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Tourism marketing: a fight worth having Some folks are steaming mad at San Diego Mayor Bob Filner for refusing to authorize the release of money that’s supposed to pay for marketing the city to tourists. Let’s step back and take a broader view of the issue and see if we can figure out what’s what: We’ll start in March 2004, when San Diegans went to the polls and voted on Prop. C, which proposed to raise the transient-occupancy tax (TOT, the tax you pay on a hotel room) from 10.5 percent to 13 percent and use the money generated to help pay for public safety, infrastructure and tourism marketing. Voters favored Prop. C by a count of 61.8 percent to 38.2 percent, but it failed because it needed 66.7 percent of voters to say yes for passage.

(Thanks, anti-tax crusaders!)

Proponents of raising the tax tried again in November 2004 with Prop. J, this time choosing not to earmark the revenue for any specific purpose, but it failed, too; 58.4 percent of voters said yes, and 41.6 percent no. San Diego’s lodging industry backed Prop. C because it proposed spending some of the money on marketing, but it opposed Prop. J because it didn’t.

Industry leaders had been meeting since 2003 to figure out how to raise money for tourism marketing, and in the wake of Prop. C’s failure, they came up with the Tourism Marketing District (TMD): They would run around the huge hurdle of having to get two-thirds of the electorate to agree to raise the TOT and ask only owners of hotels with 70 or more rooms to do it. It passed for an initial period of five years, ending in December 2012.

Last year, the hoteliers voted to renew the tax, under a weighted vote that’s too complicated to explain here. Of the 1,379 ballots that went out, 345 were returned with eligible votes (25-percent turnout), and only 127 of those ballots were marked yes (36.8 percent). But because of the way they were weighted, the measure passed—the 127 “yes” votes had a weighted value of 94.3 percent, while the 218 “no” votes had a value of 5.7 percent. Clearly, a few hotels are way more hotel-y than many others.

So, for the entire voting public to raise the hotel tax for general civic purposes, you need 66.7 of the votes to be “yes,” but for hotel owners to raise the tax to market San Diego, and their own private

businesses, to tourists, you need only 36.8 percent— and probably far less than that, actually. As a result, people who stay in hotels with 30 or more rooms are paying a 12.5-percent tax; those who stay in places with 29 or fewer rooms are paying a smidge more than 11 percent. The extra tax raises roughly $30 million a year for tourism promotion. The renewal is good for nearly 40 years. We repeat: 40 years!

Mayor Filner believes the added tax is illegal, and given our layman’s understanding of the law, we think he’s right. Prop. 26, passed by California voters in 2010, raised the bar for passing taxes disguised as fees without a public vote. The tourism industry says the tax is really a fee paid by the hotels. To us, that’s ridiculous; it’s a tax paid by hotel guests. San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith says he doesn’t know who’s right; he says it’s a gray area that the courts David Rolland will have to sort out. Two lawsuits have been filed against the TMD. But Filner’s also hedging. He wants the hoteliers to agree to a new deal, under which some of the money would go to city services, the hotels owners would pay their workers a living wage, the renewal would be good for only one or two years and the city would be indemnified if the TOTfunded TMD is ruled to be illegal.

The TMD has sued to force Filner to release the money.

San Diego’s social-justice adBob Filner vocates have rallied behind Filner, praising him for standing up to the politically powerful lodging industry, which managed to engineer a coup for public money to pay for their promotional efforts while continuing to pay relatively low wages to their workers. Tourism advocates counter that the loss of the TOT money would mean the loss of jobs—whatever the quality—decreased sales-tax revenue and a huge blow to the local economy amid competition from other cities.

On Monday, the tourism side packed the City Council chambers with people who implied that the loss of public money for marketing would mean no marketing at all. But is that true? Would the big hotels not get together and fund the TMD with their own money? And how much money is enough? Does effectively marketing San Diego require $30 mil-

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Correction In his news story last week about the use of licenceplate-recognition technology by local police agencies, Jon Campbell referred to a dissenting opinion in a GPS case by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. In fact, it was a concurring opinion. We regret the mistake.

Gem was a gem Having just moved to San Diego, we’ve been catching up on the theater scene here. On Feb. 13, we saw Gem of the Ocean at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. We went with some trepidation given David Coddon’s negative review—“achingly, deliberately paced” [“Theater,” Feb. 6].

Instead, we found a well-shaped, well-paced production with a uniformly excellent cast that did August Wilson’s superb language proud. While Mr. Coddon correctly praises Antonio Johnson’s performance, he wrongly implies that the rest of the cast is somehow deficient, and nothing could be further from the truth. This is a fine ensemble of talented actors, well-directed, who keep Wilson’s dense language moving with great effect.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Benedetti, Downtown

Finance the Park publicly Thoughtful open letter to Irwin Jacobs [“Spin Cycle,” Feb. 13]. Consensus is a heck of a thing; great leaders are usually consensus builders in politics and in business. Perhaps we can achieve consensus

on a way forward for Balboa Park.

Upgrading the park for 2015, while a noble goal, misses the point. The park needs a facelift, and we should find a way to fund that facelift within the parameters of reasonable understanding based on something we can all agree is good for San Diego.

I’ve always admired Dr. Jacobs’ willingness to share his wealth with the city; however, I believe that we’re making too much of his disappointment with the judge’s ruling and the seeming fallout with other wealthy residents of our fair city. While philanthropy is good for the city, perhaps this project is one that should be donor neutral. Let’s move with a plan that works for all and let the taxpayer pay for it. This is a better investment of taxpayer funds than building a new stadium for the Chargers.

Tom Graham, Rancho Bernardo

An easy job Regarding your Feb. 13 “Spin Cycle” column about the parking in the park, why can’t we just put up some planters so cars go around the fountain in one lane each way—just block access to parking with barriers or planters. I don’t see how everything in this town is a project. City crews could do this on an overnighter, then cover the lot with Astroturf or something. Methinks there are stronger powers holding this project up.

Joe Strusienski, Downtown

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It took Carol Murphy more than six months to find a suitable apartment where she could use her Section 8 voucher.

Limited choices Local court case highlights Section 8 tenants’ lack of housing options

by Kelly Davis Carol Murphy guesses she was turned away from roughly 60 apartments before finding the one where she currently lives with her 16year-old daughter. It’s not San Diego’s tight rental market that made the search so difficult; it’s the fact that Murphy relies on the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program— also known as Section 8—to pay her rent.

While landlords aren’t allowed to reject potential tenants based on gender, race, religion, national origin, family status or disability, they may refuse tenants enrolled in Section 8. Search local rentals on craigslist, for instance, using the words “no Section 8” and you’ll get dozens of results—29 among the listings posted on Feb. 25 alone—of landlords who won’t accept the voucher.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program was created in 1983 to combat urban poverty by giving voucher holders the chance to move to better neighborhoods via rental assistance. Section 8 tenants pay one-third of their income toward rent; the federal government pays the rest of an amount determined by family size and the local rental market. Increasingly, though, there are questions as to whether the program’s doing what it set out to do. A local analysis, published in March 2011, noted the large concentration of voucher-holders in lowerincome parts of San Diego County. In the

city of San Diego, six out of every 10 voucher holders live in the zip codes that include City Heights, southeastern San Diego, Logan Heights and Barrio Logan.

Fewer and fewer landlords outside those areas accept vouchers, the report noted.

“In a tight housing market, landlords are typically able to capture high rents for the units and less likely to participate in government programs that place restrictions on rents, policies and quality standards.

Primarily in economically depressed neighborhoods, where the housing and neighborhood conditions are less than ideal, voucher recipients are most likely to find rental

“I wanted us to stick close to our support system and our stomping grounds,” she says. “I don’t like to drive long distances, plus [there’s] the price of gas, and I’m on a limited income.”

She received her voucher on Jan. 15, 2011, giving her 60 days to find a place to live. She requested, and was granted, two extensions. At one point in her search, she was sleeping in a friend’s laundry room.

Finding a suitable place to live “was like a quest for the holy grail,” she says.

In late July, she found a two-bedroom apartment just off West Point Loma Boulevard. She looked at the unit and talked to the on-site manager, who told Murphy that she’d need to speak to the property owner, Carmen Fullbright, about her voucher. According to a complaint filed in federal court

“Some landlords think of Section 8 as meaning folks who commit crimes or undesirables that they wouldn’t want.”

—Liam Garland units that accept voucher payments.”

Murphy first applied for Section 8 in 2005 when she was living in Massachusetts. A high-school English teacher, she’d recently been laid off from her job and was combatting severe depression and degenerative bone disease. It would be several more years before she secured her voucher; by that time, she’d moved to San Diego with her daughter. Unable to work, her disability check was her only source of income.

She wanted to live in Ocean Beach. She liked the vibe, and both she and her daughter had friends in the area. And, she found, the cooler coastal temperatures made her health problems easier to deal with.

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last fall, Fullbright asked Murphy to meet her at her office. There, the complaint says, Fullbright asked Murphy about her disability and told her “she was reluctant to accept Section 8 because most people receiving Section 8 were disabled and… she did not want to rent to anyone who had a mental impairment or emotional problems.”

In court filings and through her attorney, Fullbright denied saying this.

Murphy had a friend with her who heard the conversation.

“I can’t believe all that stuff that woman was saying,” Murphy says her friend told her.

“I said, ‘OK, I think that she might have broken the law. I don’t want you to say any-

thing else to me. I want you to go home and write down anything you remember hearing,’ and then I called Ann.’” “Ann” is Ann Menasche an attorney with Disability Rights California.

The federal Fair Housing Act says that landlords can’t use disability as a reason for rejecting a tenant. But, the fact that Fullbright, according to the lawsuit, didn’t accept Section 8 so as to keep disabled tenants out of her building raised an interesting legal issue.

“Never before has any court addressed a landlord’s refusal to accept Section 8 vouchers when the landlord declares that his or her motive for doing so is discriminatory—that is, where the landlord intends to exclude from housing a class of persons protected under fair-housing laws,“ Menasche wrote in a legal brief.

Fullbright ultimately agreed to settle the case for $62,500 without admitting guilt.

Murphy was able to find a place on the border of Clairemont and Bay Park that accepted vouchers; the property manager’s mom had been on Section 8.

“It’s not like I’m getting an amount of money that’s going to be life-changing or take me off of Section 8,” Murphy says. “It’s the only way to punish people like that, by having it on record. What I ultimately wanted to do is make this process better for others. I don’t really feel like I got there yet.”

At least a dozen states forbid what’s called “source of income discrimination,” meaning landlords can’t refuse to rent to people on public assistance. Affordablehousing advocates thought California had such a law in place until a 2008 case involving L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

Sterling, who made his money in real estate and has been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for housing discrimination, refused to accept a disabled widow’s voucher, even though she’d been his tenant for two decades before needing rental assistance.

An appeals court noted the sensitive nature of the case, but found that the California Legislature never intended for the law to apply to Section 8.

“There’s a big carve-out, which essentially enables property owners to legally discriminate against Section 8 voucher holders,” says Liam Garland, a former civil-rights attorney who’s working with a coalition of Northern California housing advocates to get legislation enacted that would protect voucher holders from being denied housing solely because they rely on Section 8. He acknowledges that it’ll be a tough case to make.

“Some landlords think of Section 8 as meaning folks who commit crimes or undesirables that they wouldn’t want. So, I think that’s one aspect of the opposition,” Garland says. “Another is the more traditional conservative argument that government shouldn’t be playing a role in the private rental market—that’s probably the most consistent thing we hear from apartmentowners associations.”

Indeed, in the Sterling case, the California Apartment Association filed a brief

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lamb Five more District 4 hopefuls On March 26, voters in the City Council’s District 4 will choose the successor to Tony Young, who’s resigned. That decision will determine, at least on paper, the partisan slant of the supposedly nonpartisan council. Editor David Rolland has written about Dwayne Crenshaw, Myrtle Cole and Barry Pollard and will feature Bruce Williams next week. Here are the other five candidates: Blanca Lopez-Brown, 50, biliteracy / wellness advocate, Lemon Grove school-board president: Lopez-Brown, a 30-year resident of District 4, laughs when asked if she’s the Donna Frye of the Lemon Grove school board.

“Yes, I am,” the Jamacha resident said. “I’m kind of the one challenging systems and advocating for new things and Blanca Lopez-Brown blocking the vote probably ev-

ery single day I sit up there.”

The only candidate who’s actually won an election— twice, in fact, uncontested—the Latina daughter of a family-focused mom and a retired-cobbler father who made boots for Hollywood cowboy stars is running on the slogan “Diversity is our Strength.” Many students from the east side of District 4 attend school in Lemon Grove, and as a preschool teacher herself, Lopez-Brown knows the power of education—and collaboration.

“Working with the city of Lemon Grove has been amazing,” she said. “The city manager there is magnificent because he’s all about health and wellness, too. There are no layers there. The leaders there are just a phone call away.”

As a result, the mother of four has been working on adding a health element to the city’s General Plan to tackle obesity and mental-health issues while pushing creation of a square-block “wellness hub” in town that’ll provide athletic facilities, as well as a new $10-million county library.

