Five shows to get you through the holiday break

KATIE THE PEST by RUSS ROCA
If you play your bars right, there is perhaps no better time to be a drinker or dancer in Long Beach than during the holidays. Everyone has their quiet (or not so much) rituals—Christmas breakfast at the Prospector chased 12 hours later [...]

Free Moral Agents might just destroy you

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Countless hours of my life have been spent listening to Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys album recorded live at the Fillmore East in New York on New Year’s Eve 1969 and, technically, New Year’s Day 1970. There is one moment in the middle of Jimi’s solo [...]

A sincere congrats to the organizers of last night’s Long Beach Loop, who provided a nearly seamless night of fun, drinks and adventure for fans of music and Jäger alike. Ten dollars got you a wrist band and a lei from Jägermeister; the wrist band got you admission all night on the Big Red Bus [...]

The Long Beach Loop keeps you rollin’ and rockin’ on the Big Red Bus

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Arriving just after Labor Day, it’s hard to tell if Thursday’s Long Beach Loop is meant to say goodbye to summer or hello to fall, but it’s certainly an unprecedented celebration: nearly six straight hours with five local bands [...]

Chris Ziegler hitches a ride with Ikey Owens

PHOTO by MATT WIGNALL
The future mayor of Long Beach stops his Mercedes in front of my old house—he still remembers where I lived three years ago, though he’d only been there once. He gives me burned copies of his last six records. Then he lends me the laptop [...]