by: Mark McDermott A room at the California Surf Club in Redondo Beach is named after Greg Browning. Jim Lindberg, frontman of Pennywise, was invited to help name the rooms when the club was coming together. When he walked into a snug little room behind the media room stage, he didn’t hesitate. “Well, we have …
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Brian Omatsu’s Purple Rein Words ByED SOLT Photos ByMARK KAWAKAMI Taking it back to an era of bros and hymns, the early aughts, I was a young teenage surf cat who had been smitten by earlier South Bay times. On my way to work, Vons #2273 in the Riviera Village, on the corner, I saw …
Musical Musings #1: The Hendrix Appendix For Concurrent & Post-Experience Guest Appearance Words ByJEFF VINCENT Images ByJESSIE LEE CEDERBLOM The following is a mixtape compendium of all the places that Jimi Hendrix appeared in collaboration with other artists, and/or on their albums, after he was already a famous household name during and following the Jimi …
A beloved old school Torrance chophouse founded in 1963 has kept it in the family, and kept it real Words and Photos ByALEX KHATCHADOURIAN There’s a photo that sits proudly framed and mounted on the wall, directly to the left of the bar, inside The San Franciscan. It’s one of owner Merrill Failla’s favorite artifacts …
The fantastical far coast of Damian Fulton Words ByRACHEL REEVES Interviewing Damian Fulton is like studying one of his paintings: the first thing you notice is there’s a lot going on. He talks fluidly, articulately, and fast, pinballing ideas that span decades and genres and Southern California subcultures. Sometimes he’ll stop himself mid-sentence. “Wait,” he’ll …
Words ByMORGAN SLIFF Emily Bark, DJ Wilson, and Amy Dantzler. The 48th Catalina Classic, a paddleboard race from the Isthmus Cover on Catalina Island to the Manhattan Beach Pier on August 24. Photos ByVANIA ZASK These photos were shot using wet plate photography on aluminum (tintypes) with a Toyo 8×10 camera and a Dallmeyer lens …