Ice Cube
Raw Footage
I’m not much of a Gangsta Rap fan, actually to be honest it all sounds the same to me. I admit, I’m ignorant about this type of music. But on Tuesday September 2, 2008 my views on Gangsta Rap changed dramatically. I was given the ...

Top 5 Albums of 2007
Band Of Horses “Cease To Begin” My Number one album of 2007 is Band Of Horses with an album titled Cease To Begin.” Ok, who are these guys and where did they come from. ...

Guitar whisperer Brett Dennen
On San Diego, Grey's Anatomy and the woman in his life
Remember that scene in Cameron Crowe’s "almost famous" where character William Miller, “The Enemy”, walks backstage for his first rock-n-roll interview and finds himself in a hubbub of emotion, being bombarded by rock ...

The Band Snow Patrol!
What does Ireland, whiskey and rock-n-roll all have in common?
On March 3rd 2007, Snow Patrol took the stage at the SDSU Open Air Theater between a “green flash” and ...

Dave Wakeling of The English Beat
A messenger of peace and unity
Dave Wakeling, singer/songwriter and guitarist with the iconic 80’s band, The English Beat has pushed the limits throughout his musical career. He’s a founding member of the ...

Friday Night at the Street Scene
Could have Done without the Rappers. The Rest Rocked.
It was a mix of rock stars and rappers, d.j.s and steel drummers, all performing amidst carnival rides and a gaggle of half naked fire twirling burlesque girls. Throughout the jumbled free for all that occured at Street Scene 2006, there was only ...

Independent … Ten Years and Counting
KPRI Turns 10
Ten years ago, when cell phones were still the size of small mobile homes, my friend, Denny Hafer, called me to let me know he was listening to a new station on 102.1 FM. He heard that they were looking for help in sales and I ...

One Great Rock Show can change the World
(and even make up for a bad one.)
“One great rock show can change the world.” So says Dewey Finn (played by Jack Black) in the movie, “School of Rock”. Of course, it is just a movie and movies are great for inspired idealism. The thought was running through my ...

New Jazz Curriculum in San Diego City Schools
Radio Station Donates Lincoln Center Program
Members of the University City High School Band are addressed by Director Mike Cummins and Karen Evans of ...

First Annual Ocean Beach Jazz Festival
Jazz88 and Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association
“We’re an edgy station, like no other and Ocean Beach is an edgy place, like no other, “ said Mark ...