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Nick and Armando “Mando” Flores: A Team of Music All Stars
By Lisa Morgan
If there was a Musician's League with an All Star Team, brothers, Armando aka "Mando" and Nick Flores would easily make the...
Se7en4 – Let’s Get High and Fight – Album Review
The Epitome of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
By Jack St. Clair
From the outset of “Incomplete”, the opening track to Se7en4’s first official release,...
2014 Summer Extravaganza
Coachella Valley bids as Southern California’s top summer destination with the launch of
“2014 Summer Extravaganza”
Awakening the desert with music and fashion, powered by philanthropy
Four...
Tilted Kilt Open Mic Week 6 Winners
Halfway to the finals and week #6 was jam packed bringing 22 performers out to compete at the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition! The...
STURGILL SIMPSON “MetaModern Sounds In Country Music” (High Top Mountain Records/Thirty...
By Eleni P.Austin
Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson isn’t a household name. But he should be. Simpson is thirtysomething Country singer whose sound recalls the Outlaw movement...
COACHELLA VALLEY ART CENTER: Do. Or Do Not. Here There Is...
By Rich Henrich
Tucked away inside the stylish mid-century modern architecture that was once home to the CV Printing Company in downtown Indio, the Coachella...
Animal Hoarding, and a Transformation
By Janet McAfee
Hoarding is a horrible form of animal cruelty, affecting about 250,000 animals every year. These cases sometimes involve hundreds of animals, and...
Jeff’s Summer Picks at Total Wine
By Rick Riozza
For any of you wine lovers who have somehow missed the behemoth of a liquor store, Total Wine & More in Palm...
Fresh Agave Mexican Bar and Grill
By Raymond Bill
Each year, I cannot help but notice the number of year round residents continues to rise. The Coachella Valley is growing and...
ANOTHER LOOK AT “NOAH”
The home video release of Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH this week rekindled a soft wave of debate between those who were vexed that the movie...
A Square Fits Into a Circle
By Heidi Simmons
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The Circle
by Dave Eggers
Fiction
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Ever wonder just how far this whole crazy internet idea will go? In Dave Eggers’ The Circle...
THE VEGANIZATION OF MEAT
By Haddon Libby
Did you know that 80% of the world’s farmland is used to support the meat and poultry industries? According to Popular Science,...
1st DUI? Now What?
By Dale Gribow
With temperatures hitting 118 last week many of our neighbors drank too much beer and foolishly got behind the wheel of a...
July is dedicated as National Grilling Safety Month
Send the Right Smoke Signal - SAFETY!
“July, August and right into Labor Day we use our barbeques than any other months. Firefighters respond to...
Sharing some Educational, Fun & Delicious Events
Nearly everyone has thought of writing a book. Have you? How about a friend?
The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center (which is for men, too)...
Desert Heat Escape: Partying on the Pen
By Denise Ortuno Neil
When the sun goes down in the OC the party scene lights up, especially in the Newport Beach neighborhood of the...
There’s A New Captain At Clippers’ Helm
By Julie Buehler
It’s easy to make fun of the guy who is running around a stage screaming and yelling, jumping up and down and...
THE RITZ-CARLTON SPA, RANCHO MIRAGE BRINGS LUXURY WELLNESS TO PALM SPRINGS...
With a stunning two-story setting on the grounds of The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage, North America’s newest Ritz-Carlton Spa has become a desert sanctuary like...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of July 31
© Copyright 2014 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If a farmer plants the same crop in the same field year after...
SIMPLIFY BY LETTING GO
By Bronwyn Ison
Take a look around your office, house, closets, kitchen cupboards and especially your garage. What do you see? An environment organized or...
Seven Ways to Manage Monsoon Season
By Sunny Simon
It is a fact that weather affects our moods. Individuals living in harsh climates may suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder during the...
Be Conscious of What You Ingest
By Dr. Peter Kadile
Doc, I’ve been having a lot of heartburn lately. I don’t want to take medication for it, what can I do?
-Matthew,...
Pappy & Harriet’s
A Legend, An Institution and the 2014 CV Music Awards “Best Live Performance Venue” Award Winner
by Lisa Morgan
When their plane out of New York...
Lisa Vanderpump to Receive Golden Palm Star on Prestigious Palm Springs...
July 30, Mayor Pougnet Names Vanderpump Celebrity Grand Marshal of 23rd annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade, Dec. 6, 2014
World famous Bravo TV...
