Randall Roberts

View more photos in Timothy Norris' Sonic Youth slideshow. There was Kim in sequins and Thurston in a conservative plaid button-down, same as always, give or take. He in jeans and basketball high-tops like he was on the way to a bookstore or something; she moaning, strumming and swinging and......

If you want to go where the REAL action was vis a vis Elvis Presley, it was in his loins, and nowhere did he exercise and employ his loins more than in Palm Springs, where his Honeymoon Hideaway house served as The King's love nest. It was here in 1967......

We've been preaching the gospel of Nosaj Thing, Jogger and Daedelus individually and as a pack for a long time now, and now the fearsome LA three is converging around a mission: to make a half-circle around the continent. Beginning (where else?) in Palm Springs, the three acts, all part......

Resolved: The Mike Love is a Douchebag Page, dedicated to spreading the word about the Beach Boys member that Beach Boys fans love to hate. Specifically, the description of the page: Mike Love, early often lead singer of the Beach Boys, is a douchebag. Whether it be his ridiculous rewritings......

On Tuesday, February 2, Knitting Factory Records will be reissuing Fela Kuti's afrobeat landmark, The '69 Los Angeles Sessions, which was recorded that year during a time when the legendary Nigerian musician was living in Hollywood and gigging with his band six nights a week at the Citidel de Haiti......

View the Ducati All Stars slideshow by Timothy Norris here. Last Saturday night a scrum of rockers and Ducati motorcycle enthusiasts rolled into Pahilhouse in West Hollywood for a pre-show meet-and-greet and crotch-rocket enthusiasts happy hour. The rock-star looking ones, as opposed to the cyclist-looking ones (two different breeds), were......