[New Music Review] Trails and Ways Trilingual EP Tweet Self-Released, 2013 Review by Kent Manthie Oakland-based indie delights Trails and Ways have just released Trilingual, an EP that this Bay Area quartet recorded on their own, with no label support, in a collective “house”-cum-studio in Oak-town, called T. Rex Manor. The four of them, two guys and two gals, Keith […]
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Man or Astroman? Defcon 5
[New Music] Man or Astroman? Defcon 5 Tweet 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Communicating Vessels Review by Kent Manthie After TWELVE long years of absence, the space-surf-punk trio, Man or Astroman? Have finally reunited – at first it was to play a few reunion gigs and soon turned into a full-fledged comeback. The new album, with the original three members, […]
Comic-Con 2013 Is Coming
Last year’s Comic-Con International exceeded many expectations Tweet July 18, 19, 20 & 21 This year’s Con is shaping up to be another record-breaker for nerds and anime fans of all types. Comic-Con 2013 is July 18-21 at the San Diego Convention Center. If you didn’t get tickets, fear not, the real party is on the streets throughout the Gaslamp […]
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Meet Matt Strachota, Y’alt-Country Rocker, Anti-Statist
[Interview] Matthew Strachota: “I’m An Anarchist!” Tweet Printed below is a Q&A taken from an IM exchange conducted recently via Facebook with Matt Strachota, formerly of Bartender’s Bible, a now split-up Americana y’alt-punk band in San Diego. His new band is Trailduster, also in the olde-timey Americana genre. They played in early July at The Black Cat bar in City […]
Hidden Places: Old Abandoned Mines In Penasquitos
Adventure Central! Reviewer Takes You Abandoned Mine Exploring Tweet Escondido rodeo cowboy and actor Frank Hopkins set up a mining camp in Rancho Penasquitos … Story and photos by Jessica Johnson My first reaction on learning there were old mine shafts hidden in the Black Mountain canyon was disbelief. I had grown up in the area, but the most interesting […]
Music Chronicle: Beatboxing
MC Generik’s History Of Beatboxing Tweet Decades after the Appalachian vocal technique known as “eefing” hit its peak… By MC Generik Hey, this is Generik, providing you with a brief history and insight on the art of beatboxing. Some consider it the lost 5th-element of hip-hop but, trust me, the art is far from lost. Decades after the Appalachian vocal […]
Americana Music Heritage in City Heights’ Black Cat
Old-Time Rock Music Tweet The History in American Music Runs Deep at The Black Cat Bar