by The Editors on August 12, 2008
Jazz In The Park goes local on August 15 with Vista’s Cuban Salsa masters Luna Llena. This six piece group lays down smooth salsa rhythms with the horns to back it up. And there won’t be any in Calavera Hills Park who don’t feel it.
Luna Llenas stylized salsa music takes us back in time. Luna Llenas intoxicating rhythms invites you to dance, and is equally enjoyed by the more laid back listener or serious salsa dancers. The close knit vocal harmonies, the rhythm pulse of the conga, timbales, and the unique sound of the traditional spanish guitar, is sure to please any occasion.
Those who enjoyed the film The Buena Vista Social Club with love Luna Llena.
[Link: Jazz in The Park]
by The Editors on August 10, 2008
Last night at 8:01 PM a pump (that pumps “wastewater” into the ocean) failed and the poop backed up, busting out 1,000 gallons of sewage onto Coast Highway and, according to the County of San Diego Department of Evnironmental Health about 100 gallons made it to the beach through a storm drain.
This “100-gallon-spill” was large enough to force the closure of Carlsbad State Beach from “Palomar Airport Road to the breakwater,” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The beach will reportedly open just as soon as the water tests show that its cleaned up.
Carlsbadistan’s poop surfers rejoice.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 10, 2008
Logan Jenkins, the sometimes cranky San Diego Union-Tribune columnist, has a nice profile on Carlsbad City Council candidate Farrah Douglas telling her action-filled story of escaping Iran in 1979 after the fall of the Shah’s administration.
“I was crying all the time,” Farrah said. “We were stuck. Everybody else had left.” Finally, the U.S. Embassy, which had not yet been invaded, contacted Farrah with a scheme to get the family out of Iran. . . . They would take a special Pan American flight operated by volunteers. They would fly separately, not as husband and wife. Farrah would say she was visiting a sick sister in the United States.
Now, if we could just read a little about Farrah’s thoughts on the Alga Norte Park. Just by looking at Farrah’s list of establishment endorsements (including Mayor Bud Lewis) we’re guessing we already disagree with her.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 8, 2008
The streets of the Carlsbadistan Village will be filled with “art” on Sunday, August 10, 2008 as the Carlsbad Village Business Association hosts the 10th Annual Art in the Village, Artists and Artisans in Carlsbad.
Art in the Village features 150 fine artists in mediums such as oil painting, watercolors, photography, mixed media, new media, classical and contemporary sculpture, as well as artisans who work in the mediums of jewelry making, woodworking, furniture, hand-painted clothing and accessories. . . . The one day art faire is a long standing tradition in the Village of Carlsbad, and is held on the second Sunday of August every year. “Art in the Village is a great way to spend the day in the Village.” says Robin Young, Executive Director of the CVBA, “its fun for the whole family with art, food, music and fun activity. And it gives tourists and local residents a real feel for what the Village has to offer.”
While our definition of “art” may differ from most of the “artisans” exhibiting their work this weekend, there are occasionally bits of magic to be found. Click here for photos from last year’s event.
by The Editors on August 7, 2008
by The Editors on August 7, 2008
We just got an email today from Carlsbad City Council Candidate Evan Rodgers letting us know that her paperwork has been accepted.
I just heard from the City Clerk that my forms and signatures were verified by the Registrar of Voters. I am now an official candidate and will be on the Nov 4 ballot. . . . My website is CleanCarlsbad.com.
Any candidate that has a website with a skateboarder at the top of the page is getting our vote. Plain and simple. Stay tuned for our continuing coverage of Evan’s City Council bid.
[Link: CleanCarlsbad.com]
by The Editors on August 6, 2008
Transworld Media, the longtime Oceanside-based publisher of seven action sports magazines (including Skateboarding, Snowboarding, and Motocross magazines) is pulling up its business and moving to Carlsbadistan at 2052 Corte del Nogal according to a story in the North County Times.
It will be a big shift for Transworld, a popular niche publisher that has called Oceanside home since Larry Balma, a manufacturer of skateboard parts, started TransWorld Skateboarding magazine in 1983. . . .”It’s going to be kind of a hard thing” to see the Oceanside building shuttered, said Balma’s wife, Louise, a former Transworld employee and city planning commissioner. “But they’re going to a new building —- it’s going to be all fresh and clean, and everybody’s all excited.”
Welcome to Carlsbadistan. It’s about time you got out of the slums and moved uptown. Free stickers for everyone.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 5, 2008
Thanks to some investigational help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms the fire that caused nearly $1 million in damages to Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza has been officially ruled accidental.
A natural gas leak sparked an explosion and fire that consumed the Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza on Avenida Encinas, just north of Palomar Airport Road, according to authorities.
Guess the economy hasn’t gotten that bad just yet. Phew!
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 5, 2008
African beats many not often boom through Calavera Hills Park, but Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits will change all that on August 8, from 6 to 8 PM as they bring their own brand of authentic African pop to Carlsbadistan’s Jazz In The Park.
Oliver Mtukudzi is the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa. Lovingly called “Tuku” for short, Oliver began recording in the mid-1970s as a member of Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. After Wagon Wheels rolled to fame in Southern Africa, Tuku formed Black Spirits, the band that has backed him throughout his career. . . . Tuku has been heavily influenced by chimurenga, the genre pioneered by Mapfumo that is inspired by the hypnotic rhythms of the mbira (thumb piano). However chimurenga is just one of many styles performed by Tuku, as his music also incorporates pop influences, South African mbaqanga, the energetic Zimbabwean pop style JIT, or the traditional kateke drumming of his clan, the Korekore.
Fans of world beat music will find no deeper, more authentic groove this summer.
[Link: Jazz In The Park]
by The Editors on August 5, 2008
Jazz In The Park goes local on August 15 with Vista’s Cuban Salsa masters Luna Llena. This six piece group lays down smooth salsa rhythms with the horns to back it up. And there won’t be any in Calavera Hills Park who don’t feel it.
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