The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.

I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there. A very good possibility.

I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.

Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.

Rock is ironic in that, up to a certain point, you can get better and better at it if you don't mind possibly looking more and more ridiculous.

Sarah Palin embarrasses herself almost immediately upon opening her mouth to speak or upon moving her fingers to send messages to her dull flock.

I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.