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Repair the safety net California Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor last Friday announced that he believes that the estimated revenue figures in Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised state budget plan are low by $3.2 billion. Taylor believes that Brown underestimated the tax revenue expected to come in during the next fiscal year, starting July 1, by $2.8 million and that an extra $400 million will come in between now and July.

The differing numbers set the stage for a battle over how—or whether—to spend the extra cash, but let’s first pause to bask in the glow of the moment: The number crunchers in the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) are typically the more sober folks at the budget table; there’s no reason for the LAO to be recklessly rosy. This is mildly good news.

In the wake of Taylor’s announcement, all parties are doing their jobs: Brown is pushing back against the LAO, cautioning that tax revenues are particularly volatile in California and calling for a conservative approach to the budget, which has earned the Democratic governor a rare bit of praise from the minority Republicans in the Legislature, who don’t want any expansion of current spending levels. And the majority Democrats want to use the extra projected revenue to bolster programs that have been decimated by years of dramatic spending cuts.

Naturally, we stand with Democrats who want to restore funding for the state’s welfare system, childcare, elder care and its court system, which is severely under-funded, and, especially, beef up mental-health services, which we believe would save money in the long run by reducing criminaljustice costs.

Brown’s budget is consistent with his longstanding interest in pouring as much money as possible into education. Not only does he seem to genuinely want to spend more on education; he also believes he’s required to, under Prop. 98, which mandates a minimum level of education funding. Prop. 98 is the 800-pound gorilla that comes out of the hall closet and plops himself down on the living-room sofa every time education spending is broached; outside of the education community, Prop. 98 is widely viewed as inequitable in terms of overall

state budgeting.

Apart from the extra money that Taylor believes will come in, Brown has included several billions of dollars in estimated increased tax revenue, and it’s pretty much all going to education. Taylor seems to agree with Brown’s view of Prop. 98, saying that $2.4 billion of the $3.2 billion more he thinks the state will have would also have to go to education if it’s budgeted.

According to the Sacramento Bee, Taylor doesn’t disagree with Brown’s hesitance to use tax-revenuewindfall money on ongoing services, but, still, he’s proposed that Brown and the Legislature amend Prop. 98 in a way that allows the state to make good on the funding requirements at a slower pace, which david rolland would provide greater shortterm budgeting flexibility (the state owes education some Prop.

98 money from past years).

Brown won’t be engaged in any such discussions, and it’s doubtful that many lawmakers will go up against the education establishment, but the impacts of Prop.

98, much like Prop. 13, should be consistently and repeatedly examined in a public manner.

The sad fact is that there’s still far too little money available to provide adequate services in California. We can’t argue with Jerry Brown any plan to spend more on education. But there’s more to raising children properly than simply sending money to their schools.

Under a new federal measurement, California has the highest poverty rate in the country. According to the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development, California also fares poorly when it comes to overall family economic security.

For some folks, achieving a balanced budget is the end goal. But the reality is that social services—those that help keep millions of needy Californians afloat—have been decimated amid a five-year-long budget crisis. Rampant poverty and its ripple effects won’t do the state’s economy any favors in the years ahead. We urge our legislators to keep that in mind when they negotiate and vote on next year’s budget.

What do you think? Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Correction In last week’s “Art & Culture” feature about the Warehouse 1425 art show, we misidentified an artist in a photo. The middle photo at the bottom of Page 28 depicts artist Matty Davis, not Diekuts.

We’re sorry for the error.

The T-word In your April 24 “Art & Culture” story about the Visible Bodies exhibition, I noticed that you said, “the word ‘tranny’... elicits the same reaction from a transgender person that the n-word or ‘faggot’ elicits from an African-American or homosexual.”

If this is the case—if the reaction is the same and the intention is the same, why is it OK to print “tranny” and “faggot” but not OK to print “the n-word”? I’m not at all trying to point a finger at you, but I think it’s an interesting question: Why is it still OK to say “tranny” instead of “t-word” or “fag” instead of “f-word”?

Surely, making this kind of distinction between these three equally offensive labels lessens the implied badness of two of them. Isn’t this perhaps part of the reason that LGBTQ rights are still so undervalued in this country?

Lizzie Shipton, Hillcrest

Risky Business A lot of folks aren’t paying attention to one fundamental of the marijuana conversation we’re having—federal law. Even your articles, and especially the April 24 editorial, either talk past or run past the fact that the federal government has placed marijuana into such a position that possession, use and sale constitutes a crime.

The City Council may write ordinances to allow marijuana stores and separate them from the places that children live and play, but it can’t make drug possession, use and sale a lawful activity. Cannot be done.

I’ve told the mayor and council that they risk federal prosecution if they cooperate in marijuana sales. Hopefully, someone at City Hall understands the risk. It’s real. It’s in the U.S. Attorney’s scope of authority, and I’m willing to bet she won’t blanch from indicting elected officials if that’s what it takes to penetrate the fog at City Hall.

Jim Varnadore, City Heights

More bike clubs Thanks for putting your Summer Guide together, emphasizing San Diego bicycling [May 8]. It’s nice to showcase how great San Diego is for bicycling and also some of the safety issues in “San Diego bike advocates push for safety” [“News”].

There are many bike clubs in the area. I

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represent the San Diego Wheelmen Bicycle Club (sandiegowheelmen.com), established in 1967 and San Diego’s oldest recreational bicycle club. We offer bicycle rides each Saturday and Sunday yearround for both men and women, as well as out-of-town bicycle tours.

There’s also a website that lists most of the bicycling clubs in the area with links to many of the clubs’ websites (efgh.com/ bike/clubs.htm).

I hope some of this info may be useful to your readers.

Phil Young, Pacific Beach

Good press Ryan Bradford interviewed me recently for our May 10 premiere of La Femme Tragique: Mystery of Elle. I checked him out first online, and as stiff as I was from the long rehearsals for our avant-garde show at Les Girls, I couldn’t stop laughing at his visually detailed, well-crafted ROFL style. Do an online search of this guy!

I was amazed how many people from all walks of work, income and perspective had read his May 8 “The Short List” event pick of our show. I straddle different dance cultures from more than a decade with San Diego Dance Theater (SDDT) at Liberty Station to four decades at landmark Les Girls as an activist / artist to a many-hats role with Logan Heights pastors who daily change lives of at-risk inner-city kids at a family-owned property. Thursday night, May 9, at our board meeting, I met with other SDDT board members, ranging from UCSD academics to yuppie engineers to Qualcomm staff to dance experts who had already read Bradford’s preview and praised it. I felt loved.

It was so cool. The CityBeat press booted me up the ladder of credibility as an edgy artist with tons of stories to tell about our San Diego community. CityBeat brought a kudos call from Hollywood screenwriter Miguel Tejada-Flores (Revenge of the Nerds), alerted Allied Gardens housewives (who just showed up by curtain call), attracted seniors from Kensington, as well as talented artists representing ballet, theater and voice. I also heard from Steve Kowit, NEA poet, and he loved it. He’s someone who has mentored me as a poet since the ’70s. He’s a colleague of Allan Ginsberg and teaches in the SDSU master’s program, and in his classes, I learned how to be funny and well-crafted.

I think Bradford and Kowit came in on the same simile.

Thank you, Ryan Bradford, and the CityBeat horse you rode in on. You gave us press! We had terrific, intelligent audiences, and I can’t imagine how it could have been any better.

Kata Pierce-Morgan, National City

Courtesy: Environmental Health Coalition

bonus

news Phone-tag hell

Bob Filner and Diane Takvorian at the Environmental Health Coalition’s annual awards ceremony in 2012

A seat at the grownups’ table

Environmental-justice leader Diane Takvorian is finally being heard

vironmental Health Coalition (EHC), a nonprofit that has fought to get lead paint out of homes and diesel trucks out of residential neighborhoods, among other things.

“I’ve lived through the civil-rights movement and the women’s movement,” EHC Executive Director and coby David Taube founder Diane Takvorian tells CityBeat. “We know that In June 2012, environmentalist Nicole Capretz met with people who know each other—which tended to be old white aides to then-San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders to talk about men—that they were the ones that got to talk to each other. the Quail Brush power plant proposed for near Mission “So, everyone has always fought for access,” she says.

Trails Regional Park. Sanders’ chief of staff, Julie Dubick, “But it doesn’t work if you just shift that framework to anand senior policy advisor Aimee Faucett listened to her con- other set of people. I mean… I wouldn’t want, I don’t think cerns about how the plant should this mayor would want, to say, be a sustainable-energy project ‘Now there’s a new inside crowd.’” that doesn’t burn fossil fuels.

For Takvorian, it’s not that “There was never an Later that month, news broke there’s increased access for her in administration in the last 20 about another possible project, the particular—she’s a good friend of years that was willing to North City Power Plant in UniverFilner, having known him for desity City. The city had been working cades from his time as a member advance the community plan.” for more than 16 months with one of both the San Diego City Council —Diane Takvorian bidder, and city staff had compiled and U.S. Congress; rather, the difa 206-page report on the project. ference is that the environmental Capretz says Sanders’ aides didn’t and public-health issues she cares even bother to mention it during their meeting. so much about genuinely resonate with him.

Since then, the City Council has stopped pursuing both “Having access to legislators who don’t share your core projects: The Quail Brush plant was voted down last fall, values isn’t very valuable,” she says. “The 20 minutes to and the city’s Rules and Economic Development Commit- half an hour that you get on their calendar, I don’t think tee removed the North City plant item from its agenda af- is really the right indicator. I don’t think that’s the criteria ter public outcry. Now that Mayor Bob Filner is in office, you use to say, ‘Is someone open to these ideas or not?’ …

Capretz says, she feels more comfortable that policy devel- I’ve been in lots of meetings with lots of legislators who opments won’t happen behind the scenes. Instead of hav- made the time, but that didn’t really matter because none ing to fight to be heard, City Hall for the first time is reach- of what we had to say seemed to resonate at all.” ing out to her for input.

Nearly three years ago, the City Council created the Capretz says the mayoral turnover represents a dra- Environmental and Economic Sustainability Task Force, a matic shift, where environmental groups are now having Takvorian CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 their voices heard, including her own organization, the En-

In March, John Palomino was laid off from his job as a nurse at San Diego Hospice, after the troubled organization was forced to file for bankruptcy. Like most folks who’ve lost a job, Palomino applied for unemployment and set out to look for new work.

Shortly after, Palomino got a letter saying his application was denied. The letter directed him to call the state Employment Development Department’s (EDD) unemployment-benefits hotline because he’d filled out something incorrectly. The letter, he says, was only about three lines long.

“It seemed like something just spit out by a computer,” Palomino says.

So he called. And called. And called. No matter when he called, he couldn’t reach a single person through the hotline. Via a Facebook group started by former hospice employees, he learned that he wasn’t the only one having problems with EDD. A November 2012 report by the state auditor—a follow-up to a previous audit in March 2011—noted that, among other issues, EDD’s phone system wasn’t capable of handling the volume of calls the department received. Between July 2011 and June 2012, the report says, 17 million calls—24 percent of all calls—didn’t go through. And, of the calls that did go through, when individuals requested to speak with an EDD worker, roughly 25 million of 29.7 million calls weren’t connected, nearly twice as many as the prior year.

EDD spokesperson Patti Roberts says the state tries to call applicants to resolve incomplete applications, and follow-up letters like the one Palomino received give as much information as possible.

On May 20, EDD reduced its call hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to 8 a.m. to noon, due in part to a $30-million budget cut from federal sequestration.

To help address the reduced hours, EDD is asking people to email questions or find information on its website and through social media.

When the hospice’s financial troubles came to light, Palomino and his wife decided to refinance their home, just in case. The move allowed them to defer mortgage payments for two months. And, Palomino landed a job in mid-April with another hospice, VITAS. But, he’s continued calling the state to try to get the money he says is owed to him for that month he was out of work.

“You’re quick to take my money,” Palomino says, referring to paycheck deductions for unemployment insurance, “but why are you giving me a hard time to give it back?”

—David Taube

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david rolland

spin cycle

john r.

lamb Six months out “Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.”

—Benjamin Franklin A couple months ago, Spin Cycle had a good chuckle over a 10News “report” that, as one news anchor tweeted, “there is an effort to recall #SanDiego Mayor Bob Filner. Details at 11.”

The tweet ended with the hashtag #TMD, a reference to the mayor’s recent scrap over purse strings with the Tourism Marketing District. That evening, the 30-second story made no allusions to TMD, only an admission that no one seemed to know who was behind the recall effort.

Oh, and the proof that the recall was indeed on? A bumper sticker, a copy of which 10News aired as its Perry Mason moment

without a clue where said stickers had originated, only that they’d been seen around town.

But with June comes gloom and also the time when Filner haters can shake off the final haze of winter slumber and get to work plotting ways to take him down.

With June marking the mayor’s sixth month in office, the City Charter also declares it open season for recall generals.

Spin recently corresponded with someone—let’s call this person “Deep Moat” for the vast local political knowledge said person possesses—who’s convinced the dough is there to mount a recall effort.

“I think they have the money ($2 million plus) to qualify,” Deep reasoned via email. “They are just waiting to see if [Filner] gives

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the talk does appear to sting. At a recent session with reporters, the mayor momentarily got all “gee-whiz,” referring to a recall as a “pretty dramatic step to take if you disagree with someone.”

