THRU Magazine Archive
During the summer of 2003, I was working retail at The Salvation Army full-time, in The Valley, Los Angeles area–more specifically Sun Valley–at 8232 Sunland Blvd where today there appears to be a busted out smoke shop. I had just recently graduated Sound Master Audio/Video Institute in North Hollywood, where today a high-rise apartment building […]
February 25th was the release date for Amok, the debut album from Atoms for Peace. This group is rooted with front man Thom Yorke’s first solo album—a departure from the immensely well-reputed Radiohead that he also fronts. So in many respects, it’s actually a follow up album to Eraser (2006). But now it’s collaborative, including […]
Last night, there was a full house at Lincoln Hall, inside PSU. The performance by Compagnie Marie Chouinard, presented by White Bird Uncaged, attracted a diverse audience for this commemorative dance of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, which had it’s debut in 1913, Paris, originally performed as a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. The composer’s […]
I heard about the Rothko controversy a while back and decided to have a look at what seemed like a hyper-intellectual form of graffiti: Yellowism. It happened right after I moved in to this place known as “The Yellow House”. It branded itself as a place for art and music, but it never presented itself […]
I go to the gym. Why I go, let me qualify that. I go to the gym to relax, because I’m always stoned. I need something to counteract it. If you’re a smoker, you have to be careful because getting the blood moving elevates your high. If you had just one bong rip one hour […]