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Coachella Valley Weekly Presents Local Bands to Perform at AMFM Festival

By | June 12, 2013 at 9:07 pm | No comments

Friday, June 14 7pm- Los Mumblers: Our desert’s very own upbeat,Indie Rock, Surf, Garage Punk, Psychosilly, Jungle, Tropical Music & Cumbias bit of brilliance. When you're disgusted with life and feel like a brute, give them a listen and they'll give you something new to...

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Dennis Hopper Award Presented to Artist and Actor, Viggo Mortenson

Dennis Hopper Award Presented to Artist and Actor, Viggo Mortenson

By | June 12, 2013 at 5:19 pm | No comments

By Lisa Morgan According to co-directors, Rich Henrich and Robert Galarza, of this weekend’s AMFM Festival, Viggo Mortensen will receive the fourth annual Dennis Lee Hopper Award at this year’s inaugural event in Cathedral City. Mortensen, an actor, writer, poet and...

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Wild Horses and Renegades

Wild Horses and Renegades

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:52 pm | No comments

Carrying the Burden of Man’s Original Burden Bearers Film Screening at AMFM Festival, Cathedral City ~ June 13-16th By Lisa Morgan As Viggo Mortensen and director James Anaquad Kleinert prepared the video introduction to Spirit Riders, a documentary that was to be...

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The Character of Jason Mewes

The Character of Jason Mewes

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:42 pm | No comments

By Lisa Morgan When I was given the chance to interview Jason Mewes, I had no idea what to expect. Would I be talking to the explicit, misogynistic yet somehow endearing stoner character known as “Jay” of “Jay and Silent Bob” fame? Was Mewes truly like the iconic...

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Jason London

Jason London

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:40 pm | No comments

Avarice “It will give you anything at the cost of everything” Screening at AMFM Festival, Cathedral City By Lisa Morgan Avarice (a-ve-res), by definition, is an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves. The movie features an extremely...

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David Zayas

David Zayas

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:36 pm | No comments

(Lt. Angel Batista from Dexter) Taking another Command in JUNCTION Screening at AMFM Festival, This Weekend, Cathedral City By Lisa Morgan Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx, David Zayas’ aspirations of becoming an actor seemed lofty and unattainable. After...

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A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH ED ASNER

A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH ED ASNER

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:34 pm | No comments

By Robin Simmons Chatting with Ed Asner, 83, is like cruising random pages of Wikipedia. You never know what will pop up. He has wide interests and opinions on a variety of fascinating subjects. Asner has extensive film, TV, stage and voice credits, but is perhaps best...

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Gordy Grundy as Gordy Grundy @ AMFM Festival, June 13-16th in Cathedral City

Gordy Grundy as Gordy Grundy @ AMFM Festival, June 13-16th in Cathedral City

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:32 pm | No comments

By Lisa Morgan Artist, writer, expressionist and DJ extraordinaire, Gordy Grundy, would describe himself as an “ambassador to the New Age of Aquarius, the Modern Era of Marvel and the Revolution of Reason.” This artist or creative force, if you will, seems to multitask...

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AMERICAN ROAD

AMERICAN ROAD

By | June 12, 2013 at 3:25 pm | No comments

By Robin Simmons This meandering and fascinating feature documentary explores the artistic, musical and literary resonances of the mythic and real notion of the open road in America during the middle of the 20th Century. It’s about going off the beaten path and the impact...

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Kim Zsebe

Kim Zsebe

By | June 5, 2013 at 3:29 am | No comments

Emerging Artist, Historian, Philosopher ~ Instigator of Cultural Discussion Showing at AMFM Festival, June 13-16 By Lisa Morgan Somewhere in Milwaukee, a young girl, with no artistic influences to speak of, made a conscious decision to become an artist. How does a girl,...

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The Record Company

The Record Company

By | June 5, 2013 at 3:27 am | No comments

As Genuine as the Vinyl You Grew Up On (Or Wish You Did) At the AMFM Festival, Friday June 14 By Lisa Morgan I am fairly confident that my publisher, bless her heart, doesn’t much like it when I quote other publications in my articles. But out of respect for some...

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Christian Sesma

Christian Sesma

By | June 5, 2013 at 3:22 am | No comments

  Ride shotgun with Jason Mewes in an up-close and bloody world too sexy and too violent for even the grittiest graphic novels. A world you can only visit at... By Lisa Morgan Before I give you the inside scoop on yet another star studded party happening at the...

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Elizabeth Christopher

Elizabeth Christopher

By | June 5, 2013 at 3:12 am | No comments

Creating Magical Passageways Through Love and Creativity By Lisa Morgan    To try and sum up the many parts that make the ever evolving and blooming creative force that is Elizabeth Christopher - woman, daughter, mother, wife, friend, artist, writer, poet,...

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Craig Semetko

Craig Semetko

By | May 29, 2013 at 12:58 pm | No comments

World Renowned Photographer of the Absurd and the Ironic Showing at the AMFM Festival, June 13-16th, in Cathedral City By Lisa Morgan The AMFM Festival is truly bringing together a phenomenal group of artists who are not only the cream of their industries, but some of the...

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The Miracle Dolls

The Miracle Dolls

By | May 29, 2013 at 12:56 pm | No comments

Native American Warped Tour Rock Twins to Play the AMFM Festival & Donate Guitars to the Cathedral City Boys and Girls Club By Lisa Morgan Traveling as a power trio, Warped Tour veterans the Miracle Dolls, will be rocking the event of the summer – the AMFM Festival in...

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Comedy Film Nerds Raising the Entertainment Barometer @ AMFM Festival June 13-16

Comedy Film Nerds Raising the Entertainment Barometer @ AMFM Festival June 13-16

By | May 22, 2013 at 1:59 pm | No comments

By Lisa Morgan What do you get when you combine two stand-up comedians who are also film makers who also “know people” in the industry and want to make oodles of money, or as they say, “Disney” money? NO! Not an online traffic school!!! You get Comedy Film Nerds -...

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“Louis Armstrong and Michael Jackson – Play it Again King” Presented by Scott Christopher

“Louis Armstrong and Michael Jackson – Play it Again King” Presented by Scott Christopher

By | May 15, 2013 at 10:51 am | No comments

Scott Christopher - Photographer, Artist, Poet, Pro Athlete and Dream Catcher Appearing at the AMFM Festival By Lisa Morgan There are those “once in a lifetime” moments that, with a little luck and presence of mind, can be captured forever through photography. There...

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Why I Prefer My Tramps in Stereo

Why I Prefer My Tramps in Stereo

By | May 15, 2013 at 10:46 am | No comments

By Lisa Morgan Even if this band wasn’t wonderfully unique, even if their lyrics weren’t catchy while still maintaining depth and integrity, and even if their songs weren’t musically crafted and produced with an ear that has the potential to rival T Bone Burnett or Mutt...

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Michael Madsen ~ “Expecting Rain” and Other Musings

Michael Madsen ~ “Expecting Rain” and Other Musings

By | May 8, 2013 at 12:32 pm | No comments

By Lisa Morgan I had the extreme pleasure to spend the better part of an hour on the phone with the notorious bad boy, Michael Madsen. This deep, analytical thinker, who applies his powers of observation to acting, photography and poetry, was probably one of the easiest...

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A Letter From Liam

A Letter From Liam

By | May 3, 2013 at 9:24 pm | No comments

Film 4 Change and AMFM Fest are proud to announce a wonderful partnership with Journeys in Film, a project of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, focused on educating through global understanding. "This will allow us to strengthen our mission of bringing community together...

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