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Council’s backwards on medi-pot Man, talk about getting dissed. For all the effort San But they didn’t stop there—Emerald also wants the Diego Mayor Bob Filner put into proposing a new council to compel Filner to enforce the current de way to make storefront medical-marijuana dispensafacto ban on dispensaries by telling his code-compliries legal, and after more than three hours of public ance staff to send complaints to the City Attorney’s testimony on Monday, the City Council essentially office, the first step toward shuttering dispensaries. ignored Filner’s proposal and reverted to a plan that The concern among advocates in 2011—and City failed two years ago. Led by Councilmember Marti Beat agreed—was that the ordinance allowed only Emerald, a Democrat, the council told the City Atfor dispensaries in the city’s far-flung industrial torney’s office to bring back an ordinance that the zones, making it difficult for sick people to get to council passed—and then rescinded—in 2011, so that them. They must be allowed in commercial zones it can be used as the template for another try. where public transit is plentiful.

But here’s the head-scratcher: The 2011 ordiPresumably, the majority of the City Council is nance was rescinded because advocates for medical getting a lot of blowback from constituents who marijuana, who thought the proposal made it too aren’t convinced that dispensaries, by and large, are hard for many people to get access to the herb, coltruly motivated by compassion for sick folks. Presumlected enough signatures to put a repeal measure on ably, there’s too much fear that the prevailing motive David Rolland the ballot, and the council decided to is profit. It’s striking how much of give up rather than pay for an electhe council’s rhetoric is weighted tion. Not only is the council going toward protecting children from the back to that failed effort; it sounds scourge of marijuana; it verges on like the council’s planning to make it hysterical. Frankly, the council—and even more restrictive this time. the community at large—should be What’s going on here? Do counfar more worried about bad parentcil members believe the advocates ing than access to marijuana. regret their repeal effort so much The one positive development on that they’ll accept whatever the City Monday was Emerald’s request for a Council passes, even if it’s worse study into whether the resurrected than the last one? Do they not care ordinance’s restrictive buffers would if the advocates collect signatures create a de facto ban on dispensaries. again? If that happens, is the council We’d like to see that, too. prepared to just throw up its hands A patient decries Tuesday’s raid.

Gloria told us Tuesday morning and move on to the next issue? that he’s hoping for this scenario: City Council President Todd Gloria, who on A new law allows for a few dispensaries, which act Monday appeared perplexed and disappointed by like little angels, setting the stage for relaxed zonhis colleague’s direction, has spoken for the entire ing restrictions after it becomes clear that more are council in saying that it fully supports the notion needed closer to where people live, shop and run of marijuana as medicine. Indeed, several members errands. Those are our words, not his, but that was echoed that sentiment, with Councilmember Scott his point.

Sherman, a Republican, even talking sincerely about Medical-marijuana advocate Ken Cole, whose someone close to him who benefited from marijuana.

Downtown dispensary was (coincidentally?) raided However, the majority of the council clearly wants to by federal agents and sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday, make it difficult for people to get at this medicine. told CityBeat that he and others felt “ambushed” by For example, the 2011 ordinance created a 600the City Council this week, but they’ll regroup, refoot buffer between marijuana dispensaries and quest meetings with lawmakers and try to get the some other places, mostly where children gather. best possible ordinance.

And it banned people with violent felonies on their Marijuana policy is traveling closely behind gay records from running dispensaries. There was talk marriage on the path toward widespread acceptance.

Monday of banning people with any felonies in their It would be nice if the City Council would get out in front and be leaders rather than followers. past from running dispensaries. And there was support for lengthening the buffer zone to 1,000 feet and What do you think? Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com. adding to the list of places that would require buffers.

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The road Filner took Regarding your April 3 editorial on Bob Filner and the Tourism Marketing District: Why not just say, “Well done, Mayor Filner!” All this CityBeat quoting and agreeing with the U-T is unbecoming. Where was the “low road” you mention?

Filner took the high road— the one that delivers the greatest public benefit. He did favors for taxpayers with the indemnification provision, by reducing the number of years the TMD agreement will run and by opening the possibility that there will actually be public hearings on the less-than-living wages of hotel workers who are the backbone of San Diego tourism. (All this, despite the possibility that the TMD tax/fee may be found illegal in court.)

You falsely equate the mayor’s campaign support from hotel workers’ with the pay-to-play contributions from hoteliers to City Council members like Sherri Lightner and elected City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. Filner has championed working people throughout his public life, so labor gets behind him. That’s how it works if you consistently stand up for improving the lives of workers and other powerless people, as Filner has.

Lightner lives in a house on the beach in La Jolla amid business types who demand evidence of fealty. Her council colleague Todd Gloria is busy feathering his political future with quid pro quo favors from deep pockets, wherever they may be. Goldsmith is a longtime conservative Republican politico, accustomed to such funding.

You “wish” Lightner and Gloria had sided with Filner in the “tourism flap”? Laughably, you say, “for whatever reason, they didn’t,” citing their different

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“policy choices.” Those weren’t “policy choices”; they were bought-and-paid-for votes by wishy-washy Democrats, serving themselves, and inexcusably giving the city’s first Democratic mayor heartburn. But Filner prevailed, with the help of Democratic Councilmember David Alvarez, to find the common good.

I repeat: That was the high road.

And then you wander off, citing “scorched-earth retribution.” Huh? Who did that—Mike Aguirre?

Frances O’Neill Zimmerman, La Jolla

TMD alternatives I liked your April 3 editorial about Bob Filner’s victory against the hoteliers. Filner attached conditions to the renewed Tourism Marketing District (TMD) contract that the City Council never would have proposed.

But there are alternatives.

First and foremost, what about putting this increased tourism tax on the ballot? Many lawyers say this is what the California Constitution requires for increased taxation. Mayor Filner proposed this before he made his deal with the hoteliers.

The other alternative is quite simple: Since advertising is such a good investment, why don’t the hotel owners buy the advertising? No tax needed.

Can the hotels afford it ? Their gross annual income, calculated from what they pay in transit occupancy taxes, is $1.5 billion.

Spending 2 percent on advertising equals $30 million, the amount now spent by the Tourism Marketing District.

Mel Shapiro, Hillcrest

courtesy: Hipfel family

Part four of a series: 60 Dead Inmates

priate to compare the number of suicides with the total number of inmates who pass through the jail system annually. Using that method results in a rate of 2.8 suicides per 100,000 inmates.

“If San Diego County wants to calculate their suicide rate based upon yearly admissions, they’re perfectly free to do so,” says Lindsey Hayes, a suicide-prevention expert with the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives.

“But then they cannot compare themselves to others because no one else calculates the rate like that. Clearly, the average daily population rate has its drawbacks, but it’s the purest rate.”

CityBeat obtained and analyzed medical-examiner reports, oversight-body findings and jail policies and interviewed family members to put together a picture of how suicides happen in jail.

“When I investigate a jail system that’s had [16] suicides in a six-year period, I tend to find that there were either bad practices or preventable deaths in many of the cases,” Hayes says. “You normally come to the conclusion that not all of those 16 deaths were preventable, but many of them were.”

Hayes says he looks for problems with training, intake screening, inadequate medical and mental-health staffing and whether there are enough officers to do rounds at regular intervals.

“There are usually multiple reasons why these problems exist,” he says. “You don’t have to average two or three suicides a year in your jail system.”

lot of the chronically mentally ill who previously resided in state hospitals are now circulating between the streets and correctional settings,” says Dr. Hal Wortzel, a University of Colorado professor who’s examined suicidal behavior among inmates and recently released inmates. “That may, in part, explain why we see so many suicides in correctional settings.”

She acknowledges the Sheriff’s Department’s role as one of the county’s largest mental-health service providers—roughly a quarter to one-third of inmates are on psychiatric medication, she points out.

Caldwell describes the department’s medical screening and care as “excellent.”

For the parents of inmates, blame often turns inward.

Shane Hipfel had always been bipolar, but at the end of the summer of 2011, the 39-year-old tutor was off his medication and experiencing violent, paranoid-schizophrenic episodes. In October, he was arrested after attacking a gardener who was mowing the lawn near his window.

Shane’s parents, Wayne Hipfel and Peggy Leder, had been flying back and forth from Michigan, where they lived, staying for weeks at a time to check on their son. They’re haunted by their decision not to bail Shane out of jail.

“I wish to heck I had,” Wayne says. “I thought about it, but I wasn’t really ready to do it, either, because I didn’t know what we were going to do when we got him out.”

In jail, they thought he’d be protected from himself and receive treatment. Shane was a “green-banded” inmate, which meant he wore a fluorescent-green wristband to indicate he was highly assaultive. When his parents visited him, he was covered in bruises and abrasions and expressed fear that someone was going to kill him.

“He would never say who,” Wayne says. “We didn’t know if schizophrenia was going on with him or if somebody was threatening him in jail.”

Shane was sentenced to a three-year term at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County, but the transfer was weeks away, if not months. The paperwork allowing psychiatric treatment to begin at the jail also was delayed by a backlog at the court.

New Year’s Day 2012 brought good news: Shane finally had been transferred to the jail’s psychiatric security unit, where he could be medicated.

“Boy, that was the best call we got,” Wayne says. “We were so happy about that.”

The next day, another call came. Shane was on life support after attempting to drown himself in his toilet. He died five days later.

Wayne and Peggy have yet to find closure; there’s just not enough certainty. They remember Shane’s fear, his injuries and how an independent pathologist said his autopsy pointed to homicide. But the pathologist never saw the video that reportedly captured Shane’s death.

A San Diego attorney watched a portion of the video on behalf of the family’s lawyer and said it was clearly suicide, but Wayne wants to see it himself, even if it means going to court.

“If they do show me the video of him, I don’t cherish seeing that, but at least I’ll know.”

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Shane Hipfel’s parents thought their severely mentally ill son would be safer in jail; Hipfel drowned himself in a jail toilet on Jan. 2, 2012.

Suicide in the cell

Inmates kill themselves at a high rate after sheriff refuses to revamp policies

by Kelly Davis and Dave Maass

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en men and one woman hung themselves in San Diego County jails during the last six years. They used socks or sheets, stringing handmade nooses from sinks, doors and bunks.

One inmate flung himself headfirst over the second tier of his unit. Two men intentionally overdosed on prescription medication. One drowned himself in a toilet. Another purposefully ingested a large amount of water so quickly that he died from acute water intoxication.

All counted, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department recorded 16 inmate suicides between 2007 and 2012.

Among California counties, only Los Angeles, whose jail system is roughly four times the size of San Diego’s, recorded more suicides—24—during that period.

“The sad reality is that a person who is determined to commit suicide will commit suicide, and by using the everyday objects within their reach,” Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jan Caldwell writes in an email. “We train our deputies to look for signs of distress. However, drinking water would not be a recognizable signal for anyone.”

But for correctional health experts, the county’s high suicide and mortality rates signal something could be wrong in San Diego’s five jails.

As we reported in the first part of our investigative series “60 Dead Inmates,” between 2007 and 2012, San Diego County had the highest mortality rate among California’s 10 largest jail systems. Using the statistical method adopted by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Institute of Corrections—the number of deaths divided by each jail system’s average daily population—CityBeat also found that San Diego had the second-highest suicide rate among the state’s large jail systems: 54 suicides per 100,000 inmates, more than 60 percent higher than the average.

Caldwell described the BJS methodology as “mathematically exaggerated” and argued that it’s more appro-

lame is a hard thing to place when an inmate commits n 2007, the Sheriff’s Department—at the recommendation suicide. In a broad context, jail suicides can be viewed of the county’s Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board as a product of history, with the de-institutionalization (CLERB), the oversight body that reviews jail deaths and of the mentally ill in the 1960s and ’70s. officer-related misconduct—implemented a new suicide“A lot of people have made the observation or argument Suicide CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 that with that change in our mental-healthcare system, a

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suicide CONTINUED from PAGE 7 prevention training program to help staff better identify suicidal inmates. An April 2008 letter from CLERB’s then-chair Robert Winston acknowledged the progress but demanded more after 21-yearold Adrian Correa, a schizophrenic who’d threatened suicide in the past, fashioned a noose out of a blanket and hung himself from the top corner of his bunk.

CLERB’s investigation identified significant gaps in how information regarding at-risk inmates is communicated between guards and support staff. The board advised the Sheriff’s Department to include briefings during shift changes and implement a checklist system so deputies could better keep track of suicidal inmates.

“There is no written guidance on the type of information passed from deputy to supervisor, or from supervisor to supervisor,” Winston wrote.

It took the Sheriff’s Department nearly two years to respond to Winston’s letter.

In his response, Earl Goldstein, the jail system’s medical director,

downplayed the problem of suicide in county jails, saying that during a two-year period—July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009—only four inmates had killed themselves.

His count, however, was off by two. Six inmates killed themselves during that period; a seventh committed suicide on July 3, 2009. In 2010, five people killed themselves in county jails—the most during the six-year period CityBeat reviewed.

The jail system’s written suicide-prevention policies are brief.

They state that, during intake, every inmate’s to be asked whether they’ve considered suicide, attempted suicide or been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts. Inmates who answer “Yes” to “Are you feeling suicidal?” are either placed in a safety cell or refused entry to the jail and transported to the county’s psychiatric hospital. After intake, “[a]ll reports of suicidal behavior shall be considered serious,” the policy says.

“Once they’re on suicide watch, rarely does an inmate commit suicide,” Hayes says. “Suicides occur when they’re not identified properly and they slip through the cracks or they’re prematurely released from suicide watch and put back into the population, and then hours, days,

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weeks later, they commit suicide.”

