The Power of Electric
Celebrating the Man Who Built the First Synthesizers
Year: 2006
Brad Says Relax
The Brad Mehldau Trio. At the Lobero Theatre, Friday, January 20.
Old Schooling
Tower of Power and Average White Band. At the Chumash Casino, Thursday, January 19.
A Question of Design
Dom Camardella and Santa Barbara Sound Design
Musical careers are full of turning points, some of which hold greater relevance than others. What if John and Paul had not met at a Liverpool church fete? What if Jeff Buckley had not gone swimming in the Mississippi River on that fateful May evening? And what if Halogen actually listened to me when I managed them back in Australia? Who is Halogen, you ask? My point exactly.
The Last Frontier
A Wilderness Worth Saving, photographs by Jeff Jones. At the Corridan Gallery, through February
Lanny and Alec Sherwin’s Turn Up the Music
When songwriter Lanny Sherwin had enough of the same-old lullabies, he decided to write his own personal songs to his son, Alec, now 8 years old. That brilliant idea turned into three albums and Sherwin’s own record company, Sandman Records. It’s not just new lyrics that Sherwin invented, but a new take on children’s music.
The Indy List
Why not celebrate his all-too-short career with a list of his top five films. Here they are
VLOG of the Week
Take Talk Soup, mix it with Leno’s “Man on the Street” segments, add in some basic cable access-level talent and resources, and you have the weekly television show Tiny Tubes. So why should anyone even care about it? Because it’s on the Internet.
Resident Stars
Shane Ryan and 16-year-old Emily Wryn are undertaking their own full-length film right here in Santa Barbara County, but they’ll need more than just drive and inspiration to do it.
Holden On
At an age when most people are just beginning their high school careers, the members of the rock band Holden had already successfully released their first album, Hot Lunch Wednesdays. Subject of a story written in The Independent in 2005, their name comes from the main character Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye.
