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Weekend 1 Weekend 2 Weekend 3 Robyn Hitchcock The Posies Alejandro Escovedo & The Venus 3 The Baseball Project Joseph Arthur The Minus 5 Chuck Prophet Torreblanca Special Guests:: The Elected Kev’n Kinney Jon Langford Ken Stringfellow Mike Mills Hotel California shows: General admission/Entrada $25 mn Vaso January 10-26, 2013 Loco VIP tickets & information: TodosSantosMusicFestival.com LLC la Revista de Baja california Sur 3 ournal jdel pacifico La Revista de Baja California Sur PROUDLY PUBLISHED & PRINTED IN MEXICO 26 Monday - Friday 10 am – 5 pm [email protected] 6 16 Publisher 42 JAniCE KinnE [email protected] La Paz (612) 129-4117 Todos Santos (612) 145-0129 Customer Service Manager 14 CELiA DEvAult [email protected] cell (612) 152-0823 Contributors COvER photo by AniBAL LOPEZ BLAiR BATSOn KAT BEnnETT ROC FLEiSHMAn english MiKE MCALLiSTER A Whale's Tale ......................................................................................................24 BRYAn & SERGiO JÁuREGui Art Talk .................................................................................................................10 JiLL LOGAn Artist's Studio Tour ..............................................................................................14 Beaches / Playas ..................................................................................................35 AniBAL LOPEZ El Cielo: The Baja Sky .........................................................................................25 WEnDY RAinS Events ..................................................................................................................20 STEPHAniE ROuSSO Grey Whale Fun Facts .........................................................................................47 KAiA THOMSOn Groups .................................................................................................................54 RODRiGO vEnTuRA Ken Stringfellow & The Posies ..............................................................................6 La Paz Beaches ....................................................................................................40 journaldelpacifico.com La Paz Markets .............................................................................................42 – 43 Proplayas A.C. .....................................................................................................16 facebook.com/JournaldelPacifico Our Treasure of Bio-Diversity in Baja California. ........................................28 – 29 Copyrights: Mexican & Voces del Pueblo .................................................................................................33 international. no part of this Whale Watching in B.C.S. ....................................................................................26 publication—including text, design Whale Watching Tours ........................................................................................47 elements, maps, photographs Workshops ...........................................................................................................41 or advertisements—may be español reproduced in any manner Avistamiento de Ballenas Gris en B.C.S. ...........................................................27 whatsoever, including digitally, Eventos ................................................................................................................50 without the explicit written consent Grupos .................................................................................................................53 of the Publisher. 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Todos Santos— El Otro Lado ..............................................................................32 Pescadero & Area Beaches / Playas de Pescadero ............................................34 FESTIVAL 2013 La Paz Beaches / Playas de La Paz ......................................................................38 DEaDLINE: JaNUaRY 7 La Paz Historic District / Districto Historico ........................................................38 FECHa LIMITE: 7 DE ENERO Ken Stringfellow & The Posies interview by / entrevista por Kat Bennett Traducción por Rodrigo Ventura photo by / foto por cecil Mathieu This year, as last year, the list of artists performing at the Este año, al igual que el año pasado, la lista de los artistas, Todos Santos Music Festival is impressive. The lineup intérpretes o ejecutantes en el Festival de Música de includes, among others, Robyn Hitchcock & The venus Todos Santos es impresionante. La serie incluye, entre 3, Steve Wynn and The Baseball Project, The Minus 5, otros, Robyn Hitchcock y The venus 3, Steve Wynn y Alejandro Escovedo, Joseph Arthur, Chuck Prophet’s The Baseball Project, The Minus 5, Alejandro Escovedo, Mission Express, Mexican indie-pop group Torreblanca Arthur Joseph, Chuck Prophet Misión Express, el grupo and... The Posies. mexicano indie-pop Torreblanca y... The Posies. The Posies began in the mid-1980s in Bellingham, The Posies comenzó a mediados de la década de 1980 en Washington (about 90 miles north of Seattle), when Ken Bellingham, Washington (a unos 145 kilómetros al norte de Stringfellow and Jon Auer began first writing songs and Seattle), cuando Ken Stringfellow y Jon Auer comenzaron then performing together as a duo. Mike Musberger and a escribir canciones y posteriormente a interpretarlas Rick Roberts joined the band, and The Posies began juntos como dúo. Mike Musberger y Rick Roberts se playing gigs to enthusiastic crowds in Bellingham and unieron a la banda, y The Posies comenzó a tocar ante Seattle. They released their first album,Failure , on a local multitudes entusiastas en Bellingham y Seattle. Lanzaron indie label. After signing with a major label, The Posies su primer álbum, “Failure,” en un sello independiente released their second album, Dear 23. Their third album, local. Después de firmar con una compañía discográfica Frosting on the Beater, with the hit single “Dream All Day,” de renombre, The Posies lanzó su segundo álbum, “Dear was released in 1993. 23.” Su tercer álbum, “Frosting on the Beater,” con el single “Dream All Day,” fue lanzado en 1993. Despite not being easily classified as “grunge,” The Posies saw their beginnings in the heyday of the Seattle grunge A pesar de no ser fácilmente clasificados como “grunge,” music scene. it was through the Seattle music scene that The Posies tuvieron sus inicios en el apogeo de la escena KeN STRiNGFELLOW continued on page 8 KeN STRiNGFELLOW continúa en página 12 6 Journal del pacifico in relation to his exciting new solo album, Stringfellow Ken Stringfellow tells us: “Being a pretty ardent traveler, with the mission continued from page 6 of bringing my music to various parts of the world, and Ken Stringfellow met Scott McCaughey of the Young interacting and learning what the local scenes have to Fresh Fellows, and then Peter Buck of REM. Along with offer (in 70 countries worldwide and counting), and also Jon Auer, they were early members of The Minus 5. being a very hard working producer and artist—i make on an average year a dozen plus albums and perform no less Over the years, the members of The Posies have than 75-100 live dates a year—i was able to bring a lot of changed, although Stringfellow and Auer have remained new experiences to bear on my latest solo album, my first as the founding members and the backbone of the group. since 2004. not so much literally—it’s not a kitchen sink Currently, the band consists of Jon Auer, guitar and of every ethnic instrument that was playing within earshot vocals; Ken Stringfellow, guitar and vocals; Matt Harris, the last years – but let’s say i have taken perspectives a bass guitar; and Darius Minwalla, drums. number of different ways, felt and seen and thought At times, the band has taken long hiatuses while the about human experiences in a multifaceted way, and tried members have pursued other projects. Ken Stringfellow to bring that to bear on this album. The result, i think, is has been very busy with other projects, as both a producer pretty rich, multifaceted, and, i imagine, hard to get in one and artist. He is currently touring in Europe,