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Entries from January 2008

Coachella 2008 Line Up: My Bloody Valentine? Not so much.

January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The 2008 line up for the Coachella Valley Music Festival has been officially revealed. They announced the line-up on Monday, January 21 at an event in Mexico City. The festival will be held Friday through Sunday, April 25-27, 2008 in Indio, CA. I am a bit disappointed not to the see My Bloody Valentine on [...]

Tags: Events

Think you are a Survivor?

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Do you sometimes purposely lock yourself out of your house and see if you can survive for hours without air conditioning? Do you ever look at a rat and think – yes I could eat you? Well then head to Liberty Station in Point Loma on Saturday January 26th for Auditions for the new season [...]

Tags: Reality+TV

Shoes, Tunes and Booze

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Kate Ross Shoes and Kalos Designs are celebrating the official grand opening of their joint effort tonight! The shop is located in North Park, right next door to Bar Pink Elephant on University Ave. The event is from 6-9pm Thursday, January 17 and DJ’s Gabe Vega and Saul Q will supply the ear food. Speaking [...]

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Everybody Loves Something

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Camille of Kissing Knees Craft from El Cajon right here in San Diego County is making big news with her collabrotive art project she is starting. Sounds amazing and looking forward to seeing it.

Tags: Books

Sugar Ltd’s Really big SALE

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

A couple of months ago while walking my dog on the east end of Normal Heights I stumbled upon this cute store, Sugar Ltd. I had driven by it on my way to Rite Aid (it’s right across the street on Adams) lots of times but never felt the need to go in. [...]

Tags: Events

Great show tonight at the Casbah

January 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Kill Me Tomorrow, Heartaches, Widows, Bunky, Nightmares, DJ Dmitri of Booty Basement
$10 - Fundraiser for Amber Everson Please help the lovely & talented Amber of The Glossines! As is the case with most musicians, she has no medical insurance and has to have surgery on her throat due to a singing related issue.

Tags: Music

Jen’s album picks for January

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Another year is upon us and so far it has been a good one. This year kicked off with good films in the theatres, good bands touring and some records worth buying (instead of downloading). Here are my picks for January (since I have not listed my album picks for a while, some have [...]

Tags: Music

Chargers Win First Playoff Game in 13 Years

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

The Chargers beat the Titans 17-6 in their first playoff win in over 13 years — Go Chargers! I have to give credit to Norv Turner who took all of the criticism this season with grace and led this team to a playoff victory. That said, the Chargers are no closer to the Super Bowl [...]

Tags: Chargers

Season Five Premiere of The Wire, Free on iTunes

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

If you have deprived yourself of the The Wire over the last 5 years, it’s not too late to start today. The premiere of fifth and final season of The Wire is available for free right now on iTunes under The Wire Podcast. Also available are half hour segments where former Baltimore Sun Writer [...]

Tags: TV

Rain Rain Rain

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Although rain was suspected to hit San Diego county from Thursday to Monday it looks like we might only see scattered showers tonight, the brunt of the showers on Saturday and only a 30% chance on Sunday. Which is a blessing for Chargers fans. But we are not in the clear yet. One of the [...]

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