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Immigration bill’s better than nothing On Monday, the U.S. Senate voted 67 to 27 to end from perfect. debate on an amendment to legislation that would The main ingredient in the bill would establish a make significant changes to the nation’s immigraprocess for law-abiding, employed people who were tion system, setting the stage for the Senate to vote here illegally by Dec. 31, 2011, to come out of the on the full bill before the Fourth of July break. The shadows. They would apply for Resident Provisionamendment added language that would essentially al Immigrant (RPI) status, which they would mainmake the United States’ border with Mexico even tain for six years, after which they could renew their more militarized than it already is, doubling the application for another four years. After that, they size of the border patrol, adding more fencing and could apply for a green card, and three years after costing upwards of $30 billion when that money that, they could begin the citizenship process. The could be better spent shoring up social services or bill would make numerous changes to some current building infrastructure. visa categories that appear to favor employmentBut, we’re told, the amendment was necessary based immigration over a family-based system. It to run up the pro-immigration-reform vote total in would also require all employers to use the E-Verify the Senate to an arbitrary goal of 70. Once upon a system within four years. The National Immigration time, it took just 51 votes to pass a bill in the Senate.

Law Center (NILC) has a good analysis of the speMedill DC / Flickr cifics at nilc.org.

Thanks to the Republicans’ practice of filibustering everything We’re concerned about the important, now it takes 60 votes. high cost of legalization under the Suddenly, 70 is the new 60. bill. In addition to whatever the As drawn up by the so-called processing fee ends up being and Gang of Eight—the four Demowhatever back taxes are assessed, crats and four Republicans who folks applying for RPI status will launched this most recent attempt have to pay $500 initially and anto overhaul immigration law—a other $500 at renewal, plus $1,000 70-vote landslide is needed to to apply for a green card. That pressure enough Republicans in seems prohibitively expensive for the House of Freaks, er, Represensuch a low-income population; tatives to climb aboard and avoid more than 25 percent of undocuhaving the whole thing die there, mented families earn less than as a similar effort did in 2006 (a House Speaker John Boehner $20,000 per year, according to 2007 attempt didn’t even get out the NILC. The bill also bars those of the Senate). with RPI status from benefiting from key health What the House does will reveal the exact conand welfare programs, which is just mean and, in tours of the divide in the Republican Party. On one our view, stupid in the long run. side are those who understand that the party’s surOn the bright side, the bill would enshrine the vival depends on making amends with Latino votprovisions of the DREAM Act, which legalizes peoers and that immigration reform will slap a smile on ple who were brought to the U.S. illegally as chilthe face of the big-business segment of the party’s dren, and it would give these immigrants a faster donor base. On the other side is the mouth-breathtrack toward green-card status. ing, knuckle-dragging faction that simply can’t Progressives could oppose the bill because it accept legalizing the estimated 11 million people isn’t ideal, but that would leave us with no reform (read: Mexicans and other darker-skinned invadat all and no hope for anything in the foreseeable ers who, by virtue of their presence, are degrading future. This represents the best chance at officially our quality of life) who successfully crossed the recognizing that millions of people who have come border without permission, even though there’s no to the U.S. are economic refugees who fled their feasible way to deport them and legitimizing them homes and families because of dire circumstances; is better for the economy. they’re not criminals. This, finally, would tell them that they are welcome here.

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the May 22 cover What an amazing, provocative picture on your May 22 cover.

I’m reluctant to write about it, but the illustration of the seductive woman-child-infant is only justified by an article that gives it meaning, yet there was none.

It wasn’t exactly child porn, yet it is a stark illustration of our cultural contradictions. We do allow such images if they are technically defensible, as this one of a toddler in silk panties with a very adult visage could be.

Yet there are those who would say that my seeing it as such is a character flaw, or perhaps one of the personality disorders that was considered for the new DSM-5, “hebephilia.” The cover comes teasingly, frighteningly close to being construed in a way that its mere possession could result in a long prison term and permanent stigmatization as a sexual offender.

It could be an illustration of someone like the 8-year-old realty TV star Honey Boo Boo, who covered her mouth when she laughingly told the camera that she had to look “sexy.” She and other child beauty contestants must be perfect Lolitas to

gain fame and fortune—but she could never say this. The cover illustration could have been the lead in for a meaningful, challenging discussion of how those who pride themselves as being enlightened have segmented their condemnation of sexuality in a bizarre way. Getting off with those of the same sex or by looking at pictures of naked children were of the same class in law and psychiatry only a brief half-century ago. Now, the former of these is seen as slightly more enlightened than heterosexuality, while the other is condemned with a hatred that defies reason.

The sexual urge is not only physical, but part of our very being. It is so powerful that we need cultural constraints, taboos that delimit its expression. We may understand this at some level but don’t have a handle on it in our conceit that we are too rational to need such hocus pocus.

The picture on the cover, with a single different stroke of the artist’s brush, could have been toxic, not only for the publication but anyone who had one in his possession. This insanity is reflect-

cover was trying to tell us. While she may be protected from sexual predators, she will be entering a world where she can no longer trust anyone. In our quest for pluralistic equality, we have created other castes, those whom we can despise and punish for actions not even taken. And just as that little girl on the cover had no words, neither do we.

Al Rodbell, Encinitas

ed in last year’s Proposition 35, which was described with these words by the attorney general in a booklet that went out to 10 million voters: “This proposal will extend sexual offender status to someone who makes a copy of an obscene picture of a child, even if he had no contact with the subject.” Those who read it had no concern for the severity of the punishment for such a trivial act, as somehow reason has been replaced by something different in issues of sexual activity.

Perhaps that’s what the little girl looking out from last week’s

Editor’s note: We received several emails from readers who considered this cover at least mildly pornographic. The painting of the little girl on our May 22 cover was created by Nicole Waszak. The subject is her daughter. That was explained in a story on Page 24 in that issue, in our “Seen Local” column. In fairness, we understand that the story behind the art can be hard to find. There was no reference to it on the cover because we like to keep the art that we showcase free of added text. When we feature a local artist on the cover, we indicate on our “Editorial” page where the story about the artist can be found.

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Mayors take Filner’s lead

How have Assemblymember Rocky Chavez and your other representatives done in Sacramento?

Power plays

A look at what the people you sent to Sacramento have been doing with their time

by Kelly Davis and Joshua Emerson Smith Every now and then, we check in with our state legislators to see what they’ve been up to: What bills are they introducing?

Who are they schmoozing? While it’s still early in the twoyear 2013-2014 legislative session—the real excitement comes at the end—we’ve got a handful of new state lawmakers who got right to work introducing bills ranging from commonsense to highly ideological. There’s not nearly enough space to mention every bill, so we picked a few that stood out.

Quick guide to the blurbage below: “Clout quotient” refers to the number of bills that have made it through the committee process to a floor vote and are now being scrutinized by the other house. All the information for “Perks” comes from the Statement of Economic Interest that state elected officials are required to file annually with California’s Fair Political Practices Commission. The most recent information on file is for 2012.

standard for [legal] counsel” and allow for a new form of execution that involves sucking the air out of a room. As the ACLU pointed out, it would make California the only government in the world that sanctions death by suffocation. Anderson was one of the few local legislators to have a bill signed into law this year—in this case, SCR 17, which designated April 7 through 13, 2013, “Cancer Prevention Week.” Of his two other bills that have moved on to the Assembly, one would provide increased protections for veterans facilities and the other, SB 702, would standardize the paperwork that courts require from creditors seeking a default judgment against debtors.

Perks: For 2012, Anderson reported $7,436.08 in gifts, including roughly $2,500 in airfare, lodging and meals to attend two conferences put on by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-backed lobbying organization. He accepted a Turf Club ticket from the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ($200) and added on valet parking ($40) and lunch ($105).

Mark Wyland (R) Senate District 38

Clout Quotient: Nine of Wyland’s 24 bills, or 37.5 percent, have made it out of Greg Eichelberger the Senate.

Joel Anderson (R) Wyland continues to work on a couple Senate District 36 of education bills aimed at increasing Clout quotient: Three of the 17 bills he’s high-school students’ exposure to politics and government. introduced, or 17.6 percent, have made it Both pieces of legislation are on hold in the Senate Eduout of the Senate. cation Committee. SB 512 would expand the state’s highThis session, Anderson again intro- school exit exam—which currently includes only language duced legislation to speed up California’s arts and math—to include United States history and governdeath-penalty appeals process. The bill, SB 779, failed to ment in accordance with the statewide content standards. make it out of the Senate Public Safety Committee after SB 521 would require American government and civics opponents raised concerns that it would “gut the current classes to include a comparative study of how the rights of

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On Monday, the United States Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution spearheaded by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner calling on the federal government to allow states to set their own policies regulating marijuana.

The resolution reads in part: “[T]he United States Conference of Mayors believes that federal laws, indavid rolland cluding the Controlled Substance [sic] Act, should be amended to explicitly allow states to set their own marijuana policies without federal interference….”

The resolution, passed at this year’s annual conference, was co-sponsored by 18 mayors, including Seattle’s Mike McGinn, Las Vegas’ Carolyn Goodman, Oakland’s Jean Quan and Berkeley’s Tom Bates. Roughly 200 mayors attended the conference.

Bob Filner “The prohibition on marijuana has been ineffective and counterproductive,” said San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy in a written statement. “Voters in states and cities that wish to break the stranglehold of organized crime over the distribution and sale of marijuana in their communities by legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana should have the option of doing so.”

Filner couldn’t be reached for comment.

“Mayor Filner has been a very vocal supporter of marijuana reform,” said Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority, an advocacy group that joined an effort to lobby Filner and others to pass the resolution. “He campaigned on these issues, and it’s good to see him following through on those promises and taking a leadership role on this.”

Despite campaign pledges, President Barack Obama’s administration has shuttered more state-legal medicalmarijuana providers in its first term than were closed by federal authorities during George W. Bush’s eight-year presidency, according to Marijuana Majority.

The federal government has yet to take an official stance on November’s voter initiatives that legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington.

A recent Gallup poll found that 64 percent of Americans say the federal government should not enforce anti-marijuana laws in states that have opted for a new approach.

—Joshua Emerson Smith

U.S. citizens differ from those in other countries.

Perks: Last year, he reported a mere $94—a dinner furnished by Barona Resort and Casino.

Marty Block (D) Senate District 39

Clout quotient: Of the 25 bills Block’s introduced this session, 20—or 80 percent—have been passed by the Senate.

Block’s legislation is largely focused on education and

public safety. His bills this session include SB 316, which, if federal funding becomes available, would require California public schools to install door locks that can be locked from inside the classroom. SB 419 would make it easier for probation officers to toss offending probationers in jail (aka “flash incarceration”); wisely, nonviolent drug offenders would be exempt. SB 473 is Block’s second attempt at legislation that would allow prosecutors to tie pimping and pandering to gang activity.

Perks: Block comes in third behind Toni Atkins and Ben Hueso on the list of the perkiest local legislators, accepting $10,167.99 in gifts, meals and travel reimbursements in 2012—the costliest of which was $4,172 from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority to park his car at Lindbergh Field when he flies to Sacramento. Like Anderson, he went for the full $345 Turf Club experience and also took in a Summer Pops concert ($250) and football game ($138) courtesy of Bridgepoint Education.

Ben Hueso (D) Senate District 40

islation includes a bill that would forbid the state Department of Social Services from counting military housing as income in determining whether a household’s eligible for food stamps. For those of you hoping your birth certificate in a Ziploc bag serves as adequate ID to get back over the border, SB 397 seeks to create “enhanced driver’s licenses” that would be all you’d need to show at U.S. ports of entry in Mexico, Canada and Bermuda. And SB 488 takes aim at slumlords by allowing city code-enforcement officers to declare housing with vermin infestations and inadequate garbage facilities to be substandard. Currently, only county public-health officials can make that determination.

Perks: In 2012, Hueso accepted $10,910.74 in meals, gifts and travel reimbursements. An avid golfer, he accepted free games from the prison-guards union ($333) and the Governor’s Cup Foundation ($330), a $328 golf club from Crime Victims United, $358 in golf apparel from the Coalition for Safer California and $307 in golf clubs and balls from Minorities in Law Enforcement. He also got a parking pass, valued at $1,001, from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

Brian Jones (R)

Assembly District 71 Clout quotient: Hueso has introClout Quotient: So far this session, five duced 31 bills this session, roughly half of Jones’ 17 bills, or 29.4 percent, have of which have made it out of whatever made it out of the Assembly. house he was in (see below) when the Jones’ AB 871, introduced in February, bill was introduced. would have made it easier for CaliforHueso started the session a member of the Assembly but in March was elected to fill a Senate seat left empty nians to get approval to carry a concealed weapon. It was when Juan Vargas was elected to Congress. His active leg- quashed by the Assembly Public Safety Committee. AB 890,

now before the Senate Judiciary Committee, would loosen advertising standards by allowing a “Made in the U.S.A.” designation to apply to goods even if 10 percent of the components were assembled in a foreign country. Currently, the entire product—and all its parts—must be made here. Jones unsuccessfully pushed similar legislation last year.

Perks: In 2012, Jones enjoyed more than $5,070 in gifts, meals and travel reimbursements. That included a $1,300 trip to the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies’ annual roundtable, $355 in tickets to the Holiday Bowl from Bridgepoint Education and a $19 ticket from NBC Universal to a screening of The Lorax.

Marie Waldron (R) Assembly District 75

Clout quotient: Two of Waldron’s 11 bills, or 18 percent, made it out of the Assembly.

