The Museum of Making Music recently announced that after several years of planning, the beloved institution will undergo a complete renovation as it continues to serve...
It was a hot, breezeless night, and there were no dry arm pits at the Javanican in Pacific Beach. The Grand Avenue Coffeehouse, two blocks south...
Book Review Author Greil Marcus made a name as rock critic by insisting that the tide of history is directly mirrored by the pop music of...
“Blonde” Bruce Thorpe was once a living legend in San Diego, and today he passed on to perhaps live another larger-than-life existence in some other far...
The question was: How did you get here? How did you make the journey from musician to concert photographer? Thinking on that, I found that the...
(To recap, from part one) Bigger things were looming on the horizon, although the route toward them was going to be circuitous. “I was playing a...
Dear Friends, We’re making a documentary film about our own Lou Curtiss, called Recordially Yours: The Lou Curtiss Story and we need your help. Readers of...
PART ONE It’s undoubtedly a common misperception among music fans that people in “the business” exist in some rarified dimension apart from regular folk. They descend...
“Registered California Voter?” “Yeah.” The signature gatherer held up a clipboard with a sheet and looked at me earnestly. “This would allow Uber and Lyft drivers...