by The Editors on September 6, 2009
The body of Ahmad Lashad Mitchell, 28, or Chula Vista, California was discovered this morning (September 6, 2009) at 6 AM near Carlsbadistan’s lifeguard tower 36, according to a story in the North County Times.
Police said they do not suspect foul play. . . Mitchell was not breathing when bystanders pulled him away from the surf and called 911, officials said. . . . Medics pronounced the man dead without medical intervention, they said.
Some on the scene said they believe he died last night at approximately 1 AM.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 4, 2009
Tonight, September 4, 2009 the Leo Carrillo Ranch in Carlsbadistan will host a showing of the Preston Sturges film Hotel Haywire as the first film in the 2009 Leo Carrillo Film Fest.
Dentist Henry Parkhouse (Lynne Overman) and his wife Minerva (Spring Byington) have a perfect marriage until a practical joke backfires and she finds a lady’s chemise in his coat pocket. Wife and husband both consult Dr. Zodiac Z. Zippe (Leo Carillo) about what to do, and vaudevillians-turned-detectives Bertie and Genevieve Sterns (Benny Baker and Collette Lyons) get involved as well.
Admission is free. The park opens at 5 PM and remember to bring a blanket, low-back chairs, warm clothes, and a flashlight
For more information call (760) 476-1042 or (760) 438-1666
[Link: Leo Carrillo Ranch]
by The Editors on September 4, 2009
Jay Beard, founder of the Carlsbadistan-based video gaming developer BottleRocket Entertainment announced that he is shuttering the business, according to a post on GameIndustry.biz.
In an email to friends, sent to GamesIndustry.biz, Beard wrote of his disappointment at the predicament, but noted that he was currently building a new studio “from the ground up”. . . “It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the closure of BottleRocket,” he wrote. “After fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on. . . “BottleRocket was in business for seven years and I feel that we developed a sound reputation for quality and creativity. I was once told that we ‘zigged while others zagged,’ and I like to think that we shall be remembered this way.
Hopefully, Beard gets the new things rolling soon. Carlsbadistan is loaded with video game talent
[Link: GameIndustry.biz via Destructoid]
by The Editors on September 3, 2009
It seems that the Bethany Edmund Great White Shark attack at Terramar story just keeps getting better with each telling.
Now, the 22-year-old (who strangely enough is a swimsuit model and nursing student) says that there was a surfer in the water who saw exactly what happened, according to a story on NBC San Diego.
“After I was hit and out of the water, a surfer saw me bump up out of the water, and I said, ‘Fuck me, I’m getting attacked by a shark,’ and he, I think I heard it, and he just started paddling in, and I yelled at him. I said, ‘Hey, bailer, I hope if I die you feel bad.’ He just ran out of the water and up the stairs, and I’ve never seen him again. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t a local at all.”
Not that we can blame the guy. “Fuck me, I’m getting attacked by a shark” is not exactly the kind of distress call that we’re accustomed to either, but we’re glad she’s okay.
Click here for all the photos including the photo of the shark that Edmund says attacked her (below), a photo of the guy who bailed on her, and many photos of Bethany in bikinis near water.
[Link: NBC San Diego and NBC Bay Area]
by The Editors on September 1, 2009
It seems an underground group of Carlsbadistan shuffleboard players are none too happy about plans that the City of Carlsbad and the Carlsbad Rotary club have to “fill in” the Magee Shuffleboard courts to make room for more seating around a soon to be moved gazebo.
“We’ve been playing on the courts for over a year now and were completely blindsided when we heard that they were going to be torn out,” one player said. “Seriously, they’re tearing out recreational space so they can put in another gazebo for homeless people to hang out in?”
The courts’ pathway to destruction began about a year ago when the City of Carlsbad’s lease ran out on Rotary Park (the strip of grass East of Village Faire and West of the train tracks that is mainly frequented by homeless people).That strip of lawn is owned by the North County Transit District and without the lease, the park’s centerpiece gazebo needed a new home.
After exploring several different location options The Rotary Club and the City of Carlsbad apparently decided that the gazebo should be relocated to Magee Park, according to Carlsbad Parks and Rec Supervisor Paul Meadows. And once discussions began it became apparent that the current layout of the shuffleboard courts would not be consistent with the plans for the Rotary Club’s completely refurbished gazebo.
While the gazebo will be located just south of the shuffleboard courts the unevenness of the playing surface would cause problems for walking and sitting in the area in front of the Gazebo. “At that point we came in to do a redesign of the shuffle board courts,” Meadows said. “They’re going to fill that in for seating for the Gazebo.”
Did Rotary or The City of Carlsbad put it up for public comment? No. “There was no public forum for it,” Meadows said. “It was just decided. One of our men who works there says he’s never seen anyone play there.”
