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Who cares about jail inmates dying?

Hey! Is anyone out there? Is this thing on? Does anyone care?

Since we launched our coverage last year of the high death rate in San Diego County jails, we’ve won some awards, and when we bring it up in conversation, we hear some nice plaudits. Those who’ve followed it understand that Dave Maass and Kelly Davis are doing very important work.

But no one who can do anything about the problem—the sheriff, whose department oversees the jails, and the county Board of Supervisors—seems to give a damn. Either that or they’re embarrassed and don’t want to draw attention to their own culpability. They’re not talking about it. As for the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB), whose task it is to investigate non-natural deaths in jails, our reporting has raised questions about its ability to do its job effectively—and even its commitment to doing its job.

That’s why we were gratified last week when we learned that CLERB had pointedly criticized the Sheriff’s Department’s negligent treatment of detainee Bernard Victorianne and its handling of his case after he died in custody in 2012.

Maybe CLERB was motivated by our coverage; all that matters is that it did its job in this instance.

We detail CLERB’s findings on Page 7 in this issue. In a nutshell, jail staff knew that Victorianne had swallowed a baggie of meth before he was booked, but after an initial visit to the hospital and despite his obvious distress and indications of gradual overdose, they put him in solitary confinement instead of sending him to a medical-observation unit. Then they failed to follow their own policy, failing to check on Victorianne’s well-being even when he was observed lying face-down and naked, and essentially left him to die from meth poisoning. What’s more, CLERB reports that the inquiry into Victorianne’s death was far less than thorough and that one of the deputies even lied when asked about his role.

The job of answering our questions has fallen to Sheriff’s Commander John Ingrassia, who, as you’ll see in our story, says that Victorianne’s death has spurred some changes in policy. That’s nice. But you know whom we’d really like to hear from? Sheriff Bill Gore himself. Does he think there’s a problem?

He should, because at least in Victorianne’s case,

CLERB has confirmed our earlier reporting. Gore’s spokesperson, Jan Caldwell, seems to think we’re overstating the scope of the problem, so we assume that’s Gore’s position, as well. So, he should sit down with us and hash it out.

And how about the county Board of Supervisors?

They don’t hire the sheriff, but they oversee his budget and are the people’s representatives when it comes to all county-government functions. They also don’t seem to care. They should—if not for reasons of basic human decency and morality, then because the high rate of preventable deaths in local jails is costing more and more money amid an increasing number of lawsuits. If the pressure—whether it’s financial, political or regulatory in nature—continues to mount, they’ll eventually start caring.

And how about the district attorney? What a silly question. Bonnie Dumanis would never willingly probe another lawenforcement agency.

Our initial investigative series reported that between 2007 and 2012, 60 detainees had died in local jails. The highest single-year total in that period was 12 in 2009. So far in 2014, 11 detainees have died.

The mortality rate is high compared with both state and national figures.

But it’s not just the death rate that’s the problem. We’ve found that the Sheriff’s Department has failed to provide accurate information about Bill Gore deaths to several oversight agencies and withheld information from the families of the deceased.

The apathy surrounding this issue saddens us.

We presume that people don’t care what happens behind bars because, hey, these people are lowlife criminals, right? They deserve whatever happens.

Well, many detainees are waiting for their day in court, not yet convicted. Most of the people who’ve died in custody locally were awaiting trial.

And even if they were already convicted and serving sentences, they weren’t sentenced to death. The law requires jailers to protect inmates from harm and to provide medical care. The Sheriff’s Department failed Bernard Victorianne—and many others, we believe—and taxpayers will pay dearly for it.

We’ll continue to cover this appalling story; we hope that, one day, you’ll care.

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

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Good that Fulton’s gone San Diego Planning Director Bill Fulton’s move to Texas [“Editorial,” Aug. 6] was probably a good idea. Fulton was just not a good fit here.

He didn’t get clear that the communities, especially the low- and moderate-income communities, decide density in San Diego. He, instead, came in with density concepts that were anathema to us.

Even the U-T carried a list of his failures to be clear on the concept that communities decide density.

Fulton also didn’t seem to grasp the sweep of current history in San Diego. After the ugly Jerry Sanders years, with their nasty attitude toward communities, delays in community-plan updates and his meddling in facilities-finance planning, we had hoped Fulton might ask what he could do to help repair the situation. He didn’t.

After so many years of a General Plan with a failed village strategy, not one square centimeter of which has ever been implemented, we had hoped that Fulton, a man with an advance reputation, might see the value of redefining San Diego’s future, its plans and planning away from a failed strategy toward a better, more manageable strategy. That better strategy is, in fact, emerging now as we move from the Sanders attitude toward Barrio Logan to a more communitarian attitude expressed in the preservation of Ocean Beach. Making lifestyle and community more important than profit is an excellent strategy. Fulton could have been its parent.

Whittier was right: Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.”

We hope Fulton will understand Houston quickly and will seek out, talk to and pay attention to the folks who live there, most especially low- and mod-

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erate-income families.

Jim Varnadore, City Heights

The fire for Faulconer’s feet!

Thank you for your Aug. 13 editorial about Kevin Faulconer, or should I say Jerry Sanders Part 2?

Both peas in a pod.

How to help the poor and poorer of San Diego?

A cost-of-living raise would help. If the cost of a hamburger goes up a few cents, I would be happy to pay that if I knew the employees, maids, dishwashers, drivers, cooks, fish cleaners, toilers of any kind who keep us comfortable could get a decent wage.

In the middle of Virginia, one can buy a three-bedroom house for under $100,000 with land, or you could make that Idaho, Nebraska or Kansas. Here it is impossible. What is five sick days? In essence, you have the working poor working sick, serving you that meal or making your bed in a hotel.

I must tell you the picture you put in the middle of the editorial makes Faulconer look like he is smirking. Was that on purpose? He and his buddies will vote down any cost to keep their gazillians. Very discouraged with “America’s Finest City,” where people rummage through my garbage looking for bottles and cardboard to sell and my own children can’t find a place that they can afford in the city to rent, thus living in National City in a graffiti-ridden barrio. Keep Faulconer’s feet to the fire!

Dianne Obeso, University Heights

Joshua Emerson Smith

Monique Lopez led a transit-first rally outside SANDAG headquarters last Friday.

The fight over fighting traffic Advocates push for transit-first policy, officials promise to study it

by Joshua Emerson Smith In an ongoing struggle over a multibillion-dollar transportation-spending plan for the region, leaders from more than a dozen social-justice organizations gathered Downtown last Friday to demand that government officials prioritize public transit over cars. Organizers, including those with the Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego Housing Federation and Cleveland National Forest Foundation, rallied on the street before packing a meeting of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Transportation Committee.

“What we’d like to see is for SANDAG to put transit, biking and walking projects first before anymore freeway expansion,” Monique Lopez, a policy advocate with Environmental Health Coalition, told supporters. “We’re saying, ‘What if we moved those projects to the front? What would that look like for the region?’”

Facing mounting pressure, SANDAG officials at Friday’s meeting signaled a willingness to explore activists’ demands. After significant public testimony, they said they planned to complete by February a study of what it would take to make public transit projects, such as increased rail and bus routes, the first to be completed under SANDAG’s long-range regional transportation plan.

“That will be somewhere in the new year when that data will come back, and we can have a discussion about: Do we agree with that? Do we disagree? And how can we weave that in?” San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria, who chairs the SANDAG Transportation Committee, said at the meeting.

In order to justify increased public transit, ridership needs to match investment to ensure affordability, Gloria added. “I don’t want to create a system where the fares are so high that it’s nice that it’s there, but you can’t even

In response to environmental concerns, Alessio added, “We can’t just disregard the automobile. We may be driving cars that don’t pollute anything in the next 20 years, and we’re going to need roads for those things to drive on.”

While regional transportation-spending plans are routine, SANDAG’s plan is the first to be completed since California enacted SB 375, a 2008 law that requires such plans to lay out strategies for reducing greenhousegas emissions.

The Cleveland National Forest Foundation, joined by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and state Attorney General Kamala Harris, sued in 2011, arguing that SANDAG’s plan not only failed to lay out a strategy for meeting state targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, but also that the plan would actually lead to increased emissions over time.

In December 2012, a San Diego Superior Court judge sided with the environmentalists, finding SANDAG did not include an adequate analysis past 2020 for meeting state guidelines.

“SANDAG’s response has been to kick the can down the road and defer to local jurisdictions,” wrote Judge Timothy Taylor. “This perverts the regional planning function of SANDAG, ignores the purse string control SANDAG has over TransNet funds, and more importantly conflicts with [government] code….”

SANDAG appealed the decision, and an appellate-court ruling is expected in roughly two months. If environmentalists prevail, SANDAG could be forced to make dramatic changes to its transportation plan.

However, that hasn’t stopped local officials from moving forward with efforts to expand the region’s highway system. Despite being the subject of a separate lawsuit by the Cleveland National Forest Foundation, a four-lane expansion of Interstate 5 was approved in August by the California Coastal Commission, and Caltrans is expected to start construction next year.

While the $6.5-billion project includes rail and bicycle improvements along 27 miles of coast between La Jolla and Oceanside, the overall result will likely increase pollution and accelerate global warming, Shu said.

“Remember, greenhouse-gas emissions are cumulative,” he said. “Every day we delay, the more problems we’re going to have later.”

Shu and the Cleveland National Forest Foundation have demanded that SANDAG, during its next board meeting, on Friday, Sept. 12, move all TransNet dollars available for public transit away from freeway expansion. That would mean amending the plan update to reallocate about a third of the funding, or roughly $8 billion. That would require a two-thirds majority vote by the full board.

However, Shu and others aren’t waiting for the board to have a sudden change of heart.

“This plan’s not much different from what was proposed in 2011, but people are mobilizing, and that’s the first step toward political change,” Lopez said.

In the last two months, the Environmental Health Coalition has partnered with neighborhood organizations such as City Heights Community Development Corporation to hold workshops educating residents on SANDAG’s transportation plan. At the nearly dozen meetings held so far, attendance has “exceeded our expectations,” Lopez said.

“Forty to 50 people show up at any given meeting, which is huge for a community meeting on a weekday.”

At the same time, activists have vowed to come out in force at the Sept. 12 SANDAG meeting, during which the board will vote on whether to send the updated plan into the environmental-review process. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. at 401 B St. on the seventh floor.

“I see the momentum and the change all around me in the neighborhoods,” Lopez said. “Freeways can wait, but people can’t.”

afford to ride it.”

However, transit advocates, including an environmental group waging a formidable legal battle against SANDAG, were far from satisfied. In order to meet state environmental requirements, money currently allotted for freeway expansion must be reallocated toward public transit, said Jack Shu, president of the Cleveland National Forest Foundation’s Board of Directors.

“The rhetoric we’re hearing, we heard four years ago on that transportation plan, and we sued them on that,” he said. “They’re trying to buy another four years.”

This isn’t only about additional bus lanes, Lopez said.

“No freeway expansion is acceptable. It takes away resources from the transit and walking systems, and it creates a disincentive for people to move to public transit.”

While pledging to study a transit-first approach, officials haven’t shown any appetite for funding rail and bus lines at the expense of freeway projects.

“The reality is that if you want more transit, you’re going to have to pay for it,” SANDAG Executive Director Gary Gallegos said at the meeting. “It’s going to be beyond the revenue sources that you have right now.”

SANDAG’s roughly $200-billion transportation-spending plan was completed in 2011 and is now being updated, a process that’s required every four years. The plan allows the region to access during the next four decades more than $100 billion in state and federal money while also pulling from local funding sources, including roughly $26.5 billion from the half-cent sales tax known as TransNet. Unanimously accepted by the SANDAG Transportation Committee, the updated plan calls for multiple highway expansions and upgrades, including on Interstates 5 and 15, as well as State Route 78.

“Remember, not everything’s a small city where there’s a lot of transportation where you can just hop on the bus,” said La Mesa Vice Mayor Kristine Alessio, who represents East County on SANDAG’s board. “You’ve got San Diego proper, and then you’ve got the outlying areas, La Mesa being one of Write to joshuas@sdcitybeat.com them, where you have to maintain roads, as well.” and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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CLERB blasts Sheriff’s Dept.

Review board cites policy violations, shoddy investigation in death of 28-year-old

by Kelly Davis and Dave Maass A law-enforcement oversight board has found that San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies lied and omitted information in the investigation of the death of a 28-yearold African-American man who’d swallowed a baggie of meth before being booked into custody.

In a series of eight findings, the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) lays out how deputies’ and medical staff’s negligence and failure to follow policies resulted in Bernard Victorianne’s death on Sept. 19, 2012.

According to CLERB, jail staff knew that Victorianne had swallowed the drugs; his jail medical records, excerpted in the report, document a man in distress, screaming and telling staff that his insides were “on fire.” Despite obvious signs of overdose, CLERB says Victorianne’s condition was left “largely untreated.” Rather than being placed in the jail’s medical-observation unit—where he would’ve been closely monitored—Victori-

anne was sent to solitary confinement, where officers twice failed to properly check on his well-being, even when he was found face-down and naked on the floor.

The strange circumstances behind Victorianne’s death led off “60 Dead Inmates,” CityBeat’s investigative series on the high rate of deaths in San Diego County jails, and, in many ways, was the impetus for the overall project.

According to a Medical Examiner’s report that CityBeat obtained in 2012, Victorianne was on probation for drug violations when he was arrested on Sept. 12 in City Heights for driving under the influence. Observed swallowing a baggie of drugs during the arrest, he was first taken to Alvarado Hospital but was released and booked into San Diego’s Central Jail the following afternoon. The Medical Examiner’s report says Victorianne was scheduled for another hospital visit, but the Sheriff’s Department was unable to say

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whether they’d taken him to it.

CLERB’s report confirms that medical staff were aware that Victorianne had swallowed the baggie of drugs, which should have triggered immediate medical attention and, at the least, close observation. But instead, he was first placed with the jail’s general population and then moved to administrative segregation due to behavior described as “bizarre.”

He was also prescribed Haldol, a powerful antipsychotic.

During the course of a week, Victorianne increasingly showed signs of a possible methamphetamine overdose. According to CLERB: “On three separate occasions, medical staff noted that the decedent appeared to be ‘responding to internal stimuli,’” culminating in Victorianne “screaming during an examination, telling staff that he was ‘on fire’; that ‘something was burning his insides.’”

Victorianne’s symptoms of drug toxicity “were clearly evident,” CLERB’s report says, “but went largely untreated by medical staff.”

The night before his death, during what’s referred to as a “hard count”—when deputies are required to scan each inmate’s

wristband—Victorianne’s cell was skipped. A deputy told CLERB that he checked on Victorianne, though when CLERB investigators reviewed surveillance video, it showed the deputy walking by the cell at a pace “insufficient to verify Victorianne’s information and well-being.”

