Michael Ochs, who turned a devotion to rock history into the world's leading collection of photos chronicling the modern history of popular music, died on July 23 at his home in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, at age 82. Ochs once worked in publicity at various record labels and was known for rescuing material being thrown out with the trash. His hobby became a new career--he eventually employed a staff of six to handle about 15 to 20 requests every day from journalists and historians to reprint images from a collection of more than three million photographs, photo negatives and proof sheets.

  With more hot weather just around the corner, it’s time to cool off with a good read—better still, a cool afternoon or evening in a welcoming independent bookstore. So this week we are expanding the DART indie bookstore list, a few at a time. The good news is that post-pandemic retail vacancies have made even more room for indies, and the results are inspiring. This feature originated over ten years ago and has grown steadily as more and more adventurous booksellers have...