Cathedral City Festival Park: A Strategic Plan
By Rich Henrich
Along Highway 111, you may have noticed a patch of vacant land beside the former Desert IMAX theatre in Cathedral City or...
Lady Gaga Joins the Fight to Save Our Water, but What...
By Rich Henrich
“Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer! The future’s uncertain and the end is always near…” Roadhouse Blues by...
Desert Heat Escape: OC Fair Fun!
By Denise Ortuno Neil
It is simple summer fun. Close your eyes and you can envision the sounds and smells of a typical seasonal Fair....
Rock N Roll Meets Mini Golf
By Craig Michaels
Finding an activity the whole family can have fun doing together can sometimes be a challenge, especially living in the desert. While...
Tilted Kilt Open Mic Contest Week 5
Week 5 brought excitement at the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition! Even more new performers came pouring in this week as well as many...
Make the Music Go Acoustic! Punk Legends X Unplug at Pappy...
By Shawn Mafia
“Friends warehouse pain, attack their own kind . . . a thousand kids, bury their parents,” sang John Doe and Exene Cervenka...
Slipping into Darkness
By Monica Morones
The three words that come to mind when I hear local band Slipping Into Darkness are: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll!
Young,...
BLACK KEYS “Turn Blue” (Nonesuch Records)
Eleni P. Austin
There is an old saying, “All true art is born from suffering.” That certainly applies to the new Black Keys album, Turn...
Art Awakens the World at Gallery 446
By Rich Henrich
I want to be a celebrity. The words, spray-painted pink on canvas from the hand of a young pigtailed blonde girl hangs...
Keeping Kitty Inside
By Janet McAfee
Maybe you grew up on a farm or in a rural area where your pet cat was allowed to roam outside. Today...
A World’s View from a Castle Wine
By Rick Riozza
Hey—I thought I was on vacation; I had no agenda, I was just going over to the local winery and taste some...
TRICKY FINGERS
By Robin E. Simmons
PICKPOCKET
The first time I saw French director Robert Bresson’s PICKPOCKET (1959), I thought it was oddly amateurish and strangely stilted –...
True Wit
By Heidi Simmons
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Jacky’s Diary
by Jack Mendelsohn
Hardbound Comic Strip Anthology
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Beginning today, comic book aficionados and fanatics will gather in San Diego for Comic-Con...
SOUR GRAPES
By Haddon Libby
The Grand ‘Ol Party does not like President Obama very much. As they cannot beat him in the election booth, they are...
Mistakes Auto Insurance Companies Want Victims to Make
The more mistakes a victim makes with their PI case, the less the accident claim is worth.
At the scene:
Initially Insurance companies do not want...
HOT PURPLE ENERGY’S PRESIDENT NATE OTTO APPOINTED TO CITY OF PALM...
Hot Purple Energy is proud to announce that its President, Nate Otto, has been selected to serve on the City of Palm Springs Sustainability...
Look Before You Lock!
Beat the Heat, Check the Back Seat, Look Before You Lock or KISS - Keep Infants Safe and Secure all have the same message;...
ShareKitchen is Cooking Up Success this Summer!
POP-UP ALERT- July 27: Fresh from their wildly successful Avant-Garde ‘Chanel-esq’ dinner event LIGHT, PS Underground jubilantly proclaim “Let them eat cake!”. The underground...
Football 101: It’s Easier Than You Think, But Tougher Than Most...
By Julie Buehler
When people find out that I host a sports talk radio show, they often ask, “Did you grow up with a lot...
NCAA – Change Is A Brewin’….
By Flint Wheeler
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby took to the podium Monday morning and wasn't shy about voicing his opinion on the current college...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of July 24
© Copyright 2014 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A report in the prestigious British medical journal BMJ says that almost one...
VULNERABILITY
By Bronwyn Ison
After considerable thought I decided the topic of vulnerability should be explored. Did you know that being vulnerable is exceptionally difficult for...
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
By Sunny Simon
The other day the following client email crossed my desk: “Sunny…I am in the process of spending a few days in Orlando...
John Garcia
By Noe Gutierrez
There is no debate that John Garcia’s legacy in music is firmly etched in stone. He is revered all over the world...
The President of the United States invites you to a reception...
Article and Photos by Richard Noble
I was at a conference in La Quinta when the original email came in. I knew there was a...
California Fire Wives, Fire Wife Strong!
By Lisa Morgan
There are a special few who are the very essence of the word HERO. These are the people who run toward the...
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