She partnered with UCSD to bring doctors into schools, not only for free health care for families but as role models for middle-school students (a dentistry clinic arrives this fall). She also pushed heavily for a “dual immersion” program that teaches students in Spanish and English beginning in the first grade.

“Tell me those kids won’t have an advantage when they become adults,” she said.

Lopez-Brown said that, if elected, she’d continue on as a school-board member but surrender her preschool-teaching job. Her business experience—in the mid-’90s, she and her husband operated Brown’s Town and Country Market, the first black-owned grocery store in District 4—engenders sympathy less for union workers than for the small-

business person who often must sink life savings into the endeavor, sometimes at the risk of losing a home, as she did when the market closed.

She’d like to see more facets of business—manufacturing, distribution—land in the district, with jobs going to residents there. “If we think bringing another Walmart in is going to provide us with more jobs, that’s false.”

Monica Montgomery, 34, foreclosure-fighting attorney: A political-science grad from Atlanta’s Spellman College, Montgomery counts her blessings every day.

“Almost dying in my 20s really puts things in perspective for me,” she said. An autoimmune disease that attacked her skin and muscles laid her up for more than five years, but with Monica Montgomery family help, she was able to recover enough to earn a law degree from Cal Western and pass the bar by age 30.

She’s accepted her affliction with grace and a steely eye toward healthy living and limiting stress, a task that would seem impossible from a council seat. “I know,” she laughs, “but as I like to say, a better 4th District makes for a better San Diego.”

Montgomery says that as an attorney, she’s focused on helping “hundreds” of families in the area avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. “We had to have a lot of Kleenex in the office because this was a huge loss for many people.”

She’s running on the motto “Integrity. Innovation. Inspire.” because she thinks the race is about character. “Integrity is what’s going to allow the person who’s elected to stay the course and try to do the right thing by the people.”

She, too, believes that economic development must benefit the residents of the district and the foundations and nonprofits there that struggle to make a difference. To developers, she said, “if your mantra is you want to help, part of that would be providing jobs and training for residents here. There is no solution without the residents. It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm.”

Ray L. Smith, 58, pastor: A lifelong resident of District 4, Smith chokes up when telling his compelling story. Convicted at 18 as an unsuspecting getaway driver in an armed robbery of a Bob’s Big Boy (“They’d give me $1,000, but I wasn’t clear on where I was going”), Smith spent nearly three years of a five-to-life sentence at Chino State Prison.

Ray L. Smith A mere mortal might have wilted, but as Smith, longtime pastor of the United Missionary Baptist Church, likes to say, “That judge really saved my life.” He can still recite his prison number and dorm assignment by heart because “it sticks to you. You think back at it and think, I’ll never make that same mistake again.”

While at Lincoln High, Smith was drafted by baseball’s then-California Angels. But he passed on the offer, citing the “love of a young lady” and the recent death of his father from a stroke.

But the prison stint propelled Smith and some friends to help other at-risk youth with a program they called Wings of Freedom that later became the well-regarded Triple Crown. And he’s been helping his community—sometimes putting his own life at risk—ever since.

If elected, he seems prepared to channel the persuasive powers of the late former Councilmember George Stevens.

“He’d tell me, ‘If you are scared to do the work, you don’t

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Spin cycle CONTINUED from PAGE 7 need to be a part of this district,’ because the work is tiresome, grueling and the gratification is not there. No one writes about what life you saved, what child you rescued from the crack house.”

Smith talks at length about the neglect his district has suffered, from the number of potholes (263 by his count) and lack of transportation amenities (225 bus stops, only 15 bus benches) to the things most San Diegans take for granted (two miles of unpaved roads and a Jack in the Box on Euclid with no public restroom).

He notes that the district is home to several large corporations (FedEx, Coca-Cola, Cox Communications, KGTV Channel 10 and banks) that hire from outside the district. “We’ve got a great district, but we just need some additional help. I’m not going to take ‘no’ for an answer,” he said.

Sandy Spackman, 46, SPAWAR administrator: With her fam-

Section 8 CONTINUED from PAGE 6 asking the court to “preserve the voluntary nature of the Section 8 voucher program.” In other matters, the National Apartment Association and National Multi Housing Council have argued that the program’s been plagued by “inefficiencies and onerous bureaucratic requirements”—local housing authorities have to OK the lease and schedule an inspection before the tenant can move in, for example— that make participation unattractive to landlords.

For the San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA), at least among its members, it’s a different story.

“A lot of property owners in the region, they welcome Section 8 housing,” says SDCAA spokesperson Tony Manolatos. “One, it’s altruistic reasons. Two, it’s a steadier

Editorial CONTINUED from PAGE 4 lion a year on top of the marketing that’s already done (the zoo, SeaWorld, etc.), when San Diego is still struggling to pay for basic citizen services, when the police department is down 300 officers from where it would like to be?

City Council President Todd

ily, Spackman escaped Communistcontrolled Laos when she was 10, settling into District 4 off Market Street near where a Buddhist temple now sits. “My dad actually helped start that temple,” she said proudly.

A desire to help has always been part of her DNA, she said, from the days in concentration camps when her family would share a meal of one fish and some sticky rice with anyone walking by. “Laotians in general—not to toot our horn—we love to help people,” she laughed.

Endorsed by the local GOP in a

district low on Republicans, Spackman assured that she’d be an independent voice on the council. As president of the Lao American Coalition, she’s learned to work with divergent groups to bring cultural pride to the district. “The Asian community must be more civically engaged and have more of a voice in San Diego,” she said. “That’s what I’m trying to make happen.”

Her involvement with the Southeastern Diamond Business District has included touring North Park to get ideas. She’d like to see businesses in other districts wooed into her district via an ambassador program.

A resident of Paradise Hills for the last 30 years, Spackman would depart her job at SPAWAR, where she wears many hats, from maintaining computers to establishing nursing rooms for employee mothers.

A mother herself, she sees the value in getting youth involved in community activities like neighborhood cleanups. “This is everyone’s responsibility.”

Tony Villafranca, 50, compul-

line of business for them than regular renters. With regular renters, there’s a turnover rate of 65 percent a year. Section 8, it’s lower than that; you have more consistent renters.”

Pinning down why a landlord won’t accept Section 8 is tough.

Last year, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) started asking voucher holders to submit a form whenever their rental application was denied. So far, says SDHC spokesperson Maria Velasquez, they’ve received only two.

Garland says that without testing for discrimination, it’s difficult to tell why a landlord might turn down a tenant. A study in Chicago, for instance, tracked landlords’ response to white voucher holders versus black and Latino voucher holders, finding that people of color were more likely to be turned away.

“You could have landlords who, really, their intent is to discriminate based on other things, like race, but they’ll use Section 8

as a proxy for that—to say, I’m not saying I don’t want African-Americans and Latinos in my unit, but instead I want no Section 8 because I associate Section 8 with those protected groups.”

Menasche frequently hears from disabled folks who believe it’s their disability, not the voucher, that caused the denial.

“It’s a pretext for a lot of people to say, no Section 8, because, that way, they can eliminate, or reduce dramatically, a whole population they don’t like.”

A decade ago, SDHC received federal funding to administer a program with the goal of opening rental opportunities for voucherholders. The Fair Housing Council of San Diego (FHCSD) was hired to implement the program. While it wasn’t aimed at combatting discrimination, says FHCSD executive director Mary Scott Knoll, a major component was reaching out to reluctant landlords and educat-

Gloria on Monday offered veiled criticism of Filner’s tactics by saying it’s inappropriate to subvert the will of the council, which approved the TMD renewal late last year. True, it did go though a legit legislative process. But Filner campaigned in part on a promise to hold the money and push for a change in how it’s spent, and he got elected. He could release the money and let the legal battle play out, but he wants to make sure

the city’s not on the hook for that money if it’s spent and later determined to be ill-gotten.

If we’re right that the TMD is illegally funded, we’d urge for a public TOT vote that would fund civic services along with some tourism marketing. In any case, this is an important fight to be having.

Sandy Spackman

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Tony Villafranca

“He is definitely well-known in the communities of the poor, disenfranchised and the under-represented,” he said.

Villafranca, who works in the real-estate field, said he’s walking the district daily. “I stop at any place where there’s a gathering of three or four people,” he explained. “I have a lot of love for my community, and there’s a lot of love in District 4. You just can’t be afraid to ask for it.”

He’s a font of ideas to improve his district, from making sure redevelopment plans respect the heritage of each community to improving traffic conditions in order to draw more businesses into the community, like a movie theater.

Adding traffic-calming measures and bike lanes and improving street frontages to help seniors get to their homes safely are other priorities.

“I am definitely a fighter for my community—and I think I’m the Democrat’s Democrat!” he added.

sive volunteer: A lifelong resident of Paradise Hills, Villafranca says he’s known in the district for his “countless” hours of volunteerism. In addition to district work, he’s also offered his time to help out in a host of law-enforcement agencies and Downtown courthouses. “Filipino-Americans are good community neighbors. It’s in our culture,” he said.

He said his family has known Mayor Bob Filner since Filner’s school board days and vows to be a Got a tip? Send it to solid soldier in the mayor’s camp. johnl@sdcitybeat.com. ing them on fair-housing laws and how Section 8 works. Funding for the program ended in 2002; Knoll said she tried for several years to get it renewed, with no luck.

“This Section 8 issue is much more complicated and harder to educate about,” she says “And, there-

fore, the absence of complaints, I don’t think has to do with the lack of a problem. Obviously, there is one if people can’t move and we put them in a cycle of poverty.”

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ingredient: buffalo mozzarella on the Regina Margherita, housemade fennel sausage on the Alexa, the fried crust of the Rebecca, the artichoke and prosciutto of the Sofia and the egg and speck of the Thomas. We ordered them all, and Alexa turned out to be the winner with her hearty and flavorful sausage. Meanwhile, the sunny-sideup egg on Thomas’ traditional molten middle made the pizza nearly soupy. No matter what I thought of the pizza, however, it was quickly outweighed by the pasta.

That’s right. Come for the pizza; stay for the pasta.

Everyone made a convincing argument for the pizza selection, Scarpinocc, backed up by the Rebecca and Regina Margherita pizzas so I had no objections, but I did want one other thing: dumplings.

Maybe it’s because we were still early in the Lunar New Year and dumplings felt appropriate.

Perhaps it was the name “scarpinocc” (the “cc” is pronounced with a hard “ch” sound). One way or another, I really wanted scarpinocc, and Buona Forchetta did not disappoint.

New pizza place excels in pasta Scarpinocc are dumplings shaped like Chinese jiaozi—a filling is encased in a pasta wrapper and Generally, inviting yourself to dinner is conboiled. These, however, came drenched in a sage sidered rude. Somehow, Twitter makes such a butter sauce. The wrapper neatly balanced tenthing seem OK. I was eavesdropping on some of derness and chewiness, while the filling was full my favorite food-lovers and -writers, who were of herbs and cheese (vegetarians should doubleplanning to go to Buona Forchetta (3001 Beech check that the filling is meatless, as traditional St., buonaforchettasd.com), the new Neapolitanscarpinocc are). style pizza place in South Park. I asked if I could The focaccia made an excellent appetizer. It join them. If this were in person, it would be was topped simply with rosemary and paired well awkward. If this were 15 years ago, it might be with the house red wine. That night, the house a dinner date with axe murderers. Today, it’s a red was a Chianti, and sharing a carafe on the pameal with people who love food and can apprecitio made it seem like we were briefly in Italy. ate dining al fresco on a February evening.

Those who believe in carbohydrate moderaNorth Park’s Pizzeria Bruno was my introduction have a selection of salads, while those who tion to pizza Napoletano, and I’ve written about don’t should finish their meal with tiramisu. I how the perfect crusts with well-developed gluwas a teenager in the 1990s when tiramisu was ten and distinctive flavor turned me into a fan a tired trend, so I’ve had enough to know a good of pizza crust. Buona Forchetta’s pizza is no difone. Buona Forchetta’s classic version is as perferent, with the crust crisp from a golden woodfect as they come. burning stove and flavor that can only come from Pizza, pasta, tiramisu. Remember those three the next time you invite yourself to dinner. leaving the dough alone to do its thing.

The pizzas are named for people, not toppings, Write to marietm@sdcitybeat.com and my dining companions heartily debated which and editor@sdcitybeat.com. pizzas to order. Each was seduced by a different

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by kelly davis

cocktail

tales An adult soda shop

Last Friday, I dragged my husband to Polite Provisions (4696 30th St. in North Park, politeprovisions.com) around 8:30ish, hoping to squeeze in. Ha! Open for less than a week, the place was packed. Silly us. We returned at around 4 p.m. Sunday and pretty much had our choice of tables.

Polite Provisions is the newest venture by Arsulan Tafazoli (Neighborhood, Noble Experiment, Craft & Commerce, Underbelly); its theme—old-school soda fountain— stops short of being kitschy. The spot was formerly the dark, divey nightclub Kadan, and Tafazoli came in and carved out windows and a large skylight to make the space open and bright. There are no TVs here, the music (old-school R&B) is at a good volume and there’s powdered soap in the bathroom.

Only drinks are served, including cocktails on draft and house-made sodas. If you want food, step over to the adjoining Soda & Swine (also Tafazoli’s) to place your order; it’ll be

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brought to your table.