On the morning of his death, when Victorianne didn’t retrieve breakfast from the flap in his cell door, two deputies entered the cell. Victorianne was naked and face down on the floor, the Medical Examiner’s report says. Policy requires that deputies receive verbal or physical acknowledgement from an inmate who might be in medical distress, but Victorianne provided neither. One of the deputies told CLERB that Victorianne “appeared” to be breathing. Surveillance video shows the officers entering the cell and exiting 41 seconds later, never alerting medical staff.

By the time of the next check, three hours later, after a shift change, Victorianne was found dead in his cell, “cold to the touch,” according to CLERB. Rigor mortis had already set in. During the autopsy, a small plastic baggie, knotted on one end and broken open on the other, was found in Victorianne’s stomach. The Medical Examiner listed the cause of death as methamphetamine toxicity.

Before CityBeat published its initial story in March 2013, we asked the Sheriff’s Department about Victorianne’s death, based on what we’d read in the autopsy report. The department declined to address the case specifically but did claim that the jail system provides “excellent medical screening and care” and conducts thorough reviews of inmate deaths.

In addition to the lapse in medical attention, CLERB also found problems with how the Sheriff’s homicide unit handled Victorianne’s death. The deputy heading the investigation failed to interview or get reports from the last two deputies to see Victorianne alive, a violation of policy. The deputy had been told by her supervisor not to expect reports from the two officers and, according to CLERB, the deputy didn’t push back, “but instead acquiesced without resistance or minimal discussion.”

CLERB also found that the deputy who didn’t check on Victorianne the evening before his death “failed to truthfully answer” questions in the investigation.

In a written response to questions from CityBeat, Sheriff’s Commander John Ingrassia emphasized that the department “is constantly reviewing policy and procedure” and that changes to

Bernard Victorianne the inmate-count procedure— additional counts and clarity on what’s expected to happen during those counts—were made as a result of Victorianne’s death.

As for why Victorianne was placed in a segregated cell and not in the medical-observation unit, Ingrassia said the decision was made by medical staff, and he wasn’t at liberty to discuss the reasons for the placement, but he said that medical staff is now “taking a more liberal approach” in deciding who’s placed in the medical unit.

Victorianne’s family, unaware of staff misconduct until contacted by CityBeat, have obtained legal counsel from Julia Yoo and Stan Morris, two attorneys who represented the family of Tommy Tucker, an inmate who was killed by deputies during an altercation in 2009. Last year, Tucker’s family agreed to a $225,000 settlement with the county.

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, policy director for the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, describes CLERB’s findings as “disturbing.”

“These in-custody deaths are tragic and senseless,” she says.

“The Sheriff’s Department has a duty to provide a basic standard of care. Deputies and medical staff need to be prepared to address life-threatening situations to avoid future preventable deaths.”

Dooley-Sammuli’s been monitoring the county’s response to prison realignment—diverting lowlevel offenders to jails to reduce prison overcrowding—and says that the county has more responsibility for care than ever before.

“It is in the interest of the county [Board of Supervisors] to really be paying to attention to how our criminal-justice system and agencies adapt and prepare to handle a very different population, a much more medically needy population,” she says. “That could very well include different kinds of policies and procedures within jails to make sure vulnerable populations are kept safe while in custody.”

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

edwin

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decker Waiter Math and the demise of mandatory tipping An Aug. 28 U-T San Diego story reports that the of gratuities in the U.S. are unreported, so I find it California Board of Equalization is updating the tax hard to buy this “Woe is us” story about being uncode to ensure that sales taxes will be collected on fairly taxed. “mandatory tips.”

Here’s another example of Waiter Math, also For those who don’t know, mandatory tips are known as Woe is Me Math, from thebitchywaiter. those automatic surcharges added to the check for com: “Say a 10-top has a bill of $200 and you have to large groups—usually six or more people—in restip out 4% to [the busboys, food runners and other taurants and bars. The policy became common in support staff ]. That means that you owe $8 before the 1990s and was created to ensure that servers a tip has even been calculated…. If the customer wouldn’t get stiffed after working long and hard on [stiffs] you will still owe $8 to the staff, meaning you large tables. just paid money to wait on someone.”

After changes to the state tax code go into efGold digga, please! A server doesn’t owe tip-outs fect next Jan. 1, employers will have to pay taxes on on tips he wasn’t given. Servers are required to tip those tips because they will be considered a “serthe support staff a certain percentage of their acvice charge,” and I just don’t see owners continuing tual, tangible, deposit-in-the-bankable, real tips. this practice. Lord knows I hope they don’t.

In every establishment I’ve ever worked—and I’ve Now, I know, as a former bartender who has a worked in about 10,000—the servers added up their ton of bartender friends and family, I’m going to earnings at the end of their shift and tipped out accatch some grief for saying this, but I can’t stand cording to the staff’s due percentage of those tips— mandatory tipping. By their nature, gratuities are not a percentage of some imaginary bounty they voluntary, and the whole concept of “mandatory,” never made. from a bartender’s perspective, makes us look enYes, yes, I know what you’re thinking. You’re titled—as if we are owed a gratuity regardless of thinking, Well, Ed, you don’t bartend anymore. It’s our performance. From a customer’s perspective, easy for you to take this position. whenever I see this on my bill, Wrong. all I can think is, Frig off, gold I held this opinion even digger. I tip what I want, when when I was bartending full“How can they I want. time. I remember my first enOf course, my table-server counter with an autograt. It get away with this?” counterparts mostly disagree. was in a little tapas house in I ranted to my equally They think the demise of manManhattan (which is, reportirritated companions. datory tips, also known as auedly, the city where mandatograts, will hurt their income. tory tipping was born). I was “Tips are based on merit!”

But it won’t. I was a server beaghast. “How can they get fore autograts were invented, away with this?” I ranted to and I served long after. I can my equally irritated compantell you that nothing really changed. Not in the ions. “Tips are based on merit!” big picture. No, the reason so many servers believe A year later, when mandatory tipping reared its their income will suffer is because they tend to emugly head at the restaurant and bar where I was ploy a flawed system of logic I call Waiter Math. working at the time, I was embarrassed. And I vivFor instance, most service-industry types will tell idly recall some of the servers bragging about how you that one of the reasons autograts are needed is they were raking in double tips—which occurred when a table of unknowing customers would tip because if they get stiffed, they still have to pay taxon top of the automatic tip. The whole thing just es on tips they didn’t receive. But this is not entirely seemed tacky, and I wanted no part of it. true. For one, if the customer pays with cash, servAnd, yes, it’s true, there will be the occasional ers are required to report only what they’re actually eight-top that stiffs. But it doesn’t happen very oftipped, not what they should have been tipped. Now, ten. And for every time it does happen, there’s anif the customer pays with a credit card, it’s true that other table that over-tips the all-crap out of you. an automatic percentage of the bill is taxed. So, yes, The point is, don’t be one of those servers who if they get stiffed on a $100 credit-card tab, they still go through an entire shift worrying about how have to pay taxes on a tip they never got. much Table X and Table Y did or didn’t tip. Just do But here’s what they forget: The auto-tax on your job, do it well and look at your tips in the big credit cards is 8 percent (less than half of the avpicture—how much did you make that night, week erage tip of 20 percent). And the reason it’s only 8 or month even? percent is that it accounts for those tables that stiff Because if you’re gnashing your teeth over the or under-tip—quite liberally actually. If you add up tip on each ticket, trust me, you will become an awany given server’s credit-card sales on any given ful, rotten, bitter server—and then see how often night, the tips they earned—even with the stiffs— you get stiffed. will almost always double (sometimes triple or quadruple) 8 percent. And let’s be honest, not many Write to edwin@sdcitybeat.com servers out there are reporting all their cash tips, eiand editor@sdcitybeat.com. ther. The IRS estimates that more than 60 percent

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by michael a. gardiner Michael A. Gardiner

Diego is at Gala Chicken inside Zion Market in Kearny Mesa (7655 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., zionmarket.com).

The hallmark of Korean fried chicken is on display in the Gala Crispy offering: a thin and very crunchy—almost crackly—clean, non-greasy skin. Inside, the chicken is moist and intensely savory. With no sauce and a look that vaguely resembles a cross between the Colonel’s “original” and “extra crispy” options, Gala Crispy seems familiar. But Gala doesn’t serve fast food. The chicken is dropped to order and, consequently, there’s a 15-minGala’s Spicy Chicken ute (more like 20) wait for your food. It is worth it.

The cooking differs from the Southern version in two important ways. First, it’s double fried, with the chicken removed from the deep fryer (and vigorously shaken) part way through the process. This allows it to cool slightly and the oil in the fryer to heat back up, thus helping Not your father’s KFC crisp the skin when the chicken goes back in.

The other major difference is the batter. For one Google “the decline of America” and you’ll get thing, unlike with American-style fried chicken, roughly 61.8 million results in 33 seconds. There’s the batter isn’t seasoned before cooking; it’s seaGeorge Will bloviating about how LBJ’s Great Sosoned after. And it includes both cornstarch and ciety was the beginning of the end. There’s hand baking powder to yield a thinner, crunchier and wringing about foreign policy and “America’s less-greasy skin. bluff… being called.” Our healthcare and education Gala also offers Spicy and Sweet Soy options. systems, we’re earnestly told, resemble those of a The spicy is particularly good, if not particularly “second-rate nation.” But perhaps the surest sign spicy. What heat there is in the spicy comes from of our decline is the state of our fried chicken. gochujang, the ubiquitous, mildly spicy Korean Once upon a time, not so long ago, Southern chile paste. The sauce hits notes of acid (rice vinfried chicken and Buffalo wings were the internaegar), sweetness and a rich layer of garlic. The tional hallmark of fried-chicken excellence. Once chicken is tossed in the sauce immediately out of called “ambrosia, manna from heaven, caviar for the fryer. It isn’t a clean and neat eating experithe common man” by Chris Wadsworth of Ganence, but it is a very enjoyable one. If Gala Crispy nett News Service, our fried chicken was distincis Korea’s answer to the Colonel, Gala Spicy is its tive, delicious and huge. Kentucky Fried Chicken answer to Buffalo wings. They’re very good an(the name has since been formally changed to swers, indeed.

“KFC”) used it to become the world’s second Whether America’s declining is in the eye of largest restaurant chain, with 18,875 outlets in 118 the beholder. But the Korean Fried Chicken at countries and territories as of December 2013.

Gala is certainly far better than the Kentucky Fried stuff—now or then.

That was then. This is now. Perhaps those “KFC” initials should be reserved for the world’s Write to michaelg@sdcitybeat.com true, best fried chicken: Korean fried chicken. and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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By Jen Van Tieghem

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Love in the dark

As a wine lover, some days you’ll spend ages in your favorite wine boutique or bottle shop, poring over labels and agonizing over what to spend your hard-earned dollars on. Other occasions, you’ll go Target on your way home from a long day of work, pick up the first wine that tickles your fancy and meets your under-$15 budget and be on your way. The latter scenario is how I ended up with a bottle of 2012 Love Noir, a California Pinot Noir that boasted key words like “rich” and “silky” on the filigreed label.

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Most Pinots I’ve had, and enjoyed, were on the lighter side, with berry flavors and a refreshing appeal (Pinot rosés are another tasty variation on the grape). This version, however, was indeed the “darker side of Pinot,” as its tagline promised. Immediately, I noted the color was a deep ruby, matching the

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first scent of black cherry on the nose.

The mouthfeel was medium to heavy, making me nearly forget which varietal I was enjoying. This heartiness translated to flavors that were vivid but not overpowering. I nibbled crackers and cheese with my first sips and was still able to appreciate the characteristics of both. Some less-enjoyable Pinots (and other varietals) can get lost with food or subdue it, instead of the pairing enhancing, or at least complementing, one another.

Bittersweet chocolate and cola notes developed as I continued. Both are flavors I wouldn’t normally equate with the grape but found appealing. The “smoothness” promise was delivered, especially when I let the wine get some air.

As best I can tell, Love Noir is its own brand, focusing solely on this Pinot. Its website (lovenoirwine.com/ demo/index.html) leaves an air of mystery, perhaps to maintain the intrigue of the wine. The label is eyecatching with an enticing description that, thank goodness, is accurate.

Buying something on a whim for this cheap is often a gamble; luckily this one paid off.

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

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beyond just your average crank-’em-out lunch counters. The most humble of sandwiches—plain old turkey—gets a toothsome twist with a chewy and smoky charred baguette squishing together beautiful slices of turkey (no watery, pressed lunch meat here), tons of avocado and a light swipe of aioli. Nobody’s changing the world with a turkey sandwich, but for an easily ignored standard, the Fork’s version is proud to be simple yet outstanding with its assemblage of quality ingredients.

The Curious Fork’s outstanding turkey-and-avocado sandwich The pulled-pork sandwich, dressed with a sweet, hoisin-based sauce, was juicy and substantive without tasting like an overloaded pile of goo. The lack of gluten in the bun was both refreshing and a bit of a logistical problem. Without tons of bread to chew on, the sandwich had a lighter feel that allowed the pork (laden with lots of delightfully crispy end pieces) Forks and foodies to shine. However, after just a few bites, the bottom layer of bread gave out and split in half, creAs annoying as the term “foodie” is, the true foodating a bit of a mess, albeit a delicious one. ie movement would rather not be a niche subculIt’s clear that The Curious Fork is still finding ture. If we all just embraced good ingredients, its footing; I tried ordering both the soup of the good eating and, as a result, good health, we’d day (smoked tomato basil) and the hummus trio as all be foodies. The eager and enthusiastic foodlight snacks to start my lunch. The incredibly kind ies who run The Curious Fork in Solana Beach staff informed me that a previous night’s catering are attempting to spread some of that passion for gig had wiped them out, so they were missing both joyful and healthful eating to the masses. options. That’s a big pet peeve of mine as a diner, The Curious Fork (512 Via de la Valle, Suite but I give points for how quickly they worked to 102, thecuriousfork.com) is a café, shop and create a tasty starter for me: a simple Caprese salcooking school all rolled into one. Oftentimes, ad with thick slices of mozzarella; deep, maroon when places try to do too much, they never manslices of heirloom tomatoes; and a sweet and genage to succeed at anything. I hope that’s not the erous drizzle of balsamic reduction. case with The Curious Fork, because the endeavAnd if you’re coffee-obsessed, get excited, or has an eager charm and an enthusiasm behind because The Curious Fork carries Brooklyn and the mission that makes you root for its success.

Bay Area superstar Blue Bottle Coffee for your I had no idea walking into The Curious Fork gourmet caffeine fix. that everything made there is gluten-free. After If you’re a fan of the ponies at Del Mar, conthe fact, I can see where I was missing it a bit, sider The Curious Fork as your sweet alternative but the lack of it didn’t diminish my overall ento lousy concessions. joyment of the food.

Write to jennym@sdcitybeat.com The lunch menu is your basic salads, sandwichand editor@sdcitybeat.com. es and pizzas, but with an elevated sense of taste

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What was in my podcast queue, summer 2014 edition I am so very happy we have John Oliver.