Sean Wallace is one such example. The 38-year-old had been moved back and forth from a safety cell to the general population several times, a medical examiner’s report notes. He was bipolar and schizophrenic, had repeatedly said he planned to kill himself and had reportedly tried to slice his wrists with a butter knife. On April 23, 2011, 48 minutes after he’d been moved back to the general population, he was found hanging from his bunk by a bed sheet torn into strips.

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Hayes says the standard of care is to closely monitor suicidal inmates—every 15 minutes for inmates at moderate risk—keeping in mind how quickly someone can kill himself.

“Someone who is either threatening suicide and seemingly very serious about it, someone who has already attempted suicide—those are folks that almost everyone agrees are at high risk and you can’t afford to put them on a 15-minute level of observation because it only takes three to five minutes to successfully commit suicide.”

For some inmates, the warning signs aren’t as clear. They won’t admit suicidal thoughts to jail staff because they don’t want to be placed in a safety cell, or there will be a triggering event—a bad day in court, an upsetting visit with family—that might push an inmate over the edge. Hayes says he’ll do a “psychological autopsy”—go over an inmate’s medical and psychiatric records, talk to jail staff and family members, basically do everything possible to try to get inside a person’s head.

Connie Jones is trying to do that.

She doesn’t want to think her son, Christopher Blenderman, killed himself. The medical examiner categorized Blenderman’s death as an accident, not a suicide, concluding that the 40-year-old overdosed on drugs, but not intentionally.

This doesn’t jibe for Jones. Her son always stuck to his drugs of choice, cocaine and alcohol, but it was the odd combination of meth and heroin that were found in his system. And though he was a longtime addict, “Chris never drugged when he was in jail,” Jones says.

“He always went to the top of the class, and I would say, ‘Why can’t you live like this on the outside?’”

Blenderman’s criminal history was tied to his addiction— he’d steal, often from family and friends—to buy drugs.

At the time of his death, he’d

been in jail for a year and was facing another year, his mother says.

The last time she talked to him, he “sounded forlorn.” She wrote him a letter via the jail’s email system, but it didn’t arrive until the day he died.

Prior to his last jail stint, Blenderman, who was bipolar, had been in Tri-City hospital’s psychiatric ward at least twice, Jones says. The medical examiner’s report says he’d tried to commit suicide in the past, though another part of the report contradicts this, saying that he’d admitted to jail staff that he’d thought about killing himself. Early on Sept. 7, 2012, he was found dead from a lethal combination of meth, heroin and antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication, some of which had been prescribed to him, some of which hadn’t. His cellmate told a deputy that Blenderman had been “hoarding” medication.

In its September 2009 review of the death of James Phillips, a sex offender who took a lethal dose of the anti-depressant Doxepin, CLERB noted that other inmates had helped Phillips hoard the medication “in defiance of the jail’s ‘watch take’ program, in which medical staff members watch inmates take their prescribed medication.” The review board didn’t, however, offer any policy recommendations.

Jones wants to find her son’s cellmate, to see what exactly he knew. Like other parents CityBeat’s talked to for this series, Jones has had trouble getting basic information from the Sheriff’s Department.

She says her son “should have been on watch. They knew he’d been in the psych ward. He was on psych meds. So, if he stopped taking those meds on their watch, and if he used something on their watch, then that is their responsibility.”

Write to kellyd@sdcitybeat.com, davem@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

COURTESY: BRUCE WILLIAMS

JOHN R.

SPIN CYCLE

LAMB A hurdle for Myrtle “Sometimes the best gain is to lose.” more than twice as many votes as —George Herbert her nearest competitor, San Diego Pride executive director and comJust when it appeared the San munity activist Dwayne CrenDiego City Council race in Dis- shaw. The race appeared over trict 4 to replace Tony Young before the march to the May 21 seemed headed toward its coro- runoff had started. nation phase, an interesting twist Pollard decided to change that has made the final month of cam- dynamic. He gathered together paigning worth watching. the seven other primary candiSpin Cycle must admit it took a dates to arrange an unsolicited while to get over the woefully low mass-endorsement for Crenshaw. voter turnout (20 percent) for the Five agreed, including the lone March 26 primary battle.

Republican in the race.

“We keep shooting ourselves in Why the resistance to Cole? For the foot,” third-place finisher Bar- the five, it seems that labor’s finanry Pollard told Spin, barely con- cial largesse in her campaign—more taining his scorn. “And then we than $80,000, Pollard said—puts complain and play victim, and we Cole’s independence in question. want to blame everybody else.”

“It’s a political machine versus When the primary dust had a community’s interest,” Pollard settled, local labor’s sweetheart, said. “That was more money than Myrtle Cole, found herself with all of the other candidates had

combined. That left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth around here, and it became obvious to a lot of folks that labor and the Democratic Party came in to buy this thing for the benefit of another vote Downtown rather than what’s in the best interest of the community.”

Mayor Bob Filner endorsed Cole shortly after the primary, but it came during the annual Cesar Chavez Day march through downtown San Diego—not in District 4—and it came off to some as more how Cole could help Filner (the mayor mentioned, for example, how he needed her vote to get better wages for hotel workers) rather than what Cole had in mind to improve the lives of residents in District 4.

“There’s a consensus that labor hasn’t done much for this community,” Pollard said, “certainly for African-Americans with jobs and visibility in the labor unions.

When you go down to most of the labor unions, you don’t see many black faces down there.”

For CityBeat-endorsed candidate Blanca Lopez-Brown, a preschool teacher and Lemon Grove School District board member, endorsing Crenshaw came easily after interviewing both finalists.

“I wanted to see who would

From left: Spackman, Villafranca, Pollard, Lopez-Brown, Williams serve in the best interests of the residents of the 4th District but then be a key player down at City Hall, too,” she said. “I just think the possibilities for the 4th are much greater with an independent thinker, not with a person who’s beholden to labor.”

Some of the five used the term “home team” to describe Crenshaw, a reference to his native roots in the district and Cole’s residency issues when she first appeared on the election radar.

“Dwayne’s lifetime of residency makes a big difference,” said Tony Villafranca, a tireless community volunteer who finished eighth in the primary. “What we have here is a home-team candidate in Dwayne Crenshaw against what people in the 4th District are seeing as a person representing outside interests more than interests that are specific to the district.”

Asked for specifics, Villafranca noted Cole’s championing of the “Gaslamp East” redevelopment along Imperial Avenue. “Words like ‘Gaslamp’ suggest things in another district,” he said. “The last time I looked, there weren’t a lot of people in the 4th who relate to living Downtown. I think what we need here is something more inclusive of our multiculturalism, something with more of an international flair that evokes the ethnicity that’s native to San Diego.”

“He’s the home team,” concurred Bruce Williams, another born-and-raised District 4 candidate who finished seventh in the March primary. “He’s been in the trenches, knows the good stewards of the area. It’s important because if you have a staff that’s just focused on doing what Democrats, what labor, what the mayor wants, who then will meet the needs of our constituents?”

Sandy Spackman, the sole Republican in the race, was the final contender to join the other Crenshaw endorsers. “I just decided not to think too much about it,” she said, “just to think who would be the best person for this position, and the an-

swer is no doubt Dwayne.”

Cole, on the other hand, will “have to answer to a lot of people who want to dictate what’s going to happen,” Spackman said. “Myrtle is all about labor and all about what the mayor wants to do, and I don’t see her being independent.”

Bringing business—any business—into the district also seems a point of departure for the five contenders. Cole has staunchly opposed efforts by the nonprofit Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation to bring to the district another Walmart (there’s already one in the College Grove Shopping Center).

However you feel about Walmart, it’s one of the few businesses showing an interest in building in the district, Pollard said. “A lot of people don’t necessarily agree with Walmart’s business practices, but a lot of people think that’s labor’s fight,” he said. “It’s not like grocery stores are beating down the damn door to get into this community.

Labor has been unwilling or unable to provide an alternative.”

Asked for a comment, the Cole campaign issued a statement playing up her notable endorsements, from elected officials to police and fire organizations. “She’d rather have those endorsements any day!” the statement concluded.

Crenshaw, meanwhile, welcomed the support. “Like me,” he said in a release, “Blanca, Barry, Sandy, Tony and Bruce have all lived in the 4th District for more than 30 years and have a real record of working in the community.

I look forward to working with each of them.”

Asked if the endorsements for Crenshaw from candidates who garnered 56 percent of the primary vote will help, Pollard hedged: “I want to have a good fight, but labor’s got the money.

My biggest fear for District 4 is nothing will change, that we’ll be used as tools.”

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by Mina Riazi Mina Riazi

cucumbers stayed crunchy and the tomatoes were ripe, the salad needed an extra splash of lemon juice for that zingy acidic punch.

Mansour, the Grill’s friendly, bespectacled owner, visited our table and sparked up conversation.

He said he used to be the manager of Convoy’s Parsian International Market. A part of the now-closed mart lives on at Grill House in the form of boxed sweets and tubs of loose-leaf tea sold in the back.

Familiar Iranian favorites dominate the menu, including ghormeh sabzi—an herb-heavy stew flavored with dried lemon and spices— chicken and beef kabobs and fesTwo skewers of beef kebab with hot bread and grilled tomatoes senjoon, a pomegranate and walnut stew. Sandwiches like the gyros wrap tiptoe from traditional cuisine, while the beef kabob sarnie is a fresh alternative to the usual meat-and-rice pairing.

Feeling extra carnivorous, my grub buddy and I ordered the chicken sandwich and the beef-kabob plate. We requested a side of torshi, or PerThe thrill of the grill sian pickles. The chicken sammie benefited from the hot zing and crunch of the cauliflower pickDespite being barely 18 months old, Miramar’s les. Chewy pita held together the chicken kabob Grill House Cafe is no drooling baby. The Iranipieces, lettuce, tomato and onion. The result was an eatery has grown past the shaky crawling stage savory but needed a final coat of both flavor and undergone by many newbies and settled into an texture to really shine. And although the pickles easy stride. If it weren’t for its dark-yellow walls, helped, they didn’t elevate the sandwich to exthe large, high-ceilinged restaurant would feel traordinary heights. cold and flat. But the warm color adds intimacy, The beef-kabob plate, however, had me at first creating the kind of environment best suited for bite. The meat’s rich juices flavored the bread undevouring hearty, belly-filling meals. derneath, and two grilled tomatoes added a nice Grill House Cafe (9494 Black Mountain Road, tartness. Somagh, a powdery condiment that’s sour grillhousecafe.com) is bookended by Indian in that lip-pursing kind of way, pairs well with the joints and auto shops. But don’t judge the resgently charred meat—a shaker full of the reddish taurant by the jumble of oily car-repair centers stuff should be on your table. The bee-kabob plate across the street; the food here is solid and the reminded me of summers I spent in Shiraz, my prices are fair. For instance, the ash reshteh, or grandpa bent over his charcoal grill, smoke slowmixed bean soup, was a sturdy dish priced at less rising over hot and sputtering beef skewers. than $4. The vegetarian appetizer pleased with The dessert options are few, but after such a its chewy noodles and chopped cilantro, parsley, filling meal, dessert would have been a struggle. I spinach and chives. A glob of yogurt topped the settled for a glass of hot tea sweetened with sugar thick winter stew. Chickpeas, lentils and kidney cubes. On my way out, though, I snagged a box of pastries—sweet company for the drive home. beans were the star players, and added texture.

I also ordered the Shirazi salad, a simple mix Write to minar@sdcitybeat.com of diced tomato, cucumber and red onion dressed and editor@sdcitybeat.com. in olive oil, lemon juice and mint. Though the

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by ian cheesman

beer &

chees Beer-eka!

I am not typically a superstitious man. I don’t fear black cats or walking under ladders. I don’t believe voodoo dolls are a means to bewitch others (though I have seen enough of the Child’s Play flicks to know it’s never a bad idea to stab dolls as a preventative measure). But as I first witness Eureka! in the UTC shopping center (4353 La Jolla Village Drive), I’m pretty certain it’s cursed.

Since my time at UCSD many moons ago, I’ve watched innumerable restaurants, even promisingly beer-themed ones, sprout up at this location only to be mercilessly mowed down. It could just be that its lease involves some lopsided Faustian bargain, but I’m convinced that this slice of the Golden Triangle must be a distant cousin of the Bermuda equivalent.

Since I managed to cross Eureka!’s threshold without the roof caving in on me, I gingerly followed the host past the Native American burial sites to a table and browsed the restaurant’s wares. The menu has a strong focus on burgers, craft brew and boutique whiskey, which basically reads like a shopping list for my id.

Twenty-seven of the 40 taps are dedicated offerings with a strong focus on West Coast styles and breweries, while the remaining are on perpetual rotation. The core beers represented an excellent cross section of styles, making them worthy perennials, though my taste buds (a capricious lot) would prefer the ratio to be reversed. As long as I’m whining, I’d like to further mention that limiting the daily happyhour discounts to only the dedicated taps made my overly entitled blood roil with beer-nerd rage. Were it not for the simultaneously crisp and tender osso bucco riblets on the happy-

hour menu, I probably would’ve regressed into full-blown sulking.

An equally patient and informed wait staff is critical to propping up this volume of taps, and Eureka! certainly provided it. I was given worthwhile guidance when describing the beers I favored and was delivered countless samples with nary a groan. Customers who are new to craft brew will find Eureka! nurturing and informative.

Eureka!’s menu likewise treated me kindly.

The jalapeño egg burger was a glorious, yolksopping mess of interspecies carnage that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’d definitely recommend it with the Ritual Extra Red if they have it, but the Green Flash Hop Head Red is a close second.

