David Fleming

Diego Munoz interviews Victor Campos, founder and front man of the hardcore group, Barrio Slam. But we'll barely touch on the music. Victor is also the founder of Mosh For Youth, a non-profit organizing music and community events, with the purpose of providing scholarships for youths in San Bernardino, Pomona, and East LA... a few of the events coming up in the near future!

This edition of KVC-Arts begins with Shareen Awad with a rebroadcast of a review of Red Dead Redemption II. Then it's David Fleming in conversation with Joe Di Fiore, speaking mainly about "Choose Your Inventory," an album of video game music realized and arranged for big band and more.

This edition of KVC-Arts continues the conversation with David Fleming and JR Roberts about the restoration of The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre. Challenges... and windfalls... and history being uncovered.

The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre.Established in 1936... Shuttered in 2014. It lived through movie premieres in the 30s and 40s, got divided in two in the 70s at the dawn of the multiplex - divided poorly by the way. You could have Shampoo playing in one side, with the sounds of Jaws bleeding though from the other. The last years saw a lengthy run of The Palm Springs Follies.After so much time without use. It needed a renovation... but it DESERVED - a restoration. And that's what it got.The next KVC-Arts has me in conversation with J.R. Roberts, taking me through the history, the idea of restoration, and some of the windfalls which came along the way.

This edition of KVC-Arts is a re-broadcast of the program originally airing on 12/8/24, a year to the day prior to the passing of Raul Malo, original member and front man of The Mavericks. The Mavericks, while GENERALLY labelled as a country band, always produced and performed a variety of genres. They weren't TRYING to avoid being pigeon-holed as one thing or another. They were just playing music which spoke to them.This conversation has us exploring their 2024 release, Moon and Stars. I'm glad I was slow to go out and buy a copy, because Raul sent me one after the interview. Beautiful vinyl they're calling "lunar white." Again, just beautiful.And a wonderful conversation to go back to. Conversation about music I enjoyed, and laughter along the way. A nice memory to have.

"A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas."Yes... we just call it A Christmas Carol. You know... Scrooge and the 4 ghosts and all? Tiny Tim? God Bless us one and all?That's the one. This play, adapted by Beth Wheat closes the 2025 season of The Big Bear Theatre Project. David Fleming spoke recently with Managing Director Beth Wheat about this adaptation performed by one actor accompanied by a chorus of voices. A foley table plays a role (to coin a phrase) as well. We also spoke about the history of the theatre, a kind of a hidden gem housed within City Hall. Performance dates are December 21st, then again the 26th and 27th.More at bigbeartheatreproject.org

'Tis the season!David Fleming speaks with author Alex Bernstein. He brought us "Miserable Adventure Stories," Miserable Love Stories," and followed those with... "Miserable Holiday Stories: Twenty Festive Failures That Are Worse Than Yours." Stories like racing babies across the floor to determine what faith they may become. Stories which seem like they couldn't possibly be acted out... and of course many HAVE been!We'll also get the holiday classic from from Benjiphonik, "A Very Benji Christmas!"

David Fleming speaks with Al Pitrelli, music director for, and lead guitarist with, Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We'll hear about the tour for this year - The Ghosts of Christmas Eve. This is also the 25th anniversary of Beethoven's Last Night, so there will be special attention paid to that as well.

David Fleming speaks with Eva Mikhailovna about Post Modern Jukebox... What it is, how she became involved, as well as the current tour - with several stops in our region, including Riverside August 30th.

On the next KVC-Arts, we’ll hear about Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak. This concert serves as the finale for the Redlands Bowl, and will be performed by the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ransom Wilson. We’ll hear from the man who produced this concert along with around 1500 albums to date, averaging an album every week for the last thirty years.