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Groove / Nightlife

  • 2/12 Concert Calendar
    2/12 concert listings

    Young the Giant is psyched on their new relase, Bobby McFerrin isn’t worrying, Gardens & Villa are on their way to stardom & Jake Shimabukuro is the Jimi Hendrix of ukuleles

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  • Crystal Peers
    Pacific Beach bartender unites colleagues for community good

    To establish greater solidarity in her sandy corner of the industry, Ciara Guedesse formed the Beach Bar Guild—a collective of bar owners and their staff who meet each month at one of the member’s venues

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  • 2/12 Album Reviews
    February 2012 album reviews by PacificSD's resident music junkie

    Nicki Minaj channels her alter ego Roman, a “little gay-boy,” and the Cranberries have their first album release in more than a decade.

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  • Soaking it In
    Assimilating bartending expertise, one drink at a time

    According to Sarah Ellis at Jayne’s Gastropub in North Park, becoming a great bartender is simple. “The best way to learn about drinks is by drinking them, and I dedicated quite a bit of time to my studies,” she says.

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  • You Go, Girl
    A Gaslamp nightlife darling makes her move

    Ask Joan Rivers—every girl needs to get a little work done sometimes. And Whiskey Girl is no exception.

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  • 1/12 Concert Calendar
    Hot musical acts headed to San Diego in January

    The Wailers, Nada Surf, Family Stone, Dick Dale, NOFX, Slightly Stoopid, Wilco, The Toasters, and more!

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  • 12/11 Concert Calendar
    Hot musical acts headed to San Diego in December

    The Growlers, Dazz Band, Tanner Ross, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Casbah’s New Year’s Eve at the Lafayette & more!

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  • Pouring it On
    A nightlifer's guide to Finest City bottle service

    No line, no cover—no problem. The secret to a snazzier nightlife: it’s not what you know…actually, it is. But it’s also who you know.

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  • Sound Advice
    Album Reviews by Tim Donnelly

    PacificSD approved tunes! Phantogram’s good taste and airy vocals, and Justin Beiber’s Christmas album redeems him from his baby mama drama.

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  • Musically Gifted
    Christmas presents—to the tune of killer sounds

    FM 94/9 is gift-wrapping its annual Indie Jam, Holiday Hootenanny, for presentation December 3 at USD’s Jenny Craig Pavilion. Not to be outdone, 91X is re-stocking its yearly rock-out, Wrex the Halls—stuffing top acts including Death Cab for Cutie into Valley View Casino Center December 10 and 11.

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  • Bringing His ‘A’ Game
    New mix master makes the grade at Mister A’s

    For mixologist Shawn Barker, landing at the venerable Betrand at Mister A’s high above Bankers Hill is a career pinnacle.

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  • Sound Advice
    CD reviews from PacificSD's resident music junkie

    PacificSD approved tunes! Elis & Tom have the “classic you should already own” and Wilco has got “the new release to check out”.

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  • 11/11 Concert Calendar
    Check out some of these hot musical numbers headed to San Diego in November

    Snag tickets quick to see Chris Brown, The Damned, Martin Zolveig, BB King, Future Islands, Youth Lagoon, Holy Ghost! & Little Scream.

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  • Sound Advice
    CD reviews from PacificSD's resident music junkie

    Stephen Malkum & The Jicks, Bobby and Zee Avi will set the leisurely introspective mood for your golden autumn afternoons

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  • Mau5 In Da House
    Mega DJ brings mind-melting stage production to Petco Park

    Toronto’s Joel Zimmerman (aka deadmau5) has in fact pushed his San Diego gig back two days and way up in capacity, relocating to Petco Park—for an under-the-stars, pre-Halloween extravaganza in downtown San Diego.

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