The inclusion of a kids menu was especially pleasing, since breeders like me are often forced to disregard more convenient pub options because they banish chicken tenders and chocoian cheesman

late milk. I appreciate that many customers prefer their watering holes unsullied by their shorter, brattier counterparts, but Daddy needs to get his drink on.

I’m punting whatever vestiges of skepticism I previously held and making this column a fullfledged plea to whatever mystical forces have jurisdiction over restaurant survival. Its stable of tasty beers and juicy burgers alone is at least worth shaving off a little of the bad juju. It may not be pioneering the high-end pub-grub model, but Eureka!’s take on it still impresses.

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

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looks top-notch, but Cheyenne pointed me smilingly toward her drink, “Cheyenne’s Cucumber Daisy.” An icy steel mug arrived, full of a dangerously smooth muddle of Hendrick’s Gin, cucumber, mint and lime. When the temperatures really start to rise this summer, this will be the drink to get me through the sweatiest parts of August.

The entrées all looked amazing—I was almost lured in by the duck confit with blood orange sauce—but we were correctly steered in the direction of rustic simplicity and decided to share the roasted veggie lasagna. This isn’t a noodle-heavy dish; rather, the intense flavors Sweet potato spring rolls of roasted eggplant, mushroom, tomatoes and garlic are the stars, along with enough cheese to make this dairy-lover quite happy.

We decided to take a tour of the appetizer menu—a fun and often-cheaper way to get a sampling of what they’re doing in the kitchen. Two tastes were absolute standouts: the crispy sweet Full bloom potato spring rolls and the braised-pork tostadas.

The kalua pork in the tostadas is brined for I may not be the youngest hipster on the block, a couple of days, imbuing the meat with moisbut I’m confident I haven’t yet joined the deture and subtle sweetness. The delicate shreds mographic you’ll typically find in Del Mar. Not are topped with deeply caramelized onions and to knock the lovely seaside enclave, but it just a spicy buttermilk sauce that provides a creamy isn’t my scene. And yet, how have I only recently brightness to the other intense and meaty flavors. heard about Iris Food & Spirits?

The sweet potato spring rolls were a unique Iris occupies a busy little twist of residential surprise. Instead of chunks of sweet potatoes, the road at the southern end of Del Mar (2334 Cartubers are blended to a velvety, creamy consistency mel Valley Road, irisfoodandspirits.com); if it and studded with fat, salty chunks of pancetta. Dipdidn’t sit just west of Interstate 5, we’d call it Carping the rolls into the ruby beet sauce was just the mel Valley. There’s nothing trendy or gimmicky treat I needed after a day involving multiple melthere—merely a vibrant little cottage of a restaudowns by a teething toddler. (The gin helped, too.) rant perched right on the marshy lagoon at the In a vibrant coastal county like San Diego, Torrey Pines reserve, a swipe of Pacific blue its there’s a surprising lack of really good oceanbackdrop. The atmosphere is mature yet lacking view restaurants. Oh, sure, there are a few highin any sort of horse-racing-community fussiness. end marquee joints, but when it comes to seaside We were utterly charmed by our server, Cheydining, there’s a lot of mediocrity out there. Iris enne, a sparkly little moonbeam whose energy Food & Spirits is just the ticket: excellent food, beautiful location and minimal pretension. could have been too much, but, instead, made us feel like we’d stumbled upon a restaurant run by Write to jennym@sdcitybeat.com a tight-knit team of friendly folks. Whisky is genand editor@sdcitybeat.com. erally my favorite poison, and Iris’ cocktail menu

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The government can’t hide behind Gmail

I love public records laws like a firefighter loves his ax. I love the heft of the federal Freedom of Information Act (or the California Public Records Act) when I slam it into the door of the establishment. And I love it when it gets sharpened.

Since 2009, open-records activists and the city of San Jose have waged a court battle over how far these laws— which are designed to make sure citizens can access government documents— extend to digital communications, particularly when an official decides to use his private email rather than his governA private Twitter conversation between City Council staffers ment-issued account.

In this case, Ted Smith was the plucky citizen covered if you win. That isn’t the case in New who wanted to know what wheeling and dealing Mexico, where the Santa Fe Reporter (from which members of the San Jose City Council were doing CityBeat poached me in 2009) is currently winwith developers on their personal email accounts ning its legal battle against the state’s governor. and through text messages on their personal In June 2012, the alt-weekly put in a request for phones. The city said no way, (citizens of San) Jose, emails sent by the governor’s staff using personal those are private. Last month, a Santa Clara County and campaign email addresses. Through a leak, judge ruled against the city in a no-duh decision SFR already had obtained many of the emails, so that San Jose’s now taking up the appeal ladder. reporters knew they existed—yet the governor’s Consider the implications of the city’s arguoffice refused to hand them over. Unlike in Califorment. If an official knows his personal email acnia, New Mexico’s laws allow the public to appeal counts are protected from scrutiny, what’s to stop a decision to the attorney general; SFR did, and the all of government from moving to Gmail and conattorney general agreed with them. Again, unlike ducting its business fully in the dark? This makes California, New Mexico has a $100-a-day penalty me want to get my hatchet out and do what Kai for improperly withholding records. According the Heroic Hitchhiker did to that psychopath who to the clock ticking away on SFR’s homepage, the thought he was Jesus. (Don’t know what I’m talkgovernor could owe the paper more than $25,000. ing about? Watch this: youtu.be/uZ7g1uUYe9M.) Anecdotally, San Diego hasn’t been all that bad Government documents belong to the people, on these issues. Last November, I filed requests and it doesn’t matter where the documents are. for private messages sent through then-CounLet’s say I filed a records request to find out how cilmember Carl DeMaio’s staff’s Twitter accounts. many red clown noses the city of Bozoville bought The records I received weren’t particularly interthis year. And let’s say that the day the purchase esting, but, still, the city turned them over. order was drafted, Winky McGoofer, the chief pro(On a related note, the city’s Ethics Commiscurement officer of Bozoville, was working from sion clarified the rules at its April 11 meeting, home. So, McGoofer printed it out on his personal stating that city staff can’t use city-linked socialinkjet, transmitted it through his personal fax mamedia accounts for campaign purposes.) chine and then left his copy on his kitchen table.

However, there may be cause for concern with That purchase order doesn’t stop belonging to the new mayoral administration. During a January the citizens of Bozoville just because McGoofer meeting with medical-marijuana activists, Mayor didn’t want to take off his pajamas that day.

Bob Filner told the audience to send recommenSan Jose’s legal team makes the argument that dations to his campaign email account. Before its McGoofers have a right to privacy. It wouldn’t he’d even finished speaking, I shot off a records be right to authorize a government agency to dig request for any correspondence he’d received at into its employees’ personal email accounts anythose accounts. No emails were ever produced. time some open-government zealot like me files That might’ve been my fault: In my axe-wielding a request. I wholeheartedly agree. That would berserkedness, I mistyped the domain name for be just as invasive as kicking down McGoofer’s his campaign addresses, giving Filner’s office the door and rifling through his drawers and cabinets opportunity to invoke a technicality. looking for purchase orders.

I haven’t followed up since I left my full-time But that doesn’t mean McGoofer shouldn’t gig at CityBeat in February, but I encourage you to have to produce it himself. And if he fails to, well, give it a shot. You can demand emails sent to bob then he’s broken the law. filnerformayor.com accounts with just a quick note to the City Clerk at cityclerk@sandiego.gov.

Unfortunately, in California, there’s not much of a penalty for evading public-records law. You Let me know what happens at davem@sdcitybeat. can take a government agency to court, as Smith com, and comment to editor@sdcitybeat.com. did, but you’ll be lucky just to get your legal bills

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ate “Sentinels,” a piece made up of roughly 40 small statue-like dogs, each around 6 inches tall, that look like they’re decaying.

“It’s basically about conjuring the invisible, visualizing the invisible and creating an awareness of the hidden elements of our lives,” says Vabianna Santos, who curated the show along with Gallerneaux. “We wanted to see how this could be redefined in contemporary terms.”

The show features six artists, including Berlin-based Kandis Williams, whose collages explore the intersection of themes like nationalism, violence, ritual and magic. Other participating artists include Adam Nelson, whose Kristen Gallerneaux’s “Sentinels” large-scale sculptures look like flowing liquid that’s been frozen in time, and Portland’s Carl Diehl, whose video work incorporates Kitchen drawers slam, walls ooze and the sometimes-ghostly glitches, disruptions and odd visitors are attacked by unknown forces. sounds of audio-visual devices.

They’re the kind of eerie events attributed to polterThe evening also features a performance by the geists, the mischievous ghosts popularized by mov- band Looming—who promise on their Facebook ies and paranormal investigators. The Unknown, an page to “sonically scourge the halls of the Space 4 art exhibition opening from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Art”—and food from the Flavors of East Africa food April 27, at Space 4 Art (325 15th St. in East Village, truck. Space 4 Art is a live-work space for artists, sdspace4art.org), will draw attention to these phe- many of whom will have open studios during the nomena, as well as other aspects of the occult. event. The Unknown will be on view through May 25.

Folklorist and artist Kristen Gallerneaux, whose family had monthly séances in her home when she was growing up, has collected debris from sites believed to be haunted, ranging from her hometown of WallaceThe 2000 film Billy Elliot tells the story burg, Ontario, to San Pedro, Calif. She used cotton and of a working-class boy in Northern Enghorsehair from a broken armchair, for instance, to creland during the miners strike of the mid-1980s. Amid an awesome soundtrack that includes The Jam and T. Rex, Billy discovers his passion for ballet despite his family’s disapproval. Seriously, nothing warms Jug bands. The world needs more jug the heart like seeing Billy dance his heart out to “A bands. Banjos, mandolins and autoharps— Town Called Malice.” You can see the Broadway-muthey’ve all had their day. Bring on the jugs. Start with sical adaptation, featuring a score by Elton John and G Burns Jug Band, who’ll perform at Adams Avenue original screenplay writer Lee Hall, when Billy ElUnplugged, a two-day aural feast of music happening liot the Musical comes to the San Diego Civic Thein restaurants, coffeehouses, bars, stores and parks on ater (1100 Third Ave., Downtown) starting Thursand around Adams Av- day, April 30. It runs through May 5, with evening enue in Normal Heights and daytime performances. Tickets range from $25on Saturday and Sun- $140. Check broadwaysd.com/billy-elliot.htm for day, April 26 and 27 (11 show times. And bring tissues. Your heart will melt.

AMY BOYLE a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday).

Find the full schedule of roughly 180 performances at adamsaveonline. com. Our picks: Tomcat Courtney, Marie Haddad, Nena Anderson, Louie Perez and Josh Damigo, Los AlaDavid Hidalgo cranes (who’ll be joined

by Louie Perez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos), Euphoria Brass Band, the John C. Reilly-fronted Reilly & Friends, Colorado’s The Haunted Windchimes and, of course, the G Burns Jug Band.

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“After van Gogh” by Devorah Sperber is part of String Theory, an all-female exhibition of fiber art on view until June 1 at Scott White Contemporary Art (7655 Girard Ave. in La Jolla).

ART HRobert Sanchez at Blueprint Cafe, 1805 Newton Ave., Barrio Logan. The local-music-scene photographer celebrates 10 years of Latin Jazz with a series of black and white images from recent jam sessions. From 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. 619-233-7010, blueprint-cafe.com HArt Alive at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Join the museum for a weekend of activities and see how 100 floral designers, including Marc Chagall’s granddaughter, transformed the museum’s permanent collection into giant floral displays.

Opens at 9 a.m. Friday, April 26. On view through Sunday, April 28. See museum website for a schedule of related events. $20. 619-232-7931, sdmart.org HThe Unknown at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. An international group exhibition featuring work that addresses themes concerning the metaphysical and the occult. Featuring Carl Diehl, Kandis Williams, Adam Nelson and others. On view through May 25. Opening from 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, sdspace4art.org HMission Federal Art Walk in Little Italy.

The annual event features the work of 350 visual artists in a variety of mediums and music in dance performances on four stages. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28. missionfederalartwalk.org HBeat BBQ at Visual Art Supply, 3524 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. Live art by Gmonik, Buffalo, Keemowerks, Rebel, Franky Agostino and others. Sounds

by DJ Pokkey, Parker and the Numberman, Mantis and more. From noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27, facebook.com/ events/141835482659854 Chef Robert Conaway Dubai Photo

Show at La Jolla Art Association, 8100 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla. Conaway opens his show, TenImagesFrom20Ten, which showcases his journey through Dubai and opening a restaurant on the Palm Jumeirah. Opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27. 858-459-1196, robconaway.com Brewing It Forward at Green Flash Brewing Co., 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa. Green Flash Brewing hosts an art show with over 20 artists. Proceeds to benefit the Washington Street Skatepark.

From 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 27. 858622-0085, greenflashbrew.com Heroes in a Half Shell: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Art Show at Basic, 410 10th Ave., Downtown. Pizzaloving, martial arts turtles and a rat sensei are the inspiration for this totally radical group art show. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. 619-531-8869, facebook.com/ events/616894778327793 MOPA’s 30th Birthday at Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park. Celebrate the museum’s three decades of operation with $1 admission, marked down prices at the gift shop and behind-the-scene tours of the storage areas and library. On Wednesday, May 1. 619-238-8777, mopa.org

BOOKS Spring into the Future YA Tour at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. YA authors Tahereh Mafi, Veronica Rossi, Anna Carey, Cynthia Hand and Ransom Riggs stop off in San Diego to talk about their fantasy novels. At 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25.

858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Gerald Derloshon at California Surf Museum, 312 Pier View Way, Oceanside.

