San Diego CityBeat • Aug 7, 2013

“Dream, Death and Friends” by Oliver Nome

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Resign > recall

it’s constitutional—it’s likely not at the moment— the outcome of the election could be disastrous. An unlimited number of people can become candidates, and the one who gets the most votes wins outright.

Sure, that sounds fair, but someone could conceivably become mayor with, say, 10 percent of the vote.

That wouldn’t exactly be a mandate to lead.

A successful signature-gathering campaign could compel Filner to go voluntarily, to save himself the further indignity of being forcibly removed by the voters. And, a well-coordinated protest campaign would help raise awareness of the need for signatures and keep the pressure on Filner. If there’s a language that Filner understands—the longtime crusader for civil rights that he is—it’s the language David Rolland of public protest. These demonstrations should involve men and women, young and old, liberals and conservatives—all banding together to protest Filner’s abominable behavior.

We’ve spent the past three weeks laying out why Bob Filner should resign as mayor of San Diego. We won’t belabor it again here, other than to say that we have zero tolerance for what we believe to be his pathologically inappropriate behavior when it comes to interacting with women. Attorney Gloria Allred on Tuesday brought forth yet another accuser, this one a nurse who sought Filner’s help on behalf of a female Marine veteran. The nurse said that during a private meeting, Filner pressured her to go out with him, and she felt as though he wouldn’t help the Marine unless she did. She didn’t.

Filner reportedly began two weeks of behavioral therapy on Monday. We don’t believe his apparently deep-seated disorder can be cleared up in 14 days, and even if it could, the damage is done. San Bon voyage, Ace Diego’s message to the world— This week, we’re saying goodparticularly women and girls— bye to another longtime CityBeat must be that this sort of fundastaffer. Adam Vieyra, who started mental disrespect for an entire in our small production departgender and disgusting abuse of ment in late 2006 and became art power isn’t acceptable in our city. director in early 2009, has acceptOne way or another, no matter Michael Pallamary ed a job with another newspaper. how long it takes, Filner has to go.

As art director, Adam’s been responsible most If he doesn’t resign, it’ll have to be through a reprominently for the publication’s cover art each call, and, so far, we don’t have a ton of confidence week—whether it’s curating our occasional cover in the folks leading the effort. At least there’s only showcase of local artists, directing freelance illusone recall campaign now, as LGBT Weekly publishtrators or, most often, creating the art that conveys er Stampp Corbin has decided to fold his campaign one of our stories. But he’s also the guy who lays into a more serious one. We believe that Corbin’s out all of the editorial pages in the paper and creplan was to foil the other recall campaign, led by atively designs our culture and music features every Michael Pallamary and Elisa Brent, but Pallamary’s week, not to mention our many special issues. And, threat of legal action prompted Corbin to come in 2011, he spearheaded our most recent redesign, aboard the legit effort. which is an arduous process.

Still, a recall will be difficult, and Pallamary so Art director is a difficult job, because it’s responfar seems like kind of a goofy leader. His decision to sible for the end product, and the person holding it have his young grandchildren speak at a recent press is at the mercy of writers and editors who must hit conference was bizarre. Starting Aug. 18, he and his deadlines throughout the week. Missed deadlines are cohorts must get more than 105,000 petition signaa pretty regular occurrence at CityBeat, and Adam’s tures in 39 days. If too few of them are valid, they’ll been terribly forgiving throughout the years. While have another 30 days to get the required number. We his position is technically in the production departcan report that Pallamary and Brent have enlisted a ment, he’s been a big part of our editorial team, often pro team that includes fundraiser Jean Freelove, PR coming up with great story ideas. His easy-going perconsultant John Hoy, communications consultant sonality has made him a popular, beloved character Rachel Laing, treasurer April Boling and lawyers in what can be a stressful narrative. We’ll miss him, Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk—so, good. and we wish him the best of luck.

But, ultimately, a Filner recall isn’t the best option. Why? Because even if the City Council fixes the What do you think? Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com. municipal law that governs recall elections so that This issue of CityBeat dreams of being a ballet dancer—but has weak ankles.

Cover art by Oliver Nome.

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Cool with kid cover Just a brief note to respond to Al Rodbell’s diatribe [“Letters,” June 26] about the cover art on the May 22 issue. In a nutshell, I think he needs some psychiatric help. There was nothing sexual or suggestive about the portrayal of Nicole Waszak’s daughter. It was an adorable picture of a little girl curling up on the floor. That’s it. If Al Rodbell saw more into it, he’s got some issues to deal with.

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. It was generous of you to publish his letter to the editor, but that doesn’t mean there’s any validity to it.

Garry Schaeffer, Tierrasanta

sunroad: city’s fault Just a couple of thoughts for you on the Sunroad issue [“Editorial,” July 3]: First, there is nothing inherently wrong with allowing encroachment on public land, especially when there is a public benefit and there is little or no change in the use of that land.

This issue is a consideration for the sake of spacing to satisfy the Uniform Building Code, a document I personally find to be too inflexible and onerous at times.

The public testimony and expertise stating that the property would be devalued is dubious at best. The park will remain a park, and the public will have the same use after the encroachment as before. This is a matter of a spacing technicality, not the loss of land. The only consideration is if there is enough or any public benefit to warrant allowing the encroachment without compensation to the taxpayers. If this is a housing project, then that alone could be argued as a public benefit, especially if the project includes affordable units.

Secondly, after reading your article, it appears that a lot of people either weren’t paying attention, didn’t ask the right questions, didn’t do their home work or were intent on bypassing the system and hiding it from the public. How and why did the spacing

issue get missed in the first place?

This kind of stuff happens all the time in many cities and it costs the developer / homeowner money every time. It’s infuriating and wrong! An encroachment permit could have fixed that oversight.

The question is whose oversight was it and is compensation appropriate? If compensation were warranted and possible, as your article implies, then that should have been a council consideration done in the light of day. It is not up to the mayor to use the system as he has to extort money out of a developer in a back-room deal.

It seems to me that there is plenty of blame to go around here. From my point of view, the scale seems to be tipping the city side toward guilty—especially Mayor Filner.

Jerrold L. Jones, Lemon Grove

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! In response to “The wife retaliates with vengeance” [“Sordid Tales,” July 10]: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I always wondered what “W” thought of Edwin Decker’s rants about her. I believed that she was the perfect, patient wife with a boundless sense of humor and completely unselfconscious concerning Edwin’s articles being published for patrons of whatever bar she works at these days to sit and read in front of her while she pours them beer.

Well, she certainly did set the record straight! Ha! Ha! Maybe Edwin remembers me as the guy who once kissed him on the forehead for making such a cool chick like “W” a happily married woman. Come on Ed, we all know that if it’s only three steps to the fridge from your recliner, it’s probably at least a half-step shorter than that to the front door.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Great read, “W.” Your article made me laugh out loud harder than Edwin’s has in months.

Benny A. McFadden, Downtown

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consequences of not getting an artery reopened in a timely manner is you have a higher risk of not having a complete return to normal.”

So, why is the city allowing Rural/ Metro to get away with this? Under the company’s contract, response-time requirements are exempt for all ambulances dispatched after 12 ambulances are on the road. In the contract, the exemption is called “unusual system overload.”

The Mayor’s office indicated a willingness to answer CityBeat’s questions about the city’s contract with its ambulance provider and what it means for the safety of citizens, but didn’t do so by press time.

Rural/Metro spokesperson Michael Simonsen downplayed the company’s responsibility for the loophole. “It’s unfair to put it on Rural/Metro when the city agreed to and signed everything that’s there,” he said.

Limiting late arrivals would likely mean putting more ambulances on the road. However, it’s not clear if the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based ambulance company could afford that.

Rural/Metro recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization after sealing In 2012, the city of San Diego excused Rural/Metro a deal with lenders to significantly reduce ambulances from arriving late to the most serious its debt. As part of the deal, the company emergency calls more than 11,000 times, more than will receive $135 million from lenders and bondholders to stabilize operations. a 100-percent increase over 2011.

In San Diego, Rural/Metro staffs between 23 and 36 ambulances based on the city’s “peak” and “non-peak” needs, Simonsen said, adding that the company would never limit services to save money.

“We don’t manage to the exemptions,” he said. “We manage the system how it is. We base it on the time of distance, all [ambulance] was on another call.” those things that go into managing an EMS system.”

Rural/Metro ambulances In the end, Francisca regained consciousness, was In a 2011 report on Rural/Metro’s ambulance service, transported to the hospital as a precaution and returned San Diego City Auditor Eduardo Luna warned of abuse of are arriving late more often home the next day. the contract loophole. At that time, Rural/Metro was arand getting away with it “We’re fortunate that it was nothing serious, but she riving within 12 minutes more than 90 percent of the time, could have been in a worse situation,” Soliz said. “I know even without the advantage of exemptions. the day could come when she might not wake up.”

That changed in the first quarter of 2012, when the amby Joshua Emerson Smith The city’s private ambulance provider, Rural/Metro, is bulance company’s use of exemptions for the most serious When Ramon Soliz came home from work on a Monday required under its contract to aremergency calls more than doubled, afternoon in early June, he found his 92-year-old mother rive within 12 minutes 90 percent according to city EMS documents.

Francisca unconscious in the living-room recliner. Soliz of the time or face up to a $50,000 In 2011, Rural/Metro claimed “Regretfully, when the made several attempts to wake her as his house quickly fine. Each call that exceeds 24 minan exemption 4,727 times. In 2012, city wrote the contract, the filled with relatives concerned that she could be dying. utes is subject to a $5,000 fine. the number of exempted late arrivSoliz said he remembers his sister calling 911 while he tried als more than doubled to 11,432.

However, the ambulance procity didn’t write a very tight to revive their mother.

As a result, the company’s revider was never fined for taking contract.” —Javier Mainer “Honestly, I thought she was gone,” said the 62-year- more than 34 minutes to get to the sponse-time rate before exempold, who houses and takes care of Francisca. “We laid her Soliz family’s home. tions plummeted to 83.4 percent. down. I talked to her. I called her. I yelled at her.”

Without the loophole, the company Since 2011, a loophole in its For more than half an hour, the Soliz family waited for an contract has allowed the ambulance company to arrive would have faced a $50,000 fine. With the exemptions, the ambulance to show up to their Ridgeview-Webster neigh- late without penalty to more than 20,000 of the city’s most company got credit for meeting the deadline 96 percent of borhood in southeastern San Diego and take Francisca to serious emergency 911 calls, according to documents ob- the time. a hospital. At the scene, fire-department first responders tained from the San Diego City Emergency Medical SerSince then, the company’s actual 12-minute response communicated with the emergency vehicle, which was vices Department. time for the city’s most serious emergency calls has not risstuck in traffic.

Over the same time period, Rural/Metro was exempted en above 86 percent, according to the most recently availThe situation was extremely tense, Soliz said. “We sat from hundreds of 24-minute-response-time violations, in able city documents. Officially, the company continues to here and the ambulance wouldn’t show. She’s my mom. some cases taking more than 40 minutes to respond to an enjoy a response-time rating that has been as high as 97.4 That situation would make anybody nervous.” percent when exemptions are factored in. emergency call, according to city EMS documents.

When the ambulance arrived, emergency medical tech“They have met the city’s required contact terms,” San That lost time can mean irreversible damage for somenicians (EMTs) apologized, Soliz said. “One of the guys one suffering from a severe medical condition, said San Di- Diego Fire Chief Javier Mainer said. “Regretfully, when said there was a major accident on [Highway] 805, and ego Medical Services Director Jim Dunford. the city wrote the contract, the city didn’t write a very they were driving from Chula Vista. They were trying to “For every 15 minutes that goes by, mortality rises,” he Response CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 come this way because the people over here, the nearest said of stroke and heart-attack victims. “The long-term

4,727 in 2011

11,432 in 2012

Slow response, no problem

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IHOT or not Debate continues over how to get resistant mentally ill people into treatment

by Kelly Davis It’s a question that’s divided the behavioral-health community in San Diego: What’s the best way to care for someone who’s severely mentally ill and refuses treatment?

Near the center of the split is Laura’s Law, legislation named for 19-year-old Laura Wilcox, who was gunned down in Northern California on Jan. 10, 2001, by a mentally ill man. Laura’s Law says a person who meets certain criteria—refusing treatment, showing signs of being a threat to himself or others, a history of hospitalizations and/or incarcerations— can be court-ordered to follow a treatment plan. Advocates have dubbed the law “5149 1/2,” a reference to 5150, the state code for the process under which a person can be involuntarily confined to a psychiatric facility. Laura’s Law, advocates say, is supposed to catch someone before the point of forced hospitalization, incarceration or worse. They say the law succeeds via what they call “the

black-robe effect”—the authority of a judge seems to compel people into treatment.

But because the law allows counties to decide whether or not to enact it, only tiny Nevada County (population 97,000), where Wilcox lived, has done so. Late last month, supervisors in Yolo County agreed to a one-year pilot.

San Diego County’s position on Laura’s Law depends on whom you talk to. Supporters of the law left a July 30 Board of Supervisors meeting “discouraged,” says Theresa Bish, who in 2011 was chair of the county’s Mental Health Board—which advises the supervisors on policy matters— when it voted unanimously in favor of implementing Laura’s Law. County staff, however, called the law “flawed” and shelved further discussion until earlier this year, when Supervisor Dave Roberts, the first Democrat to be elected to the board in more than 20 years, made the issue a priority.

“There was momentum,” Bish says.

In March, Roberts and Supervisor Dianne Jacob asked county staff to take a close look at how Laura’s Law compares with existing county programs—particularly an outreach program, still in the pilot stage, targeted at treatmentresistant individuals—and recommend next steps. Those next steps, approved by supervisors at the July 30 meeting, included expanding the In Home Outreach Team (IHOT) from a regional to countywide program and to hold off on Laura’s Law pending state legislation aimed at

after Fullerton police beat to death Kelly Thomas, a schizophrenic homeless man, in 2011—county lawyers said state funds could be spent only on voluntary treatment programs; Laura’s Law’s court-ordered treatment makes it an involuntary program, they said. Earlier this year, state Senate President ProTem Darrell Steinberg introduced SB 585, legislation that would allow state mental-health dollars to be spent on Laura’s Law. “We’re hoping [SB 585] will pass and will legally clarify this, because any time a large county gets involved in this, you know we’ll immediately be the subject of a lawsuit, so we have to be very, very careful,” Roberts says.

