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Barrio Logan and the race for mayor If you’re looking for an indicator of how the canthat if the Barrio Logan Community Plan update is didates for mayor of San Diego would govern, and implemented, 46,000 people will lose their jobs. As whose interests they’d serve, you might keep your explained by Andrew Keatts of Voice of San Diego, eyes on Barrio Logan, the largely Latino community that figure represents employment in San Diego’s just south of Downtown, between Interstate 5 and entire maritime industry, according to one indusSan Diego Bay. try study. Meanwhile, the nine-block buffer zone Last week, the San Diego Ship Repair Association impacts only a few businesses that supply the shipannounced a campaign to get a referendum on the repair industry. ballot that would repeal a landmark update of the At issue is how easy or difficult to make it for Barrio Logan Community Plan that was endorsed on new such businesses to open in the buffer zone and Sept. 17 by the San Diego City Council on a 5-4 vote. for those already there to undertake large expanThe council is set to give its final approval on Oct. 15. sions. The community wants that buffer zone to be The update was mostly controversy-free, except for mostly reserved for resident-serving commercial a small area of Barrio Logan that would be reserved businesses and a chance to weigh in publicly on as a buffer between the shipyards along the coast and new or greatly expanded industry. The ship industhe community to the east. But because conflict betry wants its suppliers to be able to open or expand tween industry and residents has plagued the neighwithout a step in the permit process for the comDavid Rolland munity to object. borhood for decades, that small area of controversy is really quite huge.

The community, which suffers from Councilmember David Alvarez, a abnormally high childhood-asthma Democrat who represents Barrio Logan rates, has long been fighting for proand is running for mayor, came up with tection from polluting industry—for a late compromise for that buffer zone advocates, it’s all about physical disthat irritated a few community activists tance between homes and industrial and seemingly the whole maritime inbusinesses. Alvarez grew up in Barrio dustry while satisfying many of the acLogan and has asthma. tivists who’d been working on the issue The ship-repair industry is simply for the past decade, such as the Enviworried about the long-term effects Kevin Faulconer of community creep, although homes ronmental Health Coalition. It was Alvarez’s compromise that the City Council endorsed. are zoned out of the buffer and although it’s not at With Alvarez leading the community continall clear that the industry’s fears will ever be realgent, Republican Councilmember Kevin Faulconer, ized. Faulconer likes to speak Spanish at his camanother candidate for mayor, got out in front of paign events but doesn’t stand with communities the industry’s forces and is supporting the referwith predominantly Spanish speakers when they’re endum. Meanwhile, the likely frontrunner in the looking for help. Instead, he stands with well-firace, Democrat Nathan Fletcher, is dancing on the nanced industry leaders as they seek to overturn a head of a pin, trying to occupy the safest place in genuine, years-in-the-making public process that the debate. He’s reportedly called for a return to the didn’t give them everything they wanted. He will negotiating table but declines to say anything subuse the threat of a referendum to convince the City stantive. We asked Fletcher’s campaign this week Council to tip the scales in favor of industry. for his position on the community-plan update but As for Fletcher, your guess is as good as ours. We got no response. don’t know what he wants.

This, we believe, is a microcosm of the race for In any case, all the community is asking for is mayor: Alvarez backs the plucky low-income comheightened regulation of potentially polluting busimunity in a battle against big-money business. Faulnesses in a small area closer to homes and a chance coner takes the side of industry. Fletcher—well, we to weigh in publicly before permits are issued. We don’t really know where Fletcher is. urge Councilmembers Alvarez, Todd Gloria, Sherri One thing we do know is that Faulconer is Lightner, Myrtle Cole and Marti Emerald to stand throwing around wild claims to try to scare San their ground and stand with Barrio Logan.

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I really appreciated Glenn Heath Jr.’s beautiful description of the film Short Term 12 in his Sept. 11 film review.

As a person who’s faced many demons through a brightly colored lens, I have to say this movie really captured the essence of humanity in a controlled, sometimes volatile environment— that of a psychiatric or fostercare facility.

Demons never go away, but when faced with compassion, we can truly accept love with open arms.

on a perilous journey to unseat a duly-elected mayor without ever understanding the myriad ramifications of what they were doing. Hubris, ignorance, group-think and a distorted sense of extra-legal personal power to right wrongs set in motion a train of events that have been and will be exploited by other interests.

Politically, it was a huge setback for San Diego—and lots of human wreckage, too. Migraines, tears—not nearly enough to cover the profound stupidity / naïveté on display here.

Elizabeth Grace Hammond, Golden Hill

Frances O’Neill Zimmerman, La Jolla

Stupid and naive

50 shades

Many thanks to David Rolland for writing the important “Three against one: The inside story of how and why Donna Frye, Marco Gonzalez and Cory Briggs ended Bob Filner’s political career [“News,” Sept. 18]. Great job.

It’s a crystal-clear exposition of the motivations, interactions and actions of three self-styled “progressives” who embarked

You asked what I think of your editorial in the Sept. 18 issue, and I take that personally; I think the up-and-down trickle theories are not in the answer.

What is not mentioned is the increasing cost to consumers that must follow wage increases: Increase the payroll and the price of products and services increases, the higher the workers

pay for stuff, the more likely the benefit of an increased minimum wage will shortly be a wash.

Additionally, to increase payroll and not decrease employees will result in higher prices—and, of course, increased unemployment rate of the lower class. The practice of increasing the minimum wage is a temporary salve for the masses, and there’s no alternative except a controlled economy, which would be as it must be: social suicide! It will also make it more likely that creative people will produce with as few employees as possible, if not none at all.

What do I think? Everyone in this discussion has employees of large firms in mind, and no thought given to the small businesses, whose owners are also hurting.

There is no solution, there is only the argument. Remove the national government from our domestic lives and leave it to the states, and let’s see 50 different solutions in action.

Saul Harmon Gritz, Hillcrest

Jason Silverio

that will inspire rhetoric of class warfare,” she said.

Unable to tell the story of a trend and unable to talk about rising inequality for fear of appearing partisan, reporters often fail to connect the dots for their readers.

One of Project Censored’s stories this year, “Bank interests inflate global prices by 35 to 40 percent,” is a good example of the need for a media watchdog. Researchers point to interest payments as the primary way wealth is transferred from Main Street to Wall Street.

It’s how the banks are picking the pockets of the 99 percent. But if no politician is calling out the banks on this practice, if no advocacy group is gaining enough traction, shouldn’t it be the media’s role to protect the public and sound the battle cry?

“So much of media criticism is really political commentary squeezed through a media squeezer,” Gladstone said, “and it comes out media-shaped.”

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his year’s annual Project Censored list of the most underreported news stories includes the widening wealth gap, the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning for leaking classified documents and President Obama’s war on whistleblowers—all stories that actually received considerable news coverage.

So, how exactly were they “censored” and what does that say of this venerable media watchdog project?

Project Censored isn’t only about stories that were deliberately buried or ignored. It’s about stories the media have covered poorly through a sort of false objectivity that skews the truth. Journalists do cry out against injustice, on occasion, but they don’t always do it well.

That’s why Project Censored was started back in 1976: to highlight stories the mainstream media missed or gave scant attention to. Although the project initially started at Sonoma State University, now academics and students from 18 universities and community colleges across the country pore through hundreds of submissions of overlooked and underreported stories annually. A panel of academics and journalists then picks the top 25 stories and curates them into themed clusters. This year’s book, Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fearful Times, hit bookstores last week.

What causes the media to stumble? There are as many reasons as there are failures.

Brooke Gladstone, host of the radio program On the Media and writer of the graphic novel cum news-media critique, The Influencing Machine, said the story of Manning (who now goes by the first name Chelsea) was the perfect example of the media trying to cover a story right but getting it mostly wrong.

cChesney says journalism should be a proactive watchdog by independently stating that something needs to be done. He said there’s more watchdog journalism calling out inequity in democracies where there is a more robust and funded media.

And they often have one thing we in U.S. don’t—government subsidies for journalism.

“All the other democracies in the world, there are huge subsidies for public media and journalism,” McChesney said. “They not only rank ahead of us in terms of being democratic, they also rank ahead of us in terms of having a free press. Our press is shrinking.”

No matter what the ultimate economic solution is, the “The Bradley Manning case is for far too long centered crisis of reporting is largely a crisis of money. McChesney on his personality rather than the nature of his revela- calls it a “whole knife in the heart of journalism.” tions,” Gladstone said. Manning’s career was sacrificed for For American journalism to revive itself, it has to move sending 700,000 classified documents about the Iraq war beyond its corporate ties. It has to become a truly free press. to WikiLeaks. But the media coverage focused largely on It’s time to end the myth that corporate journalism is the Manning’s trial and subsequent change in gender identity. only way for media to be objective, monolithic and correct.

Gladstone said that this is part of the media’s inability to The failures of that prescription are clear in Project deal with vast quantities of information, which, she said, “is Censored’s top 10 stories of the year: not what most of our standard media does all that well.”

The media mangling of Manning is No. 1 on the Project 1. Manning and the failure of corporate media Censored list, but the shallow coverage this story received Untold stories of Iraqi civilian deaths by American soldiers, is not unique.

U.S. diplomats pushing aircraft sales on foreign royalty, uninvestigated abuse by Iraqi allies, the perils of the rise in he Project for Excellence in Journalism, which con- private war contractors—this is what Manning exposed. ducts an annual analysis of trends in news, found that They were stories that challenge the U.S. political elite, and as revenue in journalism has declined, newsrooms have they were made possible only through a sacrifice. shed 30 percent of their staffs in the last decade. In 2012, Manning got a 35-year prison sentence for the revelathe number of reporters in the U.S. dipped to its lowest lev- tion of state secrets to WikiLeaks, a story told countless el since 1978, with fewer than 40,000 reporters nationally. times in corporate media. But as Project Censored posits, This creates a sense of desperation in the newsroom, and, the failure of our media was not in the lack of coverage of in the end, it’s the public that loses.

Manning but in its focus.

“What won out is something much more palpable to the Though The New York Times partnered with WikiLeaks advertisers,” said Robert McChesney, an author, longtime to release stories based on the documents, many published media-reform advocate, professor at the University of Il- in 2010 and 2011, news from the leaks have since slowed to linois and host of Media Matters from 2000 to 2012. Bland- a trickle—a waste of more than 700,000 pieces of classified ness beat out fearless truth-telling. intelligence that give unparalleled ground-level views of Even worse than kowtowing to advertisers is the false America’s costly wars. objectivity the media try to achieve, McChesney said, neuThe media quickly took a scathing indictment of U.S. tering its news to stay “neutral” on a topic. This handcuffs military policy and spun it into a story about Manning’s journalists into not drawing conclusions, even when they politics and patriotism. As Rolling Stone pointed out in are well-supported by the facts.

“Did the Media Fail Bradley Manning?,” Manning initially In order to report a story, they rely on the words of oth- took the trove of leaks to The Washington Post and The New ers to make claims, limiting what they can report.

York Times, only to be turned away.

“You allow people in power to set the range of legitiAlexa O’Brien, a former Occupy activist, scooped most of mate debate, and you report on it,” McChesney said. the media by actually attending Manning’s trial. She produced Project Censored stories reflect that dynamic—many of tens of thousands of words in transcriptions of the court hearthem require journalists to take a stand or present an il- ings, one of the relatively few reporters on the beat. luminating perspective on a set of dry facts. For example, reporting on the increasing gulf between the rich and the 2. Richest global 1 percent hide billions in tax havens poor is easy, but talking about why the rich are getting rich- Global corporate fat-cats hold $21 trillion to $32 trillion in er is where journalists begin to worry about their objectiv- offshore havens, money hidden from government taxation ity, Gladstone said.

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Obama said. “As my administration previously informed the Congress, I will interpret those sections consistent with my authority.”

that would benefit people around the world, according to findings by James S. Henry, the former chief economist of the global management firm McKinsey & Company.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained a leak in April 2013, revealing how widespread the buy-in was to these tax havens. The findings were damning: Government officials in Canada, Russia and other countries have embraced offshore accounts, the world’s top banks (including Deutsche Bank) have worked to maintain them and the tax havens are used in Ponzi schemes.

Moving money offshore has implications that ripped through the world economy. Part of Greece’s economic collapse was due to these tax havens, ICIJ reporter Gerard Ryle told Gladstone on her radio show. “It’s because people don’t want to pay taxes,” he said. “You avoid taxes by going offshore and playing by different rules.”

U.S. Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, introduced legislation to combat the practice, SB 1533, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, but, so far, the bill has had little play in the media.

Henry said the hidden wealth was a “huge black hole” in the world economy that’s never been measured and could generate income-tax revenues between $190 billion and $280 billion a year.

5. Hate groups and antigovernment groups on rise across U.S. Hate groups in the U.S. are on the rise, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. There are 1,007 known hate groups operating across the country, it wrote, including neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, black separatists, border vigilantes and others.

Since 2000, those groups have grown by more than half, and there was a “powerful resurgence” of “patriot” groups, the likes of which were involved in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Worst of all, the huge growth in armed militias seems to have conspicuous timing with Obama’s election.

“The number of Patriot groups, including armed militias, has grown 813 percent since Obama was elected— from 149 in 2008 to 1,360 in 2012,” the SPLC reported.

Though traditionally those groups were race-motivated, the report noted that now they are gunning for government. There was a smattering of news coverage when the SPLC released its report, but not much since.

3. Trans-Pacific Partnership Take 600 corporate advisors, mix in officials from 11 international governments and let it bake for about two years, and out pops international partnerships that threaten to cripple progressive movements worldwide.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement, but leaked texts show that it may allow foreign investors to use “investor-state” tribunals to extract extravagant extra damages for “expected future profits,” according to the Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch.

