David Reed, frontman of The Great Influence Machine.Northern Star: What don’t you like about the DeKalb music scene?Reed: That I don’t hear about enough stuff, you know? I don’t do Facebook or ... have an online presence. I tend to rely on phone...

After a humid summer performance in Waterman, local singer and songwriter Pete Jive performed again on the House Cafe stage, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, Thursday.Spinning a hula hoop between songs, occasionally telling one-liners and chuckling at his own...