Alfredo Aguirre, the county’s director of behavioral health services, believes the county’s got a good thing in IHOT. It’s voluntary and it reaches Laura’s Law-eligible folks, in addition to people who haven’t deteriorated to the point of meeting Laura’s Law criteria.

“We have a pretty good idea that the majority of people we outreach do engage. It takes time sometimes,” he says.

In an October 2011 interview, Aguirre told CityBeat that IHOT, which cost $1.1 million in its first year, was expected to help between 300 and 360 people. But, according to a county study, of 402 people referred to IHOT in 2012, 173 were deemed eligible (referrals might not have lived in the pilot area).

Of those, 73 entered the “engaged” phase, meaning the individual or family members were receptive to being connected to services. Out of the 73, only 14 were successfully linked up to services.

Bish calls it “a very expensive referral program” that fails to reach enough people.

“The numbers who are treated are so miniscule compared to the need,” she says.

But Aguirre urges patience.

“Most of these people we’re still doing outreach to and still engaging with,” he says. “These are people who have traditionally turned down the services we have.

It takes time.”

Bish doesn’t understand why Laura’s Law can’t be seen as one more tool to get people into treatment. Nevada County might be too small to compare to San Diego, but Bish is ready with an analogy: “It’s like saying to a drug company that’s gone through a clinical trial, ‘We’re totally going to ignore that.’ Nevada County is that clinical trial.”

clearing up questions about how the law’s services are funded.

But Bish said advocates hoped to see a clear directive from Roberts and Jacob to have county mental-health staff actively work toward crafting a plan for a Laura’s Law pilot program.

“Laura’s Law saves taxpayer money and assists the severely mentally ill, and IHOT doesn’t do either,” Bish says. “It is derelict to wait further when lives are at stake.”

Indeed, a 2012 Nevada County Grand Jury report showed that for every $1 the county invested in Laura’s Law, it realized nearly $2 in savings from reduced hospital and jail stays by participants.

But Roberts sees last week’s vote as progress rather than delay. Expanding mental-health services, he says, was a huge step for a board that’s been criticized in the past for not doing enough for people in need.

“To me, the vote last Tuesday—a unanimous vote—was probably the biggest success in my first seven months on the Board of Supervisors,” he says. “What we specifically did was begin to change the dialog and really focus on why mentalhealth services are so important.

“You have to remember, not all of my colleagues are going to support Laura’s Law,” Roberts adds, “so you have to take incremental steps in order to get to where you want to go from a policy perspective, and you have to make sure that you’re covering all the needed ground.”

While there’s been ongoing debate over the effectiveness of forcing someone into treatment, the key issue hanging over Laura’s Law is how to pay for it. Nevada County used state money earmarked for mental-health services after getting the OK from the California Department of Mental Health. But in Orange County—where supervisors Write to kellyd@sdcitybeat.com considered enacting Laura’s Law and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Response CONTINUED from PAGE 6 tight contract.”

While use of the exemptions has recently shot up, the loophole has been part of the city’s ambulance contract since 1997, when Rural/Metro and the city of San Diego formed a public-private partnership called San Diego Medical Services Enterprise. The city lauded the partnership as a national model for innovation. However, in 2011, the partnership dissolved after the ambulance provider was accused of embezzling more than $17 million from the city. In the end, the company paid $1.4 million to the city for legal fees, and the case was dropped.

The city planned to start a competitivebidding process, but then-Mayor Jerry Sanders delayed it, and Rural/Metro was given a temporary, two-year contract. During contract negotiations, the city unsuccessfully requested that Rural/Metro scrap the “unusual system overload” exemption.

“I was part of the meeting where they said, ‘We want to get rid of that,’” Mainar said. “Rural/Metro said they were not able to get rid of that because it would cost a lot more money.”

Rural/Metro never refused to get rid of the exemption, Simonsen said. “My take is that everything was up for negotiation at that time. It takes two to come to an agreement, right? It was discussed. But we didn’t say, ‘No.’ We said, ‘Let’s talk about it.’”

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Rather than battling over the exemption, the city agreed to a contract that would bring in about $10 million a year from Rural/Metro and allow the company to charge patients more than $1,800 for an ambulance ride, according to data from the city EMS department.

The regional average for a comparable ride is less than $1,500.

The city has since drafted a new request for proposals (RFP) with the help the Abaris Group, an industry consultant that recommended eliminating the exemption loophole.

However, Mayor Bob Filner has again put the RFP process on hold in an attempt to explore having the city’s fire department take over the most critical EMS transport services. This year, the City Council agreed to put $100,000 into the budget to explore the option and approved another year-long extension for the ambulance company with no changes to its contract.

The fire department wants to increase the number of ambulances on the road, providing one for each of the city’s 47 fire stations, said Frank De Clercq, president of the city’s firefighters union.

“It’s imperative that people get moved quickly when they’re critical,” he said. “When there’s a large geographical area with a minimal amount of transport units available, there’s going to be some delays.

“On the private-sector side, they have a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders to provide a profit,” he added. “They want to get that done with less units. If they modify how

many are on the street, there’s more of a profit to be sent to their stockholders.”

At the same time, at least a few city officials have signaled the issue needs urgent attention.

“Every second counts in an emergency, which is why I’m advocating the city put the ambulance contract out to bid without delay so we can ensure San Diegans receive the fastest and most effective response when they call 911,” said City Councilmember Kevin Faulconer.

Council President Todd Gloria recently requested that a comprehensive review of the EMS system be docketed for a meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee.

“It has become clear that we cannot wait for a new contract or new system to more closely examine this critical service,” Gloria said.

While the city continues to study its ambulance services and flirt with the RFP process, people like Soliz will have to take whatever he gets, whenever it comes.

Soliz said he has nothing against the EMTs that work for Rural/Metro, but his experience has made him wary of the profit-driven ambulance model.

“If it’s a private company, they’re looking at money, their budget—and where they can cut the costs, they will,” he said. “I’m not saying they have no regard for life, but that’s just business, you know?”

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

aaryn

backwards & in high heels

belfer Going commando: When Decker’s away, the righteous chicks will play Poor Edwin Decker. I don’t know which is worse. offered up several innovative solutions to previously First, his column space gets co-opted by his better unresolved challenges and had a spontaneous hallhalf, the wicked-smart Mizz W. (I’ve met her and can way meeting with my supervisor, all without panties. attest that Decker is playing up.) And now La Belfer I handled a particularly infuriating computer has sneaked in to rearrange the furniture. Oh, the joy! problem so masterfully that I got props from the IT I had planned to start with the obvious light liftguy on the other end of the phone. “You did a banging: the garish centerpiece from Ed’s last column up job on that one, Aaryn,” he said. Then he lowered on the George Zimmerman verdict—that whole his voice. “You’re not wearing panties today, are the-system-is-as-close-to-perfect-as-possible busiyou?” Personally, I found that question offensive. ness. Such a myopic argument can, of course, only Throughout the day, I filed papers, took calls come from a member of the group who creates—and and did fancy things with numbers in Excel spreadstands to benefit from—the laws that comprise our sheets—without panties. Even my trips to the loo nearly utopian justice system. White male privilege were more time- and energy-efficient thanks to the is so dang adorable, isn’t it? What with the dimples steps cut out by going without. and freckles and cowlick and all. I want to muss its After lunch, my boss stopped by to give me a key hair, give it a cup of warm milk and tuck it into bed. to my new corner office and a raise that made my Naw. Never mind. Forget that. I want to punch pay equitable with others across the company in it in the face. my position. OK, so this part didn’t happen. But I’m But I want to leave things there because revisitconvinced it could happen if I skip the panties from ing the many injustices that lead to the wholly unhere on out. I want to be taken seriously. I want to surprising, but nevertheless devastating, verdict in climb that ladder of success (though not in a skirt. the Trayvon Martin murder isn’t helping me overThat’s a tad too Sharon Stone, even for me). come my wish for ZimmerI was more focused and man to meet a frightful, lonely more productive that day end at the hand of a vigilante. than any day of my career, enTurns out, the only thing Instead, I want to talk about abling me to start my weekholding women back from panties, which have nothing to end at 2 p.m. And it was only all-out triumph are panties. do with white male privilege, Tuesday. I met up with some and everything to do with Bob girlfriends later that night Filner’s suggestion that his forand shared with them my dismer communications director work without hers. Or belief that I’d wasted so many of my wage-earning wait. That Filner has been unaccountable for years years wearing panties. (decades?) for such despicable behavior is, in fact, a They sat there, this group of phenomenally acfunction of white male privilege. It’s insidious, people. complished women, looking at me blank-faced.

And, by the way: “Panties”? Really? Grown-ass “Well, yeah,” one of them finally said. “I’ve gone lawyers are going on television talking about pantwithout panties since I entered the workforce. How ies? This city gets better by the day. did you think I got where I am?”

So there I was last week, trying to get ready “Uh—I don’t know,” I said. “Hard work, refor work amid the usual morning chaos that is my spectful bosses and the institutionalized equallife—Eat your breakfast. Put your butt on that chair ity brought to us by the feminist movement of our and eat your breakfast. Don’t torment the dog, just mothers’ generation?” sit down and eat your breakfast. Did you brush your Turns out, the only thing holding women back teeth? Did you brush your teeth? Did you brush your from all-out triumph are panties. Wearing them teeth? Put your shoes on. Did you put your shoes on? equates to self-sabotage. It’s panties—not the whiteFor God’s sake, put your shoes on already. Did you male power structure—that stands between us and brush your teeth? In the clamor of all that, I couldn’t that glass ceiling. Panties undermine productivity find a clean pair of panties. So, I resigned myself to and our ability to accomplish all we set out to do. the power obviously greater than myself (i.e. my I’m pretty sure Angela Corey would have put up a husband who does all the laundry) and slipped into legitimate fight in prosecuting GZ had she skipped my pantsuit sans panties. Who knew that such an panties for the duration of that trial. innocuous act of exasperation could turn a plain ol’ Alright, so this is just silly nonsense. We all know that wearing or not wearing panties has nothDiana Prince into a Wonder Woman? ing to do with success, that the American judicial Freedom Fightin’ Bob Filner, that’s who. Besystem is deeply flawed, and that Bob Filner needs cause, reader: I kicked ass and took names that day. to resign yesterday. Mostly, I just wanted to see how I drove to work—and made every light—without many times I could say the word “panties” all over panties. I placed my lunch box in the refrigerator Ed Decker’s column space. without panties. I checked my email and voicemail without panties. By 10 a.m., I had faxed two docuEdwin Decker’s column will return in September. ments, photo-copied another 28 (hole punching Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com. them all), handled a conference call during which I

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by michael a. gardiner michael a. gardiner

meat skewered on spears and cooked in a communal pot. This evolved into a firepot made of thin beaten metal with a funnel in the middle, heating the liquid around the funnel both from within and below such that strips of meat cook in seconds.

Little Sheep goes a step further with a simple soup pot over an electric-burner setup.

It all begins with the broth, the choices being a “house original,” spicy “mala” and mushroom-vegetarian versions. The Sichuanese mala is laced with dried chiles, Sichuan peppercorns and a deep cumin growl.

The original offers onion and Foodstuffs bound for the cauldron garlic roundness, a richness born of long-simmered beef, chicken and pork bones and sweet spices. My favorite approach is a “yin yang” pot with one half mala, the other original. The broths are something of a Little Sheep innovation. Chinese hot pot usually offers less-flavorful broths with more flavor coming from dipping sauces.

The flame and the pot There’s no wrong way to eat Mongolian hot pot. Some follow a traditional procession: meats, In the beginning, there was the flame and there then seafood, then soy products (tofu and bean was the pot. Even today, though we’ve invented curd), before finishing with noodles, veggies and many variations on the themes of flame and pot, dumplings, each cooked sequentially, a few at a there are still few other ways to apply heat to time. Others choose more iconoclastic approachcook raw foodstuffs. The deep satisfaction of the es—some dumping all at once, others picking and grill is something felt at every backyard barbecue, choosing according to whim. It’s all good. something we all know and most love.

The red meats at Little Sheep are excellent: The place to go to tap into ancient memories of ruby and marbled. The lamb is particularly good. a cauldron-side supper, at least in San Diego, is LitOne of the best parts of the meal is when the vegtle Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot (4718 Clairemont etables, soy products and noodles—particularly Mesa Blvd. in Clairemont, littlesheephotpot.com). the daikon, bean curd and udon—take on the Little Sheep is built around Mongolian hot deep flavors of the broths. pot (sometimes called “Chinese hot pot,” “steamIt’s an excellent conclusion to a wonderful boat,” “firepot” or “Chinese fondue”), a dish that’s meal that just begs to be shared with family and similar to Japanese shabu shabu and nabemono friends. Hot pot is not fast food, though the fooddishes, Korean sinseollo and European meat fonstuffs cook in moments. It’s slow food that harks due. What they share, of course, is the essential back to a different time and place, when the evefeature of meat and other ingredients dipped and ning meal was the sustenance, yes, but entertaincooked at the table in a tasty, roiling liquid. What ment and community, too. At Little Sheep, it can be again. they also share is a communal feel, with diners sharing that pot of cooking liquid.

Write to michaelg@sdcitybeat.com The food at Little Sheep derives from the and editor@sdcitybeat.com. nomadic Mongol warrior tradition of strips of

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by ian cheesman

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chees Brotherly love

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: The problem with most San Diego beer joints is that they never have enough fair-trade duck salami and ethically sourced applewood-smoked pink Himalayan sea salt available. But now, thanks to Brothers Provisions, I’m no longer forced to settle.

At first blush, Brothers Provisions (16451 Bernardo Center Drive, brosprovisions. com) seems like a curious amalgamation of consumer experiences.