Waldron, a Republican whose Twitter handle is @ConservtveWoman (which is odd because @ConservativeWoman hasn’t been claimed) this year introduced AB 20, which would impose an additional fine of $2,000 on anyone caught looking at kiddie porn on a government-owned computer, and ACR 59, which seeks to declare Sept. 17 through 22, 2013, “Constitution Week,” when Californians will be urged to “reaffirm the ideals of the framers of the Constitution of 1787.” Her AB 255 seems reasonable on its face—it would create a digital-arts degree at California’s public colleges and universities—but the bill’s vague definition of what exactly such a program should include and its short timeline (it gives campuses until the start of the 2015-16 school year to pull it together) raised concerns for the author of an analysis written for the Assembly Committee on Higher Education.

Perks: Like all new Assembly members, Waldon was gifted a glass bowl, valued at $85.80, from Assembly Speaker John Perez and also reported a $95 meal from the Barona Band of Mission Indians.

Rocky Chavez (R) Assembly District 76

Clout Quotient: So far this session, nine of Chavez’s 17 bills, or 52.9 percent, have made it out of the Assembly.

The freshman Assembly member from Oceanside spent part of his first legislative session pushing tuition reform for higher education.

AB 159, which died in committee because of its price tag, would have required the California State University system to lock in tuition rates and fees for incoming freshmen for six years, increasing only to keep pace with inflation. His AB 13 would allow out-of-state members of the military who were honorably discharged within the past year to pay instate tuition at California colleges and universities. And AB 258, now in the Senate, would amend state agency forms to change the question “Are you a veteran” to “Have you ever served in the United States military?” The law seeks to address concerns that many former service members miss out on benefits because they don’t self-identify as veterans.

Perks: Chavez hasn’t had a lot of time to rack up political gifts, fancy meals or exotic vacations. But last December, he took advantage of $237.83 in food and lodging provided by the California Policy Conference & Tech Academy. He also got one of those personalized glass bowls from the Assembly speaker.

Brian Maienschein (R) Assembly District 77

Clout quotient: Of the 12 bills he’s introduced, exactly half have made it out of the Assembly.

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year, reintroducing legislation that would allow nurse practitioners and midwives to perform abortions. That bill’s currently on its way to the Senate Committee on Health.

The freshman legislator who took over Further commentary on the struggles of milNathan Fletcher’s seat was most recently itary families to make ends meet (see Hueso) commissioner for the United is AB 163, which would exempt Way-sponsored Plan to End thrift shops on military bases Chronic Homelessness. So, we from charging sales tax. An adwere excited to see AB 264, invocate for low-income housing troduced in February, with the when she served on the San Ditopic “Homelessness: Housing.” ego City Council, Atkins introThe text of the bill says: “This duced legislation in February, bill would state the intent of the AB 952, that seeks to incentivize Legislature to enact legislation affordable rental-housing projto provide housing for homeless ects targeted at helping specialBrian Maienschein needs populations. persons in this state.” Awesome!

Obviously, this is placeholder Perks: In addition to winlanguage. We eagerly await dening in the clout category, Attails (Maienschein’s spokesperkins also wins in the perks son didn’t return a phone call.) category. In 2012, she reported Among the six bills that have $14,191 in gifts, including a made it out of the Assembly, AB $6,395 trip to Russia, paid for 68 would require that district by the St. Petersburg Legislative attorneys be notified should Assembly and the Moscow City someone they send to prison Duma, to discuss “public policy become eligible for medical paissues related to transportation, role. AB 465 allows community Toni Atkins economic development, energy, sports programs to require volpublic finance.” She also reportunteers to undergo background ed $3,689 in free parking from checks, and AB 1339, which the San Diego County Regional adds a layer of oversight to the Airport Authority. court-appointed conservator program, is a response to a San Shirley Weber (D) Jose Mercury-News investigaAssembly District 79 tion that found that professional Clout Quotient: Eight of Wefiduciaries were often charging ber’s 13 bills, or 61.5 percent, have exorbitant hourly rates. made it out of the Assembly.

Perks: Maienschein has acShirley Weber The newly elected Assembly cepted $293 in gifts, including member has been busy proposa glass bowl from Perez, $90 ing several small, common-sense for tickets to the Bridgepoint bills that leave one wondering, Holiday Bowl and a $94 meal “Why isn’t there already a law from the Barona Band of Misfor that?” AB 56 would require sion Indians.

K-12 schools built after 2013 to install carbon-monoxide detecToni Atkins (D) tors near furnaces. AB 979, now Assembly District 78 in the Senate Public Safety ComClout quotient: Atkins wins mittee, would require peace offithe clout award. All but two of Lorena Gonzalez cers who work on boats to comher 17 bills, just over 88 percent, plete a course in basic maritime made it out of the Assembly. operations that would include boat handling Atkins picked up the mantle for Sen. and navigation rules, as well as maritime Christine Kehoe, who was termed out last boarding and arrest procedures.

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Perks: In her short time in office, Weber’s reported $1,147 in gifts, meals and travel reimbursements, including $892 to attend the California Independent Petroleum Association conference, where she gave a speech.

Lorena Gonzalez (D) Assembly District 80

islation, but a spokesperson said she’s spent her first month in office helping to shepherd a bill that seeks to reform California’s controversial Enterprise Zone program, which offers tax breaks in exchange for business development but has been criticized for, as a bill analysis put it, “offer[ing] a poor return on the state’s sizable investment.”

Last month, Gonzalez was elected to fill the Write to kellyd@sdcitybeat.com, Assembly seat left vacant by Ben Hueso. It’s joshuas@sdcitybeat.com too soon for her to have introduced any leg- and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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sordid tales

decker My wife refuses to obey our marital rules So, I’m sitting on the recliner, Netflixing the first epithis “I’m late for my game, babe” bullshit—well, sode of the last season of Battlestar Galactica, while perhaps you can understand my frustration. my wife, Willow, rushes around the house, gather“Oh, c’mon! You’re right there! Just grab the can ing her bat, mitt, cleats, cap and various other items and be done with it,” I blurt as she drifts past the needed to play in her Thursday-night softball league. fridge pretending not to hear me.

As she walks by the refrigerator, I ask if she “OK, fine,” I say, as I toss a rope and grappling would please grab me a can of Diet Coke. hook around the base of the ceiling fan and slow“No, babe. I’m running late,” she snarls. ly hoist my girth out of the recliner like an engine Mind you, she’s not that late, and the distance crane hoisting a motor out of a car. “But know this,” between her and the refrigerator is about the disI say as I walk over to the fridge: “I will never—and tance between a bum and a bottle of malt liquor at I mean never—perform another Upright Fetch favor any given time. for you for as long as I live.” Then I grab a can of “Are you freaking kidding me?” I snap. “You Diet Coke, break the tab, take a long draw to accendon’t have enough time to open the fridge and grab tuate how serious I am and add, “Unless—.” me a goddamn can of Coke?”

“Unless what,” she asks.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re think“Unless you meet two conditions: First, you must ing, Get off your fat ass and get your own goddamn apologize for not getting me the soda, and, second, can of carbonated cola. But, see, the woman was you must promise to obey the Upright Fetch Manbreaking one of the unwritten rules of our mardate forever more.” riage. Like every marriage, ours has several, such Of course, my wife—being as stubborn as an as: Don’t put the pickles in the refrigerator, don’t Albanian handkerchief merchant—was underslam the screen door and don’t flirt with the servwhelmed. “I will not meet your conditions nor will er during anniversary or Valentine’s Day dinners.

I ever fetch anything for you ever again. We shall Another unwritten rule is what I call the Upright see which one of us breaks first.”

Fetch Mandate, which is as follows: When one “Oh, we’ll see, alright,” I chuckle confidently, spouse is reclining on a chair knowing that this woman has or couch, and the other is upthe mettle of a high-school right, the upright spouse must cheerleader in a Turkish prisOf course, my wife—being perform any task requested by on camp. There’s no way she’ll as stubborn as an Albanian the reclining spouse provided outlast me. Or so I believed.

Because, a few days later, she’s that the task is quick and easy handkerchief merchant— on the couch (which has an abto perform. was underwhelmed. normally intense gravitational I think this is a fantastic pull of its own) and says, with rule. In my mind, everybody the cutest, most innocentest wins. When I’m standing up face possible, “Honey, darling, will you refill my and Willow asks me for something, I don’t hesitate. water glass?”

It’s so much easier to do things when you’re already “Oh, sweetie, love of my life,” I say and smile, standing. I mean, what’s Newton’s first law of mo“you know I really want to do that for you, but unless tion? An object in motion stays in motion / an object you agree to the following two conditions, I cannot at rest stays at rest—especially if that object is kickfulfill your request. First you must apolog—.” ing back watching Battlestar Galactica in a leather “Blah, blah, blah. I’ll get it myself,” she says, reclining chair, which, as everyone knows, has an and—bam!—in an instant, she springs up from the abnormally high gravitational pull. Indeed, if I am couch and into the kitchen. I mean, it’s amazing. standing, I will gleefully retrieve a thousand cans of The way she pops up like that—no cranes, no grapsoda in exchange for one when I’m in repose. pling hooks—she just bounds from the couch as if But that’s the problem with unwritten rules, eh? it isn’t the plushy energy vampire that we all know They’re not written. In hindsight, I wish I’d includit to be. ed the Upright Fetch Mandate in our vows: “Do you Oh crap! This is going to be harder than I thought, promise to love one another, in sickness and health, to I thought. And that’s where our marriage is now: a have and to hold, and to always fetch things if you are full-blown standoff, with neither of us fetching anystanding and the other is sitting? I now pronounce thing for the other—and I mean anything! you husband and wife.”

“Honey, will you pass me the remote?”

And you darn well know that Willow, bless her “You know I can’t do that, dear.” blotched and blackened soul, is happy to have me “Oh, for the bloody scalp of Christ, will you just running errands for her when she’s all comfy and apologize already?” cozy on the couch. And her errands aren’t always “After you, babe.” so quick or easy. Sometimes she has me hoofing to And so it goes. I’ll let you know who breaks first.

7-Eleven; other times, I’m rotating her tires. But It may be a while. when I’m the one kicking back in Battlestar Reclinica, and all I want is for her to grab me a goddamn Write to ed@sdcitybeat.com can of ice-cold carbonated cola, and she’s standing and editor@sdcitybeat.com. right next to the G.D. refrigerator, and she gives me

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that serves as both plate and utensil. The entire meal is served on a platter topped with a big round of injera, each dish in its own little mound with additional roles of injera on the side. The goal of the playing-with-your-food game is to use just enough of the injera to grasp the food but not smother it.

Among the best and most characteristic of Abyssinian dishes is tsebhi dorho (known as doro wat in Ethiopia), a flavorful dark-meat chicken stew cooked with more than a little bit of berbere (a red-chile-based spice blend that is their chili powder) and served with a hard-boiled egg. The result is undoubtedly spicy, but it’s also well-balanced. The berRolled injera, with delicacies to scoop bere does not overpower the dish but brightens it.

Another standout is beggie kilwa, lamb sautéed in clarified butter with onion, garlic, tomato, herbs and Serrano chiles. On two separate trips, the lamb was absolutely perfectly cooked, nicely seared but tender. The spice level was lower than it was with the tsebhi dorho—a tickle more than a burn.

Comfort food you may There are also vegetarian options at Muzita. have never tried My favorite is the cabbage stewed with berbere, which was sweet and spicy yet still retained My mother always told me not to play with my crispness on one visit (but a bit overdone on anfood. Of course, my mother is neither Ethiopian other). The lentils were less than exceptional, nor Eritrean, and there were no local restaurants but roasted potato chunks were perfect. featuring those cuisines during my childhood. If Muzita’s menu boasts, “You enter our restauthere had been, she probably would have played rant, you are entering our home.” But you don’t with the food herself. And so it was that we endsuspect this place is a copy of their old place on ed up, my mother and me, at Muzita Abyssinian the outskirts of Asmara or Addis Ababa. It’s a nice Bistro (4651 Park Blvd. in University Heights, house, well-appointed with a pleasant balcony letseat.at/muzita), an upscale Eritrean / Ethiopiwith heaters. You have a sneaking suspicion that an restaurant in University Heights, to celebrate this is not quite the way it looks in the old country. her birthday and play with our food.

But it’s the food that’s Muzita’s real source The cuisines of Abyssinia (Eritrea and of comfort. What stands out is how unique, deEthiopia)—two countries locked in embrace and licious and strangely comforting it is. How can sharing common history and culture—are simisomething for which we have so little frame of lar. The primary differences are that the lower reference, something so exotic, be so soothing? elevations and coastline of Eritrea lead to a someOne part of it is those deep flavors. Another is that what lighter cuisine incorporating more seafood. playing-with-your-food thing. It brings you back There is also this: Where Eritrea was colonized to a simpler time and place in your life. That, at least, is what my mother said.

by Italy, Ethiopia is the only African country never colonized.

Write to michaelg@sdcitybeat.com Another commonality is injera, a spongy, and editor@sdcitybeat.com. crepe-like sourdough bread made of teff flour

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chees What to prepare when you’re pairing

Beer dinners are becoming all the rage, probably because they merge our collective interests in inebriation and not starving to death. During one such dinner at Leroy’s Kitchen + Lounge in Coronado, I began to ponder what culinary perspectives inform these affairs. Thankfully, new executive chef JC Colón was available to prevent me from just guessing the answer for an entire article.

CityBeat: What are some of the simple rules for pairing food with beer?

JC Colón: When pairing food with beer, less is more. Try not to overthink each dish or get away from the natural flavors of each ingredient. Let the beer be what it was intended to be instead of masking it with overcomplicated pairings.

use that as a base for the pairing.

What flavor aspects are you trying to balance with a beer?

