Understanding in a Car Crash

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Daniel Taylor in Blog, Chico

I was recently involved in a car accident. So I got all emo and wrote about it.

Interview with Jimmy Richards aka Junior Kickstart

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Daniel Taylor in Art, Chico, Music

Interview with Jimmy Richards aka Junior Kickstart

Between designing shirts, and prepping for a new Brighten record coming this summer, Jimmy took a moment to sit down and drop some info to Synthesis editor Jake Sprecher on the past, present and future of Junior Kickstart

Not Kosher, Dain

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Chico, Food Bites

Not Kosher, Dain

Not Kosher. Not in the least.

Some sort of bacon/shrimp concoction? You’re a food jerk. Why not throw in a butchered jew baby, it’s Hitler’s birthday afterall. You could cook it in an oven.
NOT KOSHER.

A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Art, Blog, Chico, Environment, Fashion, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Politics, Science, Sex, TV, War

A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens

One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was proofing Mad Bob Howard’s column, and he referenced a fellow “outsider artist” (aside: something about the term “outsider art” or “outsider artist” makes me cringe, and therefore, encase it in quotes like some sort of literary specimin) by the name of Jonathan Troxler.
Easter is one of those bizarre holidays – quasi-religious, quasi-pagan, entirely alcoholic these days. It has [...]

Chico, CA Press and Promotion Contacts

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Band of the Day, Chico, Lifestyle, Music, Road Worn, SXSW, Technology

Chico, CA Press and Promotion Contacts

Since I’m sick of looking it up every time a band asks me, here is a fairly complete list of Chico’s press and radio contacts as of 4/15/09.
www.Chicolist.com
Chico Independent & Underground Music Scene
Jason Cassidy, Arts Editor
Chico News & Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2242; Fax: (530) 894-0143
E-mail: jasonc@newsreview.com
Web: www.newsreview.com/chico
Christy Pryde, Calendar Editor
Chico News & Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2243; Fax: (530) 894-0143
E-mail:christyp@newsreview.com, chicocalendar@newsreview.com
www.newsreview.com/chico
Jake Sprecher, Managing Editor
Synthesis Weekly, 210 W 6th Street
Chico, CA 995928
530-899-7708
jakes@synthesis.net
www.synthesis.net
blog.synthesis.net
Serena Jennings, Calendar Editor
Synthesis Weekly, [...]

The Freeze, The Serfs, Severance Package, Purple Dragons @ Monstro’s

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by some guy in Chico, Music

The Freeze, The Serfs, Severance Package, Purple Dragons @ Monstro’s

The Freeze. In Chico. All the way from Massachusetts, these guys were a big part of the Boston hardcore scene in the ‘80s and have been around since 1978. While associated with the hardcore scene, their music has always had more of a melodic approach than counterparts.

Adventures in Old Mallville

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Daniel Taylor in Chico

After last week’s look at the exciting world of Chico’s Mallville, I thought it only fitting to in turn spend some quality time out in our town’s Old Mallville, or at least what remains of it.

Right-Wing Media Machine Backs the Wrong Horse in Pirate Stand-Off

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Daniel Taylor in Apocalypse, Chico, Politics

While US Navy SEALS were parachuting onto the deck of a US Warship, authorized by President Obama to use deadly force in the rescue of American ship Captain Richard Phillips, whom was successfully recovered after snipers shot three Somali pirates dead, the usual suspects in the right-wing punditry club were too busy calling President Obama a coward for his failure to act and relishing the impending doom of Capt Phillips, to even notice.

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