His song won Best Indie Single at the 1987 Boston Music Awards. In this century, the artist formerly known as Johnny Angel left his mark on LA talk radio. He and I go back
My all-time fave is probably Michael Ventura. He had a truly cosmic column in LA Weekly. Ran for years, before I even imagined I'd get to LA.
We used to get all of the American alternatives at my first job, in Chico. I read Michael Ventura's column as soon as it showed up in the mail. Old school af!
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My all-time fave is probably Michael Ventura. He had a truly cosmic column in LA Weekly. Ran for years, before I even imagined I'd get to LA.
We used to get all of the American alternatives at my first job, in Chico. I read Michael Ventura's column as soon as it showed up in the mail. Old school af!