Author of the much-awaited biography of Dewey Weber, Little Man on Wheels, signs copies. From 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 26, surfmuseum.org T. Jefferson Parker at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The author discusses and signs the final novel of his infamous Charlie Hood series, The Famous and the Dead. At 7 p.m. Friday, April 26. 858-2684747, mystgalaxy.com Weekend with Locals: Mike Monahan at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Warwick’s hosts the author of College Boy, which tells the story of a man’s relationship with sex, drugs and surf culture. At noon Saturday, April 27. 858454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Weekend with Locals: Richard Platt at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The local author discusses his book about a syndicate of devils looking to steal souls, As One Devil to Another. At noon Sunday, April 28. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com

FOOD & DRINK For the Love of Wine at Andaz Hotel, 600 F St., Downtown. The hotel’s wine series continues with Napa Valley winery, Mi Sueno. Guests will enjoy complimentary tastings while learning the history of the varietals. RSVP: andazsandiego@prchemistry. com. At 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. 619849-1234. ivyentertainmentsandiego.com HDining Out for Life Raise your fork for HIV/AIDS and visit one of the more than 100 restaurants that will be donating a portion of their sales to the cause. See the full list of participating locations on the website.

Thursday, April 25, diningoutforlife.com Honoring Craft Brew History at Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle N., Mission Valley. Celebrate San Diego’s booming

craft brew industry and hear from panelists Chris Cramer of Karl Strauss, Greg Koch of Stone Brewing, Jacob McKean of Modern Times and others. Ticket includes food-and-beer pairings. From 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 27. $150. 619-291-7131, sandiegohistory.org/makersofhistory San Diego Wine Show at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Enjoy cooking demos and tasting selections from some of the Pacific Coast’s finest wineries, including Freemark Abbey, Orfila Vineyards, South Coast and others.

From 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28. $55. 619858-0322, sandiegowineshow.com Nose to Tail Beer Dinner at Tiger! Tiger!, 3025 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. Chefs

Todd Renner and Sharon Wilson of Blind Lady and Tiger!Tiger!, bring you a fivecourse meal that uses all parts of a Berkshire Pig. Each course will be paired with a craft brew. At 6 p.m. Monday, April 29. $69. brownpapertickets.com/event/372985 HBeer & Bugs at San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park. Try some local craft beer with delicious insect appetizers (apps not containing insects will be available, too). Learn about how insects influence flavors in everyday foods. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. $20-$25. 619232-3821, sdnhm.org

MUSIC Leonard Patton at Malcolm X Branch Li-

brary, 5148 Market St., Valencia Park. The Berklee School of Music graduate sings jazz songs off his latest album, Expressions. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24.

619-527-3405, sandiego.gov/public-library HGamelan Orchestral and KacapiSuling Chamber Music at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. Ade Suparman discusses the history, sights and sounds of West Japanese classical music alongside a live gamelan performance.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. $8-$12.

619-239-0003, mingei.org HFresh Sound Music Series at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. The series hosts New York guitarist and composer

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HTheir Eyes Were Watching God at Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Join Dr. Edith Frampton for an informal discussion of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel. At 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 29. $5-$8. 619-239-0003, mingei.org HZohreh Ghahremani at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla.

Ghahremani returns to discuss her newest novel which explores the dynamics a of mother and her daughter living in 1970s Iran, The Moon Daughter. At 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 1. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Jim Wallis at La Jolla Country Day School, 9490 Genesee Ave., La Jolla. The author speaks about his book, On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good. At noon Wednesday, May 1. $40. Price includes lunch and a copy of the book. cityclubofsandiego.com

COMEDY HWhitest Kids U’ Know at Price Center Ballroom, UCSD campus, La Jolla.

The comedy troupe, famous for their TV series on IFC, perform sketches and raps. At 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. $20. 858-822-2068, facebook.com/ events/267000993434434 Judy Gold at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. Gold’s appeared on 30 Rock, Comedy Central, and The Tonight Show. Performances at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 26-27. $20. 619-702-6666, madhousecomedyclub.com

DANCE HFiesta de Reyes Folklorico Competition at Old Town Historic Park. Dance groups from throughout Southern California compete in traditional Latin American dance styles that emphasize regional styles. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28. 619-491-0099, fiestadereyes.com

FASHION Spring Fling at Finch’s Bistro & Wine Bar, 7644 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Enjoy a two-course tea and coffee menu while models wearing fashions from Mimi & Red and Pink Lagoon strut their stuff down the runway. Proceeds benefit My Girlfriend’s Closet. From 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 28. $35. 858-382-4922, finchslajolla.com

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Gyan Riley, who weaves together Western classicism, Indian raga and Spanish flamenco guitar. At 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25. $10-$15. sdspace4art.org HKirill Gerstein at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla. The Russian jazz and classical pianist plays variations of Brad Mehldau, Brahms, Haydn and Mussorgsky. At 6:45 p.m. Friday, April 26. $25-$75. 858-454-3541, ljms.org HNight Music: Camarada at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave., Downtown.

Chamber music as it’s meant to be heard, by candlelight with Josef Haydn’s trio, Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet and Arthur Foote. Zoe Ghahremami will also be reading poetry. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. $20-25. 619-231-3702, night.bpt.me Acoustic Evenings with Jefferson Jay at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Local artists Lena Evans, John Meeks and Lisa Olson perform and will be available for a post-concert meetand-greet. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. $30-$45. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/ specialconcerts.html Elena Mashkovtseva at Museum Of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. The Orchestra Nova harpist plays a showcase alongside Kate Loughrey. At 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27. $15-$20. 760438-5996, museumofmakingmusic.org HAdams Avenue Unplugged Shops, cafes, parks and restaurants in Normal Heights, along Adams Avenue 180 music performances with headliners, Los Alacranes, Geoff Muldaur, John C. Reilly, Haunted Windchimes and others. From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 28. 760438-5996, adamsavenueunplugged.com National City Cinco de Mayo Mariachi Festival at Pepper Park, 3299 Tidelands Ave., National City. The festival and competition features multiple mariachi bands and traditional ballet folkloric dancers.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27. 619-477-9339, mariachifest.com Maski Batoh at Craftlab, 821A South Tremont St., Oceanside. The Japanese acupuncturist and musician presents music made entirely from the BPMs generated from human brain waves. At 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 28. $15-$20. 760-3328096, craftlabgallery.com Athenaeum Mini-Concerts at Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown. The free concert series continues with Mary Barranger on classical piano. At noon Monday, April 29. 619-544-1000, ljathenaeum.org/miniconcerts.html HDream On at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Art of Elan presents the finale concert for their “In Your Dreams” series, which explores the world of the subconscious through music. From 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, April 30. $10-$25. 619-2327931, artofelan.org WOW! First Wednesdays at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Mariachi Garibaldi travel from the famed “Encuentro de Mariachi” in Guadalajara to perform at this free concert series. At 4 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. 760-839-4190, artcenter.org

OUTDOORS Organic Farm Tour at Stehly Farms Organics, 12630 Santa Catalina Rd., Valley Center, Valley Center. Take a tractor tour around the farm and receive a free bag of oranges or other seasonal item. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. $6.

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THEATER What goes on behind bedroom doors in Barstow Barstow is that backwater where you stop for gas on the way to Vegas, a high-desert California town otherwise ignorable. But the Barstow of José Rivera’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot can get as steamy as late-night Cinemax. When G.I. Benito comes home to Barstow not long after the Persian Gulf War, he also comes home to a wife, Gabriela, who’s simultaneously turned on by his manliness and repulsed by his soldier-boy callousness.

Gabriela wants the husband she knew before war changed him, a man capable of lust and tenderness. Benito, none too bright, believes his wife doesn’t know what she wants or why.

Moxie Theatre’s production, directed by Dana Harrel, basks in all of Puerto Rican playwright Rivera’s sensual poetry and magical realism, some of it more distracting than conducive to the storytelling. But, by and large, it doesn’t matter much: This is a surrealistic work whose peripheral characters include a wayward house cat (Anna Rebek), a predatory coyote (Steven Lone) and the moon (John Padilla), who descends from the night skies to dance with, and hopefully seduce, the remarkably sexy Gabriela (Jacqueline Grace Lopez). Another whose goal is seduction—he’ll settle for being seduced, too—is the young teen Martin (Apollo Blatchley), panting after Gabriela nearly as hungrily as the coyote pants after the cat.

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PERFORMANCE but it’s self-conscious and at times frustrating. Lopez and Rodríguez generate plenty of physical heat, but their rants and articulated regrets or disappointments leave you cold.

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot runs through May 5 at Moxie Theatre in Rolando. $25-$27. moxietheatre.com

—David L. Coddon Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Jorge Rodríguez and Jacqueline Grace Lopez Gabriela seems to entertain these overtures, but her body and soul are reserved for Benito (Jorge Rodríguez)—if he could only be the man he once was. The couple’s confessions, admonitions and second-act coupling don’t resolve the question of who Benito is and what their marriage has become. You wonder whether the pair wants a resolution at all. Or is passion, of whatever stripe, passion? The moon looks down from the heavens, the cat and coyote lurk on the perimeter, and sex, love and battle scars swirl about in the tenacious desert dust. References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot harbors lofty romantic aspirations and metaphorical ambitions,

An Ideal Husband: Oscar Wilde’s play, set in 1890s London, follows a scheming woman’s attempt to blackmail a member of the House of Commons. Opens April 26 at Patio Playhouse in Escondido. patioplayhouse.com Billy Elliot: The musical adaptation of the 2000 film tells the story of a working-class, preteen boxer who aspires to become a ballet dancer in 1980s England.

Elton John wrote the music. Presented by Broadway San Diego, it runs April 30 through May 5 at the Civic Theatre, Downtown. broadwaysd.com Coffee Shop Chronicles: Seven 10-minute plays by San Diego playwrights will be performed—simultaneously and rotated so audiences can see them all—in two dining rooms at The Big Kitchen in South Park. Desert included. newplaycafe.com Other Desert Cities: A novelist visits her famous parents in Palm Springs amid her plans to publish a memoir that unearths an unpleasant family secret. Opens April 27 at The Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. oldglobe.org

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Seussical at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido.

See the story of Horton the Elephant as recreated by the Broadway Theatre Arts Academy students. At 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27 and 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday, April 28. $15-$17. 760-839-4190, artcenter.org/performances Derr-Air at Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave., Hillcrest. Lady Borgia hosts a burlesque tribute to all things that fly through the air. See feathered beauties, winged creatures, fighter pilots and space cadets.

At 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27. $10-20.

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POETRY & SPOKEN WORD Poetry Ruckus at Ducky Waddle’s Emporium, 414 N. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas. Clifton King of the Sunset Poets of Oceanside reads his work. To join the roster of performers email, ruthlesshippies@ gmail.com. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. 760-632-0488, duckywaddles.com HVAMP: It Was Just a Phase at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. For everyone who’s experienced confusing periods in their life, falling into wrong crowds and personality shifts. Performances by Holland Holzer, Joni Redmond, Eddie Deull, Jennifer Corley and others. At 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 25. $5. 619-284-6784, sosayweallonline.com Poetry & Art Series at San Diego Art Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park. Poets Charlene Baldridge, Amy

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Locklin and Jennifer Minniti-Shippey read with select Poetry International MFA poets from SDWI’s 2013 anthology. Live music

by Ben Chung. At 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. $5. sandiego-art.org UCSD New Writing Series at Visual Arts Performance Space, UCSD campus, La Jolla. The ongoing poetry and writing series hosts the award winning author, Carmen Gimenez-Smith. At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. 858-534-3210, literature.ucsd.edu

POLITICS & COMMUNITY Creek to Bay Cleanup Help ServeSD and SHE clean up our shores. The cleanup starts at the south end of the Mission

Beach jetty and afterward participants enjoy a picnic and volleyball. At 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27, mosaicsd.org/th_event/ beach-cleanup-picnic-after-party Civilized Conversation Club at Coco’s Restaurant, 13040 Friars Road, Mission Valley. This week’s lively roundtable discussion topic: School Vouchers: Solution or Scam? From 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 29. 858-231-6209, civilizedconversation. wordpress.com

SPECIAL EVENTS Cajon Classic Cruise at Prescott Promenade, East Main St., El Cajon. The weekly car show attracts over 200 model and classic vehicles. Enjoy restaurant specials,

bounce houses and street vendors. From 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. 619401-8858, downtownec.com

and other activities. From noon to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28. 760941-8800, vbtemple.org

a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28. $12-$20. 619-312-1212, photovideowest.com

Paranormal Investigation at William Heath Davis House, 410 Island Ave., Downtown. Team up with San Diego Ghost Hunters to conduct an on-site paranormal investigation of this historic house. Bring cameras, smart-phones, hand-held video recorders and digital sound recorders.

From 10 p.m. to midnight Friday, April 26. $45. 619-233-4692, gaslampquarter. org/ghost-tours-investigation-davis-house

Bike the Boulevard at Live Wire, 2103 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. Bring your bike and meet at Live Wire for a group ride down the Boulevard. Stops include a kickball game at Garfield Elementary, a barbecue at Til-Two Club and a DJ and free Luigi’s Pizza at Pedal Pushing Bike Shop.

From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27. facebook.com/events/155764191258864

Grand Opening at Vixen Photography, 200 N. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. Enjoy burlesque performances by Sassy Stiletto, Jaqueline Chaton and Roxanne DePalma while enjoying cocktails from About Town Bartending. At 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27.

