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Elton John Recalls Surprising Iggy Pop Onstage — in a Gorilla Costume
As Sir Elton John, one of the most fabulously attired performers in rock ‘n’ roll history, prepares for his farewell tour, everyone is wondering what he’s going to wear....
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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Things Are Not That Different for Our 2 Countries’
“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and...
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Brian May Talks Politics: ‘We’re Not Heading in the Direction of Compassion’
Sitting with Yahoo and poring over his glossy new coffee table book, Queen in 3-D, guitar god and stereoscopic photography enthusiast Brian May pauses on page 88, gazing at...
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RuPaul Talks Punk, Politics, and Pulse: ‘Most People Are Still Living in the Dark Ages’
RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he...
Join me and John Hughes of Rhino Records) as we welcome author, musician, and podcaster Paul Myers (Record Store Day Podcast, Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Powerpop)...
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As the trailblazing country star finally releasing her debut full-length album, Remember Her Name. But the “Black Like Me” singer admits to me that as recently as two years ago, she...
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In June of this year, David Archuleta, one of the most popular American Idol contestants of all time, came out as being on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum — in an emotional...
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I appear on Los Angeles local news to look back on the late Rolling Stones drummer’s legacy....
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While the tattoo artist and entrepreneur is known for her successful makeup brand, animal rights activism, and TLC reality show L.A. Ink, but it turns out music has always been her “first and...
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Writer/musician Noah Lekas chatted with me at length for L.A. alt-culture gallery Lethal Amounts’ website about the posthumously published autobiography I wrote with/for the GTOs’ Mercy “Miss Mercy” Fontenot, Permanent...
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The legendary guitarist chats with me about life before, during, and after the Police....
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As Simmons looks ahead to his art event taking place in one of America’s biggest tourist destinations, Las Vegas, the conversation of course turns to the subject of vaccinations, masks,...
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This week on The Top Ten Revealed, we discuss doomsday songs about the end of civilization as we know it, which seems on-brand for 2021! Watch the entire episode here....
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Join me and John Hughes of Rhino Records as we chat with music journalist and R.E.M. liner notes writer Annie Zaleski for a two-part deep dive in the original “alternative...
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