Jed the Fish, KROQ DJ whose taste in music helped shape the 1980s and ’90s, dies at 69

Jed the Fish, the longtime KROQ DJ who set the station up to be as influential as it was in the 1980s and ’90s, died Monday morning. He was 69. Jed, whose given name was Edwin Jed Fish Gould III, died at home in Pasadena under hospice care, his close friends confirmed to The Times. … Read more

If you liked Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver,’ expand your sapphic country taste with these 8 tracks

“Do they know that chaps are gay?” Chappell Roan playfully posed that question to the host of Apple Music’s “Today’s Country” radio show, Kelleigh Bannen. Following the release of her latest single, “The Giver,” which she describes as a “lesbian country” song, Roan opened up about the genre’s “camp”-iness and how making the song helped … Read more

Forget the Processed Stuff. These 6 Natural Sugar Alternatives Taste Better

It’s not a bad thing to watch your sugar. It’s also not bad to have a sweet treat in moderation. The key to balancing the two is to focus on the type of sugar you eat. There’s no need to eliminate sugar completely from your life — after all, our bodies use sugar to make … Read more