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20 years ago I became an Angeleno; Cobra Verde welcomed me—& Falling James got me a job!

This is how Carnage came to Los Angeles! Some crucial Clevelanders—and an L.A. icon—made sure I was okay after a wild journey two decades ago…

Come celebrate 20 years in L.A. with me & a bunch of gnarly bands

RIG, NOÏ ROCK, A Lovely Sort Of Death, Paul Lai—it’s two decades of amazing new music with connections to my earliest days in SoCal…

Noise Rock shows its Pride: Japanther, Early Humans & Black Eyes in DC, 2002

20 years ago, New Lou Reeds’ Stephe DK, Coffinberry’s Nick Cross & I set out from Cleveland to see the best bands ever play Gay Pride…

9 Shocks Terror’s SoCal tour with Tony Erba & Jim Konya changed my life

Twenty years ago I roadied for perhaps the greatest thrash / hardcore band this planet has ever known, 9 Shocks Terror…

LOS ANGELES

The 100% True Story of How I Met Don Bolles

Germs drummer and Fancy Space man Don Bolles is, was & will always be fabulous. How I met him on my first visit to Los Angeles still freaks me out!

‘Emo night’ in Hollywood: Hey Mercedes rocks The Roxy

Six weeks after we parted ways in Cleveland, I got to see my friend Mike Shumaker be a rock star at an historic Hollywood venue…

Young People, Get Hustle, Mummers at Anthony & Dan’s loft, November 2002

This show was just the first of many nexii of L.A. talent that I experienced in 2002-04. Very inspiring…

My first concert at 924 Gilman: The Futures from Japan, Out Cold & Capitalist Casualties

Nowadays I’d never be like, Let’s go to a show in the Bay on a random night! And drive all the way from L.A. But that’s what I did in 2002…

The best 9 Shocks Terror photos I ever shot, at the “new” Peabody’s

How we ended up at the sanitized 2002-version of Peabody’s, I have no idea, but it was a great show!

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Never can say goodbye: Yet another star-studded Invisible City farewell

More farewell concerts than a Cher tour: It’s an all-star jam with celebrities from the Cleveland music scene. First time online!

Pointless Orchestra goes all the way out in Tremont

Before I hit the road for L.A. in 2002, I paid my respects to Pointless Orchestra, a trailblazing hybrid group of far-out musicians…

Saying goodbye to Cleveland: Coffinberry and Sean & Ian at The Invisible City

This was the first of the farewell parties we had at our recording studio / loft. These photos have never before been published!

Michael Shumaker’s Hey Mercedes homecoming at the Agora, 2002

Friends from across my Cleveland years gathered at The Invisible City ifor a sweaty & fun pre-party before we walked en masse to the show…

California comes to Cleveland: Annihilation Time, Fields Of Fire with 9 Shocks Terror at the Grog Shop

In George W. Bush America, I didn’t want to hear complacent or arty music. Includes pages from Ben Edge’s tour diary!

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100,000 Years Of Sean & Ian album listening party at The Invisible City

At the time, we used our newly-arrived CDs as—you guessed it!—yet another excuse to have a bon voyage party…

Under the bridge, Cleveland-style, with Brian Straw at Hart Crane Park; Or, how I learned to let loose in the middle of the Zika epidemic

This was a special event—an unsanctioned outdoor concert in a public space. I’m all for that kind of shit. NOW, STAY AWAY BUGS!

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