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Hanamatsuri Bazaar at Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 Cedar Road, Vista. Celebrate the birth of Buddha with taiko drum performances, Japanese food vendors, talks on Buddhism, origami demonstrations

Photo Video West at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Join thousands of photographers to network and expand your photographic abilities through interactive demos, photo contests and portfolio reviews. From 10

Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fair at 6900 block of Linda Vista Road. The diverse community holds its 28th annual fair, featuring food, rides, cultural performances and a kids zone. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27. lindavistafair.org Encinitas Street Fair The streets of Encinitas will feature 450 vendors, four live music stages, a beer garden provided by Stone Brewing Company and Port Brewing Company and much more. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 2728. 760-941-8800, encinitas101.com HPing Pong Tournament & Social at The Pearl Hotel, 1410 Rosecrans St., Point Loma. Enter the tournament or just watch the teams as they play ping pong for charity. Entry includes lunch and cocktails hosted by Ballast Point beer. At noon Saturday, April 27. $35-$65. facebook.com/ events/139778019526558 Party Arty at Charity Wings Art Center, 287 Industrial St., San Marcos. Take part in the soft opening of this new community craft center. Try Belgian beers and watch artist Amy Burkman create a new painting for a silent auction. From 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 28. 760-798-1552, facebook. com/events/592648280764738

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Romantic Castles of Europe at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Art historian James Grebl leads a virtual tour of the history, architecture and art of castles from the British Isles, France, Germany and Austria. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25. $12-$17. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/lectures The Wild Life of Our Bodies at San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park.

Robert Dunn, a biologist and author of Every Living Thing discusses the microorganisms that cling to our bodies and how that’s not necessarily a bad thing. From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25. $9-$12.

619-255-0189, sdnhm.org Global Warming and the U.S. Media at Joyce Beers Community Center, 3900 Vermont St., Hillcrest. Author and activist Mike Roddy discusses how the media has failed to educate the public about rapidly escalating global warming. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, sdari.org Rubbing Shoulders with Sharp Elbows at Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. Joshua Holo leads a discussion about the challenges and opportunities in Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations. At 7 p.m. Monday, April 29. $15. sdcjc.org Musical Milestones: An Anniversary Series at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Violinist Victoria Martino performs music from the Renaissance period and discusses the historical and cultural context. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org Jacquelyne Silver at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. In this series, the renowned pianist discusses the surprising classical origins inherent in many American Broadway musicals. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. 858-4545872, ljathenaeum.org/lectures

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trans that goes way deeper than what you look like. It’s not superficial at all; it’s something very deep down.”

Gwizdak never felt right in a female body. For years, he wasn’t sure if his issues stemmed from his visual impairment or something more. It took him 58 years to realize who he is. Now 62, Gwizdak’s found himself and is happy doing volunteer work for the Humane Society, joined by his guide dog, Landon.

“I have to be who I am,” he says. “I tell you what, it’s nice to relax and be who I am.”

The same goes for JP Stern, a doctoral candidate in sociology at UCSD who identifies as gender queer. That means Stern’s neither male nor female exclusively. Stern’s skirt, full breasts and wild beard display that outwardly. “‘Gender queer’ means different things to different people,” Stern explains. “It’s generally people who don’t fit into either male or female binaries. For me, a lot of it was finding my own space.

I’m primarily femme but have aspects that are still masculine, like my beard. My beard has remained part of my personality. It’s something I don’t want to give up.”

Stern’s story, like those of other participants, helps dispel the notion that trans people want to be very masculine or very feminine. Like with all people, there’s the mix of both sides.

For Stern, Lain, Gwizdak and Duane, Visible Bodies: Transgender Stories Retold is also an opportunity to teach people how to address a trans person. The word “tranny,” for instance, elicits the same reaction from a trans person that the n-word or “faggot” would from an African-American or homosexual.

“I’m hoping that it gives people the right words to use,” Duane says. “I think a lot of times, people want to be supportive and talk about trans people in a respectful way, but they don’t have the vocabulary for it.”

There’s also the hope that the project can bridge a gap that seems to exist within the trans community, as well as with the gay and lesbian community.

Visible Bodies as a student project.

“The transgender community is a little fractured,” “I think we’re seeing as a culture a kind of shift in the Duane explains. “For instance, the trans women’s commuway that we see transgender people,” he says. “There are nity doesn’t really tend to interact that much with the trans a lot more positive stories out there, even in mainstream men’s community. I’m hoping that this can be kind of a unimedia. I think people are seeing that and finally feeling fying project for the trans community as a whole. And, also, safe enough to come forward and say, ‘Well, it’s great that outside of the trans community I’m hoping that this really there’s this positive thing out there, but let me tell you my brings awareness.” story, using my words.’”

Among the stories is Lain’s. She began her transition in Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com. wolfgang 2008 after moving to San Diego from Hawaii.

She’s fully transitioned, but that was only part of a long process of reclaiming her body. The software engineer and artist suffered multiple sexual assaults. She chose to appear nude in her portrait as a “fuck-you to society.”

“Right as I was starting to reclaim my own body, it was sort of taken in a violent way. It kind of really fucks with your head,” Lain says.

“There’s a lot of these negative messages about what you’re supposed to do or supposed to be.

But this is me. You don’t own this. This is my choice to present myself the way I want to. It’s sort of like my body is a political statement.

The sexual assault plays into that as well. My naked body can be my own.”

Another participant, Lyn Gwizdak, was born with limited eyesight.

“So much of how we gender people, we decide based on what we see,” Duane says. “And for [Gwizdak] to know that he’s trans without looking in the mirror is just fascinating to me.

Lyn Dwizdak (right) wanted to be photographed doing To me, it says there’s something about being work that proves she’s “contributing to society.”

Elizabeth Lain chose to appear nude as a “fuck you to society.”

Full -bodied Photography project lets transgender folks share their personal experiences

by Alex Zaragoza

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rying to come to acceptance of your body is huge as a person in general. As a trans person, you fight your body because it feels wrong. And then coming to the idea where now I have a body that I like, but I’m still constantly getting messages that trans people’s bodies are horrible or disfigured or mutilated, that we should be ashamed of ourselves, of our bodies, of our being, of our existence.”

That’s Elizabeth Lain, a 30-year-old transgender woman with a kaleidoscope of bright colors running through the hair on the half of her head that isn’t shaved. Hers is a sentiment echoed by many in the transgender community. However, human experience is complicated—no two people’s stories are exactly alike.

A photography project called Visible Bodies aims to tell the diverse stories of transgender San Diegans in order to empower those in the community and educate those who aren’t on the misconceptions surrounding trans people.

The project brings together portraits of 31 trans people taken by photographer Wolfgang. Each subject decided how to be presented; accompanying each photo is the correct pronoun to use to identify the person, along with a short personal narrative by the subject.

The results are compelling, funny and heartbreaking.

They’ll be on view at the San Diego Pride office (3620 30th St. in North Park) throughout May in the exhibition, Visible Bodies: Transgender Stories Retold. There’ll be a reception for the show from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 11; otherwise, folks can check it out during regular business hours.

“We’re telling all kinds of different stories with these photos,” says creator Scott Duane, a transgender man and doctoral candidate in mathematics at UCSD who started

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learn by doing it.”

Their alternative approach also factors in to the artists they choose to bring to Craftlab Gallery. On April 28, Japanese experimental musician Maski Batoh will play brain pulse music, which is created using a device that transforms brain waves into sounds.

Next month, they’ll exhibit art by Jad Fair, a founding member of the lo-fi alt-rock band Half Japanese. He creates paper cuts, drawings and mixed-media pieces that are bright and whimsical. It’s consistent with the overall goal of fostering collaboration between artists, musicians and other creative folks in the area.

“We want to be very approachable and accessible to people,” Salisbury says.

Beautifying La Jolla?

It’s well known that public art can have a positive impact on a neighborhood. BarCraftlab Gallery rio Logan, for instance, saw increased civic pride after the creation of the Chicano Park murals. That pride has helped turn the area into one of San Diego’s most compelling arts districts.

But what if the area benefitting from this type of beautification is more prone to Bentleys and tiny dogs wearing $300 collars? Does public art really make a difference in that community?

New-gallery alert The Art Advisory Committee believes so. For Artists and art lovers who live in Oceanside are work- three years, the committee, along with the La Jolla ing hard to build a vibrant arts community there. So Community Foundation and leaders of various arts are Carlsbad residents John and Sarah Salisbury, organizations in La Jolla, has spearheaded the Muwho opened Craftlab Gallery (craftlabgallery.com) rals of La Jolla project (muralsoflajolla.com). It has on South Tremont Street earlier this month. commissioned murals from local, national and interThe couple, who’ve lived in North County most of national artists including Ryan McGuinness, John their lives and work as visual designers, decided to Baldessari and Kim MacConnel. open a space that could be used for art shows, workThe 10 pieces currently on view can be found in shops, events and special projects after arriving at a open, visible sections and hidden walls tucked betime in their lives where that was a real possibility— hind buildings throughout the tony enclave. Even their eldest son graduated from high school, and though La Jolla isn’t in need of an aesthetic makeboth work consistently in their field. The time just over, committee spokesperson Lynda Forsha says seemed right. the murals do generate community pride.

“My wife and I reached a point where we can af“I think that having art in the public realm really ford to take a risk and do something different,” John changes one’s perception of their environment,” she Salisbury, 44, says. “We started to really dig it up here says. “It makes people more aware of their surroundin Oceanside. It has an urban coastal feel. Oceanside ings. They see things in a way they wouldn’t otherwise feels freer, and there’s a crazy diversity in the people notice. People have been so supportive and enthusiasthat are here.” tic about everything we’ve done so far. There’s a range After eight months of work on the space, Craft- of subject matter and styles that I think people might lab opened with an exhibition featuring artist Fer- not love all of them but can love enough of them.” nando Apodaca, a longtime friend of the Salisburys The project is undergoing some changes. New piecwho creates films, sculptures and paintings with a es by British artist Julian Opie, Brooklyn artist Fred surrealist edge. Apodaca’s also a classically trained Tomaselli and Los Angeles artist Gajin Fujita recently musician who’s collaborated with Sonic Youth and went up on La Jolla Boulevard and Girard and Fay avePearl Jam. His work’s on view nues, respectively, replacing prethrough April 31. viously commissioned murals.

The venture’s been a learnEven though many of the arting experience for the new galists aren’t local, the area plays a lery owners. Salisbury admits vital role in their pieces. Anya that they’ve gone into it with no Gallaccio, for instance, photoexperience. They initially did graphed a grain of sand from it by the book—literally—using a nearby beach and enlarged it Edward Winkleman’s How to for use in her mural.

Start and Run a Commercial Art “I think the objective is to Gallery as their guide. get the best artists you can for Eventually, they threw the the project,” Forsha says. “I hear book out the window—figufrom people all the time about ratively—and did things their how they’re excited about what own way. they’re seeing. It starts a dialogue in the community.”

“We’re learning as we go,” he says. “We didn’t sit down and “Brain/Cloud (with Seascape and plan this out. That’s how we do Palm Tree)” by John Baldessari, Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com things, though. We just want to on Prospect Street and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Young adult Matthew McConaughey is terrific in new Jeff Nichols movie

by Anders Wright What’s happened to Matthew McConaughey? Usually when you ask that question about an actor, it’s because he’s sold out, opting for facile studio pictures over the interesting, artistically appealing work on which he built his career. (The best example of this question is “What’s happened to Nicolas Cage?”)

But McConaughey’s gone in the other direction.

After years of blowing that natural charm and rakish smile on lightweight romantic comedies with the likes of Jennifer Lopez and generic action movies Matthew McConaughey, getting more compelling like Sahara, his recent films have shown his range as an actor and forced us to take him seriously. Just a Neckbone is in because he’s Ellis’ wingman, and Elyear ago, he appeared as a charming hit man in Killer lis because he feels that if he can support Mud’s esJoe, a wily district attorney in Bernie and the owner cape and reunion with Juniper, he’ll have done his of a male strip club in Magic Mike, and he was im- part for the cause of true love, which his own family pressive in all three. has let fall by the wayside.

He’s back now in Mud, the new film from Jeff Ellis’ ideas may sound simplistic, but, remember, Nichols, who last directed the terrific Take Shelter. he’s just 14, and he isn’t mature enough to understand This is a smart little movie—opening Friday, April the nature of growing up and giving himself over to 26—about becoming a man in the South, as seen adulthood. That’s the crux of Nichols’ film: This imthrough the eyes of a boy whose world is being rocked pressionable boy desperately wants to believe in someon all sides. That boy is Ellis (Tye Sheridan), a 14- thing or someone but is let down by everyone; he’s year-old who lives on the edge not yet realized that everyone of poverty with his mom, Mary is flawed and that grownups Lee (Sarah Paulson) and dad, tend to be more confused and Mud Senior (Ray McKinnon). Ellis screwed-up than kids. Mud is Written and directed by Jeff Nichols and his best friend Neckbone Southern Gothic, shaded with Starring Matthew McConaughey, (Jacob Lofland) sneak off in Faulkner and Twain, still manTye Sheridan, Reese Witherspoon Senior’s boat to visit an island, aging to be surprisingly emoand Sam Shepard where they find a man hiding tional and tender.

Rated PG-13 out. Mud (McConaughey) is a For his part, Nichols conbeast of the Southern wild, fortinues to carve out a space as a aging for his life and desperate unique American director, and for something to eat and someone to talk to. his film was nominated for the Palm d’Or at Cannes.

