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Editor’s Note

Carl DeMaio and difficult decisions Two years ago, a freelance writer offered CityBeat a story that had former San Diego City Council President Ben Hueso claiming to have walked in on Councilmember Carl DeMaio masturbating in a bathroom at City Hall. Before I could even begin to agonize over whether to publish it, I needed to talk to Hueso myself and have him tell me the story independently. Hueso wouldn’t get on the phone, making what would be a difficult decision easy: I declined to publish it. Eventually, the story found its way out.

Last week, the topic of DeMaio allegedly pleasuring himself reemerged after Tony Perry of the Los Angeles Times, during a news conference, confronted DeMaio—who’s now trying to unseat Congressmember Scott Peters—with explosive allegations that he’d sexually harassed and attempted to bribe a campaign employee. Politico followed with a story, as did U-T San Diego. Then, CNN published and broadcast a detailed account of employee Todd Bosnich’s accusations that DeMaio repeatedly and aggressively harassed him before one day, on April 30, summoning him into his office, where, when Bosnich arrived, DeMaio was masturbating in full view. Bosnich claims that on May 19, DeMaio campaign manager Tommy Knepper offered him $50,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement.

DeMaio has countered that Bosnich is a disgruntled former employee who was fired for plagiarism (on May 12, DeMaio’s campaign was caught lifting a National Journal pension report) and then broke into the campaign headquarters on May 27 or 28 and destroyed office equipment. Now reportedly sitting on San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ desk are two cases: the alleged breakin and the alleged sexual harassment and bribery.

Fun stuff for Dumanis, a DeMaio ally.

Part of me is glad that Bosnich didn’t go to CityBeat with his story. It surely would have led to sleepless nights. When I was studying journalism, my mentor counseled against being quick to publish the sorts of claims that can’t be independently verified and can swiftly ruin reputations and careers.

On the other hand, what if the claims are true? It’s ethical quicksand. The only people who know for sure are DeMaio and Bosnich and maybe DeMaio’s top campaign aides.

Unless DeMaio does an about-face and confesses or someone steps forward and corroborates the

story, or Bosnich recants, or we learn more about the break-in, voters in the 52nd Congressional District will have to go with their gut.

Again, I don’t know for certain whether DeMaio did what Bosnich claims. But, when I called on Bob Filner to resign as mayor of San Diego in July 2013, I also didn’t know for sure whether he’d done what he’d been accused of doing. I went with my gut, and my gut told me that Filner’s accusers—former City Councilmember Donna Frye and attorneys Marco Gonzalez and Cory Briggs—weren’t lying. I’d known them for many years and trusted them, and I felt it important to speak out, lest more women be victimized. If Bosnich’s claims are true, it could be an isolated incident, but it’s also possible that DeMaio’s potential staff and constituents could be vulnerable.

David Rolland I don’t know Bosnich, other than from Twitter, where he sometimes argued bitterly with me in defense of DeMaio, to whom Bosnich was fiercely loyal until mid-May of this year. Something went wrong. It could be that DeMaio fired Bosnich for plagiarism, but DeMaio hasn’t revealed any documents to back that up (Bosnich says his involvement was minor). In a June 2 interview with Carl DeMaio KFMB radio’s Mike Slater that never aired, Bosnich said he quit after turning down the $50,000. For what it’s worth, Bosnich comes off in the interview as credible, and Slater, a diehard conservative, sounds extremely sympathetic. (I made the call to post the audio at sdcitybeat.com because the story’s out there and I believe hearing Bosnich firsthand is helpful.)

Granted, my distaste for DeMaio is well-documented, so, for me to say I believe Bosnich probably doesn’t carry much weight. But the reason I despise him so is that it’s clear to me that he’s motivated by a lust for power and personal glory. Sexual harassment is a way to exert power over subordinates, and Bosnich obviously looked up to DeMaio. I knew enough about Filner that the accusations against him didn’t surprise me. I know enough about DeMaio that Bosnich’s claims don’t surprise me, either.

Still, that’s light years away from saying I know it happened. And we might not have published the story if it came to us. Someone’s lying, and someone’s going to lose. This is ugly, messy business.

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

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‘Heroic act of journalism’ Kelly Davis’ piece on mentally ill criminals [Cover story,” Aug. 27] made us cry. We felt this article, so well-written and -researched, sadly informed us regarding the legal (while inferring the moral and spiritual) status of those poor “lost” souls. To succinctly cover this enormous, complicated issue within the confines of two pages was a heroic act of journalism. Thank you.

establishing relationships or engaging communities in a real and empowering way that provides ownership in program design and conception.

So, if AB 109, or realignment, wished to continue with the massive lock-them-up mentality, one must give it a grade of A+. If AB 109 is not producing the results you had hoped for, you need to contact your elected officials and suggest some real proven alternatives to mass incarceration.

Julia and Stanley Stanertber, Encinitas

The Rev. Dennis Malone, Stockton

Realignment is not working

Bringin’ back the old boys

Regarding your Aug. 20 editorial on prison realignment: Realignment is working if the goal was to continue to lead the nation in incarcerating its citizenship. Recidivism rates are dropping simply because the offenders are not returning to state prisons but are redirected to local jails. County jails are now shouting foul because their jails are bursting at the seams and the money promised to them is slowly being delivered.

Realignment is indeed working if the ultimate goal is, in fact, to increase the capacity, to house a greater number of citizens, by continuing to build or expand on current prison and jail beds throughout the state.

Realignment is so successful by not having to invest in proven alternatives to incarceration, such as long-term treatment programs for alcohol and other drugs, mental healthcare and therapeutic centers, while not investing in communities mostly impacted by high crime and poverty rates and not

Regarding your Sept. 3 editorial, “Jerry’s war”: The idea that San Diego would return to the old boy’s rule is so upsetting! The city is being manipulated at the cost of many things. Where are the people, I wonder, whose lives are impacted by this group of rich Republicans? Why aren’t they yelling and screaming about what’s going on? Are they all listening to Fox News? Drinking the Kool-Aid? Down with Manchester and his cronies!

I hope business as usual with Kevin Faulconer being a puppet to Jerry Sanders’ heavies will be seen for what it is. I’m just one person. I remember San Diego in the ’60s, with all its scandals, one mayor spending millions of city dollars on the Faberge egg exhibit, and possible mob infiltration of the government in the past. It just doesn’t end, does it? Keep up the good work.

Dianne Obeso, University Heights

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Kelly Davis

Vita Manyluk says staff at Connections Housing misconstrued her assertiveness as bad behavior.

The struggle to ‘fix things’ How two cases highlight issues in homeless services

severe depression, anxiety and post-traumatic-stress disorder that, she says, stems from an abusive 13-year marriage. Despite a litany of illnesses that would seem to make transient life difficult—degenerative-disc

by Kelly Davis disease, neuropathy, diabetes, asthma and Vita Manyluk is sitting on a concrete bench rheumatoid arthritis—she says the PTSD outside the San Diego Public Library in East leaves her unable to tolerate the dysfuncVillage, dressed in a matching red top and tion of homeless shelters. She’s applied for pants, her hair neatly curled. It’s impossible disability benefits, but right now her into tell that she slept outside last night, near come is $200 a month in general relief and the Santa Fe Depot, one of many locations $189 in food stamps, not nearly enough to where she beds down. even consider a cheap hotel for a night.

“For safety purposes, I sort of bounce In February, Manyluk entered Connecaround,” she says. tions Housing, located Downtown. Open The 56-year-old has been homeless for for a year-and-a-half, the building includes seven years. She’s been diagnosed with 134 “interim” beds in a shelter-type setting

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spread out between two floors. The goal is for case managers to work with clients to find suitable longer-term housing—and employment for those able to hold a job— within 90 to 120 days, says Amy Gonyeau, chief operating officer for the Alpha Project, which manages the interim program.

According to Manyluk’s case file, obtained from Connections by an attorney who’s assisting Manyluk and shared with CityBeat, Manyluk seemed to be doing fine in the program until mid-April, when she asked if her stay could be extended beyond 90 days. On her request form, she explained that her medical problems limited her job options, and she was waiting to hear whether she’d be accepted into another housing

program. On April 21, her case manager— whose name we’ve omitted because she couldn’t be reached for comment—told Manyluk in writing that her request was denied and she needed to be out by May 6. At that point, Manyluk sought help from Disability Rights California (DRC), a legal-advocacy organization. DRC attorney Rebecca Cervenak exchanged emails with Alpha Project Program Director Travis Larson, Cervenak requesting that Manyluk be granted the extension due to her history of mental illness.

“Discharging her on May 6,” Cervenak wrote, “would cause her to become homeless again.”

Larson responded immediately, apologized to Cervenak and explained that Manyluk’s case manager was new to the job and Cervenak should “consider the extension granted.” Yet, on May 5, the case manager told Manyluk she needed to be out the next morning by 8:30 a.m.

Manyluk’s since filed a complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), explaining that disabling pain made it difficult for her to get out of bed some days, let alone pursue employment and housing, as the Connections program required. She claims she was singled out by her case manager and held to impossible standards. And, when she tried to speak up for herself, Manyluk wrote in the complaint, “it was construed as aggression or bad behavior.”

“While at Connections, the symptoms of my disabilities made it difficult for me to meet all program requirements,” the complaint says. “I asked for several accommodations, but my requests were met with skepticism and ridicule, and, at times, were denied entirely.”

Larson told CityBeat that, in the end, he stands by the decision to exit Manyluk from the program, citing behavior issues.

“Please understand that we give our resident clients many chances and opportunities to succeed,” he explained via email. “No doubt we could have done more, but there are instances where the client puts us in a position to make a difficult decision.

“Our goal is never to exit a client unwarranted,” he added, “but we certainly make mistakes as a program, and as human beings. It should be noted that we have made

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lamb On karma and lie detectors “You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more important than anything.”

—Frank Luntz If congressional candidate Carl DeMaio keeps throwing people under the bus, it’s conceivable that one day the former San Diego City Council member will be able to count all his friends on one hand.

Fortunately for San Diego, the Twitter hashtag #masturgate emerged well before this city’s latest shove into the national media spotlight amid allegations of sexual harassment lodged against DeMaio by Todd Bosnich, his former campaign policy director.

(That distinction goes to a nowdeceased Canadian politician who, according to his account, had no idea he was visiting that kind of massage parlor.)

As we’ve learned from previous embarrassing episodes of local impropriety—particularly among the political class—separating fact from fiction can be not only a messy business but also an unfulfilling one devoid of a happy ending. In the end, everyone feels like lining up for decontamination.

In this instance, the alleged victim du jour—a fervent ex-DeMaio loyalist—appeared on CNN Friday to lay out in graphic detail what he described as an intensifying campaign of unwanted advances from DeMaio that culminated, Bosnich alleged, with the candidate masturbating in front of him “with a smile on his face” in the campaign office one morning last April.

Two days before the CNN story ran, reporters at a DeMaio press conference bombarded him with questions about the charges, which DeMaio dismissed as “an

outrageous lie” from a former staffer who, he claimed, had committed plagiarism and was a suspect in the alleged May break-in at his campaign office.

Bosnich, in response, offered up results from an independent lie-detector test he said backed up his allegations and further claimed that DeMaio’s campaign manager, Tommy Knepper, had offered him $50,000 for his silence and a job with the local Republican Party. The DeMaio campaign, in a return volley, denied those allegations and said Knepper had passed a lie-detector test of his own.

The back-and-forth set social media ablaze—not surprising, given the timing of the bombshell as ballots began dropping in voter mailboxes. The culmination may have come when former 52nd Congressional District candidate Lori Saldaña—neither a fan of incumbent Rep. Scott Peters nor the leadership of the local Democratic Party—equated to McCarthyism CityBeat’s decision to publish an interview with Bosnich by KFMB radio personality Mike Slater that was recorded the day before the June primary but was never aired.

The Peters campaign, meanwhile, has been quiet as a church mouse on the subject, most likely

photo illustration: John R. Lamb

Nov. 4 will be Carl DeMaio’s ultimate moment of truth. following the axiom that when a political opponent is falling, let him fall on his or her own. When the opposition is debating who has the more credible lie-detector results, what can one really add to the conversation.

The real question is: How will these allegations play among voters? Clearly, those who’ve always found DeMaio to be a self-serving, egomaniacal charlatan—a “political sociopath,” as former City Council colleague Donna Frye once labeled him—will feel further emboldened that San Diego will face another Bob Filner Moment with DeMaio in office.

DeMaio’s backers, meanwhile, may feel equally emboldened, disgusted by the lateness of the charges. County Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric took another tack, telling local TV station NBC 7/39 that “this is gay-baiting at its worst.” (Both DeMaio and Bosnich are openly gay.)

Bosnich claims that Knepper told him he could have avoided the problem by not telling DeMaio he was gay. Which raises the question: Huh? DeMaio’s running an ad now in which he proclaims himself to be a “proud gay American.” If what Bosnich says is true, how are other gay Republicans who work for DeMaio supposed to interpret that?

Better to keep your orientation to yourself than risk unwanted advances from the candidate?

One DeMaio supporter even suggested that Bosnich was no victim. Susan Jester, president of the local chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, told Fox5, “I just felt, at the time, he was almost obsessed with Carl, because he was there constantly,” adding later in the same interview, “I would think Carl would’ve been filing some sort of charges about [Bosnich] stalking him because he was just always there.”

How showing up for one’s job can be equated with stalking baf-

fles Spin, but perhaps the brains of the politically devoted are simply concussed from sexualharassment fatigue. Comparisons to former mayor Filner’s rapid fall from grace over his own poor personal habits are inevitable, even if some would discount the correlation because Filner initially apologized for his boorish behavior and DeMaio has flatly denied his.

Not to get all the Filner haters foaming again, but let’s recall what he said when he resigned 14 months ago after a slew of apologies. “You know, I started my political career facing lynch mobs,” he said, a reference to his Freedom Rider days. “And I think we have just faced one here in San Diego. You’re going to have to deal with that. In a lynch-mob mentality, rumors become allegations, allegations become facts, facts become evidence of sexual harassment, which have led to demands for my resignation and recall.

“Those of you in the media and in politics who fed this hysteria, I think, need to look at what you helped create. Because you have unleashed a monster. I think we’ll be paying for this affront to democracy for a long time.”

In the end, both have said, in essence, “Where’s the proof?”

As Filner suggested, proof and politics are rare bedfellows.

