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Friday November 20
"Bigger, Brighter, Bolder" isn't the ad slogan for a new detergent, it's the title of Brookes first local solo show. Includes musical performances by The Dabbers and Lion Cut.
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Saturday November 21
A round-table discussion of the current exhibit at La Casa del Tunel: Art Center in Tijuana, which focuses on issues surrounding the general state of healthcare today. Panelists include the artists, a pharmacy owner from Tijuana, and others knowledgeable in the field.
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Monday November 23
The popular gals-only "curriculum" for learning how to brew (and sample) fine microbrews is back. The company promises a men's version, coming soon. Must be 21 or older to attend. See website for sign-up info.
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Tuesday November 24
Farley discusses and signs An Irreverent Curiosity, about a bizarre Italian town whose residents are in search of the foreskin of Jesus Christ. In order to be signed, books must be purchased from Warwick's.
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North County's Bull Taco is a seafood (and more) shack with a view
The Wrangler Family Barbecue in El Cajon fires up the inner carnivore
Municipal Waste, Raekwon and Simian Mobile Disco liven up the live scene
Uwe Boll turns a corner with Darfur—plus all the movies showing around town
Dead Snow is nothing new, but, hey, it's still about the undead, so it's got that going for it—plus all the movies showing around town
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Manic Hispanic at The Casbah
By
Troy Johnson
Like the best things in life—sex, million-dollar corporate ventures, running for city council—it started as a joke. Only, the seven vatos in Manic Hispanic never let the chuckle turn serious. They are seven dudes of Mexican descent who dare to say things that I, as a white journalist with a white editor (our publisher is a white guy but he’s married to a Mexican), cannot say. Like “wetback.” Like “beaner.” Their motto is “we’re brown, we’re down, and we’re coming to town.” Just like gay folks made an in-joke out of “queer” in the ’80s, Orange County punk rockers like vocalist “El Jefe” (The Cadillac Tramps’ Gabby) and Steve Soto (The Adolescents) are having a ball poking fun at themselves and the whole damn Cholo Nation. The double-edged irony is that they’re taking mostly white punk songs and tweaking them in the process (The Ramones’ “The KKK Took My Baby Away” becomes “The INS Took My Novia Away,” D.I.’s “Johnny’s Got a Problem” is “My Homeboy is a Joto,” etc.). Good punk rock. Funny-funny-ha-has. Three days before Mexican Independence Day.