Band Interview:
7/27/2009
With only a handful of live shows under their belt, Pretty Too Bad is already poised to start turning heads in San Diego. Beginning with a few rough tracks written on an Ocean Beach piano, Clayton Edward has taken a slow, calculated approach to launching this project. We recently met up with the four piece at Black Box Studios to snag some footage and to find out more about Pretty Too Bad. Read More...
Disposable Project:
7/20/2009
Keith and Aimee of Black Mamba and Jamuel Saxon took a trip to the Midwest for Pitchfork's annual music festival. All sorts of people attend festivals like Pitchfork, and we thought it would be interesting to hear about it from the perspective of two upcoming musicians who would have fit right in had they gotten a slot on one of the stages. From interesting ramblings on bands to vegan ice cream to insanely long bathroom lines, Milgaten and Sanchez take us through their journey. Read More...
Show Preview:
7/6/2009
Mike Maxwell's life is pretty routine: wake up, take Crystal to work, build new birch panels, take petey on a walk and then paint all evening. But this year he's added a new step to the program, documentation. Mike has been photographing every step of his process, from concept to finished product, and using his Flickr page to provide an inside look to his fans. I can't speak for everyone, but this strategy has engaged me to the point of road-tripping up to SF for his next opening, Until The Whistle Blows @ The Shooting Gallery July 11th. Read More...
Online Literary Journal:
7/1/2009
Aside from May-Grey/June-Gloom and dangerously poor bike lanes, all I'm usually left hankering after in San Diego is an opaque literary community. For sometime now, I've known of some dear souls out there, faithfully penning works of worthy regard; however inaccessible by way of lousy exposure. If only there was some collective platform on which those satellite San Diegans could present their written work! Well, imagine my contentment when, whilst selecting some jukebox jams at Turf Club (with which to mourn/toast my very sudden unemployment), I came across a flier announcing open submissions for an online literary and arts journal, The Latent Print. Read More...
Artist Interview:
6/15/2009
On a quiet Sunday afternoon amongst rows of warehouse buildings in Mira Mesa, DJ Brelje is the only person we've bumped into for miles. Locked away in his live/work space, DJ is hard at work trying to find a cure for his insatiable need to create. Read More...