It’s a café, a deli, a bar, a boutique grocery store and a bottle shop all in one. I’m wagering that by this time next year, they’ll also be doing tax preparations and selling waterbeds.

The thing is, they manage to pull it all off without a hint of confusion or even crowding the space. They’re just trying to share a little bit of life’s best with Rancho Bernardo.

That’s not to say that everything has run 100-percent smoothly for Brothers Provisions. The Man has been putting the kibosh on bottle sales due to some licensing technicalities, even though the place has a license to serve craft brew from its 15 tap lines. The owners are hopeful that snag will be resolved in a couple of months. In the meantime, you may certainly peruse the sizable wall of beer selections and purchase away, provided you’re ready to kill it while on the premises. Challenge accepted, Bureaucracy.

That hiccup aside, this place really is something of a gem for craft-brew lovers. The taps are appointed with an excellent blend of regional and international goodies, occasionally offering some relatively rare stuff. At the time of this writing, Brothers was carrying everything from a Hofbrau Dunkel to “Oskar The G’Rauch,” an Oskar Blues collaboration ale that I hadn’t even heard of prior to seeing it scrawled over the tap lines. Between that and its enticing beer events,

such as the Ancient Ales and Ancient Cheese tasting coming up on Aug. 14, it’s a legit craftbrew destination.

I didn’t sample a wide variety of items from the artisan café menu, but I can’t imagine them besting the Lonza Pork sandwich. It’s a blessed union of pork loin, spicy apple jam, caramelized onions and aged white cheddar on a pretzel bun. Three out of three members of my group wanted it (thereby ruining my plan to covertly sample the menu), and all were thoroughly satisfied. It’s a stunning example of classic flavor profiles being elevated by quality ingredients.

My favorite aspect of Brothers Provisions is its indirect support for the lesser-recognized consumer niche of closeted foodies. It’s a safe ian cheesman

All three food groups represented haven for anyone concerned with being caught squealing in delight when happening upon rosemary-and-mint-infused dark chocolates.

Should any judging eyes happen by, the excuse of only stopping in for a pint is readymade. This has been a huge burden lifted off my friend’s shoulders, who is completely masculine in every other respect, I swear it.

My only real gripe with Brothers Provisions was its colossal misstep in not calling itself “Brovisions” instead. Sure, it sounds more like a place where you’d buy hair gel and Axe body spray, but it’s way catchier, right? Right?

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

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by Mina Riazi mina riazi

the quintessential summer sarnie.

Who doesn’t hoard memories of summer’s smoke-breathing grills and the charcoaly, juicy, barbecued meat that they’d provide? I certainly do. So, I ordered the baby-backrib sandwich, and my grub buddy ordered the “Deep V.” Twice-wrapped, the baby-backrib ’wich required some careful undressing. I first thought of tearing back the paper with each chomp, but I wanted to see and feel the bread, because, in my opinion, it’s the most important element. In this case, the chubby torpedo roll was soft and chewy with just enough bounce. I love how it soaked up the Big Front Door’s baby-back-rib sandwich house barbecue sauce and fit snugly around the chunks of tender pork.

Crunchy slivers of cabbage added harmonizing plinks of acidity to the rich, savory sandwich while oven-roasted onions packed a silky sweetness.

My friend’s “Deep V,” though not as solid, was still pretty good. The vegetarian sammie offered a tart stack of smoked potato, lettuce, tomato, Simple sammies red onion and pea sprouts between two avocado-whip-slathered slices of whole-grain bread.

Top-notch sandwiches rarely have more than five Chip-thin and crisp, the smoked potato was a sad ingredients. One of my all-time favorite sammies bacon wannabe that tasted neither like spuds nor combines melt-in-your-mouth sliced tri-tip with like the salty pork product. Too distracted by my barbecue sauce on a chewy French roll. The Italoozy, meat-packed sandwich, I took a few bites ian grinders I love so much are just as straightforof the hard-to-eat Deep V before resuming with ward: cold cuts, sliced cheese, tomato and lettuce my lunch. stacked on a white loaf.

Big Front Door has one big wooden table. If Flashy sandwiches seldom win me over. Yes, you shy away from communal-style dining bethis means that fried eggs are usually shown the cause you’re a terrible conversation starter or door—as are other trendy fixings that don’t do just antisocial, there are also outdoor tables much for me. A few high-quality ingredients and where you can feast solo. Other than sammies, the right hunk of bread is all you really need. the hangout offers sides like pesto orzo and redMost of the sandwiches offered at Big Front curry quinoa, as well as several promising salads.

Door (4135 Park Blvd. in University Heights, bfd Sweet-toothers will be happy to find a display sandiego.com) keep a fair distance from ingredicase filled with baked goodies. ent-overload. I like that. I also enjoy the overall When it comes to solid sandwiches, BFD’s feel of the place—high-ceilinged, streamlined and, flavorful baby-back-rib offering is further proof yes, big-doored. The glass door lets in all the afterthat less is more. Next time, though, I’ll be going noon sun, making the eatery feel light and buoyfor “The Natural.” What’s that, you ask? Beef, jus ant—basically the exact opposite of how you’ll feel and a torpedo roll. In other words, pretty close to sammie perfection, if you ask me. after downing one of the deli’s hefty subs.

The baby-back-rib sandwich is a brick-size Write to minar@sdcitybeat.com belly-filler. It was the menu item that immediately and editor@sdcitybeat.com. caught my attention, mainly because it seemed like

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What I took home from Comic-Con People keep asking me, “What was the best thing you saw at Comic-Con?” And I keep dodging the question because I didn’t camp out overnight waiting for a back-row seat to the big-name panels. Instead, I turn to what I think is a better question: What was the worst thing I saw at Comic-Con? No hesitation: The Intelligence Google Glass Experience on the exhibition-hall floor.

Intelligence is a show premiering in February that revolves around a secret agent who has all of the government’s surveillance feeds flowing through his brain. I don’t know why CBS needs another big-data spy thriller featuring a Lost alumnus (Josh Holloway, who played Sawyer) when it already has Person of Interest (starring Michael Emerson, who played Ben Linus). Yet, because I have an interest in surveillance-themed pop culture due to my day job at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I waited in line for a half-hour for the Glass demonstration, figuring it would be an innovative new application for the wearable computing technology that I wrote about back in May. Again, I had the same problem trying to wear the device over my glasses. The “experience” just involved watching the preview with one eye while struggling to hear the audio transmitted through my skull over the din of the exhibition hall. Compared with the big-screen projection of Seventh Son or the mobile 3-D movie theater playing an extended clip from Gravity, Intelligence was just dumb. Nevertheless, I took my Comic-Con exclusive Intelligence poster and hung it on my office wall, because, well, I’m a swag-rat.

Here are some of the better things I brought home from Comic-Con. A sudden need for a video-game console: I haven’t owned a game system since Sega CD in my early teens, but I waited in line twice for the exclusive gameplay preview for the upcoming Ubisoft game, Watch_Dogs. Although gamers will cringe to hear the comparison, the game is like an enhanced Grand Theft Auto, except that your gun-wielding character is also a super-hacker who has the ability to hijack cell phones, WiFi-networks, traffic lights, fork lifts, laptop web cameras and ATM machines. I’m not even that interested in playing the game; I want to explore the hyper-realistic simulation of Chicago, where every non-player character has a back-story and you can use crime-prediction technology to play street vigilante.

Later, I found myself standing in front of an Xbox Kinect demo, manually cracking the whips on a horse-driven cart, and realized that if I don’t learn how to maneuver these games now, I’m going to be seriously behind the curve when the grammar of games becomes the prevalent way to interact with digital environments. Whenever you read this column between now and December, know that my writer’s fee is going toward a Playstation 4.

An appointment with Dr. McNinja: Each

Comic-Con, I roam the exhibition hall floor looking for the ultimate T-shirt. In prior years, I picked up a Whalcano shirt (yes, a volcano whale) and a Cookie vs. Wookiee shirt (Cookie Monster squaring off with Chewbacca). This time, I snatched up a shirt featuring a gorilla high-fiving a shark in front of an explosion, with the word “Nice.” Turns out, it’s a reference to a hilarious web-comic called “Dr. McNinja,” about a ninja with an M.D. and his mustachioed, gunslinging juvenile sidekick who battle giant lumberjacks and a BMX-ing royal named “King Radical.” It’s been around since the mid-2000s, and I’m throat-chopping myself for being so late to the game. Check it out: DrMcNinja.com.

Commenter wrath: My press credentials were tied to writing for SyFy Channel’s blog Blastr.com, a job that mostly entailed putting together slide shows of cosplayers. Now I know why many macho-men love hunting: There’s something pleasurable about scouring the nerd-wilderness, pointing the cross hairs at creatures and pulling the trigger.

Less satisfying was discovering the immediate reaction to my posts wasn’t vicarious glee but analretentive fans calling me shameful. Trying to write while on as many hours of shut-eye as cans of Red Bull, I accidentally spelled Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch’s name “Cumberpatch” and my editor, on even less sleep than me, mistakenly labeled the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 as “Echo 1.” Now, while I do appreciate having all those free copy editors to fix my errors, it’s eminently irritating that raging nerds don’t understand that convention journalism is way f’in harder than it looks.

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

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about driving home right away.

“This is really for what I call the curious demographic,” said Alexander Jarman, manager of public programs for the museum. “It brings a very contemporary feel to what we’re trying to do.”

Throughout the event, check out Double Portraits, which pairs contemporary art with 16th- to 20th-century paintings.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., view video screenings of the play Drama Queens, a 45-minute, one-act comedy first performed in Germany, and “Double Self-Portrait,” a video installation by Joanna Kidd. Culture and Cocktails starts at 6 p.m. Thursday with Arnold Newman’s celebrated portrait photography set to the music of DJ Dazzla. Musical performances fill out the “Minerva Valencia from Puebla works as a nanny first evening. in New York. She sends 400 dollars a week” by “People’s favorite part is hanging out Dulce Pinzón is part of Double Portraits with their friends and never worrying about getting kicked out,” Jarman said.

“It’s something that’s very European, and we Booze, DJs, comic theater, a video lounge, want to bring these best practices to San Diego.” breakdance battles, musical sculpture, a “Things to Make Things to Make Things” starts gift shop on wheels, yoga—no, Burning Man will not tuning up at midnight—visitors will have the opporbe held in Balboa Park this year. The San Diego Mu- tunity to jam with each other on this musical sculpseum of Art (1450 El Prado) is capping a 10-day-long, ture made of common household materials. There’ll contemporary art-and-culture series with its Sum- be more arts programming into the wee hours, and mer Break 24-Hour Night. From 10 a.m. Thursday, “Sunrise Yoga” starts at 6:30 a.m.

Aug. 8, to late in the evening on Friday, Aug. 9, muThe museum closes at 5 p.m. Friday, and festiviseum visitors can have drinks with friends, get their ties move to the James S. Copley Auditorium (onart on throughout the day and night and not worry site) at 7 p.m. with a screening of The Legend of Cool Disco Dan. Director Roger Gastman and Filmmaker Joseph Pattisall will be on hand to answer questions about the film, which focuses on an infamous Washington, D.C., graffiti writer in 1980s. Things wrap up In happier times, presently besieged with a 9 p.m. breakdancing session with the “Rock So Mayor Bob Filner plunged headfirst into Fresh Crew and Super B Beat Boys.” a great idea: CicloSDias, daylong closure of a long Tickets are $15 before 10 p.m., $12 after. Get proSan Diego thoroughfare to encourage bicycling and gramming details at sdmart.org. pedestrianism and spark community camaraderie.

In spite of the sexual-harassment tempest in the Mayor’s office, that day is upon us: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, roadways from 30th and K Tattoo artists are an important part streets in Grant Hill north to Cherokee Elementary of a visual-arts scene—their work, afSchool in City Heights will be closed to cars. Mostly, the route follows 30th Street up through Golden Hill ter all, shows up on human canvases and is often and South Park (including a Fern Street loop), mak- as complex, vibrant and skillful as anything you’d ing a right turn just south of University Avenue in see hanging on a wall. See North Park, with four “hubs” along the way provid- what more than threeing information, bike repair, toilets and places to stop dozen San Diego tattoo artists came up with and gather. ciclosdias.com when asked to create on a traditional canvas for Needles Down, a group art show happening from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Voz Alta (1754 National Ave. in Barrio Logan). Artists displayArt by Remington ing work represent some Tattoo’s Terry Ribera of the city’s best shops, including Avalon (voted Best Tattoo Parlor in CityBeat’s 2012 Best of San Diego issue), Full Circle and Black Panther. See sd-too.com for the full lineup and profiles of featured artists.

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HSummer Break at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Ten days of continuous art, music, lectures, films, readings and more. See the museum website for schedule. Through Saturday, Aug. 10.

619-232-7931, sdmart.org HPublic Art Matters at Woodbury School of Architecture, 2212 Main St., Barrio Logan. This exhibition of drawings, models and documentary film focuses on the benefits of public art and features such notable names as Agitprop, Roman deSalvo, Matt Devine, Christopher Puzio and over a dozen more. From 5 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 8. 619-235-2900, publicartmatters.wordpress.com HCulture & Cocktails at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Held in conjunction with SDMA’s exhibition of Arnold Newman’s portraiture, this art soiree is back with a ‘50s St. Tropez theme: Sex on the Beach cocktails, black & white dress attire and music from DJ Dazzla. Held on the same night as the museum’s “24 Hours of Summer Break” night. At 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. $20. 619-232-7931, sdmart.org Ray Street Artists at San Diego Art Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. The second exhibition this year of Ray Street artists, who were recently featured in a book to showcase the vibrant works of local and student artists.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. $3. 619236-0011, raystreetartists.com The Goddess at Exclusive Collections Galleries Seaport Village, 835 West Harbor Drive, Ste AB, Downtown. L.A.-based artist Henry Asencio shows off new oil paintings of the female form. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. 800-599-7111, ecgallery.com HMayonnaise at San Diego Art InstituteMuseum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Reception for this prolific local artist Dan Adams to celebrate his new series of paintings. From 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. $3. 619 236-0011, sandiego-art.org HLost Dreams at Kettner Arts, 1772 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. Artists at the Kettner Arts building will open their studios.

