Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. In case you haven’t heard yet, the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup was revealed Thursday night. My first impression was mixed. As expected, the festival organizers…
Two Gallants rocks SLO for the first time
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net What is dark, grungy, cock-rock? It’s what Two Gallants’ guitarist and vocalist Adam Stephens described his music as at Friday night’s SLO Brewing Co. concert. If the antique-looking lamp and suitcase on the small stage, blur of…
Restaurant Month spices up SLO
Throughout January, 43 restaurants participated in San Luis Obispo County’s sixth annual Restaurant Month, put on by the San Luis Obispo County Visitors & Conference Bureau. The focus was on fresh, local produce, meats and wines.
Musical miles provided by Kappa Kappa Psi
Alexandria Scott alexandriascott.md@gmail.com No need to bring tunes to keep pace at this 5k/10k fundraiser — live music will be provided throughout the course. Participate in Kappa Kappa Psi’s Run For Music at Cal Poly’s campus on Jan. 27 and be marinated…
Smile, nod and fall off your chair laughing
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Not a single person is still. All around there is hopping, jumping, clapping and chanting. Kanye West’s “Ni**az in Paris” fills the small, curtained room with energy. Three groups form, laughing, shaking and shuffling their feet…
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl takes us to ‘Sound City’
Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. There’s some huge news coming out of the rock ‘n’ roll community. On Jan. 18, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s documentary, “Sound City,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival…
Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest opens for submissions
Hannah Croft hannahcroft.md@gmail.com Columbia University and The Academy of American Poets are just a couple prestigious places winners of Cal Poly’s Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest have been affiliated with. The contest, in its 43rd year, is named after nationally published…
19 students; 250,000 zip ties
David Liebig arts@mustangdaily.net A woven, cocoon-like structure the size of a phone booth hangs from the ceiling. Pop-up PA speakers pour out down-tempo indie jams. Throughout the room, students hunch over white tangles, working silently like sweatshop laborers. Some of…
¿Que Pasa? ¡Que Pasa!
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Sandwiched between San Luis Obispo staples Shin’s Sushi and Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ is a new restaurant ready to make a name for itself. Que Pasa! Mexican Café features a vibrant menu and a full bar with…
This is What I do When There is Nothing Else
Silvano J. Gonzalez is a bioresource and agricultural engineering freshman and Mustang Daily poetry contributor. There was once a man with a secret he couldn’t tell. It was not that he didn’t want to, he simply couldn’t. He didn’t…