The Big C: Kane to come out swinging in 2013
Stephen Rubin
January 17, 2013
“I have to eat toast while I talk to you. I wake up nauseated in the morning. If I don’t eat toast right away, I throw up.” Singer spewing during an interview? Yeah, probably not unprecedented. But Oceanside blues belter Candye Kane possessed a solid excuse for munching on heated bread during a Jan. 7 chat. In May, she underwent the second surgery related to her bout...
Prevailing Wind: Band finds engaging blend
Stephen Rubin
December 12, 2012
There is nothing odd about a 23-year-old from Carlsbad finding comfort in Hank Williams before a walk by the beach. That’s especially so if the aforementioned Williams listener – talkin’ Senior now, not Junior – belongs to Trouble in the Wind, a quartet whose saloon-ready mix blends rock w...
Mary Fleener lives art on the edge
Ken Pagano
August 18, 2012
It takes a person less than the time it would take to toast a slice of bread to realize Mary Fleener is anything but bland. Talented. Political. Fiery. These are the words people used to describe her. Fleener attributes her independent streak to role models she had early in life. “My mom worked...
Comic Fest goes back to basics
Ken Pagano
August 18, 2012
It’s been dubbed “Comic-Con unplugged.” A smaller, more intimate convention where attendees and professionals can mingle, swap stories and share the same patio table for a bite without Bruiser the bodyguard cracking his knuckles and staring down fans to stay in line. Likened to watching a...
Comic-Con local snapshot: All in a week’s work
Roman S. Koenig
July 16, 2012
Given San Diego Comic-Con International’s status as a major pop-culture hub for movies, television and comics, it might be easy to overlook the numbers of independent artists and entrepreneurs who count the annual event as part their bread and butter. Among those this year was Cardiff-by-the-Sea...
Artist pins hopes on expanding work
Ernesto Lopez
June 25, 2012
Cardiff-by-Sea artist Scott Saw, 41, is taking a leap of faith. For the first time in nearly 15 years of creating art by night, he has gone full-time. “It’s a very tricky time to go full-time with the addition of my second son, but I am very passionate about what I am doing,” Saw said. The San D...
The courtship of ‘Father Eddie’: Local film producers seek sponsors for project
Lauren Ciallella
May 31, 2012
There’s no question that the priesthood could use some positive press nowadays, and that’s why Father Eddie is counting on San Diego’s tight-knit community to help bring this story to light. “Father Eddie,” a feature film about an unemployed telemarketer who pretends to be a priest for a...
CROLOS colored by artist’s life experiences
Ernesto Lopez
April 7, 2012
His first full art collection has been a long time coming for San Diego artist Isaias Crow. He is showing 17 large pieces at Santos Fine Art Galleries in Encinitas. He created the show over the last two months out of his home studio. He named it CROLOS, a graffiti-style collection with positive affirmati...
Diversity marks Street Fair music scene
David McAtee
April 10, 2009
The Encinitas Street Fair is upon us again this spring, bringing with it a tight cross section of local music — from ambient-based indie rock to bluegrass and world music. The fair takes place the weekend of April 25 and 26, and brings not only great local music, but impressive local beer as well. According...
Music muse: Meeting Mraz
Tawny Maya McCray
February 16, 2009
Five months, ago I was grooving to his CD on a car trip to Palm Springs and now here I was sitting in his home studio sharing some “superfood” with Jason Mraz.“If you’ve never had a golden berry, I recommend you reach your hand in here and take one,” Mraz said, offering up a handful of berri...
Dylan among Howls’ influences
Scott Landheer
February 16, 2009
Since their first public performance less than a year ago, local band The Howls have been making a name for themselves playing venues throughout North County and San Diego. Made up of John Cooper, 23, on vocals, guitar and the occasional harmonica, Dave Gargula, 20, on drums and Caleb Chial, 20, on bas...
Musician’s journey ‘complete inspiration’
Scott Landheer
November 25, 2008
Joseph Angelastro started playing viola when he was in the fourth grade, but only because the lessons got him out of class. That first step into music would eventually lead him to North County with a personal quest to keep jazz alive. At the age of 11, Angelastro picked up the guitar. Even then, it...
