The Road to South By
So, as you may or may not know I am in a band called Please Do Not Fight. We had grand plans this year to head out to South By Southwest. It was to be our first ever southwest tour. We were going to play a show in Erin’s hometown of Dallas, hit up some [...]
A Book By Its Cover
by Nik Bartunek Once in a while, we all get the hankering to read a book. Some of us read entire libraries. Some of us read a shelf of books. Some, a row. Reading isn’t really everybody’s thing these days. Saying that in the company of our grandparents may get a “Tsk Tsk”. Its funny [...]
Heavy Rain – The Rain Kept Me Up All Night!
by Nik Bartunek Its really no secret that I am a huge fan of video games, and most gaming in general. Recently I’ve gotten back into it much harder than before, and I’ve divided my time between music and gaming. Eating happens in there somewhere. I can’t remember about the sleeping part though. For a [...]
Finding Yourself Again
Some times the most unexpected musical evenings are the ones that turn into the most inspiring. Something happens when you begin to get involved with any “scene”—you find out what you like and what you’re not so fond of. Then you start acting on those likes and dislikes. In the world of music these inclinations [...]
Hey Hey Kids!
by Nik Bartunek I remember a lot about my childhood. Most of those memories will never escape me, and for the most part, I’m really happy about this. I can clearly remember many amazing times romping around the neighborhood with buddies. Remembering sneaking into the plant nursery located behind my block, and much like Metal [...]
The Redwood City Music Scene
This blog is all about the Redwood Music Scene. Despite being full of young-people, people-who-play-music and the inevitable sub-section of young-people-who-play-music the fact of the matter is this: There isn’t one. But it doesn’t have to be that way and we can change it. We – Please Do Not Fight – hosted the very first [...]
Bi-Monthly Top Ten
LETS COUNT DOWN SOME COOL SHIT! 10. SWEATERS! – What do most Californians do to protect themselves from the cold in the winter? They wear hooded sweatshirts, or “hoodies”. HOW BORING. The world outside of California has discovered a magical garment called the “sweater”. They are warm, cozy and can be very expressive of one’s [...]
Ten Years in the Making
I was born and raised in a small town in the Napa Valley called St. Helena. There was no scene there, no other bands to look up to and as you can imagine no venues to support a young group of kids trying to make music. So, as you can imagine we did it all [...]
My New Vampire Series That is Doing Quite Well
by Nik Bartunek I’m not sure if any of you have heard, but I’ve recently been gaining a lot of attention for my newest series of books. I’m not really the Ann Rice type, but for some reason, I’ve had good creative success in writing a handful of Vampire teenage love stories. Or the Rovamps [...]
I Heart SF Bands – About this blog!
I heart SF bands. I really do. Of course, by saying ‘SF’ I am including not just San Francisco but the East Bay, North Bay, the Peninsula (where I’m from) and even San Jose as well. And by saying ‘Bands’ I’m including not only your typical three-or-more piece rock group but your solo artists and [...]