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From singing robots to opera singers
“The robot and I are heading into the studio next month to start recording a series of themed EPs,” says SDSU English department alumnus Michael Buchmiller, aka Professor B. Miller, the mastermind behind the Satanic ...
Rapper XXXTentacion killed in Florida
Told San Diego attacker "Next time make sure you kill me so I can't talk"
From North Park assault victim to Florida murder victim
A Ship in the Woods
"It was a big step to do a full festival."
A Ship In the Woods is a creative collective that was founded in 2010. The original location was in the hills of Del Mar, but in 2015 the ship sailed to a property adjacent to ...
A cabin in the woods
"For a guy in his 60s to receive more than one is a good day for me."
“I have all the tools I need to accomplish this here in San Diego, but to have the opportunity to compose in seclusion without distraction for six weeks without having to worry about anything is ...
Song into outer space
And why Casey Turner doesn't play Maui much
When he’s not on tour, Casey Turner is either at his house on Oahu or the one in Pacific Beach. He’s wrapping up an extended stint in Hawaii and will be flying back here next ...
Donkeys' Disneyland trash album
Inspired by a notebook found in a garbage can
Longtime Donkeys Timothy Denardo, Anthony Lukens, and Sam Sprague have been visiting Disneyland together since they were kids. In early 2017, they added trash-picking to their theme park itinerary. “We were just in line at ...
As I Lay Dying show at Soma sells out in four minutes
Not everyone forgives Tim Lambesis
Whether the original members of As I Lay Dying should or should not get back together with Tim Lambesis is now only a philosophical question. The five internationally famous metalcore bandmates are in fact reuniting ...
Record roundup - local releases coming your way
Sue Palmer, Lower Left Jazz Trio, Sometimes Julie, Wayne Riker
On June 20, music teacher and Guitar Player magazine columnist Wayne Riker drops his Blues Breakout EP, which he describes as “a 25 minute-plus, five track instrumental guitar journey through a compendium of blues tributaries, ...
Mike Ruggirello's Theory Thursday
Guitarist interviews guitarists about guitar
“We want to be the next Wayne’s World,” says Mike Ruggirello of online music TV program Theory Thursday. Best known as guitarist with the rock bands Fusebox and Dark Lumen, Ruggirello and a guest are ...
Demasiado means too much
"It was like a punk rock Benny Hill skit."
“We lived in a house in OB,” singer Jon Piotrowski says of the salad days of his post-punk, art-rock band. “It was loosely called the Demasiado house. It was a magical moment. We didn’t realize ...
Maybe don't eff the police
SOMA embraces hip-hop
After 32 years, San Diego County’s second oldest live music venue (after the Belly Up Tavern) is making a major change to its format. SOMA owner Len Paul says hip-hop matters more to his underage ...
