Chad Deal

Chad Deal has been a regular Reader contributor since early 2010. He authors Crasher and Here's the Deal, in addition to contributing to Cover Stories, Blurt installments, and the Reader's Jam Session blog.

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Mobo Brain: technology at the dinner table

Local author Jenz Johnson offers a new outlook on the role of mobile devices at meal time.

It this vast and untamed American future, just about everybody carries a mobile device. While most of us have been ...

Tijuana Jazz & Blues Festival

Free street fair on Revolucion with Carlos Marks, Los Zaragoza, Steph Johnson, Pico de Gallo, Tico's Big Band, and more.

On Sunday, May 26 from 1 to 11 p.m., you are invited to a free afternoon and evening of music, ...

FYF Fest celebrates 10 years with blowout lineup

My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Beach House, FLAG (Keith, Chuck, Dez, Billy & Stephen playing the songs of Black Flag), Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, The Breeders, Yo La Tengo, Solange, Washed Out, Toro y Moi, Holy Ghost!, Death Grips, Strfker, Thee Oh Sees... and many more

FYF Fest returns to Los Angeles Historic Park for their tenth annual extravaganza with what may be their most compelling ...

Sensori Collective: a member-supported community center for beatmakers

Three local beatmakers are working together to create a community space for like-minded musicians.

A trio of local beat producers is putting their resources together to create a community space for fellow music creators. ...

CutMod chops veggies, video for chance to tour as Psy's personal chef

USCD grad mixes music, projection mapping, and culinary prowess to woo South Korean pop star.

“I have applied to be Psy's chef because I love mixing cultures through food and media,” says Will ‘CutMod’ Michaelsen, ...

Dancing Strangers "Nightwalker" video takes a noir trip through Tijuana's red light district

Zona Norte, neon lights, ladies of the night, and cold-blooded murder.

Tijuana two-piece Dancing Strangers recently posted a video for "Nightwalker" from their January EP, Lost in Lust. Lost In Lust ...

Booming bivalves at the Brig

Depending on who you believe, the origins of the Baja-style fish taco will take you two places. Fans of entrepreneurial success stories will favor the narrative popularized by San Diego restaurant mogul Ralph Rubio, who ...

Retox tour documentary: ten-minute preview

Featuring interviews with members of Melvins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tomahawk, Antioch Arrow, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Regents, Dangerous Boys Club, and more.

Retox recently posted a ten-minute preview for their film, YPLL: Documentation, featuring tour footage and interviews with members of Melvins, ...

Will Barton thought he was dead

Will Barton was walking home late one night in October 2012 when Philip Martin Hernandez, on a crime rampage with his young wife (Cindy Altamirano Garcia), shot him a few times and left him for dead. As he struggles to heal, health insurance companies create barriers.

Talk low and slow at Longhorn Cafe and Saloon

Drinks in the John Wayne room at the Longhorn Café in Grantville.

Come out and play

Chad Deal parties with an insane lumbering monster.

Were it not for the photographic evidence, Figment could have been a hallucination. The annual Chicano Park festival is how American families everywhere would be spending their Sunday afternoons if Jello Biafra had been elected ...

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