My goal is to achieve harmony between the dishes I create and the beer, whether I am trying to bring out subtle flavors or minimize stronger ones. If a beer has some bitterness to it, I like to counter that with a heavier, richer protein that can stand up to it.

What unlikely beer / food pairings have you tried that worked surprisingly well?

I created a Mano de Leon scallop crudo with citrus and avocado purée, blood-orange segments, pickled radish and citrus oil and paired it with Stone’s Cali-Belgique IPA. ian cheesman

What are some of the common missteps with beer pairings?

I find that beers infused with powerful spices can be challenging to pair well. For example, Ballast Point’s Habanero Sculpin has some heat to it, so I like to balance that with dishes that will cool the palate and make the beer more approachable.

It’s important to keep things approachable for the diner. It is something every chef should strive to do. I like to get creative with my menus, but I also have to be conscious of the fact that people’s tastes vary. I like to have a menu that has familiar ingredients people are comfortable with on it and balance that with unique elements so that people leave their comfort zone and experience something new.

Above all else, try to keep in mind that people who come to these dinners just want great food and great beer.

What makes a pairing straightforward (for those without culinary training)?

What are some pairing ideas for the summer you’d recommend?

To me, a straightforward pairing highlights classic flavor combinations. For example, Porters have chocolate and coffee notes, so they pair well with chocolate desserts. Citrus goes well with seafood, so a beer with citrus notes like a wheat beer could easily be paired with a seafood dish. Someone without a culinary background just needs to think of familiar flavors that typically complement each other and

For me, grilled fish with Ballast Point’s Wahoo Wheat Beer is summer on a plate. Tomatoes are also in peak season during the summer months, so an heirloom-tomato salad with fresh basil, burrata and balsamic vinegar would pair perfectly with a pale ale.

What flavors in beer are the trickiest to pair with?

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by Marie Tran-McCaslin Marie Tran-McCaslin

Ave., iloveazucar.com) serving the Cray-nut. Imagine crispy, flaky layers rolled in cinnamon sugar and filled with cream. The first iteration contained a rum custard cream, but as of this writing, the most recent version was filled with a delectable Nutella cream. The labor-intensive sweets are a specialty item available Mondays. I think Dad would appreciate the novelty of frying laminated dough and dunking it in sugar, but he would especially enjoy the traditional Cuban guava and cheese pastry.

Go for the novelty; stay for Azucar’s selection of pastries and cakes.

If afternoon conjures sweets, sandwiches and drinking tea with pinkies in the air, then I’ll suggest Azucar’s Cray-nut Bread and Cie’s (350 University Ave. in Hillcrest, breadandcie.com) tea service. Available daily from 2 to 5 p.m., the service consists of three tiers of pastries and mini-sandwiches with huge cups of tea. However, don’t expect English formality; instead, you get itty-bitty treats served with a casual California flair. Scones come with clotted cream, and the A coffee-and-pastry roundup chocolate mini-cupcake is perfect, but the best part is lounging in the shaded patio with a cup of I mentioned my mom in my recent piece about tea while watching Hillcrest bustle along.

J&T Thai Street Food. I figure if Mom gets a few Many places that serve pastries will likely lines, then it’s only fair that Dad does, too. My fapeddle coffee and tea, including those already ther is in his 80s, and, to this day, he’s had one mentioned. For my father, it’s about the pastry, constant habit: He always has a pastry and a hot not the drink; for me, the drink is as important as drink for teatime. As a belated Father’s Day nod, the pastry. I’ve covered several coffee places here, I thought I’d cover some great places for a tasty but there are many more. North Park’s Coffee pastry or a hot drink: & Tea Collective (2911 El Cajon Blvd, coffeeanThere’s something special about Taiwanese dteacollective.com) is roasting and serving great bakeries. To buy, you pluck your choices from cubcoffee while occasionally featuring handmade bies filled with baked goods. San Diego doesn’t have eats from local baker Christina Ng (@ChinitasP85C Bakery Cafe, the Taiwanese juggernaut with ies on Twitter) and pizzas from Tribute Pizza’s U.S. locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties, (tributepizza.com) Matthew Lyons. In Barrio but it does have Pangea Bakery Café (4689 ConLogan, there’s Ryan Bros. Coffee (1894 Main St., voy St., Suite 100, in Kearny Mesa, pangeabc.com). ryanbroscoffee.com), which I learned about from Pangea offers multiple types of sweet breads, heada CityBeat reader named Kristina after my April lined by the taro bun, with its streaks of purple in 2012 Café Moto piece. the bread. I love the sweets, but my favorite from Dad taught me to appreciate the simple pleaPangea is actually savory: eggy challah-like bread sure of a hot drink and pastry as a break in a busy day. I like to think I learned that lesson well. topped with toasted scallions.

Lately, there’s been much fuss over frying croisWrite to marietm@sdcitybeat.com sant dough. San Diego’s certainly not immune to and editor@sdcitybeat.com. it, with Ocean Beach’s Azucar (4820 Newport

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Surveillance state of mind

I’ve been hellishly busy in the weeks since I filed my last column.

On June 6, The Guardian began reporting on the most significant unauthorized government document dump since Bradley Manning smuggled out hundreds of thousands of State Department records while pretending to rock out to Lady Gaga. This time, Edward Snowden, a geeky whistleblower who worked for an NSA contractor, presented evidence of the agency’s massive surveillance programs that history will likely remember as the defining scandal of President Barack Obama’s second term.

I left my full time gig at CityBeat back in February to work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based civil-liberties organization that is now at the center of the public debate over surveillance and privacy. The immediate emotional reaction here could be boiled down to three words: Told. You. So. For years, EFF has been sounding the alarm (and litigating) amid overbroad spying powers exercised by the federal government. Consequently, virtually every media organization around the globe has turned to us for comment and guidance. I’m not exaggerating when I say that we received more than 20 press calls an hour in the first days of the scandal, especially after The Guardian published an image of Snowden with an EFF sticker on his laptop. It’s reached the point that every time journalist Glenn Greenwald tweets that he has a new revelation in the pipeline, I reach for the Advil.

Most of the calls have been intelligent, but some have just been ridiculous. (My favorite came via email from a certain foreign state-run news agency asking for Snowden’s contact details. First of all—we don’t have them. EFF hasn’t been in touch with him. Even if we were, why would we hand it over, via unencrypted email, to a media organization controlled by a nation with a poor human-rights track record and a contentious relationship with the U.S.?)

The most frustrating inquiries have asked for reaction to the notion that the public just doesn’t care. I don’t know where this meme comes from: Most of the polls indicate that a large segment of America isn’t comfortable with the NSA’s tactics, and that doesn’t even account for the international outrage. But even the polls that do show a slim majority supporting the programs, I have to point out that whatever confidence there is in the Obama administration isn’t likely to rise as more information is revealed.

There have been protests outside the NSA data-processing facility in Utah and outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s mansion in San Francisco. The deluge of press calls—from publications on the left and the right, from the Christian press to the trade journals—are proof of widespread interest. Every American who asks, “Why should I care?” is implicitly expressing that he or she does, in fact, care.

Here’s why I’m personally rejecting cynicism: My work has never been so viral. In the week af-

Obama cares this much about privacy. ter the scandal broke, privacy advocates began passing around a CBS interview with Vice President Joe Biden from 2006 (when he was a senator). In the clip, Biden rails against the Bush administration’s mass collection of phone metadata (whom you called and when and for how long). I intercut that video with Obama’s public defense of the program to create a debate in which Biden pwns Obama on every claim. I uploaded it to YouTube and waited. For hours, the view-count was stuck at “301+,” the number where it stops until YouTube can verify the views are genuine. As of this writing, the video has logged 210,000 views.

That’s no Miss America FAIL video, but it was enough that Biden himself was questioned about it during a campaign event in Silicon Valley.

People do care. But for the sake of addressing you who are still struggling to get angry about metadata (“You don’t need to worry if you’re not doing anything wrong”), here are some questions to ask yourself: • Let’s imagine the government secretly made a deal with doorbell manufacturers to install surveillance devices that captured everyone who ever came to your house and every time you left your house and then recorded you every time you visited someone else’s house. Even if you weren’t doing anything wrong, even if it wasn’t recording your actual conversations, would you be OK with that? That’s essentially what we’re talking about here, but with communication.

• Are you really OK with the director of national intelligence lying—in his words, giving “the least untruthful” answer, to Congress?

• Are you really OK with the president gesturing that collecting data on millions of Verizon subscribers amounts to a privacy encroachment no bigger than a few centimeters between his thumb and forefinger?

A lot of the rhetoric has suggested that the government is “vacuuming” up data. Perhaps it might be more impactful if we started acknowledging what the government is actually doing: gathering evidence on millions of Americans.

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FRINGE BENEFITS

Major cities around the world have fringe festivals. Edinburgh was the original, and burgs like New York, San Francisco and Prague have followed suit. And, you know, it’s pretty embarrassing for San Diego when Winnipeg and Orlando have fringe festivals before we do.

It’s a good thing this town got its act together: We’re finally getting the firstever San Diego Fringe Festival. Running from Monday, July 1, through Sunday, July 7, the festival will bring an eclectic mix of theatrical performances, comedy, dance and more to a variety of spaces around the city, including Space4Art, NewSchool of Architecture, Seaport Village and non-traditional locations for site-specific performances.

It all came together thanks to contACT ARTS’ Kevin Charles Patterson, along with the Circle Circle Dot Dot theater group and Actors Alliance of San Diego.

“The festival provides an opportunity not only to present interesting, innovative and alternative performing works from national and international artists, but also to provide a presenting opportunity to local artists, as well,” says festival coordinator Patrick Stewart. “Of the more than 40 artists pre-

Max Fischer Players will perform the absurdist play Ubu Roi at Searsucker restaurant.

senting in Fringe, more than half are local.”

While most performances will require individual tickets (information for each show and ticket prices can be found at sdfringe.com), the rooftop of the 10th Avenue Theater (930 Tenth Ave. in Hillcrest) will serve as “Fringe Central.” Performers and festival attendees can check out local bands, buskers, burlesque performances and other fun side acts totally free.

The beauty of the festival lies in the opportunities John F. Kennedy in front of the White it provides for local artists. Performance spaces are House. Igor Stravinsky at a piano. Harold limited in the city, and not all are equipped to handle Pinter and Tom Stoppard onstage. Without seeing Ar- some of the stranger, outsider art. That’s where San nold Newman’s portraits, you might think his practice Diego Fringe comes in. of placing his subjects in obvious settings was cliché.

“It gives them an opportunity to explore all the Quite the opposite. Few, if any, photographers were as avenues of creative storytelling, while at the same brilliant at the environmental portrait as Newman. See time being supported by this festival,” Stewart says. it for yourself in Arnold Newman: Masterclass, an “It provides an opportunity for them to do work that exhibition of more than 200 of Newman’s photographs pushes boundaries.” that opens Saturday, June 29, at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. It’ll be the first such showing since Newman’s death in 2006 and, because artists were among his favorite subjects, a nearby installation The only place in San Diego where you’ll will feature the works of some of those artists. Masterfind an okapi—a striped member of the class will be on view through Sept. 8. sdmart.org PETE SANTOS giraffe family, indigenous to Central Africa—is the San Diego Zoo. But one only need travel as far as North Park to catch an early-evening show by the band Okapi Sun. The North Park Community Association’s Bird Park Summer Concerts seOkapi Sun ries continues with an outdoor show by Okapi Sun, a local indie-pop duo that specializes in beat-heavy dance rock. The show runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Bird Park, at the corner of 28th and Thorn streets in North Park. The show is free, but the NPCA will acA self-portrait by Arnold Newman cept donations. northparksd.org/concerts

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HPerspectives of Being at The Royal Dive, 2949 San Luis Rey Road, Oceanside. The Hill Street Country Club’s monthly pop-up art show features work by Daniel Salinas and Sarah Spinks. Fro, 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26. thehillstreetcountryclub.org Craft & Canvas at Heights Tavern, 3377 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. See art by True Delorenzo, Jen Fong, Josh Namm and others, plus live painting and DJs. Curated by Thumbprint Gallery. At 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26. facebook.com/ events/553541104684753

Ameer Espy and others display images and poems. From 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, pulsegallery.org HArnold Newman: Masterclass at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. More than 200 photographs from one of America’s greatest photographers, ranging from iconic portraits of great leaders to everyday people. On display through Sept. 8.

See website for museum admission hours and prices. Saturday, June 29. 619-2327931, sdmart.org

Artist Lens: Amy Mayfield at New Children’s Museum, 200 W. Island Ave., Downtown. Opening reception for Mayfield’s interactive piece, “Pizazzy Parachute Party,” made from recycled items. From 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 27. 619-233-8792, thinkplaycreate.org

Stumblefoot ARTacular at Stumblefoot Brewing Co., 1784 La Costa Meadows Drive, #103, San Marcos. Local artists Grag Calise, Rachel Reinert, To Hell in a Handbag Jewelry and Craft Beerd showcase their work while InSlider food truck serves up tasty treats. From 2 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 29. 760-208-1012, facebook.com/StumblefootBrewingCo

HOceanside 5x10 at Twenty20 Gallery, 3637 Vista Way, Oceanside. See photographs showing the town in a whole new light by Johnny Nguyen, Robert Pendleton, J-Hon Poellnitz, Bob Boon and others.

On display through Oct. 30. Opening from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 28. 760-2124077, thehillstreetcountryclub.org

Sculpture in the Garden at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Curator Naomi Nussbaum presents the garden’s newest sculpture installation with work from 23 artists. On view through April 2014. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, June 30. 760-436-3036, sdbgarden.org/sculpture.htm

Jack Wade and Maria Evangelina Rodriguez at San Diego Art Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. An opening reception for both artists and a chance to see winnig artwork from the “Outstanding Visual Artists” contest. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 28, sandiego-art.org

HTony Delap: Selections from 50 Years at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. See work by Delap, who was part of Southern California’s early Minimalist art scene. On view through Oct. 6.

