San Diego CityBeat

Please return the online events page to how it was. This new site is buggy. Constantly assuming I’m in bellflower ca. Poorly listing events. It tough to see today’s events or better yet tomorrow’s events. It used to be feasible to pull up all events for «tomorrow» and plan out a full day. This just isn’t the case anymore. The printed version of events is better but not compressive. Imagine trying to find an event on a Tuesday while on your phone? No seriously. Try using your own site and experience the frustration of it. Keeping the existing site but offering the events page from your previous site would be an absolute dream. Here’s to dreaming.

They bring us San Diego Burger Week… which I am currently enjoying!
(still time! :))
They bring us San Diego Wing Week… which I really enjoyed!
(wait till next year :()
They bring us free passes sometimes to local strip clubs… which I would never go to, but some of you douchebags might. Check the back pages of this free weekly paper.

San Diego City Beat used to be a fairly literate and informative newsweekly with a progressive slant on local issues. Lately, however, its tone has changed and become irrational and ugly.
In fact, City Beat at present is is not unlike Julius Streicher’s «Der Sturmer» — a newspaper that relied on lies, ridicule, racism, obscenity and hate speech to attack Hitler’s opponents in Nazi Germany.
Thinly veiled references to Mayor Faulconer as a «puckering white a – h-​le» by Aaryn Belfer are just one example. And City Beat now simply refuses to publish letters or permit posts on its website that disagree with it – a sign of true intellectual bankruptcy and left wing desperation.
The desperate-​to-​be-​hip crowd that was taught never to think for itself loves this newspaper.
They will eventually be victimized by their own arrogant ignorance if their dreams come true. I suspect that this paper only survives because its advertisers don’t bother to read it. And many who check out its club listings probably don’t either. That’s a good thing.

I cherish any San Diego news entity that counters the opinions and positions of the ultra-​right wing daily U-​T newspaper. CityBeat is refreshingly progressive, and for that I am a faithful reader.

Haiku Review for CityBeat:
«Recycle It»
Just like the Reader,
but with way less ads inside.
Beers and bands mostly.

Love it! Always providing cutting edge information, events and quality reviews. Definitely more than a readable rag… With definite journalistic vision… Keep up the beat – CityBeat!!! :-)…

Best Free English print magazine found at your local taco shop.
Three things I like about this magazine.
1 — Good food review by Candice Wong. She goes through the motions of describing the restaurant and food, but she reviews places *I* want to know more about.
2 — Seth Comes give great «High Hat» commentary. Like most music bloggers, Seth makes sure to let you know that YOUR favorite band sucks. At least Seth is witty, Halloran for what it’s worth *was* too predicable.
3 — Strip Club ads. Always fun to rip out and put in a coworkers mail slot or laptop bag.

A much better effort at alt weekly publishing. Save yourself 30 minutes a week and numerous trees by skipping the Breeder and reading a real paper like CityBeat. I hope they have deep pockets and can afford 20 years of development and branding the way the Reader has had.

If it wasn’t for Citybeat, I wouldn’t be getting sloshed off of $ 1 beers once a month.
I suppose that’s all that needs to be said.

Heavily marketed towards a young audience of alcoholics and weed smokers. But for a publication supported by advertising it’s mostly relevant, useful info exposing discounts and event schedules for local businesses. I personally like the editorial content, you can take it or leave it because it is free. Pretty decent music and film reviews, and I’m not sure if the journalists are local and independent but I would imagine so. The least annoying free paper to pick up and follow regularly.

I read CityBeat mostly for the «locals only”/nightgeist column. Some other articles aren’t that bad. I missed the old days of SLAMM, though.

This is THE best free local weekly paper. It has everything you need for the week. I love the concert section that lists all the new shows coming to town.

I always read SLAMM. I just wish some of the writers actually listened to the music they were reviewing. Awesome job on the Beer Clubs recently. Do one in Tijuana!!!

I read nearly every free print publication in San Diego on a weekly basis and hands down CityBeat is THE BEST!

Read it religiously every week… i’m a fiend for local journalism… even more so for local music/​arts journalism. i dig the nightgeist section! Word ‘em up… you’re the lyrical gangsters!

City Beat kicks the Reader’s ass.
NUFF SAID.

Years ago, City Beat was SLAMM, a local free music rag, and a damn good one at that. It’s still the best print resource in town for local music stories and comprehensive listings. The music reviews are hilarious and/​or spot on, and while Troy Johnson rubs me as an arrogant music snob, I still give him props fr all of the work he does.
The political writing is slanted uncomfortably to the left, with somewhat irresponsible journalism that reeks of «agenda.» I’m also not too keen on their «Homeless Person of the Week» addition, an uneasy attempt to show the «dark side» of San Diego, but only provides unecessary details to something most people already know about.
However, I have read some very good stories too on subjects untouched by the area’s more mainstream publications. Their arts and culture coverage is pretty diverse, and the food writer, while not terribly fascinating or entertaining, gives a good overview of her grub.
CB gets 3 stars or 3.5 stars, depending on the week.

Coolest rag in San Diego — pure radness. The editors have balls, the writers are exceptionally talented and they have their pulse on local art, music, culture and politics. I love that they are not afraid to phone up our city officials and call them on their b/​s. Extra bonus, they run Tom Tomorrow’s «This Modern World» comic in every issue. And the blog is fun and current. They are so supportive of the local culture and actually have helped shape the scene these past 5 years. We are better off as a city because of them. I have mad respect for City Beat for being the one true alternative weekly in town.

This is what the Reader used to be. Their columnists are a favorite of my wife. Especially the guy always in a bar waiting for jerry sanders. It’s got edge. It can cut the cheese and reek of a new day. And now I know where the skanky whores are!!!

Seth Combs rocks my world.
Some people get all pissy that he doesn’t like a lot and he’s not all positive all the time but come on, when was the last time someone had the guts to actually be a real critic?
He’s so funny I’m addicted to him.
If you love music, this is your bag!