The British satirist recently scored his own HBO show, Last Week Tonight, and from what I’ve seen of it, it’s just masterful. I felt a fist-sized lump in my throat when he covered mass incarceration in America—nailing every point I’ve been trying to prove during the last 10 years—with the help of Sesame Street-style puppets. Never in a million sweeps weeks would I have imagined that an 18minute YouTube clip about private prisons and the Prison Rape Elimination Act would rack up more than 3.3 million views. It’s not just comedy; it’s a service in the public interest.

But no great deed comes without cost. With Last Week Tonight, the sacrifice is borne by myself and every other fan of John Oliver’s podcast, The Bugle, which has been on “Summer Break” throughout the season. As Oliver’s co-host Andy Zaltzman says: “I hope you’re managing to cope with the heartrending void in which the Bugle break has cast the universe for which we can only apologize. I can also apologize to anyone whose lives and livelihoods have been adversely affected by the leaders and powerbrokers of the world not being adequately satirized during our absence.”

Apology accepted, and I’m glad that Oliver and Zaltzman didn’t leave us totally in the lurch. During the interim, they’ve been keeping us fed on old sketches from their comedy show, Political Animal, circa 2006-2008. Nevertheless, since I’m suffering from an untreated audiodependency, I’ve found myself searching the iTunes store for replacement therapy.

For the second year in a row, here’s a list of what was in my podcast queue this summer: The Daily Show Podcast Without Jon Stewart: It’s almost as if The Daily Show team is exacting revenge on Oliver for leaving the cast: “You’re getting an HBO show? Well, up yours, Brit-face, we’re going to get our own podcast.”

While other behind-thescenes podcasts are little more than forced banter, this one goes the extra effort, with thoughtfully and hilariously crafted segments and interviews illustrating the challenges of running what has inadvertently become one of America’s top news sources.

They’re only two episodes into this 30-minute podcast, so who knows if it will last. (thedaily show.cc.com/podcast) Welcome to Night Vale: About 10 years ago, I discovered a cure for insomnia: radio theater in my earbuds at bedtime. It serves as an imagination booster, helping me drift seamlessly into the dreamiverse. The problem is, since I have to sleep every night, I burn through programs relatively quickly. Enter Welcome to Night Vale, a podcast presented in the format of a low-bud-

get community-news program, the kind where a volunteer tries really hard to sound like an NPR announcer while reading off meeting minutes and public announcements from the police department. Except, in Night Vale, there’s only the Sheriff’s Secret Police, because, as the show’s creator has explained, Night Vale is a desert town where all the conspiracies are real—from hooded figures gathering in the forbidden dog park to an omnipotent cloud taking over the minds of the city council. This podcast reportedly hit No. 1 on iTunes in summer 2013, but I was too caught up in political programs to notice. That’s all the better, since now I’ve got 53 episodes to work through. (commonplacebooks.com) Comedy Bang Bang: This is a podcast that I discovered only through the TV-show spin-off on IFC that I discovered through Netflix. How’s that for a maze of telecommunications? And how’s that for me being significantly behind the times? This is a talk show in which Scott Aukerman, in his delightfully oblivious persona, interviews guest comedians and other comedians performing in character (as, say, Andrew Lloyd Webber or George Zimmer from Men’s Wearhouse) for about an hour-and-a-half. One of my favorite frequent characters is Traci Rearden, a Claire’s Boutique piercer with a deformed ear and a speech impediment who lives with her dead grandmother’s corpse. She’s voiced by Lauren Lapkus, who also plays a naïve prison guard on Orange is the New Black. (comedybangbang.com) Serial: I’d be negligent not to consult CityBeat’s prescient arts and culture editor, Kinsee Morlan, who owes me a crop-circle-size toldya-so over the future of podcasts. Coming up this fall, she says she’s very excited for Serial, a new podcast from a crew of This American Life veterans, all women: Sarah Koenig, Julie Snyder, Dana Chivvis and Emily Condon. As Koenig writes to members of the show’s mailing list: “I wanted to follow one big story, over time. So you’d get to come back week after week, and get all caught up in the world of it, and really get to know the characters.” (serialpodcast.org) Write to davem@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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This by the sea. Is where sloes is on train in the fries with fries and packages we are aued to,” they wrote back.

Whoa! The comic duo’s promoter told us that Tim and Eric were on a plane to Montreal for their first show when they issued these answers. Is it possible that she declined From left: Tim Heidecker, John C. Reilly and Eric Wareheim to mention they were flying from Peru, where they just finished a month-long ayahuasca retreat?

Either way, as long as they’re speaking in complete sentences by the time they get here, it should When CityBeat heard that the Tim and Eric & Dr. be worth checking out. The comedians have been Steve Brule 2014 Tour was coming to San Diego, together for a decade now, touring live and receivwe thought we’d take the chance to ask a few quick ing high praise for their television show on the Adult questions of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the Swim cable network. stars of the sketch-comedy show Tim and Eric AweThe show comes to the Balboa Theatre (868 Fourth some Show, Great Job! Ave., Downtown) at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. Tour“I’ve heard the live show will be comedy. Why the ing with them will be John C. Reilly performing as Dr. change in format?” CityBeat quipped in an email to Steve Brule from the Tim and Eric spinoff show Check the duo, riffing off their deadpan style.

It Out!. Tim and Eric are known for their zany, some“When we become aware of who we can become we times graphic humor, so no one younger than 16 will be also exist to provide this services,” came the response. admitted. Tickets are $40. sandiegotheatres.org.

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In May, the San Diego Public Library (330 Park Blvd. in East Village) held its first Booked for the Evening, a casual indoor / outdoor soirée on the ninth floor, where guests could eat, drink and dance on the expansive patio and view the latest exhibit in the library’s gallery. It was a blast. “More, please?” we asked the library folks. Who knows if we had any influence, but on Thursday, Sept. 11, another Booked for the Evening takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. It’ll include food by Tabe, cocktails

by Please & Thank You, tours of the library’s “hidden spaces,” music by Gypsy Groove and a chance to see Hiding in Plain Sight: Eight Voices in Contemporary Photography. Tickets are $30 via eventbrite.com (search for “Booked for the Evening”).

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Sheer proximity says there should be more collaboration between artists in San Diego and Tijuana. The Fence / Barda exhibition, a joint effort between The Feminist Image Group in San Diego and Tijuana’s Distrito Diez Gallery, is an example of how awesome binational cooperation can be. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Art Produce Gallery (3139 University Ave. in North Park), the interactive installation will feature a fence that divides the gallery and includes video, photography, paintings, sculpture and “spontaneous collaborations” by female artists like Anna Stump, Bhavna Mehta, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Cindy Zimmerman, Lynn Susholtz, Lauren Carrera, Daphne Hill, Susan Myrland, Jill Marie Holslin, Marta Soto, Claudia Ramirez, Fio Zemjim and Panca.

It’s on view through Oct. 25. artproduce.org

Contemplation at Gotthelf Gallery, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. Cathy Breslaw shows new works, that draw inspiration from the natural world, space and time.

Opening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. sdcjc.org/gag HArts + Craft Series: Marjorie Salvaterra at Tidal, 1404 Vacation Road, Mission Bay. A debut series of events where contemporary art and Tidal’s craft cuisine converge. Salvaterra will do a live reenactment of her iconic photo, “The Weight of Water.”

Then enjoy a five-course dinner with the artist. At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. $45-$200. 858-490-6363. tidalsd.com HCity Gallery Opening/Alumni Centennial Exhibition at City Gallery, 1313 Park Blvd., Downtown. Celebrate the new gallery, tour the studios and check out the arts and crafts sale. More than 55 alumni and past and current faculty will be displaying works, including Victor Ochoa, James Watts and Vicki Walsh. Opening from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. 619388-3400, facebook.com/citygallerySDCC HMemories of Tomorrow at Subtext, 2479 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. See work

by Brian Flynn, the creative director and co-founder of Hybrid Design whose client list includes Nike, Apple, TED, Levi’s, Starwood Hotels, Lucasfilms and more. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12.

619-876-0664, subtextgallery.com HMonster Drawing Rally at San Diego Art Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park. Over 100 artists will create work on site and spectators can watch as sketches develop into full-fledged artworks that’ll immediately be made available for $60 each. Artists include Chris Martino, Mark Murphy, Pamela Jaeger and more. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $5. sandiego-art.org HHer at jdc Fine Art, 2400 Kettner Blvd., Ste., 208, Little Italy. Marjorie Salvaterra’s solo show featuring her surreal, but darklycomedic photos of women in frenzied situations. Opens from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. 619-985-2322, jdcfineart.com Ray at Night Art Walk Visit North Park’s eclectic arts and culture neighborhood on Ray Street and beyond. Artists display their work alongside live street performances and local food vendors. Be sure to check out ink, watercolor and mixedmedia artworks by Michelle Robinson and Susan Roden at Ray Street Custom Framing, 3807 Ray St. From 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. rayatnight.com HTWOFOLD at Disclosed unLocation, 1925 30th Ave., San Diego, South Park. A collaborative exhibition by new media artists Lawrence Chit and Kim Garcia, who use a hybrid of open-source technology combined with traditional art practices to create innovative prints, sculptures and installations. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. 619-578-9097 Fiber & Art Quilts at Escondido Municipal Gallery, 262 E. Grand Ave., Escondido.

A juried fiber and quilt arts installation featuring works from Rebecca Smith, Nancy Myles, Petey Dietz and more working in a variety of fibers including paper, felt, yarn, plant and other organic materials. Opening from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

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“Wings Clipped... I Wonder” by Lauren Carrera

Kaleidoscope of Colorful: Crayons to Cabbage Patch at Kensington Gallery, 4186 Adams Ave., Kensington. Ryan Dean’s channeled his inner child and created a mashup of hand-decorated Cabbage Patch dolls and an assortment of objects coated with melted crayons.

Opening from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. kensingtongallery.org

Dualities at Visual, 3776 30th St., North Park. A new solo show from Bay Area artist Eyegato, whose work consists of mixed media from recycled and found objects influenced by the cosmic energy of the Ying and Yang. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. visualshopsd.com HCode Defied at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. New work from Space 4 Art artist Leslie Pierce, who describes her work as “excerpts from contemporary culture and use line, form, color and contrast to blur the boundaries between realism and abstraction.” Opening from 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. sdspace4art.org HWork from the ’60s at R.B. Stevenson Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., Ste. 201, La Jolla. A collection of paintings, sculpture and mixed-media assemblage that artist Richard Allen Morris made in the ’60s. Opening from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. rbstevensongallery.com HThumbprint Gallery 5 Year Anniversary Show at Thumbprint Gallery, 920 Kline St., Ste. 104, La Jolla. The La Jolla gallery celebrates half a decade with dozens of artists who’ve exhibited over the years including Kelly Vivanco, Espana Garcia, Linda Halsey, True Delorenzo and more. Opening from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. ThumbprintGallerySD.com HThomas Barrow: The Fashion Show at Joseph Bellows Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Photos from Barrow’s series Fashion, created between 1965-70, which explores and repurposes cultural ideals relating to beauty, advertising and consumerism. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. josephbellows.com HLee Materazzi: DIY at Quint Contemporary Art, 7547 Girard Ave., La Jolla. A new photographic series and a special installation from the Miami-based artist. In her works, Materazzi she contorts and affronts her body to create moving tributes to space. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. 858-454-3409, quintgallery.com HIn the Realm of Nature at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. This new exhibition presents a retrospective view of 50 years work by two of America’s pioneers in contemporary craft, Kay Sekimachi (1926-) and Bob Stocksdale (1913-2003), who married in 1972. Opens Saturday, Sept. 13. $5-$8. 619-239-0003, mingei.org HLa Segunda at La Bodega Studios and Gallery, 2196 Logan Ave., Barrio Logan.

The first group show of the artist collective that includes Ricardo Islas, Optimus Volts, EZ Rock Art and Chikle. Live music from Miss Ivy Satana and Chango Rey and his Reyman. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. facebook.com/Basura SocialCollective HThe Fence/La Barda at Art Produce Gallery, 3139 University Ave., North Park.

The Feminist Image Group and Tijuana’s Distrito Diez Gallery present this interactive installation that attempts to demonstrate how women navigate across borders and includes video, photography, paintings, making, sewing, food performances and more. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. 619-584-4448, artproduce.org HAlley Art Festival at Downtown Vista, 122 S. Indiana St. between Main St. and E. Broadway, Vista. The inaugural, interactive art and culture experience will feature slam poetry, urban art, steampunk, a cosplay contest, sculptural installations and the chance to contribute to an alley mural painting. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. alleyartfestival.com Noche Folklorica at Casa Artelexia, 2419 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. Whimsical folk art from German Rubio and Esau

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Andrade, as well as a rare collection of Mexican masks dating back to the ‚60s, 70‘s and 80‘s. Includes ceviche tastings

by Ceviche House, Paletas by Viva Pops, pan dulce, music, pinata making and more. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. artelexia.bigcartel.com Ancient Japanese Flower Art Exhibit at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Ikebana is a 600-year-old traditional art of Japan, developed from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the dead. This exhibition will include cultural art displays and flower arrangements. Opens during library hours Saturday, Sept. 13. sandiegolibrary.org

BOOKS

Gilman Drive, La Jolla. The acclaimed author of Panopticon will be discussing and signing his new novel, the medical thriller, Mercy 6. At 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11.

858-534-5778, ucsandiegobookstore.com Rosemary Wells at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Author talk and signing with the bestselling children’s author, who’ll be discussing Max and Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding. All proceeds benefit the San Diego Public Library system. At 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

11. 619-236-5802, libraryshopsd.org Karri Thompson at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Thompson will be signing his dystopian sci-fi novel, Mirror X. At noon Sunday, Sept.

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Howard E. Richmond, MD at Artbeat on Mainstreet, 330 Main St., Vista, Vista.

A reading and booksigning by the noted Encinitas psychiatrist and author who will unveil his paperback, The Healing Field, a true story of a psychiatrist’s struggle to breakthrough with an anorexic patient.

From 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. 760295-3118, artbeatonmainstreet.com Nick Agelidis at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The local photographer will be discuss and sign La Jolla: A Photographic Journey, which depicts the iconic historic and modern landmarks of the seaside locale. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15. warwicks.indiebound.com Elizabeth Silver and Erin Lindsay McCabe at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Silver will present and sign

her new book, The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. McCabe will be promoting her new historical fiction novel, I Shall Be Near To You. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.

858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Lauren Beukes at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The Arthur C. Clarke awardwinner will discuss and sign Broken Monsters, a thriller about a detective trying to track down a serial killer. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. mystgalaxy.com HJames Nestor at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The journalist will discuss and sign Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves. At 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 17. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com

COMEDY HThe World According to… Gene Padigos at Finest City Improv, 4250 Louisiana St., North Park. Every week, a notable local (this week, the owner of Subterranean Coffee) tells stories, which the FCI house team uses as inspiration for comedy. At 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. $10.

