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How SJSU Helped Pioneer MAX/MSP and Computer Music Innovation
In the School of Music at San Jose State University (SJSU), there is a room upstairs where the gear is different nowadays, but software manuals from 35 years ago remain.
Several of those manuals accompanied the original versions...
Peso Pluma in San Jose
Peso Pluma has taken the world by storm with his romantic sound and a voice that can range from gravel to silk.
Karen Russell in Menlo Park
Karen Russell has built her literary reputation on stories that bend reality without losing emotional grounding.
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for March 4-10, 2026
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Many ancient cultures had myths that explained solar eclipses as celestial creatures eating the sun. In China, the devourer was a...
How Purple Lotus Keeps It Fresh
Published in cooperation between Purple Lotus and Metro Silicon Valley
For many cannabis consumers, there’s one unmistakable sign that they’ve found the right dispensary: the flower smells...
Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount: What’s the Deal
This article originally appeared in the American Prospect.
In progressive circles, there is a great fear about the consolidation of Hollywood and the broader media into the...
Karen Russell in Menlo Park
Karen Russell has built her literary reputation on stories that bend reality without losing emotional grounding.
Band of Skulls in San Jose
Band of Skulls emerged from Southampton, England with a gritty, blues-soaked take on garage rock that felt both scrappy and deliberate.
Canadian Brass in Campbell
When it comes to brass ensembles—that assortment of trumpets, tubas, French horns and trombones—nobody does it better than Canadian Brass.
Umphrey’s McGee in Menlo Park
Are they rock? Are they funk? Are they jazz? Whatever they are, it’s clear Umphrey’s McGee defies all genres.
Treasure Island: A New Adventure
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 1883 adventure novel about buried treasure and villainous pirates is given a modern twist.
Nadine Sierra at Stanford
Sierra has earned numerous awards, and has appeared onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris and other high-profile venues.