I started with a Brave Companion (bourbon, lemon, crème de cacao, vanilla gomme) and made the husband order a Casual Encounter (London dry gin, strawberries, Rita’s Rose Petal soda), one of the cocktails on draft. I had high hopes for the Brave Companion, described as “deep vanilla & fresh citrus that lead to subtle notes of chocolate.” The citrus undermined the vanilla, and the chocolate was a little too subtle. Don’t get me wrong—it was still a good cocktail. I initially Kelly Davis found the Casual Encounter too sweet, but food—Brussels sprouts and fried pizza balls; thumbs-up to both—mellowed it out.

Our next round was better. He got the Attorney Privilege (bourbon, orgeat, lemon and bitters); I opted for the Ocean Side (London dry gin, lime juice, mint, celery bitters and a pinch of sea salt). These were the kind of drinks we’d been hoping for— complex and different. The Ocean Side was like a savory gimlet, with the sea salt highlighting the celery bitters, while the orgeat (a sweet almond syrup) turned the Attorney Privilege into something akin to a boozy, bright Thai iced tea without being overly sweet If crowds aren’t your thing, go to Polite Provisions on a weekday or when it opens at 4 p.m.

For the time being, that’s my plan.

the floating

library

by jim ruland

Form and pressure There comes a point fairly early in Confessions from a Dark Wood, Eric Raymond’s debut novel from Sator Press, where it appears as if the author is determined to take his 21st-century satire over the top. And then he takes it further.

The “wood” in question is the murky world of contemporary branding practices in the “Post-Idea Economy.” The “confessor” is Nick Bray, who’s hired by LaBar Partners Limited as a favor to his recently deceased father. Nick is given the title “New Media Expert” simply because he is a recent college graduate and lives in San Francisco.

Nick’s new boss, Pontius LaBar, is a Daniel Snyder-esque brand consultant and pint-sized tyrant who owns a pair of Porsches, one of which he keeps in his massive suite, and a gargantuan orangutan named Shelby, who warrants his own glass-walled office. Nick’s six-figure salary helps allay LaBar’s increasingly bizarre demands, but when he starts getting visits from his dead father, he begins looking for a way out.

One of the most intriguing characters is Nick’s girlfriend Sadie, who has “a colorful clutch of banking tattoos arranged in an AK-47 rifle shape on the calf of her left leg” and aspires to be America’s first suicide bomber.

Raymond’s America is one of ugly extremes. He zeroes in on the situational humor of our ruthless business practices and absurd privilege and calculates where it might lead us. Artful, engaging and intense to the last page, Raymond is an entertaining writer with something to say about the human cost of compulsive consumerism.

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Board is a curious work of literary collage curated by Brad Listi and Justin Benton.

In a note that opens the book, the editors explain that the book’s content is “derived from comment boards on The Nervous Breakdown (TNB), an online culture magazine and literary community founded in 2006.”

Each block of text was stripped from the post where it originally appeared, rendered anonymous by removing author attribution and re-assembled in a new artful arrangement.

How is reading Board different than reading the comments on any website? For one thing, you won’t find the racism, sexism and rampant nutjobbery from trolls who make YouTube and Yahoo comments a no-go zone.

Listi and Benton organize the text around themes that aren’t always obvious. Stories of

childhood loss are coupled with tales of teen sex, and a strange kind of yearning kicks in—not nostalgia exactly, but a feeling that makes one grateful for having survived one’s early years.

Comment boards are aggregate systems, spontaneous and unpredictable. We read these message boards like a burglar casing a house, looking for an easy entry point.

That’s not the way to read Board. Without the constant urge to contribute to the conversation, a different kind of story emerges that might one day go down in history as the story of literary culture between the print era and whatever comes next.

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The elegy is a dying tradition.

Sarah Manguso, author of three books of poetry and a memoir about illness, makes a go of it in The Guardians—but in prose form.

In short, modular episodes, she tells the story of the life and death of her dear friend Harry, who committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.

When reading The Guardians, which is now available in paperback from Picador, it’s helpful to imagine a veil between the writer and the world she describes. The information is vague, settings dim, chronology jumbled. It’s meant to feel unsettled.

Writing about the dead when grief is new is like composing a travel guide the moment one steps off the train.

The primacy of first impressions makes one an authority on the impressions, not the place.

Manguso is aware of the limitations of her approach. “I want to know about my particular grief, which is unknowable, like everyone else’s.”

When grief is new, there’s an impulse to recollect everything we can about the person we lost. We don’t seek input for this endeavor. The idea of picking up a phone to ask someone even more devastated than we are for details of our lost friend’s life feels self-serving and perverse. So we hold on to our grief and nourish it in solitude.

By giving up our grief, we transform the dead.

The lost are found, remembered, loved. This isn’t a criticism of the book, but hope for the author and everyone who suffers the loss of someone close. As we all do. As we all must.

“Everyone alive on earth is here, cheating death at every minute. We’re all the same.”

Write to jimr@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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OI! OI! POETRY!

Punk rock and poetry often go hand-in-hand, from Patti Smith to Jim Carroll, who, before his death, had published six books of poetry and appeared on Rancid’s ...And Out Come the Wolves album (which takes its name from a poem that appeared in Carroll’s best-known work, The Basketball Diaries). Unlike traditional poetry, these artists’ works are marked by transgressive language, DIY ethos, subversive performance and stark realism.

During the past two decades, Jimmy Jazz has been a thriving voice in San Diego’s poetry scene by upholding the values and integrity of these punk icons.

“When I started writing, I published my own books, 100-page photocopy chapbooks sewn together by hand,” he says in an email. “I gave them away to friends and tried to sell them at coffee shops and Off the Record. I went to see Jim Carroll at The Improv in PB and gave him one of my books.

“That showed me when you do it yourself, it can be raw, wild and unaccountable to lawyers, bean counters or whoever dulls down art.”

Jazz has organized readings for Lollapalooza, written five novels (including his newest, The Book of Books, a 1,000-page behemoth about every book he’s ever read) and enticed countless alternative poets to San Diego. Jazz’s Friday, March 1, appearance at the Museum of the Living Artist’s Poetry & Art Series 2013 in Balboa Park will be his first public reading in eight years, and, from the sound of it, it should be a spectacle.

2 DELIGHTFULLY UNPLUGGED Always a go-to spot for high-brow cultural happenings, La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall St.) will be an ideal place for NPR-type listeners once the spring edition of the Acoustic COURTESY: SHELBI BENNETT Evenings concert series kicks into gear. Hosted by kooky new-ager Jefferson Jay, each evening features three acts, an intermission and a post-concert meet-and-greet. The first one goes down at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 1, with performances by local folkies Shelbi Bennett of The Midnight Pine The Midnight Pine, veteran singer-songwriter Jeff Larson and New York composer Kelli Rudick. Rudick may prove to be the highlight if her introspective, glimmering 2012 album, We Would Love Each Other, is any indication. $12-$17. ljathenaeum.org

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ART HCommune 5-Year Anniversary at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park.

The anti-tobacco artist collective celebrates its anniversary with a performance by Dead Feather Moon and art

by Colin Ingram. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27. 619-284-6784, facebook.com/ events/353376701442999 HAlexander Salazar Fine Art at Bailiwick, 756 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Art critic and curator Alexander Salazar introduces artist Joanna Milo. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to It’s All About the Kids Foundation. At 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. 619-795-3036, facebook.com/ events/263627077103674 Art 4 Africa at Poseidon Restaurant Del Mar, 1670 Coast Blvd., Del Mar, Del Mar. The Community Hope Project teams up with local artists to raise money for the group’s sustainable development efforts. From 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. 858-755-9345, communityhopeproject.org/events.html The World of Caleb Aero: An Exploration of Aerosol Art at Andaz Hotel, 600 F St., Downtown. Commissioned to create works for Sony and Virgin Airlines, Aero returns to his hometown to display his graffiti art. From 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.

619-849-1234, andazsandiego.com One Woman’s Journey at Women’s Museum of California, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Point Loma. Francine Filsinger displays her photography. On view through March 31. Opening at 5 p.m.

Friday, March 1. 619-233-7963, womensmuseumca.org

Jimmy Jazz “Going to open mics, you learn very quickly that you must distinguish your performance from the mob,” he says. “If the guy before you stands up at the mic, you forego the mic and sit on people’s laps in the audience. If three [readers] bore the crowd to sleep, you wear a clown suit and hit someone with a pie while you read your poem.”

The event—which will feature several other readers from the SDSU-affiliated literary journal Fiction International—starts at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $5, or free if you bring wine to share. sandiego-art.org

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IRON MIC

In the ring and in his personal life, Mike Tyson’s always been a controversial figure. His face tattoo alone was enough to make the EVA RINALDI world ask, “What the hell?” The former heavyweight champion can bite off Evander Holyfield’s ear and raise pigeons, but can he do theater? He’ll certainly try with Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, a one-man show, directed by Spike Lee, for which Iron Mike will open up about his triumphs and tribulations. In recent years, Tyson has surprised people with his honesty and openness. He’ll reveal more when he takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at the Balboa Theater (868 Fourth Ave., Downtown). $22.50$94.50. For your safety, we recommend against heckling. tysonontour.com

Art Through the Generations at Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave., Coronado.

Esther Painter Hagstrom’s watercolors will be on display among her students’ work, which was inspired by her teachings. On view through May 31. See website for hours. Opens Friday, March 1. 619-5227390, estherpainterhagstrom.vpweb.com Rummage Arts Show at Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave., Hillcrest.

Handmade items and art by N.B Carlo, Indigopomergranate, Effie Shop, Selfridge and Danie Leong will be raffled off with other prizes. From 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 1. $10 donation. 619-291-8221, facebook.com/events/122322511282187 HBlizzard Love Triangle at Zepf Alt., 1150 7th St., Downtown. The closing reception features pieces by Nihura Montiel, Georgina Trevino and Neidy Godinez.

From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1. 619244-9605, zepfalt.weebly.com Illuminated at Pulse Gallery, 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 103, Point Loma. New paintings from local artist Ben Darby depict scenes of a whimsical childhood. On view through April 20. Opening from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, March 1, pulsegallery.org HLifelike at MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St. This group exhibition features artists using unusual materials and sly contextual devices to create lifelike images of objects and reveal their manufactured state. On view through May 27. See website for museum hours and admission info. Opens Friday, March 1. 858-454-3541, mcasd.org Eric Olander at Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park. San Diego Sculptors Guild unveils the metal sculptor and author’s new work followed by a book signing. From 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 619-702-8006, sandiegosculptorsguild.com Art Show & Wine Tasting at Spacebar, 7454 University Ave., La Mesa. Art by Marcy Eiben, David Goff, Carlos Nieto and True Delorenzo with live art by David and True. At 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2. $7.

facebook.com/events/129244130568630 Send in the Clowns at La Jolla Art Association, 8100 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla. This show about circus life features “Disgruntled Clown” by Dana Levine and other works in oil, pastel, watercolor and silk. Opening from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 858459-1196, lajollaart.org/calendar1.html HJohn Millei: Anthropomorphic Abstraction at Quint Contemporary Art, 7547 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Features abstract paintings of the human form as well as work from the series, “Portraits of You” and “Hat, Head and Torso”. Runs through April 13. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 858-454-3409, quintgallery.com Arnold Kramer at Joseph Bellows Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The first West Coast exhibition of the photographs of Arnold Kramer. This is also his first solo show 25 years. On view through April 13. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2.

858-456-5620, josephbellows.com HLayers and Missing Links at R.B. Stevenson Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., Ste. 201, La Jolla. Miya Hannan’s installations, mixed-media works and sculptures address issues related to Eastern perceptions of the life cycle. On view through April 6. Opening from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 858459-3917, rbstevensongallery.com HIn an Instant at Scott White Contemporary Art, 7655 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Stanley Casselman’s abstract paintings are inspired by tongue and cheek comments of critic, Jerry Saltz, of New York magazine.

On view through April 13. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 619-5015689, scottwhiteart.com Free Family Art Day at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside.

Create sculptures of wood, paper, metal, wire and other found objects inspired by the work of James Hubbell and Flavia Gilmore. From 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3. 760-435-3720, oma-online.org HThat’s No Moon! It’s an Art Show at Basic, 410 Tenth Ave., Downtown. Thumbprint Gallery presents this exhibition of works by two dozen artists, all focusing on the Star Wars films. The evening includes live art, DJs and film screenings. From 7 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, March 5. facebook.com/events/256341514496127

BOOKS Zagat 2013 San Diego City Guide at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Rebekah Sager, David Nelson, Seth Combs, Julie Alvin, Kathryn Carroll and Wendy Lemlin discuss their experience working on the guide and sign copies. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27. 858-4540347, warwicks.indiebound.com P.T. McHugh at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The author discusses his fantasy novel, Keeper of the Black Stones. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27. 858-2684747, mystgalaxy.com Vincent Stanley at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Co-editor of Patagonia’s The Footprint Chronicles discusses and signs The Responsible Company. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.

858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Dr. Patrisia Gonzales at MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. Gonzales discusses her book, Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing and how these practices challenge western science. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. 760-435-3065, miracosta.edu

Bette Pegas at Scripps Miramar Ranch Library, 10301 Scripps Lake Drive, Scripps Ranch. The author discusses and signs her book about conservation and evolution, Chasing a Dream in the Galapagos.