The trade watch group investigated the TPP and is the main advocate in opposition to its policies. The AFL-CIO, Sierra Club and other organizations have also had growing concerns about the level of access granted to corporations in these agreements.

With extra powers granted to foreign firms, the possibility that companies would continue moving offshore could grow. But even with the risks of outsized corporate influence, the U.S. has a strong interest in the TPP in order to maintain trade agreements with Asia.

The balancing act between corporate and public interests is at stake, but until the U.S. releases more documents from negotiations, the American people will remain in the dark.

4. Obama’s war on whistleblowers President Obama has invoked the Espionage Act of 1917 more times than every other president combined. On seven occasions, Obama has used the act to pursue leakers: Thomas Drake, Shamai Leibowitz, Bradley Manning, Stephen Kim, Jeffrey Sterling, John Kiriakou and, most recently, Edward Snowden. Each had ties to the State Department, FBI, CIA or NSA, and all of them leaked to journalists.

“Neither party is raising hell over this. This is the sort of story that sort of slips through the cracks,” McChesney said. And when the politicians don’t raise a fuss, neither do the media.

Pro Publica covered the issue, constructing timelines and mapping out the various arrests and indictments. But where Project Censored points out the lack of coverage is in Obama’s hypocrisy—only a year before, he signed the Whistleblower Protection Act. Later on, he said he wouldn’t follow every letter of the law in the bill he had only just signed.

“Certain provisions in the act threaten to interfere with my constitutional duty to supervise the executive branch,”

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6. Billionaires’ rising wealth intensifies poverty and inequality The world’s billionaires added $241 billion to their collective net worth in 2012. That’s an economic recovery, right?

That gain, coupled with the world’s richest people’s new total worth of $1.9 trillion (more than the GDP of Canada), wasn’t reported by some kooky socialist group; it

was reported by Bloomberg News. But few journalists are asking the important question: Why? Project Censored points to journalist George Monbiot, who highlights a reduction of taxes and tax enforcement, the privatization of public assets and the weakening of labor unions.

His conclusions are backed up by the United Nations’ Trade and Development Report from 2012, which noted how the trend hurts everyone: “Recent empirical and analytical work reviewed here mostly shows a negative correlation between inequality and growth.”

7. Merchant of death and nuclear weapons The report highlighted by Project Censored on the threat of nuclear war is an example not of censorship, strictly, but, rather, a desire for media reform.

Project Censored highlighted a study from Physicians for Social Responsibility that said 1 billion people could starve in the decade after a nuclear detonation. Corn production in the U.S. would decline by an average of 10 percent for an entire decade, and food prices would make food inaccessible to hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people.

This is not journalism in the classic sense, Gladstone said.

In traditional journalism, as it’s played out since the early 20th century, news requires an element of something new in order to garner reporting—not a looming threat or danger.

So, in this case, what Project Censored identified was the need for a new kind of journalism, what it calls “solutions journalism.”

“Solutions journalism,” Sarah van Gelder wrote in the foreword to Censored 2014, “must investigate not only the individual innovations, but also the larger pattern of

change—the emerging ethics, institutions, and ways of life that are coming into existence.”

8. Bank interests inflate global prices by 35 to 40 percent Does 35 percent of everything bought in the United States go to interest?

Professor Margrit Kennedy of the University of Hanover thinks so, and she says it’s a major funnel of money from the 99 percent to the rich.

In her 2012 book Occupy Money, Kennedy wrote that tradespeople, suppliers, wholesalers and retailers along the chain of production rely on credit. Her figures were initially drawn from the German economy, but Ellen Brown of the Web of Debt and Global Research said she found similar patterns in the U.S. This “hidden interest” has sapped the growth of other industries, she said, lining the pockets of the financial sector.

So, if interest is stagnating so many industries, why would journalists avoid the topic?

Few economists have echoed her views, and few experts emerged to back up her assertions. Notably, she’s a professor in an architectural school, with no formal credentials in economics.

From her own website, she said she became an “expert” in economics “through her continuous research and scrutiny.”

Without people in power pushing the topic, McChesney said, a mainstream journalist would be seen as going out on a limb.

“The reporters raise an issue the elites are not raising themselves, then you’re ideological, have an axe to grind, sort of a hack,” he said. “It makes journalism worthless on pretty important issues.”

9. Icelanders vote to include commons in their Constitution In 2012, Icelandic citizens voted in a referendum to change the country’s 1944 constitution. When asked, “In the new constitution, do you want natural resources that are not privately owned to be declared national property?” its citizens voted 81 percent in favor.

Project Censored says this is important for us to know, but, in the end, U.S. journalism is notably American-centric. Even the Nieman Watchdog, a foundation for journalism at Harvard University, issued a report in 2011 citing the lack of reporting on a war into which the U.S. funneled more than $4 trillion during the past decade, not to mention the cost in human lives.

If we don’t pay attention to our own wars, why exactly does Project Censored think we’d pay attention to Iceland?

“The constitutional reforms are a direct response to the nation’s 2008 financial crash,” Project Censored wrote, “when Iceland’s unregulated banks borrowed more than the country’s gross domestic product from international wholesale money markets.”

Solutions-based journalism rears its head again, and the idea is that the U.S. has much to learn from Iceland, but even Gladstone was dubious.

“Iceland is being undercovered, goddamnit! Where is our Iceland news?” she joked with us. “Certainly, I agree with some of this list.

Bradley Manning was covered badly, [and] I was sad the tax haven story didn’t get more coverage. But when has anyone cared about Iceland?”

10. A “culture of cruelty” along Mexico-U.S. border The plight of Mexican border crossings usually involves three types of stories in U.S. press: deaths in the stretch of desert beyond the border, the horrors of drug cartels and heroic journeys of border crossings by sympathetic workers. But a report released a year ago by the organization No More Deaths snags the 10th spot for overlooked stories in Project Censored.

The report asserts that people arrested by Border Patrol while crossing were denied water and told to let their sick die. No More Deaths conducted more than 12,000 interviews to form the basis of its study in three Mexican cities: Nacos, Nogales and Agua Prieta. The report cites grossly ineffective oversight from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This has received some coverage, from Salon showcasing video of Border Patrol agents destroying jugs of water meant for crossers to a recent New York Times piece citing a lack of oversight for Border Patrol’s excessive force.

The ACLU lobbied the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to call international attention to the plight of these border crossers at the hands of U.S. law enforcement.

If ever an issue flew under the radar, this is it.

This story originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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aaryn

backwards & in high heels

belfer In baby tug-o-war, everybody loses The court case that had me transfixed through much “It occurs to me,” wrote a friend of mine on of the summer was the forebodingly named Adoptive Facebook, “that some might assume that because Couple vs. Baby Girl. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

I am an adoptive parent, I am always ‘rooting for’ This is one of those epic custody brawls, between the adoptive parents in disputed cases. So I want to adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco say for the record that I am deeply saddened by the and biological father Dusten Brown, that is bound case… in which a couple has stubbornly insisted on to end up as a made-for-television movie. Previous adopting a child whose Native American biological based-on-true-soaps (think Baby Jessica and Baby father did not wish her to be adopted.”

Richard) have ended with the children returned Yes. This. Exactly. to their natural parents, people generally depicted Certainly, I can empathize with the Capobianas poorer, trashier and less well-educated than the cos’ plight. It was Matt Capobianco, and not Dusten adoptive parent saviors.

Brown, who cut the umbilical cord. I can only imagThis story, about Baby Veronica, has those eleine the grief and devastation that must have followed ments with a different ending that nevertheless upthe removal of Veronica from their home nearly two holds the narrative favorable to adoptive parents—a years later. It had to have been unbearable. Nauseatnarrative, incidentally, that I reject. No saviors in this ing. Suffocating. It had to have been a death. household. Here’s my (much-simplified) screenplay.

And yet, I view what happened to be kidnapScene 1: Pregnant woman has falling out with ping, sanctioned by the U.S. courts. I am appalled her unborn child’s father. She makes an adoption and embarrassed by the Capobiancos’ actions and plan for the child and colludes with an adoption by the indignity they brought to this case and to the agency known for questionable reputation of adoptive parents. ethics, to intentionally exclude The fight that ensued revealed It had to have been the birthfather. Large amounts in them an entitled ugliness and of money change hands. a lack of understanding about unbearable. Nauseating.

Wealthy white couple is preswhat’s best for a child. Sure, Suffocating. It had to ent at child’s birth, takes child they can provide a loving home home and begins raising baby with the many accoutrements have been a death. as their own. that a guy on a military salary Scene 2: Immediately afwouldn’t be able to match. ter realizing he’s been tricked into signing relinBut beyond the material things—and the pesky quishment papers oddly titled, “Acceptance of detail of the biological father loving and wanting Service,” biological father, a member of the Cherto parent his child—are the ties to heritage, famokee Nation, fights for custody while deployed ily, culture and history. These essential parts of a in Iraq. Multiple courts rule in his favor based human being are the casualties in adoption, and on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a law we adoptive parents have a responsibility to lessdesigned to keep native families intact. After 23 en the trauma by honoring them. It’s our job to months, child is transferred to his custody. build connection, not destroy it. At the very core Scene 3: Wealthy white couple hires fancy lawof adoption is loss, and children have no say in yers and PR firm and begins sustained media blitz, the matter.

“I don’t want to go! I don’t want to go!” Veduring which they sue, publicly smear, charge ronica shouted when being removed from her fawith crimes and generally denigrate the biologither’s arms. For now, her voice can be subdued and cal parent of the child they profess to love. (Cut to soothed and silenced with cookies and toys and clips of Dr. Phil and Anderson Cooper types fawning welcome-home celebrations. For now, the Capobiover sorrowful couple.) Case goes to U.S. Supreme ancos have written Vernonica’s story. Whether they Court, which dismisses ICWA and sends case back will mitigate the damage they’ve done—will they let to lower courts. Cherokee Nation and other tribes Brown see his child? Will they nurture her relationfret about the larger implications of ruling and the ship with her birth family?—remains to be seen. future commodification of their kids.

Regardless, kids don’t stay kids forever. Once Scene 4: Lower courts finalize adoption. Biologshe’s old enough to do a Google search—in 10 years, ical father exhausts legal options, even puts shared say—she can learn all about Adoptive Couple vs. custody on the table. (King Solomon rolls over in his Baby Girl, and the battle her parents waged against grave.) Adoptive parents refuse to negotiate. (Are her. She will get to write her own story and will be they Republicans? Stay tuned for the sequel.*) free to choose whether to be in a relationship with Scene 5: Clock ticks on biological father’s opthe people who took her from her family. tions until it finally runs out 18 months after he’s If the adult adoptees I’ve heard speak are telling taken legal custody of his own child. Broken hearttheir truths—and I know they are—I can’t imagine ed, biological father surrenders his child. (King Solthat future relationship will be something Adoptive omon rolls again.)

Couple ever dreamed of. * Teaser to sequel: Not satisfied to head into the sunset with their “daughter,” wealthy white couple Write to aaryn@sdcitybeat.com sues biological father for fines, attorneys fees and and editor@sdcitybeat.com. expenses to the tune of $500,000.

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by michael a. gardiner Michael A. Gardiner

banquet in 1896—it became the dish that catapulted the popularity of Chinese food in this country, even though the Cantonese words “chop suey” translate to “odds and ends.”

Chop suey is strips of pork and bits of egg, stir fried with bean sprouts, cabbage and celery and served with a cornstarchthickened sauce. Served as a lunch special with fried rice and egg foo young, with the addition of noodles it becomes pork lo mein. It lacks the precise and layered flavors of “real” Chinese cuisine, yes, but the crunch of the bean sprouts and mouth feel Dayglo-orange gotlet chicken of the sauce has its own appeal.

The first wave of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.—essential for the construction of the railroads and other hard physical labor—arrived in the late 19th century. Other Cantonese immigrants set up “chow chow” restaurants to feed these workers. In 1882, though, the Chinese Exclusion Act brought an end to the Nostalgic pleasures of flow of immigration and Chinese culinary skill Chinese-American food and knowledge. By the mid-20th century, Chinese food in America revolved around a series My journey to world fare began on the south side of staple dishes that bore only a passing resemof the 6500 block of El Cajon Blvd.—at the New blance to genuine Chinese food.

Moon restaurant. I ordered the mu shu, my sister Chop Suey / Peking’s gotlet chicken is an expicked hot and sour soup and the evening conample. This dish of deep-fried chicken wings, cluded with a “Help! I’m a prisoner in a fortuneserved with a dayglo-orange sweet-and-sour cookie factory” joke. We were back for more the sauce, would be totally unknown in China. It was, following week. Such was the state of culinary though, precisely calculated to appeal to the taste adventurism back in the ’70s. buds of post-war America. The flavor profile of That day and age is long gone. The New Moon Chop Suey / Peking’s hot and sour soup might be is long since closed, as are most of San Diego’s a bit more familiar to Chinese nationals, but the Chinese restaurants of that time. Chop Suey texture would not. And yet that viscous quality is / Peking Restaurant (2877 University Ave. in oddly soothing and strangely appealing.

North Park) is one of the very few that remain.