See website for museum admission hours and prices. Sunday, June 30. 760-4353720, oma-online.org

150th Anniversary: Battle of Gettysburg at Kensington Gallery, 4186 Adams Ave., Kensington. Items from the Civil War battle, including bullets, maps and photographs, will be on display through July 4.

Opening from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 28. 619-534-8120, kensingtongallery.org

Wavelength La Jolla at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla. Surf artists Norm Daniels, Paul Elder, William Feeney, Meegan Feori and others display work inspired by their time riding the waves.

Bird’s Surf Shed displays a selection of artist’s surfboards. On view through Sept.

30. Opening from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 30. 858-552-1657, lajollalibrary.org

Car Toys at San Diego Automotive Museum, 2080 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park. See the history of toys through miniature cars that have been carved, made of metal and crafted from various other objects. On view through Sept. 29. Opening from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 28.

619-231-2886, sdautomuseum.org Hessam Abrishami at Monarch Gallery, 1205 Prospect St., La Jolla. Join the Iranian master painter and sculptor for a wine reception and see works depicting classic Persian images. Runs through June 30.

From 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 858454-1231, monarchfineart.com HArt Auction for the Museum School at Bread & Salt, 1955 Julian Ave., Barrio Logan. More than 45 local, national and international artists have donated work to this art auction to benefit the Museum School’s art program. From 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29. facebook.com/ events/388004791317529

Beauty & Beasts at Basic Urban Kitchen & Bar, 410 Tenth Ave., Downtown. A onenight group exhibition themed around pretty and ugly things. From 7 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, July 2. facebook.com/ events/132148483659121

BOOKS Michael D’Antonio at Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Rd., Poway.

Pulitzer prize-winning author and a panel of experts discuss his new book, Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime and The Era of Catholic Scandal. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 James Rollins at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The author discusses and signs his historic-thriller novel, The Eye of God. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.

858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com

HMega Exhibition Reception at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. Celebrate four concurrent openings of exhibitions by artists Charles Arnoldi, Tony DeLap, Ernest Silva and Jay Johnson. From 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $10. 760-435-3720, oma-online.org

Alli Rollanson & Cindy Davis at Upstart Crow, 835 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village. Co-authors discuss their nonfiction novel about an American girl’s unlikely adventures, We’re Doing What for Summer?

At 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27. 619-2324855, upstartcrowtrading.com

HArt Illustrated at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. The arts center and Stone Brewing celebrate comic art and beer with special artwork featuring various iterations of the Stone gargoyles and beer pairings.

From 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $45.

760-839-4190, artcenter.org/performances

John Vorhaus at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. Author of the Radar Hoverlander series signs the third installment about the con-man hero. At 7 p.m. Friday, June 28.

858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com

Photoetry at Pulse Gallery, 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 103, Point Loma. Photographers Sam Bendall, Adam Tillm-Young,

Andy Duncan and Kate Elliott at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. Novelist Kate Elliott and Clarion instructor and author Andy Duncan discuss their writing process

and new projects. At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Reading is Delicious at Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad. Authors Kathi Diamant, Laurel Corona, Zohreh Ghahremani, Caitlin Rother and others discuss their writing process. At 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 29. 760-602-2049, adventuresbythebook.com HMatt Bell at San Diego Writers Ink, 710 13th St., Downtown. The Michigan-based author reads and signs his latest novel, In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake in the Woods. Local writers Jim Ruland (also a CityBeat contributor), Elle Brooks and James Meetze will also give brief readings. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30. 619-696-0363, sandiegowriters.org Charles Moss at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The doctor and dietician discusses and signs The Adaptation Diet. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 1.

858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Marjan Kamali at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The debut novelist discusses her book about the complex life of an Iranian immigrant, Together Tea. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 2. 858454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com

COMEDY Big Mike at Haritna Mediterranean Restaurant, 7303 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa. You’ve seen him in NBC’s hit series, Chuck. Warning: Show contains some adult material.

From 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.

619-462-2722, haritnarestaurant.com NTC MashUp at National Comedy Theatre, 3717 India St., Little Italy. Select members of NCT Mainstage, NCT College Team and NCT Sunday Company form

teams and perform everything from musicals to competitive short-form. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. $10. 619-2954999, nationalcomedy.com Patrick DeGuire at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. Hear his comedic take on the obstacles of relationships and raising four children. At 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 28-29, and 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday, June 30.

619-702-6666, madhousecomedyclub.com We’re Not a Glum Lot III at AVO Playhouse, 303 Main St., Vista. Comedians Bob Perkell, Kristin Key and Ron Pearson host a fundraiser show to benefit The Fellowship Center. At 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $10-$25. 760-643-2888, vistixonline.com The Incredibly Handsome Comedians at Carlsbad Village Theatre, 2822 State St., Carlsbad. Three comedians from Saudi Arabia create a comedy show based on the plight of the handsome man. At 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 29. $25. 760-720-2460, carlsbadvillagetheatre.com Sullivan and Son Comedy Tour at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. See the four stars of the TBS television series perform stand-up. At 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 3. $18. 619-7026666, madhousecomedyclub.com HThe Game Show Show at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. Next Best Thing presents a comedy show to coincide with San Diego’s Fringe Festival. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 3. 619-284-6784, sosayweallonline.com

DANCE Boy! It’s a Beautiful Life at White Box Theater, 2690 Truxtun Road, Point Loma.

Visionary Dance Theatre performers pres-

ent a story about the ups and downs of life set to music by Pink, Toby Keith, Cher and other pop stars. At 7 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, June 27-29. $12.50-$17.50.

619-758-8112, VisionaryDanceTheatre.org HWelcome to Summer at You Are Here, 811 25th St., Golden Hill. The PKG Dance Project and guest artists from Central America present their summer program. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 28. $20. 619-906-4006, thepgkdanceproject.org/welcome-summer Body Rock Dance Competition at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Dancers from Japan, New Zealand, London, Holland, Germany and the U.S. compete. At 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 29. $18-$25. 760-8394190, artcenter.org/performances

FASHION Turn Up the Heat at Heat Bar & Kitchen, 3797 Park Blvd., Hillcrest. Check out the retro looks of Edith Ernestine Fashion & Lifestyle and Cat Lewis’ Sew-Cal Designs while you dine on a seasonally inspired meal. From noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $20. 619-546-4328, turnuptheheatsd.eventbrite.com

FOOD & DRINK Taste of Vista Taste the best food, wine and beer along Main Street between Santa Fe and Michigan avenues. See website for a list of participating venues. From 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 26. $20-$35.

619-235-6699, vvba.org/tastevista.html HBeer & Sake Festival at Marriott Del Mar, 11966 El Camino Real, Del Mar. Local

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THEATER Bottom line on A Midsummer Night’s Dream No donkey’s ears necessary. Miles Anderson’s Bottom elicits hee-haws, guffaws and, of course, more sophisticated laughter in The Old Globe’s summertime production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, part of the 2013 Shakespeare Festival on the outdoor Lowell Davies stage. Though at times straying into Alfie Doolittle territory in this staging by Ian Talbot, Anderson is all goodnatured giddiness, whether under the spell of the fairies or starring in a ludicrous “Pyramus and Thisbe” with his fellow Athenian craftsmen. The physicality of this production is well-suited to his comical antics.

In spite of Anderson’s rollicking presence throughout, this Midsummer is most beguiling in its keenly conceived fairyland sequences. These are charmingly enlivened by special “magical” effects, original music

by Dan Moses Schreier and a cast of scamps and spell-weavers who flit about like wisps of gossamer. Jay Whittaker, so menacing in last year’s festival as Richard III, is an athletic and scheming Oberon, king of the fairies. Barechested, in tight trousers and with a shock of blond-white hair, he looks like a Shakespearean Billy Idol, complete with self-satisfied scowl. Whittaker’s Oberon is abetted in his manipulation of lovers Lysander (Adam Gerber), Hermia (Winslow Corbett, the funniest),

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summer Night’s Dream is the ideal outdoor Shakespeare, it gets chilly in the theater by the time Bottom and company put on their hapless show for Theseus, Hippolyta and the four reunited, properly paired-up lovers. On opening night, blankets were as ubiquitous a sight as fairy dust.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream runs through Sept. 29 at The Old Globe Theatre. $29 and up. oldglobe.org

—David L. Coddon Krystel Lucas and Miles Anderson Demetrius (Nic Few) and Helena (Ryman Sneed) by the prankish Puck (Lucas Hall). A bubbly bathtub scene with the donkey-eared Bottom and the enamored (thanks to a spell) fairy queen Titania (Krystel Lucas) provides the best sight gag of the evening.

When the action shifts from the forest of the fairies to the court of Athens, this Midsummer misses some of its enchantment, if not its unflagging energy (this ensemble is working hard). Even the closing performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe,” the play within the play, is more music hall than magical.

This is an opulent but lengthy production, and keep in mind that though A Mid-

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OPENING Carnival: An orphan named Lili joins the circus and becomes the object of an unhappy puppeteer’s affection.

Opens June 28 at Coronado Playhouse. coronadoplay house.com Neva: As striking workers are gunned down outside the theater, Olga Knipper—playwright Anton Chekhov’s widow—and two other actors perform scenes from their lives. Runs June 26 through 30 at La Jolla Playhouse. lajollaplayhouse.org South Pacific: Parallel love stories unfold against a World War II backdrop, but it’s the classic songs that carry this musical. Opens June 26 at Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista. moonlightstage.com

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restaurants and breweries serve up tasty appetizers with a wide selection of beer and sake. There will also be art booths, a silent auction and raffles. 21+. From 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 27. 858-369-6032, facebook.com/jssdt Uncorked Wine Walk and Concert at Westfield UTC, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, University City. Savor some of Temecula Valley’s finest wines while munching on bites from local restaurants. Grammy-winner Michelle Branch performs. From 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $10-15. 858546-8858, utcuncorked.eventbrite.com Pints for Pups at Mission Brewery, 1441 L St., East Village. One dollar for every pint sold goes directly to the guide dog organization, New Leash on Life. The Dog Shack and Mangia!Mangia! food trucks will be on site for your dining pleasure. At 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 29. 619-544-0018 x 314, facebook.com/events/483958624991618 Taste of Adams The 13th annual event takes place along Adams Avenue from Normal Heights to Kensington and features food and drinks from 30 restaurants, coffee houses, pubs and other eateries. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 30. $30-$35.

619-544-0018 x 314, tasteofadams.com Summer Kickoff: Zydeco and Cajun Party at True North Tavern, 3815 30th St., North Park. A classic Cajun-Creole seafood boil. The Swamp Critters perform bayouinfluenced music. At 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30. 619-291-3815, truenorthtavern.com Dine and Donate: YMCA Benefit at Soda & Swine, 2943 Adams Ave., North Park. A portion of all profits raised between Monday, July 1, and Friday, July 5, benefit the neighborhood’s new YMCA facility.

619-269-7632, sodaandswine.com HSeafood Pop-Up Dinner at Fathom

Bistro Bait & Tackle, 1776 Shelter Island Drive. A special three-course meal by Hanis Cavin of Carnitas’ Snack Shack.

No reservations. First-come, first-served.

From 6 to 10 p.m. Monday, July 1. $25. facebook.com/events/402210839893200

MUSIC HDeborah Henson-Conant at Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. See the cross-genre harpist perform solos like a rock guitarist on her signature carbon-fiber electric harp. At 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26. $20-$25. 760-4385996, museumofmakingmusic.org Adrienne Nims and Spirit Wind Jazz Concert at University Community Library, 4155 Governor Drive, La Jolla. Adrienne integrates global indigenous instruments into her jazz-fusion repertoire. At 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26. 858-552-1655, sandiego.gov/public-library

Corley, Leon Dekelbaum, Delia Knight, Jennifer Stefnik and other speakers in a night dedicated to the music that tells the story of our lives. At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Happy Hour Focus Group at Co-Merge, 330 A St., Downtown. Get free drinks, appetizers and $50 to talk about your engagement ring buying experience. From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.

619-255-9040, bafi.eventbrite.com Brad Lancaster at County of San Diego Chambers room, 5520 Overland Ave., Kearny Mesa. Learn from the best-selling author how to make your home and com-

munity a greener and more cost effective place. At 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 28.

6198847749, sdsustainable.org Gem Faire at Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley.

Shop thousands of gems, jewelry, beads and crystal at this three-day event. From noon to 6 p.m. Friday, June 28, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 29, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 30 619-2934888, gemfaire.com Who Dunnit? at Old Town Historic Park, 2454 Heritage Park Row, Old Town. A murder-mystery adventure that explores several Old Town locations to crack codes and decipher riddles in order to complete your mission. From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 28-29. $25. 619-7818013, murdernmayhem.com/whodunnit

Celebrate the USA at Rancho San Diego Library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon. Celebrate our country with an afternoon of music from Trails and Rails, games, crafts, a cupcake walk and a half-priced book sale. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 619-660-5370, sdcl.org Gourdstock Festival at Bates Nuts Farm, 15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center. Take part in gourd-art classes, see exhibits, a petting zoo and other demonstrations. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30. 760-781-3311, sandiegocountygourdpatch.com Pechanga de Frida at LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre St., Hillcrest.

