[Podcast] EverydaySpy Andrew Bustamante @EverydaySpy, 37.7K subscribers, 170 videos Andrew Bustamante is an ex-CIA officer previously in the Air Force as a nuclear code key-holder in an underground missile base. He’s surprisingly open on his channel about spycraft techniques as a recently deactivated spook. One may wonder about the hows and whys of this. Maybe he’s just adept at avoiding […]
YouTube review: Unraveling The Ukraine Crisis
movie review: Recordially Yours
[Documentary] San Diego Rare Americana Authority Lou Curtiss Remembered Director: Yale Strom, Run Time: 70 min., Release Year: 2023 Last night, I saw the documentary about Folk Art Rare Records owner Lou Curtiss called Recordially Yours at Digital Gym on Market Street. Good flick, but it could have had more of Curtiss’ origin story. It began his tale when he […]
photo archive: Fleshies at Scolari’s
North Park Dive Bar Pics 20 years ago… Photos from a show with Oakland punk rock band The Fleshies at a packed-out Scolari’s Office on 30th Street in in or around 2003 when that band was touring for their album The Sicilian. The second photo, below, was printed on the cover of Reviewer the next month when Reviewer was all […]
cd review: Don Luster Sings, Only Human
album review: The Funerals, OINK
The Funerals, OINK The Funerals are a Mexican punkrock band from the Distrito Federal of Mexico City. Their new release of 11 tracks is on Bandcamp called OINK and it’s hardcore to the max, iconoclastic angry anti-everything, tight machine gun drums, aggressive vocals, unashamed and unconcerned with who or what is offended. My favorites are track 4, Strange Girl, and […]
Natalia Hosenkampf Coconuts And Pineapples
FWSD23 Coverage Natalia Hosenkampf, fashion designer of Coconuts And Pineapples, interviewed at Fashion Week San Diego 2023 by Reviewer TV.
cd review: Chimpos, A Horse Splashes
Chimpos, A Horse Splashes 11 track CD from the guy at The Cow record store on Newport in OB. Back in the late 90’s this category was called y’alt-country and was an emerging genre. I liked it then and still do. This is a little campy but sounds sincere. Style ranges from twangy vocals à la SD’s Bartender’s Bible to […]
cd review: Puerto, Portugal
[Surf Music] Puerto, Portugal San Diego band Puerto’s Portugal CD of pre-pandemic tunes is easy to listen to surf music in the whimsical Dennis Wilson B-side vein, with strumming guitars and drum machine sounds. Melancholy lyrics and soft vocals in 6 songs that won’t harsh your buzz. [luxrecords.com]