Chinese-American cuisine may have little to Chop Suey / Peking isn’t just old-school—it’s old. do with “authentic Chinese food,” but it is someIt opened in 1931, and inside its iconic facade is a thing “authentic” in and of itself. And for those of restaurant essentially untouched by time. us who grew up in a pre-Food Network America, The food was not then and is not now anything it’s a very genuine and comforting set of flavors that foodies would call “authentic.” As Jennifer and textures. It’s precisely that which I knew as a 8. Lee observed in The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, child at the New Moon and precisely that which is on offer at Chop Suey / Peking. chop suey may be “the greatest culinary prank” ever played by one culture on another; once conWrite to michaelg@sdcitybeat.com sidered true Chinese cuisine—and, indeed, ofand editor@sdcitybeat.com. fered to a baffled Chinese delegate at an official

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by ian cheesman

beer &

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You have pumpkin, I’ll travel For any of you concerned that my family’s pumpkin-latte supplies wouldn’t outlast the long, barren winter ahead, let me assure that you have nothing to fret over. My wife, apparently overcome with a rare gourd-and-nutmeg deficiency, recently pillaged a Cost Plus for its seemingly infinite pumpkin wares. We’ve got pumpkin syrups, pumpkin pancake mixes and probably some pumpkin shavings to sprinkle on our pumpkin to make it taste more pumpkin-y.

And I couldn’t be more excited.

I know pumpkin flavor is pretty overexposed presently, but it has a power over me that I can’t fully articulate. It’s not only seductive enough to get me to abandon IPAs as my quaff of choice (albeit very briefly); it even motivated me to finally get off my duff and visit Manzanita Brewing in Santee (10151 Prospect Ave., manzanitabrewing.com).

I’ve long known and enjoyed Manzanita Brewing’s offerings, but Santee has always seemed like a world away. Of course, that was before Santee began to emerge as a bona fide craft-brew destination with the additions of Butcher’s Brewing and BNS Brewing and Distilling. Unfortunately, neither of the other two

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had the foresight to lure me in with pumpkin beer, so Manzanita gets all my attention today.

Manzanita Brewing has only been open for about three years, but in that period, it’s already outgrown one facility, won a slew of awards and become an anticipated addition to most draught lists. It’s probably best known for its Riverwalk Blonde Ale or Gillespie Brown, but I’ve got a real soft spot for the Chaotic DIPA. It’s one of the few IPAs I genuinely enjoy more as it warms a bit.

I was immediately taken by the tasting room.

Manzanita has bucked the trend of plunking your tasters down in the belly of the brewery, opting more for the feel of a highly polished yet cozy neighborhood bar. It just happens to be a bar with a comfortable view of a 1,000 gallon brewery and a transparent monopoly on the tap selections.

I strongly recommend you start your visit with a set of tasters dedicated to seasonal offerings. Manzanita’s vastly different tastes, textures and aromas really kept me engaged. Even if that isn’t your preferred approach, get at least one taster flight, if only to have the board they’re delivered on nearby. It has all the heft of a cricket bat and is exactly what you’d want in reach should a zombie apocalypse suddenly erupt.

The Where There’s Smoke rye ale was particularly intriguing, with its unmistakable aroma of a neighborhood barbecue to which you’re apparently not invited. Unfortunately, it had a tragic lack of pumpkin, which is where the Witches Hair pumpkin ale really shined.

Its pumpkin-pie aroma was perfume-y but undeniably authentic. The flavors of cinnamon, vanilla and pumpkin rang out clearly and were only lightly countered by some menthol-style hops in the finish. It was so good, I didn’t even top it with a drizzle of pumpkin syrup.

Manzanita Brewing may seem a little out of the way, but it has pumpkin beer, antizombie armaments and not a single beer under 6-percent ABV. That’s a winning pedigree to me.

Write to ianc@sdcitybeat.com A flight and a weapon and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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by jenny montgomery Jenny montgomery

cranks some serious pizza out of its coal-fired oven.

I’m no hard-line pizza purist, but I am skeptical of gimmicky toppings. But just for you, gentle reader, I made sure to try the Captain Fin, an intriguing and wholly New York-offending pie topped with clam chowder, bacon and potatoes. I salute the Captain, because his namesake was outstanding. Like any good pirate, this pizza is salty, but for all the right reasons. The crust is wonderfully thin—I could see light passing through it in places—but still held up beauThe Privateer’s corn-on-the-cob with butter, tifully under the toppings. The jalapeño and red-pepper sauce chowder is really just a slight, savory sauce, hugged by a delicate bit of provolone, crispy chunks of bacon and papery slices of potato. This is gourmet hangover food at its best.

Plenty of other tasty options are available, from the house-made fennel sausage to less traditional toppings like jalapeños, blue cheese and lemon Yeah, clam-chowder pizza zest. Those with purity on the brain will enjoy the Margherita, the original pizza, with tangy red Remember when TripAdvisor came out with its sauce and chewy discs of fiordilatte mozzarella. list of the best cities for pizza and San Diego came Although pizza is clearly where they butter out on top? And remember how much of the Intheir bread (or sauce their dough), don’t ignore ternet, particularly our funny-accented friends the other menu offerings. From pecorino fries to from the Northeastern seaboard, collectively shat fried olives and green beans, this isn’t typical pizitself in outrage? I know. It was hilarious. za-and-beer food. I was fortunate to eat at The CityBeat’s Michael A. Gardiner recently broke Privateer on a day when sweet, golden cobs of down the good, the bad and the forgotten of Tricorn were coming out of the oven. Each roasted pAdvisor’s San Diego pizza highlights. I think it special was covered with a creamy butter sauce was just exciting to win something besides “best spiked with smoky red pepper and topped with place to ogle a panda,” but it was hardly a mindsoft tendrils of charred jalapeños. After devourblowing win. Although I agree with Gardiner that ing the corn, I had enough buttery sauce left over TripAdvisor’s inclusion of Filippi’s was a horrific that I was able to sop it up with my pizza crust— error, we really do have excellent pizza. So, actuan appetizer of my own invention that maybe the ally, come to think of it: Suck it, New York! kids at The Privateer should consider?

The Privateer in Oceanside (1706 S. Coast So maybe we don’t have the long, storied pizHwy., theprivateercoalfirepizza.com) is one of za tradition of other towns. Maybe what makes many San Diego County pizza places adding to San Diego great is that we’re always creating our the area’s top-notch pie reputation. Its name own, ever-changing traditions. Or maybe we’re just really hungry for really good pizza. is a nod to Oceanside’s piratical image, and the walls, painted black, are adorned with artwork Write to jennym@sdcitybeat.com that leans toward skateboarding photos. Despite and editor@sdcitybeat.com. all that, The Privateer is cool and inviting and

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by dave maass

What was in my podcast queue this summer I haven’t owned a car for half a decade and, consequently, it’s been that long since I’ve devoted any attention to the radio airwaves. Whenever I do find myself scanning the dial—whether behind the wheel of a moving van or zipping around in a car-share—I’m repulsed by the station identifications and gold-bullion pitches, and I’m thankful that I’ve made the switch to a podcast-based aural existence.

A couple of years ago, I was sitting across from CityBeat’s then-arts editor, Kinsee Morlan, when she proclaimed her obsession with podcasts. I opened my ear-to-ear canal and let all her recommendations pass cleanly through like parental advice about flu shots and retirement planning. That is to say, years later, I regret paying her suggestions so little attention. Today, I can barely make it through a dog-walk without something in my iPhone podcast queue.

Now’s your chance to learn from my mistakes. Do yourself a favor and subscribe (all are available through the iTunes store):

News and politics Slate’s Political Gabfest has become my end-ofthe-week intellectual staple. Featuring Slate editor David Plotz (the contradictory one), senior editor Emily Bazelon (the SCOTUS-obsessed and ultra-liberal one) and chief political correspondent John Dickerson (the rational one), this is a thoughtful, 45-minute discussion of usually three current events, plus a show-andtell “Cocktail Chatter” segment. The only downside is the occasional nepotistic segment highlighting a historical novel by another Slate staffer or, worse, a guest appearance by Bazelon’s husband.

Still, the podcast is significantly more engaging than New Yorker: The Political Scene, which I reluctantly continue to download; its rotating guests always sound like they’re performing a tedious, inconvenient chore, even though their podcast is never longer than 20 minutes.

The other must-listen news podcast on my list is WNYC New York Public Radio’s On the Media, which is just as often not about the media at all, but, rather, significant civil-liberties issues facing our country.

Geek shit Subscribers to “On the Media” will have noticed a series of mini-podcasts injected into the feed: TLDR, which stands for “Too Long, Didn’t Read.” This fall, I’m looking to these regular

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dissections of Internet trends to augment my regular ingestion of geek news. Mainly, I subscribe to Boing Boing’s Gweek, but I also pick and choose podcasts from Wired’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy depending on who the guests are: It’s just too long and too poor of audio quality to stream every week.

Stories Obviously, This American Life (TAL) and The Moth are among the most popular narrative programs in the mix these days, but I prefer Wiretap, a weekly 27-minute radio show / podcast from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Created by Johnathon Goldstein, it’s a mixture of TAL-style first-person accounts, short stories, crowdsourcing experiments and surreal conversations between host Goldstein and his agent, parents and “friends.” I also endorse the Stanford Storytelling Project, which begins its new season with the start of the fall semester.

The British My anglophilia naturally carries over into my podcasting tastes; I recently bought a T-shirt from the online store for The Bugle, a satirical newsjamming podcast from Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver (the Brit who filled in for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show this summer). But at least half of my downloads are from the BBC’s podcast cache: Newsjack (political sketch comedy, which accepts open submissions), Drama of the Week (a weekly selection of BBC radiotheatre production), Huw Stephens (new music selected by the BBC-1 DJ) and BBC Confidential (an irregular program revealing the dark underbelly of history through secret documents as they’re declassified by the British government). I also highly recommend downloading certain episodes from comedian Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, including his epic interviews with Russell Brand and Stephen Fry. Write to davem@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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HAutonomous at gallery@calit2, Atkinson Hall, UCSD. What does autonomy mean in an age when technology is radically transforming the ability of objects and ideas to have lives of their own?

That’s the question addressed in this new exhibition, on view through Jan. 30.

Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. 858-822-5307, gallery.calit2.net HSubterranea at Visual Arts Gallery, Structural & Materials Engineering Building, UCSD. This exhibition deals with literal and figurative concepts of the underground and notions of the unknown and includes video, photograph, sculpture and works on paper. On view through Jan. 16.

Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. 858-534-2230, visarts.ucsd.edu/events HArtists@Work: Madeline Sherry at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way. A collaborative painting experience with Sherry, who’ll let participants paint a 10-by-10-inch section of a large-scale piece of art. Includes light appetizers, beer and wine. From 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. $10. 760-435-3720, oma-online.org

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After awhile, all street fairs begin to look the same.

How many times can you sidle up next to Bob from down the street, buy some Rasta paraphernalia, sample the latest in AstroTurf technology and get sick on borderline carny food while listening to a local acoustic / jam band?

But the real purpose of a street fair is to promote community and (if it’s well-organized) project the unique personality of the neighborhood. To dismiss the experience by comparing it to others is missing the point entirely.

Musician Jackson Milgaten, curator of the Golden Hill Street Fair, has been an on-and-off resident of the east-of-Downtown neighborhood for the

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If you haven’t seen the 1994 cult-classic film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, do it ASAP. In it, Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce are fantastic as a transsexual and two drag queens, respectively, who embark on a month-long journey across the Australian Outback in a tour bus dubbed “Priscilla.” In 2006, the film was adapted into Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the Musical, and it’s coming to the Civic Theatre (1100 Third Ave., Downtown), opening Tuesday, Oct. 15, and running through Sunday, Oct. 20. If there were ever a movie destined to become a musical, this is it, with rousing disco songs like “I Will Survive,” “It’s Raining Men,” “I Love the Nightlife,” “Hot Stuff,” “Boogie Wonderland” and more. $23.50-$104.50. broadwaysd.com

past seven years and views it as a bastion of arts and counterculture in San Diego—traits that he wants to share with a wider audience.

“I [help] run the Turf Club, and you’d be amazed at how many people come in, and they’re, like, ‘Where am I?’ You’ve lived in Hillcrest for a decade and you’ve never heard of Golden Hill?

“We want to show people that we’re there and it’s a great place to live,” Milgaten continues.

The free event, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, on 25th Street between B and C streets, has grown significantly since last year’s inaugural celebration.

“Last year, it was one stage, six bands, and it was a six-hour event,” Milgaten says. This year, there are two stages, 11 musical acts, three times as many food and craft vendors. We blew through about 15 kegs last year. We have about double that this year.”

The artists set to perform are San Diego favorites Rafter and Tropical Popsicle, plus Las Vegas’ Twin Brother, which Milgaten hopes will appeal to the counter-culture nature of the neighborhood. Sorry, guys, no jam bands. Bounce houses and crafts will also be available for the little ones. goldenhillstreetfair.com

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There are so many great women in the world of jazz, like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald. Lucky for us, San Diego has its share of fierce women making good jazz. The Museum of Making Music (5790 Armada Drive in Carlsbad) will honor the ladies killing it in the local jazz scene and give a tip of the fedora to female composers from PATTI ANDRE around the world during Women in Jazz, a concert starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Singer Allison Adams Tucker, flutist Lori Bell, pianist Melonie Grinnell, contrabassist Evona Wascinski, drummer Laurel Grinnell and percussionist Monette Marino will all hit the stage together and give the audience a live show to remember. $20. museumof Allison Adams Tucker makingmusic.org

HAcerca de la Cerca/About the Fence at Mesa College Art Gallery, 7250 Mesa College Drive, Clairemont. Photographers Maria Teresa Fernandez and Carmela Castrejon will present images of the border fence as a canvas of protest and remembrance, Paul Turounet creates intimate portraits of migrants who attempt to cross and Ana Teresa Fernandez erases the barrier in her video works. Conversation with the artists at 7 p.m. follows reception. On view through Nov. 6. From 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. 619-3882829, sdmesa.edu/art-gallery Hug6 at Kruglak Art Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside. Opening reception for local artist Jason Sherry’s new collection of collages and assemblages.

