POP / SNEAK PEEK : MANSON'S SHADOW OVER L.A. ROCK.Which infamous local lunatic was a chief influence on the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. rock scene of the past 30 years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. British music author Barney Hoskyns? If you guessed Charles Manson, you win a free trip to the Spahn Ranch. ``I didn't want to glamorize glam·or·ize also glam·our·ize tr.v. glam·or·ized, glam·or·iz·ing, glam·or·iz·es 1. To make glamorous: tried to glamorize the bathroom with expensive fixtures. 2. him,'' Hoskyns said. ``I tried to be quite sober about it. I don't buy into Charlie as anti-hero anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace, his weaknesses and confusion, often reflect modern man's ambivalence toward . He was a dangerously messed-up human being. I tried to look at why his message has been manipulated and embraced by so many disaffected nihilists.'' Hoskyns believes the 1969 Manson Family murders were ``a watershed event which brought together the movie and music industries in a horrific ... orgy of evil.'' In his new book, ``Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and the Sound of Los Angeles'' (St. Martin's Press; $27.50), Hoskyns opines Opines are low molecular weight compounds found in plant crown gall tumors produced by the parasitic bacterium Agrobacterium. Opine biosynthesis is catalyzed by specific enzymes encoded by genes contained in a small segment of DNA (known as the T-DNA, for 'transfer DNA') that L.A. is a doomed paradise offering a unique ``interplay between light and darkness, good and evil.'' The New York-based Hoskyns, who is also U.S. correspondent for the acclaimed London music monthly Mojo, spent three years compiling the 356-page ``Waiting for the Sun.'' The book's index ranges from A&M Records to Neil Young's ``Zuma,'' with stops along the way for Suzy Creamcheese, the Tropicana Motel, Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, and other examples of local rock lore. ``I tried to tie various people, places and scenes together,'' Hoskyns said during a book-signing visit to Los Angeles last week. ``Not that this is the definitive overview, but my business is establishing connections. I wanted to place the story of the L.A. music scene in a cultural context. I hope it delves deeper into sociocultural so·ci·o·cul·tur·al adj. Of or involving both social and cultural factors. so  ci·o·cul areas.'' In Chapter 5, titled ``Strange Daze, Weird Sins,'' the 37-year-old Hoskyns tells the bizarre tale of Manson, a pseudo-hippie troubadour troubadour One of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians, often of knightly rank, that flourished from the 11th through the 13th century, chiefly in Provence and other regions of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy. and ex-con who ``a lot of pretty well-known musicians around L.A. knew ... but they'd probably deny it now.'' The arrest of Manson and his followers for multiple murder was ``L.A. noir on a grand scale,'' Hoskyns writes. ``Every city probably deserves a book of this kind,'' he said. ``But L.A. holds a particular fascination for people all over the world.'' Nuthin' but the blues: Ranging from Furry Lewis' 1927 recording of ``Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee'' to B.B. King's 1969 signature tune, ``The Thrill Is Gone,'' MCA's new three-CD box set, ``Blues Classics,'' traces the history of the blues from its very beginnings to the blues revival of the late '60s. The box set's 72 chronological tracks feature music from early legends such as Tampa Red and Kokomo Arnold; r&b pioneers Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985)[1] was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. and Louis Jordan; Chicago standard-bearers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf; and guitar virtuosos Albert Collins and Otis Rush. Compiled by MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. executive Andy McKaie and blues expert Mary Katherine Aldin, ``Blues Classics'' also contains a 64-page booklet. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: no caption (Book cover - WAITING for the SUN) |
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