Celebrate legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with a live Latin band, tacos by Baja Betty’s, beer from Hillcrest Brewing Co.

and a Frida look-a-like contest. From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $15-$20. facebook.com/Latino.Services Lynhurst 100 Year Anniversary Celebration Sea Rocket Bistro hosts a block party between Upas and 30th streets to celebrate the history of the Lynhurst building. Enjoy special deals and a closing concert at Bird Park. From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 619-491-0099, searocketbistro.com Pawn Shop Overstock Liquidation at CashCo Pawn Shop, 4502 University Ave., North Park. Search hundreds of items at the one-day tent sale. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 619-222-7296, cashcopawn.com

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Vagabond Opera at AMSDconcerts, 4650 Mansfield St., Normal Heights. The band performs in more than seven languages and puts on a Bohemian cabaret show with theremins, accordions, cellos and more. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. $20-$47.

619-303-8176, amsdconcerts.com HLeucadia’s Music Festival Catch musicians Harry Daily, Amerikcan Bear, The Blue Moonies and others at various venues around the area. See website for participating locations. From 3 to 9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, June 28-29. 619303-8176, summerfunonthe101.com Superior Olive at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Singer, guitarist and violinist Tom Savell leads the band through classic-rock tracks.

Gravity Hill opens. At 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29. $20. 760-839-4190, artcenter.org HFarrell Family Jazz at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla.

Mike Wofford plays a solo piano show as a part of the museum’s ongoing series. At 7 p.m. Sunday, June 30. $21-$26. 858-4545872, ljathenaeum.org/jazz.html International Summer Organ Festival at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park.

Cheryl and Wayne Seppala perform as a part of the free concert series. At 7:30 p.m.

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OUTDOORS Adventure Sail at Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 N. Harbor Drive, Downtown. Take a four-hour tour aboard the 130-foot schooner, the Californian. At noon Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30. $40$60. 619-234-9153, sdmaritime.org

PERFORMANCE Africa Umoja at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., Downtown. A 40-piece cast presents this award-winning South African musical tale about the indigenous people of the area. At 8 p.m. ThursdaySunday, June 27-30. $25. 367-1313, umojausatour.com Calendar Girls at Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave., Bay Park. Hell on Heels presents a burlesque show to honor each month of the year. See Martini Bombshell, Scarlett Deville, Heidi Bitz and Kiki Carnevale perform. From 8 p.m. to midnight.

Saturday, June 29. $12-$15. 619- 2755483, hohcalendargirls.eventbrite.com

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD That’s My Jam at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. So Say We All hosts Jennifer

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House, 3125 Ocean Front Walk, Mission Beach. This amateur skateboarding contest is designed to give local talent the opportunity to compete for cash prizes and trophies. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29. 858-228-9283, sundiego.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Distinguished Speaker Series at La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla. Kristina Vuori, president of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, discusses her cancer research as. At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. 858459-0831, ljcommunitycenter.org HSusie Ghahremani at MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St. The illustrator and artist behind Boygirlparty.com discusses her work and the secrets behind the making of the artwork for picture book What Will Hatch At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. facebook.com/events/143033305892019

“Once Everything was Adjusted” by Ricardo Xavier is part of Alternative Approaches, which runs through July 20 at R.B. Stevenson Gallery (7661 Girard Ave., Suite 201, in La Jolla).

HFringe Festival Check out more than 100 performances in various venues, from theater to music to art. See website for showtimes, locations and prices. Starts Monday, July 1, and goes through Sun-

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day, July 7. 619-293-4888. sdfringe.org

SPORTS Am Slam Skateboard Series at Wave-

HBrews & News: Crafting Beer Policy at Modern Times Brewery, 3725 Greenwood St., Sports Arena. Join Voice of San Diego for a panel discussion about San Diego’s beer industry. Panelists include Stone Brewing’s Greg Kock and Jacob McKean of Modern Times. At 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27. $20 includes one-year membership to Voice of San Diego, a T-shirt and beer. facebook.com/ events/595330133819517

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come Vine-famous, so to speak—he’s inching toward 18,000 followers. In his most popular vine, a school of goldfish crackers swim among anchovies through an underwater scene created on a cast-iron frying pan.

That one caught the attention of Vine editors and major tech websites like Mashable and Gizmodo.

Then, Ames made a vine that featured a ghost— made out of a trash bag and construction paper—backing his car out of the garage. He entered it into this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which has a special SixSecond Film Vine competition that challenged people to create a vine in one of four categories: auteur (aka artsy-fartsy), animated, series (a trilogy of vines) or genre (as in western, sci-fi, horror, etc.). Ames walked away with the prize in animation. Leave it to a guy named after a flute-centric prog-rock band to dominate a competition filled with creative rock stars.

Vine “levels the playing field between everybody,” Ames says. “You don’t have any filters to play with. It’s just what you can do with this camera. You just push the button and not push the button and see what kind of story you can tell.”

Since his win at Tribeca, Ames has been courted by major brands hoping to use his Vine skills to market their products. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, for instance, recently commissioned him to do a series of five vines.

“I’m blessed to have all these opportunities,” he says. “Without Vine, this would have seriously never happened. It’s kind of crazy.”

The ability to showcase his creative side is what initially drew Ames to Vine.

“I’ve been doing web-design work and printdesign work most of my life. It’s my career,” he says.

“But with Vine, it lets me become a filmmaker or a storyteller and a photographer, and it lets me be creative in a different way. It’s kind of nice.”

Now he’s hoping to bring exposure to others doing what he does. Ames and a small group of popular viners created a Vine channel called “Unpopular Now,” which plays on Vine’s celebrity-filled “Popular Now” page. On Unpopular Now, users can watch innovative vines and then, in a separate accompanying vine, see how they were made. A search of #unpop brings up the channel.

Less than a month ago, Vine announced that it had “We wanted to create a channel so people can learn and roughly 13 million users. The app’s been on the market get inspired, and to filter all the celebrity stuff,” Ames says. since January, and an Android version was released just “They’re going to always be popular. Harry Styles from [the this month. It’s still in its infancy, but already other social- boy band] One Direction showed a vine of a ceiling fan. It media platforms are trying to catch up. Instagram launched had, like, 40,000 likes. I mean, that’s cool, but it doesn’t rea video component to its photo-sharing app last week. ally push the app. It doesn’t show the creativity that other What makes Vine special is how users like Ames have artists can do. We’re hoping to use this channel to show taken its simple capabilities to create whimsical, entertain- that there’s creative people out there.” ing videos that go beyond a cat wearing a bowtie, or a cat nuzzling a dog, or a cat doing just about anything. Ames’ Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Jethro Ames vines are like six-second art films without being esoteric bummers.

“I love its simplicity,” he says. “There’s no filters. Everything is done in camera. My first vine was at work. I was moving my little Darth Vader USB stick around, and I just kind of got the concept. Ever since then I couldn’t put Vine down.”

Still, like any other art form that relies on technology, there are moments of complete, shake-your-fist-in-the-air frustration.

“There are times where I just want to cry because, like, the app will shut down for some reason or crash,” Ames says. “The bad thing about stop-motion vines is that it’s such a long, laborious project. If you screw up, that’s an hour or two hours down the drain. That has happened to me a couple times.”

His vines have gotten more sophisticated with each attempt, and, as a result, he’s beAmes turned coffee beans into a rocket ship.

The magic’s on the mobile

Chula Vista graphic designer Jethro Ames showcases the creative power of Vine · by Alex Zaragoza

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t’s past midnight in a cute, comfortably shabby home in Chula Vista. Two children are tucked snugly in bed in the next room. Mom is working the graveyard shift as a nurse at a local hospital. This is when magic happens at Jethro Ames’ house.

Like any working parent, Ames doesn’t get a lot of time for fun and games that don’t involve Yo Gabba Gabba! Until night falls, that is. Then it’s his playtime. He raids the refrigerator for cool-looking food, empties out his kids’ toy box and creates a story in his mind that he’ll turn into short stop-motion animation.

Hunched over a piece of white construction paper, Ames lays out coffee beans to form a rocket ship. He positions lamps to create the perfect warm lighting for the scene.

His iPhone sits pressed between two books that serve as a makeshift tripod. He repositions each bean a centimeter at a time, and taps the screen of his phone to capture the image. The result is an animated rocket fluidly morphing into a fish, then into a snake.

Ames is using Vine, the free video-sharing app that allows users to create six-second looped videos. You hold your finger down on the screen for as long as you want to film, and then share the finished product on Facebook, Twitter and your personal Vine page.

“It was a little intriguing because it’s really simplistic,” says Ames, 35, an art director at a North County advertising firm. “I’m always trying new stuff, and I love Apple and trying new apps, so this was just another app for me to try out. I just kind of fell in love with it right away.”

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like they’re making the step in the right direction in their art career if it’s hanging in a gallery.”

Guy and dolls A grown man collecting old toys and dolls may sound like the theme of a particularly cute episode of My Strange Addiction, but for John Purlia, the hobby is the ammunition behind his intricate, wacky and, dare I say, adorable artwork.

Fun fact: Purlia ( johnpurlia.com), 53, was the first local artist to be showcased on CityBeat’s cover that didn’t illustrate a story in the paper. We featured his piece “Final Frame at the Cuius Deo Optimo Open” on Dinah Poellnitz (left) and Margaret Hernandez the front of our April 11, 2007, issue. Since then, we’ve kept up with Purlia, who uses pieces from his enormous collection of vintage toys, records and knick-knacks to create scenes and sculptures that he photographs or films.

“It’s like living in a toy store,” he jokes about his La Jolla home. “I have little collections all over the place. When I’m working on a new photo, I walk New digs for O-side outfit around my house to different places that I have tasteJust like the Jeffersons, The Hill Street Country ful little things set up. I go through there, pick things Club (thehillstreetcountryclub.org) is moving on up. out, take them out to my studio and put them in one Back in April, we wrote about the Oceanside non- of my little scenes.” profit art organization’s pop-up art shows in North After a three-year break from exhibiting new County. Led by Dinah Poellnitz and Margaret work, Purlia will return with Tales from the Vinyl Hernandez, the group aims to grow Oceanside’s art Dimension: Portraits and Landscapes, running scene through monthly events.

July 1 through 31 at Pannikin Coffee & Tea (7467 “That way, we can build a community where art Girard Ave. in La Jolla). An opening reception will be has a presence and you can feel it when you walk held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 6. down the street,” Poellnitz said in April. “You should Typically, an art exhibition touting portraits and be able to do that in Oceanside. If you create oppor- landscapes delivers impressionistic meadows and tunities, people will come.” close-ups of sullen-looking people. But because this The Hill Street Country Club is one step closer is a Purlia show, it’ll come with a dose of humor. to that goal with the acquisition of a gallery space in Think 50 portraits of kewpie dolls, a toy monk downtown Oceanside’s “Artist Alley,” a small stretch using a cell phone, Gumby and other figurines trimof studios located in an alley just off Coast Highway. ming the upper part of the exhibition walls and silly The gallery will share the organization’s moniker. scenes offering social commentary. For instance, a Poellnitz and Hernandez will continue to orga- piece titled “The Other Ten Commandments” feanize pop-up art shows around Oceanside, but, after- tures a plastic Moses poking out of an Ella Fitzgerward, they’ll hang the art in their gallery space for 30 ald vinyl single of the song “Guilty.” Moses is surdays for anyone who missed the pop-up or wants to rounded by toy devils and hellfire. revisit the art.

Purlia acknowledges that people don’t always get “This changes the game,” Poellnitz says. “Our his art. Still, he hopes the exhibition will bring him own space will be a headquarters, which allows us new fans. to continue to build upon the art scene in Oceanside “The cuteness will draw somebody into the phoafter a pop-up art shop has ended. Margaret and I to,” he says. “And then as they look at it longer, they were trying to wait until the end of the year to find realize there’s a deeper story going on.” a gallery space, but we were getting tired of people —Alex Zaragoza coming to our shows and wanting to see the art on another day but can’t because they don’t know when Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com. the space is open.

“My doors will always be open for people to see the art whenever they want,” she adds. ”I’m going to make sure the art is always available.”

Along with exhibiting artwork, The Hill Street Country Club Gallery (212 N. Coast Hwy.) will host educational art programming and workshops.

Poellnitz and Hernandez, joined by their new social-media and marketing strategist, Stefa Witt, will get the keys to the space in August. They’ll spend a month preparing for their first exhibition in the new space, which will either be a tattoo art show in collaboration with Oceanside Museum of Art or a skateboard-graphics exhibition. It will open in September.

“I want our artists to have the most exposure,” Poellnitz says. “We will give the art a home, and I think that makes the artists feel validated. They feel “The Other 10 Commandments” by John Purlia

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Delicate creatures Byzantium allows vampires to be elegant and lethal again

by Glenn Heath Jr. Vampires used to be elegant. Think of the classic caped figure gliding through smoky corridors paralyzing victims with only a glance. Theirs is a pure supernatural power derived from a potent cocktail of control and desire, where each movement is calculated, each decision motivated by instinctual survival. As late as the 1990s, the seductive nature of these creatures made Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire flamboyantly intense and Abel Ferrara’s Lonely bloodsucker Saoirse Ronan The Addiction deeply beguiling.

