June 7, 2009 Issue


Letter from the Editor
by Annie Gilbar
Music editor Nic Harcourt takes the podium
June 7, 2009

Letters to the Editor
We print it, you sound off
June 7, 2009

Sounds Like a Long-Term Plan
THE GADFLY
by Jesse Kornbluth
A&M/Octone’s James Diener is making the music business...a business again
June 7, 2009

Spin City
NEXT
by A. Moret
DJ Hero is set to do for mixmasters what Guitar Hero did for air guitar
June 7, 2009

Turn It Up
by Nic Harcourt
Sounds good to me

Jack White
10Q
by Nic Harcourt
On the Dead Weather, Third Man Records, Nashville, Jimmy Page and The Edge
June 7, 2009

Music to My Eyes
FEATURE STORY
by Jod Kaftan
Legendary music exec Jeff Ayeroff has actually lived a life in pictures—with a little help from his friends
June 7, 2009

Harmonic Convergence
BACK / STORY
by Chuck Crisafulli
On a night in Bel Air in 1965, the Beatles finally met their hero—Elvis
June 7, 2009

Joni on Point
FEATURE STORY
by Nic Harcourt
With her provocative ballet, The Fiddle and the Drum, Mitchell finds a new groove—and a new lens on her past
June 7, 2009

Canyon Jam
FEATURE STORY
by Juliette Dominguez
Jonathan Wilson has turned Laurel Canyon into rock 'n' roll's most famous neighborhood—again
June 7, 2009

Right Here, Right Now
FEATURE STORY
by Matthew Fleischer
The perfect storm of global influences, post-Obama acceptance and all-age music clubs is leading Los Angeles into a true indie renaissance
June 7, 2009

Playlists
Musicians sound off
June 7, 2009

Chief Bratton and Jim Wiatt
FEATURE STORY
Friends help L.A.’s top lawman keep this city safe
June 7, 2009

Humor Helps & TED Takes Beverly Hills
PRIVATE PARTY
by Eve Gerber
Recent events honoring the Malibu Foundation for Youth & Families and TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design)
June 7, 2009

Jazz, Baby
MY BEST STORY
by Jesse Kornbluth
Hugh Hefner’s soundtrack? Big Band and Dixieland
June 7, 2009

The *#@$%! You Say
WEB ONLY: MANNERS MATTER
by Michele Wojciechowski
To curse or not to curse, that is the effing question

L.A. Story
WEB ONLY: FEATURES STORY
by Tim Grierson
If It Happened in Music, It Happened Here
June 7, 2009

Icons of Rock Style: Details
Do Try This at Home