So, what’s it gonna take to put the kibosh on a costly squirrelchasing special-election cycle that has little chance of succeeding?

If you ask Spin, it’s Bob Filner and Donna Frye, time for Filner to stow when she still worked for him the campaign-friendly them the ammo they need to ra- “What if?” speeches and move full tionalize it.” speed into “Get ’er done” mode.

Moat agreed the most likely Sure, Filner has had his share candidates for “they” are the phil- of victories—but they’ve come osophically conservative Lincoln typically in the courtroom or City Club and local hoteliers, and the Council chambers, where most San money probably isn’t sitting in Diegans dare not enter. But tangisome smoke-filled vault smolder- ble, visible evidence of a progresing for action; rather, it likely floats sive shift in a burgeoning Demoin the political ether as pledges. cratic town? Meh, not so much.

The website domain RecallFil Yes, Filner’s only been on the ner.com was registered privately job for a short time, and the City in January but remains dormant, so Council hasn’t even finished hashthat’s out there, for what it’s worth ing through his first budget. But let’s be honest: Unlike the previ(as much as a bumper sticker).

When approached on the sub- ous string of Republican pearls San ject, Filner typically shrugs in Diego endured, Filner the liberal haters-gonna-hate fashion, but mayor won’t get many bennies of the doubt from local conservative ranks that permeate the political echo chamber around here—and are frankly better at “The End is Near” babble-chatter.

So, if Spin were Filner—and thank goodness he’s not!—here are two things he’d do: Stop the pie-in-the-sky pronouncements: The thing that conservatives must hate most about Filner is his ability to connect with audiences. While rarely mentioned in mainstream-media coverage of Filner, the guy is funny. Yes, sometimes dry, often skewering—but a one-liner machine nonetheless.

At a community meeting in Bankers Hill Monday night, Filner had the standing-room-only crowd in stitches for much of the hour, at one point ribbing a restaurant employee he recognized with jabs about his abilities. “Great food, but terrible service!” the mayor proclaimed to howls, including from the recipient of the jab.

When a community member eloquently argued for better giveand-take with the Mayor’s office, Filner immediately made his signature I’m-putting-you-in-chargeof-that comment. More laughs.

But here’s the thing, Mr. Mayor.

As someone once said, “Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm and behave as outra-

geously as the world lets them.”

And one way to lose the attention of the masses that swept you into office would be to make promises not even Zeus could keep.

Example: When you unveiled last month your cheaper, easier, temporary plan to return most of Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama back to pedestrians and close Cabrillo Bridge to cars on weekends and holidays, you made this coming Memorial Day weekend the target date to begin the experiment.

That drew big cheers from the mostly supportive crowd, and perhaps it was that wave of appreciation that sparked the bold prediction. Of course, after studying the logistics further, you’ve come to the conclusion that Labor Day weekend is likely a more realistic bull’s-eye, some three months beyond your original estimate.

(Something about The Old Globe Theatre objecting to possible repercussions to its summer season was what you told the folks in Bankers Hill.)

For someone who insists on having all the facts in front of him before acting, that seemed like a pretty easy thing to determine prior to getting folks worked up about the bridge closure and a new day in the park.

Which brings Spin to his second suggestion: Release the hounds!: Why does it seem that all who work for the mayor sport the same tense faces? The stories of staff turnover in the Mayor’s office have begun to surface—Donna Frye, Filner’s director of open government, was certainly the splashiest departure, but less trumpeted exits by Frye’s No. 2, Steve Hadley, a bevy of schedulers and Rob Wilder, the mayor’s energy and sustainability czar, speak to, well, something. Focus, maybe?

The mayor bragged about the quality of intellect he’d managed to corral into staffing him, despite a reputation as an intense boss. “I think they have an energy and a competence that is unmatched,” he said when introducing his top staff in January.

So, trust that competence. Let your people go—that is, let them do their jobs. Unshackle them from the micro-managing, wrong-sizepaper-clip mentality that promotes fear, which, as they say, is a darkroom where negatives develop. If someone stinks at their job, can ’em.

But time’s a-wastin’, and the wolves are scratching at the door, wondering if it’s time for a bloodbath.

Got a tip? Send it to johnl@sdcitybeat.com.

takvorian CONTINUED from PAGE 7 group charged with creating the Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan, now known as the Climate Action Plan. The plan seeks ways the city could minimize greenhouse-gas emissions, such as reducing cars on the road and diverting trash from landfills. Members of the task force and the environmental community wanted to use the plan to propose numerous environmentally friendly measures with timetables and stringent goals, but Capretz says target numbers were drastically reduced or removed by the city for the final draft. She says the plan just wasn’t a priority for Sanders.

But when stakeholders talked with Filner about the plan’s shortcomings, Filner decided to redo it, Takvorian says.

“He could have said, ‘Well, I guess we’re so far down the line now that the climate plan’s got to be what it is because now we’ve done environmental review,’” she says. “But he’s saying, ‘No, let’s get it right.’”

While the EHC often disagreed politically with Sanders, the nonprofit had one particular conflict with him that’s nestled in the heart of the organization. EHC, founded in 1980 as the Coalition Against Cancer, has strong roots in Barrio Logan, a neighborhood where houses and apartments are located near shipyards along San Diego Bay and mixed in with metal-plating shops and companies that generate hazardous waste.

Barrio Logan’s community plan, which sets the rules for development in the neighborhood, hasn’t been updated since 1978, in part because of insufficient city funds. In 2007, EHC convinced what was then known as the Centre City Development Corp. to invest up to $1.5 million to update the community plan. A stakeholder group came up with a draft.

Then politics happened, Takvorian says: Sanders assembled business leaders, and they drafted another proposal. “And this was totally behind the scenes, outside the public process,” she said, “and it was meant to undermine the entire process.”

The two alternatives have been working their way toward City Council for approval.

Takvorian says Filner’s staff has helped push forth the community-plan update that the original group created. The City Council could vote on a plan in late June.

“There was never an administration in the last 20 years that was willing to advance the community plan,” Takvorian said. “Even in the Maureen O’Connor era”—from 1986 to 1992—“that was not something we were able to advance.”

Ever since gold-rusher and businessman Alonzo Horton set up New Town along San Diego’s harbor in the 19th century, the city has been focused on improvements within 20 blocks of the waterfront, San Diego Mesa College political-science professor Carl Luna says. But Filner’s approach seems to shift away from a Downtown mentality. Takvorian says

the mayor’s recently released budget proposal is one of the first times a mayor has highlighted community plans.

When Filner developed a formal vision for the Port of San Diego, which was presented to the city earlier this year, he wanted input before finalizing it, Takvorian said. So EHC offered strategies about how to make the port freer of diesel pollution. Takvorian says that kind of planning was groundbreaking, and even though her organization has monitored the port for more than 20 years, no city official has taken that kind of initiative.

EHC, which has an office in Tijuana, takes a binational approach when addressing certain problems, like pollution of the Rio Alamar, a Tijuana streambed. Takvorian says the mayor has taken a similar approach when he opened up a city office across the border. That binational connection was furthered, she said, when Filner raised the possibility of a joint San Diego / Tijuana bid to host the summer Olympics. Although U.S. Olympic Committee officials told The Associated Press that rules prevent such a proposal, Takvorian suggests there’s still hope, and the idea represents a positive change.

“Whether it works or not… it doesn’t matter,” she says. “The fact that we are a bi-national organization, we just see the blocks all the time that don’t allow our countries, our cities, to really work together.”

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by Mina Riazi Mina Riazi

ly, the bread at Kafe Sobaka was not the puffed up, craggy-edged kind. Instead, the four crustless slices were thin and just OK. Though the butter eased the bread out of its lackluster state, the duo didn’t completely win me over.

The pkhali came next. Described as a well-known Kavkaz Mountain appetizer, the vegetable-and-walnut mash tasted best with a hunk of bread. That’s because the pkahli’s sharp, garlicky zing complemented the humdrum carb. Together, the two tasted swell, proving that, yes, in fact, opposites do attract.

Kafe Sobaka’s vareniki, or potato dumplings, are a solid appetizer choice.

When the crescent-shaped pillows arrived, accompanied by a little dish of Vareniki, Kafe Sobaka’s potato-and-mushroom dumplings yogurt, I could tell that they’d been prepared only minutes before. The dough was supple and chewy and thick enough to hold together a savory potato-and-mushroom filling. A quick dip in the peppery yogurt lent the morsels a nice, creamy coolness.

Most of the entrées are meat-focused medleys like the kuchmachi—chicken liver fried with ovenDelightful dumplings roasted garlic—and the zharenniyi yazyik, beef tongue wrapped in herbs. Vegetarian and vegan opKafe Sobaka’s humor-spiked menu brings totions, like the respublika kalifornia—Sobaka’s spin gether Russian, Georgian and California cuisines. on the French-dip sandwich—speckle the menu.

The cabbage-and-berries salat vesna is “rare as I settled for a plate of tangy chicken called chastity” and the derevenskaya skovorodka’s fried chakhokhbili. The tender meat was hidden bepotatoes are so tantalizing that they apparently neath a mix of lemon, tomato, garlic and herbs. warrant violence: “For this dish I could easily kill The dish was refreshing and light, a perfect folmy older brother.” The witty voice behind the low-up to the dumplings. menu most likely belongs to owner Mark DjuA wise woman once said the ideal ending gashvili, who you might spot sitting near the ento any meal is a scoop of ice cream. I’ve always trance of the newly opened Golden Hill eatery. agreed wholeheartedly with that notion, no matKafe Sobaka (2469 Broadway, kafesobaka-resto ter how stuffed I might be. Luckily, Kafe Sobaka’s ranpomegranate.com) sits on a wide residential menu flaunts a wide variety of homemade ice street between a Cricket Wireless and a string creams, from honey vanilla to black tea to Georof houses. Inside, the restaurant is cluttered but gian yogurt. The Turkish coffee was my No. 1 cozy. Chunky samovars line a window ledge, and choice, and the frosty treat arrived in a slender framed posters adorn the walls. A few retired inblue glass. I didn’t mind that the dessert was more struments—a flute, a trumpet—join the lively mishlike an Italian granita—a semi-frozen, slushy-like mash. In the evenings, the restaurant glows with sweet—than ice cream. It was a thirst-quenching the warm, yellow light of all its stubby table lamps. finish to a robust meal, one that I would repeat I was observing the décor when our server slid again for another round of those chubby, flavorpacked dumplings. one dish of bread and another of herb butter onto the table. For some reason, I expect sturdy, bellyWrite to minar@sdcitybeat.com filling fare from dimly lit places that are packed and editor@sdcitybeat.com. with wooden tables and chairs. And, unfortunate-

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Jen Van Tieghem

bottle

Rocket A tale of two twist-offs

As summer has come knocking hard, I thought it time to find a wine to welcome this aggressive guest. In my constant quest for white wines that are both refreshing and full of flavor, I decided to compare a couple of my favorite varietal: Sauvignon Blanc. I chose a 2012 Babich from Marlborough, New Zealand, based on my love of that region’s wines, and a 2011 Fish House from Columbia Valley, Wash., for its similar price point and familiar brand.

Another common factor of these two bottles happened to be their screw caps. Considered by some to be a faux pas in wine buying, screw caps are actually functional for a few reasons, including the fact that one can enjoy wine a whole 10 seconds faster. Though not as common as cork, caps actually stand a better shot at keeping wine fresh and remove the risk of cork taint. Plus, I think it provides added convenience when bringing wine to summer functions where you may not want to tote a cork-

screw or ask for one. Twist, pour, drink.

Despite all their congruent features, these two wines turned out to be quite different. Fish House played up the citrus aspects of the fruit, with shades of lemon and lime and not much else. With relatively light flavors, I immediately marked it as a starter bottle to be enjoyed prior to a meal or outing. It satisfied the refreshing factor without needing to be overly chilled.

Though not a bad choice, it came off a bit bland when tasted alongside my other purchase.

Jen Van Tieghem The Babich had a fuller flavor even at first sip. It boasted magnified notes of minerals right away, with a long finish full of fresh-cut grass and herbaceous qualities— my favorite characteristics of Sauv Blanc. The complexities in the nose and on the tongue also contained more delicate hints of peach and tropical fruitiness. New Zealand’s whites consistently impress me with these nuances all playing well together.

Overall, for a few more bucks, I much preferred the ranging layers of the Babich. It could drink well on its own, but I also can’t wait to try it with a grilled artichoke or asparagus—more summertime favorites.

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by jenny Montgomery jenny Montgomery

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Oceanside is a town with many sides. As the last coastal outpost on the northern tip of the county, its identity is shaped not only by Camp Pendleton—just try driving down the Coast Highway without seeing freshly shaven heads on babyfaced young Marines—but also by the old-school beach-town vibe that easily gets overshadowed by its glitzier neighbors to the south. That grittybut-welcoming feeling is making a comeback in O’side, thanks to the help of funky food outposts like The Flying Pig. The Flying Pig (626 S. Tremont St., flying pigpubkitchen.com) just notched its two-year anniversary—and it’s definitely hit its stride. The farm-to-table joint is cranking out seasonal food that’s both polished and fun. The staff all hustle around with such warmth and dedication, you would think everyone who comes to your table is the owner.

