hanging out with my Irish singer/songwriter friend Jennifer Leigh after her kickass headlining set at The Troubadour (including a wondrous John Prine cover) Saturday night...

hanging out with DJ Cut Chemist after his kickass DJ set as part of KCRW's Summer Nights at LACMA Saturday night

hanging out with Claire Gohst, lead singer of Paper Citizen, after we did an artist exchange of my debut memoir Killing Justice for my coming to her album release party (her set was amazing, by the way, as was the entire event!), as part of Kremstock 2026 at the Boomtown Brewery in DTLA, located just a block & a half away from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where the opening chapter of Killing Justice ends!

hanging out with Shi La Rosa after her kickass closing set as part of the We Found New Music event at Bar Lubitsch last night

hanging out with my dear friend Tina Guo after her wonderful performance (on both erhu & cello, with the Culver City Symphony) at Burton Chace Park in Marina Del Rey last night

doing an artist exchange with my Lebanese Australian foster kid singersongwriter friend Yagki after her kickass headlining set at the Viper Room Thursday...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1cCwtMdUM

My Lebanese Australian foster kid singersongwriter friend YAGKI tearing it up headlining the Viper Room last night!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8qj5yniUw

hanging out with my friend & fellow adoptee Kevin & his friend Ethan, drummer & lead singer of the Queens of the Stone Age cover band Little Sister, after their kickass performance at the Viper Room last night

hanging out with my dear friend & fellow artiste from AIM 4 the Heart Shylah Ada, shortly before her kickass performance of 'Hoochie Coochie Girl" with the Magnolia Outlaws at the Desert 5 Spot Friday night

Hanging out with Yagki, an amazing singersongwriter (& fellow foster kid), after her kickass set as part of the WFNM event this past Wednesday at Hotel Ziggy...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vry3NzCPMec