Hey everyone!!!!! Yesterday’s bonus day was soooo nice. We got a three-day weekend, an insane sunset, and now somehow only have to work four days??? I don’t understand economics, but I’m pretty sure this is girl math.

Anyway, let’s ease back into reality with something relaxing: ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES!!!

Scream Diego, San Diego’s Halloween and Horror Convention, returns 10/17 with a full day of spooky shit, and I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away.

Enter if September is merely an obstacle between you and Halloween.

JUST ANNOUNCED

• I’ve got your Black Friday plans, assuming fighting over a television at Best Buy isn’t your thing. The Grouch & Eligh, Amp Live, Brother Ali, and Lyrics Born hit Music Box on 11/27.

• I hope you like your EDM pretty enough to cry to. MitiS and Nurko are taking over NOVA 10/24 for a night of big, melodic feelings at an extremely unreasonable volume.

• I’ve got a history lesson you can mosh to: The Meteors, the London band synonymous with the birth of psychobilly, are squeezing into Soda Bar 11/30.

• Jess Hilarious is doing four shows in two days at Mic Drop, because apparently, one opportunity to get roasted from the stage wasn’t enough. Get your tickets for 1/29 + 1/30.

• + MORE MORE MORE & MORE!

MUSIC FOR YOUR HEADPHONES

My favorite kind of Tuesday meeting: everyone tells me the song they can’t shut up about right now, and I put them all in one place. This week’s staff music picks are in.

Steal our current rotation!

IN THE FUTURE

LOCALS ONLY

• Two new Trader Joe’s are headed our way: Clairemont and, for the first time ever, San Marcos. No opening dates yet, so there’s still plenty of time to emotionally prepare for the parking lot.

• Nick Pivetta is BACK. After nearly five months out with an elbow injury, he returned yesterday and casually threw five scoreless innings in a Padres win. Pretty decent timing for that whole playoff push thing.

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