“The Lost Art of Album Release Parties” – Boomer magazine

We hustled into my room, nodding at the familiar, Jimmy…


The Liberty and Tragedy of Greatest-Generation Parents

Gazing up from our dining-room table that evening in 1969,…


The Seeds of “Later Days” and the Ties Binding Our Two Main Characters, Denny & Luke

"Later Days" originated between the release of my debut…


In ‘Later Days,’ Chip Jacobs draws on Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge’s past

"A diamond is formed through tectonic pressure, and I have…


LA: Prepare for Your Atmospheric Closeup with the PBS/American Experience Documentary …

"Clearing the Air: The War on Smog." Premieres on Tuesday,…


Book Cover - 2D - Later Days copy

Strike up the band: here's my next book!  In an evocative…


The Day After

How Licking the Filthiest Air on the Planet Should Fill Us…


Highway Killers in the Land of Concrete

Growing up in northeast LA County, I knew one set of…


The Brown Air Prequel for our Climate Change World

Why the Sky Disappeared, and Why L.A.'s Smog-Choked…