From 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. 85853-8158, srfol.org/lib-loc-hours.htm Amber Benson at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The actress who played “Tara” in Buffy the Vampire Slayer signs her novel, The Golden Age of Death. At 7 p.m. Friday, March 1. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Community Book Swap at New Children’s Museum, 200 W. Island Ave., Downtown. Bring a book, take a book at the New Children’s Museum’s book swap.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 619-233-8792, thinkplaycreate.org Anthony Chadwell at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Warwick’s hosts Chadwell author of The Holistic Road to Healthy Relationships. At noon Sunday, March 3. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Melanie Benjamin at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Author of Alice I Have Been discusses her latest tale of romance, The Aviator’s Wife. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Shannon Messenger at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The local author hosts a launch party to debut her fantasy novel, Let the Sky Fall. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com

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THEATER Sex appeal and sass keep Chicago young

razzle-dazzle just keeps on coming.

Tickets for the Birch North Park Theatre production are $26 to $56. sdmt.org

San Diego Musical Theatre’s production of Kelly, nor Robert J. Townsend, as flamboy—David L. Coddon Chicago gets your attention before the first ant lawyer Billy Flynn, possesses Radwick’s note of the longtime Broadway favorite is sung. magnetism, but they hold their own in a be- Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com When gorgeous cast member Jennifer Simp- nignly notorious show that brims with clev- and editor@sdcitybeat.com. son, barely clad in black, struts down one of erly written (and choreographed, by Randy the aisles of the Birch North Park Theatre and Slovacek) tunes such as “Cell Block Tango,” OPENING: KEN JACQUES “We Both Reached for the Gun,” takes the stage like she owns the Doctored and Devised: The UCSD Department of place, you know this is going to be “Razzle Dazzle” and, of course, Theatre and Dance turns some of Dr. Seuss’ stories one sexy show—and it is. the opening “All That Jazz.” A and characters into a live cartoon of a play. Runs Feb. Maybe that’s why the 1975 highlight of Act 2 is Velma and 27 through March 2 at UCSD’s Arthur Wagner Theatre. theatre.ucsd.edu show, written by John Kander “Mama” Morton’s (Ria Carey) and Fred Ebb, with collaboration wistful, laugh-out-loud duet The MENding Monologues and The Vagina Monologues: InnerMission Productions, in association with on the book from the redoubt“Class” (excerpt: “Oh, there ain’t Eveoke Dance Theatre, explores gender politics and able Bob Fosse, never gets old. no gentlemen that’s fit for any gender violence from male and female perspectives.

It’s saucy and sassy and still quite use, and any girl’d touch your Vagina will be performed on Feb. 28 (8 p.m.), March 2 (8 p.m.) and March 3 (2 p.m.), and MENding will be funny, and the SDMT production privates for a deuce”). performed on March 1 (8 p.m.) and March 3 (7 p.m.) at does not disappoint.

The presence of the orchestra Eveoke Dance Theatre in North Park.

You start with a worthy Roxie on stage can feel intrusive, in spite The Mountaintop: In a fictional version of events, the Hart, and Australian Emma Radof the strong musical accompani- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spends his last night among wick, enjoying her U.S. theatrical ment conducted by Don Le Mas- the living in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memdebut, has all the right moves. ter. This is a Chicago for the most phis, Tenn. Presented by San Diego Repertory Theatre, Emma Radwick part without a set. But Roxie’s, it opens March 2 at the Lyceum Theatre at Horton Plaza, Besides begin an agile dancer Downtown. sdrep.org and expressive comedian, she makes for a Velma’s and the ensemble’s costumes (design Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth: Spike Lee directs

by Janet Pitcher) are so eye-catching that Mike lovable killer.

Tyson in this one-man show that follows the boxer Roxie, as you may remember, is incar- who cares if there’s no jail cell or courtroom? from the streets of Brooklyn to the world championship to San Diego Musical Theatre’s run of Chi- the many controversies that enveloped his life. Presented cerated and subsequently on trial for the shooting death of the guy with whom she’s cago winds up on Sunday, March 3, but if you by Broadway San Diego, it’ll be performed on March 5 at cheating on her nebbish of a husband, Amos miss it or you can’t get enough of Roxie, Vel- the Balboa Theatre, Downtown. broadwaysd.com (Jason James). Neither Kyra Da Costa, as ma and Billy, Welk Theatre will open its own For full listings, please visit Roxie’s jailhouse (and showbiz) rival Velma production of the show on March 22. The “T heater ” at sdcit yb eat.com

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Rorke Denver at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The author discusses and signs his book about the Navy Seal training program, Damn Few. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. 858-4540347, warwicks.indiebound.com

COMEDY HNew Best Thing at Whistle Stop Bar, 2236 Fern St., South Park. Live sketch and stand-up comedy hosted by Sam Wiles and Dan Venti. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. sosayweallonline.com

DANCE HBalletX at Mandeville Auditorium, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. The Philadelphia dance company performs three programs by choreographers, Alex Ketley, Tobin del Cuore and Matthew Neenan. At 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 28. $24-$46. 858-534TIXS, artpwr.com/events/988 After Dark Burlesque Show at 1202 Nightclub, 1202 University Ave., Hillcrest.

Pixie Stixx Dancers present a neo-burlesque show with dinner provided by The Range Kitchen and Cocktails. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2. $15-$20.

715-3657, pixiestixxburlesque.com

MUSIC Athenaeum Mini-Concerts at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Barbara Tobler and the Lyriphon Trio perform a free afternoon concert. At noon Thursday, Feb. 28. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/miniconcerts.html New City Sinfonia at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St., Hillcrest.

The symphony performs Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony among other works.

At 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. 619-2989978, firstuusandiego.org

rio “The Seasons”. Gathering at the fountain in front of the Natural History Museum.

At 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, lajollasymphony.com/concerts

HAcoustic Evenings with Jefferson Jay at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The series returns with three local musicians, Jeff Larson, Kelli Rudick and The Midnight Pine. At 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 1. $12-$17. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/specialconcerts.html

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Gamak at Athenaeum’s School of the Arts Studio, 4441 Park Blvd., University Heights. The New York-based alto saxophonist leads the ensemble for its San Diego debut. At 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3. $21-$26. 858454-5872, ljathenaeum.org

Dvorak’s Sixth at Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., Downtown. Jahja Ling conducts the Russian symphony, which has not been played in San Diego for 20 years. At 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3. $20-$96. 619-2350804, sandiegosymphony.org

San Diego New Music at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The program features classical music by Beat Furrer, David Chisolm, Michael Daugherty and others. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 4. $10-$25. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org

HSome Of My Friends Are Guitar Players at Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Ave., Downtown. Gilbert Castellanos presents this performance featuring Mundell Lowe on guitar and Hamilton Price on bass.

From 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 1. Free.

619-238-1818, westgatehotel.com

Camera Lucida #5 at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD campus, La Jolla. Johannes Brahms Piano Quartets performed by the San Diego Symphony. At 7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 4. $25. 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org

HAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields at Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., Downtown. The group performs Britten, Haydn and Bach with accompaniment from Alisa Weilerstein on cello and Inon Barnatan on piano. At 6:45 p.m. Saturday, March 2. $27-$97. 619-570-1100, ljms.org Tribute to Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido.

The Four Lads, Mary Ann Mobley, Peter Barbutti and others pay tribute to the two band leaders. At 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2. $23-$45. 760-839-4190, artcenter.org Haydn in Plain Sight at multiple locations in Balboa Park. This free choral event premieres a deconstruction of Haydn’s orato-

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Horszowski Trio at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The series conclusion has the trio perform pieces by the legendary pianist, Mieczyslaw Horszowski. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. $35-$40. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org Dreams and Travels at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. The third concert of the season is a voyage through Indian classical music by composers Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass and Robert Aldridge. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. $10-$25. 619232-7931, artofelan.org

PERFORMANCE Vagina Monologues at Price Center Ballroom, UCSD, La Jolla. Eve Ensler’s

women’s empowerment play benefits the San Diego Center for Community Solutions and the V-Day Safe House in Haiti. At 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 27, Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2. $12.50-$14.50.

858-246-0809, boxoffice.ucsd.edu Tribal Baroque at ArtLab Studios, 3536 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. S.K. Thoth and Lila’Angelique showcase choreographed tribal dancing alongside violin and opera singing. From 8 to 10 p.m.

Friday, March 1. 619-283-1199, ext.115, artlabsd.com/p/calendar.html Beats of the World at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. Learn how to belly dance and play the dumbek drum at this interactive performance that features Middle Eastern and African music. From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 619-2390003, mingei.org

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD HVAMP Showcase: Dirty Talk Vol.2 at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park.

Hear bawdy and embarrassing sex stories

by David Latham, Juliet Escoria, Marion Wilson and others. After party music by DJ Ill Spectre. At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. $5 donation. 619-284-6784, facebook. com/events/458346487555381 Electronic Literature Reading at Structural and Materials Engineering Building, UCSD campus, Voigt Drive and Matthews Lane. E-literature authors Eric Loyer, Amaranth Borsuk, Samantha Gorman, and Danny Canizzaro read their work at the new SME Building Performance Space.

From 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 1.

858-822-4973, humctr.ucsd.edu HFiction International at San Diego Art

Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park. Poetry and Art present readings from Harold Jaffe and Katie Farris plus the return of Jimmy Jazz after an 8-year hiatus. At 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. $5 or bring a bottle of wine to share. 619-2360011, sandiego-art.org

POLITICS & COMMUNITY What Matters to Millennials at CoMerge, 330 A St., Downtown. Representatives from leading San Diego organizations examine quality of life issues like jobs, housing affordability, transportation and water.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27. $10. 619-255-9040, co-merge.com Public Safety Town Hall at Thomas Jefferson School of Law-East Village, 1155 Island Ave., Downtown. Chief of Police, William Landsowne and others focus on how the East Village and the government can work together to create a safer living environment. At 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, eastvillagesandiego.com Council District 4 Special Election Voter Education Forum at San Diego Hall of Champions, 2131 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park. Ask the nine District 4 candidates your questions. NBC 4’s Gene Cubbison will moderate a panel discussion. From 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. 619-234-2544, catfishclub.net LGBT Asylum and Immigration in the U.S. at San Diego Public Library, 820 E St., Downtown. Alliance San Diego hosts a community forum on the history of antigay and lesbian bias in U.S. immigration policy. Free to the public. At 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6. 619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org

The Builder Dreaming” by Philip Petrie will be on view in All Over the Map: The Travelogue of Philip Petrie, opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Liberty Station’s Martha Pace Swift Gallery (2820 Roosevelt Road in Point Loma).

SPECIAL EVENTS Book Sale at University Community Library, 4155 Governor Drive, La Jolla. Hundreds of donated books, priced between 25 cents to a dollar, for sale. From 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 1 and 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2. 858-552-1655, sandiego.gov/public-library HTower After Hours: Ireland at San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Park. Celebrate the traditions of Ireland with food, drink, dance, music and more. From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. $12-$25. 619239-2001, museumofman.org/ireland2013 HFriday Night Liberty at Liberty Station, Roosevelt & Cushing, Point Loma. Enjoy open art studios, galleries, performance spaces and more. From 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 1. 619-573-9300, ntclibertystation.com Spring Home/Garden Show at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Hundreds of exhibits including home improvement products, furnishings, decorating ideas, garden displays, flower and landscaping. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, March 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 3. $1-$8. 858-755-1161, springhomegardenshow.com Gem Faire at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Shop fine jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, silver, rocks, minerals from over 70 exhibitors.

From noon to 6 p.m. Friday, March 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 3. $7.

858-755-1161, gemfaire.com ArtWalk and Car Show at Old California Restaurant Row, 1080 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos. The free, monthly event features art exhibitions and a car

club display with Ferraris, race cars, hot rods and more. From 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 3, oldcalrestaurantrow.com Rods for a Cause at Pal Joey’s Cocktail Lounge, 5147 Waring Road, Mission Valley. Classics, customs and home-built vehicles are welcome at this pop-up car show to benefit Fast Eddie. First come, first park—no registration required. At 10 a.m. Sunday, March 3. 619-582-6699, facebook.com/events/558297104183395

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS HRussell Lecture: Tania Bruguera at MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St. Bruguera will discuss her performances and installations, which blur the line between life and art, reflecting the politics of current social structures. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27. $5-$15. 858-454-3541, mcasd.org Jacob Goldberg at David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Dr., La Jolla. San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Distinguished Speaker Series features the former adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel. At 7 p.m. Monday, March 4. $15. 858-362-1348, sdcjc.org Silent Spring Series at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park. The fourth discussion of the series focuses on human impact in natural habitats and how this affects climate and the spread of disease.

From 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. 619-238-1233, silentspringmarch2013. eventbrite.com

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Clockwise from bottom left: Scott Nielsen, Demetrius Antuna, Sam Lopez, Bart Stull and Clint Davis

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itting on the patio of Krakatoa, the Golden Hill coffeehouse, you’ll eventually hear the sound of an airplane ripping through the sky or a shopping cart full of clanking glass bottles being pushed down the alleyway by a homeless person. These noises are common in the area. Most people consider them nuisances.

