Gallery Music You Reap What You Sow: Tribal Seeds

August 23, 2011 - 9:01 am

What happens when you rant about federal banks and we happen to have a stack of fake $100 bills nearby? We give them to you to hold, and decide that it would be a fabulous touch to light them on fire. All in the name of a good photo, of course!

Tribal Seeds wandered into their interview with us sweaty, thirsty, and fresh from their outdoor set at the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Thank goodness we were there to provide them with refreshments and take the edge off. And thank goodness we took the edge off because that really facilitated us being able to engage them in some goofy antics.

Based out of San Diego, Tribal Seeds have become the band to watch in the reggae rock scene. The six member group, which features sibling duo Steven Rene and Tony-Ray Jacobo, has created a buzz with their spiritually driven and refreshing roots, rock, and reggae vibe. The guys sat down with ChinaShop to discuss the inspiration behind their controversial lyrics and explain how they were destined to be a reggae band.

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Featured Gallery Music Best Coast Takes San Diego

January 25, 2011 - 9:06 am

It’s three weeks into the New Year; the plastic reindeers have been put away, all of mom’s Christmas cookies have been eaten, and it’s time to get out.  You’re in luck because L.A.’s Best Coast (with support from fellow Southern Californians Wavves) have decided to make their way across the country with a sizable tour. Kicking off last night at San Diego’s Soma, the trio was met with open arms from an all ages crowd.

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Film A Family Portrait with ‘The Walking Dead’

July 26, 2010 - 7:51 pm

Walking Dead

Comic Con 2010 is over and I have cast my vote for the fictitious “Bad Ass Mamma-Jamma Booth of the Year” award. Since I am the only voter in said academy, the winner is booth #2010! AMC television’s The Walking Dead set (a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman).  It’s not every day you can take the kids out for a stroll and pop in somewhere to have a lovely photo taken with your choice of:

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Comic Books Featured The GOON Throws a Wrench in the Works

July 25, 2010 - 4:11 pm

The Goon

Do you like Zombies? How about mad scientists?  What if I throw in some large fella with mob ties who beats people/monsters with a large wrench…?  SOLD!  But, If you were dead for the last 12 years or, Buddha forbid, not into comic books; then you might not know I’m speaking of the other worldly comic series The GOON. Or as series creator and 5 times Eisner Award winner Eric Powell describes it, “A dark comedy about a street thug, in a world of monsters.” Ah, Quaint.

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Comic Books Christopher Golden – Baltimore, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

July 24, 2010 - 10:44 am

Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden is best known for his novel ‘Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire’ which featured illustrations from ‘Hellboy’ creator Mike Mignola. Golden was also the writer of several of the ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ comics before Joss Whedon took over duties for ‘Season Eight’. Already an accomplished author of several sci-fi and fantasy novel, his creator-owned series ‘Baltimore’, based on his original novel, is scheduled for release this fall.

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Music Black Heart Procession

January 6, 2010 - 11:17 am

BHP

Temporary Residence, Ltd. | There’s a lot of different kinds of music to love in San Diego’s The Black Heart Procession. A little of the Victorian-era, a bit of Voltaire (the musician, not the philosopher); even some of that keyboard could be the soundtrack to a carnival freak show, complete with Lynchian, calliope imagery that brings Merrick himself to mind. There’s a lot of the circus to BHP, too — they’re kind of the musical equivalent of Barnum and Bailey, with five extremely versatile musical stunt artists.

Black Heart Procession – Rats

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