Position: Editor-in-Chief - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Bio: Jim Markunas is a music industry futurist and editor-in-chief of Chicks With Guns Magazine. Jim has a decade of new media and music industry experience, he's run highly successful new media campaigns and has worked with James Brown, Miles Davis, The Walt Disney Company, Sam Sparro, Mick Fleetwood, and Minty Fresh Records. Currently Jim's focus is monetization strategies for record labels and digital business development. - Likes: Alternative, Rock, Metal, Hard Rock, Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop. - Twitter - Facebook - Myspace - E-Mail--

The Game @ Club Nokia

Photos By: Cole Lundstrom “Aw, hell no!” The Game hollered, “Whoever threw a beer at me while I’m holding my child, you about to get fucked up, and I’m about to get sued!” What’s a good rap show with out a good ol’ fashioned ass-whoopin’? After finishing his encore, that consisted mainly...

July 27th, 2010 | Features, Live And Direct, White Chicks On Rap | Read More

After Midnight Project @ Warped Tour 2010

Photos By: Alexander A. (So Cal Music Today) At the risk of sounding cliché and/or cheesy, After Midnight Project is like booze or fine wine, they really do get better with age. Every time I see these dudes live, I think to myself, “Goddamn, they’ll never be able to top this performance,” and...

July 21st, 2010 | Features, Live And Direct | Read More

Praga Khan Interview

Praga Khan has been around the block. Hailing from Belgium, and having 20 years under his belt, he’s played an instrumental (no pun intended) role in pioneering the electronic genre that came into brief mainstream prominence in the early-to-mid 1990s. If you like The Prodigy, KMFDM, and bands in...

July 13th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Gavin McInnes’ Top 10 Fashion Do’s And Don’ts For Men And Women

There were a lot of little gems from my interview with Gavin McInnes. If you haven’t picked up a copy of his new book, Street Boners: 1764 Hipster Fashion Jokes, you can get it off of Amazon (trust me, it’s a laugh riot). In the meantime, here’s a compilation of Gavin McInnes’ top Fashion do’s...

July 12th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Sublime w/Rome/Iration/Dirty Heads/Dead Country @ Santa Barbara Bowl

Photos By: Jim Markunas Saturday was a good day for many reasons, the main being it’s not every day one gets to see 5 killer bands rock the same stage. The good folks at KJEE Santa Barbara brought Dead Country, Dirty Heads, Cage The Elephant, Iration and Sublime W/ Rome to the historic Santa Barbara...

July 12th, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More

Cage The Elephant @ Santa Barbara Bowl

Photos By: Jim Markunas In regards to Cage The Elephant’s performance at the KJEE Summer Round Up, I can only say, “Holy fuck!” Picture Nirvana on speed as opposed to heroine, crossed with a little bit of Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist from the Hives, and a dash of old-school Beck, and it pretty much...

July 11th, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More

Cage The Elephant – Interview W/ Matt Shultz

For such an insanely outgoing porformer, Cage The Elephant vocalist, Matt Shultz is surprisingly introverted. My interview with him before their performance @ KJEE’s Summer Round-up in Santa Barbara was an interesting one to say the least. Matt reminded me of a cross between Beck and Kurt Cobain,...

July 11th, 2010 | Interviews | Read More

Gavin McInnes’ Street Boner

Gavin McInnes is quite the character (see Carson Daly interview), and makes no apologies for his often controversial opinions on life, culture, and most importantly, fashion. Gavin’s new book, Street Boners: 1764 Hipster Fashion Jokes, is the epitome of hilarity – Gavin recommends reading...

June 21st, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Slapbak/Rhett Frazier @ Zanzibar

Photos By: Phil Reed Video By: Ray DeCambra/Raedar Media It’s not every day that one discovers a cool ‘new’ band. I use the word new sparingly, as Slapbak’s been slaving away passionately for the last 20 years. Back in the 90s, Slapbak seemed destined to make it big; funk-inspired rock bands...

June 16th, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More

Jason Liebman @ Room 5

Photos By: Karen Curley I’m just going to put this out there… Jason Liebman is, quite frankly, the man! Now that the back-slapping portion of this review is over-and-done with, let’s talk about the nuts and bolts. Jason is a major gear-head when it comes to his craft. If you had a chance to catch...

June 3rd, 2010 | Live And Direct | Read More

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