But Scott Nielsen, Clint Davis and Sam Lopez aren’t your average guys with low tolerance for bothersome noise. In fact, that clattering shopping cart pricked up their ears up right away.

“I like that sound,” Nielsen says

ticulously crafted monsters to explore, redefine and push the boundaries of sound. These scientists want to build an aural experience that will melt your mind. ferent resonance or distortion.

“Throughout my life, I never When they really go mad, it can felt like I was a musician,” Nielsen mean taking circuit boards, knobs says. “I was more of an experiand other pieces from different menter, so I was, like, ‘No notation; machines and latching them onto none of that classical music stuff.’ a standard Casio keyboard to alter I was really interested in expressits sounds. That Casio is connected ing myself musically, creating exto a pedal that then runs into a lap- perimental music to go along with top or amplifier. Using programs these experimental performances like Pure Data, the sound can be that I was doing.” manipulated in endless ways.

In the end, they use those meCONTINUED ON PAGE 24

Meet some of the crazed noise doctors of San Diego’s experimental sound-art community · by Alex Zaragoza with a crooked smile, and it’s no surprise. He, along with Lopez and Davis are part of a community that blurs the line between music and art by creating experimental sounds that, by definition, are completely unpredictable.

Hunched over wires, synthesizers, amplifiers, drone instruments, the innards of children’s electronic toys, fuzz pedals and anything else they can use to pro-

duce strange, erratic and ultimately fascinating noises, these artists become Dr. Frankensteins screaming “It’s alive!” after building their own uproarious monster.

Sometimes that means constructing a simple instrument from scrap materials. Other times it means placing, say, a screwdriver under the strings of an electric guitar or metal clips on acoustic strings, in order to produce a dif-

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Experimental music has been around since the mid-20th century, popularized by composers like John Cage, Keith Rowe and Philip Glass.

Modern rock acts like Sonic Youth and Brian Eno have also used experimental sounds in their music.

Locally, sound artists have had exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis), shown strange sound sculptures at Space 4 Art (The Art of Sound) and gone nuts on their instruments for the ongoing experimental-music series Stay Strange.

Nielsen, Davis and Lopez continue in that tradition of sound experimentation, creating something that’s arguably performance art.

Each takes a different approach to the creative process. The bespectacled Nielsen is the music nerd, name-dropping experimental composers and excitedly describing a fuzz pedal he’s building. Davis is the mild-mannered, classically trained guy who went down the rabbit hole of sound experimentation and never came back.

Lopez is the wild kid.

“My performance in certain instances can be considered performance art because it’s physical; you could get hurt. It’s also music,

too. To me, it’s the hardest thing to describe,” says Lopez, who’s bringing Davis and Nielsen, along with Bart Stull, Demetrius Antuna, Rafter and Wages, together for the San Diego Experimental Guitar Show on March 23 at Soda Bar in City Heights.

“No one really knows how to talk about it, really,” Nielsen says.

“It’s so new that we’re just starting to create a vocabulary to speak about these things. It’s still kind of open territory, and you’re free to explore it.”

In an email, Stull says his ultimate goal is to “use these tools to tell a story that should be both spontaneous, melodic and noisebased,” determining in the moment the direction the sounds will go. Therein lies the beauty of the art form. It takes a high level of skill to create something that seems completely chaotic.

The performance is what truly elevates the art above a schizophrenic jam session. Davis considers his work and the act of performing it his gift to the audience, absorbing the vibrations of the room and the people in it as he performs. The sensation often borders on metaphysical.

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Bart Stull uses a wind-up toy to play an electric guitar. get turned on by what’s happening.

And there isn’t an audience. There isn’t a me. There’s just the sound,” he says. “It sounds very mystical and even cheesy, but you are coupled with sound somehow, and it’s kind of hard to tell if the sound is making you do something or you’re making the sound do something.”

While Davis experiences an inward intensity that he says leaves him unable to speak for 10 minutes, Lopez and Nielsen project outward. Lopez joyously thrashes about the stage, contorting his body

like a scientist, trying to get all the stuff to work right.

“It really does take on that Frankenstein metaphor,” he adds.

“And then when it does work, you’re just so amazed.”

“I think that’s definitely the case for me, too,” Nielsen says. “There’s always this conflict within me because the whole mad-scientist part of it and the creative process for building an effects pedal is very different from the performance. It’s very much a left-brain, right-brain kind of thing where one is more logical and the other is more spurof-the-moment, instant creativity.”

As a result, their performances are a non-stop wave of intersecting sounds that rattle the bones.

“Thirty years from now, there will be a book, ‘Scot Nielsen and Clint Davis: The Mad Scientists,’” Lopez jokes. “They’ll talk about them the way they talk about Afrika Bambaataa now.”

In Davis’ mind, that publication may actually be called “Sound Art for Dummies: Here’s How You Do It.” Either way, it should be a fascinating read.

and relishing any moment when a member of the audience does the same. Nielsen says he “kills” his identity before taking the stage in order to focus on what he’s doing.

Each admits that you have to be a little crazy to make this kind of art.

“I think it definitely applies if you’re in the recording studio doing electronic-based experimental music,” Davis says. “You spend more time trying to get your stuff to work than actually making mu- Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com sic. You actually do start feeling and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

seen local Site-specific San Diego is full of iconic sights. Tourists flock here to take pictures in front of the lily pond in Balboa Park or turn beach sunsets into Facebook cover photos.

While those attractions are a central part of San Diego’s aesthetic, there are more interesting landmarks that don’t get the attention they deserve.

That’s why Peter McConnell, founder of the creative-workspace club 3rdSpace, decided to introduce people to the city’s hidden gems and challenged lo“It’s Time, He Says” by Rachel Bellinksy cal photographers to share their favorite neighborhood scenery. that respect, it fits perfectly into the book, and I’m “We started with the concept to do a photogra- very glad to be a part of it.” phy exhibition that would represent San Diego on a more urban side, getting away from more iconic images of San Diego,” McConnell says. “We wanted Experimental visions to show a little more depth to San Diego and have it Musician Bobby Bray is known for guitar shredbe more for people who live here and not for people ding with bands like The Locust and Innerds, but like many oddball geniuses, he also dabbles in other who are not from here.”

That idea evolved into a user-submitted photo things. In his case, it’s experimental sound art.

Parts of Bray’s sound-art performances incorpocontest for the purpose of organizing an exhibition and creating a book. McConnell received hundreds rate cymatics, the visualization of sound waves. Usof submissions. The best are assembled in San Di- ing metal surfaces known as Chladni plates—named ego Unseen: An Urban Portrait, a coffee-table book after the “Father of Acoustics,” German physicist featuring 100 images by 22 photographers that range Ernst Chladni—Bray creates intricate patterns from a pile of salt by playing different sounds on one of his from landscape to street photography.

Through the book, McConnell hopes to encour- meticulously crafted, circuit-bent instruments.

By removing the cone from a speaker and replacage San Diegans to notice their surroundings and experience their neighborhoods from a more artis- ing it with a plate, sound vibrations are absorbed alex zaragoza onto the plate rather than sent out tic perspective. to fill a room.

“We get so busy and hurried “A speaker is a transducer, which along in life that we forget the mobasically means it converts energy ments we have are right here right into sound by pushing out air molnow,” he says. “We miss so many ecules,” explains Bray, who came out beautiful moments that cross our of UCSD’s renowned experimentalpath. It’s about that as much as the music program and teaches experiactual photographs in the book.” mental sound design at The Art San Diego Unseen has three feaInstitute of California. “The moltured photographers: Justin Lee, ecules move back and forth and reGary Allard and Sean Cassidy. fract. But if you can take the speaker Lee’s published series, Rooftop cone out, you take the property of 92101, showcases images of the transduction that’s occurring and put Downtown skyline taken from the all that energy into the metal plate.” rooftops of condominiums. Allard Since the plate is fixed and staphotographed interesting pieces tionary, a fascinating phenomenon of little-known architecture, while occurs.

Cassidy focused on close-up im“What ends up happening is cerages, offering greater visual detail Bobby Bray demonstrates of his subjects. his sound art. tain parts vibrate and other parts don’t. If you pour salt on it, the salt will To celebrate the release of the book, 3rdSpace (4610 Park Blvd. in University collect on the parts that are not vibrating,” Bray says.

The result is swirling patterns that bring a visual elHeights) will host a launch party at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2. In addition to live music by The Bens and ement to sound. At his January show at Space 4 Art, The Heavy Guilt, it will feature photos from Unseen, Bray experimented live with Chladni plates—CityBeat including new images by Rachel Bellinsky, whose music editor Peter Holslin says it blew his mind “It gives you a visual to sound,” Bray says “It’s work, McConnell says, “really represents the spirit of the book more than any others.” It’s not hard to kind of a weird thing. A lot of people have run a little see why. Her piece “It’s Time, He Said” captures an wild with it, saying, ‘Oh, this is what crop circles are.’ ordinary moment made special by the dreamy light- I mean, who knows? But it is a true phenomenon, and it looks cool.” ing of an early San Diego morning.

“The main theme of this collection of photos is re—Alex Zaragoza ally about the neighborhood where I live, and seeing Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com all the amazing little vignettes that are everywhere,” Bellinsky tells CityBeat via Facebook message. “In and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Secret agent men Oscar-nominated documentary shines a light on secrecy

by Anders Wright The mere fact that all six subjects in Israeli documentarian Dror Moreh’s new film, The Gatekeepers, agreed to sit down and talk is pretty astounding in and of itself. These men have been deep in the intelligence business for decades, and they’ve made decisions that have absolutely, unequivocally, caused the death of other human beings. Watching what they have to say for themselves is fascinating and, perhaps more importantly, pleasantly surprising.

If a documentary can be said to star anyone, then The Gatekeepers stars six former heads of Ami Ayalon (right) led Shin Bet after the 1995 Shin Bet, the Israeli Internal Security Agency, assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. which works alongside Military Intelligence and the Mossad. Their methods are shrouded in You might be uninterested in the dealings of Issecrecy, but they’re pretty much responsible for in- rael and what goes on in that part of the world, but ternal security and keeping an eye on what goes on The Gatekeepers is tremendously interesting, if only in the occupied territories. Theirs is a massive intel- because people like these six men, no matter what ligence operation, so what you get here initially is country they call home, almost never sit down in a history lesson—as seen through the eyes of these front of a camera. And, let’s face it, the ongoing conmen—of Israel’s actions since the Six-Day War of flict in that region has been one of the most divisive 1967, which ended with Israel in charge of the Gaza situations on the planet for the last half-century, a Strip and the West Bank, among other places, and catalyst for so much violence inside and outside the more than a million very unhappy and disenfran- Middle East with, sadly, no end in sight. chised Palestinians.

Sure, it’s primarily a talkThat said, you might be ing-head movie, but Moreh’s tempted to think Moreh’s questions aren’t all softballs, The Gatekeepers movie is little more than proand he makes these men acDirected by Dror Moreh paganda. It truly isn’t. As the countable for some of their Starring Ami Ayalon, Avi Dichter, film progresses and we learn statements. All of them are Avraham Shalom and Carmi Gillon about the problems and rewilling to own up to what Rated PG-13 grets these men face, we also they’ve done, often in meastart to see that they don’t sured, considered ways. And necessarily agree with the despite the fact that some of tasks they’ve been given, or with the decisions their these guys are personally responsible for ordering tarcountry’s leaders have made. It’s startling to see a man geted assassinations, their collective message is one of justify the illegal murder of an arrested terrorist in one dialogue and peace. It’s rare to run into people who breath, but call for tolerance and dialogue in another. consider themselves evil when evil is necessary but But what’s more surprising is that none of these who also believe that in order to have peace, someone guys appears to actually be a hardliner. They’re must do the things that need to be done. dedicated to Israel, sure, but that doesn’t mean What The Gatekeepers seems to be saying, howthey’re blind to the consequences of their deci- ever, is that it’s time to reexamine what needs to be sions. Rather, they believe use of force in the occu- done, and to see if we can, once again, pull out the pied territories is the wrong way to go, for the most roadmap for peace—because, these days, no one on part, and that Shin Bet’s own failure to prevent the either side seems to want to ask for directions. assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was the greatest of all blows to any potential Write to anders@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com. peace process.

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Phantom

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Last week, I attended what turned out to be the first public screening of Phantom. If I’d done my homework, I’d probably have realized that it was going to be stuffed full of people who’d worked on the movie, because the majority of it was, it turns out, shot in San Diego.

Phantom, opening Friday, March 1, is a submarine movie, and the submarine in question

was provided by the San Diego Maritime Museum, so the set is legit. This isn’t a roomy bigbudget set—guys like Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner, dealing with a potential nuclear crisis at the height of the Cold War, are right on top of each other, which ratchets up the tension.

Though I always support the home team and would like to see more movies made here, that was

one of the few highlights for me.

Phantom is a great idea for a movie—the crew of an aging Russian sub commanded by the aging Commander Demi (Harris) and his second-in-command Alex (Fichtner) has to contend with secret agent Bruni (Duchovny) and the new technology he’s installed.