619-306-6047, finestcityimprov.com Thawed at Finest City Improv, 4250 Louisiana St., North Park. Finest City Improv’s brand new sketch comedy review takes a satirical look at relationships, fairy tale princesses, politics, and our everyday lives. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $10.

619-306-6047, finestcityimprov.com HLive from the Gaslamp at American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., Down-

THEATER

Pianist sounds a note of poignancy and courage

San Diego Repertory Theatre’s 39th season ized her dream is the tale Golabek tells in is off to a promising start. Mona Golabek’s elegant music and words. one-woman show, The Pianist of WillesIt shouldn’t be lost amid Golabek’s supple den Lane, is a daughter’s moving tribute musicianship and the potency of her writing to her mother, told in gentle narrative and that she’s able to inhabit this family story so with the timeless music of Beethoven, Cho- fully night after night. The Pianist of Willespin, Grieg and other classical masters. den Lane premiered in Los Angeles two So intimate is Golabek’s telling of her years ago and has been produced on both mother’s courageous story that the Rep’s use coasts, including off Broadway, yet it feels of screen projections and taped orchestral as if Golabek is performing it for the first accompaniment are really unnecessary. Go- time. Neither the storytelling nor the music CAROL ROSEGG labek and her stately Steinseems rushed or rehearsed. way grand piano alone would The stamina and emotional suffice. The stillness in the constitution to pull off this audience when she plays is work time and again must a testament to the power of be acknowledged. this personal remembrance.

The Lyceum Space is In this one-act producthe precise size for this tion based on her and Lee show, and the acoustics Cohen’s book The Chilallow both Golabek’s soft dren of Willesden Lane and voice and her piano playMona Golabek ing to fill the room. adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, Golabek portrays her Without being traditional theater, The mother, Lisa Jura. As a young Jewish girl Pianist of Willesden Lane is a complete theliving in Vienna in 1938, Lisa, encouraged atrical experience in that its real-life charand inspired by her own mother, dreamed acters, each played by Golabek, and its draof becoming a concert pianist. To pursue ma are magnified in the stage lights. So is that dream in the face of the Nazi regime, one woman’s story and that of many, many she was sent away to London by her family others that should never be forgotten. aboard the Kindertransport, a children’s The Pianist of Willesden Lane runs rescue train. How Lisa survived and real- through Sept. 28 at the Lyceum Theatre town. The only live comedy talk show dedicated to the ins and outs of San Diego. Hosted by Dallas McLaughlin, it’s an evening full of comedy, sketches, celebrity guests and music. At 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 17. $12. 619-7953858, americancomedyco.com Jason Collings at Reds Saloon, 4190 Mission Blvd., Pacific Beach. The standup comedian and actor has been featured on Comic View and The Tonight Show. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. 858-7502513, thewoodgroupsd.com/reds

DANCE HThe Cherries Jubilee at White Box Theater, 2690 Truxtun Road, Point Loma.

The Jubilee’s “I Found a New Baby” show featuring tap dancer Claudia Gomez Vorce, the Cherries Jubilee Chorus Dancers, trumpet player Curtis Taylor, gyspyjazz band Trio Gadjo and singer Miss Erika Davies. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

13, and 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. $20$30. cherriesjubileesd.com

FOOD & DRINK HLatin Food Fest at Embarcadero Marina Park North, 1 Marine Way,, Downtown.

Taste dishes and drinks from the region’s top Latin restaurants and purveyors of artisanal food and drink. There’ll also be chef demos, book signings and a Spirits of the Americas Pavilion. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $79-$199. latinfoodfest.com Ancient Indulgences: Wine and Chocolate at San Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido. The first of a series of events about the history of life’s little pleasures.

Phil Goscienski, the “Stone-Age Doc-

at Horton Plaza, Downtown. $31 to $47. sdrep.org

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

OPENING A Song at Twilight: This is a staged reading of Noël Coward’s play about an aging writer who’s suddenly visited by a former lover who dredges up an old secret. It happens Sept. 15 at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. northcoastrep.org Bright Star: A world-premiere musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell about a soldier who returns home to North Carolina from World War II, hooks up with a literary-journal editor and, with her, discovers a life-changing secret. Opens Sept. 13 at The Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. theoldglobe.org Catch Me If You Can: A musical version of the 2002 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, about a young con man and the FBI agent who pursues him. Opens Sept. 10 at the Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista. moonlightstage.com Corpse!: In London in 1936, a woman plots with a man to murder his wealthy twin brother. Opens Sept.

12 at PowPAC in Poway. powpac.org I am My Own Wife: One person takes on 35 roles in an award-winning play about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transgendered German antiquities collector whose early life was lived during the Third Reich. Presented by The New Group West, it opens Sept. 11 at 10th Avenue Arts Center in East Village. thenewgroupwest.com

The Odd Couple: The classic comedy goes Latino, courtesy of Paul Rodriguez and Mike Gomez. Presented by Teatro Máscara Mágica, it opens Sept. 11 at the Lyceum Theatre at Horton Plaza, Downtown. teatromascaramagica.org Passage into Fear: It’s 1917 and a woman claiming knowledge of a plot with international ramifications goes missing on a passenger train. Presented

by Art Animates Life and the San Marcos Historical Society, it runs Sept. 12 through 21 in Connors Hall at Heritage Park in San Marcos. carrfamily.com/aal Race: In David Mamet’s play, a white businessman is accused of raping a black woman, and his law firm turns to a black, female attorney for guidance. Presented by Different Stages, it opens Sept. 13 at Swedenborg Hall in University Heights. differentstages.biz Red Planet Respite: In this original sci-fi farce, it’s 2044 and a crew is heading to Mars to prepare a luxury resort. On the way there, things get weird.

Presented by Circle Circle Dot Dot, it opens Sept. 12 at La Jolla Playhouse. circle2dot2.com Shaken Not Stirred: A plain librarian’s world is rocked when two men in black move in next door.

Opens Sept. 12 at the Broadway Theatre in Vista. broadwayvista.com This Wide Night: Two women, former cellmates, have been released from prison and now must navigate a challenging life of freedom in London. Presented by Ion Theatre Company, it opens Sept. 13 at BLKBOX Theatre in Hillcrest. iontheatre.com

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tor,” will discuss the health benefits of wine and chocolate followed by wine and chocolate tasting. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13. $35. 760-291-0371, sandiegoarchaeology.org HPoolside Pig Roast at SummerSalt Rooftop Pool & Lounge, 1047 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Ticket includes a plate of pig with sides, one Henebery Whiskey cocktail, live entertainment by Lady Dottie and the Diamonds and more. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $20-$25. 619-515-3003, saltboxrestaurant.com Taste of the Nation San Diego at Hilton Bayfront, One Park Blvd., Downtown. More than 50 San Diego restaurants, winemakers, brewers and distilleries unite to support Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign. Sample delicious bites and drinks, browse the silent auction and enjoy live entertainment. From 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. $75-$100. ce.nokidhungry.org

MUSIC HSan Diego Music Thing at Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle N., Mission Valley. The annual two-day music and media conference includes interactive and roundtable sessions, a trade show, parties and concerts all over San Diego. See website for schedule. Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 11-13. $8-$60. 619-2917131, sandiegomusicthing.com HZZYMZZY Quartet at Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Ave., Downtown. The gypsy swing band perform on the Westgate’s pool terrace as part of their Sunset Poolside Jazz Series. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 11. westgatehotel.com Roberto Carlos at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., Downtown. The

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Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, also known as the “King of Latin Music,” stops by on his Emotions Project Tour. At 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. $69.50-$109.50. sandiegotheatres.org Quartet Nouveau at Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. The classical ensemble will present the final concert of their “Obsession” series, which includes selections from Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. Afterward, enjoy a Champagne reception with the artists. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. $15. quartetnouveau.com Koray Broussard & Zydeco Unit at War Memorial Building, 3325 Zoo Drive, Balboa Park. This band cooks up a fiery mix of Cajun and zydeco music. Includes Zydeco dance lessons at 6:20 p.m. and the opportunity to test your new skills to the live band at 7 p.m. From 6 to 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $10. icajunzydeco.com Wine, Women & Song at Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church, 6551 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla. Guests will have the opportunity to taste impressive wines, sample hors d’oeuvres, participate in a silent auction and take in a performance by the Night & Day Quartet. From 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $15-$25. 858459-3865, sdchorus.org Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra at Wood House, 1148 Rock Springs Road, San Marcos. The local musician and her band perform as part of San Marcos’ annual Summer Concerts in the Gardens series. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $3-$8. san-marcos.net HSantee Bluegrass Festival at Town Center Community Park, 9400 Cuyamaca St., Santee. The fifth annual fest and fundraiser will be filled with fine wines, brews, tasty treats and live Bluegrass music.

From 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

13. $35-$45. ci.santee.ca.us Irina Bessanova at University Community Library, 4155 Governor Drive, La Jolla. The Russian-trained musician performs a classical piano and guitar concert. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.

858-552-1655, sandiegolibrary.org Opera Exposed at Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. San Diego Opera’s Nicolas Reveles, along with aspiring singers from local universities, will present music by Puccini, Mozart, Rossini, Gounod and others. At noon Wednesday, Sept. 17. sdopera.com HAugustana and Paul Cannon Band at Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla. Part of the Green Flash Concerts series, patrons can enjoy food and drinks and sunset views from the aquarium’s Tide-Pool Plaza while listening to local rock band Augustana and folk-surf rock music from Paul Cannon Band. From 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. $31-

mation booths and more. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. facebook.com/ FiestaCarlsbad

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Natural Family Fair at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Fertility expo for couples seeking help with conception and natural alternatives.

Includes free consultations, yoga classes and a Hullabaloo Family Festival. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. $8-$18.

619-806-7919. naturalfamilyfair.com

Open Shakespeare Reading at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village.

A new monthly open reading sponsored by the San Diego Shakespeare Society.

The first play will be Much Ado About Nothing. Actors may arrive in costumes and there will be occasional light refreshments.

From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15.

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Changing Lives through Music Summit at Queen Bee’s, 3925 Ohio St., North Park. The Heartbeat Music Academy invites the public to participate in this summit, designed to demonstrate the positive influence that music has on youth in underserved communities. From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. heartbeatmusi cacademy.org

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD A Re-Gathering of Spirits: Native Lesbian Writers Chrystos and Janice Gould at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Chrystos’ work appears in the iconic collection, This Bridge Called My Back, while Gould is a Koyoonk’auwi Maidu scholar and the Poet Laureate of the Pikes Peak Region.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13.

619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org The Mammary Chronicles at Bluefoot Bar & Lounge, 3404 30th St., North Park.

The Wheel Women of San Diego cycling group present an evening of poetry, prose and music to raise money and awareness for The Breast Cancer Fund.

Performances by Raundi Moore-Kondo & The Yes Mom, Deanne Brown and more.

From 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. facebook.com/events/682399705143246

POLITICS & COMMUNITY Talk to the Lawyer Day at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. The Law Offices of Mark L. Miller’s ninth annual outreach event where San Diegans can receive free legal advice on a variety of matters. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. sandiegolibrary.org

SPECIAL EVENTS HBooked for the Evening at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village Dine on tacos from Tabe, and sip beer and cocktails from Please & Thank You Bar on the ninth floor rooftop. Then check out Hiding in Plain Sight: Eight Voices in Contemporary Photography in the library art gallery. Live gypsy jazz music will accompany the evening. From 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. $30. libraryshop.org Gem Faire at Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley.

Fine jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, findings, and more. From noon to 6 p.m.

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SPORTS “Defender” by Thomas Barrow is showing in Thomas Barrow: The Fashion Show, an exhibition of experimental vintage photos opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Joseph Bellows Gallery (7661 Girard Ave., La Jolla).

Friday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 14. $7. gemfaire.com Urban Mobile Market at The Headquarters @ Seaport District, 789 West Harbor Drive, Downtown. Food trucks, fashion trucks and mobile businesses hang out every Friday. Includes outdoor games, musicians, pop-up places for you to sit and enjoy food and more. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12.

619-339-9314, urbanmobilemarket.com Fall Home/Garden Show at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. The 25th annual show offers three days of ideas, inspiration, hands-on demos, seminars and one-stop shopping for everything home and garden. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. $1-$8.

858-755-1161, fallhomegardenshow.com Crowdfund Up at PreFAB San Diego @ The Headquarters, 789 West Harbor Drive, Suite 252, Downtown. Launch party for a new collective of entrepreneurs.

Peruse cool new projects from the likes of Lord Wallington, Diane Serra Handmade, BeeCause and more. From 7 to 11 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 12. Donation suggested. crowdfund-up.com Family Moon Festival at San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, 404 Third Ave., Downtown. Celebrate the brightest moon

of the season. Kids will have a chance to make their own mooncakes and museum staff retell Chinese legends about the jade rabbit and fairy princess living on the moon. From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

13. Free-$4. 619-338-9888, sdchm.org Pacific Beach Library Craft Fair at Taylor Branch Library, 4275 Cass St., Pacific Beach. Support the Pacific Beach Library and peruse unique handmade gifts. Includes a book and bake sale, opportunity drawings and a craft supply clearance booth. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. pblibraryfriends.org Old Town Art & Craft Show at Old Town State Park. Enjoy colorful art, crafts, entertainment, international food, tequilas and a craft beer and wine garden. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14. oldtownartfestival.com HSouth Bay Pride Art & Music Festival at Bayfront Park, Marina Pkwy and Marina Way, Chula Vista. This annual LGBT community event features live entertainment, dancing, art, tasty eats, a wine and beer garden, children’s area and more. From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. southbaypride.org Fiesta del Barrio at Pine Avenue Community Park, 3333 Harding St., Carlsbad.

The city of Carlsbad is partnering with the Fiesta del Barrio Association to co-host this neighborhood celebration. Enjoy entertainment, hands-on art projects, infor-

San Diego Bayfair at Mission Bay, Bay Park. The word’s fastest boats and just about everything else that’s fast on water will compete in races, freestyle motocross and aerial trick shows. From 7:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 1213, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 14. $25-$45. sandiegobayfair.org

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS HIs the NSA Reading Your Emails? at California Western School if Law, 350 Cedar St., Downtown. Cindy Cohn, legal d���������������������������������������� irector �������������������������������� and general counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation will discuss im��� portant litigation EFF is pursuing to protect Americans from illegitimate spying by the NSA. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10.

HSuds & Science at Waypoint Public, 3794 30th St., North Park. A bimonthly event that brings scientists to a neighborhood bar for a short informative presentation followed by a discussion with the audience. Here, Karen Pierce from the Autism Center of Excellence at UCSD, shares new research confirming that autism begins during pregnancy. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15. rhfleet.org Shattering the Glass Ceiling at New Central Library, Mary Hollis Clark Room, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Women in professions traditionally dominated by men share their experiences and best means to overcome adversity. From 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. unasd.org

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Perpetual artistic proliferation Richard Allen Morris just wants to keep working, despite the world’s brutal realities by

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very morning, Richard Allen Morris wakes up in his Golden Hill basement studio and, after begrudgingly tending to necessary health regimens, starts painting or drawing. There’s not much room left in the octogenarian’s studio, which is packed with remnants of a lifetime of creativity and collecting things like jazz records, books and other artists’ work. But he makes do and continues to create, albeit on a smaller scale than he’d like.

