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Reviewer/Writers
Amanda Alfonso
Seattle, Washington
Amanda is a writer born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and based in Seattle, Washington. She earned a BFA in Motion Pictures and Television, with an emphasis in screenwriting. When she’s not creating her own stories, she enjoys watching films from all over the world and believes that language shouldn’t be barrier but a bridge between cultures – and creating art is essential in expressing this. To her, reading is a large part of the writing process and loves absorbing everything in the written word, from contemporary work to classic literature. Her work is based on shorter format screenwriting, such as sketch comedy and short films, in the vein of “Portlandia”, “Bojack Horseman” and the works of Miranda July. While she mainly focuses in the genre of dark comedy, she’s inspired by a range of writers and artistic mediums.
Meaghan Alfonso
San Francisco, California
Meaghan is a painter and animator from San Francisco. Art has been important to her all her life, but didn’t decide to make that her career until after two years of community college. She achieved a BS in Media Arts & Animation at the Art Institute of California in 2015. As an animator, life is not taken too seriously–yet it is enjoyed! Even though life brings in hardships, she bounces back and puts its on a canvas. She has shown her own art in a few galleries around San Francisco and has also curated a couple shows. Making artwork and collaborating with creative people is her highest passion. But promoting and supporting artists worldwide is most important!
Connor Behrens
League City, Texas
Connor is a journalist and writer from Houston, Texas. Art has had a profound impact on his life, and he decided to mesh his love of art with journalism three years ago in community college. He is on his way to achieving a BA in Print/Digital Media Journalism this summer at the University of Houston. As an entertainment writer, Connor spends his time actively watching all types of film and television! He is inspired by the power of art media like film and theater to influence and motivate all walks of life. Art offers the chance for individuals to develop both knowledge and inspiration. Some of his favorite films include “Chinatown,” “The Dark Knight” and “JAWS.”
Blanton Ross
Joshua Tree, California
Blanton is a composer, sound designer, musician and mixed media artist, best known as the frontman for the Avant-Americana ensemble “Tears of the Moosechaser” and the following solitary expression “Mesquite Treason”. Blanton’s recent work explores the spiritual intersection of digital and natural creation. Earth centered content and site specific performances in remote locations have conjured the Neo-Pagan label Techno-Shamanism. Multimedia elements (Film, video, dance or interactivity) often accompany his electro-acoustic work, as does the “digital concréte” manipulation of common sound. Blanton has a BFA in Multi-Focus Music Technologies from California Institute Of The Arts.
Ila Sivarajah
Glasgow, Scotland
Ila is a physicist by profession, interfacing revolutionary lasers with cutting edge research facilities. The arts provide a creative outlet for him. He has always enjoyed sketching, occasionally transforming them into 1 to 2 panel comics. Music, photography, and performance art are all captivating to him too albeit his limited skills. Ila likes to also write, so he looks forward to contribute by raising awareness about the arts. He always is astounded by the inventive faculty of the creative mind.
Photographer
Jon Brauer
San Francisco, California
Jon Bauer has devoted the last few years to combining his passion for music, travel and photography. He regularly shoots the Treasure Island Music Festival, Outside Lands, and Noise Pop as a house photographer. Jon also shoots for The Denver Post and several prominent Bay Area music blogs. Follow Jon on Flickr
Past Staff
Scott Cronan
Photographer | Videographer | Reviewer/Writer
Scott Cronan’s first “real” camera was a Nikon FE that was handed down to him in high school for a photography class. Over the years, he refined his approach to taking photographs and, with a journalistic eye, looks for a unique perspective to relate each individual moment.
He also produces, directs, shoots, and edits at 24 images per second through his Southern California based Production Company, CronanLand Media. A scholar of the Arts and of the human condition, Scott strives to give his audience a fresh view of the world around us all. From the very useless and mundane to the most volatile and explosive subject matter, his viewpoint is sure to elicit a response.
Richard Dickow, Jr.
Reviewer/Writer
After selecting music as a minor field of study while earning a Communication degree from the University of Arizona, USA. Rick hopped on the radio waves in Tucson, AZ and later continued his passion for radio at KZSU 90.1FM, Stanford University, where he met David Leikam, Founder of tAN. “Ranger” Rick maintains a blog which was spawned after the success of his radio program “Quasi Music Therapy”. Rick is inspired by the power of music to influence people, and loves when music helps people grow in wisdom and compassion. Discovering great new music is one of his favorite things. Some of his favorites are Reggae, Electro, Rock, Pop, and Soul. In 2010, Rick moved from his home in the San Francisco Bay Area in search of love. After finding it, he has taken her with him to Austin, TX for the music.