• Make time this Sunday for the Fall Back Festival,Dave Thomas • Times of San Diego

    Make time this Sunday for the Fall Back Festival

    It is time. Just in case you weren’t aware: This is the weekend to change your clocks and “fall back” an hour. But why not celebrate the change? To commemorate the time of the year, the Gaslamp Quarter will make time this weekend to celebrate the 25th Annual Fall Back Festival. The free event is tak

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  • A San Diego surf shop is fostering a DIY music scene,Steve Anderson • Special to Times of San Diego

    A San Diego surf shop is fostering a DIY music scene

    Blair Gun, a fast-paced post-punk band from San Diego, is organizing a festival for up-and-coming bands at the Happy Battle Surf Shop this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Blair Gun) Happy Battle does more than sell surfboards. The small surf shop on El Cajon Boulevard has become a breeding ground for Sa

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  • Jazz 88 gives fans peek behind scenes to fill gap from federal cutbacks,Mark Nero • Times of San Diego

    Jazz 88 gives fans peek behind scenes to fill gap from federal cutbacks

    Jonathan Cohen of the Jonathan Cohen Trio. (Photo courtesy of the artist) With federal funding for public radio and TV stations around the country drying up,supporters and station managers are having to get creative when it comes to raising money to stay in business. One such fundraiser, a live on-a

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