Morris’ art has always been partly influenced by the size of the studio space he could afford in and around downtown San Diego, which is where he’s lived and worked since being discharged from the Navy in 1956.

Throughout the years, he’s been forced to destroy work— he smashed several sculptures with a ball-peen hammer in the ’60s and cut canvases into strips in the ’70s, which he ended up incorporating into future pieces—in order to fit into smaller spaces. And he’s often had to sacrifice his desire to make larger, three-dimensional sculptures because he’s never had adequate room to store them.

“Oh god, it’s just so many people scuffling for an existence, just trying to get through day-to-day,” Morris says, sitting on a bench outside Influx Café with his trademark black duffle bag at his feet. The bag’s half-open, revealing a can of beans amid other items. He’s shaking his head in frustration at the struggles he and others face daily just to pay rent; he often refers to the country’s “greed syndrome” fueled by “capitalistic pigs.”

“I mean, what the hell?” he says. “Most people don’t have any time for art. That makes me sad.”

Morris is the epitome of a starving counterculture artist who’s always opted to work rather than worry about money. Despite his refusal to play by the rules of the artworld game, however, he did eventually find success. He’s now widely considered to be one of San Diego’s most skilled and prominent painters—known for both abstract paintings and figurative portraits, as well as quirky mixedmedia work and assemblages. He’s also big in certain parts of Europe, particularly Germany, where he has several dedicated collectors who buy his now-big-dollar art.

People who know the artist say that his strong, opinionated and critical personality, coupled with his steadfast dedication to art for art’s sake, has been one of his greatest assets and biggest roadblocks. Many people familiar with Morris’ work think he deserves much more prosperity

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up in his work. While he was never formally trained, he’s considered by many to be a brilliant autodidact who reads as much as he paints. He worked in bookstores for many years as a way to support his art and describes a younger version of himself as unabashedly bookish.

“I always had one or two paperbacks and all kinds of newspaper articles jammed in my pockets—just bulging at the seams,” he laughs, later pulling from his breast pocket pieces of paper with interesting or funny quotes he’s come across in his recent readings, as well as a running list of possible titles for his work (the former poet takes great Kinsee Morlan care in naming his art).

Another theme that shows up in Morris’ work is a sense of anger, or at least frustration. But Hampton says it’s almost always countered by his humor and love of making art.

“One of the things I love about Richard is this balance of his wit and the pure delight,” Hampton says. “I can picture him painting and the gesture—the quick, sure gesture and the delight that comes with that. But there’s also this anger and bitterness and force, and I love those aspects of Richard’s work, too.... It’s maybe too simple to call it anger, though, but I love orris’ assemblage “First whatever that is—maybe a darker Prize” is one of the most forceful energy?”

Morris, who’s heard the comeye-catching pieces in the ment about anger showing up in show opening at R.B. Stevenson his work before, says he’s a bit emGallery (7661 Girard Ave.) from barrassed by it, but he says it’s an 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. inevitable result of his frustrations It’s constructed from reused art that stem from a long life in a world supplies and materials he found in Richard Allen Morris holds he considers almost unlivable, eshis studio. The front of the piece an invitation to his upcoming show. pecially for those pursuing artistic, is a mix of painted scraps of wood and large chunks of dried paint that look like they’ve been rather than financial, endeavors.

“It’s a capitalist country,” he says. “It’s all about the carefully peeled out of the bottom of paint cans. Morris has scrawled “Dick Tracy and ART” and “There is a non- moolah. It’s just brutal.” juried show in the back” in pencil at the top of the piece.

Morris’ sense of humor, his deep knowledge of art his- Write to kinseem@sdcitybeat.com tory and his witty commentary on the art world often show and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

and acknowledgment than he’s received.

“But he sabotaged himself because all the people who wanted to give him attention earlier, he just said no,” says Ron Stevenson, who’s supported and represented Morris for almost 15 years and is preparing to open Richard Allen Morris: Work from the 60s at his La Jolla gallery this week.

“He didn’t want to show with many galleries back then; he just wanted to stay in the studio and paint.”

When Morris did show work in the early days, it was often at alternative spaces “with flare,” as he describes it— places like a Downtown frame shop owned by an eccentric European family, or a funeral-parlor-turned-art-gallery where a pig was known to scurry past people’s feet at openings.

“He definitely undermined or outright rejected the kind of usual processes by which artists get to be commercial successes,” says art historian and freelance curator Dave Hampton, who included Morris’ work in Spitting in the Wind, a group exhibition of important midcentury work made in San Diego, on view at the Oceanside Museum of Art through March 8. “That’s just kind of who he is.”

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Seen Local Repurposed bar art Graphic designer and restaurateur Jeff Motch is forever connected to the massive cast-aluminum gates standing at the entrance of Panama 66, the new café and bar that inhabits the outdoor courtyard at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park.

Motch, who runs the restaurant with his partners—the same team behind Blind Lady Ale House and Tiger!Tiger!—has a large scar on his noggin, the result of knocking the top of his head against the edge of one of the 8-foottall gates as he was loading it into a van.

The eye-catching gates are essentially functional sculptures designed by modernist artist Malcolm Leland, who had a studio in Potrero for many years and is best known locally for his “Bow Wave” sculpture and fountain at San Diego Civic Plaza.

Motch was doing research for a name and logo for the new spot and discovered that more of Leland’s entryway gates, which have an organic design mimicking a twisting vine, were sitting unused in the museum’s storage. All the gates had been in use from 1966 through the early ’70s, but about half came down when it was decided that the empty patch of land to the west of the museum’s courtyard would become a sculpture garden rather than an additional west wing.

Motch got permission from the museum to use a few of Leland’s gates in the design of a new bar for Panama 66.

“The bar that was here before looked like an Ikea bar just dropped down in the middle of the space,” Motch explains. “It never felt right. We thought

Jeff Motch, in front of the bar at Panama 66 there had to be a better solution, design-wise, that makes it feel like it belongs here.”

The challenge was to somehow keep the large bar mobile, because the space is often rented out for private events, while also incorporating the extremely heavy gates into the design. Motch collaborated with architecturally trained designer Jonathon Stevens and metal fabricator Ty Meservy, who suggested putting lead into pipes inside the bar to keep it from tipping over from the weight of the gates, four of which are mounted on the front.

The result is a much more aesthetically integrated, site-specific structure that breathes new life into Leland’s design. Motch is working on building a mobile food cart with some of the extra gates, as well.

“I think the artist would have enjoyed knowing they were being put to use again,” says art historian and SDMA’s archives manager James Grebl, adding that Leland is 92 and unable to communicate well.

“They’re just such works of art…. It’s nice now that Panama 66 has found a new use for them.”

—Kinsee Morlan Kinsee Morlan

Now you know James Watts has been an important part of San Diego’s art scene for decades, but he remains a bit of an enigma.

“I’m rather a mystery, even if I’ve been at it for a long, long time,” he laughs, standing in his Downtown studio, where his art is stacked up around him, everything from folksy figurative paintings to stunning life-size kokeshi (Japanese doll) sculptures made of patchwork aluminum nailed to wood.

Watts was an art teacher at the Museum School and other local youth organizations, and he ran an arts co-op Downtown for several years in the 1980s and ’90s. He’s also enjoyed solo and group shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art and other big institutions here and beyond.

But part of what keeps the San Diego native somewhat underground is that he’s been far too busy making art, teaching art and raising five kids to worry about things like building a good website and getting better Google results. The Internet would have you believe that he barely exists.

The reality is quite the opposite. This week alone, the prolific artist has sculptures in a group show opening at City Gallery (Room 314 in the Arts & Humanities building at San Diego City College, Downtown) from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, and he’ll be sketching live alongside more than 100 other artists, including Terri Beth Mitchell, Chris Martino, Gloria Muriel, Joshua Krause and Mike Maxwell in the $5 Monster Drawing Rally from 6 to 10 p.m.

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James Watts Saturday, Sept. 13, at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park.

Watts is primarily a sculptor, but his goal is visual storytelling, and he’s not afraid to use any medium to achieve it. Years ago, he embarked on a mission to complete five series of 100 pieces and has since successfully created 100 carved chairs, sculptural eggs, paintings and hand-sewn dolls. He’s halfway done with 100 carved stone faces.

“Once you do 100 of something, you become a master of that art form,” Watts explains. “It’s Karate Kid stuff…. If you do something so unique to yourself, and you do it repetitively, you become a Zen master.”

—Kinsee Morlan Write to kinseem@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Crowded field A preview of the movies of fall and winter

by Glenn Heath Jr. With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto international film festivals either over or in full swing, the fall / winter movie season has officially begun. Oscar pundits are earning their meager paychecks by spewing hyperbole about Academy favorites while pro-bono art-film writers are espousing the genius of new works by the likes of Lav Diaz, Pedro Costa, Thomas Strickland and Hong Sang-soo.

This has become an annual taste tango for those who pay attention to such things.

A gravely disappointing summer at the box office has essentially ensured that 2014 will make considerably less money than any year in the past decade.

This puts even more pressure on Hollywood juggernauts being released in the next four months to perform—and perform well. Economic angst aside, the high season for cinema is shaping up to be a strangely attractive one for San Diego audiences, with a mix of low-budget indies, mid-tier oddities and high-profile films from eclectic auteurs.

The Drop (Sept. 12), a Spartan crime saga starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Gandolfini in his final role, arrives fresh from its Toronto premiere. The English-language debut from Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead), this modest genre film looks to be an old-school throwback to the gritty Sidney Lumet-era gangster films of the 1970s.

The next week brings a strange triple feature: Scott Frank’s long-gestating thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones (Sept. 19) starring Liam Neeson; Kevin Smith’s insane-sounding horror film Tusk (Sept. 19), which finds Justin Long’s blogger held captive and tortured by Michael Parks’ walrus-loving madman; and finally James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain romantically jousting in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (Sept. 19).

In late September, Denzel Washington stands up for the innocent in The Equalizer (Sept. 26), Focus Features tries to sway the family audience with The Boxtrolls (Sept. 26) and America’s last-ditch effort to save face gets the documentary treatment in The Last Days of Vietnam (Sept. 26).

October unveils a bevy of heavyweights, none heavier than David Fincher’s Gone Girl (Oct. 3), a stylized adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestseller. With Ben Affleck as the demonized husband of a missing (and presumed murdered) woman (Rosamund Pike) with a dark past, the film looks to be the perfect template for Fincher to further explore a few of his themes: depravity and sensationalism.

Buzz has been strong for The Two Faces of January (Oct. 3), Hossein Amini’s directorial debut that stars Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac and Kirsten Dunst mired in a web of deception. Adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith, this cat-and-mouse thriller could be a fine sleeper this season.

Three other major titles in October appear destined for Oscar attention. David Ayer’s World War

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Inherent Vice II-set Fury (Oct. 17) stars Brad Pitt as the commander of a tank unit fending off the Germans’ desperate effort to defend the homeland at the end of the war. Alejandro González Iñárritu and Michael Keaton unleash Birdman (Oct. 17), a biting and surreal showbiz satire about a once-fabled comic-book movie star trying to rejuvenate his career by staging a one-man show on Broadway. Nightcrawler (Oct. 31) looks like a nasty and darkly comic film about underground crime reporting in Los Angeles starring a rail-thin Jake Gyllenhaal.

On the independent front, seek out Alex Ross Perry’s Listen Up Phillip (Oct. 17), Justin Simien’s Dear White People (Oct. 17) and Gregg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard (Oct. 31). Also being released is Bill Murray’s blatant awards bait, St. Vincent (Oct. 24); Jason Reitman’s Internet mosaic Men, Women, & Children (Oct. 10); and the Sundance award winner Whiplash (Oct. 17), which might be the worst film I’ve seen in a few years. Of course, everyone else loves it.

Hollywood finally unleashes its tent poles and other big-budget tiNightcrawler tans in November. Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated sci-fi film Interstellar (Nov. 7) stars Matthew McConaughey as the leader of an exploration team sent through a wormhole to find humanity’s next home. Opening the same weekend is the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything (Nov. 7) starring Eddie Redmayne, already a frontrunner in the annual Oscar stampede.

Tommy Lee Jones’ superb and eccentric western The Homesman (Nov. 14) is sure to divide audiences, but those looking for a daring genre film won’t be disappointed. The weekend before Thanksgiving unveils behemoth The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (Nov. 21), Bennett Miller’s true crime tragedy Foxcatcher (Nov. 21) and The Imitation Game (Nov. 21) starring Benedict Cumberbatch as an English mathematician who helps crack the German Enigma code during World War II. Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, Rosewater (Nov. 7), stars Gael Garcia Bernal as an imprisoned journalist in Iran, and The Better Angels (Nov. 21), a festival favorite, looks at the lyrical qualities of Abraham Lincoln’s younger years.

Gone Girl December always means business when it comes to the final leg of the movie-going season, and this year’s no different. Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice (Dec. 12) is the film of the season by far, and early word is that it’s as nutty and funny as The Big Lebowski.

Ridley Scott makes Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton don swords and sandals in Exodus: God and Kings (Dec. 12), while Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp sing

their way Into the Woods (Dec. 25). Angelina Jolie’s sophomore film, Unbroken (Dec. 25), tells the true story of Olympic runner and POW Louis Zamperini (played by young virtuoso Jack O’Connell).

Finally, there’s Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (Dec. 25), starring Bradley Cooper as the most prolific marksman in the Afghanistan war. After the new year, we’ll finally get Tim Burton’s return to serious filmmaking, Big

Eyes (TBD), and a pair of weighty biopics: Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King film Selma (Jan. 9) and Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, about British painter J.M.W. Turner (Jan. 9).

With a crowded field of films ahead, there’s something for everyone this fall. Enjoy or scowl at your leisure.

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A Five Star Life: A woman works as a luxury-hotel inspector and, despite her dream job, pines for a relationship of substance.

Before I Go to Sleep: Nicole Kidman plays an amnesiac who wakes up every day having forgotten everything about her traumatic past. It co-stars Colin Firth and Mark Strong.

Dolphin Tale 2: Even a dolphin needs to find love.

No Good Deed: Idris Elba plays an excon with dangerous intentions who seduces Taraji P. Henson’s devoted housewife in Sam Miller’s erotic thriller.

Search Party: Two friends take pity on a suffering pal and try to reunite him with the woman of his dreams.

The Drop: When a robbery goes wrong, a low-level thug (Tom Hardy) must lean on friends and enemies alike to survive. It’s the final film starring James Gandolfini.