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night I visited, I was informed that the chef wasn’t happy with the current crop of cukes, so our plate consisted of pickled onions, carrots, turnips and more. The veggies are pickled in the house brine, and every crunch was hot and zingy, with a liberal coating of just-crunchy-enough tempura clothing every one.

The polenta fritters were another small-plate winner.

I’m usually wary of polenta— it’s just cornmeal with a fancy name, people—but these balls of goodness were like the softest, subtlest hushpuppies ever.

Spend the extra 50 cents for a dish of honey for dipping.

I love a good ribeye, and since I was out sans toddler, I was feeling decadent.

“Give me a steak!” I may have shouted.

I remain torn over this dish and hope that maybe that night, I just got an inferior cut.

Cooked to medium, the flavor was there, but the steak wasn’t so much marbled as it was fatty, and I spent most of the meal sawing away at my dinner. However, the sauce of port and dates was fantastic, as were the thin and crisp salt-andvinegar fries. (Although the menu did also have the now-ubiquitous truffle fries, they are far outshined by this sassier flavor combo.)

If you’re feeling beefy, opt instead for the short ribs—assuming they’re on the ever-changing menu. Fork-tender and served on a bed of toothsome black-eyed peas and creamy, sweet corn, the dish was the definite showstopper at our table.

The Flying Pig feels bustling and energetic, with packed tables, bar stools filled with locals and staff chatting up guests like old friends.

There’s an eclectic collection of art on the walls. I was partial to the tones-of-blue painting of a trio of smoking nuns.

When we commented to our server that we dug The Flying Pig’s cool energy, she remarked, “We’re like a dive bar that serves really upscale food.”

It’s a contradiction of sorts, but one that definitely works in Oceanside.

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

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Cult of personality Either Fiona Maazel—named in 2008 to the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” list—possesses psychic powers or her novels are remarkably prescient.

Her debut, Last Last Chance, which gave readers a front-row seat to what the world looks like at the onset of a deadly super-plague, was published in 2008, the year before the swine-flu pandemic took the world by storm.

Woke Up Lonely, Maazel’s newest novel, published earlier this year by Graywolf Press, deals with—among other things—the reckless rise to prominence of North Korea as an increasingly unstable player in the global endgame.

If Maazel’s next book features earthquakes in Southern California, I’ll be on the next bus out of San Diego.

Woke Up Lonely is the story of a divorced couple who’ve carried the torch for one another throughout the long period of their estrangement. This was challenging since Thurlow Dan is a cult leader who’s landed on a half-dozen federal watch lists and his ex-wife Esme is an undercover agent for the CIA. Her chief preoccupation these many years has been to keep Thurlow out of harm’s way. This became increasingly difficult when he traveled to Pyongyang to take a meeting with Kim Jong-Il to discuss how the loneliest state on Earth could support Thurlow’s mission.

As cults go, The Helix is fairly benign and feels very much like an offshoot of a 12-step program organized around the benefits of sharing one’s personal experiences with a group of likeminded strangers. The affliction Thurlow’s acolytes are fighting is loneliness. Here he addresses a crowd of 300 to 400 lost souls: “‘A lot of people think solitude comes from a deep need attached in our social history to the dread of convention. Or even just the dread of belonging. How can I belong? I live in darker registers of belonging and feeling than anyone else on earth. Does that sound familiar?’”

How this “dread of convention” compels droves of ordinary Americans to walk away from their families, friends and jobs and join Helix communes whose ranks are swelling at alarming rates is anyone’s guess. The CIA’s bungled attempt to find out by sending four handpicked workers from the Department of the Interior undercover drives much of the action.

Woke Up Lonely is a kaleidoscopic novel. Usually, this means the quotidian is made arresting

by looking at it through a crush of color and light.

That’s not the case here. Woke Up Lonely seethes with sex and intrigue, and its baroque, highly stylized storyline is simplified by taking things one moment at a time.

Maazel does something that I haven’t seen done since David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. She presents short, intense episodes with characters near the beginning of the book that we don’t meet again until the novel speeds toward its climax. The idiosyncrasies of these characters make them memorable, yet they are plugged into the story in a way that punches up the narrative rather than bogging it down.

Consider this snapshot of a man named Bruce whose wife is expecting their first child: “They had not settled on a name for his son, their son, though earlier today Rita had said, Che, how about Che? to which Bruce had said, Yeah? How about Santa? It will give him a leg up come winter. And so another fight, more tears, and a foreboding sense that already they were bad parents.”

Maazel is a writer who twists her narrative to suit her needs rather then shunt her story through a sleeve of prepackaged prose. Her storytelling is ambitious without being self-indulgent and takes her readers to a place that’s both far out and deeply interior. Even throwaway lines uncover a deeper understanding of the way we live now (“He stared at the screen like the dead stare at us.”), and the scenes set in North Korea are breathtaking: “Traversing the city at night was not much different from during the day. In the day the roads were stippled with cars—a handful—and at night there were none. Lights were scarce, there were no traffic signals, and every road felt epic. These were not roads, they were runways.”

The most charismatic figure here is Maazel, whose rich prose is veined with wit and wisdom. Though diabolically entertaining, she’s a writer with something to say. As we hasten to click on viral videos, submit to the wisdom of crowds and accumulate “friends” we’ve never met and never will, Woke Up Lonely serves as a kind of wake-up call.

“Anything that’s a threat to convention is cult, which is the saddest part of all, because when did this horrible loneliness get to be the norm?”

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

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events manager, “which, for us, was an iconic event; it’s something nostalgic that we always talk about.”

The evening also includes a modern take on the Push Pin Party, Pfeiffer says. MoPA invited the public to submit photos, taken with mobile phones and inspired by the theme “What does 30 mean to you?” They received more than 14,000 submissions, Pfeiffer says.

Assistant curator Chantel Paul whittled it down to the 30 best, which will be displayed at the event. Another 100 semi-finalists’ images will be projected in MoPA’s 1983 Push Pin Party the atrium. Also part of the evening is a screening of The Outsiders, chosen via online vote as part of the So, yeah—1983. Some of you were dump- museum’s ongoing Cinema Select series (Valley Girl ing Sun-In on your hair and finding new was robbed!). It’ll be shown in MoPA’s theater and uses for the word “like.” Some of you weren’t even projected on the museum’s atrium walls, too. born. Relive it, or experience it for the first time, at the MIHO’s Stand & Deliver will be serving up grub Museum of Photographic Arts’ Pop Thursdays event, and Alchemy Cultural Fare & Cocktails will provide from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 23. MoPA opened in the drinks. Admission is $6 for students and $8 for May 1983, so, to celebrate, the theme is—you guessed the rest of y’all. Purchase tickets in advance at mopa. it—1983. Don your best early-’80s garb, check out the org or at the door the day of the event. exhibition 30x, which features an acquisition from each of MoPA’s 30 years, and listen to tunes from 1983 spun by DJs Daniel Sant and Mark Smith.

Perhaps the coolest part of the evening is a soIn 1965, Alvin Lucier played timpani, called “Push Pin Party.” Just like in 1983, attendees snare and bass drums with his brain. are invited to bring photos (5-by-7 or smaller) to pin Electrodes on his scalp were connected to sound amto the museum’s atrium wall.

“So, we’re essentially re-creating this event 30 plifiers, which vibrated the instruments. Since then, years later,” says Melissa Pfeiffer, MoPA’s special- others have performed their own variations, and on Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, an event called SOUND will feature the works of Lucier, synthesizerpioneer Éliane Radigue and minimalist composer La Monte Thornton Young, as interpreted by UCSD muThe ancient Greek poet Simonides once sic professor Charles Curtis and designer Jason Lane. called dancing “silent poetry.” That seems You’ll also hear music from Matt Lorenz, a member of like an appropriate description considering the danc- the band Aspects of Physics, and see experimental arters performing at the 15th annual Blurred Borders work from Lee Lavy. The show happens from 6 to 11 Festival, which will feature new contemporary dance p.m. Friday and 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Bread & Salt, ROSE EICHENBAUM performances by Regina 1955 Julian Ave. in Logan Heights. Search for Bread & Klenjoski, Ericka Aisha Salt on Facebook.

Moore of Eveoke Dance Company and members of the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective that are fluid and lovely. These performers are making waves in the dance world thanks to their daring explorations in movement— Regina Klenjoski and we bet they can do a pretty mean robot. The shows begin at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, at the Saville Theater at San Diego City College (C and 14th streets, Downtown). Tickets range Lee Lavy’s video installation “Projected Childhood from $10 to $22. rincondance.org Nightmare in a Dark and Droning Room”

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Amass at Visual Arts Facility Gallery, Russell Lane, UCSD campus, La Jolla. Allison Spence presents her MFA thesis, which consists of paintings in the theme of ambiguity, accompanied by a performance and reading. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, visarts.ucsd.edu Inside the Design Studio at Basile Studio, 1805 Newton Ave., Barrio Logan. Designer and builder Paul Basile invites you to explore his studio. He’ll discuss the inspiration behind his award-winning urban designs. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $20. 619-564-7584, sdarchitecture.org Catherine Czacki at Structural and Materials Engineering Building, UCSD campus, Voigt Drive and Matthews Lane. The Discursive and Curatorial Practice Initiative presents Czacki’s abstract art. On view through June 17. Opening from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 23. 858-822-4973, visarts.ucsd.edu Starry Nights at Stella La Jolla, 8008 Girard Ave. Ste. 220, La Jolla. Jonny Mars, Thumbprint Gallery and local artist Jono Shakespeare debut a romance-based art show at the new Italian restaurant in La Jolla. From 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, May 24. 858-551-3242, facebook.com/ events/324309597698911 Trunk Show at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. Members of the San Diego Bead Society including, showcase their handcrafted jewelry made in a variety of styles. During museum hours, Friday through Sunday, May 24-26. 619-2390003, mingei.org HThe Sensual Sculpture of Donal Hord at San Diego History Center, Balboa Park. Eight of the sculptors’ rarely viewed creations, crafted from wood, jade, granite and other materials, have been donated to the museum. They will be on display through Sept. 20. Opens Friday, May 24.

619-232-6203, sandiegohistory.org HSave on Everything at Helmuth Projects, 1827 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Check out this exhibition of Joe Yorty’s work at this closing reception / BBQ. Includes a sidewalk sale featuring all the leftover Helmuth and Joe Yorty goods. From noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 25. 619-265-6842, facebook.com/events/189396997880073 HMenage a Trois: A Household of Three at 3rd Space, 4610 Park Blvd., University Heights. Figurative and portrait art

by Devon Browning, Marissa Parsons and David Michael. Music by Gabe Lehner.

From 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 25.

RSVP required via Facebook or email david@thegoodsshow.com. facebook.com/ events/338108326314898 HPictures of the Year International at Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park. See the 240 winners chosen from 48,000 images submitted to this worldrenowned competition. The photos depict everything from war-torn countries to championship sports. On view through Sept. 22. Opens Saturday, May 25. 619238-8777, mopa.org/poyi Looking for Things at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. San Diego artist Jay Johnson displays work created from found and reclaimed objects, wood, metal, clay and paper that reflect his dry humor. On display through Sept. 15. Opens Saturday, May 25. 760435-3720, oma-online.org Goin’ Down to Die at Left Hand Black, 1947 Fern St., South Park. Tattoo artist Turk showcases his hand-painted impressions and wood work at this solo show. On view through July 25. From 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 25. 546-6555, lhblk.com

Artisan Market at Coast Highway Traders, 530 S Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, Encinitas. Artists Carolyn Cope, Carolyn Snyder and Teri Hale showcase their wares at this month’s event to promote local artists and small businesses in downtown Encinitas. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25. 760-944-1381, coasthwytraders.com Intergenerational Mural Marathon at Charity Wings Art Center, 287 Industrial St., San Marcos. Art Miles Mural Project invites you to take part in their quest to create a 12-mile-long mural with the theme, “Be Together.” At 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25. 760-798-1552, artmiles.org HRescued Cards Launch Party at Mission Brewery, 1441 L St., East Village. Celebrate the launch of the greeting card line, which supports animal rescues across the U.S. Features work by photographer Monica Hoover From 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 25. 619-544-0018 x 314, rescuedcards.com/blogs/news HVolcanos and Full Moons at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. Ernest Silva showcases paintings, sculptures and installations featuring imagery from his childhood and metaphorical renditions of lighthouses, birds, deer and other figures. On view through Sept.

15. Opens Saturday, May 25. In conjunction with the opening, Silva will discuss his works from 2 to 4 p.m. 760-435-3720, oma-online.org HMee Shim: Artist Talk at Pulse Gallery, 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 103, Point Loma.

The artist discusses her work, “Fragmented Journey,” and how her personal history influences her art. From 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, artpulse.org/events HC.R.E.A.M.: A Monetary Art Exhibition at Basic, 410 10th Ave., Downtown. Cash rules everything and this exhibit focuses on how it’s used, abused and gained in today’s economy. Twenty artists will display their work. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 619-5318869, thumbprintgallerysd.com

BOOKS Buzz Aldrin at San Diego Air & Space Museum, 2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park. The 83-year-old Apollo 11 moonwalk astronaut signs and discusses his seven books about space exploration. From 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. $29. 619234-8291, sandiegoairandspace.org Erin Hoffman at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The author and game designer discusses the final volume in the Chaos Knight trilogy. At 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Robert Horwitz at The Grove, 3010 Juniper St., South Park. Professor of Communication at UCSD signs his newest book, America’s Right: Anti-Establishment Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party.

