Acid-soaked, woozy, hard-driving, funkadelic: Long Beach band Plant Tribe not only hearken hard rock’s heyday but something older, ancient even. Deep motoric beats and soaring chant-like vocals pull the listener in directions that feel primal and natural. Their newest LP “Late Noon” was released on Nov. 10. The Daily 49er[Read More…]
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The metal of imaginary restriction
Corroded metal bodies fill the gallery room, having been recovered from the base of a 150-foot cliff from the waters of Palos Verdes. From a car door, that seems to defy gravity, suspended in mid-air near a wall to a car engine laid out on a table upheld by green[Read More…]
Words to swoon by
David Ryan Harris is a crafter of soulful melodies. He has worked alongside several artists including Lupe Fiasco, John Mayer and Guy Sebastian. He preaches truth, love and relationship basics through his lyrics and hopes to stick to his bluesy guns during his current tour of his album “Lightyears,” which[Read More…]
Corn: nutritious, delicious, a-maiz-ing
Population increases throughout the decades have demanded a need for efficient methods of food production. As a result, the way corn—one of the world’s most produced crop—is processed has gone from stone quern to machine mill in order to maximize its production. MAIZ: Lecture & Tasting is an event being[Read More…]
Long Beach, stand up
West Coast gangsta rap seems to be making a comeback after Snoop Dogg, staying true to his Long Beach roots, brought together local hip-hop artists to collaborate on the mixtape “Beach City.” “This is some groovy sh-t right here…all coming together for one cause: making that good music, keeping it[Read More…]
Inspiring awareness ‘Like a Girl’
Telling someone they act like a girl is a common insult on the playground. Being “girly” is equated to being insignificant, but what does it really mean to act “like a girl?” Is it a sign of weakness to be seen as feminine? Is it a sign of strength to[Read More…]
Escape to the desert
Finals are approaching, accompanied by unfathomable stress. Let Mother Nature soothe those pre-final worries with a weekend getaway into the wilderness. Follow these three steps for a successful trip. Step 1: Picking a location Southern Californians are fortunate to be living only a few hours away from endless camping opportunities[Read More…]
Review: ‘Spotlight’
Tenacity. Patience. Bravery. Such are the characteristics of the investigative reporter as eloquently portrayed in Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” a fast-paced, voyeuristic perspective of what it was like to be a reporter in 2001 at the Boston Globe before and during the world-rocking, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into Catholic priests sexually abusing[Read More…]
Tacography of Long Beach: revenge of the taco
Taco diehards: This week I spoke to taco scholar and food blogger Bill Esparza about… well you guessed it: tacos. We discussed what makes a good taco, and what to look for in a taqueria. Read on after the Q-and-A for this week’s batch of Long Beach taqueria reviews. What[Read More…]
Fiberlicious… definition makes them artists go loco
Not to be confused with the hit Fergie song, “Fergalicious”…FIBER-licious is a little less on the sassy side but has a similarly bold statement. “Fiberlicious” is the latest art exhibit at The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Hollywood. Carol Shaw-Sutton, the recently retired chairperson of the Fiber Program and[Read More…]