Photographic fragments are plotted out in an absurd cartography of symbolic and personal meaning. On view through Oct. 31. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. 760-757-2121 ext. 6268, mira costa.edu/events.html HJim Machacek: The Kincade Chronicles at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Machacek will take guests through his new exhibition, which turns the gallery into a walk-in novel via a series of etchings, collages, artist books, installations and created historical ephemera to bring the fictional Kincade family to life. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. Free. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org/ upcomingevents.html Purity & Light at Kettner Arts, 1772 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. In conjunction with Kettner Nights, Kettner Arts will display works by resident artists, and Andy Cook and Sascha Eiblmayr of Reclaimed Elemental Design will showcase their custom furniture. On view through Nov. 7. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 619269-6900, kettnerarts.com 20 Years at the Table at Lambda Archives, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights. Election posters and political ephemera from the campaigns of nine local LGBT elected officials of the last two decades. From 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 619-260-1522, facebook.com/ events/329967147150032 CALM/CHAOS at Noel Baza Fine Art, 2165 India St., Little Italy. Reception for Theresa Vandenberg Donche’s paintings of aerial views with fields of color. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 619-876-4160, noel-bazafineart.com HInner Section at Low Gallery, 3778 30th St., North Park. New works by Jessica Buie and Conrad Mecheski, all prints

and line drawings on paper. From 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. facebook.com/ lowgallerysd HAdjacent Possible II at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. A showcase of five “experiences” created by teams of local artists, scientists and educators to explore the potential of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Highlights include a dance performance based on the Epic of Gilgamesh and an exploration of kinesiology and anatomy on smart phones while circus aerialists perform. From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. 619-269-7230, sdspace4art.org HRay At Night On and around Ray Street in North Park. The monthly art walk includes gallery openings and special events. Highlights include works by Kathy Zanot and Mick Phelan at San Diego Art Department (3830 Ray St.) and Cindy Zimmerman’s new show, Time Came Around, at Art Produce Gallery (3139 University Ave.). From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. northparkarts.org HArt of Photography Show at San Diego Art Institute—Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park.

Opening reception for the ninth annual international competition and exhibition of photographic art. On view through Nov. 17. From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.

Free. artofphotographyshow.com Native American Cultural Revitalization at Escondido Municipal Gallery, 262 E. Grand Ave. This multimedia exhibition celebrates the renewal and revitalization of regional Native American cultural traditions through the sustainable use of local native plants, storytelling and basket weaving. Opening from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. 760-480-4101, escondidoarts.org Art Pulse Sixth Anniversary at Bread & Salt, 1955 Julian Ave., Logan Heights.

Art Pulse celebrates its birthday and new space. Blues man Robin Henkel and Ruby and the Redhots will play. From 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. facebook. com/artpulsesd HPhantom Gardens Fortified Cities (monuments) at Helmuth Projects, 1827 Fifth Ave., Downtown. A reception for new works by Robert Andrade and Timothy Earl Neill that question the allure of contemporary public spaces and explore the psychological impact these arenas have on the human experience. From 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. 619-933-5480, helmuth-projects.com HArt Glass Guild Fall Patio Show and Sale at Spanish Village Art Center, 1770 Village Place, Balboa Park. All forms of glass art, including blown, fused, torch worked, stained glass, cast, etched and mosaic, will be featured. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1213. 619-702-8006, artglassguild.com HNo Sleep at Thumbprint Gallery, 920 Kline St., #104, La Jolla. Bradford Lynn and Tom Haubrick show a fresh body of pop-surrealist work inspired by possible side effects of insomnia and dark spirits meddling with sanity. On view through Nov. 3. From 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. thumbprintgallerysd.com

BOOKS HHalina Duraj at SDSU Library. Duraj will read from her work as part of the 2013 Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series. In room LL430. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. 619-594-4991, library.sdsu.edu Glynis Ridley at the San Diego Public

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Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Ridley will discuss The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. 619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org Hank Phillippi Ryan at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. Ryan discusses her latest, The Wrong Girl, a trail of twists and turns that takes the reader deep into the heart of a foster-care system in crisis. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com HApril Peveteaux at UCSD Bookstore.

The author, blogger and cook will discuss and sign her new book, Gluten is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, and Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free. At 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. Free. 858-534-7323, ucsandiegobook store.com HValerie Plame at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The former CIA operations officer will sign and discuss her new thriller novel, Blowback. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Steven Brust and Skyler White at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The authors of the urban fantasy novel The Incrementalists sign and discuss their book about a secret society with special abilities and an unbroken lineage reaching back 40,000 years. At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 858-2684747, mystgalaxy.com David Robinson Simon at Evolution Fast Food, 2965 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest. Simon will sign his new book, Meatonomics, and discuss the unseen economic forces that drive our food system how they affect spending, eating, health, prosperity and longevity.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.

619-550-1818, evolutionfastfood.com J. Elke Ertle at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The local author stops by to discuss and sign his book Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, the true story of a young girl born and raised in post-WWII Berlin. At noon Sunday, Oct. 13. Free. 858-4540347, warwicks.indiebound.com Dennis Dunivan at Yellow Book Road, 7200 Parkway Drive, La Mesa. The author will sign and discuss Escape From Communist Heaven, about Viet Nguyen, who was placed in a “reeducation camp” at 14 years old. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. yellowbookroad.com

COMEDY HAl Madrigal at American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., Downtown. A correspondent on The Daily Show, Madrigal’s spontaneous and fast-paced storytelling style has made him a regular on TV, including his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special. At 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, and 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12. $22. 619-7953858, americancomedyco.com John Roy at Comedy Palace, 8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The acerbic, bald comic has performed on The Tonight Show and The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12. $20-$25. 858573-9067, thecomedypalace.com Loni Love at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. She’s that sassy, brassy comic from Chelsea Lately, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and World’s Dumbest Criminals. At 7:30 and

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9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12. $20. 619-702-6666, madhouse comedyclub.com

DANCE HWeather at Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD. Lucy Guerin and her dance company from Australia present her most recent work, which explores climate change and its relationship to the human form. At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. $28-$46. 858534-8497, artpwr.com From Bodies & Mouths This Work Arrives at CSUSM, Arts Building, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos. In a gritty and thought-provoking duet, choreographers Anya Cloud and Jes Mullette explore their knowledge of one another and how histories are understood. In Room 111. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. $7.50-$10.

760-750-8889, csusm.edu/al

FASHION HHuge Frocking Sale at Frock You, 4121 Park Blvd., University Heights. The vintage clothing shop holds its semi-regular threeday tent sale featuring guest vendors B’s Costume’s By Beverly, SK Artisanes, Hogan’s Goat Paramount Vintage, Dutchess of York, Flea Market Eclectic Amanita Vintage and Beebo Originals. From noon to 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 13. 619-220-0630, frockyouvintage.com

FOOD & DRINK Wedge Cheese Festival at E. Grand Avenue and S. Kalmia Street, Escondido.

This tasting event will have 25-plus stops where local businesses and restaurants

host fine cheeses, craft beers, boutique wines and tasty food. Admission includes a commemorative glass and raffle entry.

From 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $35.

760-745-8877, wedgeescondido.com Sips for Shelter at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, 1505 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. The fifth-annual fundraiser benefits the Interfaith Shelter Network’s El Nido program, which provides a safe haven for homeless mothers who are victims of domestic violence. The evening includes wine tastings, a silent auction and raffle. From 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $45 in advance, $50 at the door. 858509-2590, interfaithshelter.org Taste of Coronado at Rotary Plaza, corner of Orange Avenue and Park Place, Coronado. Meander along Orange Avenue or ride the trolley for free to try some of the island’s best fare. Restaurants include Saiko Sushi, Il Fornaio, Village Pizzeria and Little Piggy’s Bar-B-Q. From 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. $35-$40. atasteofcoronado.com

MUSIC HThe Bunnell Strings at Taylor Branch Library, 4275 Cass St., Pacific Beach. The PB Friends of the Library’s 2013-2014 Concert Series kicks off with a family quintet that plays classical and contemporary music. From 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. Free, but donations welcome. 858581-9934, pblibraryfriends.org Dave Douglas Quintet at The Auditorium at TSRI, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, La Jolla. The trumpeter and composer brings his group of local jazz all-stars to the intimate Scripps auditorium to play some tracks off Douglas’ 50th birthday album,

Pathways. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9. $32-$37. 858-784-2666, auditorium. scripps.edu/events.html Hausmann Quartet at ArtLab Studios, 3536 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. The quartet’s on a mission to make classical music cool. Along with soprano Ann Moss, they’ll perform highlights from their new album, Currents, along with other gems from the vocal chamber-music repertoire. From 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 619-2831199, ext.115, artlabca.com Roger McGuinn and Marty Stuart with The Fabulous Superlatives at Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road, Poway. The Byrds founder McGuinn takes the stage with five-time Grammy winner Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives to perform Byrds classics and other favorites. At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. $53-$63. 858-748-0505, powayarts.org HJack Tempchin at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla.

Tempchin’s co-written five multiplatinum hits for The Eagles. He doesn’t perform live in intimate spaces too often, so this should be memorable show. At 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11. $12-$17. 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org Robert Estrin at First Presbyterian Church, 320 Date St., Downtown. Part of this year’s Oceanside Music Festival, Estrin’s “Living Piano, A Journey Through Time” promises to offer the audience a historic concert experience. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $10-$15. 619-232-7513, ocaf.info Priti Gandhi at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. A native of Mumbai, the soprano’s been praised by The New York Times for her “creamy sound and agile coloratura.”

At 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $20-$40.

THEATER Deconstructing (again) Romeo and Juliet Not even the songs of the late Jeff Buck- use of Johnson’s athleticism, and the reley, revelatory though they are 16 years af- prise of the show’s title song is an aching ter his death, can significantly reanimate ballad for the earthly, if not eternal, separaRomeo and Juliet, the well-worn tale of tion of “Juliet and her Romeo.” star-crossed love that long ago crossed The choice of “Hallelujah,” the song the precipice from over-familiar to trite. written by Leonard Cohen but popuThere’s nothing wrong with adapter larized by Buckley, for the close of The Michael Kimmel’s brainstorm: Take the Last Goodbye is a curious and perhaps MATTHEW MURPHY small but impassioned brave one. The reconcanon of Buckley—he ciliation of the families recorded only one studio is celebrated, yet the album, “Grace,” before lovers lie dead in their his death—and integrate midst. Should that be it with Shakespeare’s celebrated, too, that most famous story of ones so young loved so love and longing. Add deeply and died in each a director with serious other’s arms? Still, as credentials—Alex Timthe song goes, “Love is bers—plus a choreogranot a victory march.” pher like Sonya Tayeh, The Last Goodbye runs Jay Armstrong Johnson through Nov. 3 at The and you have a Romeo and Talisa Friedman Old Globe Theatre. $29 and Juliet for the millennial generation, ironically a generation for and up. oldglobe.org whom Buckley is a mere name.

—David L. Coddon While the fruit of this conception, The Last Goodbye, is unquestionably a rous- Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com ing and often affecting piece of theater, the and editor@sdcitybeat.com. synergy between Shakespeare and Buckley is an uneasy one. There are moments when OPENING a Buckley song—“Forget Her,” “All Flowers The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity: Ion in Time,” “You and I”—is so richly part of Theatre’s political satire finds a TV-wrestling prothe narrative that you’d swear Shakespeare moter casting a protagonist wrestler’s young Indihad a hand in it. However, especially in Act an-American protégé as a terrorist character called The Fundamentalist. Opens Oct. 12 at BLKBOX 1, the songs seem present more to punch up Theatre in Hillcrest. iontheatre.com the action than to heighten the resonance Priscilla Queen of the Desert: In an adaptation of the drama. Drums or guitar riffs played of the fantastic 1994 cult movie, two drag queens while actors are speaking can be distract- and a transsexual traverse the Australian Outing. The presence of the band behind the back, bound for a gig. It’s for folks who like their stage rather than in the pit is, too, though disco performed by cross-dressers. Presented by Broadway San Diego, it runs Oct. 15 through 20 this is routinely done in rock-infused stage at the Civic Theatre, Downtown. broadwaysd.com productions.

The Tallest Tree in the Forest: Daniel Beaty stars As Romeo and Juliet, Jay Armstrong in his own one-man musical about the life of Paul Johnson and Talisa Friedman are young, Robeson, an early-20th-century football player, acsexy and very much imbued with the spirit tor, singer and civil-rights activist who ended up getblacklisted in the era of McCarthyism. Opens of Buckley’s songwriting, Friedman in par- ting Oct. 10 at La Jolla Playhouse. lajollaplayhouse.org ticular. Under Timbers’ direction, their courtship and lovemaking is intensely pasFor full listings, please visit sionate. An arched, two-story set makes “T heater ” at sdcit yb eat.com 800-988-4253, artcenter.org HLu-Yan Guo at Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. This performance will feature Guo’s award-winning orchestra and includes a Mexican mariachi band, a folk band and Japanese, French and Italian opera singers. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $20. 858-748-0505, poway center.com HYuja Wang at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla.

The La Jolla Music Society opens its 45th season with the 26-yearold pianist, widely recognized as one of the most important artists of her generation. The program includes works by Prokofiev, Chopin, Nikolai Kapustin and Ginastera. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $30-$80. 858-454-3541, ljms.org HWomen in Jazz at Museum of

Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. Six of San Diego’s top female jazz artists come together for an evening celebrating the feminine side of jazz and the work of female composers from around the world. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $15-$20. 760-438-5996, museumofmakingmusic.org Amnesty International Fundraiser at Ould Sod, 3373 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. The annual fundraiser will feature performances by Three Chord Justice, Gregory Page, Sara Petite and Cindy Lee Berryhill. The event will also be a tribute to the late Paul Williams. A portion of the proceeds will help his family defray costs incurred during his long illness.

