A new record from the New York Dolls is a dicey proposition. 3/5 of the original band are dead, and what they spawned has been so diluted...

The Bangles House of Blues, Chicago, 7.8.06 A group of 8 of us made a road trip from St. Louis to Chicago to see The Bangles. Considering th...

The culmination of this journey brings Marilyn to my house. Demetrie Kabbaz's exhibit of Marilyn Monroe paintings at the Barton Street...

Yeah! is the most appropriate album title since Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols . While the Pistols’ made a declarative st...

Much like calculus, yard work or NASCAR, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is unimportant to me, so I only just now got around to watching ...

The current issue of Arch City Chronicles features a piece I did on Demetrie Kabbaz, the man behind the mysterious Marilyn Shrine. It was...

The morning began with the incomprehensible news that Gene Pitney was found dead in a Welch hotel room, after another fabulous performance ...

Tonight's the night Matt Dillon could win the Oscar. Last night he won Best Supporting Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards, so maybe ...

Much like a kid watching their Thomas The Tank Engine tape 5 times in a row, I can’t stop watching Glam Rock . There are Must-See clips:...

On December 3rd, I got an e-mail from "abba-dabba," a business partner of the Marilyn Shrine artist Kabbaz. I thought that art boo...

Early Thanksgiving afternoon, I pick up a friend who tells me about seeing one of the floats crash into a light pole during the Macy's T...

On Tuesday, October 18th, Billy Idol disappeared from the window, and excitement brewed when I saw signs of renovation (above). I saw lamp ...

Present political problems and dire future trends for our country had me in a dour mood as I drove to work. Usually, a quick glance at the M...

A fictional imagining about THE decisive moment in the downturn of Rod Stewart’s career. Early Summer 1978, a Los Angeles recording studio ...

The new Marilyn in the window is here! An ode to swimming pool weather, a still from Marilyn's last (uncompleted) film which also serves...