The boys, naturally, are curious, and Ellis is taken There’s an episode of violence that ends the film that in with Mud’s talk of love for his girlfriend, Juni- I found unnecessary, and there’s a climactic moment per (Reese Witherspoon). Ellis’ parents are on the that was telegraphed throughout, but some of that verge of separation, and his understanding of what has to do with the accessible allegories he sprinkles it means to love and be in love has him confused. He throughout. His movies are shot well, and, perhaps himself has a crush on May Pearl (Bonnie Sturdi- more importantly, exceedingly well-written, capturvant), an older girl from his high school who actually ing the inner struggle of men from a certain part of gives him the time of day. the country at a certain time in their lives. In SheriAll of this is a lot for a young teen to understand, dan, he’s found a young actor who offers the film especially when Juniper blows through town, fol- everything it needs, but it’s Matthew McConaughey lowed by the hard-bitten men Mud says are after who really delivers the emotional goods. him. See, Mud’s stories are more than stories— there’s a storm of violence brewing, and Ellis and Write to anders@sdcitybeat.com Neckbone don’t know well enough to take shelter. and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

SUNG RAE CHO

Graceland

Taken There’s a robust film industry in the Philippines, but aside from a semi-regular series at Horton Plaza, which focuses on romantic comedies, and screenings sponsored by the Asian Film Festival, Filipino films rarely see the inside of a San Diego theater. That makes the kidnap thriller Graceland, opening Friday, April 26, at Reading Gaslamp Cinemas, notable enough, but the film is also tight

and engaging, with several twists that are tough to see coming.

Marlon (Arnold Reyes) has the unfortunate job of driving for corrupt Congressman Manuel Changho (Menggie Cobarrubias). It’s unfortunate because although Marlon desperately needs the money—his wife is in very poor health—Changho has a bad habit of sleeping with underage prostitutes and letting

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Marlon deal with the aftermath.

When the press gets wind of Changho’s unsavory activities, he drops Marlon as collateral damage, which makes for extraordinarily bad timing for the former driver, because that’s the same day both men’s daughters are kidnapped.

Marlon looks like the prime suspect and has to navigate the orders of the omnipresent kidnapper versus those of the cops and his former boss if he stands a chance of getting his daughter back alive.

The movie delves into the seedy world of human trafficking, and though director Ron Morales has a number of tricks up his sleeve, his greatest strength is in working with the actors, who display real emotion, adding weight to the film that could have otherwise felt like an exploitative genre pic. It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s a smart one and an entirely different take on the subject matter than, say, Taken.

—Anders Wright

Opening Arthur Newman: Colin Firth plays Newman, an unhappy divorcé who stages his own death in hopes of starting over.

The Big Wedding: Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton are a long-divorced couple who must pretend to be married at the wedding of their adopted son.

G-Dog: Doc about the Jesuit priest G-Dog, the man behind Homeboy Industries, the most successful rehab and gang-intervention organization in the country. Screens at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

May Day Workers Film Festival: Four films over four days at different venues around San Diego. Get all the details at workersfilmfestival.com.

Mud: Matthew McConaughey continues to deliver the emotional goods in this coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy who idolizes a drifter with a violent past.

See our review on Page 27.

No Place on Earth: Documentary about a group of Ukrainian Jews who escaped the Holocaust by hiding out in underground caves.

Oscar Nominated Short Films: Though the awards are in the books, the nominated live-action and animated films grace the big screen at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.

Pain and Gain: Michael Bay’s new one stars Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie as Florida bodybuilders whose kidnapping scheme goes awry.

The Pirogue: A group of African men attempts to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to Spain in hopes of a better life. Screens at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Renoir: French biopic about the impressionist painter in his twilight years.

Simon Killer: A slightly off-kilter young American travels to Paris after a breakup and has a relationship—with a prostitute— that finally exposes his dark secrets.

Screens for one week at the Ken Cinema.

Upstream Color: The new feature from Shane Caruth, whose 2004 film Primer was smart and inventive, is another serious sci-fi mind trip. ¡Vivan las Antipodas!: Documentary

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In in Pacific Beach.

Fight Club: To talk about Fight Club is to violate the first rule of Fight Club. Screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 30, at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp.

The Little Rascals: Big-screen take on the beloved Our Gang shorts from the 1920s and ’30s. Screens at 7:45 p.m.

Sunday, April 28, at Full Moon Drive-In in Pacific Beach.

Upstream Color about two of the Earth’s dry spots, which lie in opposite places on the globe. Opens Tuesday, May 30, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

One Time Only In a Lonely Place: Bogie gets all existential in Nicholas Ray’s 1950 noir. He’s a screenwriter suspected in a murder, which is messing up his relationship with actress Gloria Grahame. Screens at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Mission Valley Library.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man: The title pretty much says it all. Schlockfest continues at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Avatar: No one takes it seriously anymore, but James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi adventure changed the way people watch movies all around the globe. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Trashed: Jeremy Irons narrates this environmental documentary, the highlight of the third annual Environmental Film Festival, which starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Passione: This portrait of Naples is directed by John Turturro. Presented by the San Diego Italian Film Festival, it screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.

The Virgin Suicides: The Public Library wraps up its Sofia Coppola series with her debut feature, an adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel. Screens at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Driving Miss Daisy: It’s easy to make fun of now, but this sentimental movie about an elderly Southern woman (Jessica Tandy, who earned Best Actress honors) and her longtime chauffeur (Morgan Freeman) is a Best Picture winner. Screens at 7:45 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Full Moon Drive-In in Pacific Beach.

The Impossible: Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor are a married couple who are separated, along with their kids, during the 2004 tsunami. The scenes of the tsunami are harrowing. Screens at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Antiviral: A young man has to save himself from the same virus that killed a famous celebrity. It’s the feature debut of Brandon Cronenberg, son of David. Screens at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp.

School of Rock: He’d previous starred in Shallow Hal, but Richard Linklater’s rock ’n’ roll elementary-school movie was the first time we truly believed Jack Black could be a leading man. Screens at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Full Moon Drive-

Promised Land: Matt Damon and John Krasinski co-wrote and star in Gus Van Sant’s film, which starts out with a promising premise: showing both sides of the fracking debate by pitting sincere naturalgas corporate man Damon against eco Boy Scout Krasinski. It takes sides by the end, however. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Pulp Fiction: Still Tarantino’s best, this crime-thriller-comedy that spans dozens of characters and fractures its own timeline is a terrific piece of work. Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, April 29, at Reading Cinemas Town Square.

Mecca: This new surf film enjoys its premiere at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at La Paloma Theatre in Encintas.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: Stay classy, San Diego. By the way, the sequel is shooting in Atlanta.

Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Now Playing San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase: This collection of films runs through Thursday, April 26, at the Digiplex in Mission Valley.

Disconnect: Henry Alex Rubin’s new film focuses on people having a hard time communicating despite being wired in.

It stars Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Michael Nyqvist and designer Marc Jacobs in his acting debut.

Filly Brown: A young female hip-hop artist has to decide if she wants to water down her music to sign a big record deal.

Future Weather: After her flighty mother ditches her and moves to California, a teen’s grandmother moves in and the two must learn to get along. End April 25 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Girl Rising: A girl-power documentary about nine young women from nine different countries, narrated by folks like Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Liam Neeson.

Home Run: Cinematographer-turneddirector David Boyd’s debut is about a Major League baseball player with a substance-abuse problem who’s reduced to coaching Little League to remember what he loved about the game.

Lords of Salem: The new one from Rob Zombie stars his wife, Sheri Moon, as a DJ who receives a record that triggers visions of her town’s brutal past—and possibly its future.

My Brother the Devil: An England-born Egyptian tries to get away from the tough streets he comes from just as his younger brother tries to get in. Sally El Hosaini’s debut, which won a cinematography award at Sundance, is a very different experience than you expect it to be. Ends April 25 at the Ken Cinema.

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.

jeff “turbo” corrigan

From left: Rob Kent, Jake Bankhead, Dustin Elliott and Peter Graves

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With a new album out, New Mexico hope to hit it big—or at least bigger · by Peter Holslin

an Diegans love claiming musical legends as their own. No matter how tenuous their connection is to the area, we’ll grab onto big names like Frank Zappa, Tom Waits and Iron Butterfly and never let go.

The best local music doesn’t come from famous people, though. It’s made by littleknown artists and bands that play the same circuit of clubs for years on end. Unfortunately, many of these acts rise and fall without ever getting the recognition they deserve.

For too long, New Mexico has been stuck in this local-band lurch. Though they have an enthusiastic following, they’ve been playing the same set of songs for the past two years and their profile hasn’t risen by much. Now, though, they’re hoping to gain more attention on a national scale.

They’ve hired a publicist. They’ve gotten advice from people who’ve had experience in the industry. And after working in the studio on and off for more than two years, they’re finally about to release their debut album, Malpaís, a magnificent, 36minute collection of ethereal synth-rock gems. They’ll celebrate the release of the new record on Friday, April 26, with a show at The Casbah. The Howls, The Burning of Rome and Bruin will open.

“The way we’re not completely sick of the album yet is because we’ve been distracting ourselves with about 15 new songs we’ve been working on,” says guitarist Jake Bankhead, who plays in the quartet with bassist / singer Rob Kent, drummer Dustin Elliott and keyboardist Peter Graves.

In a perfect world, these guys would already be famous, or at least moderately suc-

cessful. On Malpaís, their economical punk rhythms and overcast, Gary Numan-style synth hooks are perfectly timely in that nostalgic-for-the-’80s kind of way. And for all of Kent’s cryptic, surrealist lyrics—“I am the amalgam of myself / Trying to interpret someone else,” he sings in “Cold Loads”—on stage, his cathartic choruses fill the room with good vibes.

New Mexico aren’t exactly sexy from a marketing perspective, though. They don’t adhere to any of those fun-loving Southern California stereotypes that drive bloggers wild—in fact, they actually sound kind of British. And their name is pretty hard to search for online, though Kent says it’s scored them a niche following.

“We’ve gotten emails from people in New Mexico that are, like, ‘When are you going to come play?’” he says.

Ironically, the biggest thing that stands in New Mexico’s way might just be their love for playing music. They’re so into it that they end up neglecting the more businesslike duties required of a band that wants to get big, like cultivating online profiles, reaching out to bloggers or touring relentlessly.

“When I come with a new idea and we jam it, and I get to show my girlfriend and I get to show my friends, and, eventually, it blossoms into this beautiful song, I’m more excited by that aspect of being in a band than, like, all that other shit,” Kent, 31, says.

As many scenesters remember, Kent, Bankhead and Elliott got their start playing in a much different band—a garage-rock quartet called Apes of Wrath.

Formed by Kent and guitarist Andrew

Geldmeier in 2005, Apes of Wrath were one of the city’s hottest bands in the late ’00s. Crossing catchy, Strokes-style hooks with the occasional, Eastern-tinged guitar freak-out, they had plenty of fans and got tons of buzz.

Eventually, though, it fell apart when Geldmeier had a falling out with the rest of the guys. He ended up getting kicked out, and the trio decided to start fresh, announcing their name change in mid-2010.

At first, this seemed like a pretty kooky idea. Cory Stier, the booker at Soda Bar, says the band seemed to lose a lot of momentum because of the name change.

“All of that time and energy that they had spent building Apes of Wrath’s brand had been lost,” he says.

But Elliott, 28, says they had to do it, partly out of respect for their former bandmate but also because the old name didn’t reflect what they were doing anymore.

“If we were in a thrashy, metal, screamo, emo, whatever the fuck you want to call it—it would’ve been perfect for that,” he says.

Compared with the in-your-face rock that the band used to play, Malpaís doesn’t sound like much. Every song’s been stripped to its most basic parts (see the straightahead beat of opener of “Alpha Male” or the one-note bass line of “Wandering”). The whole thing sounds like it was recorded in a closet.

Keep listening, though, and the album sucks you in. For all its simplicity, it’s rich with infectious details—the jangly guitars in “Orca Eats Shark,” the space-age hooks in the title track—that stay lodged in your

subconscious.

Often, messages are embedded deep in the music—in the track “In Formation,” Kent uses subtle wordplay to comment on a culture that’s enslaved to technology. At its core, though, Malpaís is just a fantastic listen—fresh, artful and highly entertaining.

To achieve a slower, moodier sound, Bankhead and Kent used two vintage synthesizers, a Korg MS-2000 and a Roland Juno. The Korg is ideal for hooky melodies and arpeggios; the Roland offers thick, billowing droning tones like something out of a John Carpenter film score.

“I really like the idea of naming the Korg MS-2000 and the Roland as actual band members,” Kent says.

The band recorded the album with Andrew Montoya, a sound engineer who plays in local synth-punk outfits Ale Mania and Beaters. Unlike most engineers, Montoya didn’t give them a specific timeframe to record. He just let them go into his studio and work out the songs one by one, sometimes with long breaks in between.

Now that the album’s out, they hope to build some national buzz. But while they’d like to make it big, it seems they won’t be devastated if they don’t. They made Malpaís exactly how they wanted to make it, and if anything, that seems to be enough.

“The victories have to be in yourself, you know? You have to be happy with yourself as an artist,” Kent says. “If you’re happy with yourself, chances are other people will be, too.”

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

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only Kava Lounge, the Middletown nightclub known for its organic cocktails, intriguing electronic-music shows and crystalclear sound system, has changed ownership. The place is now being run by Mike Bremer, aka Tattoo Mike, the owner of Chronic Tattoo & Body Piercing in Mission Beach, and his business partner, Scott Bell, a local DJ. Bremer tells CityBeat that he and Bell decided to buy the club after getting an offer from Kava’s former owner, Kristie Aguirre, a friend of Bremer’s. (Aguirre declined to comment on the sale.) Now that it’s in their hands, they plan to keep the club’s monthly showcases going but also book more shows and possibly open during the day.

“Scott and I both really enjoy the way it is, so we would like to pretty much keep it the way it is,” Bremer says, “keep the same things that’ve been going on there, but just amplify it some more, give it some new blood.”