From 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $10 donation. 619-288-0129, amnestysd.org Wei Feng at Poway Center for

the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road, Poway. The soprano will be accompanied by the Greater San Diego Community Orchestra for an afternoon of opera excerpts, world music and art songs by Mozart, Puccini, Handel, Berlin, Rossini and more. At 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $15-$50. 858-748-0505, powaycenter.com HViva el Mariachi Femenil! at NTC Promenade in Liberty Station, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma. This concert will be the culmination of the Viva el Mariachi Femenil! exhibit, now on display at the Women’s Museum of California. Three all-female groups will perform on the grass at NTC Promenade: Mariachi Mujer 2000, Trio Ellas and Mariachi Uclatlan, with special guest appearances

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by women pioneers in the world of mariachi. At 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Free.

619-573-9260, womensmuseumca.org HReflections: On Youth at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Exploring the relationship between music and art, Art of Élan’s seventh series opens with a concert featuring Mendelssohn’s lively “String Quartet No.2” (written when he was just 18), as well as The Juliet Letters

by Elvis Costello. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. $10-$25. 619-232-7931, artofelan.org

PERFORMANCE Popovich Comedy Pet Theater at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. A family-oriented blend of the comedy and juggling skills of Gregory Popovich and his performing cats and dogs, all rescued from shelters.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, and 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $15-$40. 760839-4190, artcenter.org/performances MythBusters: Behind the Myths at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., Downtown. The stars of the Discovery Channel series, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, present a fantastical evening of onstage experiments, audience participation, video and behind-thescenes stories. At 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $45-$75. sandiegotheatres.org

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD Long Story Short: Virtual Reality at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village.

Sometimes defining what’s real and what isn’t can be tricky. Listen to stories

G Burns Jug Band and Plow will perform.

Costumes are encouraged. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, facebook. com/events/253427928138110

of life in the virtual world told live without notes. From 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $5 suggested donation. 619-269-7230, sdspace4art.org

HLa Jolla Art & Wine Festival at La Jolla Village Square, 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive.

For the fifth year, Girard Avenue will transform into an art-and-wine-lovers’ paradise featuring works by more than 150 artists and a wine-and-beer garden. Proceeds benefit art, music, science, physical education, technology and onsite medical care at four local public schools. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $5 suggested donation. ljawf.org

SPECIAL EVENTS Ocean Beach Oktoberfest at Newport Avenue and Abbott Street. Two days of live music, food vendors, beer, bratwursteating and stein-holding competitions.

Admission to the beer garden is $3; the rest is free. From 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. oboktoberfest.com Polish Festival at St. M. Kolbe Roman Catholic Polish Mission, 1735 Grand Ave., Pacific Beach. Performances by Polish folk dancers and musical groups, plus Polish food and beer, a variety of traditional jewelry, national ornaments and other arts and crafts. Friday is 21-and-up.

The rest of the weekend is all-ages. From 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $3. 858-272-7655, polishmission.org/festival Hillcrest Hoedown at Richmond Street at University Avenue, Hillcrest. Break out your cowboy boots for this country fest in San Diego’s LGBT neighborhood. There will be line-dancing lessons on the hour, live music and more. From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. 619-299-3330, hillcresthoedown.com Santee Car Show & BBQ Festival at Mission Gorge Road and Riverview Parkway, Santee. More than 200 hot rods, classic cars, motorcycles and muscle cars will be displayed. There will also be

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“Foreshadow” by Charles Bergquist is on view in Anium, a solo exhibition that closes Sunday, Oct. 13, at Subtext Gallery (2479 Kettner Blvd. in Little Italy). food and vendor booths, a beer garden, live music and a family-friendly carnival area. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Free. 619-306-2479, santeecar show.com HPumpkin Palooza at Suzie’s Farm, 2570 Sunset Ave., Imperial Beach. A 2-acre organic patch features more than 15 varieties, as well as a pre-picked selection. Pumpkins and veggies from the farm will be $2 a pound, and local musicians

Last Chance for Animals Benefit at Evolution Fast Food, 2965 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest. Rummage sale and fundraiser for Last Chance for Animals. Purchase clothing, accessories, books, household items, electronics, small furniture and other treasures while helping animals. At 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. 619550-1818, evolutionfastfood.com Serbian Cultural Festival at St. George’s Serbian Orthodox Church, 3025 Denver St., Clairemont. Enjoy Serbian dishes like burek, chevaps, pechenje and a variety of pastries, as well as live Serbian music, folk-dancing ensembles, wine tastings and a bazaar with imported goods, religious icons, art, music, books, jewelry and more. From 12:20 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $3. stgeorgeinsd.com HFeast: The Art of Playing with Your Food at New Children’s Museum, 200 W. Island Ave., Downtown. The new interactive exhibition features 13 installations and eight other projects that examine our relationship to food and eating in inventive ways. Grand opening from noon to

6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Free. 619-2338792, thinkplaycreate.org/feast/feast Fifth Avenue Auto Showcase at Gaslamp Quarter, Downtown. Get up close and personal with some of the most iconic automobiles in history. This free event will feature 150 high-performance cars along Fifth Avenue between E and K streets, ranging from the traditional classics to the lavish contemporary luxury vehicles. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. 619-233-5008, gaslamp.org/fifthavenue-auto-showcase HGolden Hill Street Fair at 25th Street between B and C streets. Golden Hill gets a bigger hit of hipster cred at this secondannual fest. Free and open to all ages, it features more than 10 musical acts (Rafter, Incan Abraham, Tropical Popsicle, Strange Vine and more), a beer garden, arts and crafts and food vendors. From 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Free. 619-2557317, goldenhillstreetfair.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Joanne Hayakawa at Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. Hayakawa, a mixed-media artist and professor at SDSU discusses her work, which focuses on connections between the individual and the built and natural environment.

From 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. 619239-0003, mingei.org

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Head Crammers Bombard your brain with these bits of brilliance

Podcast: Our buildings and us

App: Dreadits

TV: View a master

Roman Mars is a podcaster’s podcaster.

He’s not as well known as Ira Glass of This American Life or Jad Abumrad of Radiolab. But in those guys’ view, Mars’ show, 99% Invisible (99percentinvisible.org), is on the cutting edge of nonfiction audio storytelling. Glass calls it “beautifully produced.”

Abumrad says Mars is “inspiring.” So, what’s the show about? Design and architecture. While that might sound dull, many of us underestimate the role that the built environment plays in our psychology. The short-form show uses its organizing theme to ask big questions about how we design not only the world around us but ourselves as members of society. At the same time, Mars is fast establishing himself as a preeminent craftsman in the world of narrative audio production. The show bobs and weaves through topics with a musicality we’ve come to expect from masterfully produced shows. Now in its third year, 99% Invisible has had more than 12 million downloads and is fast establishing a global presence.

George Orwell’s 1984 was the first book I read twice. It blew my mind that a novel so bleak, dystopian and paranoid could be considered a classic, and I found the implications of Big Brother terrifying. Always the horror fan, I was hooked. Blackbar (mrgan.com/blackbar) is a text-based game for iOS developed by Neven Mrgan that imagines a scenario similar to 1984. Players read correspondences between Vi and Kenty, who works for the Department of Surveillance in the vaguely omniscient Neighborhood. However, certain words have been redacted by the Neighborhood, and it’s the player’s role to guess the blacked-out words.

As the puzzles get harder, the story becomes more sinister, ultimately revealing the true nature of the Neighborhood while brilliantly propelling both form and function. The game also has a clean, simple design that mirrors the starkness of the story. Even if you’re not fazed by the heightened surveillance that we increasingly accept in our lives, you would be remiss if you didn’t find Blackbar’s ending chilling.

Since its 1986 debut, PBS’s American Masters series has been airing biographies on the major cultural figures who have shaped American history. The episodes I’ve seen usually produce Steel Magnolias levels of goose bumps and tears—the latest highlighting the life of tennis player, feminist icon and civil-rights activist Billie Jean King. Seriously, I was a weepy hot mess 20 seconds into the program as a voiceover said, “Billie Jean King has the heart of a champion, the heart of a lion,” while Aretha Franklin’s “Think” played in the background. Way to kick me right in the feelingscrotch, American Masters. Luminaries like Hillary Clinton, Elton John, Gloria Steinem and Venus and Serena Williams go through King’s life, starting with her childhood and making pit stops at her rise and dominance in tennis, her involvement in the women’s-liberation movement, her famous “Battle of the Sexes” match against Bobby Riggs, her coming out and her legacy on and off the court. Check it out online at pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters. BYO tissues.

—Joshua Emerson Smith

—Ryan Bradford

—Alex Zaragoza

Web series: Baby talk

Book: The outsiders It’s not news to anyone who’s attended a punk, hardcore or metal show that audiences tend to be made up primarily of white males. The irony, of course, is that all of these genres were born out of American black music, specifically blues, which puts people of color in the awkward position of feeling like outsiders when listening to music that stems from their own cultural heritage. In What Are You Doing Here?, Canadian music journalist Laina Dawes delivers part critical examination of race as it pertains to rock music and part personal memoir of growing up as a young, black metalhead. She talks with other black women in the punk and metal scenes and includes several personal anecdotes from the pit, which have more than a few times involved being on the business end of some shockingly blunt racist language. What Are You Doing Here? is fascinating and frustrating, not for how it’s written, but because of what it reflects. If there’s anything that the punk and metal communities should know, it’s that we’re all supposed to be outsiders together.

Good clean humor has never seemed so dirty.

Convos with My 2 Year Old is a viral web series in which Matthew Clarke, looking like a young Conan O’Brien, reenacts conversations with his 2-year-old daughter, Coco. The twist: Coco is played by a hairy, fullgrown man (David Milchard), who executes her non-sequiturs and tantrums with a creepy, deadpan, threatening innocence. Coco blocks Clarke from talking to his wife, demands he repeat her / his words and rebels against basic parental requests. There’s nothing weirder than one grown man checking another grown man’s diaper for poo.

Season 2 of the series started on Sept. 25, with Coco now 3 years old and a little more articulate but no less hilarious. The episodes (youtube.com/user/ConvosWith2 YrOld) are magic in how they re-imagine and reinvigorate the kids-say-the-darnedest-things formula and demonstrate the nature of fatherly love. The major networks would have to be crazy not to pick it up—and that’s why you have to watch it now before some cable corporation screws it all up.

—Jeff Terich

—Dave Maass

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Seen Local Meet our cover artist “I have a big problem with planned obsolescence of consumer goods,” says Karl Gindelberger, the 30year-old Paradise Hills artist who goes by the name GMONIK. That’s evident in his piece “Used,” which is on CityBeat’s cover this week.

The post-apocalyptic work touches on Gindelberger’s (gmonik.com) disdain for expensive goods that are treated as completely disposable, the main figure sporting a sort of helmet made up of old bits of technology, like an original Nintendo N.E.S. controller and a twist-dial television set.

“We spend so much energy and time to create products that are cool for the first year or two of its life,” he says. “And then when it’s out of fashion or the not-trendy thing to have, people just get rid of it.”

Gindelberger’s dislike of the throwaway nature of new technology and what he believes is the wasteful and consumerist culture among first-world populaKarl Gindelberger, aka GMONIK tions was especially fueled while he lived in China and traveled throughout Asia for three years with his girlfriend and manager, Danielle Iwatsu. There, he Can’t-miss photography saw that the factory workers who make goods im- Every once in a while, a week filled with cool art ported to the United States rarely benefited from the shows will come and, despite my best attempts manufacturing. The poverty and income disparity he to clone myself, I can’t get to them all because my witnessed in the country changed his perception of brother decides to have a birthday. This week, there are two photography exhibitions that I’m very excitthose goods. ed to see. Since I’m an utter failure in the science of “It makes you see what the world is,” he says.

Gindelberger has chosen to address issues of class cloning, I’ll have to figure out a way to get to both.

The U.S. / Mexico border fence is the main subdynamics and wastefulness in his art by incorporating decayed pop-culture artifacts. He refers to his ject in Acerca de la Cerca, or About the Fence, a style as “trash pop,” since it takes those old, seeming- photography and installation-art exhibition opening ly outdated items (cassette tapes, vinyl records and with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Mesa College Art Gallery (7250 Mesa College old toys) and gives them new life and meaning.

The artist says his trash pop allows him to be nostal- Drive in Kearny Mesa). San Diego and Tijuana artgic while also providing social commentary; as a result, ists Carmela Castrejon, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Paul Turounet and Ana Teresa Fernandez will he can re-contextualize old technology and imagery.

“I want to make it presentable in a sense that it’s address the social impact of the fence in interesting fun, but then if you really look at it and really evalu- ways. For instance, Turounet is using pieces from the ate it, it has deeper meaning,” he says. “Anybody can fence taken from Border State Park to build a 10-bymake pretty pictures, but having something to say 40-foot steel wall, which will bear portraits he took of migrants attempting to cross the border. Powerful makes it more meaningful of me.

“I look at the things that I make as evolving me stuff. sdmesa.edu God bless The Art of Photography Show and my style to whatever my artwork is going to be (artofphotographyshow.com) for its ongoing capacin the process,” he adds.

Though he regularly takes an anti-consumerist ity to give talented photographers the exposure they stance in his art, Gindelberger still has to pay the need to advance in their career and, for a lucky 15, bills. He admits to struggling with the idea of cre- some sweet prize money. Fifteen winners will walk away with up $2,000. Whoa! ating art that people actually Do they accept submissions want to buy while maintainof sandwich photos? ’Cause ing his artistic integrity. It’s I’ve got a few. The free opennot always easy. ing reception, happening at 6 “A lot of times, I paint what p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the I want to paint, but sometimes, San Diego Art Institute in I paint for other people,” he Balboa Park (1439 El Prado), says. “To be an artist, as an is a chance to see the best occupation, you have to make in international emerging choices and sacrifices to pay photographic art, including bills and sustain yourself, bepieces by San Diegans Vince cause this is a money system.”

