Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film became an instant hit. Investors purchased the DIY film from Spooner, with empty promises to elevate his storytelling to ...

There’s a poignantly vulnerable moment depicted in “The High Desert,” James Spooner’s memoir set in turn-of-the-‘80s Apple Valley, Calif. The author, a biracial high schooler who has embraced punk ...

High Desert punk band Forever Came Calling returns to the Vans Warped Tour after a six-year hiatus. The band, formed in 2006, gained notoriety after being featured in the 2012 documentary "No Room For ...

James Spooner is an author, illustrator, director, and vegan tattoo artist who lived in the High Desert for nine years of his childhood. Spooner debuted his first graphic novel in 2022, "The High ...

James Spooner was part of the punk scene circa 1990 in Apple Valley. Such as it was. There were no concerts to attend. “It’s weird to be part of a music scene that has no scene,” Spooner recalls wryly ...

Explore the surreal landscapes of the floating islands of Corel as a young Legend on a quest to discover her past and secure her future. Unleash chain reactions as you learn to control the elements in ...

High Desert native James Spooner interviewed 100 Black punks across the nation in 2003 at a time when alternative scenes were perceived as overwhelmingly white. He turned the recorded interviews into ...