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. 619-2847684, thegrovesandiego.com HJanet Fletcher at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Join the San Francisco Chronicle columnist for a cheese sampling and a discussion of her book, Beer & Cheese. At 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com

COMEDY Chris Clobber at Haritna Mediterranean Restaurant, 7303 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa.

Diane Jean hosts the comedian who’s appeared on HBO and Comedy Central. Proceeds help fund KNSJ Community Radio.

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. $18.

619-462-2722, knsj.org

MashUp at National Comedy Theatre, 3717 India St., Little Italy. Members of the NCT troupe form teams to perform competitive short-form games for the audience. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $10. 619-295-4999, nationalcomedy.com Craig Shoemaker at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown.

See the modern-day Renaissance man perform his iconic baritone-voiced character, “The Lovemaster.” At 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday May 24-25, and 8 p.m. Sunday, May 26. 619-7026666, madhousecomedyclub.com Adam Hunter and Bruce Jingles at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. Comedy Juice hosts The Tonight Show’s Adam Hunter and Showtime’s Bruce Jingles. At 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29. $15. 619-702-6666, madhousecomedyclub.com

awareness foundation hosts a fundraiser with a coffee tasting and old-fashioned bake sale. Music by DJ Cute Boobs. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 26. 619200-7916, univ-shop.com Dishcrawling The Village at Third Ave., Chula Vista. Discover Chula Vista’s culinary hot spots on this tour of the neighborhood’s food scene. Hear from chefs and business owners and taste some of their creations. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. $45. 619-504-1913, dishcrawl.com HI Love Poke Festival at Bali Hai, 2230 Shelter Island Drive, Point Loma. The 4th annual food festival and competition looks to crown the best chef using poke as an ingredient. Attendees can sample island-inspired food from various restaurants. From 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. $55.

619-222-1181, ilovemusubi.com/poke

MUSIC Danny Green Quartet at Malcolm X Branch Library, 5148 Market St., Valencia Park. The library welcomes the jazz pianist and 2009 San Diego Music Award winner for best jazz album. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. 619-527-3405, tinyurl.com/ mxlibrary Athenaeum Jazz at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. As a part of the library’s annual spring series, the Anthony Wilson Seasons Guitar Quartet perform. At 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23.

858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/jazz.html HBalkan Fest Dance to the top Balkan, gypsy, Eastern European and klezmer

bands at this five-day festival. See website for a schedule and list of participating venues. Thursday through Monday, May 23-28. 858-454-5872, thebalkanfest.com Taghavi & Neuman at David Alan Collection, 241 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach.

Hear classical North Indian sitar and Iranian setar music as a part of the free concert series. At 6 p.m. Thursday, May 23. 858481-8044, thedavidalancollection.com Dinner & A Concert at Prescott Promenade, East Main St., El Cajon. The free weekly concert series hosts classic rock band Street Heart and encourages attendees to visit the surrounding restaurants in Downtown El Cajon prior to the performance. From 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 24.

619-401-8858, downtownec.com Joshua Bell at Copley Symphony Hall,

750 B St., Downtown. Jacob’s Masterworks presents its season finally with violinist Joshua Bell performing Piotr Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. At 8 p.m.

Friday, May 24. $20-$96. 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org HSound: Experiments in Sound at Bread & Salt, 1955 Julian Ave., Barrio Logan. This two-day exploration will take listeners through the works of composers Alvin Lucier, Eliane Radque and La Monte Young, as interpreted by Charles Curtis and Jason Lane. From 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, May 24, and 3 to 11 p.m.

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DANCE HBlurred Borders Dance Festival at Saville Theater @ San Diego City College, 1313 Park Blvd., Downtown. Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, Eveoke Dance Theatre and Patricia Rincon Dance Collective team up to perform outside-the-box dance theater originals. At 8 p.m. Friday, May 24. $18. 619-388-3037, rincondance.org Collaborations ‘13 at Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean View Blvd., Lincoln Park. The CAC Repertory Dance Theater invites you to celebrate their 20year anniversary with featured performances by Ryan Beck, Sandra FosterKing, Joei Waldron and others. At 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $8-$15.

619.410.7785, cacrdt.org

FASHION Fashion Quarterly Magazine Launch Party at Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. Quarterly social event for fashionenthusiasts with a prize for best dressed.

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, theloft. ucsd.edu Lizz Russell Cocktails and Couture Collection at Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Ave., Downtown. Models showcase Russell’s signature creations in the Versailles Ballroom. Ticket includes a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres. At 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 24. $32. 619-238-1818, westgatehotel.tix.com Ethnicity’s Unique Boutique at Malcolm X Branch Library, 5148 Market St., Valencia Park. A fashion show that specializes in ethnic apparel, accessories, art, home decor and faith-based items. At 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25. 619-527-3405, sandiegolibrary.org

FOOD & DRINK HEat. Drink. Read. at NTC Promenade in Liberty Station, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma. Chefs from some of San Diego’s most celebrated restaurants create dishes inspired by their favorite books. Funds raised help support the San Diego Council on Literacy. At 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22. $65. 619-573-9260, eatdrinkread.com Ironfire & Roseville Cozinha Beer Dinner Pairing at Roseville Cozinha, 2750 Dewey Road. #104, Point Loma.

Executive Chef Craig Jimenez creates a four-course meal paired with craft brews.

From 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $40-$50. 619 794-2192, facebook.com/ events/127640460763990 Keep A Breast: James Coffee Loves Boobies at Univ, 1053 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas. The breast cancer

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Upstart Crow, 835 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village. Upstart Crow continues its live music series by hosting the electronic-jazz fusion group. At 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25.

619-232-4855, upstartcrowtrading.com American Freedom Festival at USS Midway Museum, 910 N. Harbor Dr., Downtown. Creedence Clearwater Revisited performs a concert in honor of our veterans and those in the armed forces.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $39-$69.

619-544-9600, midway.org/freedom

Virtual Strangers Bluegrass Lecture at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Band members Mike and Yvonne Tatar, Kit Birkett and Jon Cherry continue their lecture series on everything bluegrass. Learn the history of the genre and hear the band perform following the lecture. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. $14-$19. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org Art of Elan at Malcolm X Branch Library, 5148 Market St., Valencia Park. Flutist Demarre McGill and violinist Kate Hatmaker

look to educate new audiences about classical music through a one hour, interactive concert. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. 619-527-3405, artofelan.org

OUTDOORS Palm, Cycad, Bamboo and Tropical Plant Sale at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. This

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Its silly title belies what a cracking good play Bekah Brunstetter’s Be A Good Little Widow really is. Its commentaries on love, marriage, death and grieving are potent but not ponderous, and a talented four-person cast on The Old Globe’s Sheryl and Harvey White stage generates laughter, surprise and just the right number of lump-in-yourthroat moments.

Primary among them is Zoe Winters, whose good little widow, Melody, is fun to watch even when she’s suffering. (She loses her young husband, Craig, in a plane crash.) Not only is Winters gifted at the art of physical comedy, but her wide-eyed double takes are ideally suited to the play’s shifting light and darkness. As Hope, Craig’s tightly controlled mother, Christine Estabrook is free-spirited Melody’s polar opposite, yet both are torn apart and need each other more than either would admit. The one-act evolution of their relationship in the Christine Estabrook (left) and Zoe Winters in Be A Good Little Widow midst of mourning is what makes Be A Good Little Widow so damned good.

It runs through June 1 at BLKBOX Theatre in It runs through June 9 at The Old Globe TheHillcrest. $20-$33. iontheatre.com atre. $29 and up. oldglobe.org

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Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com Death on a far broader scale is examined by Ion and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Theatre Company, which is staging Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer-nominated Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad OPENING Zoo. Set in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, The Divine Sister: A bawdy parody of wholesome 1960s-era Joseph’s volatile drama trafficks in guilt and ghosts. movies reveals what secrets lie within St. Veronica’s convent The central figure and truth-seeker is a tiger school. Opens May 23 at Diversionary Theatre in University (Ron Choularton) wearing not stripes but rags. Heights. diversionary.org He prowls the stage, challenging God to explain Green Day’s American Idiot: A musical based on Green or justify the way things are, violent and inexpli- Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name follows three disaffected young men as they flee a stifling life in suburbia. cable as they seem to be. His rants are funnier and Runs May 28 through June 2 at the Civic Theatre, Downtown. somehow more incisive coming from a “tiger,” broadwaysd.com though at times they feel stagy. Brian Abraham’s His Girl Friday: In an adaptation of the 1940 film, a reporter Arab gardener, Musa, is the play’s most sympa- planning to leave the business is convinced by her editor and thetic character: He’s a topiary artist, a reluctant ex-husband to stay in the game for one last scoop. Opens May go-between in the real and afterlife mayhem in 28 at La Jolla Playhouse. lajollaplayhouse.org Baghdad, and the purveyor of playwright Joseph’s Moonlight and Magnolias: A farcical look at what happens when legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick locks weightiest words. himself and two others in a room for five days so they can finClaudio Raygoza, who also appears as Sad- ish the script for Gone with the Wind. Opens May 24 at Scripps dam’s eldest son, Uday, directs a charged cast that Ranch Theatre. scrippsranchtheatre.org includes Jake Rosko and Evan Kendig as Ameri- Shakespeare’s R&J: The Bard’s classic tragedy is reconcan soldiers who succumb to the lure of Saddam’s textualized by four male Catholic military-school cadets. Preill-gotten gold and to self-destruction. Bengal Ti- sented by Cygnet Theatre, it opens May 22 at The Old Town ger at the Baghdad Zoo is thick with symbolism, but it’s also a story of man and beast—and how it’s For full listings, please visit hard to tell the two apart.

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1983. Don your best ’80s garb, check out a screening of The Outsiders, hear tunes from 1983 and bring a photo to pin to the atrium wall for a “push-pin party.” Stand & Deliver will be serving food and Alchemy provides the cocktails. At 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $8. mopa.org All White Latin Party Cruise at Hornblower Cruises, 1066 N. Harbor Drive, Downtown. Cruise around the San Diego bay for three hours on a boat featuring three floors of music and an outdoor cigar lounge. 21+.

At 9 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $39-$99. 619686-8715, saboronthebay.com HGaslamp Music & Art Festival at Gaslamp Quarter, Downtown. Various clubs, restaurants and galleries host live bands and work by artists. See website for a list of locations and schedule. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 25. 619-233-5227, gaslamp.org/gaslamp-music-art-festival Vista Strawberry Festival at Historic Downtown Vista, 127 Main St., Vista, Vista. Once the “Strawberry Capital of the World,” Vista hosts 200 vendors, an athletic competition, pie eating contests, carnival rides, music and food in honor of one of America’s favorite fruits. From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 26. 760-726-1122, vistastrawberryfest.com

“En Primavera” by Lilia Gracia Castro is on view in Gracia’s solo show, A Contemporary View of Pre-Hispanic Art, on view through June 16 at Centro Cultural de la Raza (2004 Park Blvd. in Balboa Park). one-of-a-kind event features exotic species of palms and tropical plants from Southern California nurseries. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 25. 760-436-3036, sdbgarden.org/plantsales-tropical.htm Full Moon Night Hike at Iron Mountain, Poway. Enjoy the sunset on your way up Poway’s Iron Mountain on this six-mile round-trip hike. Contact Alicia Carby at alicia.carby@gmail.com for the meet-up location. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, mosaicsd.org/th_event/full-moon-night-hike

PERFORMANCE Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Follow a young bride on her mission to marry off her six rowdy brothers in order to save her own marriage in this romantic musical.

See website for show times. Thursday through Sunday, May 23-26. $9-$13.

760-839-4190, artcenter.org/performances An Evening of Burlesque at MOXIE Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Rolando. A prohibition-themed fundraiser, complete with a photo booth, silent auction and performances by bit o’ Burlesque and the Moxies. At 8 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $55. 858598-7620, moxietheatre.com/burlesque Sleeping Beauty at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla. See young ballet students dance alongside professionals in a production of the timeless romantic story. At 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $20-$25. 858-454-3541, encinitas.ballet.com Cadenza: Mozart’s Last Year at Timken Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Vantage Theatre and Mainly Mozart co-present an hour-long staged reading of Robert Salerno’s play which will be punctuated by Mozart’s music. At 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25.

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read paragraphs from their new projects and vote for your favorite at the end. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. 619-2324855, upstartcrowtrading.com Skoolyard Skrimmage at Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. Join the freestyle rap competition where judges decide who has the best flow to take home a $200 cash prize. Open to the public and free to join. From 7 to 11:45 p.m. Saturday, May 25, facebook.com/ events/146429858854914

POLITICS & COMMUNITY Signs of the Tide at Carmel Mountain Ranch Library, 12095 World Trade Drive, Carmel Mountain. San Diego Coastkeeper invites the community to learn simple ways to contribute to water conservation to reduce San Diego’s current water deficit.

