9 things to know about this weekend's L.A. Times Festival of Books Here's everything you need to know about tickets, parking and speakers ahead of the L.A. Times Festival of Books this weekend.

This weekend, the L.A. Times Festival of Books is back for its 31st year. Here’s what you need to know about the weekend-long event. www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story...

Great posters!

Atlantic City or Rosalita

The Best Music Books of 2025 Rolling Stone editors review the best music books of 2025, including books about Cameron Crowe, Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Tupac Shakur, and Bruce Springsteen.

Honored that our little book that started off as fun pipe dream not only was published this year, but made @rollingstone.com’s list of best books of 2025! Thanks everyone who has been so supportive of this project

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You’re too kind

I’ll be in New York this week for a pair of book events. On Tuesday, I’ll be in conversation with Benny Horowitz of @gaslightanthem.bsky.social at @roughtraderecords.bsky.social. On Wednesday, I’ll be at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn in conversation with @nabilayers.bsky.social. Hope to see you!

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia 😎

That sounds delightful. Such a quaint gem

It’s such a lovely town. And so close to Tahoe!

Jermaine Dupri and one or two others today as well.

Crushing

Amen

‘Tearing Down the Orange Curtain’ and ‘Someday the Adults Will All Die’: When Punk Went West In the early 1980s, a no-frills music scene took root in Texas and southern California.

Cool to see TDTOC features in @wsj.com today! Pick up a copy!

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Nice haul!

Say it louder please!

I’ve heard way worse about her…

We’ve got journalists Nate Jackson and @danielkohn.bsky.social on to talk about their amazing new book Tearing Down the Orange Curtain!

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And it ain’t second hand news!

Diogo Jota 1996 - 2025

So awful

Amen to this and if you’re going to buy Tearing Down the Orange Curtain, this is the best place to do so!

Thanks for writing this. It is outstanding.

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Mine

Tearing Down the Orange Curtain - How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, author @danielkohn.bsky.social on how #SocialDistortion opened up the OC punk scene.

Full episode: goingofftrack.com

#offspring #nodoubt #sublimeband #thevandals #podcast #musicpodcast

Tearing Down the Orange Curtain The untold story of OC punk—the loud, rebellious force behind the ‘90s explosion of the Orange County music scene, featuring stories about legendary band...

Tearing Down the Orange Curtain is out NOW! Grab your copy below

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Out tomorrow!!!

Social Distortion's Mike Ness Looks Back on Orange County Punk: 'The Reaction Wasn't Friendly' New book 'Tearing Down the Orange Curtain' chronicles history of Southern California punk through interviews with Social Distortion, Sublime, more.

Check out our book’s foreword, which was published today by @rollingstone.com

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OC's original punks describe the birth of the world-famous 'Orange County sound' Members of the Adolescents, the Vandals and Social Distortion are profiled about their wild contributions to punk rock in new book 'Tearing Down the Orange Curtain,' out May 20.

Thanks to the L.A. Times for publishing this excerpt on early Fullerton!

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