New Music from Polyvinyl Tweet Birthmark Antibodies Polyvinyl Records, 2012 Review by Kent Manthie The third full-length CD by Birthmark, Nate Kinsella’s solo project, entitled Antibodies is out now, on Polyvinyl Records. Antibodies is such a beautiful album, you can tell that Nate went through a lot work in the studio, making everything sound so perfect; it’s an album that […]
Nate Kinsella’s Birthmark – new release!
Create at Will: An Interview with Adam Murillo
By Katherine Sweetman Tweet Two life-like dinosaur heads were sticking out of the walls at an art opening at 57 degrees. It was as if someone had hunted them for sport and mounted their heads as trophies — this was the first work I saw by artist Adam Murillo. The curator of the event, Guy Lombardo, introduced me to the […]
THE BOX – the SWEAT box, that is…
Tweet Living in “the Box” A Brief History and Overview of El Cajon, CA By Kent Manthie Living in El Cajon is very different from living in San Diego, that’s for sure. Anyone who’s familiar with the various parts of San Diego County knows that out here, in the east part of the county, down in the valley, so to […]
The RAW-ist of the RAW: Interview with Erleen Nada
Interview with Erleen Nada Tweet By Katherine Sweetman It was a Thursday night, and I went downtown to see a “show” at 4th & B put on by a national “independent arts organization, for artists, by artists” called RAW. I went especially to see one particular artist/musician, Erleen Nada, because I’d seen a music video created by my friends at […]
A Place Where You Can Make Almost Anything Opens its Doors in San Diego
Reported by Katherine Sweetman [A Press Release that came to me via FAB LAB] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A Place Where You Can Make Almost Anything Opens its Doors in San Diego San Diego, California – March 1, 2012 – MakerPlace, a 14,000 square-foot fabrication facility is opening its doors to the public, allowing community members the opportunity to become the […]
USD Presents: a Talk by Artist Hasan Elahi
Reported by Katherine Sweetman “After an erroneous tip-call into law enforcement authorities in 2002, Elahi was subjected to an intensive post-9/11 investigation by the FBI. After undergoing six months of interrogations and ultimately nine consecutive lie-detector tests, he was cleared of suspicions. After this harrowing experience, Elahi conceived “Tracking Transience” (trackingtransience.net), a self-tracking system that constantly and publicly presents […]
Joanna Angel, of BurningAngel.com
Miss Burning Angel, in the Flesh Two videos from the Joanna Angel feature last night at Deja Vu Midway are below. See more from the night in the VIP Lounge at Reviewer.xxx. Joanna Angel bio: [Photo at right and text below copied shamelessly from her Wikipedia page.] Early life Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Orthodox Jewish […]
Memorial for Dennis Paul Batt, Oceanside Museum, 2/25/12
Reported by Katherine Sweetman A memorial for Dennis Paul Batt to be held at the Oceanside Museum of Art Saturday, February 25th, 4:30-7pm. See: San Diego Loses an Important Figure in the Visual Arts