The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier): Twins travel with their mother to stay with family in order to avoid the horror of World War II. There they encounter their evil grandmother, who forces them to do slave labor for food and shelter. Screens through Sept. 18 at the Ken Cinema.

One Time Only Duran Duran Unstaged: This surreal music documentary directed by David Lynch takes you inside a Duran Duran concert at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. Screens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Reading Gaslamp and Town Square cinemas.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Spicoli and Mr. Hand: one of the great couples in cinema history. Check out their courtship in this classic high-school comedy.

Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Rear Window: Watch your neighbors closely enough and you might see things you want to forget. Just ask Jimmy Stewart’s bedridden photographer in Alfred Hitchcock’s ultimately voyeuristic masterpiece. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, through Saturday, Sept. 13, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Muppets Most Wanted: Kermit, Ms. Piggy and the rest of the Muppets gang get caught up in a jewel heist while on tour in Europe. Screens at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Kimball Park in National City.

Awesome Asian Bad Guys: Two fringe filmmakers reassemble all of the Asian bad guys from the last few decades to carry out an impossible mission. Screens

Now Playing A Letter to Momo: After her father dies, a young Japanese girl moves to a seemingly tranquil island off the coast of Japan, where she encounters supernatural occurrences. Screens through Sept. 11 at the Ken Cinema.

Innocence: Boarding school turns out to be a horrifying experience for a traumatized young woman looking for solace after her mother is killed.

K2: Siren of the Himalayas: A group of mountaineers tries to climb one of the world’s most dangerous mountains in this documentary about world-class alpinists Fabrizio Zangrilli and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. Ends Sept. 10 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Opening

Besos de Azucar: Two precocious children must overcome their awful parents in this dark comedy by director Carlos Cuaron. Screens through Sept. 18 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

May in the Summer: A bride-to-be and her mother clash over the groom’s religion, placing the looming wedding in doubt.

Before I Go to Sleep at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Pacific Arts Movement offices at 2508 Historic Decatur Road in Liberty Station.

God Help the Girl: The origin story of a rock band is the feature-film debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. Screens at 10 p.m. Sept. 12 and 13 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

The Room: The romantic triangle has never been so acute. Screens at midnight Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Ken Cinema.

Princess Mononoke: Forest gods, brave warriors and mystical princesses: just another masterpiece from Hayao Miyazaki. Screens at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

14, at Arclight La Jolla.

Redwood Highway: Yearning to visit a stretch of ocean she valued as a child, an Oregon woman sets off on a life-changing road trip. Screens at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Point Loma / Hervey Branch Library.

Stuck Between Stations: It’s never too late to have a high-school sweetheart.

Two former classmates meet up at a party and start a sudden and torrid relationship. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at the San Diego Public Library in East Village.

Faith Connections: Visiting the largest religious conference on the banks of the Ganges River, filmmaker Pan Nalin brings to life the stories of various pilgrims.

Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?: A married Taiwanese man starts to question his sexual orientation when he and his wife consider having another child.

Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Point Loma / Hervey Branch Library.

Chicken with Plums: The filmmakers of Persepolis return with this stunning parable about a broken-down musician trying to find hope in his later years. Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Scripps Ranch Library.

Llyn Foulkes: One Man Band: Painter and musician Llyn Foulkes is on the precipice of obscurity at age 70. This documentary follows his tenacious journey to be remembered. Screens at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Pearl Peep’s Movie Choice: What kind of movie mood will Pearl be in? Your guess is as good as ours. Screens at 8

No No: A Dockumentary: Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates while high on LSD in 1970. This documentary explores his rise to stardom, drug addiction and eventual sobriety.

The Congress: In this psychedelic sci-fi film from Ari Folman, an aging actor (Robin Wright) preserves her digital likeness in order to retire from Hollywood forever.

Ends Sept. 11 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

The Identical: Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta star in this drama about twin brothers who are separated at birth and then reconnect as adults involved in the music business.

The Last of Robin Hood: Errol Flynn (Kevin Kline) begins a torrid love affair with an underage girl (Dakota Fanning) in the waning years of his life.

The Remaining: A wedding celebration is suddenly disrupted by apocalyptic events that have religious implications.

As Above / So Below: Note to self: Don’t venture into the underground catacombs of Paris. It’s bad for one’s health.

Frank: A fragile musician (Michael Fassbender) wearing a gigantic papier-mâché head leads an eccentric rock band all the way to the SXSW music festival, where all hell breaks loose.

Love is Strange: Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) have been a couple for nearly 40 years. But when George loses his job, the two are forced to separate and live with friends in cramped New York City apartments, forever altering their relationship.

The November Man: Pierce Brosnan returns to super-spy duty, this time as a top CIA assassin facing off against his best protégé.

The Trip to Italy: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon gallivant around Italy, eating and yapping wise in Michael Winterbottom’s new comedy.

If I Stay: After a car accident, a young woman has an out-of-body experience that leads her to a life far different than she ever imagined.

For a complete listing of movies, please see “F ilm S creenings” at sdcit yb eat.com under the “E vents” tab.

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there she goz

zaragoza Attempting to chill the hell out at reiki yoga “Hey, Alex, how’s it goin’?” asked my friend KrisI quietly wiped my snot off with my shirt because ten, always sweet and bubbly with a big smile on I’m a sexy, sophisticated woman who doesn’t do her face. the obvious thing, like grab a tissue. I rolled out my “Oh, I’m alright. Tired. My back hurts. I’m exyoga mat and got into child’s pose with the rest of hausted. My stomach feels gross all the time. I guess the group. The instructor floated past us like a blue I’m kind of stressed out. You probably don’t want to ghost, her billowy turquoise pants trailing behind hear any of this. I’m the worst. Sorry,” I yelled listher. I looked up, and she gave me a You’re-grosslessly over the loud music at Live Wire, sucking all but-I-accept-you-as-a-child-of-the-universe sort of the energy and fun out of the room with every weary look. Understanding and judgmental, all in one. complaint. Yes, you can be loud and listless at the “Breath in deeeeeply,” she whispered in a spooky same time. It’s amazing the effort we make to comway that made me think she might actually be a plain, even when we’re so tired that we just can’t even ghost hired via Ouija board to conduct this class. deal. Poor Kristen. If this conversation were with “Let aaall the stress, grief, pain and negative energy anyone else, I’d have stopped it after 10 seconds, and faaaall ooouut of your booodyyyy.” So my nose did yet she smiled and nodded. I’m an asshole. just that.

This is how most of my conversations have been When I was a little girl, my brother did that horgoing lately. It’s absolutely pathetic. When did I rifying brother thing where he would pin me to turn into that annoying person at the party who the ground, hock up a loogie, then proceed to let it whines about stress or gassiness, or who talks about slowly fall from his lips until it was almost touching how cheese now adversely affects her bowel movemy face then slurp it back up before it connected. ments? Seriously, what the hell happened?

I’d scream from the side of my mouth like a mad Time catching up to me can be to blame. An instroke victim or Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, tense work schedule doesn’t help, either. The hot terrified that if I screamed normally, my brother’s weather’s been giving me a non-stop case of Janasty spit would land in my mouth. Anyone who cuzzi tits, a term I coined to mean when a pool of has a gross brother has had to endure this abuse. hot sweat forms in your underboobs. And I truly And, honestly, 25 years and five kids later, he hasn’t believe I own the world’s most changed all that much and uncomfortable mattress, and would probably still inflict it’s making me cranky. Kristen this torment on me if he could My victim wasn’t even kindly and patiently listened manage to pin me down. a living creature, and yet as I grumbled and then ofAnyway, I basically started I was silently apologizing fered a solution: “You should playing this same revolting come to reiki yoga with me. game with my yoga mat. Unto it for torturing it in It’s really awesome.” like my brother, I didn’t revel such a vile manner.

Reiki is a form of natural in the horror being wreaked stress reduction, relaxation upon my victim. My victim and healing invented in 1922 wasn’t even a living creature, by a Japanese Buddhist (thanks, Internet!). It has and yet I was silently apologizing to it for torturing a lot to do with spiritual and physical healing by it in such a vile manner. Especially after the snot fitransferring “life-force energy” through the palm nally connected with the mat and began to call all its of your hands. Spirits and ghosts are somehow friends to join it. I just wanted to chill the fuck out, also involved. It’s probably one of the hippie-est and my nose refused to allow it. I blame the yoga ghost lady and her magical spirit-world powers. things ever.

We stretched and yoga ghost instructed us to If there’s one place I stick out in a “one of these connect with our past lives. She then had us lay things is not like the other” sort of way, it’s in a locaon our backs, arms and legs spread out wide in the tion dedicated to relaxation. Everything makes me shape of a pentagram. I obliged, snot running into nervous or provokes laughter, and my body seems my ear. to react in a way that ruins the mood for me and “Allooow the spirits in the room to enter your body everyone else. I hurried into Mosaic Yoga in Golden and heeeaaall it of its negative energy,” she coaxed.

Hill five minutes late, paid the woman at the front, Oh, no, lady. I just read an article about womleft my hoodie and sneakers in a wire basket and enen who claim ghosts visit them at night and force tered the muggy studio. their otherworldly boners into them without conEveryone was in child’s pose, sitting on their sent. If this isn’t asking for it, I don’t know what feet, arms stretched out on the floor in front of is. No thanks. them with their face touching the floor, as calming, Hold on. I’m not only snotting my way through atmospheric music played softly. It was hot as balls this class, but now I’m also concerned about bein there. I had a slight sniffle that day, and when ing assaulted by a ghost? I really need to learn to I entered the room, my nose decided to unleash a relax, man. roaring stream of snot onto my shirt. It’s like my nose was all, “Look how peaceful this is. Let’s fuckWrite to alexz@sdcitybeat.com ing ruin it.” and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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lthough The Breeders released their debut alIt was during those extra weeks when the band started bum, Pod, in 1990—featuring former Slint drum- to consider writing new material. After all, there hadn’t mer Britt Walford and soon-to-be Belly front- been a proper Breeders release since 2009’s four-song Fate woman Tanya Donnelly—it took a few years for to Fatal EP. But Wiggs insists that it took a while for the their most widely recognized lineup to take form. When idea of writing again to take hold. the Pixies officially split in 1992, bassist / singer Kim Deal “We were just having so much fun doing this unexpectused the opportunity to give her one-time side project full- ed thing,” she says. “We really weren’t thinking about it. time attention.

But combine that with the tremendous response we were At that point, Deal had already brought in her twin sis- getting from audiences, and it was a question that kept ter / guitarist Kelley to join bassist Josephine Wiggs and coming up. It was only after people kept asking us if there drummer Jim MacPherson. And just a few months before was going to be new music that we thought about seeing that, the band was selected as the opening band for Nir- what that might be like.” vana’s European tour.

With the Deals and MacPherson all living in or near But no one in the group was prepared for what came Dayton, it was Wiggs who was going to have to make the next. The Breeders’ tuneful and weirdly accessible sopho- longest commute. more release, Last Splash, became a surprise hit. Lead sinAnd that’s exactly what she’s done. Since January, the gle “Cannonball” ended up a fixture on alternative-rock Brooklyn-based bassist has spent a week in Ohio each radio, and the band toured as part of the month working on new songs.

Lollapalooza lineup in 1994. The album To date, they’ve come up with six went platinum. but are taking a break to hit the road By the end of 1994, however, the again (which includes a sold-out stop group had collapsed in a heap of exat The Casbah on Sept. 17). But if it Sept. 17 haustion and drugs. And during the weren’t for a special invitation, The The Casbah (sold out) Breeders would still be in a Dayton renext two decades, only a pair of Breeders LPs—recorded without Wiggs or hearsal space working on song No. 7. breedersdigest net MacPherson—would see the light of “Neutral Milk Hotel got in touch,” day. The four musicians wouldn’t play Wiggs says. “They wanted to know if we together again until 2013. were interested in playing with them at To coincide with the album’s 20th anniversary, the Deal the Hollywood Bowl. It was what this tour was pegged on sisters, Wiggs and MacPherson reunited for a tour that from the start. The offer came up, and we thought it was found them playing Last Splash in its entirety every night. the perfect thing to work backwards from. And at the very “We initially got together just to celebrate that album,” least,” she adds with a laugh, “it’ll be fun to have ‘CannonWiggs told CityBeat during a break from band practice in ball’ further down in the set list every night.”

Dayton, Ohio. “But we were also getting together to see While nothing is set in stone, the general plan is to what it’d be like to play together again. And we ended resume songwriting when they wrap up their tour. But up doing far more shows than initially planned. It was Wiggs admits they’re far from ready to commit to a deadsupposed to be something like a four- to six-week tour, line for a new album. and I think it ended up being eight months. We played “There’s no timetable for it,” she says. “But I think we 60 shows.” all want it out as soon as possible. We’re just a bit at the

The Breeders .

The Breeders’ classic li Splash — are neup — as heard on 1993’s La currently wor king on new so st ngs. mercy of the songwriting process and how quickly we can get another half-dozen songs together. But the ball is rolling since we’ve gotten the initial batch done, and things are going to pick up a bit now.”

This is all good news for Breeders fans. What started as a temporary thing to honor an influential album’s milestone has now flourished into a full-fledged reunion. And it seems to be chugging along at a pretty good clip.

For a band with such a tumultuous and unpredictable past, this is the most grounded and steady they’ve been in years. And everyone involved seems committed to at least trying to see if they can capture some of that magic they were responsible for all those years ago.

“This all came about in a strange way,” Wiggs says. “But we’re enjoying it and are excited to do more. We’ve been getting together to work up new material and always had in mind that we’d like to play them out. I think it will be really interesting to see how it fits in with the stuff we’ve been doing.

“And now we get the chance.”

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Venerable indie-rockers Sebadoh confront a new era

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ust got dumped? Feel sad, insecure— like a loser? I know your pain. It’s time to put down the vaporizer and listen to some Sebadoh.

For years, this venerable indie-rock band has plumbed some of humankind’s most awkward feelings. Anxiety, self-pity, resentment, confusion—this is where Sebadoh shines. But these guys aren’t all sad.

If their happy tunes are shaded with darkness, they’ve also found glimmers of hope in gallons of tears. That’s what makes them the ideal accompaniment to so many makeups, break-ups and hopeless crushes.

In part, this rich complexity comes courtesy of Lou Barlow, the band’s cofounder and one of its core songwriters.

The 48-year-old musician is noted for his songcraft and heartfelt lyrics—often juxtaposed with scruffy, lo-fi production values—and he’s long been regarded as the ’Doh’s mopester-in-chief. That wouldn’t be giving him enough credit, though, since his best songs walk a carefully calibrated emotional tightrope.

“Some people are, like, ‘It’s depressing!’” Barlow says, speaking by phone from his home in Glendale. “Really? It’s not that simple. I try to spend the time when I write songs to make a realistic reflection of my thought process. Not all just happy and not all just sad. It’s going to occupy that middle ground.”