Baworouski, Jo Kami, Dana Currently, he’s a full“Pigeonholed” by Jo Palasi, part of Neibert, Jo Palasi and Oltime artist. He shows his art The Art of Photography Show ivia Sibley. work most Tuesday nights at Thumbprint Gallery’s weekly art night at Basic —Alex Zaragoza (410 Tenth Ave. in East Village). He also has his second solo exhibition at Thumbprint (920 Kline St., Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Suite 104, in La Jolla) coming next March.

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Man overboard Tom Hanks brings humanity to thrilling Somali-pirate saga

by Glenn Heath Jr. In Captain Phillips, the striking new docu-drama from director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum), three groups of men with very different intentions end up on a collision course in the high seas off the coast of Somalia. It’s a superb exploration of humanity standing at odds with the military and capitalistic forces trying to repress it at every turn.

First, there’s the American crew of the Tom Hanks, heightening the tension Maersk Alabama, a massive cargo ship heading for Mombassa, Kenya, to deliver food aid and pressure situations. The hand-held camera work and various other goods, led by Capt. Richard Phillips layered sound design found here is a style that also (Tom Hanks), a pragmatic sailor whose earnestness marked the British filmmaker’s masterpiece, Bloody is matched only by his conviction.

Sunday, a horrific eye-level account of the 1972 BogEying the freighter’s cargo is Muse (Barkhad side Massacre in Derry, England.

Abdi), an enterprising and smart low-rung honcho of But Captain Phillips is not only concerned with a Somali-pirate group working for an infamous drug the visceral depiction of recent history; it’s also a kingpin. Later, after Muse and his men kidnap Phil- critique of ideological systems (governmental, ecolips for ransom, fleeing the Alabama in its small life- nomic) that manipulate men like Phillips and Muse boat, a U.S. Navy SEAL team is introduced as a cold to sustain suffocating cycles of commerce. Both may and brutal force of closure. be leaders on the ground, but they’re ultimately subBased on actual events that transpired April 7 ordinates to unseen masters dictating procedure and through 12, 2009, Captain Phillips progresses metic- profit margins. The ghostly SEAL team that sweeps ulously in a tightly linear fashinto the film’s third act with ion. Actions carry the weight startling efficiency represents Captain Phillips of life and death. Hanks’ asthe purest form of this idea.

Directed by Paul Greengrass toundingly flexible turn as a Phillips and Muse occaStarring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi man forced to wear multiple sionally break free of these masks depending on the gravconstraints, cutting through and Catherine Keener ity of each situation helps amthe contradictions of their Rated PG-13 plify the tension. predicament and engaging Early on, Phillips’ only with each other as men, not concern is for his men (he’s even testing the crew cogs in an unseen machine. Their complex relationon piracy evasion upon first spotting the approach- ship becomes quite subversive in this sense. Some ing Somali skiffs). As the intruders make their way critics have already called the film to task for gloaboard the massive tanker, we see the futility of of- rifying the might of the American military. But I’d ficial protocols and lockdown procedures in real- argue it does exactly the opposite, highlighting the world situations. Phillips and his crew must rely on struggles of men like Phillips and Muse who are still their own improvisation and understanding of the capable of seeing their opposition as human beings ship to survive the relentless pursuit and splintering despite the situational pressures.

AK-47 gunfire.

If this is the case, Captain Phillips might be one of When the film transitions from the Alabama to the the few recent American films (along with Zero Dark small lifeboat, it becomes a claustrophobic thriller Thirty) to unflinchingly depict the consequences of that pits the increasingly panicked pirates against the sanctioned violence enacted in the name of Westswift (and nearly faceless) American Special Forces. ern safety. Look no further than the final sequence, During these tightly confined scenes, thematic con- which scarily portrays how quickly death comes nections between Muse and Phillips become more knocking—and how slowly it takes for the shock of developed, giving what could have been a traditional survival to subside. standoff an even greater sense of intimacy.

Captain Phillips is another sterling example of Write to glennh@sdcitybeat.com Greengrass’ ability to capture the immediacy of high- and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Sneak attack

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

The slasher film has long been a bloody forum for filmmakers to skewer patriarchal traditions regarding gender. It’s right there in the typical setup defining classics from Halloween to Scream: The obsessive male monster hunts down his female victim with relentless force, only to be thwarted by her own relentless will to survive.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, a film that’s been sitting in distribution limbo since its festival premiere in 2006, further deconstructs this premise in some interesting ways. It starts abruptly, with the titular object of affection, Mandy (Amber Heard), accepting an invitation to a house party held by a vacuous jock.

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Director Jonathan Levine’s condom. Here, the young and the camera nearly caresses Mandy’s restless have become their own body as she dives into a swim- worst nightmare. ming pool, taking the perspective —Glenn Heath Jr. of every other teenage male drooling with anticipation. A few moOpening ments later, the aforementioned meathead takes a nosedive off All the Boys Love Mandy Lane: A weekhis parents’ house, trying to im- end getaway in the country turns bloody press Mandy, setting in motion a for a band of high-school jocks eager to deceptively tricky revenge narra- deflower the titular Mandy Lane (Amber Heard). See our review on Page 23. tive that has more than its share of Captain Phillips: Based on actual booby traps. events, this thriller by director Paul GreenThe bulk of All the Boys Love grass tells the story of the container ship Mandy Lane—which opens Fri- Maersk Alabama and its leader, Captain day, Oct. 11, at Reading Gaslamp Phillips (Tom Hanks), who was kidnapped Cinemas—takes place nine by Somali pirates during a voyage in 2009.

See our review on Page 23. months after the incident, when Mandy joins the same group of Concussion: During her recovery from a hard knock to the head, a suburban cool kids at an isolated farm for housewife goes through a crippling idena weekend trip of booze, drugs tity crisis, creating an alter ego to survive. and, hopefully, sex. When bodies Escape from Tomorrow: A man slowly start dropping, the film begins to goes insane while visiting a land of artificycle through the typical horror- cial castles and mechanical rodents. This film premiered at Sundance film conventions. But it’s all a controversial and was largely shot inside Disneyland. sneak attack.

Screens through Oct. 17 at Digital Gym Not only is the sexualized male Cinema in North Park. perspective completely obliter- Machete Kills: Danny Trejo reprises his ated, but, also, the process is dis- role as the betrayed federale who must turbingly sardonic. This tone can once again wield his brutal weaponry and be found in the dreamy rendition bed women in the name of the people. of America’s “Sister Golden Hair” Marcelo: In this edgy comedy from Mexico, Aaron Diaz stars as a reclusive that plays like an omen or the sim- young man who thinks he’s found his perple but evocative shot of one char- fect superhero in the form of a porn star acter’s retainer sitting next to a played by Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre).

Screens through Oct. 17 at Digital Gym

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Cinema in North Park.

Muscle Shoals: Music documentary celebrating Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios, which produced such staples as “Brown Sugar” and “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Screens for one week at the Ken Cinema.

Romeo and Juliet: Yet another cinematic incarnation of Shakespeare’s ultimate romantic tragedy, this time starring Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) as the lovestricken Juliet.

The Summit: This harrowing documentary tells the dramatic story of 11 mountain climbers who mysteriously died on the slopes of K2.

Sweetwater: Ed Harris, January Jones (Mad Men) and Jason Isaacs star in this acid western about a preacher, a vengeful sheriff and an ex-prostitute who seek vengeance in Old West New Mexico.

One Time Only The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: A landmark of gay cinema, this Australian comedy follows two drag queens and a transsexual as they traverse the desert trying to find a cabaret gig.

Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Verdithon: Special film presentations of “Rigoletto” and “La Traviata” provide the ultimate treat for opera lovers. Presented by the San Diego Italian Film Festival, screenings run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the new San Diego Public Library in East Village.

Point Break: “Have you ever fired your gun

into the air while screaming, ‘Ahhhhhh’?”

If you’re Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), the answer is yes. Screens at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Bird’s Surf Shed. Tickets include the film and food from Daphne’s California Greek. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co will be on hand offering samples to those 21 and older.

Sunset Boulevard: Nobody screws with movie icon Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), especially some no-good Hollywood screenwriter like Joe Gillis (William Holden). Watch out for the pool, Joe. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 12, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Frenzy: Neckties have never been more horrifying than they are in Alfred Hitchcock’s late-era serial-killer film. Screens at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Reading Town Square Cinemas in Clairemont.

Undersea Film Exhibition: Now in its 14th year, San Diego’s premiere exhibition of undersea video returns with new films from around the world. Screens at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12, at Irwin Jacobs M. Qualcomm Hall in Sorrento Valley.

The Room: Not just your usual mess of a screening. Writer / director / producer Tommy Wiseau in person! Screens at midnight Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12.

Get Stoked Film Tour: Ski and snowboarding films invade San Diego in this special presentation. Daredevils welcome.

Screens at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

Unfinished Song: A grumpy old Englishman finds a bit of happiness after his wife convinces him to join a choir for the elder-

ly. Screens at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Hervey Branch Library in Point Loma.

Ghostbusters: Slimer is ready for you.

Screens at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Arclight La Jolla.

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alfred Hitchcock remakes his own film with James Stewart and Doris Day as a vacationing couple who stumble upon a conspiracy in sweaty Morocco. Screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 15, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

Stuck in Love: The complexities of love torment an acclaimed novelist, his ex-wife and their teenaged children. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at the new San Diego Public Library in East Village.

North by Northwest: Watch Roger Thornhill’s (Cary Grant) life get turned upside down in one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films. Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at Reading Town Square Cinemas in Clairemont.

The Missing Piece: An amazing documentary that examines the history behind the man who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911 and his daughter who for years defended his actions as patriotic. Screens at 7 p.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 15 and 16 (Wednesday screening includes Skype Q&A with director Joe Medeiros), at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

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

The coronation of Infamous garage-rock jester

King Khan

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otoriety is a funny thing. While the adage that “Any press is good press” still seems to hold true, it’s always tricky business when drunken antics or wild getups steal thunder from a musician’s genuine skills.

Such is the case with Arish Ahmad “King” Khan.

Easily referenced as “the diaper and helmet guy” or “that dude who put his bare ass in Lindsay Lohan’s face,” the Canadian bandleader’s outrageous behavior and attire garners as much attention as the musical output of his various bands. Whether it’s his duo with Mark Sultan (King Khan & BBQ Show) or his partnership with The Black Lips (Almighty Defenders), Khan relishes the role of mischievous frontman.

King Khan and the Shrines, a hornheavy, nine-piece collective, is no exception. Khan recently reunited with the ensemble after a six-year hiatus. Their latest release, Idle No More, still features a trademark garage-punk and soul sound but adds a surprising layer to the mix: Named after an ongoing Aboriginal protest movement, the album finds the typically carefree musician stoic and self-reflective for the first time in his nearly 20 years as a performer.

“It’s no secret,” Khan told CityBeat from his longtime Berlin home. “The subject matter for the new album came from a lot of pain I’ve gone through in the last few years. But, ultimately, I want it to be uplifting and healing. It shouldn’t be something you listen to and go into deep depression.”

After the deaths of three close friends a few years ago (including fellow punk purveyor Jay Reatard), Khan went into a deep depression of his own. It culminated in a “huge meltdown” that required heavy medication, psychiatric care and a weeklong stay in a Buddhist monastery. The making of Idle No More has served as one of the final steps in the therapeutic process. Khan came out of it a changed man.

“Music is a way to heal my brain,” he

says. “That’s always been my approach.

But it’s all in the process of enjoying life.

That’s the most important thing. You can have wild and crazy times but, at the heart of it, inspire people to do right. It’s so important to have chaos but be able to do it with a spiritual aspect. I think it’s the ultimate thing that people should strive for.”

Fans of Khan’s less introspective side needn’t worry. The new record is anything but a somber affair. The molasses-slow “Darkness” and “Of Madness I Dream” put the party on hold for a few minutes, but the rest of the album keeps the tempo up

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and the horns on beat. Even the dedication to Reatard (“So Wild”) is constructed as a gritty rave-up that the Memphis singer could have sung himself.

And while Khan may have a newfound penchant for loftier lyrics and the need to inspire, he hasn’t lost any of his frenetic and bawdy energy. As the chorus to “I Got Made” can attest—I’ll get paid / I’ll get laid / I’ll get made into a man one of these days— he isn’t ready to completely change the formula just yet.

But that’s the point. Whether it was the meltdown or his recent invitation to serve

as music supervisor on a documentary about The Invaders—a Memphis branch of the National Committee to Combat Fascism—the 36-year-old has accepted that his art changes along with his life.

The documentary project “was one of the things that brought this all into perspective for me,” Khan says. “I was deeply honored that someone so important to the civil-rights movement would feel that way.

The music that inspires me has always gone hand-in-hand with revolution. And I think we live in a day where people are really rising up again. I’m extremely hopeful that the future will be a better place for everyone.”

This sage outlook may seem incongruous with a man wearing a satin cape and donkey-teeth necklace. But King Khan’s new world is a place where the landscape is strange and unpredictable, where hedonism and elevated consciousness successfully combine without sacrificing the rock ’n’ roll aesthetic.

“Nothing I do is purist,” he says. “But I try to keep it an alchemic process. We’re not using industry tricks to try to get huge.

It’s all a spiritual thing.”

It’s doubtful that Khan will stop the onstage antics or costuming any time soon.

