L.A.'s underground celebrates the life of punk iconoclast John Albert

Now? Not so much. The way culture is celebrated, disseminated and reported on has changed, probably forever.

Almost as soon as John died, I started thinking about the responsibility to preserve his writing legacy.

There always seemed to be a kind of magic surrounding John Albert, a mystery and a charisma that I can't explain. He definitely left us too soon.

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