DeMaio probably was thinking retribution, not proof, when he tweeted the word “Karma” after former City Council nemesis Ben Hueso, now a state senator, was busted for DUI in August.

Voters, as always, will have to go with their gut in November.

The question remains, would a Rep. Carl DeMaio bring so much baggage to Washington, D.C., that San Diego’s needs take a back seat? That’s not a scenario for a happy ending.

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

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Homeless CONTINUED from PAGE 6 many more right decisions and have had many amazing successes with individuals that otherwise would have fallen through the cracks of society.”

What happened to Manyluk might be a case of she said / they said, but it nevertheless highlights a current problem in homeless services: an overall lack of resources amid a push to put an end to chronic homelessness. Though Manyluk meets the definition of being chronically homeless—someone who’s experienced homelessness for at least a year—she’s not a drain on public services. She takes her medication, sees a doctor regularly and stays out of trouble. But her age, physical limitations and years of unemployment make finding a job difficult. Her lack of income makes finding decent housing impossible. Her case file, for instance, includes a list of singleroom-occupancy (SRO) hotels with “rejected” written in her case-manager’s handwriting.

“How do you house her when she’s got $200 a month in income?” asked Tom Theisen, pres-

ident of the board of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless.

“You’re lucky to find an SRO you can rent for $600 a month.”

The task force is currently involved in an effort called 25 Cities, through which more than 2,200 homeless people in downtown San Diego have been assessed via survey. Called the Vulnerability Index and Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, or VISPDAT, it asks questions to determine a person’s level of need.

Of the 2,200 people surveyed, roughly 600 fell into the category of needing permanent-supportive housing—housing that comes with services necessary o keep a person housed.

Six hundred people, but only 50 beds, Theisen pointed out.

“So far, we have only been able to identify less than 30 [additional] permanent-supportivehousing beds, which will be available to our team over the next 100 days,” he said. “We are working to find more.”

During her interview with CityBeat, Alpha Project’s Gonyeau spent 20 minutes trying to figure out if there was a program that would help Manyluk secure permanent housing.

“Come back in if that’s what

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you want to do, and we’ll work with you again,” Gonyeau said.

“We’ll give everybody a second, third, 10 chances.”

She acknowledged that cases like Manyluk’s pose a challenge.

“Some of the [housing] voucher programs, you have to have a history of being arrested. So what do you do? Go out and get arrested to qualify for a program?”

Gonyeau said. “It’s not [the program’s] fault; it’s just contract requirements. It’s weird how the resources aren’t what you’d want them to be, and that’s what’s tough about this business.”

While Manyluk was talking to CityBeat outside the library, a woman walked by; she and Manyluk briefly acknowledged each other. They used to be friends, Manyluk said. The woman, who’s schizophrenic, is now in a studio apartment.

“She’s been arrested a few times,” Manyluk said. “She’s been in and out of mental institutions….

So that qualified her for [housing].”

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olks working to end homelessness might say a case like Manyluk’s highlights the shortcomings of transitional housing, where structured programs aren’t the best fit for some clients.

Preferable is “housing first,” a model that says people are best able to tackle whatever caused their homelessness if they’re provided housing with no obligation to participate in services.

Around the same time DRC was trying to help Manyluk with Connections Housing, the organization was finalizing a lawsuit settlement with the San Diego Rescue Mission, another transitional-housing provider. In October 2009, Jessica Franks, then 25, pregnant and with a 1-year-old son, entered the Rescue Mission to get away from an abusive husband.

Franks, who was raised Mormon, said she was told that the Rescue Mission’s program was religiousbased, but she didn’t think that would be a problem.

“I told them I don’t mind other people’s religious beliefs, but I wasn’t going to change my personal beliefs,” she said. “They didn’t tell me it was going to be a bombardment.”

Franks’ pregnancy was difficult. According to court documents, staff denied her bed rest; at one point, Franks testified in a deposition, she was told the complications must be “because you’re having intercourse.” On a note from Franks’ physician, obtained by her attorney, Ann Menasche, a staff member had written, “This is a ridiculous doctor’s note. I’m not going to listen to it.”

Menasche said there seemed to be an attitude among Rescue Mission staff that people were homeless because of their sins.

“There may be some compassion, but it’s so tempered by the judging of people as sinners,” she said. “They think that because you’re poor and on the street, you must be bad.”

Franks said she was told by staff that she couldn’t lie down without permission. She was asked to leave, she said, because she wasn’t able to attend enough of the daily classes that are required of the program. This was just before Christmas. There had been a Christmas-card-making contest, and her design won, meaning it would be the Rescue Mission’s official holiday card. Her prize, she said, was some stamps.

“We’re going to send your Christmas card… but we’re not going to let them know we kicked you out?” Franks said. “I invested a lot of heart and soul into thinking that program was going to fix things.”

Franks said she tried to find a bed elsewhere, but everything had a waiting list. A friend gave her some money to briefly stay in a hotel, but, ultimately, Franks felt she had no choice but to move

“It’s weird how the resources aren’t what you’d want them to be, and that’s what’s tough about this business.”

—Amy Gonyeau back in with her husband.

Under the settlement agreement, the Rescue Mission doesn’t have to admit it did anything wrong in asking Franks to leave.

But, it will have to update its policies to make it clear that clients with a disabling condition can ask to be relieved of program requirements. The settlement also obligates the Rescue Mission to carve out beds for clients who won’t be required to participate in religious activities—24 beds for women with children, 20 beds for single women and 28 beds for men.

Rescue Mission CEO Herb Johnson took issue with how Menasche characterized his organization’s services.

“We’re a Christian mission,” he said. “There is no assumption of sin; [it’s] absolutely not part of anything we preach, nor is it in any of our disciplines.”

Because public dollars can’t be used to fund religious activity, another settlement provision requires the Rescue Mission to pay back grant money it received from HUD and the San Diego Redevelopment Agency to purchase its Bankers Hill building in 2002.

Johnson emphasized that the Rescue Mission relies on no government funding for its programs.

Franks was eventually able to separate from her husband and secure affordable housing in El Cajon—she and both of her children qualify for disability benefits. She’s currently going to school, studying to be a nurse.

“Jessica has good housing now, but for a lot of people, that’s not really possible because they don’t have the economic possibility of doing that,” Menasche said.

“Solving mental-health problems, even substance-abuse problems, will be facilitated by being stable in good permanent housing.

“The cause of homelessness is not people’s mental-health problems,” she added, “or people’s disabilities, or even people’s addictions. The main cause of homelessness is the cost of housing versus the size of an SSI check.”

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

aaryn

backwards & in high heels

belfer Zero-2-couch in 10 easy weeks One of the most gratifying purchases I made this utes and 37 seconds. year was a “0.0” sticker for my car. The elation I Now visualize 26.2 miles. Now do the math in get from its presence on my rear window is toyour head. tally unreasonable. Now, this is probably a sad If you’re a walker, there’s no need to track your reflection of my character—and, predictably, I’ll time. Just estimate that it would take you several get letters about what a horrible, hollow human days plus meal and pee breaks to complete a maraI am—but there’s almost nothing as gratifying for thon. Emit several gasps of exasperation at the mere me these days as changing lanes in front of someidea of such folly and feel superior that you’ve choone with a braggy “26.2” sticker on their bumper. sen an activity that will preserve your knees.

Really, the only thing more satisfying is being at a Week 4 will be a repeat of Week 3, but with stop light in front of someone with a “26.2” and a at least one 7-degree incline. The math is getting “13.1” and a Ragnar emblem or seven. I get elated trickier as your pace will be inconsistent. But you just thinking about it. feel the burn in your legs and estimate the depth of Though I feel no need to advertise it on my car, misery of doing even half a marathon. Give up and I have taken up running again after many years. walk up that hill backwards and contemplate pingYet I have zero aspirations to run a marathon. As ing Uber to take you home. If a marathon seems such, I’ve decided to share my 10-week plan for preposterous, you’re well on your way to success. anyone who’s ever been interested in not running But be cautioned: The next part of the plan is dea marathon. ceptively simple. Resist the urge to skip ahead.

It seems daunting on the face of it, I know. But Indeed, Weeks 5 and 6 are largely mental gymwith a little determination, will power, some pluck nastics. Every day during your drive to work, and intention, anyone can not do it. Trust me. It’s imagine the freeways cordoned off. Imagine the totally possible. It’s important, though, to ease into energy and camaraderie of thousands of people the training plan gradually. The idea is to transform rockin’ and rollin’ alongside you. Imagine the wayou from beginner to fuck that shit in 10 weeks. ter stations. Imagine yourself running down the Too many people have been middle of Highway 163 in a tutu turned off to not running a maraand shoes made especially for thon simply by trying to start off pronators. Wow, you might think “If a marathon too fast. Their bodies rebel and to yourself. It really is far from seems preposterous, they wind up in a mental funk, Mission Valley to Downtown. Inwondering why anyone would deed. Much of it is deceptively you’re well on your possibly want to not run in the first uphill, too. way to success.” place. Don’t make this mistake.

Week 7 is all about rewards In the beginning, you may ask for your hard work so far. Treat yourself, “What’s wrong with yourself at least three times this me? Everyone and their Aunt Joyce from Decoweek to a scone from Extraordinary Desserts. Take rah who just had a hysterectomy (except for the it to Balboa Park and eat it with a cup of coffee from left ovary) are running marathons. Why not me?” the Mingei Café while watching joggers go by. Feel These are excellent questions and Week 1 is all guilty that you’re not out there and then let it go. about tackling them.

Just like a lone ovary in a middle-aged woman, guilt Begin by mulling them over in 20-minute intervals will not serve you. Also, make a mental note that the during bouts of insomnia each night during Week 1.

Cabrillo Bridge is pretty damned long and sit pleasIf the answers prove daunting, ease up and try every antly with the realization that you have no desire to other night instead. If this still doesn’t work, take a run across it. Ever. sleep aid or a Xanax and play Sudoku on your iPhone During Week 8, do 10 sun salutations each until the drugs kick in. Most importantly: Don’t lie morning, eat greens for breakfast and swear off all in bed and compare your belly fat to that of the lady refined sugar—until you’re re-watching The Wire with one ovary. This is unproductive. from your couch at night while eating a bowl of 31 Flavors Mint Chocolate Chip. Know the ice cream Week 2 steps up the intensity of the middle-ofis going to ruin your stomach and wonder what the-night contemplations. Use these insomniac you would do if you were running a marathon with hours to visualize yourself at the gym. Contemplate gastrointestinal distress. One word: Port-o-Potty. getting out of bed and going; it’s open 24 hours, and Weeks 9 and 10, focus on research. Check out you’re awake anyway. Picture yourself pulling on one marathon website each day and see photos of all your gym socks in the dark and simultaneously come the beautiful, happy people, happily running their up with excuses not to go: You might fall asleep if you 26.2 miles, earning their happy car stickers. Recogkeep trying, the walk between the parking lot to the nize these people are crazy and buy yourself a “0.0” gym is dangerous in the dark, etc. Play some Sudoku sticker so you can feel happiest of all. And congratuwhile trying to decide what to do. lations on being ready to not run a marathon!

Week 3 includes some actual-versus-imagined exercise. If, like me, you’re a non-ambitious, nonWrite to aaryn@sdcitybeat.com insane runner, your Runkeeper app will chime in to and editor@sdcitybeat.com. let you know that you just ran one mile in 12 min-

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by michael a. gardiner Michael A. Gardiner

of Kokopelli’s dishes, the Kraken is at its best topped with pink onion and habanero pickle and an addictive sauce of roasted chiles with toasted peanuts in oil. This marvelous affair managed to speak of earth (poblano), air (smoke) and sea (octopus) while also having a meaty feel.

Another Kokopelli original is the Black Harder, a tostada with ceviche of lenguado (sole) marinated in lime juice and squid ink and served on a salsa of tomatoes, chile and squash with cilantro and avocado. Already a textural playground with its contrast of the crisp tostada, soft sole and supple salsa, it gets another dimension from the pink pickled onions. It’s also beautiful, with the black lenguado playing Yes, those are grasshoppers. off the red salsa, the green cilantro and avocado and the pink onion.

On multiple trips to Kokopelli, I’ve yet to find a dish that’s less than extremely enjoyable and at least a bit surprising. “Vegetarian” and “Mexican street food” are hardly synonymous, but Kokopelli’s “Funky”—a taco of Portobello mushrooms and spinach with a goat cheese and red wine Tijuana’s best street tacos sauce—was a particularly surprising find, with the fresh spinach elevating the whole thing.

I have previously sung the glories of Mexican But it was one of Kokopelli’s “Experimenstreet food. But Mexican street food isn’t limited tales” that went over the top. The Fin del Mundo to brilliantly flavorful versions of traditional antaco (“end of the world”) features grilled panella tijitos. It’s not all down-and-dirty stuff you might cheese over puréed black beans, a sauce made see on Bizarre Foods, with its implicit (if somefrom pulque (the first fermented step on the what patronizing) suggestion of “indigenousroad from cactus to tequila) and chapulines. If ness.” Mexican street food is something of a cuyou don’t know what chapulines are, you problinary laboratory. ably don’t want to know: grasshoppers. Yes. Bugs.

If, as Anthony Bourdain claimed, Ensenada’s Nicely seasoned bugs, mind you, with salt, lime Mariscos La Guerrerense is “the best street cart and a very pleasant crunch. The only thing offin the world,” then perhaps Tacos Kokopelli putting about them is the idea, and flavor over(Calle Ocampo at Blvd. Agua Caliente) is the best comes that with ease. From the warm comfort of street cart in Tijuana. Tacos Kokopelli—opened the cheese and beans to the out-there idea of the in 2012 by Guillermo “Oso” Campos Moreno (a chapulines and the pulque tying it all together, Culinary Art School graduate with experience at this was a dish that was far greater than the sum Michelin three-star Oud Sluis restaurant in the of its parts.

Netherlands and as executive chef at the Parque And that, in the end, is the story at Kokopelli.

Bicentario in Guanajuato, Mexico), his brother It’s street food at its best: close to the core of Pablo and Orlando del Monte—immediately the cuisine while simultaneously pushing the boundaries. made a splash on the Tijuana culinary scene.

The Kraken, Kokopelli’s signature dish, is a Write to michaelg@sdcitybeat.com taco of mesquite-grilled octopus with a Mexican and editor@sdcitybeat.com. “pesto” (poblano chiles and cilantro). Like many

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beer &

chees Bagby goes big

I find the phrase “soft opening” a little offputting. I understand that any new business venture in the hospitality and service industries is likely to have some logistical hang-ups, but couching it as a soft opening undercuts my ability to cast judgment upon it. I’ll happily wait an additional few minutes for my fries to arrive, but don’t take away my need to be unnecessarily indignant about it.

