Rich's R'n'R Rants & Raves

  I've enjoyed a couple of novels like this - a famous story told from a different point of view. I think my favorite was one I read dec...

            Friday 4-3-26 - the Implosions, 1/2 Ast, the Rebel Set at Red Dwarf Friday 4-3-26 - the New Waves at the Golden Tiki Saturday 4-...

Former MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS 'THE BOSS' FRIEDMAN Dies At 72  --- I know he was sick, but this really sucks. Founding member of the ...

           Friday 3-27-26 - Soldiers of Destruction, Talking Bombs, Volores at the Double Down Saturday 3-28-26 - Thee Swank Bastards at the...

  My better half discovered this 2024 sci-fi novel and recommended it to me, and, of course, I listen to her! The British government discove...

  Although she started as a poet/author, Patti mostly (never completely, of course) gave up her writings when the Patti Smith Group gained p...

          Friday 3-20-26 - Crimson Riot record release show at Grey Witch Saturday 3-21-26 - Thee Swank Bastards late night at the Golden Ti...

  While we did not know the host of this bachelor party, we know both bands and the fact that it was an early night meant that we definitely...

  Of course, I've been a fanatical Hellcopters fan since first hearing them in the late 90's, around the time of Paying the Dues . S...

         Friday 3-13-26 - The Implosions, Thee Swank Bastards at the Double Down Saturday 3-14-36 - the Unoriginal Unfits, Mondo Vermin, Apo...

  Our weekends tend to be pretty packed between errands, chores, house-cleaning, cooking and what-have-you, but we thought that this afterno...

Woodstock Performer Country Joe McDonald Dies at 84: 'One of the Defining Voices of the 1960s'  --- Obviously, everyone remembers th...

  My better half discovered this book and commented on the fact that characters were living (at times) in the same areas of LA that we used ...

        Thursday 3-5-26 - Dog Party, the Implosions, J Graves at Red Dwarf Saturday 3-7-26 - Matinee show at the Double Down with the Minges...

  Of course, I was a huge fan of the Conan comics in the 70's and 80's and the tales of his adventures with his one-time soul mate, ...

  I learned about this novel when I was researching Percival Everett's Erasure and discovered that the story-within-a-story in that nov...

John Hammond, Blues Singer-Guitarist, Dies at 83  ---

       Friday 2-27-26 - the New Waves at the Golden Tiki Saturday 2-28-26 - High Rollers Weekend with the A-100’s and Cromm Fallon NV at the...

  Mr. Dark's Pandemonium is the brainchild of Jack Bell (Psyatics/Unwieldies) who has gathered together a musical troupe from various La...

  We stumbled upon this documentary simply by browsing, although I think that we both had heard about it at some point or another and, of co...

  My lovely other half discovered this combo and after seeing some raucous, anarchic live footage and decided to pick up this 2023 Jon Spenc...

      Friday 2-20-25 -  Mr Dark's Pandemonium  at the Double Down Saturday 2-21-25 - Thee Swank Bastards (with Szandora) and the Way Out...

  We picked up these three CD's from the Vooduo when we saw them a few days back in Tucson and they are mighty fine finds! It appears th...

  We’ve known Max and Heidi from the Vooduo since our LA daze but we haven’t seen them in years after they moved to Arizona and we ended up ...