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Wake up early.
Moments of self reflection, realization and appreciation.

Tags: radiohead, the pacific ocean

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“You may not be aware that one of the biggest names in the “Chillwave” genre is hometown hero, Corona Lite – the brainchild of Skylar Hustead. His chill philosophy has blown the minds of many during Corona Lite’s relatively short existence, with only a few performances. In a documentary he claims to have made a conscious decision to be on permanent vacation, saying “I’m not going back work.”

Chillwave is often characterized by simple retro-beats and samples, usually consisting of only one band member and a ridiculous amount of delay on the vocals. Some say Corona Lite is a mockery of the genre. A Chillwave purest, Skylar seemingly pays homage to one of the genre’s predecessors, Pierre Schaeffer. Whereas Schaeffer ushered in Music Concrete by making the first field recordings used in composition (the sounds of a train, circa 1948 Paris), Skylar of Corona Lite is inspired by the sound of airplanes. His performance at the Whistle Stop will bring the genres full circle!

Eric Hamdan is a technology-wizard who works at UCSD, often in the spacialization lab. He plans to set up an 8 speaker audio system at the Whistle Stop for a performance using custom touchscreen software he manipulated himself. The surround sound antics are a major component of the conceptual compositions and ideas he has been working on. Its a treat to hear this innovative stuff as audio research, but to experience some of the newest innovative ideas (in audio) at the Whistle Stop is the real experiment!” -Bobby Bray

Art by Dylan Clausen // Projections by Kenny King

21+ /// Free
For more information on this event check out our facebook event page here

Tags: Bobby Bray, chillwave, corona lite, dylan clausen, ego war, eric hamdan, experimental, freak sauce, kenny king, Makeout Weird, matt ottley, mnstrpsy, Raul Garcia, San Diego, whistle stop

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Hunt & Gather has been a consistent positive driving force in my life for the last three years. Owners Lee Reynolds and Zoe Crenshaw are an awesome pair. These two carry a flair for future fashions and music and are both talented with an array of skills. Lee and Zoe have been friends of mine for years – I began working at H&G shortly after it opened. I am ecstatic to be a part of this unique shop and so proud of my friends for creating such an awesome idea.

Hunt & Gather’s 3 year anniversary is on Saturday May 19th!!! For more information on the party check out the FB Event page here.

“A vintage boutique reminiscent of shops in San Francisco, Notting Hill and New York, Hunt & Gather brings locals an incredible selection of garments and accessories as well as reconstructed vintage items.” -Discover SD

Some local designers who currently have their work in the shop include: Found Pieces, Grammatique, Juju, Pop Rock, and The Serene Collection.

Oakland based artist/musician Billy Sprague currently has art work for sale at Hunt & Gather as well as a V/A sampler tape from his label Sanity Muffin. This 90 minute tape is filled to the brim with sounds from: Odd Nosdam, Kraanium, Perpeteia, Hondo, Travis Wyche, Drape, A.C. Way, Torture Corpse, Hondo+Galena on the A-side and Lissom, Bre’r + Odd Nosdam, Engines, Naked Lights. Jims, Selaroda, Gears, Galena, Born To Kill & Gog on the B. A lush full color double sided fold out insert with art by Chicago’s font & gnome mastermind Hydeon.

Sprague’s current musical projects include Naked Lights and solo/duo recordings under the name Galena. As an artist he is recently fixated on graphite, india ink and mural work; attracted to naturally found textures, shapes and patterns, most work is based on dreams and the fusion of psychedelic mutated formations within imaginative natural environments.

Other artist’s who currently have work on display at Hunt & Gather are Kandice Guzman and Gil Dominguez.

Musical selections for Hunt & Gather’s 3 year anniversary party include Blackass, Mikey Lion, Jon Doss, and Lee Reynolds. Lee aka Dr. Indulgent recently won a mixtape contest to play at Lightning in a Bottle art and music festival in Irvine at the end of May.

Hunt & Gather offers men’s and women’s vintage, new and up-cycled clothing, accessories, vinyl, art and more. It is located at 2871 University Avenue and is open seven days a week. You can vote for Hunt & Gather in CityBeat’s makeover contest here.