There are some gaping plot holes, but, for me, the toughest part is the accents, or the lack thereof.

Obviously, having American actors play Russians is always problematic. Do you go around it, as they did in The Hunt for Red October? Or do you embrace the accents, like in K-19: The Widowmaker? Here, the filmmakers decided to ignore them completely.

The problem, though, is that these actors are not just speaking English, but in an American dialect, and if it weren’t for a couple of terrible mustaches and an overabundance of vodka, you’d be tempted to think they’re actually on an American sub.

And to that, comrades, I say, “Nyet.”

—Anders Wright

Opening 21 & Over: Straight-laced honors student gets crunky the night before his big medical-school exam. You won’t be surprised to hear that it’s written by the same guys who penned The Hangover.

The Gatekeepers: Dror Moreh’s Oscarnominated documentary features interviews with all of the living former heads of the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet. And you’ll be surprised by some of the opinions they hold. See our review on Page 26.

Jack the Giant Slayer: The first feature from Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects) in five years is about a young farmhand who takes the war between humans and giants straight to the giants.

The Last Exorcism Part II: Um, kind of an oxymoronic title, right?

No: Gael García Bernal is a young advertising executive who leads a campaign designed to take on Augusto Pinochet, the longtime Chilean dictator.

A Place at the Table: Jeff Bridges is the frontman for this documentary, which looks at hunger problems in the United States and offers some solutions. Screens for one week only at the Ken Cinema.

One Time Only Canela: This Mexican movie, about a granddaughter and grandmother and their shared love of food, is the latest in UCSD’s ArtPower! Film’s Foovie series. A meal that sounds tasty is available at 7 p.m., and the movie starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 27, at The Loft at UCSD. The Black Scorpion: Miguel Rodriguez, head honcho of Horrible Imaginings, San Diego’s horror-film fest, is curating the Public Library’s ongoing Schlockfest and presents this 1957 horror, um, classic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 27, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Casino Royale: Daniel Craig’s first go

outback, and it shows.

Bless Me, Ultima: During World War II, a young man teams up with an elderly medicine woman to sort out the problems in his small New Mexico town. Screens at the Regal Rancho Del Rey in Chula Vista.

Dark Skies: A young family, led by Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton, learn that some nasty supernatural beasties want to get their mitts on them.

Snitch: Dwayne Johnson goes undercover for the DEA after his son is busted during a drug sting.

Jack the Giant Slayer as James Bond rebooted the franchise in spectacular fashion. Definitely shaken, not stirred. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Gregory Peck won his Oscar playing a 1950s Southern lawyer defending a black man, seen through the eyes of his tomboy daughter.

Screens at noon and 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Reading Cinemas Town Square in Clairemont.

Aliens: Ridley Scott’s original was an amazing horror movie. This one, James Cameron’s sequel, is a kick-ass sci-fi-action flick. Screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at ArcLight La Jolla.

There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson’s magnificent exploration of greed and the corruption of the human soul guaranteed another Oscar for Daniel Day-Lewis. He drinks your milkshake at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Urbanized: This documentary about the future of our cities, as foretold by architects, designers and urban planners, is paired with the short 1975 film Deftly Averted, in conjunction with the San Diego Museum of Art’s Journey Through the City exhibit. Starts at 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Museum of Art in Balboa Park.

Kai Po Che: Bollywood flick about three buddies who start a cricket training academy, trying to cash in on the influx of money in India around the turn of the millennium.

Oscar-nominated short documentaries: This marks the first time the short docs have been presented in San Diego before the Oscar ceremony. The five films run more than three hours total, but they’re impressive, including Inocente, which was made in San Diego. Ends Feb. 28 at La Jolla Village Cinemas.

Beautiful Creatures: After the success of Twilight, you know there are plenty of young-adult supernatural franchises to come. This one is about witches!

Escape From Planet Earth: Brendan Fraser voices Scorch, an astronaut who needs the help of his little brother (Rob Cordrry) when he lands on an inhospitable planet full of unspeakable dangers. Hint: It’s Earth.

A Good Day to Die Hard: Bruce Willis goes to Moscow, meets up with his son (Jai Courtney) and shoots a bunch of guys.

John Dies at the End: This horror comedy from Phantasm director Don Coscarelli, about two slackers trying to save the world from forces unknown, is pretty funny. Paul Giamatti shows up in a supporting role.

Ends Feb. 28 at Hillcrest Cinemas.

Safe Haven: The latest Nicholas Sparks romance stars Julianne Hough as a mysterious woman who takes up with a hunky widower (Josh Duhamel).

Argo: Ben Affleck’s thriller, about the CIA man who got six Americans out of Tehran after the 1979 embassy takeover, won Best Picture last Sunday. It also kicks off Cinema Under the Stars’ spring season at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, at its outdoor theater in Mission Hills.

Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation: Sure, they’re better known for their sickand-twisted stuff, but this 30th-anniversary family-friendly greatest-hits set of films from the past four decades has some great stuff.

Screens through March at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla.

Free Men: An Algerian with ties to the black markets finds himself joining the French Resistance during World War II after he unexpectedly becomes friends with a Jewish man. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Identity Thief: Jason Bateman hits the road to find out who stole his identity. Not a spoiler: It’s Melissa McCarthy.

Back to the Future: Part of the new ArcLight Presents series, Marty McFly takes to the big screen once again at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 4, at ArcLight La Jolla.

King Kong: Not a remake! Nope, this is the terrific 1933 original. Screens at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino gave John Travolta his career back in this timeline-shifting, hysterically funny criminal tour de force. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Now Playing Happy People: A Year in the Taiga: The latest documentary from Werner Herzog and co-director Dmitry Vasyukov is missing something—Herzog himself. Though he cut the film and narrates it, he wasn’t present for the year his Russian counterpart spent with trappers in the Siberian

Side Effects: This thriller is rumored to be Steven Soderbergh’s final theatrical release. If so, he’s going out on top with this one, about a woman (Rooney Mara) whose shrink (Jude Law) prescribes her anti-depressants that end up plunging both of them down a rabbit hole.

Special 26: Bollywood heist movie based on a real robbery that went down in Mumbai in 1987.

Top Gun 3D: The fighter-jet stuff is just fine. It’s that Tom Cruise singing “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” bit that gets creepy in 3D. Oscar Nominated Short Films: All 10 Oscar-nominated short and live-action films are screening at Hillcrest Cinemas, and there are some real winners in this batch.

For a complete listing

of movies pla ying locally, please see “F ilm S creenings” at sdcit yb eat.com under the “E vents” tab.

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hen Frankie Quinoñes speaks, his soft voice carries a surprising weight. He speaks solemnly, choosing his words carefully. Even at Filter Coffee House in Hillcrest, with its bright yellow walls and huge windows welcoming the Sunday-afternoon sun, his placid voice betrays a seriousness, like he’s a spiritual guide relaying truth to a disciple.

These days, Quinoñes, who raps as Odessa Kane, has more reason than ever to believe his words have weight. Born in Tijuana and raised in Paradise Hills, the half-Filipino, half-Mexican is now a member of Kabatang makaBayan (KmB),

an organization that seeks to fight injustice in the Philippines. He’s what KmB calls a “cultural worker,” someone who educates through art. Kane is no longer just a rapper’s rapper; he’s also a people’s rapper.

“I knew about my history, but I never really acted on it,” he tells CityBeat.

But when he learned more about the “impoverished state that the Philippines are living in,” he says, “I was, like, ‘I gotta speak out.’”

Kane’s a vet in the local hiphop scene, coming up in the 1990s with Masters of the Universe, the crew that claims artists such as Gonjasufi and Orko Eloheim. Last

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year, a few strong singles got him nominated for the Best Hip-Hop category in the San Diego Music Awards. In December, he teamed with his brother, producer Infinity Gauntlet, to drop the politically charged Cuetes & Balisongs EP. The Philippine Revolution ended colonial rule in the country in 1898. But, Kane says, wealth has been concentrated among the few, and poverty is rampant. The CIA World Factbook shows that the country’s poverty rate is roughly double that of neighbors China, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Kane’s new EP is a rebirth and a response. Previously, he’d

been content with what Public Enemy calls “rhyming for the sake of riddling”—creating art for art’s sake. But Cuetes & Balisongs reveals a renewed purpose: The cover features the Bangsamoro Muslim Fighters, a rebel force that fought for sovereignty in the Philippines. The title itself combines Spanish and Tagalog, translating to “firearms and butterfly knives.”

The music, then, is a cultural weapon, used to fight for the same freedom as the Bangsamoro.

“We might be a little bit comfortable” in the U.S., Kane says.

“But we’re still suffering as a result of foreign occupation in the Philippines.” He hopes to “expose people to the criminal activities and the illegal policies” both in his homeland and here.

As a weapon, Kane’s lyricism is deadly. He comes from a background in battling, with similarities to once-famed battle rapper Canibus. Kane’s lyrics are often cerebral, taking cultural references and twisting them into a puzzle of an insult, like on “Payback”: “Fuck a spaceship, to keep up you need / To have mastered flux capacitors and be in my passenger seat / Fluctuating jigawattz anytime my pen bleeds / On a low-rider bike, knocking trendy toys off their 10-speeds.”

But Kane grounds himself in revolutionary rhetoric on the new EP, arriving at the fiery attitude of political rapper Immortal Technique, who’s known for taking on topics like institutionalized racism and militant revolution. Instead of targeting an imaginary rapper, Kane is “aiming at imperialists, banging on feudalism.” And instead of Back to the Future, he may reference, say, Anastacio Hernandez Rojas, a migrant who died while being deported by the Border Patrol in 2010. The case has triggered allegations of police brutality.

“Nobody was convicted,” Kane says angrily. “It doesn’t matter” to

the media. “It does to us. That’s why I speak on it.”

Kane, now 34, wrote his first rap at 11, a song he crafted with his cousin called “Down-Ass Mexicans.” Years later, his friend Kontroversial Black convinced him to form a group together. That group melded with others to become Masters of the Universe.

In early 2010, Kane met community activist Ree Obaña. At the time, Obaña was establishing the San Diego chapter of KmB. She’d heard Kane’s music and sensed his nascent activism.

“He needs to organize,” Obaña remembers thinking. “He had something bigger to offer the world, the community, something impactful to contribute to our movement through his skill.”

She recruited him into KmB in September of that year. Eventually, Kane and Obaña started dating, and they married in January 2012.

Nowadays, Kane has his hands full as a father. When we met in Hillcrest, he had just come from a doctor’s appointment for 8-month-old Frankie Simone, who’d been sick. He has two other children: Khalil, 6, and Javier, 4.

He cites his kids as another reason for redeveloping his style.

Originally, Quinoñes created the name Odessa Kane by playing on the words odyssey and cocaine, presenting himself simply as “a cat exploring the dope.” Now, with the help of his wife, he’s transformed that into an acronym for “ODE to Strength, Solidarity and Action.”

“I think it’s when my wife came around that I decided to refine it and not just be like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna spit raw,’” Kane says. “Nah, let’s spit raw.

But let’s let it have a basis. I’m not just trying to rhyme no more.”

Kane will hold an album-release party for Cuetes & Balisongs on March 17 at The Roots Factory. odessakane.bandcamp.com

notes from the SMOKING PATIO Nicole Espina/Mike Turi

Locals Only While he’s been busy playing with psychedelic skuzz-rockers Wild Wild Wets, singer and keyboardist Mike Turi’s been quietly working on a new solo project, Emerald Rats.

Using a drum kit and a Microkorg synthesizer, he makes gloomy garage-pop tunes that are perfect for a nice, laid-back LSD trip.

The project started in 2011 as a way for Turi to write songs on his own for a change. He doesn’t play guitar and has long relied on guitarists’ input, but he decided to go solo after a budding project he’d been working on with Wild Wild Wets drummer Marco Piro and a guitarist who’s since moved out of town went awry. After playing together for a month or two, the trio started getting somewhere with a song they’d written. Then, out of nowhere, the guitarist—Turi declined to give his name—staged a creative coup and announced that he was sending the song to other musicians.

“What do you mean you’re sending this track out to other people?” Turi says he remembers thinking.

The next day, he went to his drum set and synth and started working on a song. “I was just so frustrated that I had to do this.”

Turi recently put out a debut Emerald Rats EP, Everyday Obstacle, via emeraldrats.bandcamp.com.

He’ll play at The Casbah on Saturday, March 9.

“It’s nice to go with my intuition and do what I want to do. And it offers that little peace of mind,” he says. “Sometimes it’s good to have a side-project. If two people are in their relationship, they should be able to hang out with their friends, or have some alone time.”

Emerald Rats’ Mike Turi

tus and Teebs, pushing bass music and instrumental hip-hop to otherworldly extremes. Though it’s not exactly danceable, he got a handful of people grooving at the Tin Can. Some in the crowd even got a little crazy: At one point, I saw a friend of mine crouched on the floor, shaking her head up and down like she was participating in a tribal ritual.

