HardRockChick
2011: the year of weird. I went to NAMM, had my second year at GRAMMY week, tackled SXSW, and conquered...
There’s one word to describe my 2011: WEIRD. I didn’t really have a home; I spent more nights in hotels...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...
Part 1 “Being a hardcore fan” Part 2 “Music, Concerts, and Merch” Do you participate in your artist’s social networking...
“I have a feeling that in 72 hours, I’m going to wake up and be like, ‘WTF happened?!'” It turns...
Remember that Halloween where we dressed up as vikings and named ourselves Hellga, Amartha, and Thorhalla and went to this...
It would be my last show on The Strip for a while. I was already getting sentimental as I drove...
Once upon a time, I was a very politically-minded individual. Throughout school I was heavily into activism, whether it be...
Read Part 1 here. How do you consume music from your artist? What format (CD, MP3, vinyl), where do you...
I met Brian Lew through the metal scene when I was living in San Francisco. I’ve since become an avid...
Somehow I inherited my mother’s Catholic guilt. The question I most often ask myself is, “am I doing the right...
Something I always try to keep in mind when writing my site is that I always wanted to capture what...
This was one of those nights where there were just too many options for shows to go to…Judas Priest in...
I will be the first to admit that a) I am not an audiophile as people expect me to be...
Apparently last week was LA Fashion Week. I literally lead a one note life; all of my cultural activities are...
“Caught in a spiral of need Act without the choice Choose not to act Caught in a spiral of need...
I wasn’t supposed to be here. My summer in LA was supposed to end in August; but I was having...
I entered The Whisky in a daze, having already seen four bands down the road, knowing that I was about...
I stood in LACMA staring at Andy Warhol’s Rorschach. What do I see? A guitar! It made no sense for...
I can remember hearing about Rob Zombie’s curated Halloween scares for a long time, and finally I was able to...
It’s 3pm on a Sunday. I imagine that most of America is doing something religious or family or sports-centric. We...
As I made my way to pick up my copilot to venture to the outskirts of LA, I passed something...
It’s a time of intense personal reflection for me. There are times in life when you are busy just ‘doing’....
The films of David Lynch have fascinated, entertained, and inspired me since I was 12 years old. A part of...
“Descending! Into madness Sanity falling away Nothing remains from the world you have known Enter the realms beyond the gate”...
It would be the beginning of Rocktober and the night that marked the start of my last month in LA....
Today was the first day of the rest of my life. It was the day I left behind the corporate...