From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. 858-538-8181. sdcoastkeeper.org March Against Monsanto at Balboa Park. 250 cities across the globe march to raise awareness against the geneticallymodified food products of Monsanto. Meet at the fountain in front of the Science Center. At 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25, marchagainst-monsanto.com Civilized Conversation Club at Coco’s Restaurant, 13040 Friars Road, Mission Valley. This week’s roundtable discussion topic: Cheap or Dear: Are the High Costs of Discount Consumer Culture Too High? From 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 27. 858-231-6209, civilizedconversation.wordpress.com

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Cajon Classic Cruise at Prescott Promenade, East Main St., El Cajon. The weekly car show attracts over 200 model and classic vehicles with this week’s theme being, “Topless Night.” Enjoy restaurant specials, bounce houses and street vendors.

From 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22.

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Paragraph Slam Night at Upstart Crow, 835 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village.

Hear writers from the Go, Be, Write! group

HPop Thursdays at Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park. The museum celebrates 30 years by going back to

Skate Park BBQ Fundraiser at Padre Gold parking lot, 7245 Linda Vista Road, Linda Vista Skate and donate at this event to raise money for the skate park and promote healthy activities for our local youth.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26 Cajon Classic Cruise at Prescott Promenade, East Main St., El Cajon. The weekly car show attracts over 200 model and classic vehicles with this week’s theme being, “Salute to the Military.” Enjoy restaurant specials, bounce houses and street vendors. From 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. 619-401-8858, downtownec.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Behind the Issei Generation Exhibit at Women’s Museum of California, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Point Loma. Curator Linda Canada discusses the inspiration behind the museum’s current exhibit. Following the discussion is a screening of the short film, Dear Miss Breed. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $15.

619-233-7963, womensmuseumca.org The Hands of War and Civil Disobedience at Geisel Library, UCSD campus, La Jolla. Civil rights activist Marione Ingram and Professor Ricardo Domingez talk about their work around the globe and discuss the issue of speech and activism in the Modern West. At 4 p.m. Friday, May 24, visarts.ucsd.edu Tom Daschle at Athens Market, 109 W. F St., Downtown. The former Senate Majority Leader and author of The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government speaks about his book and his time in Congress. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. $30-$45. cityclubofsandiego.com

WORKSHOPS Dance Like Michael Jackson at Dance Place San Diego, 2650 Truxtun Road, Point Loma. Learn the moves and choreography of the King of Pop. Taught by dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator, Dev. From 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23. $20.

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If you’re the socially conscious type, a quick run to the supermarket can be a daunting task. It’s never clear whether the cereal you’re buying contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or whether Koch Industries—the multinational corporation owned by notorious conservative activists Charles and David Koch—owns the brand that made that roll of paper towels. Thankfully, though, a new app called Buycott makes it easier for you to make informed decisions about what goes in your pantry.

Available for free download on iPhone and Android, Buycott lets you scan the barcode on supermarket products to get a readout of the company that owns the product, and the corporation that owns the company. If you sign up to one of the app’s campaigns—say, Demand GMO Labeling—Buycott will advise you on whether the product you’ve scanned gels with your personal principles. And so, you’ll know to leave that can of Medaglia d’Oro Espresso Coffee on the shelf because its corporate owner donated to the campaign against Prop. 37, the California initiative that would’ve required special labeling for foods that contain GMOs. —Peter Holslin

Book

Ctrl + alt lit

“Alt lit”—or Internet literature—can be such a drag. While some authors have successfully captured the anxiety, enlightenment and ironic detachment of the connected millennial generation, most of it feels too inconsequential to qualify for print, or like discarded LiveJournal posts. However, author Sam Pink has the unique gift for running these recognized alt-lit characteristics through an absurd Mitch Hedberg-ian filter, making his book Rontel the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. Typical of the genre, Rontel’s plot is thin— it’s basically the inner monologue of a marginally employed, 20-ish Chicagoan during the course of a couple unremarkable days—but Pink’s feverish observations of everyday minutiae are hysterical. Whether he’s writing an online review for earplugs (“Wow, just… disappointing”) or adding “Let me show you how a real man” to his thoughts (“Let me show you how a real man obeys traffic law”), Pink’s narrator will appeal to anyone who’s ever felt insane for trying to fit into modern society.

—Ryan Bradford

Podcast

Listen and learn

What a difference 28 years makes. The 1985 film Real Genius spoofed on college-student laziness with quick shots of a full beginning-of-semester classroom and an end-of-semester classroom filled with tape recorders—the bulky cassette kind that require you to push “play” and “record” at the same time. Now, UCSD students can skip the tape recorder and instead download a podcast of their class from podcast.ucsd. edu (attendance still counts: not all courses, nor all classes in a course, are podcasted). Even better, the James Fowler general public can access podcasts from scores of classes—mostly those from quarters past.

Some examples of publicly available lectures: internationally known social scientist James Fowler’s May 13 “Art, Culture and Technology” class; audio and video of Joel Watson discussing game theory; and, especially salient right now, Leslie Lewis’ engaging discussion of the U.S. healthcare system.

UCSD instructional technologist Joan Holmquist says the university records and posts about 300 hours’ worth of lectures each week. The program was piloted in spring 2007, and many previous years’ courses are archived.

—David Taube and Kelly Davis

Last year, PBS boosted its ratings with the U.S. debut of Sherlock, a BBC modernization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the master of deduction. Only six episodes have run, with the next batch slated for this fall. For jonesing fans, I recommend Dirk Gently, another mystery series featuring an eccentric, but gifted detective based on the works of another British literary giant—Douglas Adams (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). Played by Stephen Mangan (who’s like the human version of Shrek’s Donkey), Dirk Gently is a “holistic detective” who solves surreal crimes (often related to missing cats or androids and involving time travel and Pentagon spies) by following fate as it unravels. Like Sherlock Holmes, he’s a near-sociopathic savant, but unlike Holmes, you’re never quite sure if Gently’s a genius or a deadbeat who gets by by bilking old ladies. Sadly, only a pilot and three episodes aired before the show was cancelled, but all are now available on DVD and for streaming online (acorn online.com).

—Dave Maass

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What a mouthful

Anyone curious about how the human body works has a friend in Mary Roach, or an enemy if you’re the squeamish type. The popular-science writer has delved into dead bodies (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers) and gone (balls?) deep on the subject of sex (Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex).

Now, Roach explores even grosser territory with Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. The alimentary canal, for those who’ve remained blissfully unaware, is the tube that runs from the mouth to the butthole.

She details everything from how food is digested and how much you can eat before blowing out your gut to farts, poop and all that nastiness that fascinates weirdoes, and she does it in a way that’s fun and engaging. Indeed, this is a very compelling read if you’re a science nerd with a penchant for fart jokes.

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on out-of-control teen girls. Yet after every “You’re such a bitch, Mom” yelled in a single episode, the mother will still look at her tube-top-wearing offspring with teary eyes of love.

Luckily for artist Nicole Waszak (nicolewaszak.com), whose piece “37 Months (Bubbles)” graces our cover this week, she’s far from dealing with any teen angst with her 4-year-old daughter, Nora, who’s served as her mommy’s muse for three years. However, Nora has alluded to a possible future at odds with her mom.

“My daughter looked at me the other day, and she said, ‘Mommy, Sparks Gallery is still a work in progress. someday I won’t be your little girl anymore and won’t be your sweetheart,” Waszak, 30, says. “When she was 2, there was a point where she said, ‘No more pictures, Mommy.’ Now she really likes it. We’ll see how she feels when she’s a teenager.”

The Escondido artist plans to paint Nora throughout her life, making her the prime subject of her body New-gallery alert! of work. Her latest collection of paintings featuring her A Gaslamp Quarter building that once housed a the- daughter will be on view at Distinction Gallery (317 ater full of dancing girls and a lady trapeze artist in E. Grand Ave. in Escondido; distinctionart.com) for the late 1800s and early 1900s now holds the city’s the exhibition Dreaming in the Hippodrome, opening newest art space, Sparks Gallery (530 Sixth Ave., with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 8. facebook.com/sparksgallery).

For this series, Waszak wanted to portray the safe, “We looked for two years for a space,” says gal- wondrous and imaginary places children create for lery owner and curator Sonya Sparks, 31, who pur- themselves, inspired by the “fascinating” way Nora chased the gallery with her family. “We wanted to experiences the things around her. Witnessing those have a building that had San Diego history in it.” experiences has also helped the artist come to terms Sparks Gallery will open Saturday, June 1, for a spe- with her own difficult childhood. cial partnership with the San Diego Visual Arts Net“I was abused when I was younger and had a lot work (SDVAN) to showcase New Contemporaries of problems,” Waszak says. “I wasn’t very feminine VI, the annual exhibition highlighting emerging art- growing up. She’s really helped me get in touch with ists chosen by winners of the San Diego Art Prize. my feminine side and helped me remember things Works by James Enos, Sonia Lopez-Chavez, Anna from my childhood and look at my childhood in a Stump, Griselda Rosas and eight other local artists’ more pleasant light.” work will be on view through the month of June.

Waszak takes an almost collage-like approach Sparks, who grew up in San Carlos and studies when creating a piece. She starts with a photo of business administration and art at the University of Nora that she paints and then places that image on San Diego, says that partnering with SDVAN was the a background. She then adds elements she thinks perfect choice considering the group’s dedication to match the overall feel of the piece.

That’s how the cover piece came to be. Waszak promoting local art.

“The opportunity to show local artists that are layered bubbles on the image of Nora because she in different ranges and phases of their career fit the felt they “echo her delicate position and her mood.

“They’re playful and have a sweet, childish pressame business model that we’re going with,” she says. “I really want to represent with this gallery the ence,” she adds.

Waszak is excited for the exhibition and wants San Diego art scene and show different types of artists and mediums together in one place and make it to create a fresh and positive energy throughout the gallery. She’ll have fresh flowers and cupcakes on community-focused.”

New Contemporaries VI can be seen from June 1 hand and DJs adding to the bright and happy mood. through 7 by appointment, or during gallery hours (11 —Alex Zaragoza a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m.

Saturday) until June 30. There’ll be an opening cel- Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com ebration from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 8. Attendees and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Danielle Herzog must RSVP on the Sparks Facebook page.

After that exhibition, the gallery will close for renovations and construction. Sparks plans to reopen later this year. The special exhibition will give people an opportunity to see the transition from the space’s raw form and the finished product once it reopens, she says.

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Like magic

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New documentary about Ricky Jay plays its cards close to the vest

by Anders Wright There are two sorts of people in this world: those who are fully aware of Ricky Jay and his work and those who haven’t yet had the pleasure. Now, there’s nothing to be ashamed of if you aren’t familiar with him. Despite his books, his acting work in films by directors like David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson and, oh yes, his Broadway shows and TV specials, plenty of people just don’t know who the guy is, even though he also appeared in a James Bond film and an episode of The X-Files. He exudes a bit of unfamiliarity, and it’s certainly possible that he wants it that way.

Oh, it’s that guy! From the movies!

Simply put, Ricky Jay is one of the world’s greatest sleight-of-hand artists. He can throw a playing hand. The tales he weaves, and the way he ties them card so hard and fast that it’ll puncture the skin of into his own act, both on stage and in his interviews, a watermelon. His conversational magic shows are are entrancing. You can’t help but want to hear more. astounding, because he lets the audience know ex- Luckily, Bernstein gives us plenty more, in the form actly what he’s going to do, and then he goes ahead of archival footage that goes all the way back to when and does it, and how he pulls it off is still a mystery. little Ricky was performing magic six decades ago.

Now in his mid-60s, he remains one of the coolest It’s worth a reminder that Jay’s a deceiver. That’s customers around. An analogy for the musically in- his line of work, as he tells a BBC reporter who reclined: Ricky Jay is the counts an extraordinary Tom Waits of magic. trick that Jay did for her, Deceptive Practice: Molly Bernstein’s new and only her, prompting documentary, Deceptive her to burst into tears.

The Mysteries and Practice: The Mysteries When he’s on stage, he’s Mentors of Ricky Jay and Mentors of Ricky Jay, a master with the cards Directed by Molly Bernstein which opens for a weekand also a master of placStarring Ricky Jay, Dick Cavett long run at the Ken Cining his audience’s attenand David Mamet ema on Friday, May 24, tion exactly where he lives up to its name. This Not Rated wants it to be. portrait of Jay, based on a The same can be said New Yorker profile pubof the film. I read Mark lished more than two decades ago, is in many ways an Singer’s New Yorker piece—hence my understanding origin story, offering Jay the opportunity to discuss of Jay’s work—and though I got to know what Jay’s his background and the amazing magicians who took all about while watching the movie, I never got a him under their wings at different times in his life. chance to know exactly who he is.

Before we go much further, I should say that, That’s likely intentional, however—Jay doesn’t aside from Jay, Houdini, David Copperfield, Doug want to give away too much about himself, and the Henning and Penn and Teller, I’m largely unfamil- through line of Deceptive Practice supports that, allowiar with magicians. I know little about the history of ing others to talk about him on a personal level while the field, and I found this world and the characters Jay keeps his emotional world out of the spotlight.

Jay admires fascinating. I knew about neither Sly- Keeping some of his life shrouded in a bit of mystery is dini and Dai Vernon nor most of the other names he probably a good move, of course, because, as they say, a drops or the stories he tells. You see, beyond being an good magician never reveals his tricks. extraordinary artist with cards, Jay’s a historian and a collector and a showman, an expert in the history Write to anders@sdcitybeat.com of magic and con artistry, which, naturally, go hand in and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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The Outsiders

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Happy birthday, Ponyboy. Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 adaptation of The Outsiders turns 30 this year. The cast is a veritable who’s-who of 1980s Tiger Beat pin-ups: Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Matt Dillon. The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park is also turning 30

this year, and it’ll feature The Outsiders in the next edition of POP Thursdays, on May 23. Find details on Page 14.