They’re part of his persona and what fans have come to expect from him. But by adding a subtle dimension of sophistication to the mix—no matter how it was acquired— Khan’s body of work benefits.

“Pop music today reduces creativity in people,” he says. “It’s trying to make them automatons and promote mediocrity. What we do is something different. We want to inspire. The Shrines try to make it a ritual on stage and have the people involved.

Nowadays, especially, people need music with that kind of quality—music that transports them and makes them forget whatever suffering they’re going through.”

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notes from the smoking patio Michael Klayman

Locals Only Drummer and experimental musician Nathan Hubbard plans to close 2013 with two more Ogd_S(11) Translation Has Failed releases, bringing the grand total to five.

In April, following Hubbard’s return after a year in Arizona, the genre-shifting combo released the first of five albums, titled New Encinitas, which bears a sonic mixture of jazz and hip-hop sounds. And last month, Hubbard & Co. released two more full-length digital albums. In an email, Hubbard describes album No. 2, Three Lifetimes in the Span of a Passing Train (Ambient Works Volume 1), as “two long tracks designed to lull your newborn baby to sleep.

“It works well on older babies, as well,” he adds.

Meanwhile, the third album, Leftstump, is an archival recording from 1994 that never got an official release until this year and was released the same day as Three Lifetimes.

But there are still two Ogd_S(11) Translation Has Failed yet to see release before the calendar flips to 2014. The next in the series is In Pursuit of the Scarlet Woman, which Hubbard says is “a set of ‘murder ballads’ recorded around a campfire somewhere north of Julian.” And the fifth and final album of the group’s prolific year of new and archival music is Falling Too Slow, a collection of poetry and sung tracks that date back to 2004.

“This one is destined to be the sleeper of the bunch, unfortunately,” he says. “It’s my favorite so far.”

In Pursuit of the Scarlet Woman and Falling Too Slow will be released in November, via translationhasfailed.bandcamp.com. The group will also play a record-release show on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Tin Can Ale House in Bankers Hill.

What’s new on Bandcamp If you search for albums tagged “San Diego” on Bandcamp, you’ll find some interesting stuff.

In this semi-regular column, we sift through recent Bandcamp postings and report on our findings.

5, FunkyRL: The “funky” in FunkyRL’s name is not to be taken lightly. This Chula Vistabased instrumental hip-hop project definitely brings the funk, via some ethereal, jazz-based samples. Only two of the seven tracks on this EP cross the two-minute mark, but nothing here feels incomplete. The beats are hot, the grooves are chill and it’s not a stretch to imagine a high-profile MC rapping over these beats, even if it’s unlikely to happen in the immediate future.

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Nathan Hubbard Soulis, Dustings: Soulis, the new album by Dustings, aka Daniel Fritz, is labeled “post-rock” and “shoegaze,” but that’s not exactly right. More accurately, it’s late-’90s-era alt-rock, mostly performed without vocals. Tracks like “Reality Will Crush Me” and “Incision” aim for anthemic heroism, and it’s plenty enjoyable, even if the thrills are fleeting and the songs feel more like demos than fully fleshed-out pieces. Not a bad start, though.

Hiss & Hearse, Cameron Fraser: I was mostly intrigued by Cameron Fraser’s Hiss & Hearse because of its cover art, depicting some abstract, interconnected shapes inside a thin white frame and against a black backdrop. The music is even more intriguing, a mostly ambient blend of distorted loops and eerie effects. It’s dark and gorgeous, bringing to mind the likes of Tim Hecker and William Basinski. And I don’t throw around names like that carelessly, so take note.

What Happened, DuneKat: The scratched-out eyes, 8-bit font and laser-tag artwork of DuneKat’s What Happened had me a little worried that I’d be getting myself into some (groan) “witch house.”

And I suppose that’s one way to interpret the music DuneKat makes. But, more accurately, it’s a kind of hazy, stoned update on trip-hop, peppered with pitch-shifted chipmunk vocals and some sinister, Crystal Castles-style atmosphere.

Blood Island EP, Blood Island: It’s hard not to love a band called Blood Island, particularly with tracks titled “Escape from Blood Island” and “Return to Blood Island.” But the band’s music more than matches up with its name. The group cranks out an intense but melodic posthardcore sound that’s catchy yet goes straight for the jugular. That’s a rare-enough thing to come across these days, but Blood Island pulls it off nicely. I recommend a visit to Blood Island—please enjoy your stay.

—Jeff Terich Blood Island’s self-titled EP

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

if i were u

BY Jeff Terich

Wednesday, Oct. 9 PLAN A: Steve Earle and the Dukes, The Mastersons @ Belly Up Tavern. During his long career, singer / songwriter Steve Earle has released an impressive array of albums, which span from acoustic bluegrass to Springsteen-esque roots rock. New album The Low Highway offers a little bit of both, backed by his excellent touring band The Dukes (and Duchesses), which means these anthems are meant to be played live and loud.

PLAN B: No Joy, Heavy Hawaii, Vum @ The Void. Sometimes it seems as if there are almost as many shoegaze bands as garagerockers, but when they sound like Canada’s No Joy, they’re worth checking out. Loud, dreamy and just slightly disorienting, they hit all the right, hazy notes. BACKUP PLAN: Batwings, Prayers, Monogamy Party, Skrapez, DJ Mikey Ratt @ Tower Bar.

Thursday, Oct. 10

a massive back catalogue and just as many stylistic diversions as they have albums. On this 33rd-anniversary tour, expect to hear a wide selection of their dark, obscure treats.

BACKUP PLAN: Transient, California Bleeding, Trashkannon @ The Void.

Friday, Oct. 11 PLAN A: King Khan and the Shrines, Hell Shovel, Teenage Burritos, Shake Before Us @ The Casbah. See Page 25 for Scott McDonald’s feature on King Khan, whose new album Idle No More finds the Canadian showman back in fine form. Expect catchy choruses, lots of horns and one of the best parties you’ve ever been to. PLAN B: Red Fang, Helms Alee, Wild Throne @ Brick by Brick.

Portland’s Red Fang know how to give their audience a good time. Fueled by beer, classic-rock riffs and a righteous heaviness, Red Fang might be the catchiest group ever to leave your poor bones bruised and sore. BACKUP PLAN: New Rome Quartet, Supermodel Razorblades, Ultra Violet Rays @ Tower Bar.

PLAN A: Legendary Pink Dots @ The Saturday, Oct. 12 Casbah. Legendary London underground PLAN A: The Loons, The Rosalyns, Schitgoth-psych act Legendary Pink Dots have zophonics, Chinese Rocks @ The Casbah.

There are plenty of bands in town with a psychedelic or garage style, but few of them can touch The Loons, who’ve been making San Diego weird since 1995 and can get down with the best of ’em. PLAN B: Adult., Flaamingos, Some Ember @ The Void. For a different kind of weird, soak in the dark, danceable anxiety of Detroit’s Adult., who’ll get bodies moving one way or another.

Monday, Oct. 14

PLAN A: Guitar Wolf, The Coathangers, Coward @ Soda Bar. If you don’t know Guitar Wolf—well, you really should know Guitar Wolf, Japan’s most rock ’n’ roll power trio.

In fact, they might just be the most rock ’n’ roll band in the world, decked out in leather jackets and dark glasses and tearing through loud, chaotic garage anthems like “Fujiyama Attack” and “Wild Zero,” the latter of which Sunday, Oct. 13 is also the title of a must-watch zombie flick PLAN A: Kylesa, Pinkish Black, Sierra @ starring the band. BACKUP PLAN: The Brick by Brick. Two drummers, two guitar- Dodos, Dustin Wong @ The Casbah. ists and 100-percent kick-ass, Savannah psychedelic metal group Kylesa Geoff Johnson play with a dark intensity yet Tuesday, Oct. 15 still leave plenty of room for PLAN A: Primal Scream, Wild Wild Wets great melodies and dynamite @ Belly Up Tavern. It’s been a good year for riffs. Get to the show a little Glasgow legends Primal Scream, first with the early for Pinkish Black, a release of their excellent dance-rock album Texas duo with a supremely More Light in May and then the prominent loud goth-rock sound built use of their 1991 classic single “Loaded” in entirely from synth and Edgar Wright’s The World’s End. Be prepared drums. PLAN B: Rafter, to sing along to their trippy, baggy jams that Incan Abraham, Tropical run from the gospel inflected “Come TogethKylesa Popsicle, others @ Golden er” to the funky, nihilistic “Kill All Hippies.”

Hill Street Fair. Even if you don’t make it out PLAN B: Widowspeak, Pure Bathing Culon Sunday night, there’s absolutely no reason ture @ The Void. Widowspeak split the difto miss the Golden Hill Street Fair, which is ference between Fleetwood Mac and Mazzy both free and stacked with great bands, in- Star, specializing in dreamy indie-pop tunes cluding Rafter and Tropical Popsicle, in addi- with a sepia-toned, organic, Laurel Canyon tion to local beer and food vendors. BACKUP vibe. Hard to go wrong with a combination PLAN: Drag the River, Mike Donovan @ like that. BACKUP PLAN: Tjutjuna, Otis, Lunarray @ Soda Bar. Bar Pink.

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HOT! NEW! FRESH! Busdriver (The Void, 11/2), Jason Mraz, John Rzeznik (BUT, 11/11), Screaming Females (Soda Bar, 11/23), Vaud and The Villains (BUT, 11/24), Nightlands (Soda Bar, 11/27), Kaki King (Casbah, 12/3), Gavin Turek (Casbah, 12/4), Transfer (BUT, 12/13), Tristan Prettyman (BUT, 12/16), U.S. Bombs (Soda Bar, 12/21), Tower of Power (BUT, 1/4), David Lindley (BUT, 1/12), Dent May (Soda Bar, 1/22), Galactic (BUT, 3/19), Stephen Marley (BUT, 5/14).

CANCELLED Lucy Rose, Dresses (HOB, 10/9).

GET YER TICKETS Sleigh Bells, Doldrums (Moonshine Flats, 10/19), Passion Pit (Open Air Theatre, 10/22), Paramore (Viejas Arena, 10/23), Buddy Guy (BUT, 10/28), Rocket From the Crypt (HOB, 10/31), Atlas Genius (HOB, 11/3), Janelle Monae (HOB, 11/6), Macy Gray (BUT, 11/7), Blitzen Trapper (Porter’s Pub, 11/9), Cults (The Irenic, 11/10), Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$ (SOMA, 11/11), Ben Harper (Copley Symphony Hall, 11/16), A$AP Ferg (Epicentre, 11/19), Pearl Jam (Viejas Arena, 11/21), Steve Poltz (BUT, 11/21), Sinead O’Connor (BUT, 11/26), JAY Z (Valley View Casino Center, 12/7), Lee Ranaldo and the Dust (The Casbah, 12/14), NOFX (HOB, 12/19).

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Steve Earle and the Dukes at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, Oct. 10 The Legendary Pink Dots at The Casbah. Paul Baribeau at Che Café.

Friday, Oct. 11 Sean Hayes at The Griffin. Easton Corbin at House of Blues. King Khan and the Shrines at The Casbah. Spitalfield at Soda Bar. Red Fang at Brick by Brick.

Saturday, Oct. 12 Adult. at The Void.

Sunday, Oct. 13 Saves the Day at The Irenic. Kylesa at Brick by Brick. Drag The River at Bar Pink.

Monday, Oct. 14 Guitar Wolf at Soda Bar. City and Colour at House of Blues. The Dodos at The Casbah. Louie Bello at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, Oct. 15 Primal Scream at Belly Up Tavern. Widowspeak at The Void. HAIM at The Casbah. Yo Gotti at Porter’s Pub.

Wednesday, Oct. 16 Leon Russell at Belly Up Tavern. Braids at The Casbah. Crystal Antlers at Soda Bar. Saviours at The Void.

Thursday, Oct. 17 Helado Negro at Soda Bar.

Friday, Oct. 18

Jason Aldean at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Langhorne Slim & The Law at The Casbah. Jack Johnson at Balboa Theatre.

Chali 2na & House of Vibe at Belly Up Tavern. Diamond Head, Raven at Brick by Brick. The Icarus Line at The Void. Dave Chappelle at Spreckels Theatre.

Saturday, Oct. 19 Hepcat at House of Blues. MS MR at Soda Bar. Junip at The Loft. Sleigh Bells, Doldrums at Moonshine Flats.

Dave Chappelle at Spreckels Theatre.

Surfer Blood at The Irenic.

Sunday, Oct. 20 Supersuckers at Soda Bar. Three Dog Night at Belly Up Tavern.

Monday, Oct. 21 Inc. at Porter’s Pub.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 Passion Pit at Open Air Theatre. Phantogram at House of Blues.

Wednesday, Oct. 23 Paramore at Viejas Arena. A.F.I. at House of Blues.

Friday, Oct. 25 Hunx and His Punx at The Irenic. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at Belly Up Tavern. The Righteous Brothers with Bill Medley at Casino Pauma. Castle at The Void.

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the hit list All up in your jazz One of my favorite things about the NBC sitcom interpretations of famous movie theme songs. I Parks and Recreation—and there are a lot—is Ron have my fingers crossed for a jazz-flute heavy renSwanson’s smooth-jazz sax-man alter-ego Duke dition of the Ghostbusters theme. It kicks off at 8 Silver (both awesomely played by Nick Offerman). p.m., with tickets going for $15.

The character even has a band website (dukesilver.