That said, when you have an operation as ambitious as Bagby Beer Company (601 S. Coast Hwy. in Oceanside, bagbybeer.com), testing the waters certainly makes sense. The scope of what former award-winning Pizza Port brewer Jeff Bagby has brought to bear in this establishment is staggering.

The magnitude of the square footage alone is daunting. It’s more compound than restaurant, really. Just past the street-facing patio and main taproom is a sprawling open-air courtyard, seated dining, a bar with a fishbowl view of the brewery and even as-yet-unfinished upstairs facilities. All it’s really missing is a charismatic cult leader, which, given Bagby’s industry cred, might be a simple enough transition.

The bar options are no less voluminous.

Bagby Beer Company not only features its own signature brews and cocktails, but also a sizable

contingent of offerings from other breweries. At the time of my visit, the six house beers were accompanied by more than 30 beers and ciders from all over creation. The selection of beer styles among the draughts was very diverse and featured lots of popular collaborations, like the Highway 78 scotch ale and three different Sierra Beer Camp options. I’d originally intended to direct my focus to the native beers for this article, but they were not making it easy for me.

The available house brews will be shifting and eventually augmented with further options, but the choices on my visit covered the meatand-potatoes of beer styles. This initial group favored moderate ABV brews (most hovered around 5 percent) executed in a classic yet nuanced way. For example, the Back Garden, a 4.7-percent-ABV English-style pale, offers a refreshing floral bitterness that won’t curl your toes, but it will certainly prime your interest in further house creations. I particularly liked Asphalt Jungle (an Irish-style dry stout) for the way it produced substantial barbecue-esque smoky goodness without tasting heavy. It wasn’t especially dry in the finish to me, but I liked it too much to care.

My favorite of the bunch was probably the Hop Whompus, a rust-colored imperial red ale with a thin, beady, taupe head. Its soft, bready aromas and resonating flavors of booze, pine and pineapple made it a sensory one-two punch. At 9.5-percent ABV, this sticky, flavorful brew is a monster.

Beers of any stripe should pair nicely with the offerings from Bagby’s upscale brewpubstyle menu. I really enjoyed the veggie sides, likely because both that I ian cheesman tried incorporated more than a light dusting of pork products (fair warning, vegetarians). More than that, I appreciated the expedient and friendly manner in which they were delivered, a tribute to surprisingly mature service staff.

Bagby Beer Company may open softly, but it carries a big stick.

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

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by Mina Riazi mina riazi

for “organic” greens), the hand-crafted sausages run the gamut from simple to complex to just plain strange.

Take the chicken-and-waffles version, for example. A wacky reimagining of the beloved power couple, the S&C lunch item is best suited for the ultra-daring and famished. Gravy and hot sauce get ladled over a fried-chicken sausage, which rests on a pillowy buttermilk waffle. A few oily strips of sweet and spicy bacon complete the XL dish. On the other side of the spectrum, there’s the unflashy beef frank. Served simply with relish and S&C’s smoky house-made ketchup, it’s a dish for the traditionalists.

I reside somewhere in between the That’s the ribeye in the foreground two extremes and happily settled for the ribeye sausage. Ground ribeye, puréed roasted onion and fennel, chipotle, Worcestershire sauce and pork fat create a mildly sweet and altogether luscious link. A swipe of goat cheese offsets the ribeye’s robust flavor. SanMartano doesn’t quite stop there, though. Roasted Brussels sprouts top his creation, providing both a Linked in smattering of color and toasted, buttery flavor.

Though better suited for a spa menu, the cuDon’t take your borderline-vegetarian, quinoacumber “chips” that came next offered a brief adoring, sodium-shunning friends to Hillcrest’s break from the carnivore tour I was apparently Salt & Cleaver. Heck, even the restaurant’s on. The fresh-cut vegetable slices are sprinkled name comes with a side of salt. Skimming the with lime juice and served alongside a tangy tzarestaurant’s Sunday brunch menu will make your tziki—a refreshing change of scenery for sure. arteries itch with anxiety. Among the perpetraOur server said the duck.duck.pig. is the restautors: a cheddar-and-bacon waffle served with rant’s strongest link. The duck-and-bacon sausage whisky-maple syrup, the porky machaca burrito, does look great on paper: crisply fried duck confit, chorizo-loaded fries and an egg-topped sausage orange marmalade and “baconaze” are its mouthburger. It’s enough to make your inner glutton a watering accessories. Unlike the ribeye, though, it very happy camper. struggles in the flavor department. The deep, full While the kale-and-feta scramble might aptaste expected from such a rich combination of peal to your Pilates-preaching alter ego, if you’re meats is missing; instead, I mostly tasted fennel. dining at S&C, you might as well do it right. That Salt & Cleaver’s expansive menus reflect Sanmeans politely disregarding the burritos, burgMartano’s ambitious, experimental approach ers, sandwiches and scrambles vying for your atto cooking. Both the brunch and daily menus tention and making a beeline for the sausages. encompass a wide array of foods—from mac ’n’ Helmed by Executive Chef Carlos SanMarcheese to flatbreads to fries. Though I commend tano, a former resident of Malarkey-dom—he’s the chef’s devotion to his craft, at the same time, worked at both Searsucker and Gabardine—Salt there’s something to be said for focusing on one & Cleaver (3805 Fifth Ave., enjoysausage.com) thing and really, really excelling. SanMartano, just don’t lose your focus. specializes in gourmet sausages. The G-word gets thrown around a lot these days, but at S&C, it’s Write to minar@sdcitybeat.com not just a decorative term. Served hot-dog style and editor@sdcitybeat.com. on house buns (you can always swap the carbs

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urban

scout Where can I find…

New places to drop some cash

by Hannah More

Kinsee Morlan

Don’t downplay the benefits of retail therapy (save for you weirdos who hate to shop). And, when you spend your money at indie stores, not only do you stimulate the local economy; you also score karma points with the small-business gods.

Here are five cool shops, all in the Uptown-ish part of San Diego (we’ll get to you, next, North County) that are worth some of your coin. Initially, The Front Porch’s containers of olive oils and vinegars we set out to find new shops, then realized that one of ’em has been around for two sales guy. There’s also a nice selection of vintage years—so let’s call the theme for this column pieces and reclaimed-wood furniture. “new-ish.”

There are a lot of great midcentury furniture South Park has Progress, North Park has Pigstores in San Diego, putting Vestige (4633 30th ment and Hillcrest has Establish (1029 UniSt. in University Heights, facebook.com/Vestige versity Ave., establishsd.com). Open for about a Modern) in good company. It’s been open for a year-and-a-half, it’s a store that manages to be evlittle more than two years, but we noticed it only erything to everyone without feeling unfocused. a few months ago, so it’s new to us. To get a good Kids section? Check. Table full of candles for a sense of the type of goods you’ll find here, check quick hostess gift? Check. Girl stuff and guy stuff? out Vestige’s Facebook page, where new items Check and check. We especially dig the collection are regularly posted. Be warned: You’ll mourn of Fishs Eddy vintage-inspired glass bowls (locatall the cool stuff you missed (looking at you, oled near the equally cool Charley Harper glasses) ive-green wood-frame chair). Vestige is part of a and the goth-yet-hip-with-a-bird-on-it decoratrio of adjacent shops: Artful Ruins is next door tive mirrors. Ladies, check out the travel bags and sells old apothecary items and some lovely Kelly Davis from Apple & Bee, which have an soaps, while Artisan Collection Orla Kiely thing going on, but at a specializes in custom jewelry more affordable price. and original pieces.

Kaleidoscope (3030 UniverWith decadent gourmet spesity Ave. in North Park, kaleido cialties like duck fat, chimichurri scopesd.com) is the quintessensauce and artichoke and green-oltial mom-and-pop shop, owned ive tapenade, Mission Hills’ The by husband-and-wife Bekki and Front Porch (928 Fort Stockton, Lee Kaplan. The store’s all about thefrontporchretail.com) is for design-minded cookware / kitchfancy-food fans. A sister store to enware / serving-ware. Here, The Patio restaurants, the cozy you’ll find stuff you never knew shop offers tastings of most of you needed, like the Lekue citthe products it carries. Be sure to rus misters (spray tops that you sample the pumpkin-spice balscrew into a lemon or lime—brilsamic vinegar—it’s delicious. Also liant!). There’s a nice selection of cool are the repurposed wine dishtowels of the sort you’d find bottles, filled with unfiltered, at Anthropologie, but for less. first-press flavored olive oils.

Bird-topped mirrors And we’ll be back for a set of the And amid the loads of cool reat Establish tail, one of our favorite shops is Oenophilia tumblers, made from recycled wine bottles. closing. A couple weeks ago, the owners of Little A lot of places do customizable furniture, but Italy’s Mixture announced they were moving to Urban Fusion Décor (145 W. Washington St. in Louisiana to be closer to family. We’ll miss this Hillcrest, urbanfusiondecor.com) does it without go-to spot for hip goods. But, for the next month leaving you feeling totally overwhelmed by all the or so, everything in the store’s being sold at a dispossible configurations and fabric choices. Not to count, including a great selection of kids books, fun barware and jewelry by local designers. say there isn’t a huge selection here—there is— but the shop’s vibe is welcoming and user-friendWrite to scout@sdcitybeat.com ly, thanks in large part to owner Frank Libby, who and editor@sdcitybeat.com. gets a gold star for being the perfect no-pressure

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On Friday, Oct. 17, they’ll hold The LMV Campaign Show, a free hip-hop concert featuring Odessa Kane, who was honored last week at the San Diego Music Awards as San Diego’s best hip-hop artist, plus Big June, Miki Vale, Parker & The Numberman and Ramel J. Wallace. The show will be at The Church (2151 Logan Ave. in Barrio Logan). Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30. People of all ages are welcome. Concert-goers will be able to register to vote online during the show; the registration deadline is Oct. 20.

“There’s this widely accepted mythology that even being slightly touched by the criminal-justice system keeps you from voting, and it’s just not the case,” says Jess Jollett, spokesperson for the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties. For example, Hip-hop artist Odessa Kane (right) and his family those who are off parole, on probation or are currently serving time in jail for a misdemeanor can vote.

Jollett figured that the standard public-awareness Plenty of people who’ve been in trouble campaign might not reach the target audience. “They with law in the past have no idea that listen to their moms and the rappers,” she says. they’re still allowed to vote. The folks One of the messages that the Voting Rights Projat the Let Me Vote Campaign (LMV), an offshoot of ect wants to get across, particularly to a young and the American Civil Liberties Union and its California racially diverse population, is that local elections can Voting Rights Project, want to spread the word that sometimes be swayed by a small number of votes. breaking the rules doesn’t necessarily mean you for- “We elect people like the district attorney and the feit the right to help shape the future. sheriff—people who directly impact folks who are doing jail time,” Jollett says. While those two offices aren’t on the upcoming Nov. 4 ballot, Proposition 47 is. That’s a statewide measure that would lessen penAs part of its ongoing quest to make El alties for low-level offenses.

Cajon Boulevard the hippest thorough“This is a year that you can vote for something fare in town, the area’s business-im- that could really change your life and the lives of provement association organized a monthly night your family and friends,” she says. Search Facebook market, partly inspired by Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s for “The LMV Campaign.” letmevoteca.org super-cool Smorgasburg event. The BLVD Market launches from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in the parking lot of The Boulevard Center (Utah Street Consider yourself a student of craft cockand El Cajon Boulevard. in North Park). Ten vendors tails (or perhaps just a fan)? Then you selling high-quality prepared food will be on hand, know there’s a science to the perfect and the newly spruced-up strip mall includes amenities like artsy benches designed by Joshua Krause drink. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at and his students at High Tech High, plus parking- the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, lot pavement colorfully painted by a team of SDSU Science on the Rocks delves into the chemistry of students. The new market is so hip, it comes with its craft cocktails. The evening includes a talk by Polite own set of hashtags: #30ECB and #blvdmarketsd. Provisions’ Erick Castro about the art of the cocktail; folks from Deadhead Rum, Twisted Manzanita Spirinstagram.com/BLVDmarketSD its and Ballast Point Spirits will educate you about the distilling process; local scientists will chat about JOHN DOLE the art of infusions (hello, bacon vodka); and, of course, there’ll be food and drink. For an extra $15, sign up for a 30-minute class with Polite Provisions’ bartenders on the basics behind tasty cocktails. Early-bird tickets are $25. rhfleet.org/ events/science-rocks Joshua Krause (back row, in sunglasses) and his students show off the benches at The BLVD Market.

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Encoded Histories: Qais Al-Sindy and Doris Bittar at Mesa College Art Gallery, 7250 Mesa College Drive, Clairemont. Iraqi artist Al-Sindy’s installations, paintings and sculptures deal with the geo-historical shifts and the relationship between east and west. Opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. sdmesa.edu/art-gallery HCulture & Cocktails: Gauguin to Warhol at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. A Pop-art themed party inspired by the exhibition, Gauguin to Warhol: 20th Century Icons. There’ll be a pop-art makeup station, Campbell’s Soup Bloody Marys, a Warhol-themed photo booth and more. From 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. $20. 619-232-7931, sdmart.org Bras for a Cause at Expressive Arts, 3201 Thorn St., North Park. Come decorate a bra and, if you want, let your bra be sold to raise more money for breast cancer charities. From 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $20 suggested donation. expressiveartssandiego.com HTomahawks of Peace at Chicano Art Gallery, 2117 Logan Ave. #1, Logan Heights. Joe Galarza from the band Aztlan Underground has new work focusing on the resurgence of our indigenous legacy.

Genetic Windsongs of Truth and Revolt will perform. Opening from 5 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18. 619-674-7867, facebook.com/ChicanoArtGallery Wallflowers at Glass & Mirror Shoppe, 3095 State St. G, Carlsbad. A photography exhibition by Cat Shore. Includes live music by Steph Johnson. Opening from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. 760-729-1064. facebook.com/events/1541562936073793 War Come Home at Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St., Point Loma. The library has partnered with the Veteran Artist Program for an exhibition of local veterans art. Opens Saturday, Oct. 18.

