past and looking to a future that includes the legalization of hemp for conservation and sustainability. The band is playing at Washington state’s Hempapalooza this weekend to support the cause, and Hawley, who......
