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They Might Be Giants Saves The World, One Dial-A-Song At A Time

They Might Be Giants Saves The World, One Dial-A-Song At A Time

Edward Rosa December 22, 2015

Dial-A-Song. They Might Be Giants have this thing called Dial-A-Song, and once a week the band releases a new song. A brand new song every single week for the entire year. Sound daunting? It is! Don't...

Faith No More ends hiatus with excellent record

Edward Rosa November 10, 2015

“Sol Invictus”, the latest album from the super influential, genre-busting Faith No More is not only a satisfying return to form, but an endlessly rewarding concept album that continues to refine and...

F·F·S? More Like F·F·YES!

F·F·S? More Like F·F·YES!

Edward Rosa November 9, 2015

F·F·S (Franz Ferdinand/Sparks) played The Observatory in Santa Ana on Wednesday Oct. 14. Giddy with anticipation, I more or less arranged my entire week around this show. In my mind, Franz Ferdinand...

Halloween Harmonies that will rock the bejesus back into you

Halloween Harmonies that will rock the bejesus back into you

Edward Rosa October 24, 2015

Halloween. You know you love it. Everyone does. With Halloween coming up, it is a fantastic time to talk about a couple of great Halloween records. Rock & Roll is the only thing that is as necessary...

Neo and Retro are One and the Same for Shannon and the Clams

Neo and Retro are One and the Same for Shannon and the Clams

Edward Rosa October 21, 2015

"Gone by the Dawn," the new LP from Oakland California's Shannon and the Clams is raw, honest and most importantly fun. It is one of those records that you will listen to, start to finish over and over...

Supergroup crafts daring, familiar indie pop

Supergroup crafts daring, familiar indie pop

Edward Rosa September 25, 2015

F•F•S is like a great big, ice cold Slurpee on a really hot day, only with nutritional value somehow. How could you lose? What a time to be alive. Never before in the history of art on the planet...

A certain certainty about 'Days with Uncertainty'

A certain certainty about ‘Days with Uncertainty’

Edward Rosa August 31, 2015

“Days with Uncertainty,” the debut LP from Japanese alt-rockers The fin. packs enough charm, emotion, and taste to satisfy any current fan of shoegaze or synth-pop. Yet, it calls back to the...

Darlene Rixey with the San Diego Costume Guild checks out the vendors at the Escondido Nerd Con 2015. (Hanadi Cackler/The Telescope)

Costumed heroes, villains take Escondido by storm

Edward Rosa August 27, 2015

“Nerd culture” and “geek culture” are fairly prominent buzz-phrases at the moment. And understandably so. Marvel and DC Comics rule at the box office, The Walking Dead and Doctor Who dominate...

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Palomar’s athletic department ensures that athletes excel in the classroom

Edward Rosa May 11, 2015

Good grades are extremely important to a successful academic career. Especially when a student gets into junior college. Good grades are what will help ensure a student gets admitted to the school of their...

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It’s time for churches to start paying their fair share

Edward Rosa May 11, 2015

The United States of America is, at least on paper, a democratic society. We have a government, made up of elected officials whose job is supposed to be to work for the people who elected them. On some...

Regal Entertainment Group is one of three theater chains that is said to be under investigation by the Department of Justice for its film distribution practices. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Summer blockbusters ready to thrill

Edward Rosa May 11, 2015

Summer is almost upon us. And as summer draws near, a young human’s fancy naturally turns to movies. After all, summer is the most vaunted and celebrated of seasons for blockbuster film openings. Now...

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The ignorant are the smart ones

Edward Rosa May 11, 2015

If the sphere of what can be known in the universe is infinite, then no matter how much knowledge one possesses, one never comes any closer to possessing all knowledge, for all knowledge is infinite. One...

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