Check out the vibrant abstractions of Lindsay Duff and the pop-art-inspired works of Christian Michaels. Other artists include Anna Kassel, Ginger Louise, Adi Sharuk, Susan Takano, Kathryn Nova Williams and William Walton. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. 619-269.6900, kettnerarts.com HImmortalized, Together Forever at ArtHatch, 317 E. Grande Ave., Escondido.

ArtHatch and Distinction Gallery team up for this third annual exhibition devoted to all things hot rods. The show will feature artists from around the globe, live music from Gino & The Lone Gunmen and a display of cool cars. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. $5 suggested donation. $25 V.I.P. tickets available. 760-781-5779, distinctionart.com Air and Wood at Ray Street Custom Framing, 3807 Ray St., North Park. Susan E. Roden shows off her figurative and assemblage work mostly made of found materials picked up from the street. From 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. 619-2552022, raystreetcustomframing.com Burnings and Turnings at Kensington Gallery, 4186 Adams Ave., Kensington.

Showcase of local woodburners, lathe turners and others working in everything from original stencils to handcrafted furniture.

Featured crafters include Danny Ubando, Phil Lancaster, Davey Hollis, Ryan Dean and Sebastian. On view through Sept 6.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. 619534-8120, kensingtongallery.org David Tyrone Villa at OBR Architecture, 3805 Ray St., North Park. Inspired by Impressionism and Fauvism, Villa creates

intense oil paintings. From 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10, obrarchitecture.com HWhere Words Fail at Thumbprint Gallery, 920 Kline St., #104, La Jolla. One of La Jolla’s edgier galleries continues that tradition featuring lowbrow and pop-surrealists like Jeffrey Locke, Richard Salcido and David Gane Feucht. From 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, thumbprintgallerysd.com HFirst Things: Andrew Lutz at Interior Culture Gallery, 3060 University Ave., North Park. A solo show highlighting paintings and sculpture of local artist Andrew Lutz. On view through Oct. 4. From 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. 619-548-6629, andrew-lutz.com/events El Caballo: The Horse in Mexican Folk Art at Jacobs Community Center, 404 Euclid Ave., Valencia Park. Learn about the rich history of Mexican folk art. Kids and adults can learn the technique of carved tin as well as Huichol Yarn Painting. Plus, there will music, horchata and churros.

From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, communityandculturalarts.org Green Art Parade at Art Produce Gallery, 3139 University Ave., North Park. Sustainable arts and fashion will be on display on this night, which starts with an informal stroll through North Park to bring attention to environmental issues. At 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10. Free. 619-584-4448, artproduce.org HHats Off to Dr. Seuss! at Chuck Jones Gallery, 232 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Arguably San Diego’s most famous author, Dr. Seuss’ legacy is celebrated in this display of his secret art collection, drawings, sculptures and never-before-seen hat collection. From 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. chuckjonesgallery.com Nocturne at Protea Gallery, 3780 30th St., North Park. Local and regional artists display works that are inspired by the California night sky. From 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. 619-787-8505, proteagallery.com Summer Art Camp Show at Lux Art Institute, 1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas.

Kids and teens who participated in Lux’s summer art camp will show off their creations. From 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. Free. 760-436-6611, luxartinstitute.org Oldies But Goodies at Quality Social, 789 Sixth Ave., Downtown. Some of the gallery’s favorite artists dust off their past works for display. There will also be popup boutiques, a fashion show and half-off wine. From 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. thumbprintgallerysd.com

BOOKS Rina Torri at Bay Books, 1029 Orange Ave., Coronado. Local author Rina Torri will discuss and sign her book No Rocking Chairs Yet: The Default Setting for Life After Fifty Just Got Kicked Down the Beach. At 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. 619-435-0070, baybookscoronado.com Ileana Araguti at Upstart Crow, 835 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village. The author will sign and discuss her new book, Shattered Paradise: Memories of the Nicaraguan War. From 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. 619-232-4855, upstartcrowtrading.com Richard Kadrey at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The sci-fi/fantasy writer will be on hand to sign copies of his newest Sandman Slim adventure, Kill City Blues.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Maria Desiderata Montana at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The

San Diego Food Finds blogger will sign and discuss her new book, San Diego Chef’s Table. At noon Sunday, Aug. 11. 858-454-0347, warwicks.com Pamela Fagan Hutchins at Barnes & Noble La Mesa, Grossmont Center, La Mesa. The women’s mystery author will be on hand to sign all of her books including her newest, Leaving Annalise. From 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12. 619-667-2870, pamelahutchins.com

COMEDY HNBT Goes to Hollywood at Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. The two upstarts in Next Big Thing perform sketch comedy and stand-up. This time, they take on our neighbor to the north, Los Angeles. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. Free. 619-2846784, sosayweallonline.com Bike SD Comedy Event at Haritna Mediterranean Restaurant, 7303 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa. Brew Ha Ha teams up with CicloSDias to help raise money for Bike SD. Chris Clobber will perform stand-up while guests are treated to all-you-can-eat Mediterranean food. Reservations recommended. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. $26. 619-922-9057, brewhahaentertainment.com Ari Barker at American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., Downtown. You may remember the funny man from Flight of the Concords, but his stand-up is still where it’s at. At 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. $22. 619-795-3858, americancomedyco.com Jimmy Shubert at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. This guy might spend his entire career being that guy you remember from that one movie, but his comedic chops have been featured on Comedy Central and multiple sitcoms. At 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10. $15. 619-702-6666, madhousecomedyclub.com

DANCE Collage at The Vine Theater at Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo.

Choreographers Andrew Holmes, Alia Ismay, Janet Alvis, Jaimie Nixon and Faith Jensen-Ismay present an evening of contemporary dance. At 4 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. $15. 858-243-1402, mojalet.com

FASHION The Vixen Vault at Quality Social, 789 Sixth Ave., Downtown. VIXEN Pop Up Boutique is breaking open their vault for fashionable downtown scenesters. Score discounts on labels like Chanel, Luis Vuitton, Marc Jacob, and many more or just peep the fashion show while listening to the sounds of DJ Noel 2033. From 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. vixensd.com

FOOD & DRINK Food Swap at Vera House Community Garden, 3403 North Mountain View Drive, Normal Heights. Exchange your homegrown vegetables, fruits, eggs and honey with other likeminded individuals. At 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. 760-705-8888, foodcurrencytrade.com Organic Farm & Craft Beer Adventure at Venissimo Cheese, 871 G St., Downtown. Start the day with a behind-the-counter look at Venissimo. Then hop on a bus down to Suzie’s Farm, peruse the plants and enjoy a picnic lunch (plus, take home a tote bag of fresh farm produce). Next stop: Alesmith Brewing Co. for a beer and cheese tasting. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. $100. 619-358-9081, venissimo.com

MUSIC Train of Thought Open Mic at Mosaic San Diego, 1402 Commercial St., Downtown. Members of the San Diego Symphony stop by the Train of Thought open mic to perform a short concert and to pick performers to participate in next summer’s “Your Song. Your Story” concert series. At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7.

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619-230-8710, trainofthoughtsd.com HSummerFest Live at Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. Classical music in a casual setting. SummerFest music director Cho-Liang Lin is joined by some of the best classical musicians to perform selections from Ives, Debussy and Villa-Lobos. At 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. $30. ljms.org Serra Mesa Concert in the Park at Serra Mesa Recreation Center, 9020 Village Glen Drive, Serra Mesa.

A concert in the park with a communal feeling, this family friendly picnic and show will feature live music from The Siers Brothers, who do covers of classic rock. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11. 858-565-2473, serramesa.org An Evening with The Arcadian Academy & Nicholas McGegan at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. Spend an evening with famed conductor and harpsichordist and period-instrument chamber ensemble Arcadian Academy for a performance of works by Baroque masters. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. $65. ljms.org/SummerFest-2013

“Third Eye Lion” by Franky Agostino is on view in Wet Dreams, a solo show of Agostino’s work on view through Aug. 14 at Visual (3524 Adams Ave. in Normal Heights).

HAcoustic Music San Diego 10th Anniversary at AMSDconcerts, 4650 Mansfield St., Normal Heights. If you’ve never seen a show at AMSD (it used to be a church), this would be the one. Appalachian country-folk five-piece The Honeycutters help the venue celebrate 10 years of intimate performances. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. 619-303-8176, acousticmusicsandiego.com Bach & Beyond II at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. The second concert in the series includes works by Bach, Beethoven and Lutoslawski.

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. $50-$75. ljms.org

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PERFORMANCE Meet Thomas Edison at Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo. If we’re to believe Drunk History, Edison was kind of a jerk who was just jealous of Tesla, but professional impressionist Peter Small thinks he can change your mind. From 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Free. facebook.com/ranchobernardobranchlibrary

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THEATER Not quite noir, but still sexy fun Noir fiction thrives in its hardboiled lyricism, in language as blunt as the nose of a revolver.

Noir film is a realm of shadows and light, of bursts of sound and inscrutable danger. Noir theater?

Well, that’s—hmm.

The Old Globe is taking a stab at it with its theatrical production of James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity, a novel published in 1943 that became a classic film a year later, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson. A stage adaptation by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, which premiered nearly two years ago in Seattle, is very much true to Cain’s literary rhythm and attitude.

Moreover, on the Sheryl and Harvey White Stage, the Globe’s Christopher Barreca, Shawna Cadence and Ben Thoron team up on a design-and-lighting scheme that comes close to giving the play the desired film-noir motif. Invoking 1940s Los Angeles on a small stage—from the Long Beach oil fields to Hollywood and Vine—is no snap, but, by and large, the Globe production directed by John Gould Rubin manages the logistics.

Yet even with Cain’s anti-heroic characters and the sharp-dressed cast portraying them (in period costumes by David Israel Reynoso), the production doesn’t rise to the level of hardcore noir. It’s suspenseful, sometimes funny and other times spooky, but it does not fully inhabit the genre.

It’s true that for all its brilliance, the beloved Wilder film’s figures smack of caricature, but then pop historians have made film noir a cultural stereotype. The Globe cast, in the story of a duplicitous (and worse) woman who, with the help of a morally bankrupt insurance salesman, murders her husband, does avoid affectation. In fact, Angel Desai, as aspiring black widow Phyllis Nirlinger, is sexiness personified and is able to convey both desperation and deceit. Michael Hayden is her more calculating, and human, counterpart as insurance man Walter Huff, who, by the end of the play, actually elicits a degree of sympathy. Murphy Guyer doubles as the targeted husband and as Huff ’s boss, and his per-

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Michael Hayden and Angel Desai formance is the most grounded among the ensemble of five, which also includes Megan Ketch and Vayu O’Donnell.

Double Indemnity runs through Sept. 1 at The Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. $29 and up. oldglobe.org

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

OPENING The 39 Steps: A comedic, four-actor stage version of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, as if performed by Monty Python, with lots of allusions to other Hitchcock classics. Opens Aug. 9 at Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado. lambsplayers.org Macbeth & The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Local teens perform one-hour versions of the two Shakespeare plays.

Happens on Monday, Aug. 12, at The Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. oldglobe.org The Spaceman of Ocean Beach: A staged reading of a play by Rick Bollinger about an eccentric character, Clint Cary, who made Ocean Beach his home from the 1960s until his death in 1993. Runs Aug. 9 and 10 at the Ocean Beach Playhouse. facebook.com/spacemanofoceanbeach Thoroughly Modern Millie: A Kansas girl flees to New York City in the 1920s and foils an export-slavery ring. Presented by Pickwick Players, it runs Aug. 9 through 17 at C3 Performing Arts Center in Grantville. pickwickplayers.net

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POETRY & SPOKEN WORD Long Story Short: Climax at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. If you’ve ever wanted to read at one of So Say We All’s VAMP events, but haven’t exactly worked up the nerve, try your skills at this event where anyone can get up and read a fiveminute story on the theme of “climax.” At 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, sdspace4art.org

POLITICS & COMMUNITY Drones and Other UAVs: Benefits and Risks at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park. From Congress to the coffee house, drones are a hot-button issue. A panel of experts will explore both sides of the arguments when it comes to unmanned aircrafts and what it means for our privacy and safety. From 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. Free. 619-238-1233, rhfleet.org

and Sunday, Aug. 10-11. Free. samahanphilippinedance.com HCityfest ‘13 at Hillcrest, Fifth and University avenues, Hillcrest. Celebrate the diversity and overall fabulousness of Hillcrest at this annual street party that includes live music, and over 250 vendors.

Stay past sundown for Cityfest Night and dance with some of the area’s best DJs under the Hillcrest sign. From noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. Free. 619-299 3330, fabuloushillcrest.com 5K Beer Run at Ruocco Park, 585 Harbor Lane, Downtown. This 3.1 mile run/walk benefits Access Youth Academy and is open to participants of all ages and dogs.

Those over 21+ will receive a beer voucher. From 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. $25 registration on-line, $35 day-of. 858-

202-0406, accessyouthacademy.org HCicloSDias San Diego This communal bike ride creates a bike path through neighborhoods, from Logan Heights, through North Park, into City Heights to help raise awareness on creating a more bike-friendly city. Think of it like the Critical Mass bike ride, but with an actual purpose. See website for route. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. 858-4726025, ciclosdias.com Operation Pup Suds at The Barking Lot, 486 Raleigh Ave., El Cajon. The a nonprofit dog rescue attempts to break its own world record by washing more than 118 dogs in one hour. Rescued Cards, the new card company started by local photographer Monica Hoover, will be on hand taking pictures for the event. At 11 a.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11. Free. 619-727-8727, thebarkinglot.net Lemon Festival at Third Avenue, Chula Vista. Sure, there’ll be lemonade at this decidedly yellow street festival, but there will also be live music, a variety of vendors, lemon-themed contests and a Kids Fun Zone. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. Free. thirdavenuevillage.com/ events/lemon-festival

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Italian Designers Talk Interior Design at NewSchool of Architecture and Design, 705 Park Ave., Downtown. Francesca Vargiu and Elena Pacenti will discuss Italian

design approaches to interior settings.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.