Of course Twilight happened and the Nosferatus hotel owner for cover while Eleanor once again settles of the silver screen gave way to faux-teenage heart- into a lonely existence with only the crashing waves throbs who survived not on blood, but schmaltz. In and howling wind to keep her company. She begins a bit of striking irony, these new vampires were un- having flashbacks that eerily parallel her current cirforgivably toothless, a horrible byproduct of our PG- cumstances. What follows is a Rubik’s Cube narrative 13 age. Luckily, with that simplistic genre franchise that continuously jumps backward and forward, addfirmly in the rearview mirror, it seems like major ing layers of conflict as more information spills out. filmmakers might once again be ready to embrace les Eleanor’s internal struggle stems from an inabilvampires in an adult manner. ity to express herself to human beings. “My story can For proof, look no further than the sleek and never be told,” she says early on, instead opting to jot moody thriller Byzantium—opening Friday, June 28, down her bloody and tortured history on pieces of at Hillcrest Cinemas—a beautifully constructed spin paper before throwing them into the wind. Later, anon the vampire origin story also other character echoes her statedirected by Jordan and written by ment: “Everything outside of time Byzantium Moira Buffini, upon whose stage is cold,” suggesting that even those Directed by Neil Jordan play A Vampire Story the film is who can transcend old age are Starring Saoirse Ronan, based. Traversing between Victorimeant to suffer the numbing effects an London and the modern day, the of emotional erosion.

Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley film weaves multiple time periods The film also addresses a distinct and Johnny Lee Miller together with precision, following gender battle. The female body is Rated R vampires Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) used in multiple ways throughout and Clara (Gemma Arterton) as Byzantium—to seduce, to puncture they survive in very different bloodsucking ways on and to create—but no matter the situation, these acthe fringes of society. tions are always in response to threats made by instituThe film’s delirious opening shots of London’s tions dominated by men, both living and undead. urban sprawl dissolve into one another, oozing like If Byzantium descends into plot-driven excess neon watercolors dripping down the frame. This during the final act, it manages to retain a haunting hyper-stylized look quickly transitions into a more tonal identity despite some of the more reductive classic style, in which Jordan’s smooth visuals take moments. Ronan and Arterton are superb at playing on a ghostly and evocative vibe. Here, Eleanor’s deep polar opposites forced to look past their youthful famelancholy and Clara’s swift brutality become more çades and recognize each other as old souls yearning overt traits, establishing a strange mother-daughter to reconcile past indiscretions. Finally, the fantastic dynamic even though the complexity of their rela- image of a waterfall turning blood red is breathtaktionship is often kept in the dark. ing, a visual marker for the film’s adoration for classic When a mysterious stranger threatens Eleanor and genre cinema and all its detailed elegance.

Clara’s anonymity, the two relocate to a windswept coastal town that harbors dark secrets regarding their Write to glennh@sdcitybeat.com past. Clara quickly shacks up with an unsuspecting and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Patient zero

Augustine

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Scientific examination takes on a strange, sensual quality in Augustine, a daring French drama about the rocky clinical relationship between 19th-century neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (Vincent Lindon) and his star teenage patient. Director Alice Winocour’s intense focus on the human body allows this tone to flourish, whether it’s the way legs contort during a seizure or how

the back stiffens when stricken with paralysis. Roving up and down limbs in suffocating closeups, the camera studies every inch of the conflicted housemaid Augustine (Soko) as she experiences both of these physical maladies caused by what Charcot labels “female hysteria.”

Suffering is a consistent theme in Augustine, which screens for one week at the Ken Cinema, starting Friday, June 28. It’s most brutally expressed

in the film’s frank opening shot of crabs attempting to crawl out of a boiling pot of water. Seconds later, while serving guests at a posh dinner party, Augustine keels over and starts flopping around on the ground, seemingly possessed by an unseen demon. The onlookers stand motionless, as if their humanity has been completely buried under the hierarchy of class.

Later, when Charcot presents Augustine to his scientific colleagues as a kind of patient zero for his scientific thesis, we get the same impression that the act of observing the less fortunate is something of a sport for the wealthy.

The division between rich and poor is further explored, albeit more specifically, in the intense relationship between the two lead characters.

“You use big words to say simple things,” Augustine tells Charcot, lambasting him for his pretentious and obscure description of her disease. This is just one of the many moments when a character hides behind the disguise of understanding, opting to present a questionable truth rather than publicly admit they might be faking it. Augustine’s great triumph is that she realizes this before her body becomes completely objectified for the good of science.

—Glenn Heath Jr.

Opening Augustine: A young French housemaid is admitted to an experimental hospital for mentally ill women after she is stricken with bouts of sexual hysteria. This 19th-century period piece screens for one week at the Ken Cinema. See our review on Page 22.

Byzantium: Director Neil Jordan (Interview with the Vampire) returns his attention to the lives of bloodsuckers in this elegant and stylish thriller about two immortal women forced to reconcile their past and present. See our review on Page 22.

Free the Mind: This documentary follows Professor Richard J. Davidson, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists who explores compassion and kindness with the same rigorous methods he used to study

depression and anxiety.

La Camioneta: This documentary follows the journey of decommissioned American school buses repaired, repainted and resurrected for daily use in Guatemala.

Screens through July 7 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

The Heat: Yet another riff on the classic buddy comedy, this time starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as polaropposite cops tasked with capturing a brutal drug lord. From Bridesmaids director Paul Feig.

The Lesser Blessed: A singular comingof-age story, co-starring Benjamin Bratt, that follows a teenager in Canada attempting to resolve his internal rage caused by a dark past. Screens through July 4 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Redemption: Jason Statham’s ex-soldier punches and kicks his way through London’s criminal underworld and becomes an avenging angel in the process.

Unfinished Song: A bitter curmudgeon (Terrence Stamp) is encouraged by his wife (Vanessa Redgrave) to join a local seniors choir and find his inner song in this charming comedic drama from director Paul Andrew Williams.

White House Down: Yippy-ki-yay, Magic Mike! Channing Tatum does his best John McClane impersonation when terrorists storm the White House and take the president (Jamie Foxx) hostage. Helmed by disaster-movie-director extraordinaire Roland Emmerich (Independence Day).

One Time Only Carnival of Souls: A mysterious abandoned carnival becomes an attractive asylum for a broken woman traumatized by an accident. Screens at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the Mission Valley Library.

Museum in Oslo as art curators and professionals put on a massive exhibition celebrating the famous painter behind The Scream. Screens at various area theaters at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. Check fathomevents.com for details.

Drive-By Cinema @ Space 4 Art: A selection of short films originally curated by the San Diego Asian Film Festival and The Film Consortium will be presented on a mobile screen in the Space 4 Art back lot.

It starts at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 28.

Raising Arizona: Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter star as desperate baby-snatchers on the run from insane bounty hunters in this screwball comedy by directors Joel and Ethan Coen. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Hotel Transylvania: In this animated children’s film, classic horror monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein run a ghoulish resort in peace until a young boy disrupts their routine. Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the Santa Clara Recreation Center at Mission Bay. Double Indemnity: Watch gullible insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) fall prey to a beautiful serpent (Barbara Stanwyck) in Billy Wilder’s classic film noir. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Kung Fu Panda: Jack Black’s titular panda practices the way of the gut in this clever play on the classic kung-fu story.

Screens at 10 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3, at Reading Grossmont and Town Square Cinemas.

Shaun of the Dead: The zombie apocalypse has never been as darkly comic as

it is in Edgar Wright’s wonderfully inventive genre hybrid debut. Starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Screens at 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 3, at Stone World Brewing Bistro & Gardens in Escondido.

Top Gun: Maverick and Goose need you to be their wingman and play some suggestive beach volleyball. Screens at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, July 3, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

The Amazing Spider Man: High school is rough, even for Spidey (Andrew Garfield), who gets all angsty in this action-packed reboot of America’s classic web-slinging hero. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, on the U.S.S. Midway.

Jaws: See the iconic man-eating shark wreak havoc the way Steven Spielberg intended: on the biggest screen possible.

Presented by Forty Foot Films it screens at Reading Gaslamp Cinemas. Check back at readingcinemasus.com for times.

now playing The Bling Ring: Sofia Coppola takes aim at our celebrity-obsessed culture in a film based on true events surrounding a string of high profile thefts in Beverly Hills.

Dirty Wars: Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill documents the brutal secret war being waged by U.S. special forces in Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan.

For a complete listing

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

A Bucket of Blood: Roger Corman’s classic horror film, about an artist whose lust for fame leads him to madness. Presented

by Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, it screens at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. The Goonies: Join Chunk, Sloth and the rest of the rag-tag gang in this playful 1980s adventure tale. Screens at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26, at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Escondido.

Sex and the City: All the world’s a fashion runway in this movie adaptation of the popular HBO comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Screens at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Munch: Munch 150: Go behind the scenes at the National Gallery and Munch

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Wrong Number

I

used to be a chronic journal writer. I collected black marbled journals and kept a ballpoint pen at the ready. In fact, I used my afro as a pincushion (pencushion?) and often looked like a Morehouse student-film remake of Hellraiser II. My mom would always buy me leather-bound, high-class journals, but I couldn’t deface them with my chicken scratch or the prenatal words not ready for the world.

It had to be a cheap, black marbled journal from Staples or Rite Aid. Several times, I’ve had to explain to fellow bargoers why I was frantically jotting last-call ideas in the corner of a dive instead of swaying malevolently to “The Humpty Dance.”

I’ve mastered using my steering wheel as a desk without any major accidents. I have enough coffeestained napkins with first sketches of songs to wipe a lifetime of green sauce out of my moustache.

But in recent years, I’ve abandoned pen and page for the smartphone. No more ink-stained khakis (I’ve had a few pens blow up in my hair, as well, but black ink smeared in an afro is permissible). No more trying to decipher my own after-midnight penmanship—only the convenience of typing and texting.

The new process has burned me more than once. While bursting at the seams, pregnant with burrito and looking for a bathroom off Interstate 5 in gridlock

L.A. traffic, I dropped my phone into the toilet and crowned it with awful. Like black-metal band Mayhem, the phone was beyond salvation. I lost about 100 texts worth of lyrics that day.

My relationship with smartphone-vs.-journal is similar to mp3vs.-vinyl. The vinyl experience is realer to me, more tangible and authentic, but I’m often forced to operate the vehicle of convenience. I still have a black marbled journal with me nearly always, but it’s gathered enough dust to write “Wash me” on its cover with a wet index finger. I negotiate lyrics in the journal, but I stage them in a texting folder.

I recall biking through Normal Heights, talking on the phone with Midnight Pine singer Shelbi Bennett as she was returning from Coachella. She said, “I might lose you in the mountains,” and, as forecast, her voice was gone in seconds. I quickly texted the following to myself: I might lose you in the mountains / As her voice fell fast away / On the precipice of always / What was left for her to say / As she winds down desert highways / Turns I marked long years ago / Underpasses overwhelming / And the peaks still white with snow Who knows what, if anything, that text will become. But in the alcohol-soaked ’90s, those words

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Natassia Nicolau

The author, receiving divine inspiration would have been lost as fast as her voice faded into the desert’s abyss, and there’s nothing more frustrating than the what-ifs that slip into the oblivion of recall.

About a month ago, I moved on from my shattered Blackberry full of ideas to an iPhone full of new ways to capture them. The Blackberry had lasted through enough drops to suggest I should never hold a child, but it’s always the last drop that shatters it. I sulked my way into the AT&T store and was coaxed by fast talkers into joining the rest of the world in understanding the joy an iPhone can bring.

The transition was a little bit tricky. Megan Liscomb from Boy King was kind enough to teach me that hashtags aren’t just Amsterdam coffee-shop labels. And Erik Canzona of The Heavy Guilt in-

troduced me to Instagram. Since I got my iPhone, I’ve sent about 50 texts to the contact saved as “Alfred Howard.” Out of context, these texts mean nothing. For example: “midget / batman shirt / fat girlfriend” and “you’ll suffer for your silence / I’m sorry for you sins / I should have never knocked / you shouldn’t let me in.”

Recently, though, I got a response from this “Alfred Howard,” which was really confusing. “You Crazy!!!” the text read. “LOL.” Which is the last sentence I’d ever write, ever. I throw around “You crazy” as much as the next man, but I just learned LOL wasn’t “lots of love,” and I have enough time to write out “Laughing out loud.”

That wasn’t the most confusing part. It appeared that I had somehow just texted myself with my mind. Had my phone become

sentient? Are iPhones that good?

Do I sleep-text with the personality of a 16-year-old? Was this was the rise of the machines that Skynet had warned me about in my adolescence? Briefly, I even looked forward to a new Arnold Schwarzenegger film for the first time in 20 years. I cautiously asked Erik, my rational and more techsavvy roommate and bandmate: WTF (as the kids say) is going on?

It turned out to be a simple mistake: I’d saved Alfred Howard as 619-9**-3800, instead of as my own number, 619-9$$-3800. Sorry for all the super fucked-up texts, 9**-3800. Especially the one that said, “I’m coming for you.”

Alfred Howard plays in The Heavy Guilt, The Black Sands, The Midnight Pine and Rebecca Jade & The Cold Fact.

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only After playing together for three years and releasing two albums, local garage rockers The New Kinetics are disbanding.

“The band is bracing itself and pulling the brake,” guitarist Brian Reilly tells CityBeat via email.

Reilly and singer Birdy Bardot each confirmed that the band’s members will be going their separate ways. Bardot and Reilly are planning to leave San Diego for the East Coast in July, though their destination has not yet been finalized. Reilly says they’ll end up either in Philadelphia, Boston, New York City or Portland, Maine. Bardot will be working with a new band called The Roslyns, but Reilly says he has no plans to continue making music.

He says that the band never had “creative differences” and that “it was always obvious to us where we were headed.”

“We always knew where we were taking it,” he says. “But the path became unclear. Once we lost focus, we couldn’t get it back, and things got dodgy.”

Bassist Leslie Schulze left the band earlier this year to commit to her new band, Flaggs, who plan to release an EP in July. Meanwhile, guitarist Josh Kmak will continue performing as the frontman of The Nformals, and drummer Jon Bonser is planning to start a two-person blues-rock band.

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The New Kinetics The New Kinetics recorded two albums of soulful, raucous, high-energy rock ’n’ roll during their time together: Contact, released in September 2011, and In Stereo, recorded with producer / singer-songwriter John Vanderslice and released in December 2012.

