The News Review:
- The kids are alright
- Ska reggae and punk
- The rock poster reinvented
The kids are alright
Stockton Record CA -
I’m hoping to get The Queers (a Bay Area punk band). That would complete my alphabet. “In addition to music Goodwin – who also plays in Novacain his own noise-punk band – wants to sustain the Plea for Peace Center’s motto (”positive change through music”) by making it available for art displays dance and other activities such as yoga classes for seniors. “It’s a nonprofit” he said of the center in Stockton’s downtown entertainment district. “We’re doing what they’re talking about with no big break on taxes or rental or anything. We’re doing everything we can to make it work and we’re encouraging others to do the same. “The concept of community involvement helped focus his vision.
Ska reggae and punk
Santa Rosa Press Democrat CA -
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The rock poster reinvented
Los Angeles Times CA -
“I love rock” said Kleinsmith 41 now art director for Sub Pop Records “but I was never really big on rock iconography. I wanted to do something closer to midcentury graphic design and bring it to the rock poster. It was almost punk rock to have a giant 18-by-24 poster with almost nothing on it. Munn moved to akland in 2002 largely because a friend was there and lived in a two-bedroom apartment with four other guys. While toiling at a T-shirt shop he became connected with a short-lived Berkeley club called the Ramp in which 200 fans would cram into a church basement to see Deerhoof or Animal Collective. Munn began printing 50 silk screens for every show there then launched the Small Stakes after the Spoon song came on the car radio while he was buying inks and screens. “Not to get too deep about it” he recalls “but I was taking a chance — whether I was going to eat or print posters.
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