RSVP to acearley@newschoolarch.edu.

619-684-8791, newschoolarch.edu/newsevents/1398.htm HComputer-Aided Design at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. In conjunction with the Mingei’s Allied Craftsmen Today exhibition, SDSU Assistant Professor of Furniture Matthew Hebert will discuss the pros and cons of technology’s impact on the world of design. From 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Free with museum admission. . 619-239-0003, mingei.org

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SPECIAL EVENTS Cajon Classic Cruise at Prescott Promenade, East Main St., El Cajon. The weekly car show attracts over 200 model and classic vehicles with this week’s theme, British Invasion. Enjoy restaurant specials, bounce houses and street vendors. From 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. 619-4018858, downtownec.com HPOP Thursday: The Source Family at Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park. Start off on the lawn of the Botanical Building for pre-party with libations from Alchemy’s mixologists and live bohemian music. Then, view a screening of The Source Family, an intimate view of the ultimate California commune, followed by a Q&A with director Jodi Wille and an original Source Family member. From 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. $10. 619-2387559, mopa.org/source-family Hounds for Hope Walk at Liberty Station, Roosevelt & Cushing, Point Loma.

Walk around Liberty Station and along the bay to help raise awareness for canine cancer, then stick around for the festival that will focus on healthy food, supplements and products for your four-legged friend. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. $15 per walker. 892-0049, houndsforhopewalk.org Beer-Con at Marina Village Conference Center, 1936 Quivira Way, Mission Beach.

Two-day passes for this conference and tasting are sold out, but connoisseurs can still purchase tickets for Saturday where there’ll be unlimited tasters, speakers and just about anything else a brewmaster.

From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. $89. 619-222-1620, beer-con.com Cardiff Dog Days of Summer at Cardiff 101 Main Street, 124 Aberdeen Drive, Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Now in its eighth year, this pooch party has become one of the biggest dog-friendly fairs in SoCal. More than 200 vendors will be showing off their wares. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. Free shuttle from Encinitas City Hall. cardiffdogdaysofsummer.com University Heights Birthday at Trolley Barn Park, 1998 Adams Ave., University Heights. One of the coolest neighborhoods in the city blows out 125 candles at this street fair which will include a costumed walkabout, live music and more.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.

Free. 619-274-8010. uhsd.org Philippine Cultural Arts Festival at Presidents Way lawn, Balboa Park. Enjoy Filipino food while taking in traditional dancing, arts and music from the island nation. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday

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Nome’s “Chaos and Couture”

Cancer and chemo sapped a San Diego comic artist’s drive to create, but he’s not giving up · by Susan Myrland

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was the final day of ComicCon. Oliver Nome looked tired, but he was in good spirits. He sat behind his table in Artist’s Alley, the section of the exhibit hall where comic-book artists show and sell their work. Nome was representing himself this year instead of participating with a publisher like DC Comics or Aspen. It was a last-minute decision to attend the Con. He didn’t know if he’d make it.

In May 2012, Nome learned he had a tumor the size of a golf ball in his brain. The news came out of nowhere. He was young, strong and fit, with no family history of cancer. Two weeks later, he underwent surgery to remove it, spending his 34th birthday in the hospital.

The surgery went well. In less than a month, he was back to work. Then came chemo.

His tumor had been a Stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme, the worst brain cancer to have, his doctor told him. Nome faced seven weeks of radiation, five days a week, and up to a year of intravenous chemotherapy treatment twice a month. He had a stroke and a major seizure, leaving him with diminished motor skills. He became too weak to work or leave the house. Michael Alexandropoulos, his art dealer, and a circle of friends started an online campaign to help pay his hospital bills. It raised more than $20,000—but that amount barely covered one day in the ICU. In October, an MRI showed that the tumor had grown back and was bigger.

“My worst was December and January,” Nome says. “By March, I was a wreck. I was in a cave. I made the decision to quit chemo.

I knew it was terminal. Doing this was just buying time.”

He says he told his oncologist, “This is no way to live. I can’t do this anymore.”

That became the turning point. He was referred to a new specialist, Dr. David Piccioni at UCSD. Piccioni had a different perspective and treatment plan. Under his care, Nome’s health stabilized. He regained the will to keep fighting, and he started

Susan Myrland

Oliver Nome (right) sells one of his pieces to Joseph Rubinstein during Comic-Con. making art again.

Nome always knew he wanted to draw comics. He remembers his mother driving him to a comic-book convention in Waco, Texas, more than an hour away from their home, when he was 12 or 13. A few years later, he began showing his own work at conventions. Still, it took more than a decade for him to break into the business.

In 2006, at the relatively old age of 28, he won a national talent search for an internship with comics superstar Jim Lee. That resulted in a move to San Diego and a full-time job with Lee’s company, WildStorm Productions. It lasted until the La Jolla branch closed in 2011 and operations were shifted to Burbank. All of WildStorm’s employees became freelancers, and Nome was left without insurance. For someone his age, in excellent health, it didn’t seem like a problem—until the headaches started.

“I was unable to draw for a long time. I

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Nome’s “Princess Mononoke”

org, which will continue to fundraise until Nome is strong enough to work again. Local bars like The Office and Bourbon Street contributed money and helped sell his art.

Jim Lee donated a 3-by-7-foot illustration that had been drawn on the walls of the WildStorm office.

Nome says it was humbling, yet he had no choice but to learn to accept help. Formerly a fast and efficient artist, adept at blending American comic art with Japanese influences, he’d lost all hand-eye coordination. He couldn’t dress himself, let alone keep up the expected page-per-day output of a professional artist.

“It’s a lot of work to be a comic-book artist if you’re on your A game,” he says. “The deadlines are tough. It truly is one of those careers that you do because you love it.”

Now he’s in limbo, waiting to see if the tumor grows back or if he’s in remission.

He could have another year ahead, even two or three. He understands that the odds are not good—this type of cancer has an extremely high chance of returning. He’s taking it slow, getting out a little more each day, gradually rebuilding his strength and his professional contacts.

After all this, the hardest period of his life, Nome knew he had to get to ComicCon. It would be his seventh, and he didn’t want to sit at home with the convention happening just down the road. He had friends, fans and publishers he wanted to see. He wanted to say hello, and goodbye.

He wanted to draw and sell his work. He wanted to pick up some comic books.

“I scrambled, knew the right people, and got a table,” he says. “I usually take on a lot of commissions, but I didn’t overexert myself.

I didn’t overstress. Just pace, take it easy.

“I let people know that I would be [there],” he adds. “A lot of people showed up, showed a lot of love and bought things, which is always nice.”

He pauses.

“Yeah—just another great Comic-Con.”

couldn’t physically do it because of the side effects of my condition, chemotherapy, everything. And mental blocks. As months went on, laying in bed, more and more mental blocks.”

Nome paints and writes, but drawing is his passion. Alexandropoulos says he’s very diverse, “a five-tool player,” to use a baseball term, with a style ranging from Gothic to abstract. He gets deep fulfillment from completing a picture; he thinks of it as therapy. That comfort eluded him during the dark months of the fall and winter.

“Getting back into it was hard, because I pushed it aside—like having resentment towards a lover,” he says. “Those you love the most, you push them aside. That’s what I did with drawing for awhile.”

Keeping him afloat, emotionally and financially, was what he calls “the best support team possible” of family, friends, fans and colleagues. Alexandropoulos created a nonprofit charity through OnePenny. Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Seen Local Junk mood “OK, this is kind of weird now that I think about it,” says multimedia artist Krissy Fernandez, who works under the name Junk & Po ( junkandpo.etsy.com, junkandpo.com), “but in sixth grade, I remember watching a dead cat decompose on the side of Pizza Hut on my daily bus route to school. Day by day, this cat I frequently saw frolicking around had slowly disappeared back into the Earth. I was mesmerized at the transformation process of creation, from life to death and back to life.”

Um, whoa. OK, then.

While it could come across as morbid, the story has a strange beauty to it, and Fernandez says she knew from that point on that all she wanted to do was “make stuff.” That stuff includes jewelry design, fashion photography and intricately detailed oil paintings of the lowbrow, Juxtapoz variety that she displays at shows by collectives like RAW and Cobra Heart (her next one will be with Arte Fresca in late September).

“In my paintings, I like to explore themes of isolation, disconnection and hypocrisy, all within grander themes of love, religion and society,” says Fernandez, who grew up in the Philippines and Guam before moving to San Diego at 18 after falling in love with the local art scene. “The mood is usually melancholic, eerie and dreamy, and I try to make my color palette reflective of that.”

Looking at the paintings, which, on the surface, seem quite dark, with a fantastical girl caricature in strange situations, it’d be easy to assume that Fernandez is some kind of tortured goth type who listens to Bauhaus on a loop and is obsessed with Salvador Dali. In conversation, however, she’s bubbly, enthusiastic and uses smiley emojis after nearly every text.

Even her art name is a clever play on words for the Japanese version of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

“Rock, Paper, Scissors was the first game I learned from my father,” Fernandez says. “Growing up poor in the Philippines, where power outages for months were common, the game was considered entertainment without needing a single thing other than you and another individual. For me, the game represented making something out of nothing and a reminder that you are never alone.”

Going Public Public art matters. It’s a simple notion that, lately, carries a lot of weight in San Diego. After the Port of San Diego drastically cut its public-art program from $1.2 million to $600,000, with additional cuts to a reserve fund, two major projects-in-progress,

by Margaret Noble and Randy Walker, were cancelled completely. Other approved projects were left at a standstill until further notice.

It’s not surprising, then, that

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local artists, particularly those affected by the cuts, are rallying to raise awareness of the importance of public art with the exhibition Public Art Matters (publicartmatters.wordpress.com, facebook.com/ publicartmatters) at Woodbury School of Architecture (2212 Main St. in Barrio Logan). An opening reception will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8; the show will be on view through Sunday, Aug. 11.

Among those exhibiting mock-ups and models of their cancelled or in-progress projects are Noble, Christopher Puzio, Miki Iwasaki and Roman de Salvo. There will also be drawings, photographs and models of existing public-art pieces. Arts organizations such as Agitprop and Art Produce will have displays explaining their missions and projects.

“The port’s decision was the initial catalyst for the show,” says San Diego Architectural Foundation Executive Director Leslee Schaffer. “But, since, we’ve been talking to so many wonderful artists, not just in the port domain, and since we came up with this name, what we really want to do is talk about why it matters to any region, city or culture.”

Schaffer says that a strong public-arts program can have a huge impact on a city’s cultural, social and economic vitality. While the cut in the port’s art program was bad news, Schaffer’s confident that other public-art endeavors—the San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, the San Diego International Airport Art Program, to name two—are still alive.

She adds that she doesn’t want the exhibition to “force feed” people the value of public art. “Hope—Seth Combs fully,” she says, “the art will speak for itself.”

Ideally, Public Art Matters will “stimulate dialogue and make people think” about how they feel about the state of public art,” she says. “If some projects can find funding from this exhibition, that would be a double win.

“I love the idea of projects finding funding elsewhere,” Schaffer adds. “That would be the best outcome, if some of the projects got funded in other ways and came into fruition.”

—Alex Zaragoza “Star Cluster” by Christopher Puzio is on view at San Diego Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com County Operations Center and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Bewitching hours David Gordon Green casts a ghostly spell deep in the forest

by Glenn Heath Jr. After directing a trio of potent Southern tales (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Undertow) that dissected the darker sides of childhood and romance, David Gordon Green unexpectedly went Hollywood.

His aesthetic about-face was one of the more drastic in film history; Green went from making hypnotic character studies to thoughtless genre hybrids like Pineapple Express and The Sitter. Only his medieval pot fantasy Your Highness contained the guts of his Emile Hirsch (left) and Paul Rudd, rural bonding earlier features, even if it often spilled them all out onto the floor with gory special effects. house and a local truck driver who gives them booze.

Despite Green’s shift to the mainstream, he’s re- It’s in these suspended moments of reflection that mained a director who revisits themes over and over Prince Avalanche reveals itself to be a lovely story of again. His latest film, Prince Avalanche—opening Fri- otherworldly souls moving through the forest in tanday, Aug. 9, at Hillcrest Cinemas—is most definitely a dem, all searching for the solace necessary to move return to early obsessions, bringing the focus back to on. Roving shots of the countryside only add to this camaraderie, trust and loyalty. It’s a shaggy film about sense of shared melancholy and spiritual restlessmale bonding that grows in feeling as it unfolds. ness, casting a beautiful spell in the process.

Alvin (Paul Rudd) and Lance (Emile Hirsch) spend The specter of death hangs heavily over the film. the opening moments of Prince Avalanche in silence, You can feel it in the ashes of broken trees and the imwaking up and drinking their coffee while Green’s age of a turtle crushed on the side of the highway. These camera watches them in wide-angle. They are alone visuals don’t overtly reference the demise of nature, but in the Texas woods for the summer, escaping the hus- they’re keen reminders of mortality. It’s an important tle and bustle of civilization as differentiation that Alvin and highway maintenance workers Lance consider during the course Prince repainting yellow street lines of the movie, ultimately allowing and hammering in signposts. It’s them to share the same ideologiAvalanche 1988, one year after an epic fire cal space despite their difference Directed by David Gordon Green swept through this forest landin age and demeanor.

Starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch scape, scorching 43,000 acres Prince Avalanche gives Rudd Rated R and killing four people. and Hirsch, both talented acAt first, Alvin and Lance feel tors, the necessary platform to as distant from each other as they are from their nor- express vulnerability and uncertainty without glorimal lives. Alvin retreats into the silence of the forest fying their suffering or buffoonery. Amid all the pason his weekend leave while Lance hightails it home sive-aggressive banter and wisecracks, these actors to try and meet women at a nightclub. They’re avoid- create a defined subtext for characters who could ing reality in different ways, and Prince Avalanche have easily come across as simplistic man-children. takes its time in defining the exact boundaries of their As Prince Avalanche fades to black, it’s hard to not characters, often through comedic means. be haunted by its more ghostly qualities. The great What initially seems an acidic buddy comedy final sequence expresses these ideas in a sublime eventually turns melodic in nature. The sounds and way, bringing peaceful levity to a place once ravaged creatures of the forest make an impact on their ex- by trauma and loss. Here, in the quiet solitude, Alvin perience, filling the void of conversation when Al- and Lance realize that living goes beyond breathing vin can’t speak of his crumbling relationship with and eating and arguing. It’s a matter of appreciating Lance’s older sister, or when Lance finally realizes the forest for the trees. the futility of his own contrived sexual ego.

