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Journalist Lonn M. Friend

Bringing humanity back to an increasingly inhuman race through the power of connection and music.

Exalting the ineffable energy of rock and uniting fans to the music they love through whatever means I can. I'm into healing, feeling, wheeling, dealing, staring at the ceiling, kneeling, revealing, grabbing a fresh orange and peeling. Who is saying something today, speaking the truth, expressing the fears and hopes and dreams through their songs and actions? What maketh a hero in the here and now? Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Spearhead, U2, Matisyahu, System of Down, and damn even those fiesty Dixie Chicks. SPEAK. Piss people off. Just say SOMETHING that brings light to the shadows and as Michael Franti says, 'Don't never, ever ever make a deal with the Devil!' Civilization is on a collision course for oblivion. If the artists and stand up comics don't save us, no one will. Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt, and the immortal George Carlin, hear their wrath, laugh, and get on the path. Dane Cook is lighting fast genius of the idiosyncracy but he can't possibly have gotten that many 'friends' without some serious whoring. I blog here to survive, to preach, to teach, to purge and to bring forth like minded missionaries of peace and purpose. My memoir, Life on Planet Rock, is out and I'm doing my best to promote it cause it was a long, hard time coming. I enjoy talking about where I've been and how I got here through the vast riff and word space time continuum. Oh yeah, I made that Faustian deal. Once. Read about it. Me and Carly Simon got no secrets. The stories, lessons-- I hope the book resonates with the fans because without fans, there is no rock n'roll. My journey started at Grant High, San Fernando Valley, early 70s. First musician I ever called 'friend' was Steve Lukather. Our school band became Toto. Thirty years later, Luke and I are still pals. You dig the 444? Sign of the angels? Yeah. Me and Luke on the streets of Chicago, November 06. Horns and Halos, all the way up, eh?