The previous band’s set was much stodgier. With their big surges of lush, solemn, electro-tinged rock, L.A.’s Seven Saturdays felt like a cross between The Album Leaf and Kings of Leon. But while they seem perfectly tailored to evoke thoughtful nods from the crowd, their performance fell flat. The band’s smoke machine did little to add to their mystique (mostly, it just made them impossible to see), and the two singers who took turns onstage were so serious After nearly two years apart, indie-pop combo Se- that they might as well have been a couple of Scott cret Apollo will play a one-time reunion show at Stapps singing on a mountaintop, like in the video Soda Bar on Friday, March 1. Red Pony Clock, St. for Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open.”

Cloud Sleepers and Kalashnikov My Wife will In a recent article in Pitchfork about L.A. band also perform.

Local Natives, vocalist Taylor Rice expressed his fears about the rise of electronic music: “Is it snide and insecure of me to say that electronic music is View from a Stool the scourge of the Earth and kids aren’t gonna buy Sometimes all you need is a sampler to carry you guitars in 15 years? Totally.” At the Tin Can, I saw Shoko Hachiya that Rice has reason for conthrough a show. I realized this as I watched Mystery Cave at Tin Can cern. While Seven Saturdays Ale House last Saturday. Tweakbrought in a much bigger auing knobs and punching buttons dience, and most had cleared on a sampler and some other gear, out by the time Mystery Cave Mystery Cave’s John Christostarted, it ended up being the pher Harris II conjured a fluid, guy with the sampler who left glimmering universe of shapes, people wanting more. sounds and textures, including all As he closed his set at around sorts of percussive kicks, cracks, 12:45 a.m., Harris said, “That’s pops, snaps and claps. it”—to which a woman in the auA fixture in the local scene, dience yelled: “That’s it?!”

Harris seems to play at every —Peter Holslin forward-thinking electronic Write to peterh@sdcitybeat.com show I go to. He takes cues from L.A. beatmakers like Flying Lo- Mystery Cave at Tin Can Ale House and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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if i were u Wednesday, Feb. 27

Saturday, March 2

PLAN A: Califone, Little White Teeth, Blues Oblique @ The Casbah. Like folkies from another dimension, Chicago’s Califone deal in a strange, alluring kind of roots music, mixing twanging guitars and moody vibes with more otherworldly elements.

They offer a peek into their evolution with the recent vinyl reissue of 2002’s Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People, a compilation of the band’s two debut EPs. PLAN B: Morrissey, Kristeen Young @ Balboa Theatre. Last week, Morrissey declared that L.A.’s Staples Center must order its McDonald’s vendors closed and institute a meat-free menu as part of his contract for a concert there. I’m curious if he has any stunts planned for San Diego. BACKUP PLAN: San Pedro el Cortez, Slipping into Darkness, Sixties Guns @ The Void.

PLAN A: Banyan, The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble @ Winstons. Banyan throws down—that’s for damn sure. An art-punk super-group led by a former member of Jane’s Addiction, they channel the spirit of Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix with solid rhythms, brassy trumpet runs and, perhaps most notably, scorching guitar workouts from Wilco ax-man Nels Cline. PLAN B: R. Stevie Moore, Lake, Plateaus @ The Void.

Boasting more than 400 albums, lo-fi luminary R. Stevie Moore has penned countless tunes during the past 40-odd years, ranging from goofy ditties to infectious, would-be pop hits. Now 61, he’s embarked on what he describes as a “never-ending” world tour.

BACKUP PLAN: Kishi Bashi, Tall Tall Trees @ The Casbah.

Thursday, Feb. 28 PLAN A: Machino, Lee Reynolds, Marbs, Ivano @ Kava Lounge. Machino isn’t your daddy’s techno. Taking cues from minimal techno stars like Matthew Dear and Ricardo Villalobos, the San Diego-born, Tijuana-bred DJ and producer draws up hypnotizing, four-to-the-floor thumpers full of humid textures and propulsive energy. San Diegans aren’t much for dancing, but things could get pretty sweaty at this release party for his new EP. PLAN B: Cotton Jones, Oh Spirit, Adams and Eves @ Soda Bar. A little romantic, a lotta quirky: That’s how I’d describe Maryland indie-poppers Cotton Jones and their homespun vocal harmonies and whimsical, plinking melodies.

Friday, March 1 PLAN A: Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn, DRB, Psychopop, RSI @ Kava Lounge. If you’re in the mood for some next-level shit, you’ve found the right place.

With his project Venice Dawn, Adrian Younge infuses the soul and funk of vintage blaxploitation flicks with the haunting, windswept vibes of Ennio Morricone’s film scores. DRB and RSI, meanwhile, belong to the elusive and amazing Dirty Drums crew.

(Adrian Younge also brings Venice Dawn to The Roots Factory on Saturday, March 2.) PLAN B: Redd Kross @ The Casbah.

L.A. rockers Redd Kross have been dishing out beefy power-pop gems since the 1980s, and they’re as loud and irresistible as ever on their 2012 album, Researching the Blues, their first in 15 years. BACKUP PLAN: Secret Apollo, St. Cloud Sleepers, Red Pony Clock, Kalashnikov My Wife @ Soda Bar.

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BY peter holslin

Sunday, March 3 PLAN A: Vampire Slayer, Late Nite Howl, Marcelo Radulovich, DJ Mnstrpsy @ The Void. It’s not often you come across a folk Dominic neitz singer who makes you drop everything and listen. But that’s what happened when I cued up Late Nite Howl’s Soundcloud page: Using an acoustic guitar and his own subdued voice, songwriter Paul Dondero left me in a solemn, contemplative state. PLAN B: Uli Jon Roth’s All-Star Jam, Kofi Baker’s Extreme Cream Free Energy MKII, Taz Taylor Band @ Brick by Brick. Metal guitarists on a quest for shredder nirvana would be wise to seek out Uli Jon Roth, a kind of Yoda for those who attend his Sky Academy workshops. Tonight, the Scorpions guitarist will team up with some locals, including the wizardly Greg Vaughan, for an epic rock ’n’ roll celebration.

Monday, March 4 PLAN A: Free Energy, Barbarian, Ancient Sea @ Soda Bar. Offering big riffs and lots of cowbell, Philadelphia’s Free Energy play the kind of bright, catchy, feelgood rock ’n’ roll you could imagine hearing on That ’70s Show. They’ve gotten lots of buzz for their new album, Love Sign, so don’t be surprised if they play Sleep Train Amphitheatre soon enough.

Tuesday, March 5 PLAN A: Gold Fields, A Silent Film, Royal Teeth @ The Casbah. Grab your hairspray and black-laced Madonna gloves: With their new-wave hooks and uplifting lyrics, Australian synth-rockers Gold Fields have ’80s prom night written all over them. BACKUP PLAN: Hotel Mexico, Bruin @ Soda Bar.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! Caspa (Voyeur, 3/15), The Joy Formidable (BUT, 3/19), King Dude, Of the Wand and the Moon, The Story of Rats (Casbah, 4/1), Jaymay, Kayoko (Soda Bar, 4/7), Ben Howard (BUT, 4/11), J Mascis (Casbah, 4/16), Tippa Irie (BUT, 4/18), Chad Valley (Casbah, 5/1), Pine Mountain Logs (BUT, 5/3), Born Ruffians (Casbah, 5/4), Yngwie Malmsteen (HOB, 5/14), Bloc Party, Bear Mountain (HOB, 5/22), Turbonegro, Torche (HOB, 5/24), Cold War Kids (Casbah, 5/27), Captured! By Robots (Soda Bar, 5/31), Imagine Dragons (SDSU Open Air Theatre, 6/1), Ceremony (Soda Bar, 6/3), Wayne Hancock (Soda Bar, 6/6), The English Beat (BUT, 6/14-15), The Marshall Tucker Band (BUT, 6/24).

February Wednesday, Feb. 27 Morrissey at Balboa Theatre. The Used at House of Blues. Califone at The Casbah.

Thursday, Feb. 28 Electric Six at The Casbah. G. Love & Special Sauce at House of Blues. Robert Francis at The Griffin.

March Friday, March 1 Redd Kross at The Casbah. The Muffs at Soda Bar.

Saturday, March 2 Kishi Bashi, Shugo Tokumaru at The Casbah.

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Sunday, March 3 David Lindley at Belly Up Tavern. Starfucker, Blackbird Blackbird at Porter’s Pub.

Monday, March 4 Marcus Foster at The Casbah. Killing Joke at Brick by Brick. Free Energy at Soda Bar.

Tuesday, March 5 Gold Fields, A Silent Film, Royal Teeth at The Casbah.

Wednesday, March 6 Maserati at Soda Bar.

Thursday, March 7 Flogging Molly at House of Blues. Hey Marseilles! at Soda Bar. Toad the Wet Sprocket at Belly Up Tavern. Calder Quartet at The Loft @ UCSD. The Spits at Ché Café. Earthless at The Casbah.

Friday, March 8 Calder Quartet at The Loft @ UCSD. Why?, Baths at The Irenic. G-Eazy at Porter’s Pub.

Saturday, March 9 Darwin Deez, Caged Animal at The Casbah. Cradle of Filth at House of Blues. Yo Gabba Gabba! at Civic Theatre. BOY at The Loft @ UCSD. El Vez at The Casbah.

Sunday, March 10 Guantanamo Baywatch, Midnight Eagle, Lenz at Soda Bar.

Monday, March 11 Bend Sinister at Soda Bar. The Hush

Sound, The Last Royals, Sidney Wayser at The Casbah.

Tuesday, March 12 André Rieu at Valley View Casino Center.

Frightened Rabbit at Belly Up Tavern.

The Ruby Suns at The Casbah.

Wednesday, March 13 Alicia Keys, Miguel at Valley View Casino Center.

Thursday, March 14 Neil Hamburger, Brett Gelman, KStrass at The Casbah. Carl Stone at Space 4 Art. Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Harmer at The Casbah.

Friday, March 15 Swingin’ Utters, Sean and Zander, Wild Roses at The Casbah. Caspa at Voyeur.

Saturday, March 16 Dengue Fever at The Casbah.

Sunday, March 17 Richard Buckner at Soda Bar. Color, Har Mar Superstar, The Virgins at The Casbah. Aeroplane at Voyeur.

Monday, March 18 Ivan and Alyosha at Soda Bar. Grass Widow at The Casbah. Imagine Dragons, Atlas Genius at House of Blues.

Tuesday, March 19 Matt Costa at The Casbah. The Specials at House of Blues. The Joy Formidable at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, March 20 Merchandise, Wet Hair at Soda Bar. Citizens! at The Casbah. Andrew McMahon at House of Blues. Ducktails, Mark McGuire at The Void. Barcelona at House of Blues.

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1202 Nightclub, 1202 University Ave., Hillcrest. pixiestixxburlesque.com. Sat: After Dark Burlesque Show.

710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, Open jam. Thu: Live Band Karaoke. Fri: Jet West, Arden Park Roots, The Room Downstairs.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Fri: Sunday Hustle. Sat: Gilbert Castellanos.

Air Conditioned Lounge, 4673 30th St, Normal Heights. airconditionedbar.com.

Wed: DJ Turtle. Thu: DJ Yaser Aly. Fri: DJ Junior the Discopunk. Sat: ‘Juicy’ w/ Mike Czech. Sun: DJs Watch .44, Sunday Sauce.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink. com. Wed: ‘H.A.M.’ w/ DJ L. Thu: The Soulfires. Fri: DJ Artistic, NoSuckerDJs. Sat: The Montalban Quintet. Sun: The Black Whales, DJs JoeMama, TramLife. Mon: The Husky Boy All-Stars. Tue: ‘Tiki Tuesday.’

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Galactic feat. Corey Glover, LATYRX feat. Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truthspeaker. Thu: The White Buffalo, Terraplane Sun, The Paragraphs. Fri: Liquid Blue (5:30 p.m.); Ryan Bingham, Honeyhoney (9 p.m.). Sat: Super Diamond, Trial by Fire. Sun: Da-

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the hit list Mixed party nuts In this space, I like to have an overarching theme is a completely ridiculous club banger that has an so that anyone who’s into one of the events has two equally ridiculous dance that goes with it. Here’s other options that may also pique their interest. It’s how you do it: Step 1: Keep your arms straight like Pandora. But as with Pandora, random things down and swing them rigidly back and forth as sometimes happen here. Once, Matchbox Twenty you hump the air. Step 2: When the beat drops, came blasting out of my Blur shake your arms and torso station. There’s no reason for like an idiot. That’s it. Wear those bands to be paired, and a crazy costume on Saturday, there’s no reason the three folMarch 2, and bring your shaklowing events should be in the iest dance moves. same space. But here they are.

Still not finding a party you Skip to the next event until like? How about a movie maryou find something you like. athon that exploits Irish steGraffiti art crossed over to reotypes? Head to The Ruby the mainstream long ago. Those Room (1271 University Ave. in who haven’t given up on it Hillcrest) for an Irishsploishould check out The World of tation Movie Marathon on Caleb Aero: An Exploration Tuesday, March 5. Ten movof Aerosol Art at Ivy Nighties about killer Irishmen will club at the Andaz Hotel (600 F The “Harlem Shake.” be screened throughout the St., Downtown) on Thursday, night, including The Departed Feb. 28. Caleb Aero will exhibit work and create live and Boondock Saints. The free popcorn won’t soak art while DJs spin club tunes. RSVP to andazsan up all the bloodshed, but it will help soak up any diego@prchemistry.com for free entry and access to whisky you consumed. a hosted bar.

