I was recently struck by how many of my favorite musicians are suicides. Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain…
As a teenager, I suffered from depression. I woke most days with a sense of ennui and hopelessness. My dark moods…
When people think of Peter Gabriel, they often visualize the “Sledgehammer” music video or the scene in Say…
In 1981, 16-year old Frank Black (real name Charles Thompson, aka Black Francis) was vacationing in…
During my college years, I worked at a record store. My co-workers and I created our own music sections in the…
Joseph Arthur’s good luck borders on the miraculous. In the late 90’s, Peter Gabriel was…
I recently won two tickets to Coachella 2023 for donating to KCRW radio in Los Angeles. I asked if I could…
On August 16, 1956, Bela Lugosi laid down to take a nap in his Los Angeles apartment. Lugosi was a…
In 1967, American poet Larry Beckett wrote an elegiac poem titled “Song to the Siren.” He was inspired…
Gary Calamar is a Los Angeles-based music supervisor and radio DJ. He hosted a Sunday night show on KCRW…
