What are the qualities that most define a successful artist — other than raw talent, perseverance in the face of overwhelming oddities, and the focused discipline...
“The time for performing is now. The time for practicing was then,” says Mikan Zlatkovich. We’re at a Starbucks in the middle of Kearney Mesa. I’ve...
The early weeks of 2014 in San Diego produced extraordinarily warm weather, resembling more the Bard’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream than Simon and Garfunkel’s “A Hazy...
JAVA JOE’S COFFEE HOUSE, 1993 Jewel Kilcher works behind the counter serving muffins and coffee. Steve Poltz is on stage telling a meandering story that will...
Meet David Fleminger. A soft spoken, 1,000-petaled lotus of artistic temperament whose place amongst San Diego music history is secure, based on the numerous groundbreaking bands...
If you were to drive in the western coast of Ireland in the County of Mayo, from the 59 highway you could head west on 319....
It’s easy to be swept away with all the fast lane nonsense in the world to which we refer “the music biz.” It’s an exciting place...
Look at the numbers, that’s all I ask Who’s at the head of every class? Do you really think they’re smarter than you are? They just...
Scottie “Mad Dog” Blinn: 20 Years of Tenacity In the mid-1990s, no one ruled the San Diego electric Blues scene like the Mississippi Mudsharks. They won...