From left: Bob D’Amico, Jason Loewenstein and Lou Barlow Twelve months ago, Sebadoh dropped their first album in 14 years, Defend Your- cluding his two children, a 4-year-old boy simply of a band at its peak, but also of the self. Released on indie label Joyful Noise, and 9-year-old girl. He digs into his pater- heady, mid-’90s indie-rock era as a whole. the record features songs by both Barlow nal insecurities on the Defend Yourself cut Alas, the days have long since passed when and longtime bandmate Jason Loewen- “State of Mine,” urging himself to be strong sensitive guys with guitars could rule the stein, with Bob D’Amico on drums. The for his kids as Loewenstein and D’Amico college-rock airwaves. album is far from Sebadoh’s finest moment fill out the jingly-jangly cow-punk.

Now Sebadoh must compete with both “These kids pick up your vibe, for lack younger buzz-bands and reunited legacy (that would arguably be 1991’s III), but it does feature some of their classic tricks. of a better word. You can tell them things acts cashing in on the nostalgia boom. And “Can you tell / that I’m about to lose con- and tell them how to behave, but what it’s easy to see how this unassuming trio trol?” Barlow murmurs in album opener they’re really doing is watching you,” he might get lost in the noise. It didn’t help that “I Will,” before the band launches into a says. “It’s not just for me anymore. It’s not when Defend Yourself came out last year, just about me trying to keep my head above Pitchfork’s Brandon Stosuy handed it a 6.0 bruising riff.

Sebadoh’s emotional turmoil dates back water and be positive with myself. That’s a rating with a methodically brutal review. to the late-’80s, when the nascent project fine thing to do, but now it’s on me. They’re And yet Barlow presses on, his mop of was given a push after Barlow got booted little minds there… little sponges picking dark curly hair signaling his indie-rock vetfrom his other band, Dinosaur Jr. Together up on what your true essence is.” eran status. He started growing it out two Sebadoh’s strongest material will reso- years ago, and he’s kept at it ever since, getwith co-founder Eric Gaffney and a young nate with any anxious soul. ting it trimmed occasionally at his friend’s Loewenstein, Barlow helped Loewenstein’s “Happily Di- L.A. barbershop. pioneer the “lo-fi” movement vided,” off of 1993’s Bubble and with songs like “The Freed “I went through some life changes. I Scrape, almost snaps from its went through a divorce, got a girlfriend that Pig,” a bitter paean to Bartense acoustic-guitar strums. I’m pretty much in love with, and she loves low’s ex-Dinosaur bandmate, Sept. 16 Barlow’s early optimistic bal- longer hair,” Barlow says. “It’s a lot easier J Mascis. In the ensuing years, The Casbah lad “Brand New Love” plays for me. I feel better when I have longer hair.

Gaffney checked out as the on decaying 4-track textures It feels better when I play. I feel like more of band reached new commersebadoh.com to underscore the fragility of a rocker, which is kind of what I am. cial heights with 1994’s Bakeromance. sale, a more polished effort that “The reality is, I’m a lifer,” he adds. “So, On the other hand, the music video for I grew my hair out.” nevertheless ached with raw emotion.

In these earlier years, Barlow says, his “Rebound,” a single from Bakesale, is more You see? If Lou can tough out the hard songs came out of him like he was under of a nostalgic affair. A grainy montage of stuff and still find happiness, we all can. a spell. Nowadays, writing music is harder, live footage, tour-stop antics and fraternal but he also has bigger responsibilities—in- backyard brawling, it offers a snapshot not Write to editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only San Diego lost one of its musical heroes on Sept. 3, when jazz saxophonist and pianist Daniel Jackson died after a battle with bladder cancer. He was 77.

Born in La Jolla, Jackson had a long career that included playing alongside greats such as Buddy Rich and Ray Charles, as well as having built up a reputation as one of the biggest names in jazz in San Diego.

After Jackson’s death, many in the San Diego music scene offered tributes and recollections of hearing Jackson play or playing with him, showing just how widely respected and admired he is in the city.

For example, trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos said on Facebook that Jackson was “a Daniel Jackson teacher to many of us….

8 bands to see at the Music Thing This year’s San Diego Music Thing has another solid lineup of local and international bands, and figuring out a plan of action for the weekend will be a little challenging. To guide you in the right direction, however, here’s an itinerary of must-see acts, with no overlapping set times. Some venues will fill up early, however, so check out the full schedule at sandiegomusicthing.org in case you need a backup.

Friday, Sept. 12 Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact: There’s not a huge R&B scene in San Diego, but this group of local funk and soul all-stars are a must for those looking to get their groove on good and early. (5:30 p.m. at Bar Pink) The Midnight Pine: The Midnight Pine are one of my favorite local bands of the moment, thanks to their haunting gothic country style. Check out their sundown set for some gorgeous ballads. (7:30 p.m. at The Irenic) Liars: Check out last week’s cover story on the event headliners to learn more about how this L.A. art-rock group has evolved into a powerful force of musical innovation. Then go watch them. (9:30 p.m. at North Park Theatre)

Your music and spirit will live on forever!”

Ingrid Croce, owner of Bankers Hill jazz club Croce’s Park West, recalls the first time she met Jackson at Croce’s downtown in the ’80s.

“He was sitting at our Steinway Baby Grand,” she says in an email to CityBeat. “The coolest man in the whole damn town was playing piano at our club—I couldn’t believe it!”

Jackson didn’t achieve the same level of success nationally as he did locally, which was by choice. He stayed in San Diego and taught music to others, as well as performing regularly at clubs like Croce’s, Dizzy’s and the Prince of Wales Room at the Hotel del Coronado. In 2010, San Diego City Councilmember Donna Frye officially declared the week of Jan. 24 to be Daniel Jackson Week. And, in 2013, he earned the Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Diego Music Awards.

His final performance was at Dizzy’s in April.

“Daniel Jackson, with his wry sense of humor, had a profound way of looking at the world at large— he liked it small,” Croce says. “Though he could have travelled anywhere in the world for fame and fortune, he stayed in San Diego mentoring so many wonderful Jazz musicians.

“He is one of my favorite people ever.”

—Jeff Terich considerably in the last decade, and Mystery Cave is one of the most prominent artists, known for crafting psychedelic synth-driven jams. (7 p.m. at The Merrow) Emerald Rats: Another beat-driven act, Emerald Rats is the solo project of Wild Wild Wets’ Mike Turi, and it’s similarly trippy, with just a shade of darkness. (9 p.m. at Soda Bar) Retox: But you’ll also need something loud and intense, and local hardcore heroes Retox should scratch that itch nicely with their raucous punk anthems. (10:15 p.m. at The Irenic) Swamp Dogg: Virginia’s Swamp Dogg is a character, from album covers depicting him riding a mouse to his sometimes-profane Southern soul-funk. He’s an absolute blast to listen to, as well, so I can think of no better way to end the weekend. (11 p.m. at The Casbah)

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

Earth: Earth is one of the heaviest bands on the planet, but they’re not really metal—more like the most colossal drone / ambient act you’ve ever heard, and they’ll be causing a rumble on El Cajon Boulevard. (midnight at The Hideout)

Saturday, Sept. 13 Mystery Cave: San Diego’s beat scene has grown

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@ The Casbah. La Santa Cecilia play an intriguing blend of Latin styles, including cumbia and bossa nova, but I’m really recommending this show for Swamp Dogg.

He’s an O.G. R&B singer who’s been in the game for more than 40 years, and his eccenBY Jeff Terich tric soul sound will make this a highlight of Friday, Sept. 12 the San Diego Music Thing. PLAN B: Retox, Wednesday, Sept. 10 PLAN A: Liars, Destruction Unit, Some Cherry Glazerr, The Frights, GRMLN @ PLAN A: Hot Snakes, Ghetto Blaster, Big Ember @ North Park Theatre. If you The Irenic. I’ve recommended plenty of Bad Buffalo @ The Irenic. I don’t know missed my cover story on Liars last week, go Retox shows in the past, and I’m not about chrissy piper to stop anytime soon. The about you, but I don’t think the high has fad- back and study up on the L.A. ed quite yet from Drive Like Jehu’s show in art rockers before watchlocal hardcore group has reBalboa Park during Labor Day weekend. It’s ing their eclectic, menacing leased a handful of bruising unlikely we’ll ever see something like that freak-out as San Diego Music albums, and they put on an again, but Rick Froberg and John Reis are Thing’s headliners. It should intense show that’s also pretalso members of Hot Snakes, who provide be epic. And weird—very, very ty bruising, come to think of a comparably ass-kicking experience. Their weird. PLAN B: Earth, King it. BACKUP PLAN: Cults, garage punk might be just what you need Dude, Author & Punisher, Meg Myers, The Griswolds to make it to the weekend. PLAN B: Block- Soft Lions @ The Hideout. @ SDMT 91X Stage. head, Elaquent, Yppah, Mystery Cave @ Earth was the original name Soda Bar. Blockhead is responsible for some for Black Sabbath, but it took Sunday, Sept. 14 of underground hip-hop’s best beats, wheth- Seattle’s Dylan Carlson to PLAN A: Owen Pallett, Avi er with Aesop Rock or on his own. Come create something that sounds Buffalo, Foxes in Fiction groove to his loops and boom-bap in person like it’s the size of a planet. His Chuck Ragan @ The Casbah. Owen Paland hear it for yourself. BACKUP PLAN: droning, spacious doom has Mike Watt—Il Sogno del Marinaio, Shady evolved over time, but one thing it’s never lett is not just a charismatic performer and Francos, Noel Jordan @ The Casbah. stopped being is massive. BACKUP PLAN: an amazing songwriter—he’s actually quite Dengue Fever, Barcelona, The Moth and adept at making the most of a limited setup.

I once saw him create an entire full-band The Flame, Dr. Seahorse @ Soda Bar. Thursday, Sept. 11 sound out of loops created from bowing, PLAN A: Accept, Metal Church @ Belly plucking and tapping on his violin. Now Up Tavern. Now that Brick by Brick is back Saturday, Sept. 13 that’s talent. PLAN B: The Major Minus, up and running, it’s been the go-to place for PLAN A: La Santa Cecilia, Swamp Dogg, Cult Vegas, Bad and the Ugly @ Soda Bar. metal shows. But the Belly Up claimed this Okapi Sun, Nicky Venus, We Are Sirens The Major Minus share their name with a one a while ago—two classic metal bands that made a splash in the 1980s, before an explosion of subgenres complicated everything. Just riffs and hooks here, like the good ol’ days.

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Coldplay song, which is unfortunate. But their power-pop sound is catchy and refreshing enough that I think we can all ignore that.

Monday, Sept. 15 PLAN A: Chuck Ragan, Rusty Maples @ The Casbah. I’ve never been that big of a fan of Hot Water Music, the Gainesville, Florida, punk band that Chuck Ragan fronts. However, as a solo artist, Ragan has a rootsy, Springsteen-inspired sound that I’m most definitely on board with. His latest album, Till Midnight, is full of great rock ’n’ roll songs with rich arrangements and plenty of punk-rock spirit leftover. PLAN B: Desert Suns, Loom, Space Shag @ Soda Bar. Desert Suns are a lot of things: heavy, psychedelic, dense and powerful.

You can also add fun to that, since their riff-heavy rock ’n’ roll is more about hooks and songwriting than just being loud for its own sake. Just because it’s Monday doesn’t mean you can’t thrash.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 PLAN A: Sebadoh, Octagrape @ The Casbah. See Page 30 for Peter Holslin’s feature on long-running indie-rock trio Sebadoh, who’ve graduated from their lo-fi roots into a group of grown-ass men who just happen to rock as hard as they did when they were fresh out of college.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! Run River North (The Loft at UCSD, 10/4), Pomplamoose (The Loft at UCSD, 10/9), Tacocat (The Hideout, 10/10), Sleep Over (The Hideout, 10/11), Ana Tijoux (BUT, 10/12), The Colourist (The Loft at UCSD, 10/16), The Body (Che Café, 10/16), Grizfolk (The Loft at UCSD, 10/29), Ziggy Marley (North Park Theater, 11/1), Alejandro Escovedo and Peter Buck (BUT, 11/3), Lagwagon (HOB, 11/6), Trumans Water (Casbah, 11/8), Dropkick Murphys (HOB, 11/10), Run the Jewels (Porter’s Pub, 11/11), Flying Lotus, Thundercat (North Park Theater, 11/13), Say Anything, Saves the Day (HOB, 11/14), Primus (California Center for the Arts, 11/22), Capital Cities (HOB, 11/23), Circa Survive (HOB, 11/28), Chrissie Hynde (Balboa Theater, 11/29), Alex Clare (HOB, 12/2), Tristan Prettyman (HOB, 12/7), Johnny Marr (BUT, 12/18), White Arrows (Casbah, 1/18), Zap Mama and Antibalas (BUT, 2/22), Maroon 5 (Viejas Arena, 4/1).

GET YER TICKETS Buzzcocks (BUT, 9/18), Andrew Bird (Humphreys, 9/19), Drake, Lil Wayne (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/20), Lykke Li (North Park Theatre, 9/22), Unwritten Law (Porter’s Pub, 9/26), Thievery Corporation (BUT, 9/29), DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist (HOB, 10/1), Boys Noize, Baauer (SOMA, 10/2), Pinback (HOB, 10/4), Chromeo (SOMA, 10/8), The Horrors (BUT, 10/13), Washed Out (North Park Theatre, 10/16), Perfume Genius (Soda Bar, 10/17), Yellowcard (North Park Theatre, 10/17), The New Pornographers

(North Park Theatre, 10/18), Metronomy (BUT, 10/19), Charli XCX (HOB, 10/21), Tinariwen (BUT, 10/21), Carcass (Brick by Brick, 10/24), Daryl Hall and John Oates (Open Air Theatre, 10/25), Warpaint (North Park Theatre, 10/25), Jenny Lewis (HOB, 10/25), Phish (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 10/25), Ab-Soul (SOMA, 10/26), Iceage (Casbah, 11/3), Rhye (North Park Theatre, 11/6), The Black Keys (Viejas Arena, 11/9), Hot Water Music (Irenic, 11/12), Blonde Redhead (HOB, 11/15), The Misfits (HOB, 11/16), The Ready Set, Metro Station (HOB, 11/22).

September Wednesday, Sept. 10 Blockhead at Soda Bar. Sean Hayes at Belly Up Tavern. Hot Snakes at The Irenic.

Thursday, Sept. 11 Accept, Metal Church at Belly Up Tavern. Hot Snakes at The Casbah (sold out).

Friday, Sept. 12 Metalachi at Belly Up Tavern. Chicago at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Slaughter and The Dogs at Til-Two Club. Deap Vally at The Casbah. Liars at The North Park Theatre. Earth at The Hideout. Dengue Fever at Soda Bar.

Saturday, Sept. 13 Moving Units at The Hideout. La Santa Cecilia, Swamp Dogg at The Casbah.

Slow Magic at Soda Bar.

Sunday, Sept. 14 Passenger at House of Blues (sold out).

Owen Pallett at The Casbah.

