Occupy San Diego Pushes Vendors to Return
In response to the departure of both a coffee and hot dog vendor from the Civic Center plaza, who claim to have been driven out by lewd behavior and perceived intimidation, Occupy San Diego published a press release on November …
Groovetube: Critical Beatdown Ate My Baby
Since January, local musicians Mike Gao, eLan, DJ Pound, DJ Cleancut, and Nino Seneris have been curating monthly Kava Lounge showcases with some of San Diego’s most exploratory experimental electronic beat music. Last night’s installment included some of my favorite …
Cathedral X Lauches Kickstarter Campaign, Chairs Missing Releases 7-inch Vinyl
Cathedral X, a small self-run collaborative studio of sound and performance projects by sound artist and designer Amanda Schoepflin, visual performance artist Jessica Jeffery, and sound artist Paul Remund (Chairs Missing, Tape Deck Mountain) in downtown’s Art & Design District …
Occupy San Diego Re-Occupies the Civic Center
“Last week I asked in writing to have the re-occupation of the Civic Center be put on the agenda,” Occupy San Diego protester Raymond Lutz told me Monday evening. “They didn’t do it. So this time, we are coming up …
Illuminaut Sonny Romeri Puts the Beat Down on San Diego's Music Legacy
“I’ve always been seeking out exploratory music,” says Santino (or Sonny, like in the Godfather) Romeri, a Golden Hill via Chula Vista experimental beat musician (Illuminauts), promoter, and overseer of boutique vinyl and cassette label Kill Quanti. “I’d run my …
Occupy San Diego Returns to Children's Park
After two weeks at the Civic Center, Occupy San Diego is expanding to Children’s Park on First and Island. A group of about twenty has begun to put up infrastructure in the park with the permission of the mayor, says …
Occupy San Diego Remains at Civic Center, Modifies Consensus Process - At Least 26 Tijuana Occupiers Arrested
The three splinter groups of Occupy San Diego reunited on the Civic Center concourse Saturday afternoon in a march from the west end of Balboa Park. The official reason for Friday morning’s police raid, a “World of Dance Tour” expo …
Occupy San Diego Fractures, Relocates, Searches For Common Voice
A deceptively amicable general assembly on Tuesday night preceded a stark division among the roughly 300 protesters who have been occupying the Civic Center concourse since Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5mSGsqnqVA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITFs1ygPw0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depUsmwmLW4 The San Diego fire marshal capped the occupancy’s tent count …