The material may be punchy, savory, heartbreaking, or hilarious, but if it’s not necessary for the story — or if it’s redundant or tangential or in some other way doesn’t fit — don’t use it, and get ...

Some people say I cling too much to the past, but recently I abandoned my broken video at an electrical recycling centre, and if that’s not proof of being able to move on, I don’t know what is. When I ...

It was 2003 when Matt Adams came up with an apt moniker for his band: the Blank Tapes. He and several other musician friends had been playing at various open mic nights in the Newport Beach/Costa Mesa ...

Matt Adams, the front man of the Blank Tapes, has been musically involved with too many Bay Area musicians to name them all - but the long list includes Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Ash Reiter and Kacey ...

Vacation, due out soon from Antenna Farm Records, is the Blank Tapes’ leader Matt Adams’ first full album recorded away from his own eight-track. But the new record’s sunshiney “Coast to Coast” stays ...