Confirmed by Snopes.
Further proof from Democratic Libertarian Presidential hopeful Mike Gravel seen here performing “Helter Skelter”:

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Logo A-Go-Go
Hey look! The Port of Long Beach just got a flashy new logo, complete with rainbow colors and an animated design, which port spokesman Art Wong said is intended to “evoke a childlike quality, maybe even inspire children.” The logo is debuting on silky flags hung from street lights along Seventh Street, among other [...]

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Not so into the sloppy Gravel mash of Vince Collins‘ awesome psych P.S.A. from 1975 (above) (which I learned about by typing good [...]

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Tell it to ‘em, Gravel.

First Sat./Sun. so is that Record Swap or Pasadena Swap or Veteran’s Swap or Rose Bowl Swap or Cypress Swap or what swap? Explain, thanks.
Also Tinariwen plays Sat. at Temple Bar. Should be cool. Like when Konono No. 1 played Knitting Factory. Tinariwen are nomads from the Sahara desert that posed with Danelectros amid the [...]

ALEX’S BAR
FRI | OCT 26

MAGIC LANTERN by LONNIE NGUYEN

Tonight Warlocks got the kind of fan a band wouldn’t do bad to add to the payroll—she had stamina, charisma and really limber limbs, and was front and center and cranked up really high for the entire set. Warlocks knew they owed her one—when she reached for [...]

Sucks more than Blacula! Hurts worse than ‘Earache My Eye!‘ First there was White Light / White Heat, then there was Red Patent Leather, and now… we give you… BLACK DEATH!

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The first of two vital nights of Roky Erickson, hero human of lost modern America, who will be churning up anticipation for his historic performance tomorrow at the El Rey (tix here avail only at door oh no go!) when he hosts his favorite horror movie Creature With The Atom Brain at the newly reopened [...]

Kick off the unofficial Roky weekend the right way:

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