Party Time: San Diego CityBeat's "Bordering Beauty" [art + fashion + music]

Pencil this into your calendar, folks!

--->CityBeat's breaking down barriers through [art + fashion + music]<---

Our Fashion issue comes out March 14!
Celebrate with us from 7 to 11pm, Friday, March 16th, at Cream, 4496 Park Blvd, in University Heights.

619.260.1917
www.sdcitybeat.com
www.neighbourhoodboutique.com
www.borderscollapse.org

CityBeat's Seen Local art show featuring works by San Diego and Tijuana artists:
Acamonchi
Joseph Bennett
Jorge Tellaeche
Saratoga Sake
Aren Skalman
R. Wharton "The Art Pimp"

Live electronics and visuals by Borders Collapse Sound System:
El Poeta
DJ Jon Baker
Projection artist Shikaku

Sewn Together, a mannequin-display installation hosted by neighbourhood boutique:
Sugar LTD
Elizabeth's Closet
Firefly
Fresh
Capricorn Boutique
Buzz Clothing
Kate Ross
Mesh
& more

View full invitation flyer here:
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RECAP:
San Diego CityBeat's "Bordering Beauty"
Friday, March 16th, 2007
7 to 11pm
Cream
4496 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92116
University Heights

Rock It! Deadline is only 4 days away!!

Hey babies,

Just a friendly reminder for all of you hot kids in California...

The last day to register to vote in the November 7th general election is fast approaching! Your signed registration card MUST be postmarked by Monday, the 23rd of October!

Register online at Rock the Vote by visiting <secure5.ctsg.com/rtv/ovr/indexNoPop.asp , but remember to have the printed copy of your registration SIGNED and POSTMARKED by this Monday, or you'll be shit out of luck!

See you at the polls!

Love,
Justypants

Why did it take so long?

Thanks to my new neighbor (and de-lovely, delectable, and divine friend), Chris, I have finally acquired Out Hud's "Let Us Never Speak Of It Again". I've had a couple tracks from this album for quite some time and have loved them dearly and shaken my ass to them on numerous occasions. Why, I ask, did it take so long for me to get the rest of this album?!?! It's fucking brilliant!

Song of the day for today (and any other day that you're on foot in the city with your iPod attached to your head):

"Dear Mr. Bush, There Are Over 100 Words for Shit and Only 1 for Music. Fuck You, Out Hud"


Great song title, and better yet, a great song.

Thanks, Chris, for putting this music in my ears. I implore everyone else to do the same.

Gay marriage is just plain WRONG.

Gay Marriage is WRONG! Here's why:

01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets ... because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be
allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

PDX is calling my name

This city has amazed me thus far. I'm only in the middle of my stay here, but I've seen and experienced some incredible things. For example: I lost my wallet on Saturday night in a Radio Cab on my way back to Sani's house (many drinks into the evening).

Cut to Sunday morning when I realize the wallet is actually missing. We scoured Sani's house to find it... no luck. The loss of the wallet was extra shitty since every single form of identification that I owned was in there along with the $100 I had just pulled out of the ATM right before losing it. Several phone calls to Radio Cab...

Cut to Tuesday morning: Yet another phone call with the Radio Cab superintendent. After a lot of work trying to find out who my driver was on Saturday night, he had located this driver who had just realized that my wallet was, indeed, in his car. I nearly pissed myself with excitement. At this point, I didn't care at all about the cash - I just wanted my ID's back! So I go to pick it up at their office and look inside: all of my IDs and 5 twenty dollar bills. ALL of my money was still in it! I couldn't believe it. That sort of thing would never happen in San Diego. Sure, I might get my wallet back, but I can guaran-fucking-tee you that the money wouldn't be in it.

That was just one small part of the first half of my journey. Bottom line is: this city is awesome.

Get Ugly

Saturdays at Beauty Bar make my nipples hard. WHY you ask? Because Saturdays are meant for getting Ugly. And there's no better way to get Ugly than by shaking your ass to the tunes of the illustrious Dr. Indulgent and Alex Villalobos until the wee hours of the morning. Cum shake it with me.