Maybe the underground group of shuffleheads have been too far underground. “We’re obviously not down there all the time, but we use the courts enough that we’re extremely interested in keeping them,” another player said. “What is the City trying to do? We don’t have a usable skatepark, they stalled on our swimming pool, and now they’re going to take our shuffleboard courts away. I don’t get it.”
Meadows said that anyone with concerns regarding the Magee shuffleboard courts should contact Carlsbad Parks and Recreation Department Kyle Lancaster at (760) 434-2826.
by The Editors on September 1, 2009
by The Editors on September 1, 2009
Photographer Mirko Herzner spent several days creating photographs of Carlsbadistan’s sister city, Carlsbad in the Cech Republic. We should mention that the architecture definitely has us beat, but we’ve got them when it comes to waves and fish tacos. Follow the link for the entire slide show. . .
[Link: Mirko Herzner’s Photoblog]
by The Editors on August 31, 2009
In 1962, David McLaughlin of Reno, Nevada went for a swim in Greece. While he was in the water he lost the senior class ring he’d gotten a year earlier while attending Carlsbadistan’s Army and Navy Academy, according to a story on KTVN.com.
Forty-seven years later, he was reunited with the ring with the help of a Texas man and the Internet. . . Roger Cullen of San Antonio presented McLaughlin the ring when the two met for the first time Thursday in Reno. Cullen was scuba diving in the same area in 1967 when he discovered the ring on the sea floor. . . After a decade of searching, the 77-year-old Cullen finally tracked down the 66-year-old McLaughlin through the Internet.
How’s that for a miracle story?
[Link: KTVN.com]
by The Editors on August 31, 2009
The Shark Research Committee is reporting that on August 25, 2009 while swimming in the surf lineup at Terramar Bethany Edmund was bitten on the foot and leg leaving a bite pattern that they say is representative of a juvenile White Shark 5-6 feet in length.
“I was swimming in the surf line-up trying to take pictures with a new INTOVA 6.0 mega pixel underwater camera I purchased earlier in the day. I noticed a large, approximately 14 inches in length, Sea Bass jump in front of me. I tried to snap a picture with my camera. Two other swimmers were next to me and saw the same fish jump. About a minute after the fish, I felt a sharp pain in my right foot. Thinking I might have kicked the reef, I shrugged it off and continued taking photographs. About 30 seconds later I felt the same sharp pain and, this time, I began to swim away from the area. I thought I was over a reef and was kicking a sharp portion of it. About a minute later while I was swimming from the area I was hit on the upper right thigh and propelled about 1 foot out of the water. This is when I realized what was happening and began to body surf toward shore. The first wave I caught I felt something in the area of my calf pulling me back and down under water. I thought it might be one of the two swimmers near me, however when I surfaced they were about 10 feet from my location. I ignored what had just occurred and caught another wave to the beach. This time I felt the same sharp pain in my left calf, but this time I was dragged under water and shaken for 4 – 5 seconds. During this struggle I accidentally kicked the shark and it released me. The shark was about 6 feet in length with a dark blue/black top and a white belly. I then proceeded to stand up and run out of the water. When I exited the water there was no obvious blood, just swollen areas where I had been hit. The next day I notified James Bilz, Supervisor II Lifeguard, Carlsbad and Encinitas lifeguards Captain Larry Giles and Paul Chapman Lieutenant at Moonlight Headquarters .”
Sources with the Carlsbad lifeguards confirmed the bites. “Unless she stayed home and did a lot of work with an Exacto knife, then she was definitely hit by something,” our source said. “Exactly what that was, I don’t know. I’m not a biologist.”
[Editors Note: Special thanks to Carlsbadistan news tippers. We couldn’t do this without you.]
[Link: Shark Research Committee via Surfline.com]
by The Editors on August 29, 2009
Anyone who loves electronic music owes a huge debt of respect to Bob Moog. Everyone from Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, and Devo to Abba and George Harrison have used Moog’s technology to make music. This weekend the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbadistan is kicking off their latest exhibition: “Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog.”
The exhibition focuses on the life, work and philosophy of Bob Moog, a pioneer in the field of electronic music, developing the Moog synthesizer in 1964. The history of Bob Moog also encompasses the story of how the synthesizer became commercially accessible to musicians for the first time, and how it provided them with new realms of sonic expression.
On Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 1 PM exhibition Advisor Brian Kehew (Moog Cookbook, The Who) and Larry Fast (Synergy, Peter Gabriel) will present a multimedia exploration of the life, work and philosophy of Bob Moog. The Museum will broadcast this event LIVE over the internet on Sunday, August 30th at 1 PM (PST). To attend online, please visit www.museumofmakingmusic.org and click on the “Live Broadcast” link.
Tickets are $10; FREE for Museum Members. Purchase tickets online or call 760-438-5996.
[Link: Museum of Making Music]
The body of Ahmad Lashad Mitchell, 28, or Chula Vista, California was discovered this morning (September 6, 2009) at 6 AM near Carlsbadistan’s lifeguard tower 36, according to a story in the North County Times.
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