—Alex Zaragoza From an evening of art, we go to Internet memes. U-31 (3112 University Ave. in North Park) Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com is creating a Harlem Shake video. “Harlem Shake” and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

vid Lindley, Carrie Rodriguez. Tue: North Beach, Trouble in the Wind, Mrs. Henry.

Blarney Stone Pub, 5617 Balboa Ave, Clairemont. 858-279-2033. Wed: The Barmen. Thu: Dirty Sue. Fri: The Fooks. Sat: BJ and Todd. Sun: Open mic w/ Men of Leisure.

Mon: Trivia. Tue: Irish jam, Bob Tedde.

Block No. 16 Union & Spirits, 344 7th Ave., San Diego, Gaslamp. blockno16. com. Fri: Capital Cities.

Bluefoot Bar & Lounge, 3404 30th St, North Park. bluefootsd.com. Wed: DJ Donger. Thu: DJ Mike Face.

Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd, University Heights. bourbonstreetsd.com. Wed: ‘La Terraza.’ Thu: ‘Glitz Glam’; ‘Wet.’ Fri: ‘Dirty Boy.’ Sat: The Dream Girls. Sun: ‘Soiree.’

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Sat: ‘Sabados en Fuego’ w/ Jay Valdez. Sun: Daisy Salinas, DJ Sebastian. Mon: Junior the Discopunk.

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Bad Penny and The Pistols, Santana Bros. Fri: Dada, Jared Fink, 7 Horse, Sara Groban.

Sat: Alisson Chains, Vasoline, Nearvana, Smack This. Sun: Uli Jon Roth’s All-Star Jam, Kofi Baker’s Extreme Cream MKII, Taz Taylor Band.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Gipsymenco. ThuFri: Malamana. Sat-Sun: Aragon y Royal.

Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Califone, Little White Teeth, Blues Oblique. Thu: Electric Six, Gabriel the Marine, Black Hondo. Fri: Redd Kross. Sat: Kishi Bashi, Tall Tall Trees. Sun: Surfer Blood, Grand Rapids. Mon: Marcus Foster, Ruston Kelly, Josh Damigo. Tue: Gold Fields, A Silent Film, Royal Teeth.

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echecafe.blogspot.com. Fri: Throne, Boxdox, Suburban Campers, Muribell. Sat: Tan Sister Radio, Requiem for the Rockets, Merry Problem Child, Hello Penelope.

Sun: Mindset, Betrayed, Counter, Step Aside, Suspect.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces.com. Wed: Sue Palmer. Thu: Gilbert Castellanos and The New Latin Jazz Quintet. Fri: Michele Lundeen. Sat: Daniel Jackson (11:30 a.m.); Agua Dulce (8:30 p.m.). Sun: Irving Flores (11:30 a.m.); The Archtones (7:30 p.m.).

Dirk’s Nightclub, 7662 Broadway, Lemon Grove. dirksniteclub.com. Wed & Sun: Karaoke. Fri-Sat: FX5.

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: Jason Robinson w/ Rob Thorsen, Duncan Moore, Ian Tordella. Sat: Peter Sprague, Leonard Patton. Sun: Gerard Nolan and His Quintet.

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Thu: Two Wolves, Crash and The Burns. Fri: DJs Don’t Go Jason Waterfalls, Saul Q. Sat: Viceroy.

Mon: Sly Rexx, French Kiss Collective.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Fri: Imbalanced, Gravespell, Morphesia, Unicorn Death, Morbid Curiosity, Atropal. Sat: IWXO, Offtrack, Radio Active, Ink Slingers, Rising Edge, 180 Out. Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Bob Sinclar.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Wed: Lady Dottie and The Diamonds. Thu: Sinizen, DJ Reefah. Sat: SoCal Vibes.

Griffin, 1310 Moreno Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: The Revivalists, The Cerny Brothers, Amigo the Devil. Thu:

Josh Damigo, Robert Francis, Carly Ritter. Fri: Primitive Noyes, Buddy Banter, Golden Beaches, Kids in Heat. Sat: Paul Basic and SuperVision, urBn:LgNd. Sun: High Noon, ‘d’, Viscous, Cult Vegas. Tue: Small City Calling.

Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Ave, Downtown. hardrockhotelsd.com. Fri: G-Roy, FishFonics (207); Frankie M, Myron Eugene (Float). Sat: Chris Kennedy, Mr. DeeJay (207); Erick Diaz and Gabe Vega, FKME (Float). Sun: Marcus Schossow, Sid, Kurch (207).

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: Comedy Zone w/ Jose Sarduy, Jesse Egan, Rich Slaton. Thu: G. Love and Special Sauce. Fri: Iration, Through The Roots, Pacific Dub. Sat: Iration, Natural Vibrations, Pacific Dub. Sun: Emblem 3, MKTO. Ivy @ Andaz, 600 F St, Downtown. ivyentertainmentsandiego.com. Thu: Tristan D, IDeal, Orin Jacobs, Scott Saunders, Pete Prado, Craig Smoove, Cheyenne Giles, Murphi Kennedy, Techn1que, Angle. Fri: Este, Erik Till, Logic, Jake Talcott, Terra Nova. Sat: Momentum, Mike Carbonell, Este, Craig Smoove, Ted Kennedy.

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Wed: Melaza Underground. Thu: Machino (EP release), Lee Reynolds, Marbs, Ivano. Fri: Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn, DRB, Psychopop, RSI. Sat: ‘Ascension.’ Sun: Big Smoke, Mr. 100, Streach Dolla. Mon: DJ Abilities, Sadistik, Maulskull. Tue: ‘Two Step Tuesday.’

Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave, Kensington. 619-284-2848. Fri: Oliver Trolley, Degero, Just Like Jenna. Sat: Coda Reactor, Sharkblood, Hoodrat, Cedar Fire.

La Gran Tapa, 611 B St, Downtown. lagrantapa.com. Wed: Agave Guys, Car-

los and Freddie. Thu: Dusty Brough. Fri: Juan Moro, flamenco. Sat: Pan Am, Latin Magic. Sun: Carlos Velasco. Tue: Tomcat Courtney.

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: Steven Fiore, The Justin King Thing, Tony Ferrari.

Thu: Dusty Brough Group, Natasha Kozaily. Fri: Aaron Bowen, Cara, Lizzy Ficco.

Sat: Ari Hest, Brad Mackerson, John Hull.

Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. theloft.ucsd.edu. Sat: Salsa. Mon: Blabbermouth. Tue: Julian Lage Group.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Goodall Boys. Thu: Rick and Jason.

Numbers, 3811 Park Blvd, Hillcrest. http:// numberssd.com/. Thu: ‘Tagged’ w/ DJ Angel X; ‘Varsity.’ Fri: Viernes Calientes. Sat: ‘Bear Night’; ‘Ladies - Femme Fatale.’

Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Thu: DJs Ikah Love, Adam Salter, Old Money.

Patricks II, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii. com. Wed: Blue Rockit Band. Thu: Mystique Element of Soul. Sat: Dennis Jones.

Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Wed: ‘Bending Colours’ (film). Thu: TKE OFF. Sat: Radical Something. Sun: Starfucker, Blackbird Blackbird.

Propagandist, 835 Fifth Ave, Downtown.

619-238-7117. Fri: Moving Units (DJ set).

Sun: Colour Vision.

Rich’s , 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: ‘Mischief’ w/ Bianca, DJ Marcel. Thu: ‘Repent - Ladies Night.’ Fri: DJs dirty KURTY, Will Z. Sat: DJ Taj. Sun: DJ Kiki.

Riley’s, 2901 Nimitz Blvd, Point Loma.

rileysmusiclounge.com. Wed, Thu, Sat: Karaoke. Fri: The Traumatics.

Riviera Supper Club, 7777 University Ave, La Mesa. rivierasupperclub.com.

Wed: Kice Simko. Thu: Ugly Boogie. Fri: Old Tiger. Sat: Baja Bugs.

Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. rubyroomsd.com. Wed: Hot Mustard, CannonFire, Undead Garden, Schmaltz. Thu: Sculpins, Spreading Evictions, Bullshit77.

Fri: Noah D, Jason, Scary Larry, Bastik Legion, Murdock b2b Spin-Sir, OOZI, CSD, Disekt. Sat: Burning of Rome, Dread Crew of Oddwood, Blood Dancer, Old Man Wizard. Sun: Gunpowder Secrets, VHS, Seven Year War, Wes Maharas, The Lazulis. Tue: ‘Irishsploitation Movie Marathon’.

Searsucker, 611 5th Avenue, Downtown.

Wed: Julian Tydelski.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Jam. Thu: Comedy.

Shakedown Bar, 3048 Midway Drive, Point Loma. theshakedownsd.com. Thu: Stitched Up Heart. Fri: Infinite Death, Insentient, Ashen Earth, Raise the Guns.

Tue: Vampirates, The Station and The Monster, Trashkannon.

Side Bar, 536 Market St, Downtown. sidebarsd.com. Wed: Epic Twelve.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Jukebox the Ghost, Matt Pond, Lighthouse and The Whaler. Thu: Cotton Jones, Oh Spirit, Adams and Eves. Fri: Secret Apollo, Red Pony Clock, St. Cloud Sleepers, Kalashnikov My Wife. Sat: Caspian, Native, Torches. Sun: The Muffs, Kevin Seconds, Dirty Sirens, Octagrape. Mon: Free Energy, Barbarian, Ancient Sea. Tue: Hotel Mexico, Bruin, We Are Sirens.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Fri: As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, For Today, The Color Morale. Sat: Axis of Vendettas, Call it Closure, Hundred Caliber, For His Glory, When Roots Run Deep, Head of the Hydra.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Fri: ‘Green and White Affair’ w/ DJ Stick D, DJ Groveboy. Sat: Yheti, Bleep Bloop, DJ Pound, Mike Gao, Sleeve, Osal8, Squama.

Stage Bar & Grill, 762 Fifth Ave, Downtown. stagesaloon.com. Wed: Mark Fisher/Gaslamp Guitars, Bl3ndr. Thu: Van Roth, Dubstep DJs. Fri: Deadbrokedown, Skool Nights, The Disco Pimps. Sat: DJ Miss Dust, Fingerbang. Mon: Reggae.

Tue: DJ Von Kiss.

The Flame, 3780 Park Blvd, Hillcrest. flamesandiego.com. Fri: ‘Therapy’; ‘Darkwave Garden.’

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park.

Wed: San Pedro el Cortez, Slipping Into Darkness, Sixties. Sat: R. Stevie Moore, Lake, Plateaus. Sun: Vampire Slayer, Late Nite Howl, Marcelo Radulovich, DJ Mnstrpsy.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Thu: Parison Machin, Pinata Protest, Cumbia Machin.

Fri: ‘Taboo’. Sat: I-Abide, DJ Beto Perez, Rudy Roots. Mon: Karaoke. Tue: Kim Gordon Comedy Night.

Tin Can Ale House, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. thetincan1.wordpress.com. Wed: Lemon Lips, Ash Reiter, Requiem for the Rockets. Thu: Grampadrew, 22 Kings, Podunk Nowhere. Fri: Ramp Locals, Hoodrat, Roachspit. Sat: Animal Steel, Moosejaw, Hawke Auburn. Mon: Tyler Daughn.

Tue: Mothlight, Religious Girls, DUDES. Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tio-

leos.com. Wed: SD Cajun Playboys. Thu: Mercedes Moore.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Wed: ‘The Ratt’s Revenge.’ Thu: DJ Diana Death, Heather Hardcore, Miss Kylee. Fri: ‘HipHop vs. Punk Rock’ w/ Sculpins, DJs Unite, Pelengue, Mr. Henshaw. Sat: The Neumans, The Shag Rats, DJ Tony the Tyger, Matteo Londres.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress. Wed: Tomcat Courtney. Fri: Fish Out of Water, Tomcat Courtney. Sat: Trio Neo, Tomcat Courtney.

Sun: Sounds Like Four, Um Cantinho do Samba. Mon: Trio Neo. Tue: Afro Jazziacs.

U-31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Thu: SoundDiego Live Event.

Vin De Syrah, 901 Fifth Ave, Downtown. syrahwineparlor.com. Wed: Dr. MaryKay Fisher. Thu: Underground Art Walk. Fri: DJ Kaos, Rouge. Sat: DJ Bo Saunders.

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd.com. Thu: Skism. Fri: Project 46.

Voz Alta, 1754 National Ave, Barrio Logan. vozaltaprojectgallery.com. Thu: Bill Caballero.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Wed: ‘Commune Wednesday’ w/ Dead Feather Moon, DJ Adam Salter. Thu: VAMP Showcase: Dirty Talk Vol.2.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Open mic w/ Jefferson Jay (6 p.m.); Piracy Conspiracy, DJ Carlos Culture (9:30 p.m.). Thu: Comedy (6 p.m.); The Ben Miller Band (9:30 p.m.).

Fri: C. Money and the Players Inc., Agent 22, The Stir Crazies. Sat: Banyan. Sun: ‘O.B.-o-ke’ w/ Jose Sinatra. Mon: Electric Waste Band.

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