Mimosas & Muftis

Hey guys,

My friend Jeanne is the featured designer for this weekend's trunk show at Magpie (read below). Come down this Sunday for some mimosas and some new killer duds. Sorry, boys, no men's clothing this time, but you can definitely find some great items for the special girl in your life or for the secret cross-dresser in your heart. Hope to see you there!

(please copy and re-post)

Magpie will host a trunk show featuring "I Hate Labels" clothing.
Jeanne Landau is a San Diego based clothing designer with a design sensibility that is both on the cutting edge and timeless. Her clothing is built from the ground up right here in San Diego. Magpie is very excited to host this trunk show with one of San Diego's premiere talents in clothing design.

What: "I Hate Labels" Trunk show (Clothing by Jeanne Landau)

When: Sunday January 15th from 12pm - 4pm (Mimosas will be served!!)

Where: Magpie Gallery and Boutique
2205 Fern Street San Diego, CA. 91977
619 563 5124

See more @ magpielovesyou.com/

so freaking good

Many thanks to Jack for turning me on to Last.fm! www.last.fm

It's fucking brilliant.

That is all I have to say.

I just can't keep it a secret anymore...

I am in LOVE with someone. Actually, with a few people. People who refer to themselves as "robots."

Yes, kids, I've found myself in love with the boys from music.for-robots.com ... These guys have been giving me amazing music recommendations for over a year now and I've been keeping it a secret this whole time, but I finally have to come out of the proverbial music whore closet.

I'm making this move due, in large part, to the dj mixes that some of the robots have been submitting. My favorite robot, "Robot Blair," is not only submitting these mixes, but is the mastermind behind the mixes! He mashes up anywhere from 15 to 20 tunes for an hour long set that is always the perfect addition to my iPod. (By the way, Blair is newly engaged to Daphne from Avenue D: www.avenued.com ) The latest robot mix was submitted by Robot JP and, yet again, it's freaking incredible. Go get it now before they pull down the file (their files are only up for about a week at at time before they take them off the site)...

You can find the current one at
music.for-robots.com/archive...287.html

Click on "metal on metal" and download the file... put it on your iPod and be happy. You'll be shaking your ass all around town. Leave them a comment to tell 'em how you like it.

If you want any more robot mixes, hit me up and I can make it happen.

Fucking Republicans

<b>Earlier this evening, I came across this guy's profile who had a blog that said the following:</b>


Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Rice vs. Clinton

I think that Hillary Clinton should run against Condi Rice, it would be an epic win for us Republicans. I don't think that see saw of a democrat Hillary would stand a snow ball's chance against Rice, but hey you democrats thought Al Gore-bot would beat W.. The great thing about that election was that it temporarily taught ignorant voters about the Electoral College, (I'll bet most of them have forgotten about it by now).


<b>His blog contained the following response:</b>


I think both bitches should fry in hell! Condoleezza is a no brain puppet and Hillary is good enough as a senator. She'd lose as a presidential on any ticket.

Posted by houston on Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 3:40 PM


<b>To which he replied:</b>


Condoleeza is actually a genius. Look it up. She is even a piano phenom.

Posted by Reeves on Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 4:23 PM


<b>So I decided to leave a comment of my own and a series of angry emails resulted. My comment (which was eventually taken down by this guy) basically said that being a piano phenom is a ridiculous statement when listing one's qualifications for the American Presidency. I also mentioned that the only thing that was learned about the Electoral College from that election is that it is an antiquated system that needs to be removed from our electoral process. I told him that he should have paid closer attention to the election because he would have seen that Gore actually won, but because of our flawed Electoral College system, Bush was declared president by a conservative judiciary.

The following messages are the emails we sent back and forth over the course of the evening. This just epitomizes how insane Republicans are. Read on:</b>


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Reeves
Date: Dec 18, 2005 9:17 PM

You should do more homework because we are NOT A DEMOCRACY but we are a Representative Republic. Who are you anyway? Do I know you? You should pay attention: Gore did not win any election. Maybe you should take an American Political Science class. I don't think you understand anything about it. Don't lecture me on law breaking administrations when I'm guessing your a Clinton fan, not to mention a Kennedy fan. Ignorance must be bliss.