Monday, Sept. 15 Chuck Ragan at The Casbah.

Wednesday, Sept. 17 The Breeders at The Casbah (sold out).

Macy Gray at Belly Up Tavern. The Tree Ring at The Irenic.

Thursday, Sept. 18 The Young Dubliners at House of Blues.

Luis Miguel at Viejas Arena. Gardens and Villa at The Casbah. Buzzcocks at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Sept. 19 The Avengers at The Casbah. Andrew Bird at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Big Mountain at Belly Up Tavern.

Saturday, Sept. 20 Drake, Lil Wayne at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Sole at Soda Bar.

Sunday, Sept. 21 Kaiser Chiefs at House of Blues. Arsis at Porter’s Pub.

Monday, Sept. 22 Lykke Li at North Park Theatre. Better Than Ezra at Belly Up Tavern.

rCLUBSr 57 Degrees Wine Bar, 1735 Hancock St., Middletown, Midtown. fiftysevendegrees.com. Tue: Game Night: Pictionary.

710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pa-

cific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: Live band karaoke. Fri: Matt Heinecke (5 p.m.); ‘Haus Party’ (8 p.m.). Sat: Dazed and Confused. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: Battle of the bands. Tue: ‘Haus Party’.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Fri: The Burt Brion Band. Sat: The Reka Parker/Paul Seaforth Quartet. Sun: The Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco. com. Wed: Amir K. Thu-Sun: Dov Davidoff. Tue: Open mic.

Bang Bang, 526 Market St, Downtown. facebook.com/BangBangSanDiego. Fri: Snbrn, Klatch. Sat: Tommie Sunshine, Boonie Walker.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink.com. Wed: ‘20XX Party’ w/ Cali Cam. Thu: West Beast, Diamond Lakes.

Fri: Euphoria Brass Band. Sat: The Milkcrates DJs. Sun: Kodiak, Space Chainsaw. Mon: The Husky Boy All Stars.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Thu: Major Levi, Oliver Smith. Fri: Eva Shaw. Sat: Sultan and Ned Shepard.

Beaumont’s, 5662 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla. brocktonvilla.com/beaumonts.html.

Thu: Adam Block Duo. Sat: Rare Form.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Sean Hayes, Eric and Erica. Thu: Accept, Metal Church. Fri: Metalachi, Godspeed McQueen. Sat: Livin on a Prayer, Paradise City, DJ Man Cat. Sun: Inspired and the Sleep, Justin Froese, Oliver Trolley. Mon: Daddy Issues, Wicked Tongues, Playfight, Morgan Leigh Band. Tue: Junior Brown, Nancarrow.

Bluefoot Bar & Lounge, 3404 30th St, North Park. bluefootsd.com. Sat: The Mammary Chronicles.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Bobbie3k, Filthy Rich. Fri: ‘Club Musae’. Sat: Twisted Relatives, Entrippy.

Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd, University Heights. bourbonstreetsd.com.

Wed: VJ K Swift. Thu: ‘Wet’. Fri: Karina Frost, Lillian Lefranc. Sun: ‘Soiree’. Tue: Karaoke.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Fri: ‘Hip Hop Fridayz’.

Sat: DJs XP, KA. Sun: Daisy Salinas, DJ Sebastian La Madrid. Mon: DJs Junior the DiscoPunk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Fri: Glass Spells, Amigo, Smoke Season. Sun: Smile Empty Soul, Bridge to Grace, Saint Ridley, Born to Rise.

Comedy Palace, 8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Clairemont. thecomedypalace.com.

Wed: Mark Christopher Lawrence. Thu: Chris Curtis. Fri & Sat: Skippy Simon.

Tue: Bijan Mostafavi.

Comedy Store, 916 Pearl St, La Jolla. lajolla.thecomedystore.com. Fri & Sat: Theo Von. Dirk’s Nightclub, 7662 Broadway, Lemon Grove. dirksniteclub.com. Fri: Serious Guise. Sat: DJ Dizzy D. Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: The Joshua White Trio. Sat: Tim Weisberg.

Elbow Room, 5225 Kearny Villa Road, Kearny Mesa. elbowroomsd.com. Fri:

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Stars on the Water. Sat: Street Heart.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Fri: Seedheads, Love You Hide, Contact High, The Bleeskiez, 4th n Cedar. Sat: Full Moons Eve, The Beautiful People, Batboat, Coastal Break.

F6ix, 526 F St., Downtown, Downtown. f6ixsd.com. Fri: DJ Rags.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Ookay. Fri: DJs Brett Bodley, Ricky Rocks. Sat: Karma. Sun: Mad Decent All Stars.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Wed: King Scha Scha. Thu: Revival, DJ Reefah, TRC Soundsystem. Fri: Pool Party, DJ R2.

Sat: Funk’s Most Wanted, DJ Chelu.

Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Ave, Downtown. hardrockhotelsd.com. Thu: Javier Escovedo, The Fink Bombs.

Henry’s Pub, 618 Fifth Ave, Downtown. henryspub.com. Wed: Johnny Tarr, DJ Christopher London. Thu: Mark Fisher, DJ Yodah. Fri: ‘Good Times’. Sat: DJs E, Yodah. Mon: ‘Kinetic Soul’. Tue: Big City Dawgs.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Fri: Ambrosia, King Washington, DJ Claire.

Sun: Passenger (Sold out).

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Thu: Warp 9. Sat: Delta Moontribe. Mon: ‘Jah Jah City’.

Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave, Kensington. 619-284-2848. Sat: Sewer Rats, The Triggers, Blackjackits.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Goodal Boys. Thu: North Star. Fri: Pat Ellis and

Blue Frog Band. Sat: Upshots. Sun: Ron’s Garage. Tue: Glen Smith.

Patricks Gaslamp, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: The Rayford Brothers. Thu: The Bill Magee Blues Band.

Fri: Mystique Element of Soul. Sat: Trey Tosh. Sun: Trey Tosh. Mon: The Groove Squad. Tue: Walter’s Chicken Jam. Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Sat: MistahFab, Smigg Dirtee, Ecay Uno, I-Rocc, Adonis Da Hottest. Sun: Devil You Know, Convent, Peace in Terror, Vanguard.

Reds Saloon, 4190 Mission Blvd, Pacific Beach. facebook.com/RedsSaloon. Wed: Nate Craig.

Rich’s, 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: DJ John Joseph. Thu: DJ Kinky Loops. Fri: DJs Dirty Kurty, Will Z. Sat: DJs Taj, K Swift. Sun: DJ Moody Rudy.

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

Thu: Man From Tuesday. Fri: Chickenbone Slim. Sat: Liz Grace and the Swing Thing.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Thu: Juice Box. Fri: Josh Damigo and the Freeloaders, Vinnie and the Hooligans, Jesse Lamonaca, Triumph of the Wild. Sat: Magic Giant, Andrew Belle, Emily Jane White.

Mon: ‘Motown Monday’ w/ DJ Artistic.

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

Wed: Blockhead, Elaquent, Yppah, Mystery Cave. Thu: Waters, Wild Ones, Zella Day, The Bilinda Butchers, Hunny. Fri: Dengue Fever, Barcelona, The Moth and the Flame, Dr. Sesahorse. Sat: Slow Magic, Kodak to Graph, Dactyl, Emerald Rats.

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Sun: The Major Minus, Cult Vegas, Bad and the Ugly. Mon: Desert Suns, Loom, Space Shag. Tue: Intergalactix, Bestfriends, PRGRM. SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Thu: Porter Robinson. Fri: Iwrestledabearonce, Elitist, Of Hope and Heresy, Roar Like Me. Sat: A New Challenger Approaches, Focus In Frame, Within Ourselves, Heavyweights, Hannibal, Smarter Than Robots.

Stage Bar & Grill, 762 Fifth Ave, Downtown. stagesaloon.com. Thu: Superbad.

Fri: Disco Pimps, DJ Slynkee. Sat: Hott Mess, DJ Miss Dust. Mon: Karaoke.

Sycamore Den, 3391 Adams Ave., San Diego, Normal Heights. sycamoreden. com. Thu: The Whiskey Circle, Sneaky Bones. Fri: The Moves, Jon Runion. Sun: The Big Decisions.

The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Mike Watt - il sogno del marinaio, Shady Francos, Noel Jordan. Thu: Hot Snakes, The Heartaches, Teenage Burritos (sold out).

Fri: Deap Vally, Wild Wild Wets, Mystic Braves, Black Taxi, Schitzophonics. Sat: La Santa Cecilia, Swamp Dogg, Okapi Sun, NIcky Venus, We Are Sirens. Sun: Owen Pallett, Avi Buffalo, Foxes in Fiction.

Mon: Chuck Ragan, Rusty Maples. Tue: Sebadoh, Octagrape.

The Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Fri: Clemenshine, Jesus Gonzalez and Aaron Bowen, The Seats.

The Hideout, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. thehideoutsd.com. Wed: ‘Progress’. Thu: GBH, Revolut-chix, Sculpins.

Fri: Earth, King Dude, Author and Punisher, Soft Lions. Sat: Moving Units, FenechSoler, Torches, Hills Like Elephants. Tue:

Golden Donna, Cherushii, Reaches.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. theMerrow.com. Thu: Dauzat St. Marie, Jonathan Charles, Karina Frost.

Fri: Bushwalla, Haunted Summer, Smart Brothers, Little Dove, The Blues and Greys. Sat: The Hood Internet, Parker and the Numberman, Mystery Cave.

Mon: Open mic. Tue: Saint Diego, Social Club, Viva Apollo.

The Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: ‘Dub Dynamite’ w/ DJs Rashi, Eddie Turbo. Thu: DJ Myson King. Fri: DJs Kid Wonder, Saul Q. Sun: ‘Uptown Top Ranking’ w/ DJs Tribe of Kings.

The Tin Roof, 401 G Street, Gaslamp. tinroofbars.com/Home/SanDiego. Wed: Karaoke. Thu: Chad Freeman and Redline. Fri: Betamaxx, Marcela Mendez Trio. Sat: Caylie Gregorio (3 p.m.); Sam Hosking (6:30 p.m.); Aquile, Bryan Keith (9 p.m.). Mon: The Kracker Jax. Tue: ‘G Street Sessions’.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Wed: Lexicons, Bandulus. Thu: Johnny Polygon, Parker and the Numberman, Nocando. Fri: Slaughter and the Dogs, Tiltwheel, Chinese Rocks, Inciting Riots. Sun: Comedy open mic. Mon: Karaoke.

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

Fri: ‘Tin Can Country Club’ w/ Patrick Conway, Grampadrew, Gayle Skidmore.

Sat: Ottley Mercer, Mochilero All Stars, No Kings. Mon: ‘Tin Can Country Club’ w/ Anna Levitt.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Thu: Rockin’ Aces. Fri: OGR. Sat: Wazabe Blue. Tue: Theo and Zydeco Patrol.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Thu: DJs Mikey Ratt, Tiki Thomas. Fri: Cedar Fire, Man Hands, Alpha Channel. Sat: The Prowling Kind, Love and the Skull, Mittens. Tue: Hammered Satin, Modern Kicks, Abraskadabra.

Turquoise, 873 Turquoise St, Pacific Beach. theturquoise.com/wordpress.

Wed: The Jade Visions Jazz Trio (7 p.m.).

Thu: The Jade Visions Jazz Trio (7 p.m.).

Fri: Afro Jazziacs (9 p.m.). Sat: Vera Cruz Blues (4 p.m.); Tomcat Courtney (7 p.m.).

Sun: Sounds Like Four (4 p.m.); Blue44 (7 p.m.). Mon: Locked Out of Eden w/ David Hermsen (7 p.m.). Tue: Grupo Global (7 p.m.).

Ux31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Wed: Jesse LaMonaca and the Dime Novels, Action Andy and the HiTones. Thu: Balcazar and Sordo, Halo, Jon Dadon, Jimbo James. Fri: Dead Feather Moon, Queen Caveat, Deadly Birds, The Janks, Bogon Via, The Singles.

Sat: DJ Saul Q. Sun: Bad Neighborz, Black Salt Tone. Mon: DJ Von Kiss. Tue: Karaoke.

West Coast Tavern, 2895 University Ave, North Park. westcoatstavern.com.

Wed: DJ Chris G. Thu: DJ Coltron. Fri: DJ Billy the Kid. Sat: J Louis. Tue: DJ Clean Cut. Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Wed: ‘Wu-Tang Wednesday’ w/ DJ Cros One. Fri: Spero, Oh Spirit. Sat: Grampadrew’s Flim Flam Revue.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Vibes Up Strong, DJ Carlos Culture. Thu: Agua Dulce. Fri: ‘Ocean Boogie’. Sat: Tribal Theory. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: Electric Waste Band. Tue: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds.

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Funny business Across 1. It’s sold in sheets 4. Great, in early ‘90s slang 8. Bubbled up 14. Took care of the leftovers 15. Horror film director Eli 16. Fighters on the ocean 17. Little dingo 18. It’s long, hard, and black 19. Horseshoes throw that’s against the stake 20. Healthful mineral from anime?

23. Noted one-legged captain 24. It’s slim and shady 25. “Hey now!”

26. “I’m crazy about my fine collection of guitars with steel resonators”?

31. ___ shower (event where a couple rakes in the loot) 32. Stunk and then some 33. Small bird 36. Seabee’s org.

37. Disposed (of) 39. Article for Angela Merkel 40. Agent Emanuel (who’s also Rahm’s brother) 41. “Family Guy” daughter 42. Karate blow 44. Get ready to do something 46. Male offspring with 20 fingers each?

48. H. H. Munro’s pen name 51. Brooklyn Summer ___ 52. Really small 53. Dice game played by someone from a German port?

Last week’s answers

58. Suitable for plowing 59. Like Narcissus 60. Deck approval 62. Golfer Ochoa 63. Novel ending?

64. Missouri State Highway Patrol captain Johnson 65. Capture 66. Wine sediments 67. Wet firecracker

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Persian’s place Sire Not allowing to have Rush’s forte Wandering stewbum Sought forgiveness Sci-fi monster movie that was Steve McQueen’s first starring role 8. Back-to-school time 9. Baseball legend Hershiser 10. Knocks out of one’s seat 11. Craziness 12. Places of perfection 13. Suitor in Austen 21. Still snoozing, say 22. Move along slowly 23. Spotify selection 27. Senator Rubio 28. Philanthropist Yale 29. President’s tenure 30. Possessed 33. Justice or Death 34. 2009 #1 Lady Antebellum hit 35. Sort of blasted 38. Head covering beneath a helmet 43. Base measurement 45. Clarifying words when spelling a name over the phone 46. One who’s beyond belief 47. Bubble up?

48. Product of mud compaction 49. “Breaking Bad” star ___ Paul who won his third Emmy on August 25th 50. Target rival 54. One of the long bones 55. ___ the benefits of 56. Sink one’s teeth into 57. Quelques-___ (some: Fr.) 61. Where this appears, appropriately

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