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: Chimpos, A Horse Splashes
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]
Downtown Lofts Party
[Wayback Machine] Candid A photo of a girl I took at a downtown San Diego art event sometime in the early 2000’s. At the time there were still a few older loft buildings converted from commercial or sometimes something warehouse-like, but used now for intermediate purposes as they await the wrecker’s ball in the path of development. This girl was […]
Gwen Bates, FWSD 2023
[Interview] Gwen Bates Meeting the new organizer of Fashion Week San Diego Gwen Bates has bought the organization known as Fashion Week San Diego from its storied founder Allison Andrews sometime around the start of 2020 I think just as the Covid shutdown descended. FWSD made it though that whole scene and now it’s back. This interview was conducted impromptu […]