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Rounding The Corner – The Bassnectar Preview
By Travis Turner Photos by Joe Zaizar Originally published in the North Coast Journal In the 1950s a new sound was reshaping American culture. Parents in those days called it loud, repulsive and crude. They assigned racially provocative epithets like “jungle music” to it because of its roots in African-American blues, country, jazz and gospel. [...]
Get Down To The Dirty-Dirty
Story originally printed in the North Coast Journal Photos and Story by Travis Turner In the world of electronic music - from bass junkies to hip-hop dub enthusiasts to screaming techies — nothing gets the heart pumping and hands sweating like mentioning a show guaranteed to bring the grime. This doesn’t mean the type [...]
Emancipate Yourself
By Travis Turner Originally published in the North Coast Journal If the latest in electronic music — staccato snares at 175 beats-a-second or concussion causing, glitched-out bass drops — has gotten to be a bore, meet Doug Appling. Better known as Emancipator, he has been freeing minds with his trip-hop style. Trip-hop is an [...]
Creating the Circle
Words and photography by Joe Zaizar Beautiful days at the Arcata Plaza can almost certainly guaranty performances by the talented folk not shy of an audience. One of the more common sites is the Hoopers. They flock to all grassy fields with their brightly-colorfully-beautifully decorated circles – they stun you with amazing dance rhythm and [...]
Bike On New Zealand – Bikes in Schools
Written by Joe Zaizar Photos courtesy of Paul McArdle When corporate banker Paul McArdle returned to New Zealand after living in Europe for over a decade, he looked around and wondered what had happened to the days riding a bike was an essential part of a person’s life. McArdle said as a child going anywhere, “you [...]
Rounding The Corner – The Bassnectar Preview
By Travis Turner Photos by Joe Zaizar Originally published in the North Coast Journal In the 1950s a new sound was reshaping American culture. Parents in those days called it loud, repulsive and crude. They assigned racially provocative epithets like “jungle music” to it because of its roots in African-American blues, country, jazz and gospel. [...]
Get Down To The Dirty-Dirty
Story originally printed in the North Coast Journal Photos and Story by Travis Turner In the world of electronic music - from bass junkies to hip-hop dub enthusiasts to screaming techies — nothing gets the heart pumping and hands sweating like mentioning a show guaranteed to bring the grime. This doesn’t mean the type [...]
Emancipate Yourself
By Travis Turner Originally published in the North Coast Journal If the latest in electronic music — staccato snares at 175 beats-a-second or concussion causing, glitched-out bass drops — has gotten to be a bore, meet Doug Appling. Better known as Emancipator, he has been freeing minds with his trip-hop style. Trip-hop is an [...]
Creating the Circle
Words and photography by Joe Zaizar Beautiful days at the Arcata Plaza can almost certainly guaranty performances by the talented folk not shy of an audience. One of the more common sites is the Hoopers. They flock to all grassy fields with their brightly-colorfully-beautifully decorated circles – they stun you with amazing dance rhythm and [...]
Bike On New Zealand – Bikes in Schools
Written by Joe Zaizar Photos courtesy of Paul McArdle When corporate banker Paul McArdle returned to New Zealand after living in Europe for over a decade, he looked around and wondered what had happened to the days riding a bike was an essential part of a person’s life. McArdle said as a child going anywhere, “you [...]
The Fast Mustache!
Photography and words by Joe Zaizar On a day predicted to be stormy, the clouds parted to make way for the suns rays to hit the billions of little hairs huddled on the upper lip of a couple guys and gals running around wearing tiny hats and lycra clothing. Adventure’s Edge and Humboldt State Cycling, along [...]
The Road From The Old World To New Beats
From the North Coast Journal Written By Travis Turner Photos By Joe Zaizar Life is a million forgotten encounters, fleeting moments that move us in new directions. For Beats Antique — a trio of worldly musicians who have been infusing the electronica genre with an Old World sound for the last four years — [...]
World Hoop Day, 11- 11- 11
Words and Photography By Joe Zaizar The air was auburn as the suns rays showered thousands of smiling faces across the world on a day put together for the sole purpose of play. On Friday Nov. 11, 2011 at 11:11am, Chakra Nation Hoopers invited everyone to meet at the plaza in down town Arcata,Calif. to [...]
Bias And The Bliss Of Ignorance
Written By Travis Turner The San Francisco Airport has an art exhibit entitled The Road To Timbuktu hanging on the walls on the way to gates 76 through 79 in terminal B. I paused and looked at the photographs on the way to my gate and wondered how many people have a clue where Timbuktu [...]