A quick lowdown of my life so far:
1978: Born - Sacramento, CA
1981-1996: Raised in various East Bay cities; mostly yuppie ones, and hated it.
1991: Discover heavy metal music and it saves my life.
1994: Discover hardcore music* thanks to Powerhouse and it gives me new direction and hope in life.
1997: Start and run True Strength Productions; a distributer and promoter of hardcore music.
1998: Calihardcore.com, a promoter and online magazine of California hardcore music, is born.
2002: After 5 great years I decide to end True Strength Productions.
2002: Tired of life in California I pack my shit and move to New Orleans for a change. Calihardcore.com continues despite being 2000 miles away.
2005: "Suddenly my house became a tree of sores." - David Lynch. Hurricane Katrina blows my ass back to Cali. Calihardcore.com continues on stronger than ever.
www.calihardcore.com
(*For those unfamiliar with it or for those slightly confused, when I say "hardcore music" I mean hardcore punk rock, a la Black Flag, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Bad Brains, etc... not bullshit fast techno music made on a computer that also describes itself as "hardcore")