shipping review: Murach’s HTML5 and CSS3 by Zak Ravalcaba

[Shipping Review] Murach’s HTML5 and CSS3 by Zak Ravalcaba and Anne Boehm is a no-show “Claim submitted; Eligible for an Amazon.com Gift Card” by Reviewer Rob The damn HTML5 textbook by San Diego digital science instructor/author Zak I ordered early in July has not arrived yet. It seems the seller, someone called “clubeck,” chose the cheapest way to ship possible, […]

photo: Alvaro lead accordionist from Pinata Protest

Pinata Protest at Brick By Brick Photo and words by Reviewer Rob Pictured below is Alvaro, lead accordionist from Pinata Protest. The San Antonio-based Mexican “conjunto punk rock-y-roll” band played in San Diego last February, I believe – fuzzy on the exact date but it was this year, pretty sure, and the crowd really like them. I was surprised because […]

cd review: GRIT by Stone Horse

GRIT by Stone Horse 10 tracks, stonehorse.net by Reviewer Rob the rock snob The core of this La Jolla-based working local bar rock band is a two-piece consisting of singer Danielle Spade and guitarist Carlos Rodriguez. Danielle has a sweet voice with the range of Grace Slick and the occasional emotional density of Janice Joplin in one song, then she’ll […]

cd review: KNOW GOD, NO PEACE by Three Sixes

[Metal Review] KNOW GOD, NO PEACE by Three Sixes 15 songs, with a secret unlisted hidden track #33. Highly packaged cd sleeve with a full color printed lyrics sheet. [threesixes.com] reviewed by Reviewer Rob Lot’s of ultra aggressive, fast, crunching and grinding death-metal here. Shrieking guitars, thumping machinegun drums, hoarse/growling vocals and sound effects that include sirens (?) mingle with […]