Regarding the Great Demo Review in your March 7 Local Music Issue, I’m writing to offer a comment on the review of Thomas Graff’s demo, “Sample from ‘Included Intuition,’” because it contained little commentary on the music but a lot of criticism of the musician’s character.

The Marvel man Stan Lee is featured in an art show, Jim Mahfood makes a stop at a local bar and the rest of our picks of San Diego events

Sir Lucious Left Foot is weird and wonderful and a few more thoughts on recent releases

Indie-rockers Lights On enjoyed a successful mini-tour of New York City last week, where they played three packed shows, along with locals New Mexico, in support of their new album, Here Comes the Ocean.They got a lot of good press, most notably from East Village Radio, Phillybased music critic Bruce Warren and prominent indie-music blog Brooklyn Vegan. “We actually did a lot better out in NYC than we did at our record release show here in SD,” guitarist / vocalist Timothy Hines says in a Facebook message.
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Letters from our readers this week include thoughts on traffic flow in Mission Valley and Lou Curtiss sounds off

Enrique asks Pamela Anderson some burning questions, we look at how Foursquare is changing the nightlife scene and more

While “The big gamble” was an excellent title for your June 30 San Diego Central Library editorial, it could have also been titled “Wall Street by the Sea.” How dare the mayor and six City Council members gamble taxpayer money! Who do they think they are?

CD reviews of the latest from Chemical Brothers, Danzig and Male Bonding

Blitzen Trapper specialize in a dark Northwestern flavor of folk, a blend that works perfectly with Eric Earleys often morbid storytelling. The only other lyricist who seems to convey the same dismal emotion so effectively is Neil Young.