Each year, an exodus of beach cruisers depart from the Pacific Beach library and wind back to the Karl Strauss Brewery for an afternoon of day-drinking and live music. This years event boasts an all local lineup with some of our favorites; The Silent Comedy, Writer, The Howls and Stranger. Combine that with 21 craft brews on tap, celebrating KS's 21st anniversary, and you've just found out what you're doing on Saturday...
The fine folks at Karl Strauss gave us two pairs of tickets to give away, and we have an interesting art project / contest in mind. We're looking for submissions of an art piece (sculpture, installation, etc.) made from beer related materials. Could be bottle caps, empty cases, wheat, kegs... get creative. Take a photo or video of your creation and email it to info@sezio.org by Thursday at 11:55pm. We'll announce the two winners Friday morning. Email us with any questions.
If you're too busy to get creative this week, pick up your $25 dollar tickets here - add an extra $15 to that and Surfrider will throw in a year membership!
Posted By zack | 5/2/2010 | 11:42 PM | Add a Comment
I haven't seen a music video this beautifully paired with a song in a while. This makes me even more excited to see Black Mamba open for Joel P West and The Tree Ring tomorrow night at MCASD, La Jolla. Huge props and video credits go out to Josh Hassin (Direction), Franck Deron (Editing & Photography) and Rebecca and Kevin Joelson (Photography).
Posted By zack | 4/29/2010 | 9:26 PM | Add a Comment
M.I.A., or Maya herself, will be twittering all day via Pitchfork following this morning's fresh new video release for her single "Born Free." I wasn't going to post it at first watch since it is extremely graphic and violent. Don't say I didn't warn you! You might wanna save this one for when you get home.
Posted By carly | 4/26/2010 | 8:21 AM | View Comments (1)
On Friday, April 30th, San Diego is in for a treat. For our second collaboration with Holiday Matinee & Ford, we're hosting an intimate evening of music and cocktails at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. The Sherwood Auditorium will play host to Joel P West & The Tree Ring with support from a long list of talented artists and opening act, Black Mamba. Joel will be performing a handful of new songs along with some rearranged classics backed by some of San Diego's finest string players (+ special guests). Set design and projections are being created by a team of artists. Good things happen when people come together and this will truly be a night to remember.
The pre-sale for this event is over. Tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 8pm.
Plus if you RSVP here, we'll send you an unreleased cover song recorded last week by Joel P West & The Tree Ring.
Posted By zack | 4/25/2010 | 11:35 PM | Add a Comment
A group of us traveled north over the weekend, some by car and some by plane, but all with a common purpose: to bypass Coachella for a more intimate, cooler experience with Hot Chip & Yeasayer. Here are some things we learned and saw along the way.
- The California Coastline is pristine.
- Charles is really into space. Really.
- Carly + Spent + Greer + Southwest = Booze Plane
- Riding statues may result in broken Holgas.
- Shows at the Fox Theater start a half an hour early (really didn't care about seeing The XX anyway, thanks!)
- Hot Chip + 10 G&T's makes for a good night.
- BART Traffic Cops don't like it when you scalp student passes.
- Point Richmond is a very quaint, ghetto-bordering town.
- Berkeley Hippies make great friendship bracelets.
- Pizza Orgasmica is the original sin, as their tagline states.
- If you're in SF, you want to have lunch here.
- The Fillmore might be the best venue ever.
- Sleigh Bells are definitely the worst opener ever.
- Yeasayer was amazing. Words can't describe. Videos can.
- The drive home was brutal, but the grapevine was pretty.
More photos on Carly's Flickr and Zack's Facebook.
Posted By zack | 4/20/2010 | 2:22 PM | View Comments (2)