Tayari Howard to Resurrect Smooth Jazz Online
“I was the first person to be laid off.” After 16 years as a Smooth Jazz host KIFM radio management handed William Tayari Howard his pink slip. That was in May of 2011. “After me, they laid off the rest …
John Hancock: “I just have this thing for chairs. I think they’re cool.”
Scripps Ranch-based photographer John Hancock says he wanted to shoot portraits of as many San Diego musicians as he could. “What’s the coolest way I could do that?” The answer came in the form of an epiphany: have them strike …
Amp Fest 2012
Earplugs would be a good idea but nobody at Amp Fest has any. You’d think there’d be a little dispenser of them at the door, considering the combined wattage that awaits inside but no. No such protection for either the …
Fattburger Was a Garage Band Once
My mom’s gardener found it in the trash. She wasn’t entirely clear about details like what trash and from which side of the border it came, but best not to look a gift horse in the mouth. And that’s what …
East of Sweden, Explained
It’s a Monday morning and ex-Syndicate drummer Jeffrey O’Brien is on the phone to pimp his new project. It’s an indie post-punk dance rock trio (his words) called East of Sweden. East of Sweden? Is this a footnote to John …