The Underground Guide to Los Angeles

by Pleasant Gehman (editor), Pamela Hobbs (Illustrator)

Travel. THE UNDERGROUND GUIDE TO LOS ANGELES is the ultimate lowdown on the secret splendor and saucy seediness that is Los Angeles, whether your trip is for a day, a week, or the rest of your life. Includes extensive listings of cheap eats, shopping, and entertainment, and all the fabulous details necessary for life among the brazen, bold, and notorious.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Pleasant Gehman is a true renaissance woman: writer, dancer, actor, musician and painter.A Hollywood icon, during the 1970′s, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, documenting the scene she helped create in her fanzine “Lobotomy”. During the 1980′s, she toured across North America fronting her three bands, all of whom released recordings: The Screaming Sirens, The Ringling Sisters and Honk If Yer Horny. She was also the booker for the seminal Los Angeles clubs Cathay De Grande and Raji’s.

Since the early 1990′s, under the stage name Princess Farhana, she has appeared internationally and a professional belly dancer and burlesque performer and teacher. She has danced and acted in numerous motion pictures, in music videos and on television. She has appeared in many documentaries on belly dance and burlesque, performing and as an interview subject. In 2009, she was the star of Steve Balderson’s film “Underbelly: A Year In The Life Of Princess Farhana“ which was released worldwide in theaters as well as on DVD.