Also celebrating an anniversary—its 50th—is Cleopatra, the epic four-hour biopic of the Queen of the Nile. Elizabeth Taylor is the Egyptian queen opposite Richard Burton’s Mark Antony, and the film hits several big screens on Wednesday, May 22. I recommend the 6:30 p.m. screen-

ing at ArcLight La Jolla. Just make sure you sit like an Egyptian.

And Paul Parietti’s Frequency Film Festival enjoys its second anniversary on Thursday, May 23. OK, fine, “anniversary” is the wrong word—the first iteration of the fest took place just two months ago. But Parietti’s back with nearly 30 new feature and documentary films from around the globe.

The screen on which he shows his films isn’t enormous, but his selections most certainly are—for a one-man band putting this entire thing together on his own, Parietti continues to curate some of the most interesting selections in town. Frequency runs somewhat sporadically between May 23 and June 8 at the Ocean Beach Playhouse and Arts Center (4944 Newport Ave.). An all-access pass runs you just $30, which comes down to about a Redbox-rivaling dollar a movie. That’s a hell of a deal.

See what he’s got at frequency filmfestival.com.

—Anders Wright

Opening 3 Geezers!: J.K. Simmons plays a character actor doing research on what it’s like to be elderly. When the folks at an old-age home pick on him, he brings in people like Kevin Pollak and Tim Allen to turn the tables.

7 Cajas: A teenage delivery boy in Paraguay is offered a ton of money to deliver seven mysterious boxes during the course of a single night. Screens at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay: If you don’t know much about Ricky Jay, one of the world’s greatest sleight-of-hand artists, you’ll likely find this documentary fascinating. Screens for one week at the Ken Cinema. See our review on Page 26.

Epic: Animated flick about a young girl who teams up with a ragtag collection of characters to save the world. It features the voices of folks like Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Colin Farrell and the guy who voiced Bender on Futurama.

Fast & Furious 6: Surprisingly, No. 5 was the best of the bunch. This time, Dwayne Johnson brings Vin Diesel and Paul Walker on board to try to take down a former special-forces guy (Luke Evans) who’s all about vehicular warfare. There’s already a No. 7 in the works.

FilmOut: San Diego’s LGBT film festival celebrates its 15th birthday this year, running from Wednesday, May 29, through Sunday, June 2, at the Birch North Park Theatre. Visit filmoutsandiego.com for all the details.

Frances Ha: The new one from Noah Baumbach stars Greta Gerwig as a New Yorker who couch-surfs, apprentices for a dance company without being a dancer and is generally an odd duck.

The Hangover Part III: Drink, drank, drunk.

Ping Pong: A doc about a senior tabletennis championship. Opens Tuesday, May 28, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s: Mat-

they’ll be accompanied by curator Scott Paulson and his Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra. It starts at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in the Seuss Room in the Geisel Library at UCSD. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea: A bottle tossed into the Mediterranean by a Jewish girl washes up in Gaza, where it’s found by a young Palestinian man. Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at the Hervey Branch Library in Point Loma.

Frances Ha thew Miele’s documentary profiles the legendary Manhattan department store, known for being the pinnacle of high fashion.

What Maisie Knew: Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan play a New York couple enmeshed in a seriously nasty custody battle.

One Time Only Not My Life: Devastating doc about human trafficking. Screens at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22, at the Women’s Museum of California in Liberty Station.

Cleopatra: The epic biopic starring Elizabeth Taylor as the Queen of the Nile runs longer than four hours. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at ArcLight La Jolla.

Rockshow: Wings Over America: This concert film, recorded during Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1975 and ’76 tour, will screen at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at Digiplex Mission Valley.

AKA Doc Pomus: The rock ’n’ roll pioneer who was paralyzed with polio as a child was a Brooklyn-born dude named Jerome Felder. Presented by the San Diego Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla.

Little Miss Sunshine: Charming-enough road-trip movie about a dysfunctional family who work out their issues during an illadvised journey to take their plain daughter to a beauty pageant. Screens at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Now Playing Aurangzeb: Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor plays dual roles as a family of cops and a family of gangsters collide.

Erased: Aaron Eckhart is a former CIA man trying to save himself and his daughter when The Company deletes his identity and sets out to kill them both.

Duplass—find themselves fighting for their lives during a weekend on a remote island.

The Brass Teapot: Michael Angarano and Juno Temple are a young couple with money problems. When they find a magic teapot that’ll offer up cash whenever they get hurt, they have to decide how much pain the can withstand to get the stuff they really want. More Earl Grey, please.

Ends May 23 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Charge: This documentary about green motorcycles is narrated by Ewan McGregor. Ends May 26 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Kiss of the Damned: A sexy vampire tries to act normal for her human boyfriend, but things get out of hand when her sister, also a vampire, stops by for a visit.

Ends May 23 at the Ken Cinema.

Pieta: Korean film about a loan shark who has to reexamine his lifestyle when an older woman claiming to be his mother arrives.

Star Trek: Into Darkness: The sequel to J.J. Abrams’ rollicking reboot feels more like a summer blockbuster than a vital part of the Trek universe. Still, it’s always good to see Benedict Cumberbatch on the big screen.

Stories We Tell: Actor-turned-director Sarah Polley points her camera on her own family, exploring her history and what makes her and her relatives so creative.

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Hating Breitbart: Despite the title, this documentary really loves Andrew Breitbart.

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Fiddler on the Roof: The classic musical gets screened in a classic venue, at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22, at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.

The Hangover: Prepare yourself for No. 3 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Citizenfest: Craig Oliver, former mastermind of Citizen Video, curates the latest iteration of the local film showcase. This time, the focus is on filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, and the lineup will also include the excellent Inocente, the short documentary, shot in San Diego, that earned Oscar honors in February. Starts at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Whistle Stop Bar in South Park.

Casablanca: Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walked into his.

Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, through Saturday, May 25, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell’s dysfunctional-family drama earned Jennifer Lawrence the Oscar for Best Actress, and the movie was nominated for a slew of others. Screens at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Alyce Kills: After accidentally knocking her best friend off a roof, Alyce goes down a dark path of sex, drugs and violence. Screens at 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp.

Java Heat: Kellan Lutz of the Twilight movies is an undercover FBI agent in Indonesia who teams up with a Muslim detective (Ario Bayu) to track international criminal Mickey Rourke. Screens at 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp.

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Murder man

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Amigo the Devil sings about serial killers—and dabbles in cannibalism

by Peter Holslin

erial killers come in all shapes and sizes. There are fat serial killers and skinny serial killers. There are serial killers with all-American looks and serial killers from countries as diverse as Finland and Ghana. There are serial killers who drink blood, serial killers who collect skulls and serial killers who partake in even more unspeakable rituals.

San Diegan Daniel Kiranos, the 25-year-old murder-folk songwriter who performs under the name Amigo the Devil, is not a serial killer himself—well, he says he isn’t, anyway.

But he surely is fascinated by serial killers. He even has a favorite type.

“I really, really like the cannibals,” the friendly banjo player says in a recent interview at Old Mill Café in North Park.

“I don’t know, that obsession with consuming someone and having them be a part of you forever is really interesting.”

Serial killers squirm their way into many of Amigo the Devil’s songs. On his recently released EP, Diggers, Kiranos takes on the persona of Wisconsin flesh eater and body snatcher Ed Gein. Over spooky, acoustic-guitar-driven folk, the Devil drops oblique references to Gein’s life and the sad fate of murder victims.

Murder has long been a favorite topic among folk singers—a European and American tradition of “murder ballads” dates all the way back to the 16th century. These days,

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played in metalcore bands and listened to lots of death-metal and grindcore while nurturing a secret love for country music.

When he moved to San Francisco several years ago, he bought a banjo on a whim and, after a couple years, picked it up and started writing Amigo the Devil songs out of boredom.

He released his debut EP, Manimals, in 2010, and it quickly gained popularity. Though he was pursuing a career in brewing beer—at one point, he even wanted to open a microbrewery with beers themed around famous serial killers and victims—he’s now pursuing Amigo the Devil full-time.

Listeners aren’t always keen on Amigo the Devil’s subject matter, and he’s missed some opportunities because of it.

Once, when he reached out to a PR company, the president sent him a polite letter back explaining that she couldn’t support his violent songs because she was a mother.

But with Kiranos and Miller taking a DIY approach—doing everything from booking to merchandise—they have the freedom to do things they might not get away with otherwise.

For example, they’ve made an Amigo the Devil handbag that bears a shocking quote from Carl Panzram, an infamous arsonist and murderer who was executed in 1930: “I hate all the fucking human race. I get a kick out of murdering people.”

Kiranos is drawn to serial killers because he sees them as the ugly flipside of a world full of wonders. For all of the people who’ve walked on the moon or crossed the Amazon rainforest on foot, there have also been average Joes capable of committing appalling acts of mayhem.

“I just think it’s amazing that a portion of someone’s brain can cause that much devastation,” he says. “It’s not like they’re huge monster trolls cruising around and destroying buildings. It’s a tiny little portion of someone’s brain that is fucked up beyond belief that is making them do these insane things.”

Kiranos himself has occasionally crossed the line from fantasy to reality. A body-modification enthusiast, he used to have giant plugs in his ears, leaving his earlobes massively stretched out. One day at his buddy’s tattoo shop in Los Angeles, he decided to pop a piece of earlobe into his mouth.

So, what did it taste like?

“So hard to chew,” he says. “Ears are very granular. You can taste the fat.”

Still, that seems to be as far as he’ll take his morbid fascination.

“I don’t think I can kill someone,” he says. “I would definitely taste someone if it was offered to me. But I wouldn’t kill someone.”

perhaps the best-known maker of bloody songcraft is Nick Cave, whose ferocious 1996 album Murder Ballads clearly serves as a source of inspiration for Amigo the Devil.

Kiranos is a straight-laced singer, possessing a calm and slightly raspy voice, but he shares Cave’s gifts for lyrical dexterity and creating innovative arrangements. His songs are filled with biting humor, subtle wordplay and alluring storylines. “The Recluse,” a haunting cut off Diggers, has the understated menace of a psychological thriller: “I need to feel comfortable in my own skin,” he sings. “But I think I like the one that you’re living in.”

It’s these talents that have won Kiranos a rabid cult following during the past few years. At his shows, people often sing along to his songs, no matter how grotesque. His biggest hit has been “Perfect Wife,” a catchy, banjo-pluckin’ tune he wrote five years ago about a battered wife who takes revenge on her sadistic husband by way of a shotgun rigged to a door.

“It’s really, really funny that that one’s held on for so long,” Kiranos says, sipping a cup of coffee in a booth beside his fiancée and manager, Hayley Miller. “I can’t even imagine how The Eagles feel, how many times they’ve played ‘Hotel California.’”

Kiranos is burly, gentlemanly and covered in tattoos, like a heavy-metal teddy bear. He grew up in Miami, where he Write to peterh@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only As you might’ve seen with his recent alternate-universe Coachella poster, Sledding With Tigers frontman Dan Faughnder has a special talent for Internet gags. But he’s really outdone himself with his latest project—a 34-track compilation in which he and his friends cover their least favorite songs.

Now! That’s What I Call Music (That I Don’t Particularly Care For), available for free download at sleddingwithtigers. com, offers a mix of classics (a folk-punk rendition of Linkin Park’s “In the End”; a teary-eyed acoustic take on Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open”) and newer hits (including two versions of Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”).

Some of the covers are surprisingly awesome. Among the highlights: Adam Powell reinventing Carlos Santana’s “Smooth” as whimsical indie-pop and Nathan Leigh turning Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba” into a sweet campfire sing-along.

Faughnder, 24, launched the project as a birthday present to himself. He recruited friends online and got tracks from musicians he didn’t know. He gave participants one admonishment: “Don’t be a jerk.”

Though he says he still hates “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Faughnder says the comp helped him think differently about some of the songs.

“I actually listened to the lyrics of ‘Bawitdaba,’ and they’re not that bad,” he says. “It makes you think, if Kid Rock didn’t grow up in Detroit—like, in the worst part of America—maybe he would’ve just made some really killer folk songs or something.”

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The first round of speakers and bands has been announced for this year’s San Diego Music Thing, the annual music festival and conference set to go down on Sept.

13 and 14. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth will be a featured speaker, along with Mike Herrera of MXPX. Performers include Titus Andronicus, Ra Ra Riot and The Album Leaf.

The fest’s organizers also announced a venue change for the conference portion of the event.

Formerly held at North Park’s Lafayette Hotel, the talks and

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workshops will be at the Sheraton Mission Valley this time. Keep posted for more lineup announcements at sandiegomusicthing.com.

