A former colleague from the LA Times recommended that I reach out to a friend of his who runs a Green website about electric vehicles. The pay was fine but I don’t have an EV!
No problem for the first story I borrowed my brother’s Kia EV (pictured above) and went hotel hopping around Santa Monica
For the next piece I rented a low price LA EV car and tooled around Hollywood including the cemetery and brought along the best Hollywood tour guide Brian Donnelly.
My friend Bree hires me a few times a week to write about concerts and rock history for Setlist.FM. Here’s a few I’ve done for her over the last lil while
Foo Fighters hire former Replacements drummer for replacement for their drummer
https://www.setlist.fm/news/05-23/foo-fighters-announce-new-drummer-before-tour-7bd6aaec
34 years ago Metallica rocked the Troubadour in preperation for Monsters of Rock
https://www.setlist.fm/news/05-23/setlist-history-metallica-warms-up-at-la-club-before-monsters-73d6aaed
Beyonce earned $230,000 a minute for this performance in Dubai
https://www.setlist.fm/news/05-23/beyonce-kicks-off-renaissance-tour-with-debuts-covers-tude-63d6aaf7
The Cure kick off their tour with rarely-played gems
https://www.setlist.fm/news/05-23/the-cure-kick-off-north-american-tour-w-rarely-played-gems-7bd6aafc
AC/DC hasn’t played their biggest charting single since last century, they should at Power Trip
https://www.setlist.fm/news/05-23/powertrip-could-make-news-if-acdc-plays-some-of-these-hits-63d6aaff
Janet Jackson starts off tour with a 40-song set
https://www.setlist.fm/news/04-23/janet-jackson-kicks-off-together-again-tour-with-40-song-set-7bd6aa10