http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog The life and times of a San Diego journalist. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:51:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was thirteen or so, a new show hit the WB 11 lineup in my hometown of New York City. It starred a spunky, sporty gal named Sarah Michelle Gellar and was set in Anytown, USA (well, okay, Anytown, California), a place that proved itself to be a not-so-sleepy ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=41 Caught the Mannequin Piss/Annihilation Time show on Wednesday night at the recommendation of Mel and Lisa. It was a true punk extravaganza over at The Tower, the best dive bar in San Diego, in my estimation. In the midst of the beer-spraying and moshing, everyone was incredibly nice for some reason, offering us ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=40 This week I had the pleasure of attending not one but two shows--I must make up for lost time, after all--at the Casbah and Belly Up Tavern respectively.  The first was for Joanie Mendenhall's CD ("On a String") release--she's also a member of local band The Ex-Friends--and had the pleasure of ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=39 After some recovery time and a long silence, I'm up and attem once more.  Today's You Need This Song comes all the way from the UK with The Duke Spirit. Their single "The Step and The Walk" is getting some airplay here in San Diego and it's a great tune. With ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=38 The emergency rooms here in San Diego are smaller than I expected. I have now been to two and found their size to be surprising considering that San Diego is one of the larger cities in America.  In any case, I have now become intimately familiar with the UCSD Emergency Department ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=36 Just wanted to let everyone know I will/have been AWOL for the next/past few days, as I'm teaching Girl Scouts how to plan, produce, shoot and edit videos. On broadcast quality equipment. For thirteen hours a day. For a week. Yes. Should be up and running again come Monday or so. http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=35 I think I must have done a double take, but the contract was right in front of me. It was the usual, a simple pledge to do a good job and keep your nose clean and that sort of thing but then there was the fine--well, fine-er--print along the bottom. "The ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=34 So I just finished watching the third season of Weeds and all I can say is wow. What a well-crafted, side-splitting, bedsheet-clutching, cringe-inducing, cliff-hangingly good series. While it can dip into the absurd--one of the supporting characters is conveniently and all too quickly discharged from the Army after his "battle ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=33 (Image from Amie Street.) (Thanks must go to Chris for this one.) The Submarines, who list themselves on Myspace as "ghettotech" and "shoegaze" have a good thing going, here. "You, Me" is a well-crafted song, lo-fi in all the right places with a slight fuzz on the otherwise clear and tuneful vocals. ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=32 (to borrow from R.E.M) Bad days should be uncommon here in San Diego. It's sunny most of the time, the ocean is, for many of us, a hop-skip away and hey, it's California. So when things go sour, it feels almost like an insult. Why, amidst all the palm trees and ... http://www.rosajurjevics.com/blog/?p=31