A veteran screamer, Justin Pearson (The Locust, All Leather) shows off his flair for cynical wordplay and throat-shredding style. Drummer Brian Evans, more of an up-and-comer, earns his Music Review keep with crashing beats that turn on a dime—“I’ve Had it Up to Here Retox I’m Going to Prison” finds him traYPLL (Epitaph) versing a moody tribal rhythm and When Retox charged onto the scene schizoid cymbal blasts. in late 2011 with their debut album, The heart of the band, though, Ugly Animals, the time was ripe for is guitarist Michael Crain. A fora brutal punk awakening. The Arab mer member of the short-lived (but Spring had hit a peak, the Occupy much-loved) noise-rock band The movement was taking hold and in- Festival of Dead Deer, he fills each die music was in a slump, with soft- Retox track with ominous reverb, ies like Bon Iver and noisy texture and Washed Out getting chainsaw-level veloclots of buzz. ity. For “Mature SciNearly two years ence,” he takes a quick later, the indie scene break from an annihiseems to have gotlating riff to let out a ten wise to the times, burst of space-age guiwith crazy bands tar noise—one of many like Trash Talk and little surprises he emDeath Grips on the beds to give the record YPLL rise. But the world is its special sting. still on fire, so there’s certainly a By honing their sound, Retox— place in it for YPLL, Retox’s new who play at The Ché Café on Tuesalbum (out May 28). day, May 28—end up losing some of While Ugly Animals was the son- the urgency that made Ugly Animals ic equivalent of an anarchist chuck- so powerful. But that doesn’t mean ing a brick through a McDonald’s they’ve lost sight of what makes the window—chaotic and exhilarating, world so shitty. If anything, they’ve if not exactly progressive—YPLL is developed a clearer picture of the like that same anarchist finally rent- shit—the look, the feel, the smell— ing some office space and starting so they can mold it better and throw an organization. The ferocious four- it back in your face. some is still angry as hell, but instead —Peter Holslin of just going for it, they channel their rage with clear-minded precision Write to peterh@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com. and a hint of studio polish.

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if i were u

BY peter holslin

Wednesday, May 22 PLAN A: Twin Shadow, Elliphant @ Belly Up Tavern. Brooklyn’s Twin Shadow are perhaps best known for their indie-rock spin on the pomp and splendor of Prince-ly, late-’80s electro-pop. But did you know that frontman George Lewis Jr. also fancies himself a storyteller? Tonight, he’ll team with his dad—yep, his dad—to read one of the many tales they’ve prepared specifically for this True Story Tour.

PLAN B: Black Pus, California Bleeding, Young Wants @ Soda Bar. When he isn’t yelping incoherently and beating out loose, savage rhythms alongside bassist Brian Gibson in Lighting Bolt, drummer Brian Chippendale pretty much does the same thing as a solo artist under the name Black Pus. Fans of carnal noise-rock brutalism won’t want to miss this one.

BACKUP PLAN: San Pedro El Cortez, Pool Honeys, Unknown Relatives, The Frights @ The Void.

Thursday, May 23

Brownbird Rudy Relic, Chango Rey, Savage Gospel @ Til-Two Club.

Saturday, May 25 PLAN A: Love Revisited w/ Johnny Echols & Ebbot Lundberg, The Sloths, The Rosalyns @ The Casbah. The second installment of a three-night series celebrating 30 years of local publication Ugly Things magazine—known around the globe for highlighting all sorts of obscure ’60s garage and psych bands—this stacked bill includes a performance by a reincarnated version of the L.A. outfit Love, known for their ornate hit “Alone Again Or.” (See casbahmusic. com for a full schedule.) PLAN A2: KEN mode, VAMPIRE, Oneiregon @ Til-Two Club. They’re a little metal, a little punk and a little noise-rock. But Canadian rippers KEN mode are a whole lotta gnar-gnar as they dish out their bottom-heavy riffs and brute roars. BACKUP PLAN: Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA @ Porter’s Pub.

PLAN A: Mikal Cronin, Mrs. Magician, The KABBs @ The Casbah. There’s some- Sunday, May 26 thing incredibly sweet and earnest about Mi- PLAN A: Joyce Manor @ The Irenic. Like Denee Petracek a supercharged version of kal Cronin’s acoustic-tinged Cursive, L.A. outfit Joyce power-pop. On his new alManor hark back to the globum, MCII, he chases his ry days of emo with screamopen-hearted lyrics down along confessionals and riffs with big, satisfying riffs, that are as intricate as they reflecting the outlook of a are crushing. Their songs college grad who’s trying to are short but high-impact, figure things out but isn’t in and if nothing else than by any big rush to do so. PLAN sheer inertia, they breathe B: Nathan Hubbard Trio @ new life into a dated sound.

Seven Grand. Whether he’s BACKUP PLAN: Fortune conjuring ethereal ambient & Maltese, The Rising textures on a drum set or Ramrods, Ty Wagner, The crossing doom-metal with Mikal Cronin Unclaimed @ The Casbah. bossa nova in a 17-person ensemble, avant-garde drummer / composer Nathan Hubbard always has a new trick up his sleeve. For this birthday show, he’s likely Monday, May 27 PLAN A: Fiction Family, The Howls to do something quite interesting.

Acoustic @ The Casbah. When they’re not busy with other things, Switchfoot frontman Friday, May 24 Jon Foreman and former Nickel Creek guitarPLAN A: Mobb Deep @ Porter’s Pub. ist Sean Watkins get together with a couple This influential New York hip-hop duo bandmates to make sweet, folksy pop music briefly called it quits last year after some under the name Fiction Family. The result is drama bubbled up on Twitter, but members expectedly vanilla, but dang, it works.

Havoc and Prodigy—the guys behind bleak, minimalist classics like “Quiet Storm” and “Shook Ones Part II”—have smoothed Tuesday, May 28 things out just in time to celebrate their PLAN A: Retox, Graf Orlock, Fucking 20th anniversary of performing together. Invincible, Griever @ The Ché Café.

PLAN B: Turbonegro, Torche @ House Fronted by local hardcore vet Justin Pearof Blues. With their dirty riffs and flam- son, noise-punk shredders Retox just today boyant looks, Norway’s Turbonegro have released a new album, YPLL (out on Epialways had the seedy-rock-’n’-roll thing taph), that brings just a slight dose of redown. Lately, they’ve been relying on a new finement to a truly ferocious sound. Check frontman, Tony Sylvester, to carry their out my review on Page 30. BACKUP PLAN: numbskull anthems, and he seems to be Green Day’s American Idiot (musical) @ doing a pretty good job. BACKUP PLAN: Civic Theatre.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! KEN mode (Til-Two Club, 5/25), El Twanguero (Dizzy’s, 5/31), Zavalaz, Dot Hacker (Casbah, 6/30), Dessa (Casbah, 7/12), Smokey Robinson (Pechanga Resort & Casino, 7/12), Comedy Bang!

Bang! Live w/ Scott Aukerman (HOB, 7/17), Hollywood Babble-On w/ Ralph Garman, Kevin Smith (HOB, 7/19), Papa (Casbah, 7/22), Sonny and The Sunsets (Casbah, 7/25), Lightning Dust (Casbah, 8/9), Souls of Mischief (BUT, 8/15), Baroness, Royal Thunder (Casbah, 8/24), James Blake (HOB, 10/24).

GET YER TICKETS Fear (Casbah, 5/31), Lisa Loeb (Casbah, 6/2), Mumford & Sons (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 6/3), GZA (Porter’s Pub, 6/11), Kendrick Lamar (SD County Fair, 6/28), Free Energy (Casbah, 6/16), The Postal Service (SDSU Open Air Theatre, 7/21), The Cult (HOB, 7/25), Rancid, Transplants (HOB, 7/28-29), Foals (HOB, 8/8), Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Chance the Rapper, Vince Staples, The Internet (SOMA, 8/10), D’Angelo (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 8/10), Depeche Mode, Crystal Castles (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/22), Maroon 5 (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 10/5), Conor Oberst (BUT, 10/8), Pet Shop Boys (Copley Symphony Hall, 10/8).

May Wednesday, May 22 Twin Shadow, Elliphant at Belly Up Tavern. Bloc Party, Bear Mountain at

House of Blues. Black Pus at Soda Bar. Tera Melos, TTNG at The Casbah. Your Demise, Expire at Ché Café.

Thursday, May 23 Mikal Cronin at The Casbah. Marianas Trench at House of Blues.

Friday, May 24 Joshua Bell w/ San Diego Symphony at Copley Symphony Hall. Turbonegro, Torche at House of Blues. Mobb Deep at Porter’s Pub. Glen Ross Campbell of The Misunderstood at The Casbah.

Saturday, May 25 Joshua Bell w/ San Diego Symphony at Copley Symphony Hall. Love Revisited with Johnny Echols at The Casbah. Big K.R.I.T. at Porter’s Pub. Joyce Manor at The Irenic. KEN mode at Til-Two Club.

Sunday, May 26 Juanes at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Fortune & Maltese, The Rising Ramrods, Ty Wagner at The Casbah.

Monday, May 27 Fiction Family at The Casbah.

Tuesday, May 28 Green Day’s American Idiot at Civic Theatre. Mice Parade at The Casbah.

Wednesday, May 29 !!! at The Casbah. Marilyn Manson at House of Blues.

Thursday, May 30 Trixie Whitley at The Casbah.

Friday, May 31 Captured! By Robots at Soda Bar. Tame Impala at House of Blues. A Hawk and a Hacksaw at The Loft @ UCSD. Fear at The Casbah. El Twanguero at Dizzy’s.

June Saturday, June 1 Imagine Dragons at SDSU Open Air Theatre. Crystal Fighters at The Casbah. Psychedelic Furs at Belly Up Tavern. FIDLAR at Ché Café. Bunny Gang at Soda Bar. Fiesta Del Sol 2013 w/ Tristan Prettyman, Greyboy Allstars, Anuhea at Solana Beach.

Sunday, June 2 Fiesta Del Sol w/ Greyboy Allstars, Anuhea at Belly Up Tavern. Lenka at Soda Bar. Chvrches at Belly Up Tavern.

Lisa Loeb at The Casbah. Fiesta Del Sol 2013 w/ Tristan Prettyman, Greyboy Allstars, Anuhea at Solana Beach.

Monday, June 3 Ceremony at Ché Café. Mumford & Sons at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Jewel at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

Tuesday, June 4 Parquet Courts at Ché Café. Scott Weiland at House of Blues.

Wednesday, June 5 Generationals at The Casbah.

Thursday, June 6 Wayne Hancock at Soda Bar. YG at House of Blues. Cayucas at The Casbah.

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710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: Rock Out Karaoke. Fri: The Routine, Science Fiction. Sat: One Drop Redemption. Sun: Memorial Weekend Day Party (4 p.m.); Local Bands, Local Brews (9:30 p.m.). Mon: Monday Night Jams. Tue: 710 Bass Club.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Fri: Twin Tenors.

Sat: Black Market III. Tue: Sunset Trivia.

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

Wed: DJs Colour Vision, Danyo San, Strmtroopr, E-mark. Thu: DJ Andre Sito, Impera vs. Bala. Fri: DJ Junior theDiscoPunk.

Sat: ‘Juicy’ w/ Mike Czech. Sun: ‘Noise Agents’ w/ DJs Watch .44, Sunday Sauce.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco.com. Wed: The Lauren O’Brien Show. Thu-Sat: Rachel Feinstein. Sun: Earl Skakel. Tue: Open mic.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink.com. Wed: ‘H.A.M.’ w/ DJ L. Thu: Phantoms. Fri: ‘Bonkers!’ Sat: River City, Boy King. Sun: ‘Happy Endings’ w/ DJs Joemama, Friends. Tue: Mr. Craig Prior.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Sat: Emma Hewitt.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Twin Shadow, WYNN. Thu-Fri: Katchafire, Maoli. Sat & Mon: Cold War Kids, Superhumanoids (sold out). Sun: Cash’d Out, Lexington Field. Tue: Mr. Vegas, Los Rakas, DJ Mawkus.

Blarney Stone Pub, 5617 Balboa Ave, Clairemont. 858-279-2033. Wed: The Barmen. Thu: Dana Henry and Haley Lenore.

Fri: Adam Jones. Sat: The Fooks. Sun:

Men of Leisure. Mon: Trivia. Tue: Irish jam, Bob Tedde.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Fundraiser w/ Shoreline Rootz. Sat: Hardfall Hearts.

Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd, University Heights. bourbonstreetsd.com. Thu: ‘Wet’ w/ DJ Lil Chris. Fri: DJ K-Swift. Sat: ‘Red White and Blue Party’ w/ DJ JD. Sun: ‘Hot Girl Bikini Contest.’

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Sat: ‘Calor’; ‘Sabados en Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, Ka. Sun: ‘Noche Romantica’ w/ Daisy Salinas. Mon: DJs Junior the Discopunk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Cantina Renegades, Scott Mathiasen, Phil Diiorio. Thu: HURT, Break the Chain. Fri: The Dangerous Types, The Rotten Johnnies, Exposed. Sat: ‘Dave’s Garage’ w/ Dive Bomber, Uncle Junkie, Low Volts.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Spanish Rock.

Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joef. Sat-Sun: Aragon y Royal.

Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Tera Melos, TTNG, Ev Kain. Thu: Mikal Cronin, Mrs. Magician, The KABBs. Fri: Glen Ross Campbell w/ The Loons, Ebbot Lundberg, The Neumans.

Sat: Love Revisited, The Sloths, The Rosalyns. Sun: Fortune and Maltese, The Rising Ramrods, Ty Wagner, The Unclaimed. Mon: Fiction Family, The Howls Acoustic. Tue: Mice Parade, The Midnight Pine.

Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Wed: Rotting Out, Expire, Globe and Beast. Fri: Little

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the hit list Let’s get wet Memorial Day weekend is a holiday when Ameri- and curly moustaches on Sunday, May 26, at the cans honor the brave soldiers who died in the hotel’s official Summer Kick-off Party. While name of the United States and freedom. Some San all the details haven’t been worked out quite yet, Diegans will honor those people by visiting Mount you can expect hipster-friendly tunes from local Soledad or Rosecrans National Cemetary. The DJs. That usually means a mix of remixed indie Fortune 421 party boys and girls, on the other songs, radio rap and maybe one hand, will pay tribute by drinkMumford & Sons song that eving beer in a pool. Here are a few eryone will complain about. Most places where you can make your importantly, there will be plenty country proud by taking advanof cocktails and sunshine. Bring some cash for the cover charge tage of your freedom to be a notand sunscreen for your pale skin. so-hot mess.

The Fortune 421 Summer For you house-music-loving, Kick-off Party will also go down “U-S-A”-chanting partiers, there’s on Sunday. Bring your water the Wet Pool Party at Hotel Palowings to Andaz Hotel’s (600 F mar’s SummerSalt pool bar (1047 St., Downtown) rooftop pool for Fifth Ave., Downtown) on Satursun, fun and music spun by DJs day, May 25. Shake what your vetGoldroom and J Paul Getto. Tickeran grandfather gave you to the ets to this Memorial Day party deep beats of special guest DJs These ladies love America. are $40. I guess that’s how much Miguel Migs and Lisa Shaw. JoinYay, America! drunken sunburns go for nowaing these club gods on the 1’s and 2’s are Franky Boissy, Chris Herrera, Jay Idol and days. Pay if you like pool partying with the cool more. I wouldn’t call this party “alternative”; stop Downtown kids. by if you have any Gaslamp tendencies.

—Alex Zaragoza The hipsters love hanging at the Lafayette Hotel (2223 El Cajon Blvd. in North Park) pool, so Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com expect to see some vintage one-piece swimsuits and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Bear, The Telephone Projects, Cobi Briant.

Sat: Hotel Books, Coldsons, Swim Lessons, Carlos the Dwarf. Tue: Retox, Graf Orlock, Fucking Invincible, Griever.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces. com. Wed: Sue Palmer. Thu: Gilbert Castellanos and The New Latin Jazz Quintet. Fri: Lady Dottie and The Diamonds. Sat: Gilbert Castellanos Trio (11:30 a.m.); Fuzzy (3:30 p.m.); Eve Selis (8:30 p.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: Karaoke Contest. Fri-Sat: FX5. Sun: National Talent Quest Karaoke Contest.

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Dr, Downtown. dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: Joe Marillo and his Quintet. Sat: Brian Levy w/ Peter Sprague and Mikan Zlotkovich.

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Wed: The Tighten Up. Thu: The Midnight Pine, Crash and The Burns. Fri: DJs Charlie Rock, Marsellus Wallace, Question. Sat: Doorly, Dolla Dolla DJs. Sun: Marc Sandoval, Jamie Sweetin, DJ Julian Ramirez.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd. com. Thu: Otto Knows. Fri: Brett Bodley, Slowhand. Sat: DJ Karma, Kyle Flesch.

Sun: Nas (guest), DJ Scooter.

Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: Carla Morrison (sold out). Thu: Juliette Commagere, Dancing Strangers, Elektric Monk. Fri: Product. Sat: Brothers Gow, The Jefferson Jay Band.

Sun: Kingston 13, Nekter. Tue: Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters, Misc Ailments, Anson.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: Bloc Party, Bear Mountain (sold out). Thu:

Marianas Trench; The Neighbourhood, LoveLife. Fri: Turbonegro, Torche. Tue: Meridian 65, Manifold.

Inn at the Park, 3167 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. innattheparkdining.com. Wed: Andy Anderson, Nathan Fry. Thu: Roman Palacios and Tommy Gannon. Fri: Janice Edwards, Nathan Fry. Sat: Rick and Ria. Sun: Ria Carey, Don LeMaster. Mon: Karaoke. Tue: Carol Curtis.

Ivy @ Andaz, 600 F St, Downtown. ivyentertainmentsandiego.com. Thu: Cheyenne Giles, Innovade, Toma. Fri: Chris Garnillo, Este, Will Hernandez. Sat: Este, Angle, Slowhand, Scott Saunders. Sun: G-Roy, Brady Spear, Kimbo, Kurch, Chris Liosi, Huy Believe, Hixxen, Wired, Murphy Kennedy, Engage.

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Wed: Justin Conrad aka Puppy Kicker, Dakkon, Adia Break, Joey Animals. Thu: Balkan Music Festival w/ Talun. Fri: Joel V. Sat: Meat Katie, Joe Pea, Austin Speed, Micha I. Sun: Otter, Arkon, Peacemaker, Ronnie w/ MC Ridda, Dirtylogic. Tue: Zenon Records, Alex Ortiz, Divinity.

La Gran Tapa, 611 B St, Downtown. lagrantapa.com. Wed: Carlos Velasco, Club Bohemia. Thu: Viva Brazil w/ Nate Ware; Carlos Velasco. Fri: Balkan Fest w/ Milen Kirov, Hannah Arista (10 p.m.); Flamenco, Carlos Velasco, Carlos Velasco. Sat: Balkan Fest w/ Taluna (8 p.m.); Pan Am (6 p.m.).

Sun: Balkan Fest w/ The Dusty Balkan (8 p.m.); Carlos Velasco, Club Bohemia. Tue: Tomcat Courtney, Carlos Velasco.

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: Nathan Welden, Geena and Jesse, Sheila Sondergard. Thu: Annie Bethancourt,

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Heather Bond, Sarah Northup. Fri: Aaron Bowen, Katie Leigh and the Infantry. Sat: Billy Shaddox, Shawn Rohlf. Sun: The Robin Henkel Band. Mon: Open mic w/ Chad Taggart. Tue: Comedy.

Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. theloft.ucsd.edu. Thu: Josh Weinstein, Trio Gadjo. Fri: The Mowgli’s w/ American Authors and Hunter Hunted. Sat: Skoolyard Skrimmage. Tue: Voz: A Night of Brazilian Music w/ Tiffany.

Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave, Hillcrest. martinisabovefourth.com. Wed: Don L. and Ria. Fri: Carol Curtis. Sat: Jason Hanna Trio. Tue: Aaron and Amelia.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Jason / Rick.

Thu: Northstar. Fri: Elevators. Sat: 4-Way Street. Sun: Joey Harris, Paddy-O. Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: Boxdox, Spero, The Orangepickers. Thu: MMXIII, Ikah Love, Adam Salter, Old Money. Fri: Adam Salter.

Sat: DJs EdRoc, Kanye Asada. Sun: Tribe of Kings. Mon: DJs Rashi, Eddie Turbo.

Tue: ‘The Boardroom’.

richssandiego.com. Wed: ‘Mischief’ w/ Bianca, DJ Marcel. Thu: ‘Repent- Ladies Night’. Fri: Pride 321 Kick-Off Party w/ DJs John Joseph, Will Z. Sat: ‘Active Duty’ w/ DJ Taj, Nikno. Sun: Summer Kick-Off Party w/ DJs Corey Craig, Johntastik.

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

Wed: Kice Simko and Friends. Thu: Roger. Fri: Chess Wars. Sat: High Rolling Loners. Tue: Party Planet Karaoke.

Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. rubyroomsd.com. Fri: Shake Before Us, SXO, Duping The Public, The Elephant Project. Sat: Supreme, Fonkah, Elijah Divine, Bastik Legion, Kid Twist, Adia Break.

Tue: ‘Ruby Tuesday’ w/ Lemon Lips, Karina Frost, The Nauticals.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castillanos Jazz Jam. Thu: Nathan Hubbard Trio. Fri: John Reynolds Band. Sat: Still Ill. Tue: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds.

Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Fri: Mobb Deep. Sat: Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Black Pus, California Bleeding, Young Wants.

Thu: Jay Nash, David Ramirez, Patrick Norton. Fri: Wild Wild Wets, Dahga Bloom, Mothlight. Sat: TV Girl, Jean Wilder, Monster Rally, DUDES. Sun: Takahashi, Bloody Mary Bastards, Subsurfer. Mon: Ryan Talmo, Erikka Innes, Perry Kurtz, Laura Crawford, Reza Asgari. Tue: Stained Glass Windows, The Roman Watchdogs, Plastic City Pariah, Diving for Earth.

Queen Bee’s, 3925 Ohio St, North Park. queenbeessd.com. Wed: Firehouse Swing.

Thu: CJ Hutchins Band. Fri: Electrified w/ DJ Cassanuova, Crystal, Camryn, Olivia, Noise Floor, 2 Bit Radio, We are Sirens. Sun: Salsa. Tue: ‘Lyrical Exchange’ open mic.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Fri: Volumes, Glass Cloud, Beyond the Shore, Killing The Messenger, The I in Self. Sat: A Truth Betrayed, Always The Understudy, Nautilus, Seconds Ago, Out To Sea.

Rich’s, 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spin-

Pal Joey’s Cocktail Lounge, 5147 Waring Road, Mission Valley. paljoeysonline. com. Wed-Thu, Sun, Tue: Karaoke. Fri: Pine Creek Posse. Sat: Get Groovin’.

Mon: Vicious Phishes.

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nightclub.com. Fri: Military Madness.

Sun: Reggae w/ Shotta Crew, Wreckin Krew, Fayah Heart.

Stingaree, 454 Sixth Ave, Downtown. stingsandiego.com. Fri: Hypercrush, DJ Crooked. Sat: DJ Fashen, Erick Diaz, Adam Salter, Gabe Vega. Sun: ‘Memori-Ill’ w/ Love and Light, Pumpkin.

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

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park. thevoidsd.com. Wed: San Pedro El Cortez, Pool Honeys, Unknown Relatives, The Frights. Thu: Deep Sea Thunderbeast, The Dark Watchers, The Focke-Wolves, False Step. Fri: Some Ember. Sat: The Beets, Teenage Burritos. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: ‘Friends Sharing Beats’ w/ The Sound Grove, Balloons, Polyphase, Mystery Cave.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Wed: U.S. Bombs, Hard Fall Hearts, Midnight Eagle. Thu: Froth, Slipping into Darkness, Wyatt Blair, The New Rivers. Fri: Brownbird Rudy Relic, Chango Rey, Savage Gospel. Sat: KEN mode, VAMPIRE, Oneiregon. Mon: Karaoke. Tue: Comedy w/ Gordon Downs.

Tin Can Ale House, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. thetincan1.wordpress.com. Wed: Translation: Audio, Fever Charm, The Roman Watchdogs. Thu: Machines Learning, Everyone, Arms Away. Fri: ‘Genre Wars: The Anti-Battle of the Bands’ w/ The Lyrical Groove, The Suicide Chords, Viva Apollo.

Sat: Kodiak, Coda Reactor, Bat Lords.

Mon: Tin Can Country Club w/ Daniel Crawford. Tue: Nothing Haunts Me, Quor, Radios Silent.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Thu: Wooly Mammoth, Poontang Clam, Rock N Roll Pres-

ervation Society. Fri: Zombie Surf Camp, Chica Diabla, Revenge Club, The Touchies.

Sat: Marsupials, Sleep Lady, Dead Animal Mod. Sun: Plane Without a Pilot, Foreign Film, Bulletproof Tigers, The Lazuli.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress. Wed: Tomcat Courtney. Thu: Pan Am. Fri: Balkan Fest w/ The Electrocarpathians, Z3-Tahkt.

Sat: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Balkan Fest w/ Orkestar Meze (9 p.m.). Sun: Sounds Like Four (4 p.m.); Balkan Fest w/ Middle Earth (8 p.m.). Mon: Balkan Fest w/ Dromia (6 p.m.). Tue: Afro Jazziacs.

U-31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Thu: DJ Schoeny. Fri: DJ Artistic. Sat: DJ Battle. Sun: Daytime DJ Battle.

Mon: ‘Taking Back Monday.’ Tue: Karaoke.

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd. com. Thu: Torro Torro. Sat: Brazzabelle.

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: ‘Vinyl Snobs’.

Thu: ‘Citizenfest’ (student films). Fri: Phantoms, The Mittens, DJ Action Andy. Sat: DJ Claire (5 p.m.); ‘Booty Bassment’ w/ DJs Dimitri, Rob (9:30 p.m.). Tue: ‘Friends Chill.’

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Open mic w/ Jefferson Jay (6 p.m.); Rain Basillo and The Roosters, DJ Carlos Culture (9:30 p.m.).

Thu: Ocean Beach Comedy Competition (6 p.m.); Delta Nove (9:30 p.m.). Fri: Dewey Bratcher and Barbara Thomason (6 p.m.); Pocket, In Motion Collective, Neighbors to the North (CD Release, 9:30 p.m.).

Sat: 6PM Slippin (5 p.m.); Omega Squad, MK-Ultra, Arkon, URBN LGND (9 p.m.).

Sun: ‘O.B.-o-ke’ w/ Jose Sinatra. Mon: Electric Waste Band. Tue: Trevor Green.

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