The band made some explosive music during their three years of existence, and Reilly says he wants to make just as much noise on the way out.

“We were never a call-it-quits kind of band,” he says. “We did our best to come into this kicking, stomping and throwing shit around, and that’s how

we aim to go out.”

The band will play one final show on June 29 at Tin Can Ale House (1863 Fifth Ave. in Bankers Hill).

Bardot says they plan to make it memorable: “Our last performance will be a stirring one. [We’re] looking forward to bringing the house down.”

Music Review María y José Club Negro (Casete)

As Gallardo brings the listener deeper into the strange, albeit danceable, album, he takes left turn after left turn, offering up as many surprises as unforgettable melodies. One of those belongs to “Cripta Real,” an immediately accessible mixture of fluttering synthesizers and pulsing beats reminiscent of The Knife’s early singles. And a sample from Kendrick Lamar’s “Backseat Freestyle” propels the hazy bounce of “Ultra.”

Gallardo offers something of a respite in the form of “M v t i v s,” a gentle, ambient track that slowly unfolds from a simple, solitary drone into a transcendent strata of synthesized voices. The track acts like an intermission, separating the first half of the record from the second, and allows some breathing room before turning the tempo and temperature up again in the closing sequence of “Loop de Sangre” and into “Kibosé” and, ultimately, the title track, which opens with a vibrant fanfare of horns and descends into a dark throb of bass-heavy keyboards. It’s a much more shadowy place than where Club Negro begins, but it shows off the full spectrum of what María y José can do: There are light, playful songs and dark dancefloor fillers, and anything in between is fair game.

Tony Gallardo, the mastermind behind Tijuana ruidosón act María y José, pours a variety of disparate elements into his music. On “Granada,” the first track on María y José’s new album Club Negro, Gallardo stitches together a patchwork of sounds, including crackly lo-fi piano, dreamy synthesizers and the sound of a cat meowing.

Yep—a cat.

And, curiously enough, it all works harmoniously, bound by a sonic architect whose taut, danceable songs are marked by a playful approach to production and stylistic exploration. A defining characteristic of Club Negro is how much it sounds like Gallardo is merely having fun with sound. While he starts with some softly charming sounds on “Granada,” he ratchets up the energy on the funky “Violentao” and goes hard with sirens and hand-clap percussion on the buzzing Write to jefft@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com “Rey de Reyes.”

—Jeff Terich

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if i were u

BY Jeff Terich

Wednesday, June 26

Saturday, June 29

PLAN A: Sleep Lady, Lord Howler, Wha? @ The Casbah. The best post-rock bands typically find a way to blend graceful instrumental passages, eerie atmosphere and moments of deafening intensity, and Sleep Lady does all of these in spades.

Don’t let the name fool you—there’s nothing sleepy about them. PLAN B: Cosmonauts, The Ratts Revenge @ Tower Bar. A benefit of using lots of fuzz, reverb and delay is that, if your band sucks, the extra effects can cover up the blemishes. Then again, if your band rips as hard as Fullerton’s acid-garage rockers Cosmonauts, the sonic treatments can make an already good thing better.

PLAN A: The New Kinetics, Chica Diabla, Shark Blood @ Tin Can Ale House.

Wanna hear The New Kinetics’ garagepop tunes one more time? This is your last chance. The band’s calling it a day, so make sure to soak in the hooks and harmonies before the party’s over. PLAN B: Egyptian Lover, Body of Light, Polyphase, Sixties Guns @ The Void. Early-’80s electro / hiphop innovator Egyptian Lover was a bit like the West Coast answer to Afrika Bambaataa, and the joint’s likely to go off when he busts out jams like “Freak-A-holic” and “Egypt, Egypt.” BACKUP PLAN: AM & Shawn Lee, Chicano Batman @ The Griffin.

Thursday, June 27 PLAN A: Baths, Houses, D33J, Kill Quanti DJs @ The Casbah. Baths’ Will Wiesenfeld first made a name for himself with a vibrant debut album titled Cerulean, but with his follow-up, Obsidian, he’s taken his laptop-pop sound in a darker direction and given it an even broader sonic palette. Feel the sad vibes and dance with tears in your eyes.

PLAN B: Prince Rama, Idyll Wild, Cathedral X, Succulents @ Soda Bar. The premise behind Prince Rama’s album Top Ten Hits of the End of the World is that the band channeled and recorded music made by victims of the Apocalypse. A bit much, maybe, but the group makes excellent psych-pop, and their shows approach performance art. If the usual guitar-rock show isn’t enough for you, head to this one. BACKUP PLAN: Mothership, Sewn Leather, Communion, Harsh Toke @ The Void.

Sunday, June 30 PLAN A: Monochromacy, Generik, No Know & Primitive Beats @ The Void. Esteban Flores, aka Monochromacy, is celebrating his debut release on the just-launched Stay Strange Records at the final Stay Strange Sunday. Grab a cassette and be consumed by ambient doom. PLAN B: Zavalaz, Dot Hacker @ The Casbah. Just after his Mars Volta bandmate Omar Rodriguez-Lopez plays The Casbah with Bosnian Rainbows, Cedric Bixler-Zavala plays in his new band, Zavalaz.

Another new direction for the singer, Zavalaz is more spacey and soulful than before, though it’s all-new material, so some surprises are in store.

Kendrick Lamar BACKUP PLAN: Oryx, Osedax @ Shakedown Bar.

Monday, July 1

PLAN A: Motive, The Darrows, Bonnie and the Bang Bang @ Soda Bar. Brooklyn’s Motive wear suits and skinny ties, but their sound is much grungier than their look. Their songs could have been plucked Friday, June 28 from ’90s alt-rock radio—before Creed and PLAN A: Kendrick Lamar @ Del Mar Nickelback ruined everything, that is.

Fairgrounds. Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city became an instant classic when it was released in October, thanks to Tuesday, July 2 his powerful mixture of lyrical skills and PLAN A: La Luz @ The Void. If David Lynch clear-eyed honesty, as well as a team of started a surf-rock band, it might sound knockout producers. Seeing the Compton something like La Luz, an eerily cool band emcee makes navigating county-fair traffic from Seattle, which, come to think of it, is worth the hassle. PLAN B: Big Business, just down the road from Twin Peaks. PLAN Wha?, Archons @ Soda Bar. Coady Wil- B: Chess Wars, Mrs. Henry, Octa#grape, lis and Jared Warren of Big Business have Neighbors to the North @ The Griffin. backed The Melvins, so they’ve more than Plenty of duos make enough noise for four earned their sludge cred. But even without musicians, but Chess Wars still have an imKing Buzzo, they make some righteous, pressively full sound. They also do a mean melodic metal. BACKUP PLAN: Soft cover of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U.” BACKPack, Heavy Hawaii, Courtneys, Teen- UP PLAN: Ark Life, Rebecca Marie Miller, The Midnight Pine @ Soda Bar. age Burritos @ Irenic.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! Scott H. Biram (Void, 7/20), Black Angels (BUT, 8/21), Charli XCX (HOB, 9/6), Will Ferrell (SD Civic Theatre, 9/7), Gold Panda, Luke Abbott (Casbah, 9/19), Jimmy Cliff (BUT, 9/21), The Vaccines (Casbah, 9/21), Jail Weddings, Black Whales (Casbah, 9/25), Matthew Good (Soda Bar, 9/29), Vampire Weekend, Sky Ferreira (Open Air Theater, 9/30), Shigeto (Casbah, 10/5), Two Door Cinema Club (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 10/31), Tycho (BUT, 11/12), Chvrches (House of Blues, 11/19). Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Talib Kweli (Valley View Casino Center, 12/5).

GET YER TICKETS Kendrick Lamar (SD County Fair, 6/28), Lil B (Porter’s Pub, 7/13), Adam Ant (Balboa Theatre, 7/17), The Postal Service (SDSU Open Air Theatre, 7/21), Rancid, Transplants (HOB, 7/28-29), Foals (HOB, 8/8), Pinback (Del Mar Racetrack, 8/9), D’Angelo (Humphreys, 8/10), Weezer (Del Mar Racetrack, 8/17), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Del Mar Racetrack, 8/23), Courtney Love (BUT, 8/25), Melvins (Casbah, 8/26), ), Russell Brand (Balboa Theatre, 9/6), Neko Case (HOB, 9/11), Dirty Beaches (The Void, 9/21), Depeche Mode, Crystal Castles (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/22), The Naked and Famous (HOB, 9/25), Between the Buried and Me (HOB, 9/28), Maroon 5 (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 10/5), Conor Oberst (BUT, 10/8), Pet Shop Boys (Copley Symphony Hall, 10/8), Phoenix (RIMAC Arena, 10/10), Disclosure (HOB, 10/16), Jack Johnson (Balboa Theatre, 10/18), James Blake (HOB, 10/24).

June Wednesday, June 26 Damian Marley and Stephen Marley at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, June 27 Erykah Badu at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Baths at The Casbah. Rachael Yamagata at House of Blues. Train at San Diego County Fair. Mat McHugh and The Separitista Soundsystem at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, June 28 Kendrick Lamar at San Diego County Fair.

The Soft Pack at Irenic. Queensrÿche at Casino Pauma. Big Business at Soda Bar.

Saturday, June 29 Anna Lunoe at Voyeur. AM and Shawn Lee at Griffin. U.S. Air Guitar – San Diego Qualifier at The Casbah.

Sunday, June 30 Zavalaz, Dot Hacker at The Casbah.

Frankmuzik at The Griffin.

July Monday, July 1 “Weird Al” Yankovic at San Diego County Fair. Defiance, Ohio at Ché Café. Quel Bordel, Miner at The Casbah.

Tuesday, July 2 Anberlin, Stars in Stereo, Campfire OK at The Casbah. Damian and Stephen Marley at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, July 3 Royal Teeth, The Colourist at The Casbah. Caspa at House of Blues.

Friday, July 5 Fleetwood Mac at Viejas Arena. Jaytech at Voyeur. Cattle Decapitation at The Void.

Saturday, July 6 The Oblivians at The Casbah. Twinz Beatz at Voyeur. Devin the Dude at Porter’s Pub.

Sunday, July 7 RX Bandits at House of Blues.

Monday, July 8 The Body at The Ché Café. Scorpion Child at The Casbah.

Tuesday, July 9 Weedeater, ASG at Soda Bar.

Wednesday, July 10 Palms at Belly Up Tavern. Portugal. The Man, Avi Buffalo at House of Blues.

Thursday, July 11 Nico Vega at Griffin.

Friday, July 12 Dessa at The Casbah. Smokey Robinson at Pechanga Resort & Casino. Anamanaguchi, Kitty Pryde at Porter’s Pub.

Saturday, July 13 Burnt Ones, Cosmonauts at Soda Bar.

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Lil B at Porter’s Pub.

Sunday, July 14 Yes at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Pickwick at The Casbah. All 4 One at the Grand Del Mar.

Monday, July 15 Ted Nugent at House of Blues. Black Flag, Good for You at SOMA. Black Lodge, The Sinclairs, Boondock Saints, Tiny Frank at The Casbah.

Wednesday, July 17 Eddie Spaghetti, Lauren Mann and The Fairly Odd Folk at Soda Bar. Comedy Bang! Bang! Live w/ Scott Aukerman at House of Blues. Adam Ant at Balboa Theatre.

Friday, July 19 Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, B.O.B., Trinidad James, Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era, Rockie Fresh, Berner at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Hollywood Babble-On w/ Ralph Garman, Kevin Smith at House of Blues. Yukmouth at Porter’s Pub.

Saturday, July 20 The Eric André Show Live! at House of Blues. Slightly Stoopid, Atmosphere, Tribal Seeds, The Grouch, Eligh at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Key & Peele at Balboa Theatre. Scott H. Biram at The Void.

Sunday, July 21 Rogue Wave at Belly Up Tavern. Passenger at House of Blues. The Postal Service, Big Freedia, Baths at SDSU Open Air Theatre. Delta Rae at the Grand Del

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Mar. D Why at Porter’s Pub.

Monday, July 22 Papa at The Casbah.

Tuesday, July 23 The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson), Hamell on Trial at The Irenic.

Wednesday, July 24 Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls at Valley View Casino Center. BoDeans at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, July 25 The Cult at House of Blues. Sonny and The Sunsets at The Casbah. Hockey, Saint Motel at Soda Bar.

Friday, July 26 The 1975 at The Casbah. Common Sense at House of Blues. Fitz and the Tantrums at Del Mar Racetrack.

Saturday, July 27 Audrey Napoleon at Voyeur. Maria Gadu at Spreckels.

Sunday, July 28 Speedy Ortiz at Soda Bar. Peter Murphy at Belly Up Tavern. Rancid, Transplants at House of Blues. Bob Log III at The Casbah. Arrival at the Grand Del Mar.

Monday, July 29 Tuesday, July 30 Hollywood Undead at House of Blues.

Mister Lies at Soda Bar. Bad Rabbits at The Casbah.

Friday, July 12 Dessa at The Casbah. Smokey Robinson at Pechanga Resort & Casino. Anamanaguchi, Kitty Pryde at Porter’s Pub.

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710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Fri: Todo Mundo, Sandollar. Sat: Piracy Conspiracy. Sun: Jamie Hart, Gayle Skidmore, Julia Othmer, Happy Ron Hill, Chris Carpenter, Sean Dough.

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

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco.com. Wed: Edwin San Juan. Thu-Sat: Christopher Titus. Sun: Annie Lederman. Tue: Open mic.

