Pachy Garcia

The festival's two weekends reflect two different versions of pop culture — and how we've changed along with it.

Fanatic! Some Saturday. I spent the last nine point something hours editing a manuscript. My apologies if these notes are short, but I’m tired and am not good for much.

Fanatic. I hope you had a good week. We acknowledge the sad passing of Clem Burke of Blondie, Dave Allen from Gang Of Four and Al Barile of SSD.

As immigration raids continue across Southern California, there’s growing concern that federal agents may be targeting U.S. citizens based on their skin color.

Israel’s cabinet approved plans that include “conquering the [Gaza] strip,” which would displace over a million Gazans. It could lead to long-term Israeli occupation of the territory.

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and that maybe there were some records released on RSD 2025 that you found interesting. I went for the Sun Ra Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 6LP set.

Marsai Martin became a star at just 9 years old on Black-ish. Now 20, she’s holding her own opposite Viola Davis in the new action thriller G20.

Two SoCal music institutions come together for the first time to forge the connective tissue across time and genres.