Occupy San Diego Moves to Civic Center, Marches on Wells Fargo
Hundreds of Occupy San Diego demonstrators moved from Children’s Park to the Civic Center at 4 p.m. yesterday, where tents popped up across the marble concourse to the soundtrack of a Jewish rock band who joined the indefinite occupation after …
Who Occupies San Diego?
The inaugural gathering of Occupy San Diego has been an unpredictable but pronounced pastiche of locals decrying everything from corporate personhood to immigrant rights abuses. A mass of at least one thousand marched through the Gaslamp this afternoon shouting slogans …
What in the World Is Occupy San Diego and Why Does it Matter?
The following events took place on Monday, October 3, 2011 Night has just fallen over downtown San Diego’s Children’s Park and maybe 150 people sit in a circle amid the trees and electric gaslamps, flashing cryptic hand signals and talking …
Why Occupy San Diego?
I asked a few people at tonight's Occupy San Diego meeting at Children's Park why they plan to occupy. Here's what they said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-Okj4y0v4 Others, who preferred to speak anonymously and under pseudonyms, said the following: Marie, 57. Author. “When …
Art Fag Releases Colleen Green 12" Cujo EP
Today, San Diego-based boutique vinyl labels Art Fag Recordings released Boston-gone-Oakland/LA artist Colleen Green’s 12”Cujo EP, six tracks of stoned, blasé, far away, ‘verby fuzz pop ex-love songs. Pitchfork called the EP “coffee for your ears,” but Green’s disconnected demeanor …
Raise the Macallan, Charlie Bucket
When my roommates wake up at 4 p.m. complaining of headache and grave transgression, it usually means a few too many bottles of Two Buck Chuck or the superfluous 40 of Mickey’s at dawn. Often I'm right there with them, …
Things for Doing: Three Electronic Options
Thursdays are the new Wednesday, so here are three local electronic music nights to facilitate your groove. The weekly Kitchen Sink night at the newly renovated Air Conditioned Lounge moves hips with old-meets-new school synth-funk, boogie, house, rare and nu-disco, …