Along the way, the two men come across a lonely Write to glennh@sdcitybeat.com woman cleaning out the remains of her burnt-down and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Power plays

The Canyons

Saturated pictures of decrepit theater lobbies, tattered marquees and deteriorating exhibition halls frame the opening credits of Paul Schrader’s The Canyons. It’s a level of physical erosion that stands in direct contrast to the glossy, high-end locations that litter the rest of this salacious B-grade noir starring Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen as a Hollywood

couple on a reckless path toward betrayal and murder.

The Canyons is often a blunt and flaccid neo-thriller that wants to look and sound like a David Lynch film. But its juxtaposition of lifeless Hollywood scumbags with the rotting spaces puts an interesting spin on the way forms of exhibition (be it public or private) are changing in the age of YouTube, Netflix and

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iPhones. The intimacy once found in the classic theatrical viewing experience is now gone, replaced with something altogether emotionless, open and artificial.

The Canyons—now on videoon-demand with select cable carriers—might be a seedy, B-grade noir on the surface, but it suggests an interesting double betrayal perpetrated between Hollywood and its audience. The actions of the characters in Schrader’s film represent this growing tension.

Not only does Hollywood resent the masses for finding a new form of entertainment in their own selffulfilling fantasies, audiences in turn have abdicated experiencing film-going in the traditional way.

In short, the joy of experiencing film art in a collective setting has turned toxic. All that’s left is perpetual menace, in high definition.

—Glenn Heath Jr.

Opening Elysium: After being diagnosed with a terminal disease, a factory worker (Matt Damon) attempts to infiltrate a manmade space habitat where the world’s wealthy now live in permanent luxury. Directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9).

Europa Report: Midway through a privately funded space mission to Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, an international crew

of astronauts encounter some mysterious phenomena. Screens for one week at the Ken Cinema.

Everest: Two climbers overcome immeasurable odds while scaling the world’s largest mountain. Screens at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

Fecha de Caducidad: When Ramona’s ungrateful grown son goes missing, her desperate search to find answers leads her down a darkly comedic path that splinters into three separate perspectives of the same story. Starring the great Mexican actor Damián Alcázar. Screens through Aug. 15 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Lovelace: Amanda Seyfried stars in this biopic about Linda Lovelace, the legendary porn star who overcame her abusive husband to take control of her life outside the industry.

Nicky’s Family: Just before the Nazis invaded Eastern Europe, Englishman Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of nearly 700 Czech and Slovak children. His dramatic story unfolds in this film from director Matej Minac. Screens through Aug. 14 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: The titular son of Poseidon must embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters in order to stop a rising tide of ancient evil.

by fire. See our review on Page 25.

in North Park.

We’re the Millers: In order to sneak a huge Mexican weed shipment into the U.S., a veteran pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) creates a fake family in hopes of bypassing authorities. Co-starring Jennifer Aniston.

Funny Face: A shop clerk (Audrey Hepburn) becomes an overnight sensation after an impromptu fashion shoot at a bookstore. Presented by Forty Foot Films, it screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, and Tuesday, Aug. 13, and 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

One Time Only Hunger Games: The cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 skewers Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her quest to survive the ultimate battle royale.

Screens at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens in Escondido.

Jaws: There’s no other fitting way to bid adieu to the summer than with Steven Spielberg’s PSA against swimming.

Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

The Source Family: This documentary examines the radical experiment in ’70s utopian living that came to define the counterculture movement. A pre-screening reception begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, outside of the Botanical Building in Balboa Park. The film follows at the Museum of Photographic Arts. Reservations required: mopa.org.

Planes: The kids will probably do flips for this animated Disney film about a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race.

The Blues Brothers: Bust out your dark sunglasses and pump up the volume with Ellwood and Jake Blues. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 8 and 9, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Prince Avalanche: Director David Gordon Green returns to more characterdriven territory with this drama about two men (Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch) working in the Texas highlands doing highway maintenance after the area is devastated

Ashley: A distraught teenage girl resorts to self-inflicted cutting after a failed attempt to connect with her estranged mother, only to find confidence and solace in the arms of an older woman. Screens at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 9, at Digital Gym Cinema

Divorce, Italian Style: Marcello Mastroianni stars as a married baron who concocts a devious plan to get rid of his wife after falling in love with his cousin. Presented by the Little Italy Summer Film Festival, it screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Amici Park’s Outdoor Amphitheater in Little Italy.

Vertigo: Hitchcock’s masterpiece of doppelgangers and obsession. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

The Room: Come experience the best worst movie ever made, on the big screen!

Screens at midnight on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Ken Cinema.

Doctor Doolittle: Eddie Murphy stars, in this remake of the Rex Harrison-starring film from 1967, as the M.D. who realizes he can hear animals speak. Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Dusty Rhodes Park in Ocean Beach.

Lawrence of Arabia: David Lean’s epic of all epics tells the amazing story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole), a flamboyant British military officer whose exploits in Arabia in WWI became legend. Screens at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11, at Arclight La Jolla.

We Have a Pope: Who knew picking a pope could be so funny? Screens at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Hervey Branch Library in Point Loma.

What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat’s Cradle: This concert film follows indie-rock icons The Archers of Loaf as they reunite for two epic performances in 2011. Screens at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at TigerTiger! in North Park.

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival: See the likes of The Allman Brothers Band, Blake Mills, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Keith Richards and more in this concert rockumentary filmed at Madison Square Garden. Screens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at various theaters.

Check fathomevents.com for details.

The Sapphires: In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls become a hit music sensation and learn about the realities of the outside world while on tour entertaining U.S. troops in Vietnam.

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Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Hervey Branch Library in Point Loma.

Ice Age: Meltdown: The ice age is ending and Manny, Sid and Diego must join the massive exodus to higher ground.

Screens at 10 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 13 and 14, at Reading Grossmont and Town Square Cinemas.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Mr. Hand and Jeff Spicoli, one of the great student-teacher tandems ever. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Stone World Bistro and Gardens in Escondido.

Bridesmaids: Never a bride, always a—.

Kristin Wiig is in fine form as a smart woman stumbling her way toward everlasting love. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Now Playing 2 Guns: Plenty of bullets will be spent in this action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington as dueling law-enforcement officers trying to clear their names.

Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen’s latest comedy showcases the amazing Cate Blanchett as an entitled 1-percenter who experiences a harrowing fall from grace.

Computer Chess: Man takes on machine in this singular independent film from director Andrew Buljaski about a chess tournament set in the 1980s. Ends Aug. 8 at the Ken Cinema.

Drift: Sam Worthington (Avatar) stars in this surfing drama about two brothers who challenge the boundaries of the ocean and society in the 1970s.

Global Film Festival: This series of feature films from Mexico, Iraq, China, India and South Africa were selected for their authentic voice, engaging aesthetics and striking cultural perspectives. It runs through 8 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

More than Honey: This documentary

by Markus Imhoof investigates why large numbers of honey bees have been dying off around the world. Ends Aug. 8 at the Ken Cinema.

For a complete listing

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

The chaotic ascent of The Frights

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he Frights are getting lucky. The three fresh-faced San Diego teens have encountered a series of unexpectedly fortunate events during the last eight months: They’ve opened for some of their musical heroes, haven’t had to book any of their own shows and, most impressively, inked a deal with Postmark Records after playing just one show.

A year ago, the three were in high school, playing in what they refer to as “competing bands”—bassist Richard Dotson in The Cricks and singer / guitarist Mikey Carnevale and drummer Adam Lomnitzer in Monomood. The summer after graduation, Carnevale and Lomnitzer started the surf-punk project Black Hootie. But after Carnevale’s and Dotson’s bandmates—in-

Baby-faced surf-punk pranksters ride a wave of fortune

by Lora Mathis

cluding Lomnitzer—went away to college, they were left without creative outlets.

The two had grown closer after Dotson attended the one and only Black Hootie show and, shortly after, formed the surfrock band The Otters.

In October, Lomnitzer drove down from California State University, Channel Islands, in Camarillo, to watch The Otters perform, and after reminiscing with Carnevale about Black Hootie, they resurrected the project and booked a show in December 2012 at SOMA, adding Dotson on bass. The gig was just for fun, but on their way out after the show, they got a signing offer from Postmark, a San Diego label.

The band accepted, changed their name to The Frights and, three months later, relora mathis

From Left: Adam Lomnitzer, Mikey Carnevale and Richard Dotson

leased their first EP, Dead Beach.

To hear them explain it, this lucky streak comes from not worrying too much about the future.

“Good things happen the less we care,” Dotson says. “We don’t care, but we try hard.

Our biggest concern is having a good time.”

“If you have a good time, the audience is going to have a good time,” Lomnitzer agrees.

In May 2013, The Frights—who play The Casbah on Aug. 27 with Amerikan Bear and Shake Before Us—released their second EP, Fur Sure, a sexually charged mess of reverb, thrashing guitars and driving drum beats, via Postmark. In comparison with Dead Beach, Fur Sure’s tracks flow together, with long instrumental passages, such as the catchy intro to “Wow, Ok, Cool” and eerie opener “Welcome to Kitty City,” tying the album together.

While some Black Hootie songs were brought into the new project, like the reverb-heavy “Beach Porn”—which was included on Dead Beach—the majority of The Frights’ songs sound a lot dirtier and more visceral. The raw nature of the band’s sound is reflected in their creative process, as well; three of Fur Sure’s five songs were written and recorded in the span of three hours on one April afternoon.

Carnevale explains that The Frights’ songwriting typically emerges from loose jam sessions. The trio simply plays until something good stands out, and whatever doesn’t is discarded.

“We focus on an easy structure and keep it simple, fun and catchy,” he says.

“If Richard is doing his cute little smile, you know it’s good,” Lomnitzer adds with a laugh.

Carnevale also says he makes up lyrics on the spot: “My best ideas come from winging it.”

Carefree as the band’s attitude might be,

The Frights haven’t taken their opportunities for granted. In March, for only their fourth gig, the band opened for Bad Religion at SOMA. And in June, they played a show with Carnevale’s personal heroes, Los Angeles garage punks FIDLAR, at The Che Café. The trio says those shows were two of the best experiences of their lives.

“We were so stoked for the Bad Religion show,” Lomnitzer says. “But, still, we didn’t practice.”

Not putting in the time to rehearse hasn’t proven to be much of a problem for the band, however. In fact, Carnevale believes that their fiery, unpredictable live shows are what people love the most about their music. “Our live shows are better than our albums,” he says.

“The music we play is fun,” Lomnitzer adds. “Our other bands weren’t.”

Though their shows aren’t soaked in alcohol—each member of the band is younger than 21—they’re full of energy, sweat and shaking bodies, an intense experience that Dotson calls “a total onslaught for 30 minutes.”

“Our live shows are a way to watch us have fun screwing around with each other,” he says.

At the moment, The Frights are toying with the idea of recording their next album live, in hopes that it will capture that energy.

With no specific endgame in mind, save for simply having a good time, The Frights don’t sweat the kind of pressure that comes with being the Next Big Thing. And it’s exactly that laissez-faire, fuck-all, reckless teenage attitude that appears to be propelling them to bigger and better things.

As Lomnitzer puts it, “Each show brings a new opportunity.”

Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only San Diego’s music scene was once called “The next Seattle” by Entertainment Weekly back in the 1990s, after the explosion of grunge in the Emerald City. Yet, despite the hype, mainstream exposure and success never materialized in the way it did for bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. A new documentary in the works about the San Diego scene, titled It’s Gonna Blow: San Diego’s Music Underground 1986-1996, focuses on this golden age of local music and its particular challenges with breaking through to the mainstream.

For the film, director Bill Perrine conducted interviews with numerous artists in the San Diego indierock scene of the late ’80s and early ’90s, including Casbah owner Tim Mays and members of No Knife, The Locust, Antioch Arrow, The Black Heart Procession, Three Mile Pilot, Fishwife and numerous other musicians.

“In the ’90s, we had one of the best music scenes in the country, completely DIY, producing some of the craziest shit imaginable right in the middle of a sleepy and somewhat provincial town,” Perrine tells CityBeat via email. “When the industry started sniffing around and calling us the ‘next Seattle,’ I think it was a pivotal time for this city and one that was handled in extraordinary ways.”

However, Perrine also notes that, despite the talent in the scene at the time, San Diego has always been a difficult place for artists to break.

“Let’s be honest—San Diego isn’t really known for its innovative musical exports,” he says. “We like to claim Tom Waits and Frank Zappa, but they left early, and probably for a good reason. San Diego’s not the friendliest town for artists.”

Perrine says the film—an idea he’s been considering for a long time—been an ongoing project for about a year and will most likely be released in about six months. But Perrine says that it’s an idea he’s been considering for a long time.

“It seemed like a natural film,” he says, “and I’ve been waiting for years for someone to do it.”

To watch a trailer for It’s Gonna Blow and see other footage and photos, visit facebook.com/ sdmusicdoc.

Music review Boy King Master (self-released) Jack White and The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach may be on opposing sides of a custody battle for full ownership of blues rock, but blues doesn’t belong to some dude who was born in the 1970s. It’s the entire foundation upon which rock ’n’ roll music was built. You can’t really call dibs on a tradition that’s centuries old and has essentially

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Rick Bowman

Bill Perrine, director of It’s Gonna Blow been bequeathed to everyone.

You can, however, take those blues roots and turn them into something original and inspiring. Boy King is not a blues-rock band in the loaded sense of the term; it’s hard to imagine them as the house band for a biker rally, for instance. But in their thick, fuzzheavy riffs and soulful melodies, there’s an inescapable bluesy sensibility that informs the sound that the San Diego trio cooks up.

