
Interview by Travis Turner It’s winter, and Jeff Kramer can’t be reached most days. Fat, sparkly powder has been falling all over California and that is the one thing the Mammoth Mountain pro-snowboarder, coach and Smokin Snowboards Team Manager will not miss. He also doesn’t miss out on being a husband a father, a [...]

The Third Annual Animal Party sponsored by KMUD Community Radio, Venatore Media and Treehouse Music Entourage for Joe Zaizar and Travis Turner was a smashing success. More than 700 people came to get jiggy at Portuguese Hall in Arcata. If you have never seen 700 people in animal costumes you missed out. It was a [...]

This is an audio story originally filled with KMUD News. The Arcata City Council held a study session on February 21st, 2011 concerning the lack of funds to cover projects that were promised state monies via the now defunct redevelopment agency.

By Travis Turner – Originally published in Hydro Life Magazine California is synonymous with big mountains and some of the best skiing and snowboarding in the world. From Big Bear near Los Angeles to Mount Shasta near the Oregon border, more than 25 different snow resorts are sprinkled through the vast landscape of the state. [...]

Originally published in Hydro Life Magazine ( http://myhydrolife.com/sights-sounds/item/77-a-grizzled-star-rises ) Interview By Travis Turner Photos by Joe Zaizar Sitting across from Grant Kwiecinsk (more commonly known by his stage name, GRiZ), you immediately feel the intensity of the young man. His steel blue eyes have an understanding to them that surpass his 21 years. Those eyes [...]

Getting Rowdy With Big G By Travis Turner Originally published at northcoastjournal.com If your life has been missing ample amounts of rambunctious saxophone, electronic bass and live drumming then you are probably ready for the monstrous sounds of Big Gigantic. As the name implies they are taking a colossal swing at the electronic dance genre [...]

Photography by Joe Zaizar and Travis Turner Written by Travis Turner For most of us there is that one artist that easily slides out of the iTunes quiver, loads itself into the Bose and fires you straight into the night. It is as thoughtless as picking out socks. You know the music; you hear it [...]

Originally published in The Lumberjack as a special piece for the Investigative Journalism Class at Humboldt State University. This piece was included with work from the entire class. By Travis Turner Actions speak louder than words but sometimes numbers speak even louder. This is especially true when looking at increases in mandatory student fees in [...]

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. [...]