Rene Caballero

October 15, 2009

INTERVIEW: A Chat With Derren and Ana of DNA Imagery

By Rene Caballero

If you've been downtown or attended one of the ridiculously sick parties in I.V. where there are photographers snapping pics of all the drunkards, you have more than likely run into Derren and Ana of DNA Imagery. Their p...

May 21, 2009

INTERVIEW: Rebelution

By Rene Caballero

Minutes before Extravaganza '09 opened its doors to a line of hundreds of people, I found myself in front of the Rebelution tent backstage. The reggae band whose members met in SBCC and then began to build the group's fa...

May 21, 2009

INTERVIEW: DJ Raph

By Rene Caballero

DJ Raph mixed in-between acts at last Saturday's Extravaganza, making everyone - from the dance-music neophyte to the electro Gene Kelly - get up and bump to the beat of the bass. In between one of his many sets that nig...

May 14, 2009

Deejay Raph: Extravaganza’s Je Ne Sais Quoi

By Rene Caballero

I met the Frenchman turned I.V. resident DJ at his residence on Sueño Road. When I got there, the sound of his latest audible concoction blasted through the garage door, the man who had won the DJ spot in this year'...

May 14, 2009

“Fanboys” To Screen in I.V. Theater Sunday

By Rene Caballero

Fanboys is the story of five Star Wars fanatics who receive the news that one of them has been diagnosed with cancer and will more than likely not make it for the release of Star Wars Episode I. The five fans decide to b...

May 7, 2009

Sabatage: Downtown SB’s Favorite Rapper

By Rene Caballero

Usually on Sunday mornings, I wake up at noon with a hangover and tend to a killer headache. But this Sunday was different: I happily got up at 8 a.m., got dressed and headed to a Starbucks on State Street. I was meeting...