Regulars will notice one major change going forward, though: The club’s longtime, de facto general manager, Mateo Silva, will take leave to focus on his practice in energy work and holistic healing.

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Kava Lounge play a goodbye show for Silva at Kava Lounge on Friday, May 3.

“It’s time to move on,” Silva says. “I loved the ride.

My heart and soul are still in that place. I’m just pulling my focus and my energy out of it.”

•••

It looks like it’s the end for electro-pop duo Hyena.

Keyboardist / guitarist Bryan Stratman and drummer Michael Cooper say they’ve stopped working together to pursue new projects.

Cooper is now doing The Hunt, which he describes as similar to Hyena, only darker and with more live instrumentation. He recently posted a new track on a Soundcloud page, soundcloud.com/ thehuntisnotover.

Stratman, meanwhile, is playing with his girlfriend in the duo Strat & Mouse.

He says he’s playing more guitar and piano in the duo, but they’re also delivering big electronic beats. They recently posted a new song, “Turn Me On,” on YouTube, and they plan to release a debut EP in a few months.

Stratman says he’s buying a 44foot tour bus with hopes of going on tour for a year or so and living in it. The bus, a 2004 Newmar diesel, is outfitted with a king-size bed, fridge, stove and other amenities.

“It looks like we’re super ballin’,” Stratman says. “Seriously, we’re going to roll up and people are going to be like, ‘What the fuck is that?’”

In Ears We Trust A semi-regular feature in which we ask folks in the local music scene about the music they’re digging.

Diana De Ath, Chinese Rocks / The El Vez Punk Rock Revue: “Every rocker girl knows about The Runaways, but back in 1960s Detroit, there was an all-female garage band called The Pleasure Seekers.

They were Suzi Quatro’s first group; my friend Anja recently turned me on to them, and I really wanted Raphaël Ouellet to kick myself for not discovering them sooner, but now my life is better for knowing.”

Ian “Heresy” Døsland, VAMPIRE: “The band Nite Ritual’s songs ‘Anointed in Blood’ and ‘Shadows’ are my favorite Occult Wave songs, and I listen to them every time I’m going out for a night ride. But when I really have to bang my f’ing head, I blast San Diego doom-metal band Dagnir. The song ‘Causality / Red Moon’ is like a reincarnation of early Sabbath that makes me want to grow my hair out and start a revolution!”

Sean Burdeaux, Paper Forest / Get Off the Map: “My friend just got me really into The Dodos. I love their songwriting and lyrics—super-powerful and really Grimes big-sounding, awesome percussion. I also have a fat crush on Grimes (I saw her at Coachella today and got her autograph and a picture taken with her!).”

Josh Damigo: “Nina Storey, Think Twice—came out last week, and I can’t get over it. ‘This Naked Woman’ will make every part of your body want to Write to peterh@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com. be touched. Think Adele, but sweeter.”

—Peter Holslin

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if i were u

BY peter holslin

Wednesday, April 24

Saturday, April 27

PLAN A: AraabMuzik @ Voyeur. Watch one of AraabMuzik’s mind-blowing live videos and you might just ditch your guitar for a sampler. A virtuoso of the Akai MPC, the beat-maker taps out fierce, intoxicating beats that dazzle ravers and hip-hop heads alike and probably inspire a whole generation of electronic-music fans in the process.

PLAN B: Chappo, Okapi Sun, Social Club @ Soda Bar. Brooklyn’s Chappo have plenty of catchy songs, but they really secure their psych-rock bona fides with a warped cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” that features an explosive chorus and slithering electro-rock breakdown. BACKUP PLAN: Therapist, Ese’ & Zain, Pal & Drome @ The Griffin.

PLAN A: John C. Reilly & Friends @ Adams Avenue Unplugged, Church Sanctuary Stage (5:30 p.m.). Did you know that the dude who played a 40-year-old manchild alongside Will Ferrell in Step Brothers also plays gorgeous, old-fashioned folk music? He does! Reilly reportedly put on a stellar show with former local Tom Brosseau at this fest last year, and now he’s coming back for another round. PLAN B: Medeski Martin & Wood @ Belly Up Tavern. This celebrated combo—who’ll play an acoustic set tonight—is described on Wikipedia as an “avant-jazz-funk organ trio.” In layman’s terms, that means it’s a groovy, sophisticated jam band that sounds good even when you aren’t stoned (though that helps).

BACKUP PLAN: Telekinesis, Mount Moriah, The Paparazi @ The Casbah.

Thursday, April 25 PLAN A: Whitehorse, The Gift Machine, Soda Pants @ Soda Bar. Playing earnest, forward-thinking country and folk, husband-and-wife duo Whitehorse aren’t opposed to getting a little sentimental (seriously, their last album is titled The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss). But it’s not cheesy sentimental; it’s more of a sexy, makinglove-in-the-barn sentimental. PLAN B: Nerf Herder, Tsar, Kirby’s Dream Band @ The Ruby Room. For the people behind the monthly “Nerdcore Night,” this might be their nerdiest night of all.

Santa Barbara pop-punks Nerf Herder scored a hit in 1997 with their tribute song “Van Halen,” and they still pretty much sound like Blue Album-era Weezer with acne. BACKUP PLAN: Opio, Highdro, Odessa Kane, Pat Maine, Rick Scales & Blast Brando, Solicit, DJ Hevrock @ Kava Lounge.

Sunday, April 28 PLAN A: METZ, White Lung @ The Casbah. I get a thrill from just thinking about METZ playing live—their noisy tunes are Evan Jewett packed with force—but I’m just as excited to see fellow Canadians White Lung.

Thanks to singer Mish Way’s dynamic wail, they stay plenty catchy when they go nuts with jagged riffs and hyperkinetic punk beats.

PLAN B: Andre Nickatina, Roach Gigz, Mumbls @ Porter’s Pub. San Francisco rapper Andre Nickatina has a deep voice, a relaxed flow and plenty of dope, creative beats. All in all, he’s the type Marnie Stern of dude who just sounds good. BACKUP PLAN: Los Alacranes @ Adams Avenue Unplugged, Adams Park Stage (6 p.m.).

Monday, April 29

PLAN A: Marnie Stern, SISU, Bulletins @ Soda Bar. Marnie Stern flexes her crazy PLAN A: The Howls, New Mexico, The guitar skills on her new album, The ChronBurning of Rome, Bruin @ The Casbah. icles of Marnia (amazing title, by the way), As you might guess from the cover story I but she also opens up emotionally in ways wrote this week about New Mexico, I re- that few math-rockers do, resulting in some ally dig this band. Head to Page 29 to read powerful songwriting. BACKUP PLAN: the story, and make sure to pick up a copy Grave Babies @ The Void. of their excellent new album, Malpaís, at tonight’s album-release show. PLAN B: Cuckoo Chaos, Tropical Popsicle @ The Tuesday, April 30 Tower Bar. New Mexico, Cuckoo Chaos PLAN A: Vietnam, Gap Dream, Tomorand Tropical Popsicle are basically the Big row’s Tulips @ Soda Bar. Featuring a Three of local indie-rock—their music is as frontman whose raspy voice resembles that enthralling and well-crafted as it comes. So, of Bob Dylan, Brooklyn rockers Vietnam if you aren’t in the mood for The Casbah, play loose, politically aware blues-rock that make your way across town to see Cuckoo would’ve blown minds back in the late-’60s. and Trop Pop. BACKUP PLAN: Alkaline BACKUP PLAN: Recordable Colors, LitTrio, Bayside, Off with their Heads @ tle War Twins, Muscle Beech @ Tin Can Ale House.

House of Blues.

Friday, April 26

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! Generationals (Casbah, 6/5), The Soft Pack (Casbah, 6/28), The Postal Service (SDSU Open Air Theatre, 7/21), Bosnian Rainbows (Casbah, 7/24), The Thermals (Casbah, 7/13), Black Flag, Good for You (SOMA, 7/15), Daughn Gibson, William Tyler (Casbah, 8/3), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (BUT, 9/15)

GET YER TICKETS Os Mutantes, Capsula (Casbah, 5/1), Prince (Hard Rock Hotel, 5/3-4), Twin Shadow, Elliphant (BUT, 5/22), Green Day’s American Idiot (Civic Theatre, 5/28), Mumford & Sons (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 6/3), Erykah Badu (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 6/27), Kendrick Lamar (SD County Fair, 6/28), They Might Be Giants (BUT, 6/16), Willie Nelson (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 8/7), D’Angelo (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 8/10), X-Fest w/ blink-182, The Offspring, 30 Seconds to Mars, Silversun Pickups, Jimmy Eat World, Wavves (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/20), Depeche Mode (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/22), Maroon 5 (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 10/5).

CANCELED Stuck Lucky, Same the Swim Team, Partito Tempo, Ash Williams and The Horde, Burnout Kids (Ché Café, 4/26).

APRIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 SOJA at House of Blues. The Cave Singers at The Casbah. Chappo at Soda Bar.

AraabMuzik at Voyeur.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 The Dunwells at The Casbah.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Gabriel Iglesias at Valley View Casino Center. Alkaline Trio, Bayside at House of Blues. Various Cruelties at Soda Bar.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Telekinesis at The Casbah.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Blood Red Shoes at Soda Bar. METZ at The Casbah. Andre Nickatina at Porter’s Pub.

MONDAY, APRIL 29 Marnie Stern at Soda Bar.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30 Caitlin Rose, Daniel Romano at The Casbah.

MAY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 Os Mutantes, Capsula at The Casbah, Chad Valley at Soda Bar, Helmet at The Griffin, JJUUJJUU, Blackfeet Braves at The Void.

THURSDAY, MAY 2 Javelin, Helado Negro, Jamaican Queens at The Casbah, C.J. Ramone at Soda Bar.

FRIDAY, MAY 3 Maps and Atlases at Soda Bar, Pine

Mountain Logs at Belly Up Tavern, Adam Green & Bikini Shapiro, La Sera at The Griffin, Prince at Hard Rock Hotel.

SATURDAY, MAY 4 Born Ruffians at The Casbah., Prince at Hard Rock Hotel.

SUNDAY, MAY 5 Mindless Self Indulgence, Chantal Claret at House of Blues, Built to Spill at The Casbah,, Hot Club of Cowtown at AMSDconcerts, Beat Connection at Soda Bar.

MONDAY, MAY 6 Bob’s Burgers Live at The Irenic, Built to Spill at The Casbah, El Ten Eleven, Bonobo at Belly Up Tavern, Parlotones at The Griffin.

TUESDAY, MAY 7 Bleached, Ex-Cops at The Casbah, Akron/Family at Porter’s Pub, Sara Watkins at The Griffin.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 Jerry Joseph, Wlater Salas-Humara, Steve Drizos at The Casbah.

THURSDAY, MAY 9 Turquoise Jeep at The Casbah, Devendra Banhart at Belly Up Tavern, Schoolboy Q at House of Blues.

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710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: Leukemia and Lymphoma So-

ciety Comedy Fundraiser. Fri: King Legend, Latex Grenade. Sat: Zig Zag Jones, Sunny Rude. Sun: Reed Street Sessions.

Mon: San Diego Music.TV Jams. Tue: ‘710 Bass Club.’

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Fri: Caleb Furgatch, Toby Ahrens, Troy Jennings and David Castel De Oro, Miriam Dance Leavy, Annette DaBomb, Robin Henkel, Whitney Sh. Sat: The Anthony Smith Vibraphone Quartet. Sun: Danny Weller.

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

Wed: DJs Nicky Valentino, JoshthebeaR, Danyo San, Glorious. Thu: DJs LEHDER 10, Impera, Bala. Fri: DJ Junior the DiscoPunk. Sat: Adams Ave Unplugged (noon to 9 p.m.); ‘Juicy’ w/ Mike Czech.

Sun: Adams Ave Unplugged (noon to 9 p.m.); ‘Noise Agents’ w/ DJs Watch .44, Sunday Sauce.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco.com. Wed: Edwin San Juan. Thu-Sat: Bret Ernst. Sun: Full Throttle Comedy. Tue: Open mic.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink.com. Wed: ‘H.A.M.’ w/ DJ L. Thu: Touche, Mergence. Fri: ‘Bonkers!’. Sat: Bella Novela, Vinyette, DJ Claire. Sun: DJs Joemama, Tramlife. Mon: The Husky Boy All-Stars. Tue: ‘Tiki Tuesday.’

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Banding Together Greatest Hits 3rd Annual Fundraiser w/ Lexington Field, Steph Johnson, Tolan Shaw. Thu: Paul Cannon Band, The Yes Team, Kevin Miso. Fri: Transfer, Dead Feather Moon, Grand Tarantula. Sat: Medeski Martin and Wood. Sun: O2 for Life: Rockin in the Rainforest w/ The Devastators, DJ Red Lion. Tue: Zakk Wylde.

Blarney Stone Pub, 5617 Balboa Ave, Clairemont. 858-279-2033. Wed: The Barmen. Thu: Jake Allen. Fri: Adam Jones. Sat: The Fooks. Sun: Open mic w/ Men of Leisure. Mon: Trivia. Tue: Irish jam, Bob Tedde.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Mad Traffic. Fri: ‘Club Musae.’ Sat: Cordova. Tue: Video DJ. Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Thu: Pink Boombox Revue. Sat: ‘Calor,’ ‘Sabados en Fuego’ w/ Jay Valdez. Sun: ‘Noche Romantica’ w/ Daisy Salinas. Mon: DJs Junior the Discopunk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Open mic.

