October 25, 2023
The Brown Air Prequel for our Climate Change World
Why the Sky Disappeared, and Why L.A.'s Smog-Choked…
January 4, 2022
Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating
For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and…
December 24, 2021
At Christmas, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” In 2022, hopefully it’ll be a series about a life as Impossible as it is Strange!
Mercury Media has optioned its inaugural title, the…
June 14, 2021
“The Accidental True Crime Writer” – my Los Angeles Review of Books essay
It wasn’t until one day in 1998, strolling along Hollywood…
May 13, 2021
Meet Chip Jacobs: Author, journalist, dog-enthusiast, spiritual optimist
The argument that erupted between us that evening felt like…
October 29, 2020
Yeah, I’ve seen the bridge — the Colorado Street Bridge and a jam session that changed me
How an obscure song from the Hammer-of-the-Gods band grew…
September 29, 2020
The Fire That Crackled Inside of Me
Up in the foothills was a wasteland of smoke. You could…
October 22, 2019
Incredible home movie by the grandfather of Thaddeus Lowe
Lowe conducted military reconnaissance from a balloon for…