Deerhoof The Breakup Song Polyvinyl Records, 2012 Review by Kent Manthie Tweet This year, so far, has been a pretty good year for indie music. In the early part of 2012 we received a couple other bands’ albums also on the Polyvinyl Records roster: Owen’s whimsical, at times and always introspective Ghost Town as well as the newest from Athens, […]
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Standing For Democracy
FREE PUSSY RIOT Tweet VIDEO: FREE PUSSY RIOT public reading 8/16/12 with Chloe Sevigny, Eileen Myles, Karen Finley, Johanna Fateman, Mx Justin Vivian Bond Reading the statements of the members of Pussy Riot in NYC last night. Members of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism yesterday. The report on reuters.com is HERE. A recorded Livestream […]
War All The Time: “indefinite military detention”
The Secret prisons Of America’s Future Tweet by Lev Six The White House has filed an appeal to reverse a federal judge’s ruling that bans the indefinite military detention of Americans. Attorneys for the president say they are justified to imprison alleged terrorists without charge or trial. In section 1021 of the NDAA, the president’s authority to hold a terrorism […]
Ai Weiwei Documentary Opens Tomorrow (8/10) in La Jolla
Ai Weiwei Indy Film Documentary Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry screens in San Diego (La Jolla Village Cinema) 8/10 – at least 8/16 Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker, Alison Klayman brings you into the world of the man labeled, “China’s most outspoken domestic critic”, “Beijing’s Andy Warhol”, and the “most Powerful Person in The Art World“. Ai […]
I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A SHOE STRING, JASON STONEKING at Periscope Project
New Voices, Alternative Words: 7/15/12 Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Alternative Author, Jason Stoneking, Comes to San Diego I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A SHOE STRING Book Tour @ Periscope Project: July 15, 7pm Intimate, provocative, funny and confrontational, Jason Stoneking aims to shake us out of complacency by scavenging his own dark, uncomfortable corners for the things that we […]
The 48 Hour Film Project – First Hand Account – Best Of Screenings July 8th –
Local Indy Film – The 48 Hour Film Project “Witches in San Diego?” Tweet By Katherine Sweetman The 48 Hour Film Project is a series of film festivals that happen all over the world. Each event gives filmmakers only one weekend to create the films. The legend goes like this, in 2001 a guy named Mark Ruppery wanted to see […]
CD review: Hate & Love by El Pathos
New Music From Austin Tweet El Pathos Hate & Love Saustex Media, 2012 Review by Kent Manthie Austin, Texas’s El Pathos have broken through in 2012 to rave reviews and platitudes that run the gamut from the subtle to the sublime. The one blurb that caught my attention was one from Rank & Review, which gushed that El Pathos “…May […]
Two New 7-inches from Saustex Media
New Vinyl from Saustex Tweet Churchwood Just the Two of Us Saustex Media, 2012 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Churchwood are back. After a much-heralded self-titled debut CD, they’re back with this special edition 7 inch vinyl record, Just the Two of Us. But, don’t worry if you don’t have a turntable: when you buy the 7 inch, it comes with […]