Michael Walker
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Ex-NY Times, LA Times, et al, author national beatsellerr LAUREL CANYON: THE INSIDE STORY OF ROCK N ROLL'S LEGENDARY NEIGHBORHOOD (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Laurel Canyon, California
Joined June 2009
Laurel Canyon 16th printing just launched, cover reverts to blue and red scheme of 1st paperback edition.
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See my latest Letter from Laurel Canyon on Substack: Rock and Roll and the '60s Variety Show
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Check out my brand-new Substack: 'Letter from Laurel Canyon.' Live now!
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Was great to hang at the Laurel Canyon Country Store with @TheEconomist's West Coast correspondent @arynbraun for her story about the canyon's musical and cultural legacy. .
Half a century ago the likes of Joni Mitchell, The Mamas & the Papas and the Eagles created a counterculture scene in Los Angeles. Their sound still echoes through popular music today
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RT @RonFilipkowski: Every time this clown leaves the country he embarrasses us on the world stage.
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When I lived in NYC, I had the fortune to write for Spy magazine when co-founder Graydon Carter was at the helm. As a Canadian expat, his fingerprints are no doubt all over the feature "The Canadians Among Us," from 1988, which especially resonates this evening.
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RT @robsheff: My long yet heartfelt love letter to the indestructibly cool Marianne Faithfull. Nobody ever had more fun playing the old roc….
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The singer went from Rolling Stones muse to post-punk hero to rock’s coolest duet partner.
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"Wolves" from 'Babygirl' vs. the Prodigy's 1997 "Climbatize." .
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"Donald Trump. is an anti-president who does not uphold the law, and there is no telling where it will end."
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A Lear 55 pilot, the type that crashed today in PA, says the plane can be challenging to fly. "It's not forgiving in any way, shape of form. it's not an airplane you can let get away from you because it will take every chance you give it." #Philadelphia
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RT @CalltoActivism: Do you want to know why Donald Trump and the MAGA world hate Senator Adam Schiff with such a passion?. Watch this FULL….
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RT @DemocraticWins: BREAKING: JB Pritzker just announced he is suing Donald Trump’s Administration for freezing federal grants and loans. P….
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So much for last night's "gentle rain"—Laurel Canyon just got pummeled by a full-on thunderstorm w/hail. This is exactly what is NOT needed in the burn areas around Malibu, Altadena and the Palisades, causing mud flows and flash floods. #LAFirestorm2025
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A gentle rain, first in months, falls across Laurel Canyon tonight, symbolic cleansing of L.A.'s devastating fires and terrible events on so many other fronts. Eric Clapton's song of uplift, recorded with the cream of L.A.'s 1970s rock royalty, beckons.
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RT @cwebbonline: Trump’s solution to water in California: “All they have to do is turn the valve.” 🥴. Here are some facts about California….
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RT @thenewarea51: The DC-10 Air Tanker aka VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) started fighting fires in 2006 and holds up to 9,400 gallons of wat….
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Sunrise today in Laurel Canyon. Tonight, the canyon was evacuated for a fire in nearby Nichols Canyon, part of L. Canyon's long, terrible history with wildfires, esp. the 1979 Kirkwood Bowl fire, recounted in my book and here: #PacificPalisadesFire
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