by The Editors on July 14, 2009
TGIF Jazz In The Parks moves a little closer to town this week as Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca bring their rockin’ blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms to Poinsettia Park this Friday July 17, 2009 from 6-8 PM.
Ricardo Lemvo has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music. Lemvo’s blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms with pan-African styles (soukous, Angolan semba and kizomba) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “seamless and infectious. . . .This Congo-born artist of Angolan ancestry is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Lemvo is truly multi-cultural and equally at home singing in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.
This will be the band’s third season playing TGIF Jazz In The Parks so most everyone knows what to expect.
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by The Editors on July 12, 2009
Bill Simons, 39, (front) on his way to a 64th place finish in the Men’s 35-39 division. (Click all the photos to see them full size.)
Fountain Hills, Arizona’s Cam Hill, 42, and Encinitas’ (by way of Queensland Australia) Kate Major, 31, (pictured below right) won the 2009 Carlsbad Triathlon today July 12, 2009. Athletes swam 1k, biked 25k, and then ran a 5k before hitting the finish line near the Hemlock stairs just north of Tamarack on Carlsbad Blvd.
On a course that saw 1,200 athletes start under bright blue skies and finish in dense coastal fog Hill moved quietly into the lead and stayed there. But then, he’s apparently been doing that on monthly basis since May when he won The Sahuarita Lake Triathlon. In June he did the same at the Tribal Sprint Triathlon. So when he crossed the finishline in Carlsbad with a time of 1:09:17 it wasn’t all that much of a surprise, at least to Hill.
“It it felt pretty good,” Hill said in the finish area. “The bike was tough a little head-wind nice rolling hills, but it was good.”
For Major, who was the first of the women out of the water,it wasn’t the the bike that was tough. “The swim wasn’t the toughest today,” she said. “It was more the run, actually.”
Elite top five results and more photos after the jump.
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by The Editors on July 11, 2009
In “these economic times” it would be logical that people wouldn’t go out and make things even harder for themselves, but apparently, the current financial climate is just giving people more time to train, and train, and train. And that’s one more reason the Carlsbad Triathlon continues to sell our year after year.
The race begins early tomorrow morning July 12, 2009.
Click here for photos from last year.
by The Editors on July 9, 2009
If Jazz In The Park just isn’t your thing this Friday night don’t worry. The Museum of Making Music has an indoor alternative on Friday, July 10, 2009 at 7 PM as Alt.Country performer Sara Petite and the Tiger Mountain Boys perform.
Raised where wild huckleberries grow, Sara hails from Sumner, Washington – a tulip-farming town southeast of Seattle. She grew up riding in her Dad’s seaplane and on the back of his motorcycle. Her mother raised a trio of women and a son, and gave each of them a strong backbone and sense of self. . . . Sara’s unique musical performances are fronting a new genre of Alternative Country. Inspired songs that revive fond memories of home and travels are enhanced with a rock and roll state of mind.. . . Tickets are $10 and are available for purchase online or by phone at 760-438-5996.
[Link: Museum of Making Music]
by The Editors on July 7, 2009
Bill Magee is known as the hardest working man in San Diego Blues and one look the list of upcoming shows on his website proves it. Seems like he’s playing somewhere almost every night of the week. On Friday July, 10, 2009 Magee and his band will make their ninth appearance at Carlsbad’s TGIF Jazz In The Parks at Stagecoach Park on Carlsbadistan’s eastern front.
After getting his start forming the duo-guitar band, Jimmy James and the Flames with Jimi Hendrix, Magee played with B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Wilson Pickett, and Bo Diddley in venues such as Madison Square Garden, The Filmore East, and both Yankee and Shea Stadiums. This is smokin’ southern blues at its finest, with a few influences from Chicago and Kansas City thrown in for good measure. Bottom line: every time Bill performs, it sounds like he invented the blues.
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by Richard J. Riehl on July 5, 2009
The power of the pyramid prevailed when the Carlsbad City Council voted unanimously at its June 9 meeting to accept a report prepared for the parks and recreation department by a Colorado consulting firm paid $50,000 for their advice. Pyramids were all the rage in the 1970’s, with advocates claiming structures shaped like Egyptian pyramids unleashed magical powers that could preserve foods, clarify thinking and improve your sex life.
From the praise the city council heaped on the pyramid model of cost-recovery for Carlsbad’s parks and recreation programs, you’d think council members believe the power of this pyramid will help them escape the wrath of special interest groups. If they raise fees they can always blame the pyramid.
It makes good sense to base the funding of resources on who benefits most from using them. That’s what the cost-recovery pyramid attempts to do. The base level of the model represents resources that provide the greatest benefit to the entire community. The top level represents resources providing the greatest benefit to individuals.
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by The Editors on July 2, 2009
Just when we thought we had a reason to finally visit Legoland the lawyers wreck everything.
Due to unresolved legal issues, LEGOLAND® California is no longer moving forward with its plan to install a model of Michael Jackson in Miniland U.S.A. as a tribute to the pop icon’s historical contribution to the history of music. . . “We were looking forward to installing a small tribute to Michael Jackson in Miniland,” said Peter Ronchetti, General Manager of LEGOLAND California Resort. “However, legal matters have come to light that prevent us from displaying the model in the Park.”
Yes, maybe it’s best to at least let MJ’s corpse cool.
by The Editors on July 2, 2009
The Tamarack Surf Beach sign that featured a longboarder doing a stylish cutback has apparently disappeared from its past location. We’re hoping it was just taken down for cleaning. . . anyone have any ideas?
Update 5:48 PM: The City of Carlsbad doesn’t know what happened to the sign, though they did say that “the State” was doing some work on the bluff, so “maybe they took it down to clean it.”
by The Editors on July 2, 2009
San Dieguito Students Nina Comforti, Kiva Barry, Samantha Ahern, and Taylor Chapin.
What easier way to help the Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad than to drop off some almost new items that can be sold on ebay. That what Kids Helping Kids is doing. They turn your cast-offs into cash for the club.
Taylor Chapin (pictured far left), one of the founders of Kids Helping Kids effort said, “I can’t imagine a better way to spend part of my summer than helping the Boys & Girls Club. I see first-hand how they’ve made such a positive impact on so many kids and I simply just wanted to do my part to contribute.”
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by The Editors on June 30, 2009
It just wouldn’t be summer without a show from San Diego’s own big band swingers Big Time Operator. Their concert this Friday July 3, 2009 at Stagecoach Park marks the band’s 10th appearance at TGIF Jazz In The Parks.
Tradition-true and yet completely contemporary, the swingin’ players in Big Time Operator have a look, a feel, and a totally contagious enthusiasm that’s hard to beat and impossible to ignore. Their reputation as Entertainers Extraordinaire is backed up by five San Diego Music Awards as Best Big Band. Led by singer Warren Lovell, Big Time Operator excels at playing classic big band arrangements, latin arrangements, and impressive original songs.
Kind of makes us wish we’d taken those swing dancing lessons our friends kept telling us about.
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
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