619-531-1539, sandiegolibrary.org HA Dirty Filthy Show 2 at La Bodega Studios and Gallery, 2196 Logan Ave., Barrio Logan. The erotic-themed, adult-only art show will feature paintings and sketches from visual artists like Christopher Konecki, Pixie Lopez Guzman, Mike Maxwell, Franky Agostino and over a dozen more.

Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $1. facebook.com/la.bodega.1 HTic at WSOHOIDPS, 2690 Via De La Valle, Del Mar. Kansas-based artist Addison Stonestreet will debut new paintings he describes as a result of him embracing his Tourette’s syndrome. The work often consists of drips and intentional mistakes, a result of his tics. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18. shipinthewoods.com

ated for the AIGA San Diego’s Design for Good program. The cards can be colored and sent to children with disabilities. From 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. $15.

619-260-7509, sandiego.aiga.org HBatvisions at Tractor Room, 3687 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest. Local artist David Russell Talbott will be displaying works from his new series, a look at familiar DC superheroes with a large helping of satire. Opening from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.

619-543-1007, davidrusselltalbott.com Material Splendor at UCSD Faculty Club, Muir Lane, Ste. 0121, La Jolla. Italian-born artist Rita Miglioli’s work is themed on earth, air, fire and water. Opening from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. 858-5340876, ritamiglioli.com

BOOKS HRebecca Leo at Upstart Crow, 835 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village. Leo will sign and discuss The Flaws That Bind, the story of a woman and her child who endure domestic violence. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. upstartcrowtrading.com HGraham Mackintosh at NTC Promenade Command Center, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma. The Baja author of Into a Desert Place, Journey with a Baja Burro and Marooned with Very Little Beer regales the audience with tales of his latest Baja adventures. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. $5. 800-727-2252, discoverbaja.com Garth Stein at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The author of The Art of Racing in the Rain will discuss and sign his latest, A Sudden Light, a coming-of-age ghost story. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. warwicks.indiebound.com YA Blizzard Tour at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. Three young adult novelists stop by to discuss their latest offerings. Authors include Sara Raasch, Kiersten White and Kathryn Rose. At 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com HLysley Tenorio at Bonita Library, 4375 Bonita Road, Bonita. Tenorio will sign and discuss her One Book, One San Diego selection, Monstress, a collection of short stories about Filipino-Americans. At 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16. sandiegolibrary.org T. Jefferson Parker at New Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Parker will talk about his new novel, Full Measure, in a discussion panel on returning home from war to civilian life, moderated

by KPBS host Maureen Cavanaugh. At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. sandiegolibrary.org

HOMA Art Auction 2014 Fall Fundraiser Event at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. Bid on exceptional works of art while supporting OMA. From 6:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $75. 760-435-3720, oma14.auction-bid.org

HDavid J. Peterson at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. The local linguist will discuss and sign Living Language Dothraki: A Conversational Language Course Based on the Hit Original HBO Series Game of Thrones. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com

Chinese Brush Painting Society Exhibit and Sale at Gallery 21, 1770 Village Place, Balboa Park. This year’s exhibit includes paintings, cards and other original art by San Diego artists. Opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. chinesebrush paintingsociety.com

HBarbara Zaragoza at The Front at Casa Familiar, 147 W. San Ysidro Blvd., San Ysidro. The local writer will sign and discuss her new book, San Ysidro and the Tijuana River Valley, a photographic and literary history of the region. At noon Saturday, Oct. 18. facebook.com/casafamiliar

Our Current State at Adam D. Kamil Gallery, UCSD campus, La Jolla. Lawrence Chit and Kim Garcia’s second collaborative exhibition explores the relationship between users and their devices and is comprised of mixed-media, sculpture, video and installation. Opening from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. visarts.ucsd.edu

Brittni Vega at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla. The author and photographer will sign and discuss, Harlow & Sage (and Indiana): A True Story About Best Friends, the new book based on her highly popular Instagram account showcasing her three dogs. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. warwicks.indiebound.com

Peach’s Pen Pal Project at Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, 5998 Alcala Park, USD, Linda Vista. Help design postcards cre-

S.J. Harper at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Clairemont. S.J. Harper is the pen name

for the writing team of Samantha Sommersby and Jeanne C. Stein. The two will sign and discuss their new Fallen Sirens novel, Reckoning. At 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18. 858-2684747, mystgalaxy.com

event will include games, audience Q&A and a pre-signed copy of the book. At 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 22. $30. warwicks.indiebound.com

COMEDY

Layla Fiske at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. As part of Warwick’s ongoing Weekend with Locals Program, Fiske will discuss and sign, The Fig Orchard, the story of a woman splintered by war and cultural mores in the early 20th-century Middle East.

At noon Sunday, Oct. 19. war wicks.indiebound.com

HAri Shaffir at American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., Downtown. The comic’s best known for the web series, The Amazing Racist. At 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16, and 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18. $18. americancomedyco.com The Boob Show at Finest City Improv, 4250 Louisiana St., North Park. Hosted by two outrageously funny cancer survivors, this gender-bending exploration of the holy grail of female anatomy features improv, sketch comedy and puppetry.

Proceeds will be donated to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, and Friday, Oct. 17. $25$50. finestcityimprov.com

Raina Telgemeier and Kazu Kibuishi at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. An informal reception and booksigning for the creators of popular graphic novels, Smile, Sisters and the Amulet series. At 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com

HHector Tobar at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., Caia Koopman’s “Kindred Spirits” is part of a La Jolla. The Pulitzer Prize-winClue Improv Show at Twiggs ning journalist will discuss and solo show on view through Nov. 1 at Distinction Bakery & Coffeehouse, 2804 sign his new book, Deep Down Adams Ave., Normal Heights.

Gallery (317 E Grand Ave. in Escondido).

Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 A highly interactive show based Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, on the movie and board game rowing experience with domestic abuse. and the Miracle That Set Them Clue from local improv troupe From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Free. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Roar Theatre. At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17.

Oct. 22. $45. jfssd.org/safran 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com $5. roartheatre.com Joshua Safran at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Drive, La Jolla. At this talk and luncheon, Safran will discuss Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid, about his and his mother’s har-

HChuck Palahniuk at Mandeville Auditorium, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. The author of Fight Club will discuss his latest, Beautiful You, about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. The

HMindy Lipton at Spacebar, 7454 University Ave., La Mesa. The local comic once shared the stage with the late Rodney Dangerfield back in the ‘70s. At 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. mindylipton.com

HThe Fringe Riders Present: Stampede! at American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., Downtown. From Nerdmelt Theatre, a comedic Wild West revue featuring stand-up comedians like Dan Gill, David Venhuizen, Colin McCormick and more. At 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $12.

619-795-3858, americancomedyco.com San Diego’s Funniest Person Contest at Mad House Comedy Club, 502 Horton Plaza, Downtown. The best comics in San Diego compete, performing 10 minutes each, for bragging rights and a chance to compete in the finals at this fourth annual event. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. $4. 619-702-6666, madhouse comedyclub.com

FOOD & DRINK HThe Science of Spirits: Craft Cocktails at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park. Part of the Fleet’s Science on the Rocks series, there’ll be sips and stories from San Diego’s best bartenders, who’ll reveal the chemistry behind the drinks. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. $20-$30. rhfleet.org Oktoberfest at Helm’s Brewing Company, 5640 Kearny Mesa Rd. Ste. C/N, San Diego, Kearny Mesa. Costumes, music, decorations, food and more at this second-annual event. From noon to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. Free-$6.50. helmsbrewingco.com Junior League Oktoberfest at Quality Social, 789 Sixth Ave., Downtown. An afternoon of beer, brats and Bavarian fun with proceeds benefiting the Junior League of San Diego and its community projects focused on supporting foster youth. From 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $25. jlsd.org HPour it Black at Stone Brewing Co.,

1999 Citracado Pkwy., Escondido. Stone will host a huge outdoor festival serving nothing but dark beers. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $45. 760-4714999, stonebrewing.com Sip & Savor at Tower 23, 723 Felspar St., Pacific Beach. Guests can enjoy bites from JRDN Kitchen along with tastings from Ehlers Estate Winery, Benovia Winery, Modern Times Brewing Company and Wild Turkey. Proceeds from the event go toward supporting The Matthew Axelson Foundation. From 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 22. $50. t23hotel.com HTaste of Bankers Hill at The Abbey, 2825 Fifth Ave., Bankers Hill. Sample signature dishes from over a dozen restaurants at this third annual event, including Bertrand at Mister A’s, Croce’s Park West Barrio Star and more. From 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 22. $30-$35. 877-5769766, tobh14.brownpapertickets.com

HALLOWEEN Whaley House Ghost Hunting Tour at Whaley House, 2476 San Diego Ave., Old Town. Join the Whaley House Museum staff and the San Diego Ghost Hunters for this 90-minute paranormal investigation of San Diego’s most famous haunted site. From 10:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, Oct. 10, and Saturday, Oct. 11. $50.

619-297-7511, whaleyhouse.org Halloween Carnival at Miramar Ranch Elementary, 10770 Red Cedar Drive, Miramar. The 41st annual, kid-friendly festival features costume contests, a haunted house, food trucks, face painting and more. From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. halloween.miramarranch.org

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MUSIC HTri Minh’s Quartet at The Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. The foursome blends electronica, acoustic instruments and traditional Vietnamese motifs. At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. $12-$28. 858-246-1199, artpwr.com Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Sound Prints Quintet at The Auditorium at TSRI, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, La Jolla. Lovano and company return to the Athenaeum for the first time since 2007 with a program dedicated to jazz master Wayne Shorter. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. $30-$35. ljathenaeum.org/jazz HJazz 88.3 Happy Hour at Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. The soulful jazz quartet B-3 Four play the Mississippi Ballroom at the monthly jazz happy hour. From 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. $5. 619-388-3759, jazz88.org Cyrille Aimee at The Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. The French jazz singer has a smoky, tender voice that gar-

nered her first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival’s International Vocal Competition and the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. $12-$28. 858-246-1199, artpwr.com Marsalis Well-Tempered at Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla. La Jolla Music Society opens its 46th season with saxophonist Branford Marsalis performing Baroque masterpieces with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. At 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. $30-$80. LJMS.org HBlind:Deaf II at MOXIE Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Rolando. Experimental music artists live-score experimental video. Participating musicians include Steve Flato, Armando De La Torre, Michael Zimmerman, Pablo Dodero and more. At 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18. $6. staystrange.com HMark Johnson and Emory Lester at Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. Banjoist Mark Johnson and mandolin virtuoso Emory Lester team up for a bluegrass concert. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $22-$28. 760-438-5996,

museumofmakingmusic.org HIntimate Classics: Sirena Huang at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. The violinist has been awarded top prizes in numerous international competitions and played with more than 40 orchestras. At 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 19. $21-$30. artcenter.org Songwriters Acoustic Nights at Swedenborg Hall, 1531 Tyler Ave., Hillcrest.

Veronica May, Sister Speak, Savanna Shai and more share the stage in a writers round format to perform their original songs. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $8.

858-550-8088, comedyuc.com Architeuthis Walks on Land: The Surveyors at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD campus, La Jolla. UCSD music professor and violist Amy Cimini and bassoonist Katherine Young have been evolving their live-electronics set-up for a number of years. At 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19.

858-534-3448, music.ucsd.edu/concerts Coastal Communities Concert Band at Carlsbad Community Church, 3175

THEATER

History gets a Royale makeover

The configuration of The Old Globe’s Sheryl & Har- ity, death and dealing with the requisite messivey White Theatre—a theater in the round—is ideal ness of our lives. These points, in spite of the for a prizefight. There’s a keen view from every production’s touching lyrical qualities, become seat, and you’re close enough to just about feel the heavy-handed in the second act. We don’t need smack of fist against skin and bone. But the boxing the narrative’s significant moments literally is only simulated in Marco Ramirez’s The Royale, spelled out for us via stage projections, as they directed by Rachel Chavkin. It would have to be. are here. Reluctant maid Matilde’s belief in the That the simulations don’t work very well is imma- power of laughter should be enough.

JIM COX terial because—big surprise—this The Clean House runs through isn’t a play about boxing. It’s about Oct. 26 at New Village Arts Therace. That message is delivered atre in Carlsbad. $24-$42. newvil with uppercut intensity in this lagearts.org one-act drama loosely based on —David L. Coddon the real-life story of heavyweight Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com Jack Johnson, the first Africanand editor@sdcitybeat.com.

American to hold the title.

In this case, Jay “The Sport” Jackson (“The Sport” doesn’t OPENING seem like much of a nickname Freud’s Last Session: Mark St. Germain’s for a fighter) is trying to break play chronicles a fictional meeting between renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud through the white wall of big-time and novelist C.S. Lewis. Opens Oct. 15 at boxing even as bigotry, hatred and North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana violence surround his quest. The Beach. northcoastrep.org depth of the conflict doesn’t really Jersey Boys: The story of Frankie Valli take hold until well into the play, and The Four Seasons, in musical-thewhen Jackson’s sister, Nina (Mon- Robert Christopher Riley and ater form. Presented by Broadway San tego Glover), appears. She also Montego Glover in The Royale Diego, it runs Oct. 21 through 26 at the Civic Theatre, Downtown. broadwaysd. plays a key part in the big fight, com which is the script’s most inspired turn.

The Royale runs through Nov. 2 at The Old The Little Mermaid Jr.: An adaptation of the 2008 Broadway play about Ariel the mermaid, who wants to live in the terresGlobe Theatre in Balboa Park. $29 and up. the trial world. Opens Oct. 17 at Patio Playhouse in Escondido. oldglobe.org patioplayhouse.com

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Compared with her compelling In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) or Dead Man’s Cell Phone, playwright Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House (written before the other two) is an uneven work. So is New Village Arts’ production of it, which has moments— most of them in the first act—of heartfelt intensity but also lapses into self-consciousness and melodramatics. Still, director Claudio Raygoza’s cast is in top form, especially Hannah Logan, playing the cleanliness-obsessed sister to the uptight doctor (Kristianne Kurner) who hires a Brazilian woman (Nadia Guevara), the play’s life force, to be her maid.

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Peace Pilgrim: A play about the real-life Mildred Norman, who walked across the country numerous times to deliver a message of world peace. Presented by Plan the Plan Productions, it’ll be done as a staged reading on Oct. 17 and as a proper play at Twiggs Coffee House in University Heights on Oct. 23 and 24. plantheplan.org Rounding Third: Two dads clash amid conflicting Little League coaching styles. Opens Oct. 17 at Broadway Theatre in Vista. broadwayvista.com The Twilight Zone Unscripted: One evening of hilarious Twilight Zone episodes, improvised right there on the spot.

