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Maquiladora - St. Cecilia's Drowning: White Sands and Ritual of Hearts Revisited new release date of 9.8.8 on Acuarela Discos (Spain). Available at Darla Records in the US

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Prop. 8 - We Support Gay Marriage - Boycott Manchester Grand Hyatt and Grand Del Mar
The UT reports that gay rights groups and their union allies are targeting the Manchester Grand Hyatt and the Grand Del Mar because the hotels' owner, Doug Manchester, gave $125,000 to Proposition 8, a November ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California.

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We Support Aguirre
The Union Trib. reported that a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former city employee against San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has been dropped. Lepine agreed to drop the lawsuit and will receive no money from the city. A settlement agreement between Lepine and city states that each side will pay for their own legal fees and the city is prohibited from suing Lepine for malicious prosecution

The Union Trib. reported that the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee endorsed City Attorney Mike Aguirre for re-election Tuesday night.

Lame Democrats still giving in to a lame duck president.
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High Mountain Tempel - The Glass Bead Game release date of 8.18.8 on Lotushouse
Sample an eight minute mp3 of The Ascended Master Moves On (Hang Gliding in Heaven)

From Fred Laird of Earthling Society on the Head Heritage forums about The Glass Bead Game:
I was handed a copy of this album by Mr Boyd, himself a member of HMT along with Eric Nielsen.

Together they have made a superb album of unsettling noise which seems to seethe with the very heat of Death Valley.

Not many people can make droned out landscapes as interesting as this pair, the album had me in it's grip for the whole duration.

I dont know if it's because i'm reading the Shadow over Santa Susana (Thanks for the rec Mr. Jim Tones) but there is something decidedly Mansonoid about the whole album....a pure motherfucking desert death trip......

You can get it here along with some other fabulous music http://www.lotushouserecords.com/
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SD Shows
8.22.8 - Dave Mathews at Coors
8.23.8 - So Co Music Fest w the Black Keys
9.4.8 - Megapuss (Devendra), Little Joy (Strokes folk) and The Entrance Band at the Casbah
9.5.8 - Firethorn, Someday Assassin and Quan and the Chinese Takeouts at Chasers
9.6.8 - Witch, Earthless and Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound at the Casbah (Mario on drums for Witch in place of J Mascis) Highly Recomended Slightly Stoopid & The Expendables at the SDSU OAT
9.7.8 - Willie Nelson at Harrah's
9.16.8 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at 4th and B, EOTO (The String Cheese Incident) at Winstons
9.17.8 - SD Music Awards at Viejas Concerts in the Park
9.21.8 - Al Green at Harrah's
9.23.8 - Silver Jews at the Casbah
9.24.8 - Okkervil River, Sea Wolf at the Belly Up
9.25.8 - My Morning Jacket at SDSU OAT
9.26.8 - The Black Heart Procession at the Casbah
10.2.8 - Mars Volta at SDSU OAT
10.20.8 - Brightblack Morning Light at the Casbah
10.23.8 - Presidents of the United States of America at the Belly Up
10.24.8 - Stereolab at the Belly Up

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Wendy Darling CD release party at the Casbah on August 19th with The Fascination and the Predicates. Only $5 at the door and the first 25 people through the door receive a FREE CD! www.myspace.com/wendydarlingrock

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4th and B
Beauty Bar
Belly Up
Brick by Brick
Canes
Casbah
 Che Cafe
Clare de Lune
The Epicentre
House of Blues SD
Humphreys
Kava Lounge
O'Connells
Open Air Theater SDSU
Soma
Squid Joes
The Smell - LA
TimbreSpace - LA Echo Park
U31
Viejas - Alpine
Voltaire
Voz Alta
Whistle Stop
Winston's
Zombie Lounge

Pierre de Reeder - The Way That It Was, 8.12.8 on Little Record Company

High Mountain Tempel - The Glass Bead Game, sees the streets 8.18.8 on Lotushouse

Buzz or Howl + Astro - Western Mystery School, in Sept. on Lotushouse

Rafter's Sweaty Magic EP 9.9.8 on Asthmatic Kitty

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    Rocky Votolato - Makers
    Barsuk 10.09.06 by Eric Nielsen
    God, there is a ton of Americana and just too much alt-country these days! How do you wade through it all to find a true voice in America?     What makes a truly well done album in this genre?

    Is it the way it can remind you of the vets like The Band or Bob Dylan or the newer Iron and Wine or My Morning Jacket? Is it when a song strikes true or rings deep in the heart? Is it the lyrics, the composition, the voice? Well, on Rocky Votolato's new cd, Makers, he hits some things right on.

    In the song "She Was Only In It For the Rain" you get some of the sweet sounds of "O Brother Where Art Thou?" There is an interesting melody line with some really great plucked violin. The verse dips around Neil Young territory in it's shift. The organ sits in the pocket with an accomplished ambient drone.

     

    "Uppers Aren't Necessary" has a great acoustic guitar sound and vocal harmonies that remind you of the real good Simon and Garfunkel around the time when their music meant something. This song does move and move you. It's got a nice finger picking guitar.

    These two songs give you hope for the genre with nice sounds of the pedal steel, violin and harmonica. The vocals are really nice, though sit in the same range for most of the disc.

    Rocky sounds like he lived a crazy life with a biker dad and this album seems to be a mellow reaction to an insane youth (his brother went the other way in The Blood Brothers which is a crazy Jane's Addition meets Dead Kennedys).

    This low cd of 12 songs comes in at 38 minutes, most songs come in at around 3 minutes and the mood rarely moves. "Streetlights" opens with a Creedence like riff. There's some guitar and vocal only songs, but the songs that sound the best have more instrumentation fleshed out, more harmonies, and a little edge. The drums sound nice and spooky on "Where We Left Off", having a great moodiness about them. The acoustic guitar sounds well produced and the pedal steel sounds present with the organ on "Makers".

    Vatolato is formerly of Waxwing with his brother (currently in The Blood Brothers).

    Rocky Votolato plays M-Theory and the Casbah on Oct. 15th
    Barsuk Records

    You can play the new Blood Brothers album -
    Set Fire To The Face on Fire at their myspace page

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