Thu: They Feed at Night, Texylvania, DJs Bryan Pollard, Draikette. Fri: Sight Unscene, Symbolic, Unicorn Death, Angelshade. Sat: Dave’s Garage, Back 2 Black, Deeper Purple, Suicide Chords. Sun: ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ w/ Sloat Dixon, Loser Ride, Purple Church, Fuselit.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Gipsymenco. Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joeff. Sat-Sun: Aragon y Royal. Mon: Aro Di Santi.

Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: The Cave Singers, Bleeding Rainbow. Thu: The Dunwells, River City. Fri: The Howls, New Mexico (album release), The Burning of Rome, Bruin. Sat: Telekinesis, Mount Moriah, The Paparazi. Sun: METZ, White Lung. Mon: Animal Steel, Mad Traffic, Crowds. Tue: Caitlin Rose, Daniel Romano.

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THE HIT LIST We’ll give you three good reasons A new week is here, and with it comes the exhaust- will throw a shindig at The Void (3519 El Cajon ing process of finding new reasons to get your drink Blvd. in City Heights). Stop by and get a copy of on. I feel bad for those people who wait for wed- the zine, which is filled with cool art, short stories dings or their own birthdays to get tipsy enough and essays, an interview with musician Brandon to act like buffoons. As a hard-working lady in this Welchez and other interesting bits. The night is tough world, I simply cannot wait that long. I’ve curated by McHank and features live sets from done the research for you. All you have to do is White Murder, Octa#grape and The Paper Thins.

DAVID J. OLENDER come up with the why.

The Facebook event page The Ruby Room’s (1271 claims that the party will be University Ave. in Hillcrest) so good you’ll want to DVR Ryan Roots Cocktale Club Parks and Recreation. That’s some major hype. is celebrating two years of Finally, there’s the Shaker wackiness on Wednesday, Series Bartender ShakeApril 24. This party is for all off from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, you proud hot messes out April 29, at Saltbox (1047 there, whether or not you’re Fifth Ave., Downtown). Local familiar with this club night. bartenders from spots like El For those not in the know, Dorado, Polite Provisions and Cocktale Club usually consists Cat Eye Club will go head-toof raunchy movies, dancing Ryan Roots mixes alcohol head to mix a tasty cocktail and delicious specialty cockwith bawdy humor. worthy of being named the tails crafted by the flamboyantly dressed Roots, who can spit a dirty joke like a featured drink of the month at the bar. Booze it up cobra spits venom. For the special event, a king and and cheer for your fave. queen of the club will be crowned, so bring your A—Alex Zaragoza game. This is no time to be a wallflower.

To celebrate the release of his zine, Perpetu- Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com ally Twelve, veteran scenester and artist McHank and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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echecafe.blogspot.com. Sat: Breather, Hotel Books, When Whales Collide, Carlos the Dwarf.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces.com. Wed: Dave Curtis Quartet. Thu: Sue Palmer. Fri: Mark Fisher Quartet. Sat: Gio Trio plus 1. Sat: Daniel Jackson (11:30 a.m.). Sun: Irving Flores (11:30 a.m.); The Archtones (7:30 p.m.). Mon: Dave Scott and Monsoon Jazz. Tue: Mike Wofford/ Holly Hofmann Quartet.

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

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Wed: ‘Funk and Oldies.’ Thu: Patrick Norton, Crash and The Burns. Fri: ‘Soul Flexin’’ w/ DJs Skeme Richards, Supreme La Rock. Sat: ‘Good and Plenty’ w/ Saul Q, Dolla Dolla DJs, Baby Davy.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd. com. Thu: tyDi, Tristan D, Johnny Zana. Fri: Rudy, DJs Craig Smoove, Slowhand. Sat: ‘Nectar’ w/ Sid Vicious, DJ Kyle Flesch.

Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: ‘Kill The Mainstream V.2’ w/ Therapist, Ese and Zain, Pal and Drome. Thu: The Cerny Brothers, Leanna May and the Matadors, Hello Penelope. Fri: Blackberry Smoke, Hit Dog Hollar. Sat: Oceanside Sound System, Neveready, The Shantyannes. Sun: Tori Roze and the Hot Mess, Elaine Faye and the Big Band, The Lyrical Groove. Tue: Dirty Sirens, Deadly Birds, Okapi Sun. Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Ave, Downtown. hardrockhotelsd.com. Thu: Tyler Sherritt, M1ster One, Johnny Rayburn.

Sat: Chris Masterson, DJ FishFonics (207); DJ G-Roy, Techn1que (Float). Sun: Sid Vicious, DJ Kurch (207).

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: SOJA, Los Rakas. Thu: SOJA, Rootz Underground. Fri: Alkaline Trio, Bayside, Off With Their Heads; Sweethearts Salute. Sat: Los Amigos Invisibles, Glasmus; The Pirate’s Booty Ball. Mon: Modern Day Moonshine.

Tue: The Boundary Birds, Wookie Garcia.

Ivy @ Andaz, 600 F St, Downtown. ivyentertainmentsandiego.com. Fri: Angle, Beatnick, Dynamiq, Erik Till, Lipstik Inc. Sat: Craig Smoove, Angle, Este, Ted Kennedy, Lipstik Inc. Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Wed: ‘Future Wednesdays.’ Thu: Opio, Highdro, Odessa Kane, Pat Maine, Rick Scales and Blast Brando, Solicit, DJ Hevrock. Fri: ‘Seria Star’ w/ Beautiful Tribal Fusion Dance, DJs Niko, Will Levine, Karl ‘Sendai’ Keyton. Sat: Bluetech, Tor, Divinity, Gina Cat. Sun: Bad Habit, Digitally Mashed, Final Conflict, Otter, Arkon. Tue: Michael Gum B presents.

La Gran Tapa, 611 B St, Downtown. lagrantapa.com. Wed: Carlos Velasco, Grupo Bohemio. Thu: Carlos Velasco (noon); Dusty Brough Guitar and Friends (6 p.m.). Fri: Carlos Velasco (noon); Juan Moro (6 p.m.); Live Flamenco Dance Show w/ Oscar Valero, Juan Moro (8 p.m.). Sat: Pan Am (6 p.m.). Sun: Carlos Velasco, Grupo Bohemio (5 p.m.). Tue: Carlos Velasco (noon); Tomcat Courtney (6 p.m.).

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: 22 Kings, Alex Wong of A City on a Lake, Laura Meyer. Thu: Joshua Taylor, The Flowerthief, The Vanity Belles. Fri: Black Market lll, Roy Ruiz and the Grave Diggers, Shannon Labrie. Sat: Adams Ave Unplugged.

Sun: Adams Ave Unplugged. Mon: Open mic w/ Chad Taggart. Tue: Comedy.

Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla.

http://theloft.ucsd.edu. Thu: The Lonely Forest, Now, Now. Sat: Black Out. Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave, Hillcrest. martinisabovefourth.com.

Wed: Antonio Barrazza And Friends. Fri: MA4 LIVE! w/ Carol Curtis.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Ron’s Trio. Thu: Harmony Road. Fri: Sure Fire Deluxe. Sat: Traxx.

Numbers, 3811 Park Blvd, Hillcrest. http:// numberssd.com/. Thu: ‘Tagged’ w/ DJ Angel X; ‘Varsity’. Fri: ‘Viernes Calientes’ w/ DJs Sebastian La Madrid, Rubin; Electric Honey. Sat: ‘Club Sabbat’ w/ Robin Roth.

Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: Digital Sea. Thu: MMXIII, Ikah Love, Adam Salter, Old Money, The Office. Fri: Adam Salter. Sat: DJs EdRoc, Kanye Asada. Sun: Tribe of Kings.

Pal Joey’s Cocktail Lounge, 5147 Waring Road, Mission Valley. paljoeysonline. com. Wed: Karaoke w/ Erica. Thu: Karaoke w/ Frank. Fri: Mighty Aimless. Fri: Outta Sync. Sat: Trouble With Betty. Sat: Zone 4. Sun: Karaoke w/ Frank. Mon: Vicious Phishes. Tue: Karaoke w/ Ben. Patricks II, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: Mystique Element of Soul.

Thu: Bill Magee Blues Band. Fri: Blue Rockit Band. Sun: Troy Netter and The Cadillacs. Mon: WG and The G-Men. Tue: Walter’s Chicken Jam. Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Sun: Andre Nickatina, Roach Gigz, MUMBLS. Quality Social , 789 6th Ave, Downtown. qualitysocial.com. Fri: DJ Oliver. Sat: DJ Junior the Discopunk. Sun: ‘The Deep End.’ Queen Bee’s, 3925 Ohio St, North Park. queenbeessd.com.

Wed: Firehouse

Swing. Thu: Funny Ain’t a Thing (comedy). Fri: Revive SD. Sun: Salsa. Tue: ‘Lyrical Exchange.’

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

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

Wed: Kice Simko. Thu: Ugly Boogie. Fri: Wise Monkey Orchestra. Sat: Three Chord Justice. Tue: Party Planet Karaoke.

Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. rubyroomsd.com. Wed: Ryan Roots Cocktale Club Hot Mess Anniversary Party w/ DJ Fancy Pants, King and Queen of The Club Contest. Thu: Nerf Herder, Tzar, Kirby’s Dream Band. Fri: ‘Willy Wantcha Bass and The Bassbin Factory’ w/ Carly D, Bassmechanic, Kombat, MK Ultra, Zyfo.

Sat: Derr-Air (burlesque). Sun: Sonic Boom. Tue: Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Sociawki, Hawke-Auburn, The Lazulis.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Chappo, Okapi Sun, Social Club. Thu: Whitehorse, The Gift Machine, Soda Pants. Fri: Various Cruelties, Hindu Pirates, The Yawmen. Sat: The Drowning Men, Wild Wild Wets, Clockart. Sun: Blood Red Shoes, Splashh, Long Live Logos. Mon: Marnie Stern, SISU, Bulletins. Tue: Vietnam, Gap Dream, Tomorrow’s Tulips.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Wed: Transit, Seahaven, All Get Out, Young Statues, Scarlett Avenue. Fri: Idlehands, For the Win, Capsize, Brave Coast, Apollo, When Whales Collide. Sat: Killing the Messenger, Given the Day, The I in Self, Hundred Caliber, Call It Closure, Within Ourselves.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Sat: Rob Garza, Treavor Moontribe, Omega Squad, Arkon. Sun: Reggae Sundays.

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

Mon: Reggae. Tue: DJ Von Kiss.

Stingaree, 454 Sixth Ave, Downtown. stingsandiego.com. Sat: DJ Fashen, Dynamiq, DJ Slowhand, Wolfpack. Mon: DJ Scooter, Kaos.

The Flame, 3780 Park Blvd, Hillcrest. flamesandiego.com. Sat: ‘Deeply Rooted’ w/ DJ Henry Diaz, David Devine, Ernesto Cisneros.

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park. http://tinyurl.com/axnjs56. Wed: Spectrum, Vex Ruffin, O.P.P. Mon: Grave Babies.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Fri: Sorcery, Infinitum Obscure, Ruines ov Abaddon, Ascended Dead, Oneiregen, Cosmogony. Sat: The Amalgamated, Green Room Rockers, The Combos, The Bandulus, DJ Stack Aly. Tin Can Ale House, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. thetincan1.wordpress.com.

Wed: The Lumps, Sonic Angels, Shiva Trash. Thu: Old Man Wizard, Amigo, Focke-Wolves. Fri: The Hollerin, Robert Jon and The Wreck, Little Fowl. Sat: Von Hack, Legs, Arms Away. Mon: Tin Can Country Club w/ Alice Wallace. Tue: Recordable Colors, Little War Twins, Muscle Beech.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Wed: SD Cajun Playboys. Thu: Chet and The Committee. Fri: Petunia and The Vipers, Roy Rapid. Sat: Full Strength Funk Band. Sun: Salsa.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Fri: Cuckoo Chaos, Tropical Popsicle. Sat: Archons, Joy, Bhore Lord. Sun: Poontang Clam, Midnight Eagle, Burning Monk, Idols Plague, Christ Killer.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress. Wed: Patrick Dowling (4 p.m.); Tomcat Courtney (6 p.m.). Thu: Pan Am. Fri: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Afro Jazziacs (9 p.m.). Sat: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Peligroso Caramelo (9 p.m.). Sun: Middle Earth. Mon: Pan Am. Tue: Afro Jazziacs.

U-31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Thu: DJ Schoeny. Fri: DJ Artistic, Cros1, Felt1, Hektik. Mon: ‘Taking Back Monday.’

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd.com. Wed: AraabMuzik. Thu: Alvin Risk. Sat: The Loops of Fury.

Voz Alta, 1754 National Ave, Barrio Logan. vozaltaprojectgallery.com. Thu: Bill Caballero’s Latin Jazz Jam. Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Wed: ‘Commune Wednesday’. Thu: ‘VAMP.’ Fri: Band Showcase. Sat: DJ Claire (5 p.m.); ‘Booty Bassment’ w/ DJs Dimitri, Rob (9:30 p.m.). Sun: San Diego Mixtape Society Meet-Up. Tue: ‘Friends Chill.’

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Open mic w/ Jefferson Jay (6 p.m.); Beyond Rhythm, Rasta Roots, DJ Carlos Culture (9 p.m.). Thu: Ocean Beach Comedy Competition (6 p.m.); Krass Bros., KNG MKR, 3rd Borough (9 p.m.). Fri: Chris Curtis and Cameron Dyson (comedy, 6 p.m.); The Devastators (9:30 p.m.). Sat: Restoration One (7 p.m.); Dazed and Confused (9 p.m.). Sun: ‘O.B.-o-ke’ w/ Jose Sinatra. Mon: Electric Waste Band.

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