Presented by Impro Theatre, it happens Oct. 20 at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. northcoastrep.org

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Harding St., Carlsbad. The 75-member band welcomes its new conductor, Tom Cole, who will lead them through some of the best-loved music of the Halloween season. At 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $12$15. CCCBand.com

Blvd., North Park. This new outdoor market in a restored strip mall will be held on the third Friday of each month and is designed to showcase businesses and restaurants. From 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. theboulevard.org

Talea Ensemble at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD campus, La Jolla. The contemporary classical ensemble will perform alongside soprano singer Susan Narucki.

The program includes music from Charles Wuorinen, Aaron Helgeson, Oscar Bettison and Rand Steiger. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. $15.50. music.ucsd.edu/concerts

HDiwali 2014 at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. For the annual Indian Festival of Lights, SDMA will offer docent-led tours of the South Asian, Southeast Asian and Persian art galleries, a lantern-making activity and performances in the James S. Copley Auditorium. From 3 to 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18. $5. sdmart.org

PERFORMANCE HLooking Back at U.S. at PowPAC, 13250 Poway Road, Poway. This lively musical revue tells the story of America’s Greatest Generation through the tunes, TV theme songs, advertising jingles and other melodies of their youth. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $20. powpac.org Pasacat Extravaganza 2014 at Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown. A two-hour presentation of Filipino dance, song, music and costumes. At 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 17, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $20-$25. pasacat.org Hthis: the improvised series at Expressive Arts Institute, 2820 Roosevelt Road, Ste. 204, Point Loma. The sixth performance in a series of live shows with Liam Clancy and other performers, who, through improv and performance, attempt to examine the paradigm of audience as co-creative. From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $5. expressiveartsinstitute.org HIvan Amodei at Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Ave., Downtown. The master illusionist presents his performance, which blends storytelling, psychological illusions and brain games paired with live music by a concert cellist. At 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $65-$75. ivanamodei.com HDr Techno’s Rant and Rave at Victory Theater, 2558 Imperial St., Logan Heights.

The last Technomania Circus at Victory Theater featuring music, circus arts, performance, puppetry, comedy and more. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $15. 619-2361971, technomaniacircus.com

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD HLester Bangs Memorial Reading in Room 220, Building 26, Grossmont College, 8800 Grossmont College Drive, La Mesa. Grossmont faculty and alumni, along with special guests, read their original works of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction in tribute to “America’s Greatest Rock Critic.” At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21.

619-644-7000, grossmont.edu

SPECIAL EVENTS HSan Diego Comic Fest at Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle N., Mission Valley.

The third annual fest includes guest speakers, workshops, vendors, live art demos and more. See website for details. From 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $25-$50. sdcomicfest.org HHarvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. More than 300 artists and craftspeople, live music and strolling entertainers. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. $4-$9. 858-755-1161, harvestfestival.com HThe BLVD Market Grand Opening at The Boulevard Center, 2855 El Cajon

Pet Adoption at EarthWise Pet Supply Grooming & Wash, 7805 Highland Village Pl. Ste. G101, Carmel Mountain. The pet store will host a Halloween party and adoption event for Second Chance Dog Rescue. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. earthwisepet.com

brary, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. Join Michael Stepner, Andrew Keatts and Dave Gatzke for a lively discussion about how the history and politics of the city shaped it and what current-day San Diegans can do to change it. At 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. architecture.woodbury.edu

Brown, SDMA associate curator of European Art, will discuss the group of 350 men and women from 13 nations who volunteered to protect monuments and other cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II. From 10 a.m. to noon. Monday, Oct. 20. $5. sdmart.org

HCalifornia Ranch: Consolidation of a Regional Style at NewSchool of Architecture & Design, 1249 F St., Downtown.

Peter Jensen, past-editor of Sunset Magazine, will discuss the California Ranch, an innovative style of San Diego architecture created after the California-Panama Exposition of 1915. From 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $5. friendsofsdarch.com

HSuds & Science: Genetic Ancestry Testing at Wang’s North Park, 3029 University Ave., North Park. As part of a bimonthly series from the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, enjoy a pint and learn about your genetic ancestry. At 7 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 20. rhfleet.org

The Monuments Men and the Curious Case of History at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 334 14th St., Del Mar. Michael

Mass Death: World War I and the History of 20th-Century Violence at Great Hall La Jolla, 4275 Campus Point Court, La Jolla. Frank Biess, professor of history at UCSD, will discuss why the war to end

all wars lead to unprecedented violence.

From 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. caesar.ucsd.edu The Montford Point Marines and the Civil Rights Struggle at Malcolm X Branch Library, 5148 Market St., Valencia Park. Join a panel discussion about the Marine Corps’ first black marines, the Montford Point Marines, recruited in 1942 by an executive order of President Roosevelt. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. sandiegolibrary.org

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Fleet Week Big Bay Bash at Port Pavilion on the Broadway Pier, 1000 North Harbor Drive, Downtown. The military-themed bash will feature music, food, a beer garden, admission to the USS Midway Museum and a family fun zone. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. Free-$15. fleetweeksandiego.org HLa Jolla Modern Home Tour at Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., La Jolla. A selfguided tour of three La Jolla mid-century modern homes. Meet at Wisteria Cottage for coffee and pastries and to view The Irving Gill Photographic Project exhibition.

From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. $35. lajollahistory.org San Diego Kids Expo and Fair at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. More than 150 kid-friendly companies come together to share information about camps, soccer, swimming, dance, modeling and more. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18-19. $12. sandiegokidsexpo.com San Diego Walk Now for Autism Speaks at Liberty Station of Point Loma, Farragut Road, Point Loma. Walk to raise money for autism research at this 11th annual event that also features live entertainment, a resource fair and more. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. walknowforautismspeaks.org/sandiego Horse Heritage Festival at Walnut Grove Park, Olive and Sycamore streets, San Marcos. Pony rides, petting corral, frontier games, horsemanship demos, BBQ and more with funds raised going to support the ongoing maintenance and improvements of the Walnut Grove Horse Park. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. 760-7449128, helpthehorsepark.com The 3rd NotWedding at San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. The ultimate (fake) wedding that allows brides-to-be to see wedding vendors in action—a radical alternative to a bridal show. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22. $30. thenotwedding.com Archtoberfest Happy Hour at LPA, 131 14th St., East Village. Meet at LPA for a brief stroll through East Village, taking in the architectural highlights. End at Southpaw where you can talk architecture and design over a local brew. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 22. archtoberfest.com

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS HEngineering the Panama Canal 1881-1914 at San Diego History Center, Balboa Park. Dr. Ray Ashley, executive director of the San Diego Maritime Museum, will discuss the planning, building and architecture of the Panama Canal. From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. $12. sandiegohistory.org HUnbuilt San Diego at New Central Li-

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A home for

Susan Myrland

history The search is on for a permanent place to put the San Diego Police Museum

by Susan Myrland

S

he was a weedhead and a tramp. In 1944, that was enough to get Phyllis Stalnaker arrested. Her booking photo shows a pretty young woman sporting a jaunty striped top with a herringbone blazer and fashionably dark lipstick. She gives the camera a wary glance.

The photo hangs inside The Headquarters at Seaport District, possibly the only shopping center with jail cells and a lineup wall, a nod to its origins as the former home of the San Diego Police Department (SDPD).

“That was our whole reason for starting the San Diego Police Historical Association,” says President Richard Carlson. The old police headquarters “was our largest artifact.”

In the 1990s, the group learned that the Port of San Diego wanted to demolish the treasured 1939 building. The Historical Association filed a lawsuit, which it eventually lost, but the preservation effort gained support from legislators and the headquarters was saved. Today, it’s a lively addition to the waterfront, one of two California police buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

And the Historical Association lives on, collecting, preserving and sharing more than 160 years of SDPD memorabilia through its museum and extensive website, sdpo licemuseum.com.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, the Historical Association will team up with the San Diego Pontiac Club for Cops and Rodders Fall Pow Wow, a fundraiser at Embarcadero Marina Park North. Expect to see roughly 100 gleaming Pontiacs and vintage cop cars, plus food and music.

Donations support the San Diego Police Museum at 4710 College Ave., a little-known attraction on a busy street, just north of El Cajon Boulevard in the College Susan Myrland

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Area. It’s not an ideal site. People aren’t likely to casually drop by, and the space isn’t large enough to house the entire collection.

The museum still manages to bring in 1,000 visitors a year, mostly Boy Scout troops, Little Leaguers and senior citizens. There’s a room for community meetings, free for anyone to use, plus a research library and a gift shop with crime-related books, SDPD souvenirs, hats, toys and clothing.

It’s a quirky place, hand-built and run by retired police officers who volunteer their time as goodwill ambassadors to law enforcement. No flashy multimedia or touchscreens here; every day is Throwback Thursday at the Police Museum.

But for those who love the feeling of time travel that history provides, it’s an unusual view of San Diego through the eyes of the men and women who protect and serve.

There are relics from when East San Diego was its own city—a venture that lasted 11 years, from 1912 to 1923—with a separate government, three-person police force and the motto “The Golden Rule City.” In a show of optimism and naiveté, East San Diego banned liquor sales, dance halls and firearm-carrying, only to fall victim to a water shortage and real-estate collapse.

There are anxious, scribbled notes from the 1987 SWAT standoff with Clairemont man Sandy Summers, a negotiation that took almost eight hours. The notes say that Summers was “Very Pissed Off” and wanted spring water (“must be Arrowhead“), cigarettes and his girlfriend.

Uniforms show SDPD adapting to social change and the rise of women and minorities joining the force. One of the first policewomen, 1917’s Lucille Jeardue, patrolled La Jolla in no-nonsense boots, a conservative cardigan and a six-pointed star clipped to her belt. In the early 1970s, the department required female officers to wear miniskirts, severely hampering their ability to do the job. The outfit later changed to a maternity-style tunic and pants, but no gun belt. It wasn’t until the end of the decade that female officers wore the same uniforms as their male peers.

Badges and photos are a big draw. When mug shots were lost, the museum bought some back via eBay. Visitors can pore over why Thelma Jay was arrested for being a “Thrill Blaster” or what drove Frank Sullenger, a mildlooking man, to peddle narcotics.

What the Police Museum lacks is the ability to display its fleet of vintage vehicles. Carlson says it’s the largest on the West Coast—18 fully-functioning patrol cars, trucks, ambulances, motorcycles and a lowrider.

A favorite is the 1932 paddy wagon, rebuilt with a V8

The impractical SDPD policewoman uniform of the 1970s and badge No. 6, worn by George Hazard Pringle, who became an SDPD officer in 1895 engine and air-conditioning. At least once a month, the officers take it to the Gaslamp Quarter, where tourists pay to pose with it. The museum loans or rents other vehicles to retirement celebrations, birthday parties and movie shoots.

Carlson wants to expand to Balboa Park, and has his heart set on a building on south Marston Point, once known as the Fire Alarm and Police Radio Station Building. It has a connection to police history, having served as a communications center back in the days of callboxes and foot patrols.

He estimates that it’s about 6,000 square feet, with a secure lot for vehicles and plenty of room for a continually growing assortment of uniforms and historic documents and some 22,000 pictures.

Just one problem: The administration and operations staff of the city’s Park and Recreation Department work there. Spokesperson Bill Harris says the city’s not interested in changing its use, adding that it would consider proposals, but the building is “nowhere near ADA-compliant.”

Carlson won’t give up hope. He knows he needs a champion, someone who sees value in preserving this segment of the city’s history.

“We are comfortable where we are now, but we would love to be in an area more accessible to the public,” he says in an email. “Should the opportunity arise, we would be ready to negotiate.”

Besides a larger building, the museum must find a younger generation to run it. Carlson has been doing this for almost 20 years.

“Somebody’s gotta take it over,” he says. “There are people that are interested…. But I think a permanent home would be a good solution, as well.”

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David Covey

‘Infamous Babes’ see light again Aside from a few small exhibitions years ago, Bob Matheny and Armando Muñoz Garcia’s quirky sculptures known as “Infamous Babes, Chicks, Dames, Dolls and/or Statues of Liberty and Freedom” have largely lived inside a dark, crammed storage room at Matheny’s Point Loma home.

“They’ve just been standing by, waiting for something to happen,” says Matheny, a longtime local artist who helped found the art gallery at Southwestern College.

CityBeat detailed the interesting history behind the collaborative sculptures in 2012. Then, it seemed as though the “Infamous Babes” would never see the light of day again, but, recently, most of the gals were dragged out of Matheny’s so-called “art vault,” taken across the border and driven to their permanent home at a new art gallery inside a giant mermaid sculpture located near Puerto Nuevo, Mexico.

Muñoz is the man behind the famous, 58-foothigh “La Mona” sculpture (officially “Tijuana III Millennium,” a title that never caught on). The proud, nude woman towers over a rundown neighborhood on a Tijuana hillside; the impressive, inhabitable concrete sculpture has drawn oodles of tourists and media coverage since its construction in 1990. “La Mona” is the inspiration behind the “Infamous Babes,” which began as small-scale plaster replicas of the sculpture, handcrafted by Muñoz years ago as a way to generate money for the upkeep of his larger-scale work.

Muñoz is also the creator of the lesser-known but just as incredible “Eve of the Sea,” or “La Sirena,” a giant, livable mermaid sculpture located just outside of Puerto Nuevo. He started the mermaid in 1995 and still isn’t done, but he says he’s close.

“She’s almost 100-percent complete,” Muñoz

“The Dewers” team, with a sculpture designed to collect water from the atmosphere

Art for innovation

Bob Matheny (left) and Armando Muñoz Garcia, in the new gallery with the “Infamous Babes” laughs. “But the most important thing is that the gallery inside her is finished, and, not only that, but the ‘Babes’ are already installed.”

Matheny is a fan of Muñoz’s ambitious work, and that’s why he purchased several of the miniature “La Mona” sculptures years ago, transformed them into famous women he admires and then raised modest funds for his friend by exhibiting and selling the work. Muñoz, too, transformed a few of the blank white “La Mona” miniatures into famous women.

Both artists’ creations will be permanently on view inside the new gallery, which opens to the public from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 (email nugenas@ gmail.com for directions and details). The gallery’s also open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Muñoz, who splits his time living inside “La Mona” and “La Sirena,” says he wants to eventually sell the mermaid so he can get started on his third and largest-yet artwork. “‘La Mona,’ she has her fans already. I’m hoping the art gallery will help build the mermaid’s fans,” Muñoz explains. “Then it’s time for the next project.”

