This year’s Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival was sponsored in part by Oniracom, along with The Community Environmental Council (CEC), SONOS, and Horny Toad. The weekend-long festival saw plenty of visitors from the local Santa Barbara community along with local vendors of environmentally conscious products and services.
On April 12, 2012 Radiohead rocked the Santa Barbara Bowl yet again (full setlist here). Mr. Yorke seems to love this place each time he plays, but who wouldn’t? This outdoor amphitheater is much more intimate than Red Rocks or the Gorge, as it is set in the picturesque hillside of the Santa Barbar Riviera. The often humorous banter between songs and loose energy connected audience & band in an unexpected manner. We couldn’t help but be mezmorized by the LED backdrop and rotating screens, and being only a few rows back were able to capture some beautiful moments:
Videos courtesy of @marlosmassage
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We just launched a new site for Marlo’s Massage, Santa Barbara’s voted Best Licensed Massage Therapist for the last three years in a row!
It’s a beautiful redesign with highlights that include a brand new Staff page as well as a “Schedule a Massage” call to action button.
If you haven’t yet experienced a Marlo massage go ahead and hit the “Schedule a Massage” button to see what you’re missing out on!
Visit MarlosMassage.com today!
Permalink Post CommentMacky World, the latest brainchild of visual, musical and fine artist Matthew McAvene, recently took the Santa Barbara Art Walk by storm. McAvene used his talents to display his goods in an outstanding setup pictured below. For his first week at the art walk he is selling creature hats, sculptures, paintings and Tape Ninjas! Enticing people as they pass by are arial puppets and the massive display with door cut-out. Two puppets, Joh Avridge and Beeps the Robot, invite potential customers inside…
Macky World’s Entrance
Creature Hats
In the several months before I moved out of Santa Barbara last October, a band emerged on the scene to reignite my hope for the rebirth of the local musical landscape. Not since Matthew McAvene teased me with a few smoking sets in early 2007 had I felt the spark of any new, home-bred talent. All it took was one performance by Howlin’ Woods on a Friday night at Cold Spring Tavern to convince me that these guys had the goods. They could jam fiercely, led by the sinewy guitar voodoo of Griffin Chetakian. The rhythm section of Matthew Farrington on drums and Brian “Solar B” Chandler on bass (and keys) was rugged and raw, yet with an intuitive grace. A lot of bands can jam. These guys came across as the total package thanks to the presence of a true frontman. Jordan Chetakian – a powerhouse vocalist with some acoustic guitar chops to boot, boasted a dynamic range. He could rain down with the back-alley blues, bust out a little Sly Stone soul and woo the ladies like a tormented indie rock icon. Offstage he was just an unassuming, plaid-shirt wearing dude with glasses which made his spotlight transformation all the more profound.
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Beginning tonight is Santa Barbara’s own New Noise, a music conference and festival in its second year. I feel pretty nerdy when I get more excited about the panels than the music at festivals, but it’s happened again. (Same thing with SXSW!)
Click ‘Read More…’ to check out the panels I’m most excited about seeing (and you should be too)...
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