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Staff Blog Entries

KATA Rising

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Touting a 9-member deep line-up including two drummers, a string section, and a visual artist, KATA is nothing short of epic. The group’s cinematic compositions are most readily likened to the instrumental arrangements of Godspeed! You Black Emperor, but themes …

Guadalupe Valley Winery Hop with Turista Libre

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“The fruits of the some 80 wineries tucked amid the lush hills between Tecate and Ensenada have inspired oenophiles from near and far to brand the Guadalupe Valley as Mexico’s Napa,” writes Turista Libre rad tours guide Derrik Chinn. Tickets …

El Dorado Summer Cocktail Menu Release Party

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East Village craft cocktail lounge El Dorado is celebrating the release of their summer menu on Tuesday, June 19 with $5 drinks all night, free Frito pies, and live music from local jazz outfit Bully, Kid Wonder, and DJ All …

Picture Jeff Cancer Free: Antioch Arrow Guitarist Treatment Fund

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Guitarist Jeff Winterberg of seminal San Diego post-hardcore group Antioch Arrow was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in late 2011. According to information on the fundraising site organized by Kelly Maron Horvath, medulloblastoma typically manifests in children …

Flamenco, Tapas, and Sangria at Vagabond Kitchen

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On Sunday June 10, the eclectic South Park world bistro Vagabond Kitchen (2310 30th Street) will be paying homage to its Spanish influences by hosting a fundraiser to help send students at the Paloma Aragon flamenco dance studio to Seville, …

Lafayette Poolside Movie Nights

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Speaking of summer movie nights, The Lafayette Hotel (2223 El Cajon Blvd, University Heights) kicks off a poolside series starring beach party icons Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Entry is $3 per person, $5 for …

June Gloom - Bastard Noise, Author & Punisher, Zsa Zsa Gabor, ANA/, and Tabloid

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Noise musician Sam Lopez (aka Zsa Zsa Gabor) has done a lot to cultivate San Diego's special brand of weird. Following his time with the renowned (currently on hiatus) experimental/spontaneous music collective Trummerflora, he’s curated the San Diego Experimental Guitar …

Stone Brewing Company Summer Movie Series

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Stone Brewing Company (1999 Citracado Parkway, Escondido) kicks off their summer movie series tonight with a showing of The Big Lebowski at 8:30 p.m. The brewery invites you to bring your own lawn chairs and blankets every Wednesday evening this …

Cattle Decapitation Make the Cut on Metalocalypse

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San Diego veggie pro-vine deathgrind powerhouse Cattle Decapitation recently got a (misspelled) shout out in Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse, a Spinal Tap-esque cartoon about death metal band DethKlok. Cattle Decapitation is touring this summer on the Shockwave Festival circuit with Fear …

DUDES Get C.O.S.M.i.C.

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On Friday, April 20, self-proclaimed “swag-rock” quartet DUDES posted a collection of unreleased songs and recorded conversations on Bandcamp under the title #RARE, which DUDES dude Ryan Solomon calls “a collection of song islands and candid skits birthed in my …

Big Name Boom at I Love This City Festival

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This week, The Reader’s own Club Crawler gave a shout out to tomorrow’s I Love This City festival at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, which features some of the biggest names in popular electronic music crammed into an all-day extravaganza open to …

Lion Cut Drops Tiger Bomb

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Feline electro-pop duo Lion Cut recently released a video for their new single “Tiger Bomb” featuring Russian dance moves, fiddle skills, and uncompromising lyrics such as: “Making potions so some guy can try to get a hardon. Killing tigers is …

Bush Optimistic About Third Annual Naked Bike Ride

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“I used to get annoyed with the cops, but now I feel they’re just part of the ride,” says Sarah Bush, organizer of San Diego’s chapter of the World Naked Bike Ride, which takes place in 70 cities and 20 …

East Village Grassroots Art Space Kickstarts Expansions

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East Village grassroots studio, Space 4 Art, has five days left to reach their $8,000 Kickstarter goal. The sum will fund the gallery for the next year with $6,000 going toward shipping costs and artist honorariums and $2,000 going towards …

EshOne has Allergies and Reflective Wallpaper

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Local imprint Elk Beats dropped a new release today from label co-founder and acetate dubplate jockey Donnie ‘EshOne’ Valdez. The double single, "Allergies" & "Reflective Wallpaper” ($2 download at elkbeats.com), is the label’s fifth release to date and sees a …

Solar Eclipse and Kite Flying Party

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A partial solar eclipse will be visible from San Diego on Sunday, May 20 from 5:27 to 7:43 p.m. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEjjRAXQPyo Though over three-quarters of the evening sun will be obscured by the moon at the 6:39 peak, unprotected viewing of …

Stay Strange: Riververb, Actuary, Gerritt Wittmer

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Since February, promoter and noise musician Sam Lopez (aka Zsa Zsa Gabor) has been curating the monthly all-ages Stay Strange series at the Kava Lounge as a forum for San Diego’s tradition of experimental sound. Tomorrow night’s showcase features local …

Free Bike to Work Tune Up Tomorrow

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Friday, May 18 is national Bike to Work Day. Tune up your two-wheeled whip tomorrow at Balboa Park, where the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition will be offering free maintenance, demonstrations, T-shirts, and an obstacle course for kids. Bicycle Demonstration …

Nerdcore Night - A Safe Place to Geek

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Everybody is a nerd nowadays. At least, that’s the premise of the monthly Nerdcore night (every second Thursday) at the Ruby Room, which features musicians, performers, and comedians who speak the esoteric dialects of fellow fanatics. “We all grew up …

Mystery Cave and Killer Swan Release Ethereal Beat Cassette Package

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Boutique label Kill Quanti is celebrating the release of a limited-run blue cassette featuring the ambient, glitched-out beatscapes of sonic spelunker Mystery Cave and avian death jockey Killer Swan tomorrow night at the Kava Lounge. “I'm so pleased with this …

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