—Kinsee Morlan Nan Renner, director of the San Diego Incubator for Innovation—which is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and run by the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership—various art forms did play crucial roles in the yearlong project.

“The arts did many things,” explains Renner, who says integrating art with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) was the initiative’s main focus. “We got right into making things from the very beginning, and people came together around making. It created this comfort—these social bonds early on…. The arts are a catalyst for the imagination. Imagination doesn’t just happen sitting in a chair with your eyes closed. Imagination happens when you’re actually working with your hands and interacting with materials.”

All nine Art of Science Learning projects will be presented at a free, public event, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Balboa Park Grand Ballroom (artofsciencelearning.org/sandiegolaunch). The event is meant to show off the results and help keep the projects going by finding investors or new collaborators.

“We’re definitely looking for further expertise,” says Judit Hersko, an artist and professor who helped create the sculptural dew collectors. “We’re dedicated to continuing on.”

Teams of local scientists, engineers, artists, students and others have, during the past year, created cool, inventive products, like a solar-powered backpack that extracts water from air, a mobile app meant to inspire water-smart landscapes, a computer game that allows kids to play with the regional water system and sculptures that harvest water from the atmosphere.

The common thread running through all the projects created by the San Diego Incubator for Innovation teams, for The Art of Science Learning initiative (artofsciencelearning.org/sandiegoteams), is an attempt to creatively solve one of the region’s biggest problems: water shortage. The integration of —Kinsee Morlan art is also at the core of all the projects, yet it’s easier Write to kinseem@sdcitybeat.com to spot in some than in others.

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Toxic avenger Damien Chazelle’s Sundance winner bangs the drum loudly

by Glenn Heath Jr. In Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s Sundance winner that proudly glamorizes horrendous teaching methods, educators are either brutal manipulators or spineless bystanders. Professor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) falls squarely in the first category, dishing out vitriol to his students at a posh New York City conservatory in order to push them closer to greatness. Using triedJ.K. Simmons (right) assaults Miles Teller . and-true educational tools such as homophobia, racism and psychological abuse, Fletcher dominates (Melissa Benoist) proves how delusional he becomes nearly every scene with a loud vivaciousness, bully- when confronting his own artistic process. Emotioning students relentlessly through a series of calcu- al connections are simply distractions, and instead lated interruptions. of attempting to convey this information through Yet his extreme behavior is respected, even ad- subtext, Chazelle’s simplistic script spends an entire mired by Chazelle’s adoring camera. Look no further scene saying it out loud simply to prove Fletcher’s than the near-omniscient opening shot that equates impact on the young disciple. the film’s angry point of view with Fletcher’s seamBlunt-force trauma is Chazelle’s specialty, and less rage. As promising first-year student Andrew during the film’s ludicrous final moments, he goes Neyman (Miles Teller) practices on a drum kit in a all in. Literalizing the epic standoff between teachcavernous room, the camera glides down the hall- er and student by way of a bloody drum solo, Whipway as if it were a shark swimming toward blood. lash takes pleasure in watching one bully compete Seconds later, Fletcher looms over Andrew like the against another for our attention. Edited to death grim reaper, verbally poking him in what will be the by a series of jarring cuts, the sequence affirms its first of many lopsided sparring matches. Amazingly, characters’ arrogance and need to relish in their Whiplash never admonishes such troubling power own musical ability, a situation that successfully dynamics, lingering on the suffering victim along- wipes away any other perspective. In the end, this side Fletcher, enjoying the moment when a young trite recital is meant to pummel the audience into a person’s confidence withers away for good. false sense of self-congratulation. Considering how This motif represents one of many smart critics and festival Whiplash’s most heinous offenses audiences have fallen for this con Whiplash regarding the subject of mentorof a movie, it’s seemingly worked Directed by Damien Chazelle ship. Chazelle gleefully turns the wonders in doing so.

Starring Miles Teller, J.K. safe confines of a classroom into a One could surmise that, on Simmons, Paul Reiser and battleground, a place as unnerving paper, Whiplash—which opens as the public stage where Fletcher’s Friday, Oct. 17, at Hillcrest CineMelissa Benoist studio band competes against New mas—is going for critique: Such Rated R York City’s other music schools for raging-bull teaching tactics shatbragging rights. During one awful ter dreams instead of build them extended sequence, Fletcher throws a chair directly up. Yet every garish moment is played for laughs, at Andrew’s head for failing to reach the right tempo rendered to highlight Simmons’ evil persona and during practice. The moment is meant to shock the the shame splattered on his victim’s faces. Chazelle audience into submission, but it instead reveals Cha- capitalizes on the egregious and profound impact zelle as a purveyor of cheap emotional tricks. that Fletcher’s brutality has on Neyman, turning the Complementing these physical threats are verbal film into a hollow revenge narrative that ultimately barbs sharpened to hit each student’s weaknesses proves that these methods have credence. without remorse. Fletcher uses public embarrassFar worse than your run-of-the-mill incompement as a way to ensure his own relevance, some- tent blockbuster, Whiplash knowingly poisons the thing he passes on to Andrew as the film progresses. groundwater and forces its audience to drink from A student who quotes Charlie Parker to prove his se- the well. riousness, misguided Andrew worries just as much about becoming invisible and forgotten by the world. Write to glennh@sdcitybeat.com Andrew’s stunted relationship with a young woman and editor@sdcitybeat.com.

Ciao cinema!

Miele

Italian cinema has achieved something of a renaissance in the past few years, thanks to high-profile award wins at the Venice Film Festival (the documentary Sacro Gra) and talents like Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garone showcasing new works on the international stage. But focusing on these highlights threatens to diminish

the impact of smaller films, many of which will be showcased in the eighth annual San Diego Italian Film Festival (sandiegoitalian filmfestival.com), running Thursday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park and La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.

Even though its lineup features

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Oscar winner The Great Beauty, which I praised in this very space earlier in 2014, the festival will showcase multiple San Diego premieres of lesser-known Italian features. Valeria Golino’s Miele stands out as a must-see: quaint in scale yet attuned to universal themes like guilt and loss. Starring Jasimine Trinca as Irene, a young woman who works in secret as an assistedsuicide specialist, the film explores the prickly realm between modern apathy and shared intimacy.

Known in the United States as an actor in such films as Hot Shots

and Rain Man, Golino makes her directorial debut with this moving character piece. Using a classically static camera for nearly every shot, she gives Miele an elegant grace that collides with the dynamic sound design. Various musical genres fill the soundtrack, giving the film (and Irene’s work) a vibrant sensibility despite the potentially grave subject matter.

Miele represents a restrained yet luminous brand of human drama that’s threatening to disappear stateside. Instead of presenting answers to the questions it poses,

Golino’s film accepts the ambiguity of human emotion and desire. It’s just one of the entries in this year’s Italian Film Festival that sees the world through a unique lens.

band together to survive in this thriller starring David Oyelowo. Screens through Oct. 22 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

ing. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 18, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Fury: A surly tank commander (Brad Pitt) and his small crew fend off Nazis during the waning days of World War II.

—Glenn Heath Jr.

Lilting: In this drama from Hong Khaou, a Cambodian-Chinese mother in contemporary London mourns the death of her son and meets a stranger. Screens through Oct. 23 at the Ken Cinema.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Nobody escapes Leatherface. Screens at midnight on Friday, Oct. 17, at the Ken Cinema.

Opening Aqui Entre Nos: In this rambunctious comedy from Mexico, a bitter father wakes up one day and decides he’ll no longer support his family until his wife stops mistreating him. Screens through Oct. 23 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Default: An American news crew gets hijacked on a runway in Africa and must

Men, Women & Children: Jason Reitman’s new ensemble drama starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Gardner looks at the way human interaction has changed in the Internet age.

The Best of Me: Former high-school sweethearts fall in love again after they reunite many years later while visiting their small hometown.

The Book of Life: This animated fantasy follows a young man who’s torn between fulfilling his family duties and following his heart. It features the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum.

The Good Lie: Three refuges from Sudan travel to America hoping to find a better life but instead encounter a vastly different world with new and unique obstacles.

The Green Prince: Based on Mosab Hassan Yousef’s bestselling memoir Son of Hamas, this documentary exposes a complex world of terror, betrayal and impossible choices within one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist organizations.

Life Inside Out: Music plays a crucial role during the healing process for a mother and her troubled son. Screens through Oct. 23 at UltraStar Cinemas in Mission Valley.

San Diego Italian Film Festival: A diverse collection of Italian films, gala events and engaging discussions that runs Oct. 16 through 25 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Whiplash: A sadistic music teacher tortures a young drummer at a posh New York City conservatory. See our review on Page 23.

Young Ones: Set in a future where water has become a precious commodity, this sci-fi western follows a rustic community of folks who’ve chosen to live in a barren landscape. Screens through Oct. 18 at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

One Time Only The Cat and the Canary: An eccentric family encounters madness and murder when they visit their deceased uncle’s remote mansion. Screens at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at The Whaley House in Old Town.

The Exorcist: Watch out for the projectile vomit. Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Arclight La Jolla.

Young Frankenstein: Mel Brooks skewers the Frankenstein legend in this comedy classic. Screens at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at Arclight La Jolla.

The Signal: A computer genius lures a trio of friends to an isolated area and forces them into a waking nightmare. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the San Diego Public Library in East Village.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy Kruger invades the dreams of young people and murders them in their sleep.

Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Arclight La Jolla.

Don’t Come Knocking: In Wim Wenders’ road film, Sam Shepard is an aging drifter who returns to a small Montana town to exorcise some old demons. Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

2 Autumns, 3 Winters: In this quirky comedy by Sébastien Betbeder, happenstance brings two French lovers together.

Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Point Loma / Hervey Branch Library.

1,000 Times Good Night: Juliette Binoche stars as a famous war photographer who must weather a major emotional storm when her husband gives her an ultimatum. Screens at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Memento: Revisit Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending masterpiece just in time for Interstellar to hit theaters. Screens at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Arclight La Jolla.

The Bit Player: A satirical look at the Filipino entertainment industry, this film revolves around a day in the life of a single mom trying to make it as a soap-opera bit player. Screens at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Mission Valley Library.

The Man Who Knew Too Much: In Alfred Hitchcock’s remake of his own film, James Stewart and Doris Day play a happy couple who are vacationing in Morocco when they accidentally discover an assassination plot. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: A madman controls a somnambulist and uses his power to murder unsuspecting people in a small German town in the Alps. Screens at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at The Whaley House in Old Town.

Locke: When a man receives a mysterious phone call while driving, his life starts to unravel. Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Scripps Ranch Library.

Little Shop of Horrors: Rick Moranis stars as a nerdy florist who achieves success thanks to a giant man-eating plant.

Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Arclight La Jolla.

American Hustle: A con man works secretly with an FBI agent to entrap criminals in 1970s New Jersey. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Shaun of the Dead: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star as slacker buddies trying to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Vertigo: Alfred Hitchcock’s nasty thriller follows a retired detective (James Stewart) who becomes a little too obsessed with the wrong woman. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at Reading Town Square Cinemas in Clairemont.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A classy New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who’s moved into her build-

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Hotel Transylvania: This revisionist take on classic horror characters finds Dracula the owner of a high-end resort. Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the North Clairemont Recreation Center.

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

Piper Ferguson

The Afghan Whigs’ not-so-quiet storm Soulful rockers are fueled

by a sensual darkness by

Jeff Terich

Greg Dulli (second from right) says that most of his songs are written for cathartic purposes.

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n August, during a live session for KCRW radio’s Morn- ing me feel a certain way. If I’m happy, it’s pretty obvious ing Becomes Eclectic, The Afghan Whigs closed out a what’s making me happy, and I try to stay present in that.” seven-song, in-studio set with their cover of The Police’s In addition to the uniquely dark and sensual aesthet“Every Little Thing She Does is Magic.” It’s a much differ- ic that permeates The Afghan Whigs’ music, one of the ent-sounding version than the original, turning the upbeat characteristics that’s set them apart from other indienew-wave classic into a more haunting, hypnotic dirge. and alternative-rock groups of the ’90s and beyond is the When host Jason Bentley asked the group’s frontman, heavy soul and R&B influence in their music. It’s an influGreg Dulli, to introduce the song, he wrapped up the back- ence that Dulli & Co. have always worn on their sleeves, story by revealing part of the motivation behind the aes- whether in their cover of TLC’s “Creep” or in the more thetics of the band’s music: “I like melancholy and sex.” explicit funk sounds of 1998’s 1965. And just last year, the Indeed, sex and melancholy are two of the most preva- band played a show at South by Southwest in Austin with lent characteristics in the Cincinnati band’s songwriting, Usher, which sounds strange on its face but makes more dating all the way back to their aggressive 1990 Sub Pop sense the deeper you dive into the band’s catalog.

Records debut, Up In It. And there’s more than a little dark“I grew up listening to R&B music, because my mom ness to their new album, Do to the Beast, their first new full- loved it,” Dulli says. “I kind of inherited my mom’s record length in 16 years, following two years of reunion shows. collection. When I was growing up, that music was very Kicking off with the booming, T. Rex-style glam sleaze of present on the radio. So it was just kind of what I knew. By “Parked Outside,” Do to the Beast finds the band ending its the time the Whigs started, early on, we would play Templengthy hiatus with a return to the push and pull of muscle tations songs, usually of the Norman Whitfield variety— and sensuality that’s defined classic albums like Gentlemen that kind of psychedelic Temptations. The wah-wah stuff. and Black Love. On highlight “Algiers,” Dulli The dark and stormy stuff.” sings of “heavenly demons outside my winThere it is again: the dark and stormy dow” against a “Be My Baby” beat that’s stuff. And no album in the band’s history touched up with the clack of castanets. is as dark and stormy as 1993’s Gentlemen.

