Ring, ring… “Hello, can I take your order, amigo?” “Yeah, I’ll have a Special C with an Horchata, and can you make that with rice please?” This imaginary phone call with El B.J. is representative of two characteristics attributable to [...]
Their business card reads: The McHandsomes. “They’re the Best.” Comedians/Musicians/Great Lovers. On the backside: “The Hardest Working Livers in Show Biz.”
From stardust to skin flakes, the nature of all things seems bound to cyclical progression. Caught up in that processional dance is blood; our blood, recycled throughout the Millennia, oxygenated with history and the spawning bloodlines. We develop peculiar ideas [...]
“There was a seminal moment where I asked myself how honest I was going to be with this, with the reader… and I said fuck it, I gotta put out what’s me.” Bold and powerful words, if not raw, from [...]
Last time ‘round these parts, we were talkin’ ‘bout whiskey-breathin’, folk-blended music happening here in the South Bay. We talked ‘bout the numerous outfits dabbling in Americana, Country, and Bluegrass roots, while weighing in their own variants on the general [...]
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Rum Runners, Wharf Rats, and Roses Pumping with the lifeblood of humanity, the International Boardwalk in Redondo Beach acts as a main artery connecting the pier to the harbor. A stroll along this eclectic oceanfront strip can be both dazzling [...]
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It’s a fascinating accomplishment when a band from elsewhere, outside Los Angeles county, is able to secure a following here in the South Bay. I’m not talking about acts like Toots and The Maytals, Dickey Betts, or Tab Benoit, who [...]
While the South Bay is traditionally and affectionately renowned for its punk and reggae roots, the local musical spectrum has been trending toward eclecticism. Therein, many bands are flirting with, submerging into, or weaving in folk-based elements to their [...]