The Slums Off Hollywood Boulevard

  Mercy  Fontenat, otherwise known as Miss Mercy of the GTOS, led an iterant rock ‘n’ roll life life. A butterfly of a music fan, Mercy’s travels took her from Haight Asbury to Laure...

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  Beatles fans flooded Facebook and other social media sites with reviews of Get Back , director Peter Jackson's eight-hour documentary about the Fabs' 1969 recording sessions and rooftop c...

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So many musicians and public figures have passed away in the past ten years, especially since the 2016 triple whammy of Lemmy (Dec ‘15, actually), David Bowie, and Prince. Some people at tha...

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In today's world of streaming music, with every song imaginable  a click away, it's hard to stay focused on an entire album. But you can still find gems that keep even the most ADHD-challen...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2020/06/music-review-boulevards-of-splendor-by.html

Set The Night on Fire: L.A. In the Sixties By Mike Davis and Jon Weiner It’s been 50 years since the Kent State shootings. On May 4, 1970, four students – Allison Krause, Jeff...

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Limited number of 1.5 inch buttons available - 1980s comic strip “The Veggees” all-girl band logo. Message me at jade at jadeblackmore.com if you want a button. 

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Cosmic Partners: The McCabe Tapes captures Michael Nesmith at the height of his powers as a country rock pioneer. In the early 1970s, Nez released classic LPs, including Nevada Fighter, Lo...

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By now, most people who want to see Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood have made a trip to the theater, some of them several times. The film’s 2 hours and 41 minutes long, and every plo...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2019/09/once-upon-time-in-hollywood-and-joy-of.html

Prolific rockabilly musician Steve Hooker is back with another CD, The Old Testament of Love on Pimphouse Records. The seven-track CD  begins with the country-western-flavored instrumental ...

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It’s 2019, and lots of people are talking about Mötley Crüe. Who could have guessed an ‘80s heavy metal band that retired in 2015 would set the internet ablaze in 2019? It’s been a m...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-dirt-and-resurgence-of-motley-crue.html

Peter Tork died on February 21 of complications from  adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 77, and the second Monkee to pass away. (Davy Jones died in February 2012,). H...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2019/03/remembering-peter-tork-1942-2019.html

If you’ve read Motley Crue’s The Dirt or seen the Penelope Spheeris documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, you probably have a good idea what it was li...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2018/12/book-review-beat-me-til-im-famous-by.html

Surviving Agent Orange: And Other Things I Learned From Being Thrown Under the Partridge Family Bus by Gretchen Bonaduce Rare Bird Books,  264 pages Most people recognize Gretchen Bon...

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Some of the most hated rock groups of all time are also the most loved. People can’t hate you unless they know you, and they’re not gonna know you unless you’re successful. Look at tha...

http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/2018/08/why-do-so-many-people-hate-eagles.html

Jonathon Brandmeier, Kevin Matthews, Steve Dahl & Garry Meier, mid-1980s   I finally watched the Twisted Sister documentary on Netflix a few weeks ago. I’d been avoiding it for awhile, b...

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The Terry Kath Experience Documentary Directed by Michelle Kath Sinclair When I mention the band Chicago, what do you think of? Syrupy love songs of the ‘80s and ‘90s and endles...

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MEOW! MY GROOVY LIFE WITH TIGER BEAT’S TEEN IDOLS BY ANN MOSES (WITH ANN WICKER) PUBLISHER: Q CODING LLC 306 PAGES Before the internet and social media, teen girls found out about their f...

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I never cried when a celebrity died before. Usually, I’d be shocked for a few minutes or there’d be a delayed response where the grief would come days or weeks later. With someone I’m ...

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Crowmatic Steve Hooker Pimphouse Records This six-song CD from rockabilly/blues rock veteran Steve Hooker has all the earmarks of his time-tested sounds. The CD starts with the shoutin...

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Book Review: Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass into the Wild Times, Loud Rock and Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen By Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden Noel Monk ...

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Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider once referred to Pete Way as a "rock 'n' roll version of Dudley Moore's 'Arthur'.”   The reference to Dudley Moore’s perpetually soused but lovable million...

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I found a copy of Spy magazine from the mid-1990s when I cleared out some storage boxes the other day. Spy was a nothing’s sacred snarkfest for the hip cognoscenti of the time. I don’t k...

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SHOUT IT OUT LOUD: THE STORY OF KISS’S DESTROYER AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN ICON JAMES CAMPION BACKBEAT BOOKS, 400 PAGES Released on March 15, 1976, Destroyer catapulted Kiss from...

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NO LANDING PLAN FUZZY VOX FUZZY VOX FACEBOOK PAGE The second album from French power pop trio, Fuzzy Vox, No Landing Plan, is an upbeat collection of songs combining the best attributes of ...

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DUST AMONG THE STARS SCI-FI ROMANCE BROKEN IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT The new album by L.A. based alt-folk band Sci-fi Romance, Dust Among the Stars, creates a somber landscape that pulls yo...

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