May 23, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

If you live anywhere on the face of the planet known as Earth, you’re probably familiar with Starbucks. However, what we need isn’t a new summertime Wheatgrass Frappachino (because that would be disgusting)… what we need are more coffeehouses that allow local artists to plug in and strut their stuff on a stage. Perhaps not even a stage. A chair and an empty corner would suffice.

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May 23, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

Temecula, CA - Details are sketchy at present but word has come to this journalist that the Sound of Music’s The Vault, T-town’s latest all ages venue, is set to reopen after the city code enforcers had shut the doors to any more music shows there almost two weeks ago. At first, The Vault’s owner Riccardo, was told he would have to install multiple bathrooms, both for male and female occupancy, along with bathrooms for handicapped stalls for both sexes, re-do the outside curbing, and make other structural changes costing 100’s of thousands of dollars before even applying for a limited-use permit approval. Mayor Chuck Washington, upon hearing these costly conditions, simply said “ridiculous” when told about the obstructions to having an alcohol-free environment for tweens and teens in town at the Youth Master Plan community meeting and forum held last week at Margarita Middle School. Stay tuned for further updates from your Full Value Review scene-sters, and keep rocking!!

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