Staff Blog Entries

Record Store Day 2013 at M-Theory Music

Mission Hills record store offers discount LPs, CDs, and live music from Teenage Burritos and The Plateaus

M-Theory Music's (915 W Washington St. - Mission Hills) 2013 Record Store Day is set for Saturday, April 20 starting ...

Makeout Weird puckers up for strange kiss goodbye

Whistle Stop monthly says so-long with Maniqui Lazer, Moonshake, Machino, and more.

Three years ago, a rare and mystical union of Weird was forged between two entities known as Monsterpussy and Freak ...

The Green Gathering: an Earth Day event in Bonsall

4/20 festival pays tribute to Jah herb with music, yoga, tattoos, and sweet, sweet medication

While Colorado figures out how to cash in on legal weed with 420-friendly tours and potentially hefty taxation, lawmakers are ...

Mexican sweat lodge open to public for the 15th annual Dance of the Mother Earth

The traditional temascal and purification dance will be held in Baja between Mexicali and Tecate.

A temascal is a permanent, circular structure often made of volcanic rock, cement, and mud. A relative of the Native ...

Bob's Burgers cast comes to The Irenic for rare live show

Animated Fox comedy cast comes to North Park on May 6

The cast of Fox's Emmy Award-nominated animated comedy Bob’s Burgers is coming to The Irenic on Monday, May 6 as ...

Tijuana taco tour with Turista Libre

Alternative tour service offers a taste of Tijuana on April 20

Turista Libre continues to surprise both regulars and first-timers in Tijuana with atypical tours intended to get visitors away from ...

TV Girl release interactive video to "Girls Like Me"

TV Girl recently released an interactive video for their catchy single "Girls Like Me" that allows viewers to make a ...

Live Arts Fest at White Box Theater: Righteous Exploits

Experimental performance theater with Margaret Noble, Justin Hudnall, and director Lisa Berger

On Saturday April 13, 2013, Righteous Exploits will premiere at the new White Box Theater (2590 Truxtun Road, Building 176) ...

Stay Strange: Author & Punisher, Isolde Touch, and Ides of Gemini

East Village art and performance space hosts local doom/drone metal, pointilistic soundscapes, and psych-rock.

Stay Strange continues their legacy of outsider art and music - which relocated from the Kava Gallery to Space 4 ...

Temecula: Lightning in a Bottle announces lineup

Art, music, and wellness festival relocates to Temecula with biggest lineup to date.

Lightning in a Bottle just announced the lineup for their July 11-14 art and music festival at a new location ...

SpringFest 2013: a week of experimental music

UCSD hosts multi-venue experimental music and performance art festival.

A couple of years ago, my former roommate Eli took me to a party on a fire road in the ...

V Elements festival integrates alternative power and wellness at Liberty Station

The nation's largest solar sound and stage setup comes to Point Loma

Alternative comedy was popularized in the ‘80s. Alternative music broke through in the ‘90s. Alternative media found a new outlet ...

Celebrate National Empanada Day with Papa Luna's in Pacific Beach

In honor of National Empanada Day on April 8, customers will receive a history lesson in food with one free traditional empanada from Papa Luna

Thousands of Argentineans like their empanadas stuffed with chicken. Parts of Colombia pack their empanadas with peanuts and top them ...

DerbyWise: not a piece about girly-girls

Circle Circle dot dot presents a theater production about local Roller Derby girls.

Roller Derby girls. Maybe you’ve seen them unwinding after a match at a neighborhood dive, celebrating rollerskate conquests over a ...

Damian vs. DKC: a benefit with Buddy Banter, Grand Tarantula, and Cuckoo Chaos

Local booker/manager hosts fundraiser for friend suffering from a rare congenital disorder.

Damian and Spencer met seven years ago while working at In-n-Out. Spencer played in bands during his freetime while Damian ...

FIGMENT: the art of inclusivity at Chicano Park

New York interactive art festival debuts in Barrio Logan on April 7

If upper-crust art openings at exclusive venues leave you feeling alienated from creative expression, FIGMENT is for you. “The primary ...

Hills Like Elephants celebrate release of Feral Flocks at Bar Pink

"Motown with keyboards" quintet drops sophomore album in North Park.

Just back from a weeks of nonstop shows at SXSW in Austin, Hills Like Elephants will be celebrating the release ...

Cannabazaar: A Tribute to Cannabis Culture

Normal Heights gallery ArtLab celebrates the sweet leaf

Willie Nelson once said: “Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess ...

Cauliflower ceviche at the Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival in Tijuana

The second bi-annual veggie fest at Margarita's Village offered clever Baja Med cuisine

If the words “Tijuana vegetarian food festival” evoke images in your mind of, at worst, rows of bean and cheese ...

Retox, Secret Fun Club, Anthrot, and Innerds at the Che Cafe

Also, the Locust reunite to join Yeah Yeah Yeahs at I'll Be Your Mirror in London

Remember when the Che Café was the wildest venue in town? When weird hardcore bands would dangle from the rafters ...