Archive of Tony Shea ( Editor-in-Chief, New York)

Tony Shea is based in New York, having recently moved from Los Angeles after more than a decade on the sunny coast. His short films have won numerous awards and screened at major festivals around the world including Comic-Con. As a musician, he is the lead singer for Los Angeles rock n’ roll band Candygram For Mongo (C4M) candygramformongo.com who has been a featured artist on Clear Channel Radio’s Discover New Music Program and whose songs have been heard on Battlestar Gallactica (Syfy Channel) and Unhitched (Fox) among other shows and films.

Tony has contributed 236 brilliant piece(s).


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Let’s Go Whale Watching LA, Shall We? [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea May 12, 2014

Over Mother’s Day weekend, my wife and I took our son for his first boat ride, a whale watching expedition along the Southern Pacific Coast leaving from Marina Del Ray and heading north past Santa Monica and up to Malibu before swinging home in a three hour counterclockwise arc across the stunning blue waters of […]

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State of Grace – Jon Quick and the LA Kings Skin San Jose

by Tony Shea May 1, 2014

If you’re an LA Kings fan you were undoubtedly hung over this morning from getting stinking drunk on joy juice last night – that seldom distilled 180 proof adrenaline that occasions sweet glorious victory. Last night the Kings defeated the San Jose Sharks to win the Stanley Cup! Wait, that’s wrong. Impossible in fact, but […]

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Burbank Gets Foodie [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea April 25, 2014

Food trucks are everywhere these days. Once a dodgy culinary proposition, calling to mind trichinosis and perhaps botulism, food trucks have been given a 21st century makeover and gone gourmet, achieving a kind of populist fascination in the process, certainly if you live in Los Angeles, New York, or Portland or perhaps a dozen other […]

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The Sun Begins to Set on LA

by Tony Shea April 10, 2014

As I prepare to make the move from Los Angeles to New York I’m seeing all the things I have loved about LA again with fresh eyes, with a renewed sense of appreciation, as I attempt to put my time here into perspective. It would be largely impossible to replicate the sense of wonder with which […]

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Career Opportunities – The Clash – [SONG] of the Day

by Tony Shea April 8, 2014

It was today back in 1977 that the Clash released their self titled album. One of the great debuts in rock history, Rolling stone ranked the album #81 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. My favorite track is “Career Opportunities”. Here’s a blistering version that feels very alive! **You should […]

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The National Are Everywhere These Days

by Tony Shea April 8, 2014

image via I’ve been getting into The National a lot lately. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and now residing in Brooklyn, NYC, The National has been around since 1999 and have thus far released six albums. Matt Berninger is the lead singer, who the Game of Thrones fans may recognize from the “Rains of Castamere“, and […]

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Random Reading of the Day – Hope White – Witness on the Run

by Tony Shea April 7, 2014

Our Random Reading for the day comes from The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles during a recent ArtWalk. Today’s offering, as selected at random by Dan O’day McClellan is Witness on the Run by Hope White. **You should follow Shea Magazine on Twitter HERE!**

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Let’s Go to CicLAvia Again, Shall We? [PICTURES]

by Tony Shea April 7, 2014

Yesterday’s CicLAvia event in Los Angeles was another success as thousands upon thousands of Angelenos chose to abandon their cars and explore the city via bike and on foot, along a six mile stretch of historic Wilshire Blvd.

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Good Mistake – Mr. Little Jeans [Addictive] – SONG of the Day

by Tony Shea April 4, 2014

image via My favorite music coming out of Los Angeles right now is Mr. Little Jeans. This song “Good Mistake” is becoming some kind of addiction, I’m afraid. I keep scratching trying to get to the bottom of it, but I can’t seem to get there, listening to it over and over. Maybe’s it because […]

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You’ve Got Me on a SeeSaw Baby! – POEM

by Tony Shea April 4, 2014

I’m sorry but I will not be able to look at any more pictures of dogs drowning in the heavy rains or bleeding and abused stabbed and tortured with their sad up-turned eyes waiting in the kill shelters for their executions.

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Eric Idle’s Greatest Hits

by Tony Shea March 29, 2014

image via Eric Idle turns 71 today. One of the founding members of Monty Python, the funniest comedy troop of all time – no disrespect to Kids in the Hall – Idle has penned a number of classic comedy songs. Below are a few of his greatest hits.

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DVR Roundup – The Canyons Is the Worst Film You Will Ever See

by Tony Shea March 26, 2014

Beginning this week I’ll be starting a new column where I review films that have been clogging up my DVR, some old, some new. Today I’ll be reviewing Paul Schrader’s 2013 film, “The Canyons,” which is so unrelentingly terrible that it makes “Grown Ups 2” seem like “Citizen Kane” by comparison. If you’re in a […]

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The Reverend Horton Heat – Live at the Roxy – Los Angeles – Review A+

by Tony Shea March 23, 2014

Over the course of 30 years, and 11 albums, so far, Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, has been blending surf, rock, punk, psychobilly, jazz, rockabilly and country into his own sizzling brand of rock and roll. With influences that include Link Wray, Scotty Moore, Bill Hailey and the Comets, and Dick Dale, Reverend Horton […]

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