Friends and fans of Shelley Ganz, an opportunity to visit his home, now on the market, and snag a moment of silence to honor a true Hollywood original. RIP, pal. Love your frosted swan shower door, and you!

My mystery novel is set in real time on the cusp of September 1929, and the story begins today. Here's chapter one if you'd like to have a taste of what I imagine went on at Raymond Chandler's oil company office when an astral cult came calling. https://t.co/V4q6N7ZYDa

I thought I was writing a book about crime & social history in postwar LA, a temporary sideline from Scram Magazine. I found a new calling, by following Beth Short into a richer understanding of my hometown and her stories untold. Thank you, dear lady, for being my Virgil. RIP.

Paying my respects in the ruins of M. Flax Artists Materials, a lovely shop on Westlake Park that sold supplies to several generations of Otis, Chouinard and Art Center students. Empty for years, demolished for nothing, and all I got was a LABCO brick to remember her by.

A little light larceny as "The Kept Girl" cover art appears on Chinese drama "Never Too Late." https://t.co/3zub3GV14D via @jmshghtwr

When it happened, I was in a sort of trance, trawling a web that still had not been polluted by monetized search, AI and deliberate deception. The ghosts of old Los Angeles were steering my hands and mind. They wanted Ray's secret to be known. Ten years ago today.

If you're in LA and at loose ends, you can join me and my crime buddies for a guided tour of Downtown landmarks that reveal a dark history of corruption & violent death. Plus, I seem to have uncovered an unknown serial killer with a truly demented motive.

As a zinester who operated proudly outside of whatever passed for popular culture with Scram, I'm thrilled to honor an earlier generation on this new @Esotouric tour on Saturday. We'll talk about Vice Versa and ONE and visit the only cruisy toilet on the National Register!

Saturday, join me on the @esotouric crime bus on a tour that seeks out the troubled, seeking soul at the heart of L.A.'s most notorious unsolved murder, The Black Dahlia case. In getting to know Beth Short, the city's secrets are revealed.

The star John Waters is getting--near where I once nearly slipped on human brains--is for all the freaks and creeps who made art not because it was remunerative, but because the alternative was hurting people. Seems related Jann Wenner lost a lot of his unearned power this week.

These are lousy times for Angelenos. A century ago, my family arrived here on a diasporic wave that washed them from Kherson to Egypt to New York City. Every place they found wanting, until they found this place. So to honor them, and to be perverse, I am staying and fighting.

One of my favorite @esotouric tours returns this Saturday, and I'll be sharing tales of the wild amusements that could once be found on Downtown L.A.'s Main Street, including Zip capering in his custom fur suit and the mummified outlaw with the psychedelic paint job. Join us, do!

Here's a discovery with just 400 views: INTERSECTION is an unreleased 1972 UCLA promo clip for Todd Rundgren's "Wolfman Jack," featuring the Wolfman, Ms. Bobby of the Cockettes and a golden hour cruise to the Chateau Marmont. In full Quadraphonic sound! https://t.co/fZkdMzNPqA

The original Downtown Los Angeles true crime and sleazy cultural history tour is back. Join us on August 26 to explore the loveliest, freakiest crime scenes in town! https://t.co/06Xp1vjfdl

I have made it in my chosen career: telling Jazz Age murder stories to cats!

Tomorrow! Murder and mystery in the streetcar suburbs, as early Angelenos run amok in the gilded sunshine. Do you think they would have behaved any better if they knew, a century later, we'd still be gawking at their haunts? https://t.co/G9A79Ww8sO

ahem @TheGussReport did you block @esotouric intentionally?

"It's Spanish." ; )

Hilariously, within seconds of posting this atypical tweet about my personal Twitter account getting locked through a mistaken spam flag, spam accounts are boosting it promoting Instagram account retrieval scams.

We have systems that find and remove automated spam Twitter accounts, and it looks like yours was flagged as spam by mistake. This can happen if an account exhibits automated behavior in violation of our rules. We apologize for the mixup, and hope to see back on Twitter soon."