Arroyo Seco Weekend
Running for twenty-five miles along the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County is a strip of water called the Arroyo Seco, meaning “dry stream” in Spanish. As a seasonal river, the Arroyo S...
Madison McFerrin: a cappella with a twist
You may recognize her as the singer of the national anthem before Hillary Clinton’s speech accepting the official presidential nomination for the Democratic National Party in June 2016. You also may recall th...
Come on down to Jamtown
Jam bands are a common occurrence in the music world - you’ve either been in one (or many), had a friend in one, or have most likely attended at least one jam session. But more often than not that is all they...
Fire walk with me: burning of punk memorabilia
On Saturday afternoon Joe Corré — son of former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and designer Vivienne Westwood, as well as founder of infamous punk shop SEX — began sending piles of punk memorabilia to...
Somebody call a doctor
Next to an overpass of the 101 Freeway in San Francisco is a music venue called the Brick & Mortar Music Hall. It is the evening of Easter Sunday, the day of Jesus’ resurrection, yet in this darkly lit h...
Bully become instruments of sound and color at the Rickshaw
At 8:11pm on a Monday night in in the heart of San Francisco, the Rickshaw Stop slowly generates a palpable buzz. Bodies busy themselves with the gentle stirring of ice cubes in highball glasses or chatter indi...