Thank you for being part of the conspiracy Saturday night! We enjoyed your company and hope to cross paths again soon.

An enormous thank you to our sanctuarian team – they’re the people who serve us drinks and keep the event rocking!

Above: a compilation shot by filmmaker Jeffrey Durkin (footage coming soon.)

Catch some photographs of the wee small hours of CONSPIRE here, including some incredible shots by Anthony Bareno and Brian Deppe!

Check out what Miriello Grafico and Holiday Matinee have to say, and write us a note – we love to hear from you.

Next event is in the works. Keep in touch here!

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At our upcoming event CONSPIRE, we’re serving up soup shooters from The Pearl, meatballs from The Linkery, and chips and guacamole mixed up from Whole Foods‘ local and organic avocados. For your next culinary adventure, s143 personally recommends these fine San Diego eateries:

The restaurant at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma crafts true culinary delights from local and seasonal ingredients. (Try the mushroom risotto or the burger with gouda and pommes frites.) You can drink and dine poolside at this ultra-chic mid-century modern hang out. Head over on a Wednesday and catch the weekly “Dive In” movie on the big screen above the vintage oyster-shaped pool, or get a room to enjoy the intimate old school California ambiance a little longer.

The Linkery is a farm-to-table restaurant in North Park with a neighborhood feel and people with a contagious passion for their food and drink. Ask them where your meal came from. They will tell you. You’ll be tantalized by their house made sausages and revolving menu and feel good about their support for local farms, breweries, and wineries. Give the grilled green beans a try, and visit Jay’s blog to satisfy your inner foodie.

The neighborhood Hillcrest Whole Foods Market, dedicated to satisfying and delighting the community with the highest quality natural and organic foods, welcomes CONSPIRE guests to taste some local delicacies. Valley Center’s Stehly Farms will be providing organic avocados for guacamole, and you might also develop an addiction for chips and salsa from family owned Tacupeto of North County. Also an exciting find: organic, vegan yerba mate teas from Guayaki, a solar powered company committed to fair trade and sustainability.

Sanctuary143 is honored to present the musical musings of the inconspicuous DJ Meow Mixx with Savory Gravy, the latest mix in our Minstrel Fridays podcast. Hit play and enjoy this eclectic mix during your respective winter solstice celebrations.

1. ’49 – The Silent Comedy
2. Turn On, Burn On – Grand Ole Party
3. People Get Mad – Amy LaVere
4. Brothers In A Bind – Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects
5. Through the Roof ‘n’ Underground – Gogol Bordello
6. It’s Been Raining – Kimya Dawson
7. Top Yourself – The Raconteurs
8. All Night Diner – Modest Mouse
9. John Saw That Number – Neko Case
10. And Darling – Tegan & Sara
11. Got To Let Go – A Band of Bees
12. The Moon and the Bread – Transfer
13. Frantic Romantic – Rayleigh Scattering
14. Pigeon – Stone Gossard
15. The Mess We’re In – PJ Harvey Feat. Thom Yorke

The mix CD is an indie rock dating ritual. If done right, you might even get laid. But you have to respect the craft, sort of like Daniel respects Karate in the Karate Kid Part II. There’s a ridiculous amount of thought that goes into it so you don’t want to screw it up. For me, this is a passion project that took up an entire day I was supposed to be working for the man. So thanks to Sanctuary143 for the distraction and I hope it scores you some action.

-Dave Brown

Holiday Matinee
www.holidaymatinee.com

1. Writer’s Block – Just Jack
2. Can’t Hold On – M.E.D.
3. Lilac Wine (Nina Simone) – THE ALBUM LEAF
4. Lose Yr Frown – The Electric Soft Parade
5. Quiet Town – Josh Rouse
6. Lady Lady – Cynty And The Monkeys
7. Chemicals – The Notwist
8. Consolation Prizes – Phoenix
9. Falling Down – Scarlett Johansson
10. Our House – Phantom Planet
11. Something to Do with My Hands – Her Space Holiday
12. Alienation – Lali Puna
13. Talk About A Girl – Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf
14. New Hampshire – Matt Pond PA
15. My Week Beats Your Year – Telefon Tel Aviv
16. West Coast – Coconut Records

Thank you to the wonderful people at Riviera Magazine for the feature on Sanctuary143 and the Reinventing the Wheel show in the December arts issue!
Check out the article and the photo of Acamonchi’s pedicab and Mark Klammer’s Traffic Shrine in action HERE – (Click over to the back page.)

The latest installment of the Sanctuary143 podcast, and first edition of our Minstrel Fridays series, comes courtesy of San Diego musician Joel P. West. Check the review of Joel’s new album, Dust Jacket. ENJOY!

i started making this list by trying to collect all the songs that have influenced me the most but immediately realized that it was going to have to be a super-deluxe box set and gave up. i noticed that all the songs that move me the most have a wintry feel to them and started thinking about why i am drawn to quiet and delicate music with bells and strings and choirs. i find it fascinating that these songs do not fit my current setting at all; the measly hints of winter that we get in san diego are few and far between and the seasons have to be forced with decorations and special menus. i get overwhelmed with emotions whenever i get a weekend somewhere crisp and cold and always do a lot of pondering and reflecting. i think we often use the novel to hold memories and emotions; we need sacred places to keep our deepest thoughts. i have come to venerate true winter moments as a san diegan and i think it is evident in both the art i appreciate and the art i make. here are some songs to accompany the leaf-less parts of the year.

the photograph is of crowley lake at night (up by mammoth) where a lot of these nostalgic memories are kept. i was walking around at night listening to icelandic music and thinking it looked a lot like iceland (i hadn’t been there yet).

Credit:
Joel P West
http://joelpwest.com (update coming soon)
http://otherrivers.com (soon launching with design & illustration)

1. The Fall – Peter and The Wolf
2. Hemipode – Amiina
3. Unravel – Björk
4. The Piano In The Bathtub – Department Of Eagles
5. Ashes of American Flags – Wilco
6. Only Skin – Joanna Newsom
7. The Partisan – Leonard Cohen
8. Finally We Are No One – Múm
9. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
10. Symphony No. 3: II. Lento e largo – Tranquillissimo – Gorecki

Reinvent artist Anthony Bareno took a few night shots at the warehouse this weekend as we prepped for Saturday’s event.

Today we experienced the biggest single day increase for the price of oil, EVER. People, the bike ride to the event leaves Velo Culture in South Park at 7 pm.

That vintage pedicab that’s seen better days gets transformed for Reinventing the Wheel as Acamonchi adds on the next layer of paint and the first of many (we’re assuming) stencils. Thanks to Artist & Craftsman Supply for the awesome paint donation and Velo Culture for the loving repairs! (Check out more photos.)