Oct. 24 And the cryptic “The Lottery,” driven by Often regarded as their greatest work, as Belly Up Tavern abrasive, yet melodic guitar riffs, finds the well as one of their most successful (with Whigs at their most accessibly intense. more than 160,000 copies sold), Gentletheafghanwhigs.com In a phone interview from Cincinnati, men launched a handful of alternative hits, Dulli has a much more laid-back and posiincluding “Debonair” and “Gentlemen,” tive demeanor than his songs would suggest. The darkness, the videos of which you might have actually seen during he says, is there for a reason. daylight hours on MTV’s Alternative Nation. Accessibility “I can honestly say that I usually write songs as some aside, the album is one of the most emotionally intense mosort of… cathartic thing,” he says. “If I’m in the middle of a ments of the band’s career, riddled with tales of empty sex, happy period, I’m not writing a bunch of songs. Songwrit- self-loathing and drugs. ing has always been a bit of consolation for me, where I’m The intensity is part of what made it a classic, and on kind of looking after myself. I try to figure out what’s mak- Oct. 28, the album is getting a deluxe 21st-anniversary re-

The Afghan Whigs

issue, with rare and unreleased bonus tracks. For years, Dulli didn’t touch a lot of the songs on the album, but with a little time and distance, he’s become more willing to work them back into the set list.

“I could never be as close to it as when I was writing it,” Dulli says. “And even before writing it, the year before it, that’s as close as I’ll ever be able to get to it. I’m not going to get up and do songs that I don’t want to do just for other people. So, I had to go through [the songs on the album] and see where I was at.

“Like, the song ‘Gentlemen,’ after the Gentlemen tour, we never played it again,” he continues. “I just couldn’t—I didn’t want to do it. But I enjoyed doing it two years ago, and I enjoy doing it now. So, it was a process of being able to be separated from the initial feelings. There’s a lot of negative emotions in that record. Putting yourself in that headspace every night—I had to figure it out.”

For as much catharsis as there is in the band’s music, there’s no drama off stage. Dulli, bassist John Curley, guitarists Dave Rosser and Jon Skibic, multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson and drummer Cully Symington keep in touch regularly when not performing together. (“It wasn’t like waking up 10 years later with your ex-wife,” Dulli says of the band’s reunion in 2012.) And no matter how melancholy the material, or how much negativity there once was behind it, Dulli keeps a pretty positive attitude about making a career out of sharing his music—and by extension, parts of his life—with audiences.

“All of the records that I’ve done are like journal entries in my life,” Dulli says. “I can listen to them and I can see things, smell things, remember things. They’re touchstones of me.

“I get to roll out my life every night that I play and reconnect with things or remember things, or joyously play something that was part of me.”

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

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notes from the smoking patio Locals Only Singer / songwriter Rob Bondurant, a touring member of The Silent Comedy, is getting ready to release his first full-length album, Hurricane, which is being self-released on Nov. 11 under the name Bondurant.

He recorded the album in Nashville with his band at Blackbird Studios, which is owned by country-music star Martina McBride. Bondurant didn’t fund the album through a Kickstarter campaign or label backing; it was something much rarer in the industry: a private investor.

Earlier this year, Bondurant played a private event for Dylan Bates, chief operating officer for Chicago-based ATI Physical Therapy. Bates was so impressed with Bondurant’s music that he offered to help fund the recording and other expenses.

“His friends call him Bruce Wayne,” Bondurant says of his unexpected new business partner during a conversation at Modern Times Brewing in North Park. “Sometimes I won’t hear from him for a month.”

The deal that Bondurant has with Bates is not unlike a traditional label advance in that it’s made with the intention of recouping the initial investment and, ultimately, yielding a greater return. Bondurant

won’t disclose the amount of money involved but says it’s forced him to think more critically about the path ahead.

“I’m now very conscious of the decisions I make and how I spend money,” he says. “The last thing I want is for this to fail. The focus is now to become self-sustaining.”

With the release of Hurricane on the horizon, Bondurant is planning an eventual record-release show, though he doesn’t yet have a date for that.

After spending several years playing covers in coffeehouses and bars, he says he’s ready to take his career and his sound to a new level.

“I’ve got a really good band behind me,” he says. “I don’t want to just be acoustic-guitar guy. I want to play great rock ’n’ roll.”

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Okapi Sun announced via Facebook that Gabriela Sanchez, aka Dallas, is leaving the group to join an organic farm in Napa Valley.

Maren Parusel, aka Leo, will continue performing as Okapi Sun, though she’s not yet announced whether anyone new has joined the group as a permanent member in Sanchez’s absence.

—Jeff Terich Rob Bondurant

Singer vs. Song A recurring feature in which we ask musicians to name a song they never want to hear again.

Erik Canzona, The Heavy Guilt: “Stolen Dance” by Milky Chance. “It has that shitty reggae bounce to it that people call ‘SoCal,’ and that gives the rest of Southern California a bad rap. I know I’m going to hear it again. It’s probably playing on more than one of our stations right now.”

Ben Johnson, The Long and Short of It: “Afternoon Delight” by Starland Vocal Band. “As long as I live, I hope to never hear ‘Afternoon Delight.’ It’s [composed] of too many different parts that are all intensely displeasurable to my ears.”

Richard Hunt-Rivera, Island Boy: “La Macarena”

by Los del Río. “This track was a major hit in Puerto Rico partly because then-Governor Pedro Rosselló used it as his official campaign song during a reelection bid. Rosselló was a corrupt fucker, and his policies helped run the island’s economy into the ground. The track and accompanying choreography also plagued every awkward middle-school dance I can remember attending. So, bad associations all around.”

Ben Marotta, Eukaryst: “The View” by Lou Reed and Metallica. “That Lou Reed and Metallica thing—it’s terrible! Apparently James Hetfield is the table. That’s his lyric—‘I am the table! I am the

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Lou Reed and Metallica clock!’ It’s so bad.”

Rob Bondurant, Bondurant: “Living on a Prayer”

by Bon Jovi. “It’s not that it is a bad song. But I’ve spent enough time playing in bars that the sheer thought of it reminds me of a nauseating hangover, beer-stained clothes and a deafening ringing to my eardrums from wasted patrons screaming at the top of their lungs in a reckless idiotic manner.”

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

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if i were u Wednesday, Oct. 15 PLAN A: Mutual Benefit, Julie Byrne, Chill Pill @ The Casbah. Back in January, I profiled Jordan Lee, the singer / songwriter behind chamber-pop project Mutual Benefit, and he has more of a punk ethos than I expected. That said, his music is gentle and beautiful, and if you need something pretty to get you through the week, Lee’s melodic songwriting just might do the trick. PLAN B: Wayne the Train Hancock, Rip Carson and the Valiants, Action Andy and the Hi-Tones @ Soda Bar. I’m not much for old-timey sounds, but classic country is a different story. Wayne “The Train” Hancock plays his country with a honky-tonk swing in the style of Hank Williams or Ray Price. And let me tell you, it’s a hoot!

BY Jeff Terich Yeehaws, Vlad Arthur @ Brick by Brick.

You might, however, need a reminder about D.R.I. Inventors of “crossover thrash,” D.R.I. were one of the seminal bands in bridging the gap between thrash metal and hardcore punk. They’re legends of heavy music, with a lot of fun and furious songs. BACKUP PLAN: Writer, Scruffles, Ultragash, DJ Nathan Aguilar @ Soda Bar.

Sunday, Oct. 19

PLAN A: Metronomy, Dawn Golden @ Belly Up Tavern. A few years ago, I was introduced to U.K. synth-pop group Metronomy through their video for “The Look,” mainly because of the cool stop-motion animation.

The song itself is a minimalist jam, and their catalog is well worth diving into for more elecThursday, Oct. 16 tronic gems. So do that, PLAN A: The Body, Sandand then go to this show. worm, Children of God, PLAN B: Nina Persson, Drone Rivers @ The Che El May @ The Casbah.

Café. Portland duo The I’m a Cardigans fan from Body seem like a dangerway back when the Swedous band to have performish group was blending ing inside a wood-andStereolab’s avant-lounge glass structure. But they’ve with The Carpenters’ played shows at the Che polyester pop. They got before, and believe me, it a lot more “rock” after was intense. The ground that, as did frontwoman Perfume Genius Nina Persson with her shakes under the weight of their booming riffs. Hear them, or feel them, solo project, A Camp. She’s going by her real for yourself and be in awe. PLAN B: Tur- name now, and as you’ll hear on recent single quoise Jeep, Yip Deceiver, DJ Artistic @ “Animal Heart,” she’s still fantastic.

The Irenic. Turquoise Jeep walk a thin line between absurdity and genius. Their songs— like “Lemme Smang It” and “Treat Me Like a Monday, Oct. 20 Pirate”—are too funny not to feel like parody. PLAN A: Pup, Hard Girls, Mini Death @ And yet, they’re solid hip-hop jams when you The Casbah. I became addicted to Canadian get right down to it. BACKUP PLAN: Fujiya punk band Pup earlier this year when they released their self-titled debut. The band also and Miyagi, Magic Touch @ Soda Bar. opened for The Menzingers at The Irenic earlier this summer, and they had both the Friday, Oct. 17 hooks and the energy to make for a superPLAN A: Perfume Genius, Matteah Baim, fun evening. This time, they’re headlining, so Island Boy @ Soda Bar. Perfume Genius’ more Pup for your money! PLAN B: Oblitnew album, Too Bright, is easily one of the erations, Baptists, Torch Runner, Griever best records of the year. It’s part Kate Bush- @ Soda Bar. If you know anything about style art pop, part glam rock, with a whole Southern Lord Records, you know that it’s lot of dark, electronic weirdness. In contrast a frequent source of all things heavy, intense to his more stripped-down albums, it sounds and crusty. And a handful of their crustiest like it has the potential to be a more dynamic hardcore bands are playing together in this live show, so I wouldn’t want to miss that. talent-stacked show. Brace yourself.

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Saturday, Oct. 18

Tuesday, Oct. 21

PLAN A: The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ The North Park Theater. The New Pornographers probably don’t need much explanation. They’re an indie-rock super-group, amazing power-pop songwriters, yada yada yada. So, just consider this my reminder that they’re as awesome as you remember them.

PLAN B: D.R.I., Willie Psycho, Screamin’

PLAN A: Charli XCX, Elliphant, Femme @ House of Blues. In another edition of “Artists Jeff wrote about in 2013,” I had a great chat with a then-20-year-old Charli XCX last year, and just a year later, she ends up with a massive hit with her new single, “Boom Clap.” Frankly, her sassy and synthheavy pop should be occupying more spots in the top 40 if you ask me.

HOT! NEW! FRESH!

Donavon Frankenreiter (BUT, 12/31), The Wailers (BUT, 1/27), Buddy Guy (Balboa Theatre, 4/11).

Asegir (The Irenic, 10/26), Rick Elliot and the Secondhand Smoke Band (BUT, 10/30), Ballet School (Casbah, 11/4), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (HOB, 11/19), Frontier Ruckus (Soda Bar, 11/20), Love Revisited (Casbah, 11/22), Cash’d Out (Casbah, 11/26), OFF! (Epicentre, 11/30), Chris Isaak (BUT, 12/3), The Icarus Line (Soda Bar, 12/12), Ryan Adams (Copley Symphony Hall, 12/15), The Aggrolites (BUT, 12/28), Wild Child (Casbah, 2/21).

October

GET YER TICKETS Tinariwen (BUT, 10/21), Carcass (Brick

by Brick, 10/24), Daryl Hall and John Oates (Open Air Theatre, 10/25), Warpaint (North Park Theatre, 10/25), Jenny Lewis (HOB, 10/25), Phish (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 10/25), Ab-Soul (SOMA, 10/26), Iceage (Casbah, 11/3), Rhye (North Park Theatre, 11/6), Eyehategod, Today is the Day (Soda Bar, 11/7), Hot Water Music (Irenic, 11/12), Death From Above 1979 (HOB, 11/12), Blonde Redhead (HOB, 11/15), Tegan and Sara (North Park Theater, 11/15), The Misfits (HOB, 11/16), The White Buffalo (BUT, 11/21), The Ready Set, Metro Station (HOB, 11/22), Michael Franti (BUT, 11/22), Chris Robinson Brotherhood (BUT, 11/25-26), Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Viejas Arena, 11/28), Cake (BUT, 11/30), John Waters (North Park Theatre, 12/1), Jonathan Richman (Casbah, 12/2), Pallbearer (Soda Bar, 12/6), Dick Dale (BUT, 12/21), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (HOB, 12/21), Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven (BUT, 12/30),

Wednesday, Oct. 15 Wayne Hancock at Soda Bar.

Thursday, Oct. 16 Turquoise Jeep at The Irenic. Washed Out at North Park Theatre. The Colourist at The Loft at UCSD. The Body at Che Café. Fujiya and Miyagi at Soda Bar.

Friday, Oct. 17 Yellowcard at North Park Theatre. The Story So Far at Epicentre. Rubblebucket at Casbah. Perfume Genius at Soda Bar. Watsky at Porter’s Pub.

Saturday, Oct. 18 Rubblebucket at Casbah. Writer at Soda Bar. D.R.I. at Brick by Brick. The New Pornographers at Belly Up Tavern.

Sunday, Oct. 19 Neon Hitch at Porter’s Pub. Metronomy at Belly Up Tavern. Federico Aubele at Soda Bar.

Monday, Oct. 20 PUP at The Casbah. Jerrod Niemann at House of Blues. Asia at Belly Up Tavern.

Obliterations at Soda Bar.

Tuesday, Oct. 21 Grieves at Porter’s Pub. Tinariwen at Belly Up Tavern. Charli XCX at House of Blues.

Wednesday, Oct. 22 Bear Hands at The Casbah. Erasure at Humphreys by the Bay (sold out). Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder at House of Blues. Allo Darlin’ at Soda Bar.

Thursday, Oct. 23 Dale Earnhart Jr Jr at Belly Up Tavern.

White Mystery at Til-Two Club. Daedelus at Soda Bar.

Friday, Oct. 24 Carcass at Brick by Brick. Alt-J at SOMA. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at North Park Theater. The Afghan Whigs at Belly Up Tavern.

Saturday, Oct. 25 Big Ups at The Hideout. Daryl Hall and John Oates at Open Air Theatre. Jenny Lewis at House of Blues. Phish at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Big Freedia at The Casbah. Warpaint at North Park Theatre.

Sunday, Oct. 26 The Spits at Soda Bar. Tennis at The Casbah. Bonobo at House of Blues.

Matisyahu at Belly Up Tavern. Ab-Soul at SOMA.

Monday, Oct. 27 Leon Russell at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, Oct. 28 J.D. McPherson at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Oct. 29 Rachael Yamagata at House of Blues.

Grizfolk at The Loft at UCSD.

Thursday, Oct. 30 Bernhoft at Belly Up Tavern. The Rural Alberta Advantage at Soda Bar. New Politics at House of Blues.

Friday, Oct. 31 The Creepy Creeps at The Casbah. Cut Copy at North Park Theater (sold out).