The band’s new album, Master, is more accurately a capital-R Rock album, which carries on the tradition of badass classic-rock acts like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, albeit fed through a punk-rock filter and given a thorough bath in reverb. The songs are stripped-down and bass-free, driven by the beefy, low-end stoner-rock riffs of guitarist Dustin Lothspeich. The level of sheer crunch in pretty much every Boy King song renders a bass player entirely ancillary, if not wholly unnecessary.

Yet it’s singer Megan Liscomb whose instrument—those immaculate, golden pipes of hers— hits with the heaviest impact. Songs this loud need a dynamic singer to properly lead them, and with her soulful, commanding vocal style, Liscomb more than lives up to the task. On a song like “The Fall,” her voice pretty closely resembles that of SleaterKinney frontwoman Corin Tucker, which is fitting, since the band often comes across like a mixture of S-K and Sabbath. And on “Get Ugly,” she shows off a vast range, her restrained moments as impressive as those in which she reaches full intensity.

For Boy King, blues is just the starting point, rather than the destination, but that initial push takes them to some cool stops along the way, whether it’s the laid-back grooves of “My Fire Blues” or the heavy riffs of “11 Minutes.” Blues may not belong to Boy King, but damned if they don’t own it.

—Jeff Terich Write to jefft@sdcitybeat.com Master and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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if i were u

BY Jeff Terich

Wednesday, Aug. 7 PLAN A: Sed Non Satiata, Carrion Spring, Lee Corey Oswald, Moxie Beat @ The Che Café. Screamo is an often-maligned and -misunderstood genre, but the fact of the matter is it has produced some breathtaking music. For instance: France’s Sed Non Satiata, who balance graceful instrumental passages with intense punk rock. Epic. PLAN B: Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Conspiracy Theorists, Sighphur One, Innate & EP, DJ Tramlife @ Soda Bar. Blueprint and Illogic have decades of underground hip-hop cred between them, and together they make a pretty stellar abstract-rap duo.

For a while they were known as Greenhouse Effect, but whatever name changes they’ve undergone, their skills are as solid as ever.

BACKUP PLAN: Soft White Sixties, Flaggs, Adam Bones @ The Void.

For me it was Sebadoh, whose lo-fi masterpiece Bakesale is essential listening for any sucker for tape hiss or emotional sensitivity. PLAN B: Gloomsday, The Paragraphs, Chess Wars @ Soda Bar. A two-person band with a guitarist who spends part of his time in metal band Deep Sea Thunder Beast, Gloomsday play danceable indie rock with a touch of unexpected heaviness. Expect awesomeness. BACKUP PLAN: Parker and the Numberman, Amon, YNGN, Garvinski, Onenighters @ The Griffin.

Sunday, Aug. 11

PLAN A: White Fence, Jessica Pratt, Jonathan Rado @ The Casbah. White Fence have collaborated with Bay Area garage-rocker Ty Segall and write some splendid jangly pop tunes of their own, but I’m even more interested in Jessica Pratt, Thursday, Aug. 8 who plays some tear-jerkingly gorgeous PLAN A: Foals, Drowners indie-folk ballads. PLAN @ House of Blues. Foals B: Dead in the Dirt, Raphave undergone an interturous Grief, ACxDC, esting evolution since first Griever, Crime Desire, debuting as a jittery mathMethxBreath @ The Che rock band. With more Café. Dead in the Dirt space in their songs, and a describe themselves as little growing up, they’ve “vegan straightedge athebecome some of the better ist grindcore,” which has a songwriters in alternative few too many qualifiers in rock. PLAN B: Ritualz, it for my taste. Good thing Prayers, Sunwheel @ their menacing hardcore The Void. Mexico City’s Foals assault totally destroys.

Ritualz’s first album is BACKUP PLAN: Joncalled Ghetto Ass Witch and has a picture of wayne, MNDSGN, Scatterbrain, Kill Lindsay Lohan on the cover. I think I’ll leave Quanti DJs @ Soda Bar. it at that. BACKUP PLAN: The Donkeys, Kiev, Privet @ The Griffin.

Monday, Aug. 12

Friday, Aug. 9 PLAN A: Wreck and Reference, California Bleeding, Ripped Bodies @ Kava Lounge. Synth-heavy doom duo Wreck and Reference are playing two shows in San Diego in August, the first of which is part of Sam Lopez’s ongoing “Stay Strange” events. And with their dark, heavy and ominous tones, Wreck and Ref are a perfect fit. PLAN B: Lost Lands, Territory, Of Feather & Bone, They as in Them, Cascabel, Old Wounds @ The Che Café. I have a Pavlovian response to crust punk—I hear a “d-beat” and start throwing elbows uncontrollably. But I also know good hardcore when I hear it, and Lost Land is definitely good hardcore. BACKUP PLAN: Pinback @ Del Mar Racetrack.

PLAN A: Smith Westerns, Wampire @ The Casbah. Smith Westerns’ latest album, Soft Will, is a little more subdued than their first two, but the quality of their shimmering pop songs hasn’t abated in the slightest.

With songs like the dreamy “3am Spiritual” and new wave-y “Idol,” the Chicago powerpop group is progressing in a very cool way.

Tuesday, Aug. 13

PLAN A: Barbarian, Mister Goodnite, Lost Ships @ The Void. Last month, I reviewed City of Women, the new EP by Barbarian, and I loved it. The group’s dreamy, hazy post-punk sound is a wonderful thing to get lost in, and, as such, I fully endorse attending the group’s EP-release party at The Void. PLAN B: King Tuff, Teenage Burritos, DJ Mikey Face @ Soda Bar. I’ve always thought garage-rock bands would Saturday, Aug. 10 sound a lot better if they went on a T. Rex PLAN A: Sebadoh, Octa#grape, Ditches listening binge. Kyle Thomas, better known @ The Casbah. Everyone has their warm as King Tuff, has all the glam-rock cred one and fuzzy memory of “my first indie band”— should look for in an indie rocker, with riffs for most, it’s Pavement or Modest Mouse. and choruses that do Bolan proud.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! The Tree Ring (The Irenic, 9/7), OneRepublic, Sara Bareilles (Open Air Theatre, 9/14), Olafur Arnalds (The Loft, 10/2), Anberlin, The Maine (SOMA, 10/6), Braids (The Casbah, 10/16), Three Dog Night (BUT, 10/20), Inc. (Porter’s Pub, 10/21), Teen Daze (Soda Bar, 11/4), Graham Nash (BUT, 11/5), Ben Harper (Copley Symphony Hall, 11/16), Chris Isaak (BUT, 11/27), The Devil Wears Prada (SOMA, 11/29).

CANCELLED D’Angelo (Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 8/10), Plain White T’s (BUT, 8/12).

GET YER TICKETS Deafheaven (The Void, 8/22), Rocket From the Crypt (Del Mar Racetrack, 8/30), Neko Case (HOB, 9/11), Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/13), Jason Isbell (The Casbah, 9/17), The Orb (Porter’s Pub, 9/20), Islands (The Casbah, 9/27), Vampire Weekend (Open Air Theatre, 9/30), Shigeto (Casbah, 10/5), Travis (HOB, 10/6), Pet Shop Boys (Copley Symphony Hall, 10/8), Red Fang (Brick by Brick, 10/11), Saves the Day (Irenic, 10/13), HAIM (The Casbah, 10/15), Disclosure (HOB, 10/16), Junip (The Loft, 10/19), Supersuckers (Soda Bar, 10/20), Passion Pit (Open Air Theatre, 10/22), Paramore (Viejas Arena, 10/23), Father John Misty (House of Blues, 11/1), Deerhoof (The Irenic, 11/3), Meat Puppets (The Casbah, 11/7), Kate Nash (Porter’s Pub,

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11/20), English Beat (BUT, 11/22-23), Pearl Jam (Viejas Arena, 11/21), Sinead O’Connor (BUT, 11/26), Margaret Cho (Balboa Theatre, 12/5), Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven (BUT, 12/29).

August Wednesday, Aug. 7 Sed Non Satiata at Che Café. Willie Nelson at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Xavier Rudd at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, Aug. 8 Foals at House of Blues. Los Lonely Boys at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. The Mentors at Brick by Brick.

Friday, Aug. 9 Midnight Red at House of Blues. Lightning Dust at The Casbah. Kenny Loggins at Belly Up Tavern. Brandi Carlile at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Pinback at Del Mar Racetrack. Forever Came Calling at House of Blues.

Saturday, Aug. 10 Kenny Loggins at Belly Up Tavern. Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Chance the Rapper, Vince Staples, The Internet at SOMA. Rebelution & Matisyahu, Zion-I at SDSU Open Air Theatre. Sebadoh at The Casbah. P.O.D., Flyleaf at House of Blues.

Sunday, Aug. 11 Luke Bryan at Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

White Fence, Jessica Pratt at The Casbah. The Monkees at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. The Ultimate Stones at the Grand Del Mar. Mike Stud at Porter’s Pub. Vaud and the Villains at Belly Up.

Monday, Aug. 12 Smith Westerns at The Casbah.

Tuesday, Aug. 13 King Tuff at Soda Bar. Pacific Air at The Griffin. Plain White T’s at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Aug. 14 Jonas Brothers at Viejas Arena. Lyle Lovett at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

Thursday, Aug. 15 Taylor Swift at Valley View Casino Center.

Cold War Kids at House of Blues. Souls of Mischief at Belly Up Tavern. Terry Malts at The Void.

Friday, Aug. 16 Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang at Belly Up Tavern. Steel Pulse at Del Mar Racetrack.

Saturday, Aug. 17 Weezer at Del Mar Racetrack. The Burning of Rome at The Casbah.

Sunday, Aug. 18 Gregory Alan Isakov at Soda Bar. Vienna Teng at the Grand Del Mar.

Wednesday, Aug. 21 Andrew Belle at The Casbah. Steely Dan at Humphreys Concerts By the Bay. The Black Angels at Belly Up Tavern. Artillery at Brick by Brick.

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the hit list Tiki drinks, farewell drinks and cumbia beats I just got back from a lovely, Mai Tai-soaked va- leaving us for a job at another newspaper, he’s cation in Hawaii, and, man, is it hard to come also leaving the crew at the ’foot. Thursday, Aug. back to the office. There are no hammocks at Cit- 8, is his last shift slanging drinks. Stop by and sing duluoz cats yBeat headquarters, and as much LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” as I like working in North Park, to CityBeat’s former Prince Harit’s not quite a tropical paradise ry. We’ll miss you here, bud. boasting views of lush mounDuring my luxurious vacation, I tains and a turquoise ocean. We got to check out a fun luau thrown mainly enjoy a cityscape filled at a small restaurant in Kauai. With with cool graffiti art and pit bulla mouthful of macaroni salad and accompanied gutter punks askroasted pig, I watched Polynesian ing for change. dancers put even the best twerker The islands are still with me, to shame with their skills. I might however, so I might head over to try out a Latin-infused version of the Bali Hai (2230 Shelter Island their amazing traditional dance Drive in Shelter Island) for one moves at Live Wire’s (2103 El Caof its famous Mai Tais. The bar’s jon Blvd. in North Park) Cumbia happy hour goes from 3 to 6 p.m.

Night on Monday, Aug. 12. DJs Monday through Friday. Duck Mr. Henshaw, Unite, El Hijo de out of the office early and sip on la Diabla and V-Rock will lay out a sugary glass of Hawaiian fadethe maraca jams that get all the Give me all the Mai Tais quinceañeras pumping. Swivel erade starting at $5. The price in San Diego, please. those hips while sipping on one of goes up $1 each hour.

CityBeat art director Adam Vieyra isn’t known Live Wire’s notorious, heavy-pour cocktails. for his rad cover illustrations alone. Dude can —Alex Zaragoza pour a good drink, a skill he put to use as a parttime bartender at Bluefoot Bar and Lounge Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com (3404 University Ave. in North Park). As he’s and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Thursday, Aug. 22 Air Sex Championships Tour at Soda Bar. Deafheaven at The Void. Queensryche at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Aug. 23 Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires at Belly Up Tavern. Lemuria at The Void. George Thorogood and Buddy Guy at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. The Polyphonic Spree at House of Blues.

Saturday, Aug. 24 Baroness, Royal Thunder at Casbah.

Toad the Wet Sprocket at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Unwritten Law, Strung Out at House of Blues. Dick Dale at Belly Up Tavern.

Sunday, Aug. 25 Frampton’s Guitar Circus w/ B.B. King at Civic Theatre. Steve Tyrell at the Grand Del Mar. Courtney Love at Belly Up Tavern. Sonny and the Sunsets at The Casbah.

Monday, Aug. 26 Heart, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience at SDSU Open Air Theatre.

Andrew Stockdale at Belly Up Tavern.

Melvins at The Casbah.

Tuesday, Aug. 27 Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Future, T.I. at Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

Wednesday, Aug. 28 Majical Cloudz at The Casbah. K. Flay at The Griffin. Wintersun at House of Blues.

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Thursday, Aug. 29 Joe Satriani at Balboa Theatre.

Friday, Aug. 30 Rocket From the Crypt at Del Mar Racetrack. Agent Orange at The Casbah.

Spin Doctors at Sycan Casino.

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710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: The Routine. Fri: Jimmy Lewis (5 p.m.); Subliminal Trip, DevOcean, The HourGlass Cats (9:30 p.m.). Sat: 80 Proof, Black Salt Tone, The Fixtures. Tue: ‘710 Bass Club’.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Sat: Coast Bop. Sun: Dakota Ringer.

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

Wed: ‘Breezy Bliss’ w/ DJs Pete Prado, Beatfantasia, Volz, Six Mil, JoshthebeaR. Thu: DJs Modus, Ledher 10, Lucky J, Impera. Fri: DJ Junior the DiscoPunk. Sat: ‘Juicy’ w/ Mike Czech.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco.com.

Wed: Tobe Hixx. Thu-Sun: Arj Barker.

