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submarine ride

so, this friday, january 15th, i will be joining a crew of bloggers (special nod to @jbruin) on a fast attack submarine.
per LT. denise garcia: “this day embark will demonstrate to you the sub and crew’s capabilities and give you a snap shot of what it takes to be a submariner, operate a submarine safely, [...]

nbc

in association with cantore/creative, we’ve joined forces with NBC/san diego.
coming soon, we will be launching a music / arts / entertainment COMMUNITY called “sounddiego”.
i’m as “proud as a peacock”.
more to come in 2010 …

superbowl XXIX

watching the CHARGERS close out the 2009 - 2010 season with an eleven game winning streak, inspired the following memory.
in 1994, i began my career in traditional radio.
a $5 an hour employee at STAR 100.7 (recently flipped from B100), i answered phones for the morning show and appeared on-air as “chris the bagel boy”. [...]

surf sacrifice

per his website: “San Diego artist Chris Martino (C. Martino) creates contemporary art inspired by the street, alternative, underground, and graffiti movements at the forefront of creative exploration today.”
some of this art is created on / around snapped surfboards. what joe roper can’t fix, becomes an epic piece:

currently showing (thru january 17th) at PROJECT [...]

fm94/9 coup d’etat

couple of weeks back, i appeared on FM94/9’s coup d’etat.

an AWESOME response, thanks to michael halloran and the FM94/9 crew.
here’s some of the audio :
“childhood”

“high school”

“college”

“eddie vedder / shannon hoon”

thank YOU for listening.

kpbs these days

earlier in the week, i appeared on kpbs’ THESE DAYS, with Maureen Cavanaugh, to discuss the “Top Ten Album Releases of the Year“.
it was a splendid time.
if you missed it, here is the audio :

in addition to the podcast, @kpbs TRANSCRIBED the entire interview. crazy. you can read it HERE.
a special thanks to ANGELA CARONE, [...]

the black crowes

i was first introduced to (the music of) the black crowes in 1990. a sophomore at SDSU, i vividly remember driving to earth day / balboa park, with my college buddy devon thaggard, BLASTING “the crowes” in my 86 fiero (mullets flowing).

emerging in the midst of the hair-metal movement (winger / warrant / stryper), [...]

@aclounge

every 2nd saturday of the month, in association with LEGIT RADIO, i will be dj’ing @aclounge in normal heights.
my first night was pretty amazing. a PACKED house, i brought it down with j.j. fad:

here are some shots taken by my buddy rob molt / sector9 skateboards :

i look forward to seeing YOU at the next [...]

inappropriate

on larry king live to promote her new book, san diego’s carrie prejean calls out the host, and disrupts the show …
carrie prejean, YOU are inappropriate.

dave stewert

best known as 1/2 of the eurythmics, dave stewert has written songs for bono, gwen stefani, katy perry, rivers cuomo (of weezer), and mick jagger.

* photo by dave stewert.
additionally, dave’s a highly regarded photographer, shooting international superstars, or his friends. his subjects include the aforementioned jagger, lou reed, tom petty, sinead o’connor, demi moore, liam [...]