Tags: Billy Sprague, Blackass, Dr. Indulgent, Found Pieces, Gil Dominguez, Grammatique, Hunt & Gather, Jon Doss, Juju, kandice guzman, Lee Reynolds, Lightning in a Bottle, Mikey Lion, Naked Lights, North Park, Pop Rock, reconstructed vintage, San Diego, Sanity Muffin, The Serene Collection, up-cycled clothing, vintage, vinyl, Zoe Crenshaw

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Bobby and I just celebrated two wild years of our event Makeout Weird-
Thanks to Chris Woo (Titanium Exposure) for taking some awesome photos of us. Originally these photos were to be used as a press release for the SD Union Tribune, however they never ran the article- I will assume that Freak Sauce and Monsterpussy may cause an intense reading situation for some San Diegans…

Tags: chris woo, Makeout Weird, titanium exposure

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Lucille Ball is an iconic american woman. Lately I have been delving into her first television series, I Love Lucy. I remember watching these episodes as a child, now obviously time has passed and my perspective has changed. As an adult I have a new-found respect for her comedic edge, fashion choices, and content. Below I posted my favorite episode, which is insanely surreal! Totally amazing. Found this on youtube so that I would be able to share. Surprisingly enough, CBS actually has the show up online for free if you’re a little too broke to splurge and by the dvd’s. Below the first video is an episode of The Three Stooges where she appeared, it’s entitled “Three Little Pigskins” and was made in 1934, before she had her famous red locks.

By 1962 Lucielle Ball was the first woman to head a major studio, Desilu Productions. She later sold it in 1967 to Charles Bluhdorn of Gulf+Western. The company was first called Paramount Pictures but was later renamed Paramount Television which is now CBS Television Studios.

Here’s a clip from her later series, The Lucy Show-

Tags: Lucille Ball

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Tristane Shone is severe DIY.

“A former engineering and robotics student who channeled his love of metal (the music) into unique, custom-built instruments made out of metal (the material). The results are a clusterfuck of doom, electronic and dub” – Vince Neilstein

Mostly known for his one-man industrial doom and drone metal under the guise, Author & Punisher. He recently performed at the
La Jolla Athenaeum, for the San Diego Art Prize Opening which is funded by the San Diego Visual Arts Network.
The La Jolla Athenaeum is a nonprofit membership library – devoted exclusively to music and art, has an outstanding and ever-expanding collection of books, periodicals, reference material, compact discs, videocassettes, DVDs, sheet music, and librettos. The library is open to the public five days a week-

Tristan played an unusual set for this night, titled “Mute/Gate/Dither” which involved 6 other performers including: Judith Pedroza, Marilia Maschion, Braden Diotte, Sam Lopez, Bobby Bray, and Jason Begin. Totally steam punk situation, “focused on a set of voice-modulating masks..alongside piano. The masks physically influence the performer through both electromechanical and passive means, while still maintaining a fully acoustic nature.” Black and white photos below taken by Robert MacGregor, the others I took which are of the gallery space.

Author & Punisher will be releasing a new album ‘Ursus Americanus’ -out April 24th 2012 on Seventh Rule! He will also be going on a west coast spring tour! Check out the tour dates here.

Tags: Author & Punisher, Bobby Bray, Braden Diotte, doom, dub, electronic, Jason Begin, Judith Pedroza, La Jolla Athenaeum, Marilia Maschion, Mute/Gate/Dither, Sam Lopez, San Diego Visual Arts Network, Seventh Rule, Tristan Shone, Ursus Americanus

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“OK, this month is going to be insane!!

First of all, in an unprecedented move, The Whistle Stop will be modified for the night to include 4 projectors and screens, as well as quadraphonic sound. The four screens on opposite walls form a single apparatus for live sound/visual performance!

A 3D environment (which can be altered as it streams) will be utilized during Penis Hickey‘s set. It should be mentioned that setting up a system that can process 4 combined video outputs which can be manipulated with real-time controls is no small thing, let alone in 3D and controlling audio at the same time. The set-up is largely Cameron Bailey‘s work, and all the performances are meant for the set-up.

The performers embody a bridge between evolving new media in academia (UCSD) and down and dirty experimental performance in the real world.

To make some of the content that will be incorporated, these cats gained access to a LadyBug camera – which are used to make the street view on Google Maps. The night will feature circuit bent electronics as a real-time control for video, cymatics demonstrations in 3D, crazy break beat audio/video performance (think Aphex Twin on psychedelics), and sound suits as instruments for spacialization.

We are so excited to have Mike Gao as part of the night! We anticipate he will be using software he built for real-time control. This guy is a madman!

This is going to be a first for many things, and hopefully it will all work. Come see media evolve right before your eyes, while having adult beverages!

The walls of the Whistle Stop will be graced by Gabe’s collection of portraits, which he acquired over several visits to the Koby’s Swap Meet – they’ll be up for a few weeks, enjoy! A family dressed in all white, gangsters posing with guns, sexy situations, and interesting hairdos in the early 80′s, are some of the gems!

The night will also see the unveiling of a new drink at the Whistle Stop: The Weird Güero! A perfect way to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Makeout Weird!” -Bobby Bray

21+ // No Cover! // FB Event Page

Some sounds from Mike Gao! Check this guy out, he is so future space radical!

Tags: Blaise Garza, Bobby Bray, Cameron Bailey, Clinton McCallum, CutMod, Gabe Serbian, Leah Bowden, Mike Gao, mnstrpsy, Penis Hickey, Ryan Legge, Vertighost, Violent Femmes, weird core, whistle stop, Will Michaelson