Tue: Open mic.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink.com. Wed: DJ Grandmasta Rats.

Fri: Hills Like Elephants, Adventure Galley, DJ P Star. Sat: The Milkcrates DJs. Sun: DJ Joemama.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Sat: Rebecca and Fiona.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Xavier

Rudd, Nahko, Medicine for the People.

Thu: Stick Figure, Passafire, Tatanka. Fri: Kenny Loggins, Blue Sky Riders. Sat: Kenny Loggins, Blue Sky Riders. Sun: Vaud and the Villains. Tue: Plain White T’s, The Wind and the Wave.

Blarney Stone Pub, 5617 Balboa Ave, Clairemont. 858-279-2033. Thu: Men of Leisure. Fri: Random Radio. Sat: The Fooks. Sun: Open mic.

Bluefoot Bar & Lounge, 3404 30th St, North Park. bluefootsd.com. Thu: DJ Iggy.

Fri: DJ Myson King.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Thu: ‘Queen of the Mic’.

Fri: ‘Wired’ w/ Miz Liberty, DJ Kiki. Sat: ‘Sabados en Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, KA. Sun: ‘CityFest Party’ w/ DJs John Joseph, Junior the DiscoPunk, XP. Mon: DJs XP, Junior the DiscoPunk.

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Open mic.

Thu: The Mentors, Pottymouth, D.P.I., Idols Plague, Infected. Fri: Star and Dagger, Purple, Big Toe, The Gore Horsemen.

Sat: Tower XVI, The Gaffer, Africats.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Aro Di Santi. Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joeff and Co. Sat: Malamana.

Sun: Aragon y Royal. Mon: Edel Perea.

Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: One I Red, Radios Silent, The Young Gents. Thu: Okapi Sun, Tiny Telephones, Dr. Seahorse. Fri: Lightning Dust, Louise Burns. Sat: Sebadoh, Octa#grape, Ditches. Sun: White Fence, Jessica Pratt, Jonathan Rado. Mon: Smith Westerns, Wampire. Tue: London’s Falling, BRDGS, Squarecrow, Lands on Fire.

Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Wed: Sed Non Satiata, Carrion Spring, Lee Corey Oswald, Moxie Beat. Thu: Brian Warren, Surf Curse, Palm Reader, Rachel Birke, Man and the Smells. Fri: Lost Lands, Territory, Of Feather and Bone, They As In Them, Cascabel, Old Wounds. Sun: Dead in the Dirt, Rapturous Grief, ACxDC, Griever, Crime Desire, MethxBreath.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces. com. Wed: Fuzzy. Thu: Gilbert Castellanos and the New Latin Jazz Quintet. Fri: Gio Trio 1. Sat: Daniel Jackson (11:30 a.m.); Agua Dulce (8:30 p.m.). Sun: Elliott Lawrence (11:30 a.m.); The Archtones (7:30 p.m.).

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

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Thu: Joshua White Quartet. Fri: Mark Lessman, Rob Schneiderman, Rob Thorsen, Duncan Moore.

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Wed: ‘The Tighten Up’. Thu: ‘Happy Little Trees’ w/ DJs All Good, Kyle Hapgood. Fri: ‘Posse on Broadway’ w/ Armory Massive DJs, Cros One, KidRIZ, Felt1. Sat: Metro Area.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Sat: UNCOMN, Sean Tha Don, Cali King, James and DreCat, Vizion.

F6ix, 526 F St., Downtown, Downtown. f6ixsd.com. Fri: DJ Fingaz. Sat: Dre Sinatra.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Norin and Rad, Maor Levi.

Fri: DJ Que. Sat: Brett Bodley.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Wed: Lady Dottie and The Diamonds. Thu: Revival, I Abide, DJ Reefah, TRC Soundsystem. Fri: Lexington Field, DJ RM. Sat: Legacy Pack, DJ Chelu. Sun: Slappcity.

Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: Andy Clockwise, Chromatoph. Thu: The Donkeys, Kiev, Privet.

Fri: Tyson Motsenbocker, The Darrows, Neon Cough. Sat: Parker and the Numberman, Amon, YNGN, Garvinski, Onenighters. Sun: Michael Palmer, TRC Soundsystem. Tue: Pacific Air, Tiny Telephones.

Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Ave, Downtown. hardrockhotelsd.com. Sun: ‘Sunday School’ w/ Sid Vicious.

Henry’s Pub, 618 Fifth Ave, Downtown. henryspub.com. Wed: Johnny Tarr, DJ Chris London. Thu: Fish and the Seaweeds, Mark Fisher. Fri: ‘Good Times’ w/ Djs Rev, Yodah.

Sat: DJs E, Yodah. Mon: DJs Yodah, Joey Jimenez. Tue: Rockin’ Aces.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Thu: Foals, Drowners. Fri: Forever Came Calling. Sat: P.O.D., Flyleaf, Stars in Stereo, Manafest. Tue: Brad Perry, Nile, Groove Dux, Clay Colton Band, Translation: Radio.

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Fri: Wreck and Reference, California Bleeding, Ripped Bodies.

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: Jeremy Morris, The Pops, True Stories. Thu: Chris Avetta, Marlo Smith, The Coles Whalen Band. Fri: The Gregory Page Show. Sat: Trevor Davis. Sun: Kelsey Harmon, The Tropic of Entropy. Mon: Open mic.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: JG Duo. Thu: Big City Shaman. Fri: Elevators. Sat: Geno and Lone Gunmen. Sun: Velvet Cafe (2:30 p.m.); 4-Way Street (6:30 p.m.).

Mon: Jason. Tue: Steve Brewer.

Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: ‘Oi! Oi!’ w/ King Dutty, Erny Earthquake. Thu: ‘For Your Pleasure’ w/ Ikah Love, Adam Salter, Kanye Asada.

Fri: ‘After Hours’ w/ Saul Q, Kid Wonder.

Sat: ‘Strictly Business’ w/ DJs Kanye Asada, Gabe Vega. Sun: ‘Uptown Top Ranking’. Mon: ‘Dub Dynamite’.

Onyx Room / Thin, 852 Fifth Ave, Downtown. onyxroom.com. Fri: ‘Rumba Lounge’ w/ DJs Martin Kache, Seize, La Mafia, Muzik Junkies. Sat: DJ Rags. Tue: ‘Neo Soul’.

Patricks II, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: Gino and the Lone Gunmen. Fri: Mystique Element of Soul. Sat: Dennis Jones. Sun: TnT. Tue: WG and the G Men. Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Sat: LuckyIAM, DJ Nykon, Z Man, Zyme, Cisum Tomorrow, Wes Nyle, Big Green.

Sun: Mike Stud.

Quality Social , 789 Sixth Ave, Downtown. qualitysocial.com. Thu: ‘Peaches and Cream’ w/ DJ Saul Q. Fri: DJ Schoeny. Sat: DJ Method.

Rich’s , 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: DJ John Joseph. Thu: ‘Repent’. Fri: DJ dirty KURTY. Sat: ‘CityFest Kick Off Party’ w/ DJs dirty KURTY, Nikno, Will Z, John Joseph. Sun: ‘CityFest After Party’ w/ DJs Hektik, Kiki.

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

Wed: Kice Simko. Thu: Scotty and the Dogs. Fri: Sure Fire Soul Ensemble. Sat: High Rolling Loners.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Fri: John Reynolds Band. Sat: Stevie and the Hi-Staxx.

Shakedown Bar, 3048 Midway Drive, Point Loma. theshakedownsd.com. Thu: Trashkannon, Sonidero Travesura, Records With Roger. Fri: Debonaires, The Revivers. Sat: The Night Owl Massacre, Focke-Wolves, Hobo Torch.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Greenhouse,

Conspiracy Theorists, Sighphur One, Innate and EP, DJ Tramlife. Thu: Palmbomen (DJ set), Young Hunting, Swim Team. Fri: Mother Falcon, Kelsea Little. Sat: Gloomsday, The Paragraphs, Chess Wars. Sun: Jonwayne, MNDSGN, Scatterbrain, Eksel, Andre Elias. Tue: King Tuff, Teenage Burritos, DJ Mikey Face.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Fri: Secrets, Speaking The King’s, The I In Sel,f Milestone, Felonies. Sat: Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Chance the Rapper, Vince Staples, The Internet.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Fri: DJs Dale Da Dread, Circle K. Stage Bar & Grill, 762 Fifth Ave, Downtown. stagesaloon.com. Wed: Mark Fisher and Gaslamp Guitars. Thu: Van Roth.

Fri: Joshua Napier (7 p.m.); Open Arms (8 p.m.); Disco Pimps (10:30 p.m.). Sat: Fingerbang (9 p.m.); DJ Miss Dust (10:30 p.m.). Sun: ‘Funhouse/Seismic’.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. rubyroomsd.com. Sat: Keyhole Cabaret presents ‘Under the Influence’ w/ The Jigglewatts.

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park. thevoidsd.com. Wed: Soft White Sixties, Flaggs, Adam Bones. Thu: Ritualz, Prayers, Sunwheel. Fri: Jake Orvis and His Broken Band, Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss, Pushin Rope. Sat: Tex Railer’s Doomtown. Sun: Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo, The Bombpops. Tue: Barbarian, Mister Goodnite, Lost Ships.

Tiki House, 1152 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. tikipb.com. Wed: A Silipigno. Sun: Open mic. Tue: Sweet Dreams.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Wed: A Brief History of Rhyme, DJ Heather Hardcore. Fri: MC Chris, Dr. Awkward, Jesse Dangerously, Tribe One. Sat: Hornss, Phantom Ratio.

Tin Can Ale House, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill. thetincan1.wordpress.com. Wed: John and the Time Traveling Bicycle, The Grownup Noise, Goldenboy. Thu: Comet Calendar, Satellite Run, Voice Actor. Fri: The Secret Samurai, The Aqualads, The Mystery Men. Sat: Grampadrew, The Senators, Shawn Rohlf and the Buskers. Mon: Justin Rodriguez.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Wed: Mud Bugs. Thu: Chet and the Committee. Fri: Blues Yer Mama. Sat: Detroit Underground.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Thu: Ewig Frost, Iron Fist, Speedboozer, Outlaw Bastards.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress. Wed: Tomcat Courtney (6 p.m.). Thu: Sene Africa (8 p.m.); Pan Am (7 p.m.). Fri: Tomcat Courtney (5 p.m.); Afro Jazziacs (9 p.m.).

Sat: Tomcat Courtney. Sun: Sounds Like Four (4 p.m.); Royal Heart (8 p.m.). Mon: Stefanie Schmitz (7 p.m.). Tue: Afro Jazziacs (7 p.m.).

U-31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Wed: Vivant.

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd.com. Fri: Audrey Napoleon. Sat: Late Night Alumni.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Wed: NBT Goes to Hollywood. Fri: Nicky Venus, Bulletproof Tiger. Sat: ‘Booty Bassment’ w/ DJs Dimitri, Rob. Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Fayuca, DJ Carlos Culture. Thu: JGB Band w/ Melvin Seals.

Fri: JGB Band w/ Melvin Seals. Sat: Omega Squad, G.U.M., Brute Squad, Bomb Shelter. Mon: Electric Waste Band.

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Ink Well Xwords by Ben Tausig

Across 1. Single for Prince in 1991 and Wu-Tang Clan in 1994 6. “Melancholia” director von Trier 10. Help pick a pol 14. Patty and Selma, e.g.

15. Cookie with a disgusting-sounding, limited-time watermelon flavor 16. Ellie Kemper’s character on “The Office” 17. Single for the Rolling Stones in 1971 and D’Angelo in 1995 19. 500 word Facebook post, say 20. Old Testament bk.

21. Daily reading on the Metro 23. Neoclassical predecessor 26. Single for Kanye West in 2007 and Kelly Clarkson in 2011 27. How many modern sports events are broadcast, briefly 28. Platform for waiting 30. Tells Angels to go to hell, say?

31. ___ Cobb Freed & Partners (architectural firm) 32. Kid’s punishment 33. Faux ___ 34. Single for Julie London in 1955 and Justin Timberlake in 2002 38. Light receiver 39. Flirting proclivity 40. Shrimp, at sushi restaurants 43. Kirk’s partner in the first televised interracial kiss 46. Bridal cover 47. Desirable Southeast Asian furniture wood 48. Single for Black Sabbath in 1970 and Kanye West in 2009 50. She had a tryst with Tristan 52. Qur’anic experts

Last week’s answers

53. Prefix with “mom” 54. Writes off, as costs 55. Single for Badfinger in 1970 and Van Halen in 1998 60. You, in the Bible 61. Non-procreational sinner in the Bible 62. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over the ___” 63. Outbreak of 2002-03 64. “And awaayyy ___!”

65. Single for Frank Sinatra in 1969 and Usher in 1998

Down 1. One may be flagged or hailed 2. Marxist Karel Capek play 3. Prolific musician/producer Brian 4. Margaret of sci-fi and other genres 5. Al Sharpton’s employer 6. Up to eleven, say?

7. Whence J.L. Borges 8. Lots of houses 9. More inflamed 10. Like many characters in “Romeo and Juliet” 11. Fake-tanned 12. You might find a match for it 13. Types in 18. Portuguese-speaking island 22. Death Valley desert 23. ___ tide 24. Single for Metallica in 1989 and U2 in 1992 25. Heroin ___ 26. Tore a new one, in an argument 29. Google Maps suggestion: Abbr.

32. A-Rod, notably 33. Preakness course 35. Ups the ante 36. Former Miss World from India, Aishwarya ___ 37. Film segment, once upon a time 41. Song performed by U2 at Live Aid in 1985, and a single for Michael Jackson in 1987 42. Kyle’s little brother on “South Park” 43. Takes down, as a favorite 44. “Oh, that’s rich” 45. Leaking tube?

46. Drops for high people?

47. Like a wolf’s snarling mouth 49. Steve Jobs’ last words 51. ___ und Drang 53. “This is bad ...”

56. Leave one’s mark on?

57. “Goddamned corner of this goddamned table ...”

58. ___ mission (single-minded) 59. Maneuver after looking around for cops

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