THRU Magazine Archive
Join me on a walkabout in San Francisco, a collage of brief field recordings edited in the order that I collected them. For the bulk of the show, I am joined with Randy Kikukawa, a 35-year resident of San Francisco. Moving first into Berkeley, Randy found his home in Castro, where he participated in social activism […]
A Travelogue in San Francisco, Day 1. My recent trip to San Francisco, joined by Editor and Partner, Kathleen Dolan, came as a consequence of curiosity, nostalgia, a need for new scenery, and an experiment with travel writing. News articles have been flowing for several years concerning the gentrification of Bay Area cities, not necessarily […]
Portland Jazz Festival slipped by like a stealth bomber, like an underground speakeasy, like a super-hip fad, like so many things we can’t all see. The annual flower of PDX Jazz draws audiences into theaters and clubs by the hundreds with dozens of shows. After twelve years, it has earned the expectation of carrying legendary […]
My relationship with Death Grips and any other cultural obsession I’ve had. April 25th, 2011: a screaming came across the sky. I personally was not there to witness this mysterious and sudden advent arrival, but some dedicated audiophiles were. Within the internet, a free digital package of brimstone-breathing, high-energy concentrate, visceral-sensation music had managed to […]
The Alonzo King LINES Ballet begins as abruptly as it ends. The stage curtain at the Newmark Theater in downtown Portland lifts and a company of ten dancers is thrust into movement by the opening jolting chords of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto For Two Violins. The show seems to start in the middle of something, […]