AMSDconcerts, 4650 Mansfield St, Normal Heights. amsdconcerts.com. Thu: Vagabond Opera. Sat: Geoff Muldaur.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink. com. Wed: ‘H.A.M.’ w/ DJ L. Thu: Scorpios, Joey Cape. Fri: ‘Bonkers! EDM Dance Party’. Sat: The Hollerin, Great White Buffalo, Royal Campaign. Sun: Paper Route.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Sat: John O’Callaghan.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Stephen Marley, The Ghetto Youths Crew (sold out). Thu: Mat McHugh and the Seperitista Sound System, Ethan Tucker, Tolan Shaw. Fri: Blue Fever (5:30 p.m.); Dead Feather Moon, The Blackout Party, Strange Vine. Sat: The Ultimate Stones, Bella Donna. Sun: Tom Petty Tribute: The Pettybreakers. Tue: Damian Jr.

Gong Marley, Stephen Marley, The Ghetto Youths Crew (sold out).

Bluefoot Bar & Lounge, 3404 30th St, North Park. bluefootsd.com. Wed: DJ Donger. Thu: DJ Mike Face. Fri: DJs Julz, J Time, Kev Mighty. Sat: DJ Iggy. Sun: DJs Grassy Noll, Iggy.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Blood on the Saddle. Fri: ‘Club Musae.’ Sat: Dub Trinity, Dread No Dread.

Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd, University Heights. bourbonstreetsd.com. Wed: ‘La Terraza’. Thu: ‘Wet’ w/ DJ MNM. Fri: DJ JD. Sat: ‘Backroom Reloaded’ w/ DJ C-Rail. Sun: ‘Soiree’ w/ DJ K-Swift.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Sat: ‘Sabados En Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, KA. Mon: DJs Junior the Discopunk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Open mic.

Thu: Roni Lee Group, Wilson and Renette, Swirl. Fri: Diamond Lane, Missing Neptune, Viscous, Orange Anima, Cult Vegas.

Sat: Hell on Heels Burlesque Revue’s Calendar Girls. Sat: Calendar Girls. Sun: Apparitions, Mouth of the Serpant, No Name Gang, Ruins ov Abaddon.

Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Sleep Lady, Lord Howler, Wha?. Thu: Baths, Houses, D33J, Kill Quanti DJs. Fri: Bob Log III, Schitzophonics, The Pheasants, Badabing. Sat: U.S. Air Guitar - San Diego Qualifier. Sun: Zavalaz, Dot Hacker. Mon: Quel Bordel, Miner, Spero. Tue: Anberlin, Stars on Stereo, Campfire OK. Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Wed: The Ancient Gods, Kim Champion, Fry Hugs, Sociopathetic. Fri: Big Bad Buffalo, Throne,

The Bridge, The Yuth. Sat: The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Weatherbox, Dads, Pity Sex, Adventures. Sun: William Bonney, Keyes, Flowers Taped To Pens, Nayru. Mon: Defiance Ohio, Tom GRRRL, Grim Luck, Sledding With Tigers, Qualia.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces.com. Wed: Fuzzy. Thu: Gilbert Castellanos and the New Latin Jazz Quintet.

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

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Sun: Keltik Kharma.

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Wed: The Tighten Up. Thu: Crash and the Burns. Fri: ‘Soul Flexin’ w/ DJs Charlie Rock, Question, Marsellus Wallace.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Fri: Kingdom of Giants, Reformers, The Manchurian Incident, Justen Hamilton, Call It Closure, FELONIES. Sat: Vizion Records, Triloc, Sincere, KD and X, Bohemians.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Paul Van Dyk. Fri: DJs Brett Bodley, Dynamiq. Sat: DJ Ikon.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Wed: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds. Thu: Ras I-Jah and the I-Sight Band, Three Finger Ltd, DJ Reefah. Fri: Lexington Field, The West Nile Ramblers. Sat: The Routine, DJ Chelu. Sun: The Hips.

Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: Peanut Butter Lovesicle, Marco Polo. Thu: Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas, The Gallery, Anthony Perry. Fri: Dead Winter Carpenters, Homesick Hitchers. Sat: AM and Shawn

Lee, Chicano Batman. Sun: Frankmusik, Ride the Universe, We Are Sirens. Tue: Chess Wars, Mrs. Henry, Octa#grape, Neighbors to the North.

Henry’s Pub, 618 Fifth Ave, Downtown. henryspub.com. Wed: Johnny Tarr. Thu: Fish and the Seaweeds. Sat: DJs E, Yodah. Mon: DJ Yodah. Tue: The Stilettos.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: Rachael Yamagata, Sanders Bohlke.

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Thu: Emily Danger (7:30 p.m.); Ghosts on Tapes (10 p.m.). Fri: DJ Curious. Sat: Seria Star, Michael B, Marbs, Dmitry Purple. Sun: DJ Halo, Brzowzki W. Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: Deno Marquee, Paulina, The Coffee House Trio. Thu: Restoration One, Sarah Northup. Fri: Benny Marchant, Katie Ainge, Raelee Nikole. Sat: Ray Prim, David and Olivia, Shaena Stabler. Sun: The Robin Henkel Band. Mon: Open mic.

Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave, Hillcrest. martinisabovefourth.com.

Thu: The Needemann Brothers.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Tone Cookin’. Thu: Jackson and Rick. Fri-Sat: Ron’s Garage. Sun: Rick Remender.

Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: Sea Wall, Brianna. Thu: DJs Ikah Love, Adam Salter, Kanye Asada.

Fri: DJs Adam Salter, Huge Euge. Sat: DJs DJs EdRoc, Kanye Asada. Sun: Cornell Campbell. Mon: ‘Dub Dynamite.’

Onyx Room / Thin, 852 Fifth Ave, Down-

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town. onyxroom.com. Fri: ‘Rumba Lounge’ w/ Muzik Junkies. Sat: Models and Bottels.

Sat: ‘Models and Bottles’ Runway Show w/ DJs Rags, Chet Ryder.

Patricks II, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii. com. Wed: Blue Rockit Band. Thu: 145th Street. Fri: The Stilettos. Sat: Bill Magee Blues Band. Sun: Johnny Vernazza.

Quality Social, 789 Sixth Ave, Downtown. qualitysocial.com. Fri: ‘House of Fortune’ w/ Amtrac. Sat: DJ Gabe Vega. Sun: ‘The Deep End.’ Queen Bee’s, 3925 Ohio St, North Park. queenbeessd.com. Fri: Battle of the bands. Tue: Open mic.

Rich’s, 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: DJ Marcel.

Thu: ‘Repent.’ Fri: DJs Drew G, John Joseph. Sat: DJs Vaughn Avakian, Taj, Nikno. Sun: DJ Hektik, DJ Kiki.

Riviera Supper Club, 7777 University Ave, La Mesa. rivierasupperclub.com. Wed: Kice Simko. Thu: Santee Sheiks. Fri: Red Lotus Revue. Sat: Fakebook.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Thu: Comedy night. Fri: Mafard. Sat: Soul Organization.

Shakedown Bar, 3048 Midway Drive, Point Loma. theshakedownsd.com. Thu: The Sleepwalkers, The Copper Gamins, The Jive Bombers. Sat: Domino and the Derelicts. Sun: Oryx, Osedax.

Side Bar, 536 Market St, Downtown. sidebarsd.com. Fri: Wendy Cakes. Sat: Epic Twelve. Sun: DJ Loczi.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Brendan B and the Breaks. Thu: Prince Rama, Idyll Wild, Cathedral X, Succulents. Fri: Big Business, Wha?, Archons. Sat: Black

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Fag, Homeless Sexuals, Poontang Clam.

Sun: Mister Lies, Giraffage, Dwntwn, Kill Quanti DJs. Mon: Motive, The Darrows, Bonnie and the Bang Bang. Tue: Ark Life, Rebecca Marie Miller, The Midnight Pine.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Sat: The Skank Agents, The Frights, The Resignators, The Whiskey Avengers, Cut Your Losses.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Fri: 2Nutz, Moldy Soul.

Sat: ‘Kicks ‘n Licks’.

Stage Bar & Grill, 762 Fifth Ave, Downtown. stagesaloon.com. Wed: Mark Fisher, Gaslamp Guitars (7 p.m.); BL3NDR (10 p.m.). Thu: Van Roth. Fri: Mike Wojniak (6:30 p.m.); Gwai Los (8 p.m.); Disco Pimps (10:30 p.m.). Sat: Fingerbang.

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park. thevoidsd.com. Wed: The Seks, Black Horse 87, Revenge Club, Roman Watchdogs. Thu: Mothership, Sewn Leather, Communion, Harsh Toke. Fri: Skipjack. Sat: Egyptian Lover, Body of Light, Polyphase, Sixties Guns. Sun: Monochromacy, Generik, No Know and Primitive Beats. Tue: La Luz. Tiki House, 1152 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. tikipb.com. Fri: The Fab Lushes.

Sat: The Experiments. Sun: Open mic.

Tue: Sweet Dreams.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Wed: Bat Lords, Ssssnake, Birdlizza, The Yucks. Fri: The Jiffy Markers, Obliterations, Totes Brev, Eitger Airshark. Sat: ‘Homegrown Blends’ w/ Nosaj Thing.

Tin Can Ale House, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. thetincan1.wordpress.com.

Wed: Black Market III, Lucky Lucifer, Scott Mathiasen and the Shifty Eyed Dogs. Thu: Second Cousins, Fox and Woman, Tan Sister Radio. Fri: Privet, Tiger Milk Imports,

Creature Creature. Sat: The New Kinetics, Chica Diabla, Shark Blood. Mon: The Tin Can Country Club. Tue: St. Cloud Sleepers, Sun Bones, Hello Penelope.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Wed: Zydeco Patrol. Thu: Bill Magee. Fri: Serious Guise. Sat: The Clairemonsters.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Wed: Cosmonauts, The Ratt’s Revenge. Thu: Supersonic Dragon Wagon, Cash Crop, Chiefs.

Fri: Electric Healing Sound, Shiva Trash, The Natives, Chango Rey. Sat: Valleys, Weeknight, Gone Baby Gone, Super Model Razor Blades. Sun: Gateway Hugs, Hellcat Death Jazz Band, Sterile Jets, Amigo. Mon: Roach Spit.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress. Wed: Tomcat Courtney (6 p.m.). Thu: Sene Africa (4 p.m.); Pan Am (6 p.m.). Fri: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Afro Jazziacs (9 p.m.).

Sat: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Big Boss Bubale (9 p.m.). Sun: Middle Earth belly dance ensemble (8 p.m.). Mon: Stephanie Schmitz. Tue: Afro Jazziacs.

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd.com. Fri: Michael Woods. Sat: Anna Lunoe.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Thu: That’s My Jam. Fri: ‘Secret Society Scooter Club.’ Sat: ‘Diamonds in the Back’ w/ DJs Rob, Dimitri.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Revival, DJ Carlos Culture. Thu: C Money and the Players Inc., Tommy Dubs, Seismic Levelers. Fri: The Styletones, Restoration One. Sat: Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!, Social D, Green Today.

Sun: New Relics, Born Cross-Eyed. Mon: Electric Waste Band.

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Proud sponsor: Mitch’s Seafood

Ink Well Xwords by Ben Tausig

Across 1. Band-Aid maker, briefly 6. Officer of the future 11. Orientation tool 14. Multiple choice choices 15. Gayle’s bestie 16. As (so-and-so) cooks it 17. Brothers on a classic Nick show 19. Media org. with lots of soothing voices 20. Nocturnal emission?

21. Visual 23. Bust 26. “No problem” 29. Likely to fail, as a student 31. Gas from beans, e.g.

32. Send out 33. Racer Protasiewicz or ex-prime minister Jaroszewicz (or a variant spelling of Tchaikovsky’s first name) 35. Blended whisky cocktail 41. Like Vikings 42. Roughly 44. Late 48. Half of a series couple 50. Consecutive games between two teams in their respective stadiums 53. Alternative to JFK or LGA 54. Conveyances generally only ridden downward 55. Blunted swords 57. One gone cray-cray, as it were 58. Coffee shop freebie 64. “Is that true about me?”

65. Jean Stapleton’s “All in the Family” role 66. Utah’s ___ Mountains

Last week’s answers

67. Delt neighbor 68. Some stereos 69. Place with mandatory communal meals, sometimes

Down 1. Slur you just kind of hope won’t come out when hearing WWII stories 2. 2012 Best Actor-winning role for Daniel 3. Sarcastic negation 4. ___ Scott v. Sandford 5. Paper inserts in cassette tape cases 6. Gene part 7. Cook’s corp.

8. “It’s On (Dr. ___) 187um Killa” (Eazy-E EP) 9. Fill up, in a way 10. Simon follower 11. Chinese steamed bun served with dim sum 12. French mountain goat 13. Unit of land 18. Barnes & Noble e-reader 22. Adobe image file 23. Scot’s uh-uh 24. Certain hold-up sites 25. Wheel brought to many a party 27. Dwelling 28. Minor quibbles 30. Rumored Xbox competitor from 7-Down 33. Removed the peel from 34. Networking connections 36. Minus signs 37. Spit or swallow, e.g.

38. 2012 Channing Tatum/Rachel McAdams drama, with “The” 39. Lake next to Cedar Point amusement park 40. Warning before a sexy clip 43. Twelfth-to-last word before “play ball” 44. “You gonna let her talk to you like that?”

45. Knob on an amp 46. What alcohol works as, if you drink enough of it 47. Sore, say 48. Counterfeiter catchers 49. Hippie’s bus, casually 51. Full-figured 52. Colorful food fish 56. He plays Sam in “Transformers” 59. Craziness 60. Jeremy of a predictably brief media craze 61. Raggedy doll 62. Inc., abroad 63. Surviving Milli Vanilli member

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