My latest letter from Los Angeles is up now at Music Truth. Check it out under the Truth Tales section.

Also, being something of a Current 93 fan, I found this article on Popmatters to be really interesting. I used to be a really big Current 93 fan, but the habit got too expensive and I had to quit cold turkey. Anyhow, if you are going to check out Current 93, I suggest seeking out Island, which was released somewhere in the midst of the acid-house craze. There is actually nothing acid-house about it, even though it is a bit more electronic than other records. It was recorded in Iceland throughout the late-1980s and this chick named Bjork Gudmundsdottir sings backup on one of the songs. Plus, it's the album that contains "Crowleymass," although in a different form than the 12" single version that was a staple at Helter Skelter when my friends and I were regulars. It also contains "Christopher Robin," a song that actually gave me nightmares (seriously, try not to listen to this when you are falling asleep). I don't know how hard it is to get the album now, but back in the mid-1990s (pre-Ebay, pre-download), I had to order this at Record Trader (RIP), which fortunately had a bunch of Helter regulars on staff who knew what I was talking about when I said, "I need 'Crowleymass,' help me!" The cd showed up somewhere between three and six months after that and it was worth every minute of the wait.