Julia Meek, the widely respected Fort Wayne visual artist and radio personality, has become so associated with all things folk, eco-sound, pantheistic, natural, no artificial ingredients added, cooperative-building and mutual-aid […]

The joke begins as an off color comment made by All Nite Skate guitarist Bob Haddad: “Two Arabs walk into a band.” At first glance, this doesn’t make a whole […]

Down a flight of wooden stairs, in the basement, hangs a curtain of Visqueen that hides the artist’s workspace. A sheet of drywall mounted to the wall serves as the […]

Strip a song down to its bare essentials – usually a guitar and vocal – and you’ll find out pretty quickly whether it’s any good or not. Layers of studio […]

“Listen all you people,” swaggers a vocal from the speakers. “I’ve got a little story for you … Listen to this CD, I’ll set the mood.” Enter the Mad Cow […]

When I finally got the call to do a story for whatzup, I was elated. When Mr. whatzup told me, “I figured that since you work for the Bear, you […]

In early October 2013 two adult whales and one juvenile were carefully loaded onto a moving truck and carried south to the Port Canaveral, Florida. The whales were hung from […]

Some artists emulate their influences, refining and polishing and taking the next logical step. Others absorb and combine the elements that inspire them. Few are actually able to soak up […]