The Gaslamp Speakeasy (708 Fourth Ave., com). As Duke puts it in his online bio, “Jazz sax is Downtown) is one of the newer kids on the jazzy a connection to the heavens. Human breath enters, block. Every night, you can check out cool tunes and Angel breath leaves.” Sexy. by local and visiting jazz and Here are three nights where blues musicians. It’s the perfect you can hear some sexy jazz: spot for a chill night. But like One bar hooking San Dimany speakeasies, the hot spot ego up with good jazz is Seven has some rules to ensure a good Grand (3054 University Ave. in night. First, talking politics or North Park). On Thursday, Oct. religion is not allowed. Second, 10, HM3, a new project made if you want to approach a foxy up of bassist Harley Magsilady, you have to do it with a no, pianist Joshua White and drink. The owners also don’t drummer Charles Weller will want to hear bitching about play a show in the back room. the communal booth seating Mikan Zlatkovich or how long craft cocktails take The trio gets down on jazz influenced by various genres, like hip-hop, rock, to make. Basically, just sit there silently and enjoy R&B and gospel. your drink. Luckily, Rule 4 isn’t “Nobody leaves You can’t talk local jazz without mentioning here without singing the blues.” That’s right, I Dizzy’s (4275 Mission Bay Drive in Pacific Beach). made an Adventures in Babysitting reference.

The jazz lounge brings the fresh, love-making —Alex Zaragoza jams on the nightly, but on Saturday, Oct. 12, the club gets a little bit nerdy. Jazz pianist Mikan Zlat- Write to alexz@sdcitybeat.com kovich and his Jazzmikan septet will give jazzy and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

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Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at Belly Up Tavern. Emilie Autumn at Porter’s Pub. Earthless at The Casbah.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Zac Brown Band at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Keep Shelly in Athens at The Casbah. BOY at Porter’s Pub.

Monday, Oct. 28 The Neighbourhood at House of Blues.

Buddy Guy at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, Oct. 29 The Blow at The Casbah.

Wednesday, Oct. 30 Moody Blues at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Dax Riggs at The Casbah. Lord Dying at The Void. Federico Aubele at The Casbah (early show).

Thursday, Oct. 31 Two Door Cinema Club at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Rocket From the Crypt at House of Blues.

November Friday, Nov. 1 Father John Misty at House of Blues.

MellowHigh at Porter’s Pub. Schitzophonics at The Casbah.

Saturday, Nov. 2 The Sadies at The Casbah. Busdriver at The Void.

Sunday, Nov. 3 The 1975 at Belly Up Tavern. Narrows

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at The Casbah. Deerhoof at The Irenic.

Shannon and the Clams at The Void.

Atlas Genius at House of Blues.

Monday, Nov. 4 Teen Daze at Soda Bar. Subhumans at The Casbah.

Tuesday, Nov. 5 Graham Nash at Belly Up Tavern. White Lung at Soda Bar. Active Child at The Casbah.

Wednesday, Nov. 6 Holly Golightly and the Broke-Offs at Soda Bar. Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys at The Casbah.

Thursday, Nov. 7 Gramatik at House of Blues. Meat Puppets at Soda Bar. Crocodiles at The Casbah. Macy Gray at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Nov. 8 Rubblebucket at The Casbah. Strange Talk at The Casbah.

Saturday, Nov. 9 Keller Williams at Belly Up Tavern.

Blitzen Trapper at Porter’s Pub.

rCLUBSr 710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: ‘The Room Downstairs’.

Fri: Jon Goodhue (5 p.m.); Habitat, Chocolate Revolution, Lucky Lucifer (9 p.m.).

Sat: Feel Good, Everybody Knows, The Calefaction, Among the Giants. Tue: ‘710

Bass Club’.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Thu: Nena Anderson, Gypsy Fire. Fri: Brandon Primus. Sat: ‘Tribute to Bird and Diz’ w/ Gilbert Castellanos. Sun: Kenny Eng. American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco. com. Thu-Sat: Al Madrigal. Sun: Thomas Dale. Tue: Open mic.

AMSDconcerts, 4650 Mansfield St, Normal Heights. amsdconcerts.com. Sat: Caravan of Thieves.

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

Fri: Oh Spirit, Wires in the Walls. Sat: The Milkcrates, DJs Mikey Face, Angie. Tue: Mr. Adrian Demain.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Thu: Heroes x Villains.

Fri: DJ Snoopadelic. Sat: Roger Shah.

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

Thu: Doug Benson. Fri: Cougar Canyon Band. Sat: Jewel City Rock Club. Sun: Kayla Hope.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Steve Earle and the Dukes, The Mastersons.

Thu: Berlin, Allison Iraheta, Halo Circus.

Fri: Super Diamond, Betamaxx. Sat: Super Diamond, INXS-IVE. Sun: Rita Rudner.

Mon: Louie Bello, Dalton and the Sheriffs.

Tue: Primal Scream, Wild Wild Wets.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Red Wizard. Fri: ‘Club Musae’. Sat: Euphoria.

Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd, University Heights. bourbonstreetsd.com. Wed: ‘Awe Snap! I Love the ‘90s’ w/ VJ K Swift.

Thu: ‘Wet’. Fri: ‘Go-Go Fridays’ w/ VJ K

Swift. Sat: ‘M.A.N.’. Sun: ‘Soiree’.

The Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Thu: ‘Boyz Club’ w/ DJs Taj, Marcel, John Joseph, Will Z. Fri: ‘Wired’ w/ DJ Von Kiss. Sat: ‘Sabados en Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, KA. Sun: ‘Noche Romantica’ w/ Daisy Salinas. Mon: ‘Manic Monday’ w/ DJs XP, Junior the DiscoPunk.

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Thu: Saint Shameless, Supersonic Dragon Wagon.

Fri: Red Fang, Helms Alee, Wild Throne.

Sat: Tiffany Jane and the Kicks. Sun: Kylesa, Pinkish Black, Sierra.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Aro Di Santi. Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joeff and Co. Sat: Aragon y Royal. Sun: Aragon y Royal. Mon: Sounds of Brazil.

The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Thu: The Legendary Pink Dots. Fri: King Khan and the Shrines, Hell Shovel, Teenage Burritos, Shake Before Us. Sat: The Loons, The Rosalyns, Schitzophonics, Chinese Rocks. Sun: San Fermin, Okapi Sun, Natasha Kozaily. Mon: The Dodos, Dustin Wong. Tue: Haim, Io Echo (sold out).

The Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Thu: Paul Baribeau, The Frights, Huxley Anne, Moon Bandits, Bogsey and the Argonauts. Fri: ACxDC, Theories, Death March, Impulse, Dirt Squad. Sat: Twitching Tongues, Stigmata, Turnstile, Downpresser, Angel Du$t.

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

Fri-Sat: John Roy.

Croce’s, 802 Fifth Ave, Downtown. croces. com. Wed: Gio Trio 1. Thu: Tripp Sprague.

Fri: Lady Dottie and The Diamonds. Sat: Daniel Jackson. Sun: Irving Flores (11:30 a.m.); The Archtones (7:30 p.m.).

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: Fred Benedetti. Sat: Mikan Zlatkovich. Sun: Brad Steinwehe and His Jazz Orchestra.

El Dorado Bar, 1030 Broadway, Downtown. eldoradobar.com. Wed: ‘The Tighten Up’. Thu: ‘Tribute to Morrissey’ w/ DJ Saul Q. Fri: ‘Posse on Broadway’. Sat: ‘Moon Shake’ w/ DJs Mark Quark, Dazzla, Lee Reynolds.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Sat: Vizion Records, Jdubz, Roman, EZA.

F6ix, 526 F St., Downtown, Downtown. f6ixsd.com. Sat: DJ Beatnick.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Hook N Sling. Fri: De La Chapelle. Sat: Sid Vicious, Rico DeLargo.

The Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd, Bay Park. thegriffinsd.com. Wed: Tony Lucca, Josh Krajcik. Thu: Lee Dewyze, Dawn Mitschele. Fri: Sean Hayes, The Blank Tapes. Sat: Latex Grenade, By Design, Sight Unscene. Mon: The Delta Saints, Jared James Nichols. Tue: Pool Party, The StirCrazies.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: The Pretty Reckless. Thu: GRiZ. Fri: Easton Corbin. Sat: One Last Look, Redeem/ Revive, deadweight, Bring Forth The Lies, Focus In Frame,Truth Betrayed. Sun: Blue

October. Mon: City and Colour, The Paper Kites. Tue: Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, The Smith Street Band, Koo Koo Kanga Roo. Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Thu: DJ Vadim.

Fri: ‘S.H.A.F.T.’. Sat: ‘Dragon Lounge’.

Sun: ‘For The Love of Hip-Hop No. 2’.

Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave, Kensington. 619-284-2848. Fri: Psicomagia, Corima, Sacri Monti.

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. lestats.com. Wed: Aaron Bowen, Brindl, Jesus Gonzalez. Thu: Lexi Pulido, Matthew Santos, Tony Ferrari. Fri: The Gregory Page Show. Sat: Christine

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Parker. Sun: Jazz Avenue. Mon: Open mic.

The Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. theloft.ucsd.edu. Wed: ‘ASCE Blacklight Dance’. Fri: Luke Christopher, Junoflo, Andre Power. Tue: Typhoon, Wild Ones.

The Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Mon: ‘Dub Dynamite 10 Year Anniversary Party’ w/ Digitaldubs.

Onyx Room / Thin, 852 Fifth Ave, Downtown. onyxroom.com. Fri: ‘Rumba Lounge’. Sat: ‘Underground Saturdays’.

Tue: ‘Neo Soul’.

Patricks II, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: Royer Destroyer. Thu: Len Rainey’s Midnight Players. Fri: Mystique Element of Soul. Sat: Dennis Jones. Sun: TnT. Mon: WG and the G-Men. Tue: Walter’s Chicken Jam. Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Tue: Yo Gotti, Cash Out, Zed Zilla, Sky Glizzy.

Quality Social, 789 Sixth Ave, Downtown. qualitysocial.com. Thu: DJ Saul Q. Fri: DJ Schoeny. Sat: DJ Method.

Rich’s, 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: DJ John Joseph. Thu: ‘Repent’. Fri: DJ dirty KURTY. Sat: DJ Taj. Sun: DJ Marcel.

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

Wed: Kice Simko. Thu: Julia May and The Penguins. Fri: Sure Fire Soul Ensemble.

Sat: Silver Kings.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Thu: HM3. Fri: John Reynolds Band. Sat: Stevie and The Hi-Staxx.

Shakedown Bar, 3048 Midway Drive, Point Loma. theshakedownsd.com. Thu:

The Baboons, The Picture Books, Cantina Renegades. Fri: Iron Maidens, Great Electric Quest, Nuns ‘n’ Moses. Sat: Stalag 13, The Grim, Kodiak, Ramplocals, Records With Roger.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Fri: Payoff, Sic Waiting, Code 4-15, Castoff, Ryan Davidson. Sat: Jukebox Boogie, Pachuco Jose y Los Diamantes, DJ Fast Eddie.

Side Bar, 536 Market St, Downtown. sidebarsd.com. Wed: Epic Twelve. Fri: Kyle Flesch.

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

Wed: Hello Penelope, The Lower 48, Tan Sister Radio. Thu: Emily Drew, Lucrezio, Suzy and the Lifeguard. Fri: Requiem For the Rockets, Yevtushenko, Like Shattered Diamonds. Sun: Behind The Wagon, Daniel Crawford, Grant Langston. Mon: ‘Tin Can Country Club’ w/ Johnny Janiga.

Tue: Paper Cranes, 22 Kings, Taken By Canadians.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Austin Lucas, Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires, Spirit Animal, Amigo The Devil. Thu: Joe Pug, Vandaveer, Jesse Lamonaca. Fri: Spitalfield, The Young Rapscallions, Buddy Banter.

Sat: Houses, Amp Live, Say Say. Sun: J. Roddy Walston and The Business, Gringo Star. Mon: Guitar Wolf, The Coathangers, Coward. Tue: Tjutjuna, Otis, Lunarray.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Thu: Zedd, Oliver, Alex Metric (sold out). Fri: Pullman Standard, Frequency, Anaphylactic Shark, Ash Fenner, Bakkuda, Feel Good, Caffeine.

Sat: We Came As Romans, Silverstein, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, The Color Morale, Danger Kids.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Fri: Capleton. Sat: ‘Rage 4 Reason’.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. rubyroomsd.com. Fri: Kelsea Little.

The Void, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, North Park. thevoidsd.com. Wed: No Joy, Heavy Hawaii, Vum. Thu: Transient, California Bleeding, Trashkannon. Fri: The Chop Tops, Rip Carson, Nutstache, Creeps A.D. Sat: Adult., Flaamingos, Some Ember.

Tue: Widowspeak, Pure Bathing Culture.

Tiki House, 1152 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. tikipb.com. Thu: Flower and Corey.

Fri: The Celebrities. Sat: Superunloaded.

Sun: Open mic.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Wed: Koray Broussard. Fri: Detroit Underground. Sat: Third Project.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Wed: Batwings, Prayers, Monogamy Party, Skrapez, DJ Mikey Ratt. Fri: New Rome Quartet, Supermodel Razorblades, Ultra Violet Rays.

Sat: Buffalo Tooth, Joy, Sacri Monti.

U-31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Fri: DJ Kid Wonder. Sat: DJ Saul Q. Mon: DJ Cros1.

Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave, Downtown. voyeursd.com. Thu: Datsik. Fri: Jay Idol. Sat: Caveat.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com.

Wed: ‘Wu-Tang Wednesday’ w/ DJ Cros One. Fri: The Widows, Cedar Fire. Sat: ‘Booty Bassment’ w/ DJs Dimitri, Rob. Tue: ‘Friends Chill’.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Roots Covenant, DJ Carlos Culture. Thu: The Magic Beans.

Fri: The Devastators. Sat: ‘Ocean Boogie’.

Mon: Electric Waste Band. Tue: ‘Meeting of the Meyends’.

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