Adam Parfey

* The publisher of Feral House Books (“Apocalypse Culture,” “Apocalypse Culture II,” “Lords of Chaos”) and author of the new book “Extreme Islam.”

Russ Meyer’s Haunt: I do like Musso & Frank. Last time I was there, with my girl, Marti, I ordered the prime rib and I usually have a Bombay martini straight up. Russ Meyer is often there. Close your eyes and you can picture Ed Wood having a drink there--though I think he went to that old place now closed next to Paramount Pictures, Nickodell’s.

The Devil’s Grandson: There is a new store that I find interesting on Sunset Boulevard, near Gardner Street, across the street from Meltdown, called Odium, that’s owned by Stanton LaVey, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey’s grandson. I’m not sure how long it is going to stay opened, but it’s a very bizarre thing with a lot of cultic rapture going on. They have Manson Family interests and Nation of Islam interests, and extremely strange paintings, art, videos, books and posters, like a poster of wrestlers without hands from Germany.

People Watching: My office is in downtown’s historic core on Spring Street, so I do enjoy walking around there sometimes on the weekends. It looks like a Joe Coleman painting. It’s very exotic in its downward slide. I don’t feel endangered by it, necessarily, but on the other hand, it’s pretty remarkable. If you want to look at people, don’t go to the Third Street Promenade. The wild ones are downtown on Main Street and Los Angeles Street.

The Deli in the Alley: There’s a small street called St. Vincent Court between Broadway and Hill off of 7th Street. You can’t even call it a street, more like an alley. And you go down this alley and it feels like you are in New York City. There’s a number of interesting little deli-type places that sell cold cuts, cheese, rice and whatnot. This one deli makes really great sandwiches. They are in these old, decaying, large buildings, and they are all Armenian and Lebanese.

The Artichoke Capital: I go to the Bay Area, where my distributors are, a couple of times a year, and I used to like to stop at the giant artichoke in Castroville, a building in the shape of a big artichoke announcing the artichoke capital of the world. But now it’s closed. I was really sad to hear that.

Adam Bregman