I had this folder on my desktop titled Melrose Ave 1987 and never put it in a magazine, so I figured I would collect the randomness here and keep it going. Melrose Ave, circa the mid to late 1980s, became a sub-cultural center of commerce for new wave/80s mohawk-style punk rock, perhaps in reaction as an alternative to the hair metal unfolding all around it. Post-hippie, pre-hipster, with stores featuring offbeat names from “Poseur” to “Cowboys and Poodles,” it gave rise to independent record stores, the birth of the retro movement and The Groundlings comedy community.
Is ???American Dirt??? Cultural Appropriation or a Great Read?
A friend from my book club recommended American Dirt, but she added this caveat. “It’s not right for our book club because there’s too much blood…