98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture South Bay

HOW TO EASILY GET YOUR KIDS TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING – (MY NEVER-HEARD-BEFORE-TIP)

Wish your kids could be totally HONEST with you? They will, once you check out my column, “Amnesty Hour,” featured in the August issue of Growing Up, which runs my monthly parenting column. I’m a parent of two, and I...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture Food/Drink South Bay South Bay Events

World’s Best Ice Cream Is Made In San Jose

Did you know the best ice cream in the world is made right here in San Jose, on 19th St.? If you want to try it, be ready: it’s only sold late September to Halloween (the rest of the year, there’s always the...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Classic Rock Entertainment/Culture Events

WHY YOU SHOULD SEE AEROSMITH’s “50th Anniversary” Vegas Residency SHOWS

Las Vegas? Sounds like rock “light,” right? Nope. You should go see Aerosmith’s 2019 Las Vegas residency shows because they will be better than any Aerosmith show you or I have ever seen. I learned...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Classic Rock Entertainment/Culture Mystery Riff South Bay South Bay Events

BEHIND THE RIFF: THE BREAKUP SONG (THEY DON’T WRITE ‘EM)

Join my guest, Greg Kihn, as he takes us behind the riff in “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em),” and in the process, reveals the actual Bay Area street he was on when he wrote it! Bay Area owns...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Classic Rock Entertainment/Culture South Bay South Bay Events

BEHIND THE RIFF: TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE

Join my guest, Eddie Money, as he takes us behind the riff in “Two Ticket To Paradise,” and in the process, reveals the actual Bay Area street he was on when he wrote it!

Bay Area, baby!
– Chris Jackson

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture Food/Drink South Bay South Bay Events

El Burro CLOSED: Update

After 47 years serving Campbell and the South Bay from The Pruneyard Shopping Center, El Burro closed in May this year and left many of us sorely missing their excellent salsa, sauces, and (my fav) rice! The owners...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Classic Rock Entertainment/Culture Mystery Riff South Bay South Bay Events

BEHIND THE RIFF: COME OUT AND PLAY (THE OFFSPRING)

Join my guest, Noodles, guitarist for The Offspring, as he takes us behind the riff in “Come Out And Play,” and in the process, reveals his reaction when he first heard the addition of the line, “You gotta keep...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture South Bay

Where In San Jose You Could Find A SNAKE in Your Home

I saw a cockroach in my home recently. Disgusting. Oh, and I saw a rat too…and spiders. Yep. But snakes? Never. You? No? Good. If we want to keep it that way, we better think long and hard before we move to where...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Entertainment/Culture Food/Drink South Bay

Where To Get Your Free Ice Cream On Sunday

Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, and you don’t even have to leave your car to get free ice cream if you go through the drive-thru at the Baskin Robbins on Campbell Ave. in the Nob Hill/Capers Shopping Center! But...

98.5 KFOX Blog Chris Jackson Community Events Entertainment/Culture Sharks South Bay South Bay Events Sports

How To Get A Job With the Sharks!

I say a cool job would be inflating that Sharks head behind me in the pic! What about you? Would you want to be full-time or part-time? Building security? Usher? Cook? Sharks Streen Team? Suite Concierge? Parking...

HOW TO EASILY GET YOUR KIDS TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING – (MY NEVER-HEARD-BEFORE-TIP)

World’s Best Ice Cream Is Made In San Jose

WHY YOU SHOULD SEE AEROSMITH’s “50th Anniversary” Vegas Residency SHOWS

BEHIND THE RIFF: THE BREAKUP SONG (THEY DON’T WRITE ‘EM)

BEHIND THE RIFF: TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE

El Burro CLOSED: Update

BEHIND THE RIFF: COME OUT AND PLAY (THE OFFSPRING)

Where In San Jose You Could Find A SNAKE in Your Home

Where To Get Your Free Ice Cream On Sunday

How To Get A Job With the Sharks!

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