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Mr. Justin
Date: Dec 18, 2005 10:12 PM

For your information, dear sir, I have taken an American Political Science class. In fact I've taken several of them, as I am a Political Science major. And yes, Gore did win the popular election by over half a million votes. Unfortunately, due to our deficient system of elections, a pinhead named Bush became our president.

I made posted a reply mainly to point out the problems with the Electoral College that this country has seen on several occasions. You don't seem to understand that the system is antiquated and requires prompt reform. I will assume, due to your condescending tone regarding the American political system, that you already know about the problems before the Bush v. Gore election, including the Cleveland v. Harrison election, the Hayes v. Tilden election, the Adams v. Jackson election, and almost in the Clinton v. Dole election.

And I was not lecturing you on law breaking administrations, just hoping that you were enjoying your current one. Yes, I am a Clinton fan, and yes, I know that he broke the law. He was impeached, if you will remember correctly. It's been a joy to see members of the current administration go down with indictment after indictment. Hopefully we'll get to see "Dub-ya" go down too.

No, you don't know me. At least I don't think so. We did, however graduate in the same class.

Sorry you got your panties in a bunch.


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Reeves
Date: Dec 18, 2005 10:23 PM

Losers always seem to whine the loudest. Are you afraid of the Republican revolution in this country? For your information the Electoral college is in place so that candidates do not primarily campaign in the highest populated metropoli. I didn't see anything about your misinformed view of our political system: that we are not a democracy. The false indictiments of the current administration, if you did your homework not including watching liberal media, is a witch hunt with no fruition. I don't wear panties, My beautiful wife wears them. Did you pass those Political Science courses or were they taught by Gore?


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Mr. Justin
Date: Dec 18, 2005 10:51 PM

Sorry you felt the need to remove my comments from your blog. Interesting move on your part, nonetheless.

And yes, quite frankly, I do fear for the future of this country under the leadership of administrations like the current one. My media sources, which include the BBC, CNN, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, might be more liberal than, say, Fox News, so I guess you got me there.

Please tell me, Mr. Reeves, if this is not a democracy, then what was all of that talk coming from President Wilson's mouth around the beginning of World War I? Was he just making it all up?

Thanks for sharing your underwear preference with me. I thought you would have known that "panties in a bunch" was a figurative term.


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Reeves
Date: Dec 18, 2005 11:02 PM

Hyuk, golly you sure are smart. Liberals sure do trump us yokel conservatives intellectually. What's a figurative term? Here's a homework assignment for you, ask one of your politically omnipotent professors whether or not we are a democracy or a Representative Republic, or better yet; if you can read items longer than liberal tripe magazines, newspapers, or tickers at the bottom of libelous news stations, find out for yourself.

And I took off your comments because I do not want rabble mixing with the higher commentary.


----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Mr. Justin
Date: Dec 18, 2005 11:22 PM

I apologize if you feel I was questioning your intelligence, and clearly you feel offended.

I do not consider any of my professors "politically omnipotent." I do, however, place generous value on the words of democracy spoken by Presidents Wilson and Reagan.

I find it amusing what you consider to be "higher commentary." For example: (and I quote)

"I think both bitches should fry in hell! Condoleezza is a no brain puppet and Hillary is good enough as a senator. She'd lose as a presidential on any ticket.

Posted by houston on Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 3:40 PM"

I hope you enjoy your narrow-minded world of "higher commentary." I was looking for some intelligent debate, but I guess you're not up for it this evening.

And by the way, since you asked:

fig?u?ra?tive (adj.)
1. Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical: figurative language.
2. Containing many figures of speech; ornate.
3. Represented by a figure or resemblance; symbolic or emblematic.
4. Of or relating to artistic representation by means of animal or human figures.



----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Reeves
Date: Dec 18, 2005 11:25 PM
There is no such thing as "intelligent debate" with closed minded liberals. good bye



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