Please forgive the splitting of my recent blog entries into parts, but I have a number of writing projects going on at the moment and as you...

In yesterday's mail I received the copy of Ed Sanders' 2002 update of The Family (Thunder's Mouth Press) I'd ordered, and l...

I concluded yesterday’s blog with the observation that although its existence has never been proven, the theoretical existence of the “snuff...

The L. A. Times reported late this afternoon (4:58 PDT) that the two areas near the Barker Ranch site where bodies were suspected of being...

The question of Charles Manson and the “snuff film” has preoccupied my thoughts the past few days, prompted, of course, by the forensic inve...

The current dig at the Barker Ranch is promising to become the equivalent of Geraldo Rivera's opening of Al Capone's vault. Here ar...

An update on yesterday afternoon's blog about the archaeological/forensic dig going on at the Barker Ranch, the remote set of buildings ...

I am sure it will come as no surprise to anyone for me to say that the vast majority of popular songs are love songs. And although this fact...

According to a report published this afternoon on the Los Angeles Times website, early tomorrow morning (Tuesday), Inyo County Sheriff’s i...

Yesterday’s blog on the art of rock art prompted me to think about the art of the album cover—the vinyl LP album cover specifically. I say “...

At Bonhams New York this past Wednesday, May 14, The Peter Golding Collection of Rock & Roll Art fetched close to $795,000, according ...

What’s the difference between a hook and a ditty? Available definitions don’t offer much help, I’ve discovered. The following definitions ar...