NO JOY IN MUDVILLE AS BEAUTY BAR HARKENS CUPPYS MUSIC FANS

December 21, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

IVAN PROMOTIONS WITH LOCAL MUSICIANS PACK SAN DIEGO VENUE

San Diego, CA – With the closing down of Cuppy’s Coffee as a music venue in Murrieta, henceforth called ‘Mudville’ now that new original music and artists that are homegrown have been barred from plying their craft to the delight of music fans and parents all over the valley, Ivan Promotions, having been chased out of T-town’s The Vault by similar political mumbo-jumbo, launched their first show at the San Diego venue known as the Beauty Bar, 4746 El Cajon Blvd (619-516-4746). Not deserting the local talent like Mudville and T-town, the show opened with one of the valley’s hottest bands, Jupiter. Sporting a new lead singer, Ishmael, formerly of Paladores,
another valley band seen at local shows over the past few years, Jupiter kept the crowd swaying to their sound and the many new songs the band has written recently. It was the second outing for Ishmael whose first show was up in Nuevo with the newly relocated- to-Murrieta band Neon Trees, who hail from Utah and who have also appeared at several of the now defunct non-alcoholic teen music venues closed down by the powers-that-be. Noticed in the crowd was celebs Paul Bahou (Inverse), Nicole Sack (journalist for The Californian newspaper), and Terry Owens (fashion designer extraordinaire). “This is the best crowd we’ve had on a Thursday in a long time, especially considering the rain and that it is a week before Christmas,” quipped one security person. Interspersed with taut political discourse about presidential candidate Ron Paul’s frank openness concerning America’s shaky future, were San Diego local faves and dance rockers Get Back Loretta and Crash Encore, who brought the handsome crowd to a fever pitch. Getting back and stopping for something to eat at Alberto’s by the Mall, I settled in around 3AM and drifted off to sleep thinking of these long ago penned lines:

Oh! somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty CUPPY’s has been shut out.

(Ed. note: Be sure and read “Holy Boondoggle Batman - That Cost $180K!?! on Beyond Societys Control here )

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