Praise to Pearls!: In my family, fried oysters were an occasion! We’d have these huge oyster feeds, invite family & friends, play hearts, and laugh ‘til we cried. I loved these parties, the people, the games, the good times! I loved everything about them… except the oysters! That’s right, I was the oyster odd-ball in my family. I’m sure the ridicule and scorn has permanently scarred me in ways I’ll never know! I have to admit though, as I’ve grown, I’ve come to appreciate oysters, no I still won’t eat those nasty things, but I appreciate them. There’s a lesson to be learned from those spineless, rubber...

The Marquee Club: Hi I'm Mindy and thanks for stopping by. The Marquee club has often been defined as "the most important venue in the history of European pop music". Not only for having been witness of the development of the music culture in London during four decades, but also for having been an essential meeting point and a real cradle for some of the most important artists and music scenes. If it was not for the Marquee club maybe many of the legendary rock and pop artists that we know today would have never made it during their hard starting careers and their names would have never shown up in the music b...

Outsider Asian Rocker: Patrick Lew: Patrick Lew is an Asian American punk guitarist, songwriter and musician from Antioch, California. Best known for promoting his home-made recordings of music on his computer throughout the Internet and local do-it-yourself promotion and word of mouth. Mainly playing guitar as his main instrument, Lew also played bass, synthesizers and used his computer to experiment and sketch his music. Although he hasn’t yet found a wide appeal or market for his music, and many of his recordings received mixed reviews by critics and his music on record was relatively messy, loose and rough sounding in musica...