November Saturday, Nov. 1 Chicano Batman at The Casbah. Ziggy Marley at North Park Theater. Chase Rice at House of Blues. Delta Spirit at Belly Up Tavern.

Sunday, Nov. 2 O’Death at Soda Bar. Carla Morrison at North Park Theatre. Yelle at Belly Up Tavern.

Monday, Nov. 3 Alejandro Escovedo and Peter Buck at Belly Up Tavern. Iceage at The Casbah.

Wednesday, Nov. 5 Shovels & Rope at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, Nov. 6 Rhye at North Park Theatre. Lagwagon at House of Blues.

Friday, Nov. 7 Yelawolf at Porter’s Pub. Moe. at Belly Up Tavern. Eyehategod, Today is the Day at Soda Bar.

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710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic, open jam. Thu: Live band karaoke. Fri: Drew Tabor (5 p.m.); So Cal Vibes, Piracy Conspiracy (9 p.m.). Sat: The Routine, Brewhahas. Sun: Karaoke.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Thu: NovaMenco. Fri: The Curtis Taylor Quartet.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco. com. Wed: ‘Live from the Gaslamp’. ThuSat: Ari Shaffir. Sun: The Fringe Riders Present: Stampede!. Tue: Open mic.

Bang Bang, 526 Market St, Downtown. facebook.com/BangBangSanDiego. Thu: Claptone, Lee K. Fri: DJ Jason Bentley.

Sun: Classixx (DJ set).

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink.com. Wed: DJ Girth. Thu: Little Dove, Joe Radio. Fri: Mr. Blow. Sat: ‘Neon Beat’. Sun: Rat Sabbath. Mon: Husky Boy All Stars. Tue: ‘Tiki Twos Day’ w/ Adrian Demain.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Thu: Grandtheft. Fri: New World Sound. Sat: Rusko.

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

Fri: The Aquile Band. Sat: Imperial Sails.

Sun: Matt Bolton.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Zoso, the Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience.

Thu: Happiness Guaranteed, HTFU, The Mattson 2, Ray Barbee, DJ Chris Cote.

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Fri: The Expendables, Jet West. Sat: Lukas Nelson and P.O.T.R., Vaud and the Villains. Sun: Metronomy, Dawn Golden.

Mon: Asia. Tue: Rufus Du Soul, Hermitude, Lee Reynolds, (Desert Hearts).

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Hi Roots, Oogee Wawa. Fri: ‘Club Musae’.

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Fri: Dug Pinnick, Grinder Blues, One Foot in the Blues, Mojave Green, Boxcar Chief. Sat: D.R.I., Willie Psycho, The Screamin’ Yeehaws, Vlad Arthur.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Thu & Sat: Malamana.

Fri: Joeff and Co. Sun: Oscar Aragon.

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

Wed: Dan Venti. Thu: RAW Comedy Thursdays. Fri-Sat: Chris Strait.

Comedy Store, 916 Pearl St, La Jolla. lajolla.thecomedystore.com. Wed: SuperDestroyed Vol. 4. Fri: Rick Ingraham.

Croce’s Park West, 2760 Fifth Ave., #100, Bankers Hill. crocesparkwest. com. Wed: Julian Esparza. Thu: Chaise Lounge. Fri: Charlie Abelaez Quartet.

Sat: Gilbert Castellanos and the Park West Ensemble. Sun: Todo Mundo. Mon: Mark Fisher. Tue: Ruby Duo. Dirk’s Nightclub, 7662 Broadway, Lemon Grove. dirksniteclub.com. Fri: Serious Guise. Sat: DJ Dizzy D. Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: Reka Parker. Sat: JazzKats Project. Sun: Allison Adams Tucker.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa. epicentreconcerts.org. Fri: The Story So Far, Gnarwolves, Elder Brother,

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Souvenirs. Sat: Rossirock Rael J Wallace, Bdottwatt Arttlited, Magoon Dbrvss, Skrilla Og Fred Burton, DJ Park n Wreck Collective.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Thu: Pegboard Nerds. Fri: Kronic. Sat: DJ Karma.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Thu: Jam Kwest, DJ Reefah, TRC Soundsystem. Fri: The Fooks. Sat: Danny and the Tramp, DJ Chelu.

Hard Rock Hotel, 207 Fifth Ave, Downtown. hardrockhotelsd.com. Thu: The Whiskey Circle, American Cream, Tolan Shaw. Fri: DJ Este. Sun: DJs Sid Vicious, Kurch.

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

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: Jon Bellion, Rhetorik. Fri: Kodaline. Sat: La Ley, Karma Nation. Tue: Charli XCX, Elliphant, Femme.

Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. kavalounge.com. Wed: Cumbia Machin. Fri: ‘Junglist Friday’. Sat: Toombao. Sun: ‘It’s a Dago Thang’. Mon: ‘Roots Reggae Jah Jah’.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Ron’s Garage. Thu: JG Duo. Fri: Trunk Monkey.

Sat: 4-Way Street.

Patricks Gaslamp, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: The Upshots. Thu: Myron and the Kyniptionz. Fri: Trey Unplugged, The Bill Magee Blues Band.

Sat: WG and the G-Men. Sun: Len Rainey’s Midnight Players. Mon: The Groove Squad. Tue: Walter’s Chicken Jam. Porter’s Pub, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD campus, La Jolla. porterspub.net. Fri: Watsky. Sat: Obviam Cristo. Sun: Neon Hitch, My Crazy Girlfriend, Carmen and Camille. Tue: Grieves, Sol. Reds Saloon, 4190 Mission Blvd, Pacific Beach. facebook.com/RedsSaloon. Wed: Grant Cotter.

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

Thu: Psychic Vacuum. Fri: Rio Peligroso.

Sat: Cedar Fire, Gateway Hugs.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd. Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Thu: The Maul Shoppe, Casanova Frankenstein, Boychick. Fri: Stevie and the Hi-Staxx. Sat: Mafard. Mon: ‘Motown Monday’ w/ DJ Artistic.

Side Bar, 536 Market St, Downtown. sidebarsd.com. Thu: DJ Fries. Fri: Deejay Al. Sat: Epic Twelve.

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

Wed: Wayne Hancock, Rip Carson and the Valiants, Action Andy and the Hi-Tones. Thu: Fujiya and Miyagi, Magic Touch. Fri: Perfume Genius, Matteah Baim, Island Boy. Sat: Writer, Scruffles, Ultragash, DJ Nathan Aguilar. Sun: Federico Aubele, Pablo Nouvelle. Mon: Obliterations, Baptists, Torch Runner, Griever. Tue: Bi-Polar Express, Deadbrokedown, Wookie Garcia.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Fri: Born of Osiris, Thy Art is Murder, Betraying the Martyrs, Within the Ruins, Erra, Killing The Messenger. Sat: Capture The Crown, For All Those Sleeping, OUTLANDS, Palisades

Mkya, Relocate Youth in Revolt.

Somewhere Loud, 3489 Noell St, Midtown. somewhereloud.com. Fri: ‘The Dark Carnival’. Sat: Psyko Punkz, Dirty Audio.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Fri: Ed Motta. Sat: DJs Eddie Martinez, Tristan Jaxx.

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

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

Sycamore Den, 3391 Adams Ave., San Diego, Normal Heights. sycamoreden. com. Thu: Stephen Rey and the Sextette.

Fri: Diatribes, Summer Knowledge. Sun: The Liuqorsmiths.

The Bancroft, 9143 Campo Rd, Spring Valley. 619-469-2337. Wed: Bludded Head, Mudhead. Fri: Cult Vegas, Casteform, Aura and Ovation, Bad and The Ugly. Sat: Dark Globe, 29 years apart, Captain Viejo. Tue: Obsolete Lorelle.

The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Mutual Benefit, Julie Byrne, CHILL PILL. Thu: The Slackers, Sammy K. Fri: Rubblebucket, Royal Canoe, Bakkuda. Sat: Rubblebucket, Royal Canoe, Nicky Venus. Sun: Nina Persson, El May. Mon: Pup, Hard Girls, Mini Death.

The Che Cafe, UCSD campus, La Jolla. thechecafe.blogspot.com. Thu: The Body, Sandworm, Children of God, Drone Rivers. Fri: Waste Age, Walle, Ghost Trade, New Rain. Sat: Toys That Kill, Tiltwheel, Sunnyside, The Bertos, Nimzo Indians, Western Settings, Dan Padilla.

The Hideout, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. thehideoutsd.com. Sun: Pins, The Lumps, Geyser House.

The Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. theloft.ucsd.edu. Wed: Tri Minh’s Quartet. Wed: Tri Minh’s Quartet. Thu: The Colourist, Yellow Red Sparks. Fri: Cyrille Aimee. Fri: Cyrille Aimee. Sat: The Frights.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. theMerrow.com. Wed: Mango Melody. Thu: Assk, Zombie Barbie, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra. Fri: Chica Diabla, Pharmacy, The Touchies, Night Owl Massacre. Sat: Random Movement.

Sun: I Am the Albatross, Foreign Suns, Cardboard Truckers. Tue: We Are Sirens, Social Club, Nicely.

The Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: ‘Dub Dynamite’ w/ DJs Rashi, Eddie Turbo. Fri: ‘After Hours’ w/ DJs EdRoc, Huge Euge. Sat: ‘Strictly Business’ w/ DJs EdRoc, Kanye Asada.

Sun: ‘Uptown Top Ranking’ w/ Tribe of Kings.

The Tin Roof, 401 G Street, Gaslamp. tinroofbars.com/Home/SanDiego. Wed: Karaoke. Thu: Morgan Leigh Band. Fri: Random Radio, The Aklis. Sat: Aaron Durr, Jonny Tarr. Sun: ‘G Street Sessions’.

Mon: The Kracker Jax. Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Fri: Ramp Locals, Thrashquatch, Systematic Abuse, D.E.A., Christ Killer. Sat: Dreaming Dead, Syrebris, Bio Crisis.

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

Fri: Amigo, AJ Froman, Sycamore. Sat: Paper Days, Idyll Wild, Tomber Lever.

Mon: ‘Tin Can Country Club’ w/ Shawn Rohlf.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Thu: Chickenbone Slim. Fri: Minneapolistic. Sat: Jokers Wild. Tue:

Theo and Zydeco Patrol.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Wed: DJs Mikey Ratt, Tiki Thomas. Fri: Sub Tropics, Sand Babes, Young Wants. Sat: Space Wax, Christ Killer, Haruka, DJ Mikey Ratt.

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

Wed: Tomcat Courtney (7 p.m.). Thu: Mason James (4 p.m.); The Jade Visions Jazz Trio (7 p.m.). Fri: Gabriela Aparicio (4 p.m.); Afro Jazziacs (9 p.m.).

Sat: Vera Cruz Blues (4 p.m.); Tomcat Courtney (7 p.m.); Gabriela Aparicio (9 p.m.). Sun: Sounds Like Four (4 p.m.); Big Boss Bubale (7 p.m.). Mon: David Hermsen (4 p.m.); Locked Out of Eden (7 p.m.). Tue: The Trio (4 p.m.); Grupo Global (7 p.m.).

Ux31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Fri: Von Kiss. Sat: DJ Qenoe. Sun: Revival, Soulective, Positive Company, Rudy Roots and Bobby Dread, DJ Red. Mon: DJ Fishfonics.

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

Wed: DJ Chris G. Thu: DJ Clean Cut. Fri: DJ Slowhand. Sat: DJ Decon. Tue: DJ Clean Cut. Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Thu: Kill Quanti DJs. Fri: ‘F#ing In the Bushes’ w/ DJs Daniel Sant, Rob Moran. Sat: DJ La Silence de la Rue, Luxembourg Signal listening party (5 p.m.); ‘80s vs. 90s’ w/ DJs Gabe, Saul.

Tue: ‘Videodrome’.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: Maiz. Thu: ‘Subdvsn’. Fri: Hot Buttered Rum. Sat: Hot Buttered Rum. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: Electric Waste Band. Tue: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, McTuff.

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Battle of the bands Across 1. Uncontrollable facial movements 5. “___ is hard, let’s go shopping” 9. Unclear 13. “Didn’t see you there” 14. Professor’s suit material 16. Perennial swing state 17. Try to win over gently 18. Shakespeare collection 19. Cinematographer’s selection 20. “Give Me Everything” rapper vs.

“My Adidas” rappers (7/21/1861) 23. Muslim’s journey 24. “Until next time” 25. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” band vs. DJ born Richard Melville Hall (2/23/1836-3/6/1836) 33. Navy tracker 34. Pulled a 31-Down 35. Place to see lions, tigers, and bears 36. Activist Brockovich 37. Pigs 38. Hit on the head 39. Rapper’s heater 40. Immovable 41. Gift recipient 42. “Take On Me” one-hit wonders vs. “Every Breath You Take” singer vs. “Angel of Death” metal band (10/14/1066) 45. Pitch catcher?

46. Bills conf.

47. “Round and Round” glam band vs.

“Twin Infinitives” punks (sometime in the 1100s B.C.) 54. Nasty shock 55. “Bag” in the back of the throat Oct. 1’s answers

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56. Girl in the chorus 58. Birthstone for this month 59. “Use at your own ___” 60. One less?

61. It might give you green eyes 62. R&B singer ___ Ora 63. “I know”

Down 1. Front matter list: Abbr.

2. Bac ‘n’ Cheddar Waffullicious Waffle restaurant 3. Coffeehouse tea type 4. First player off the bench 5. High point in a Japanese vacation?

6. Off-base?

7. Show’s partner 8. One with will power?

9. Poker variant 10. [nudge, nudge] 11. Multivitamin additive 12. Attention-getting yelps 15. Wimbledon competition 21. Boxer Max 22. Swimmer Diana 25. Scroll through the Old Testament?

26. Santa ___ (California racetrack) 27. Breakfast fruit 28. Stabbing projection 29. Fast food place with a ten-gallon hat in its logo 30. Stratospheric layer 31. Huge flub-up 32. Saddle with something 33. Sonic company 37. Saddle component 38. Like one really into studs 40. WARP, e.g.

41. ___ Punk 43. Take up residence 44. “I’m not paying attention to you” 47. Clue weapon 48. Actor Cumming 49. “___ my dead body!”

50. Cosmonaut Gagarin 51. Got grounded?

52. Beekeeper of crosswords, I mean, movies 53. More, in adspeak 54. Track outing 57. “That sounds interesting”

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