A Short History of L.A. Bohemia |
Los Angeles Bohemia
By Brian Chidester
The story-arc of American bohemia has deep roots in late 19th century Europe. A socio-political sea change was built around coffeehouses and an artisti...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:09:00 GMT |
Eden Ahbez Bio |
Here is a biographical sketch that I wrote about Eden Ahbez, the man who wrote the song "Nature Boy" and lived under the first "L" of the HOLLYWOOD sign. His local cult status looms large here in...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:03:00 GMT |
All I Want Is One Good Song |
In the summer of 2006, I did my first performance of the Beatnik Beach slideshow... the focus of this MySpace page... a series of photos and ephemera from the Los Angeles coffeehouses of the late '50s...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:50:00 GMT |
Running Naked Through the Garden |
There was a place in Hollywood where actress Tallulah Bankhead used to walk around in the buff, with a pet monkey perched on her shoulder. This was a place so wild and storied that some cho...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:43:00 GMT |
Memoriam |
All your words
Are mortar Maryland grounds in hush
Cigarettes light lighting flickering
Big, bold, and the clothing of a comfortable chair
On Main Street in your living
Room.
Where are you?
Be...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:31:00 GMT |
When We Were Young, We Had Dreams |
Los Angeles is a wasteland that has changed from '80s violence and open racism to hidden racism, political correctness, escalating rudeness and urban trash snobbery. L.A. has been a prostitu...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:12:00 GMT |
A Tribute to Philomene Long, R.I.P. |
Hi Everyone,
I posted this as a bulletin and just wanted to keep it up a while longer, as my tribute to Philomene Long, the Queen of Bohemia.
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Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:03:00 GMT |
Wild Life... Whatever Happened To...? |
The first Paul McCartney solo record I ever bought was Wild Life by Wings. I didn't know it was from 1971... and I didn't know that critics hated the record upon its initial release. I just bought it ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:04:00 GMT |
A Bohemian Manifesto |
By the time I was 15, it was extremely hard for me to come to terms with the idea that my dad... born during the Baby Boom period... saw Jimi Hendrix live in a club in 1968, and still felt connected ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:21:00 GMT |
Review of "The Invasion" from a 60s L.A. Coffeehouse Dweller |
I recently went to see The Invasion because I felt like a movie like that, and because it is probably happening! It was a remake of the movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and it was...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:18:00 GMT |
