I have been so remiss in my posts lately. Guess that’s what happens when the New Year sneaks up on you, the economy is in the tank and the days speed by faster than a banker with a government bailout check.

Well, here’s what I know and want to share with you -

The first Fresh Sounds concert with Nels Cline & Alex Cline was a huge success! About 250 people, most of whom had never been to SUSHI before, packed in to hear the acoustic sounds of these unpredictable artists. Hope to see those folks regularly at SUSHI.

Next up at Fresh Sounds is Blevin Blectum, costumed live electronics performance with video by Ryan Junell. Here’s the description – Gular Flutter is slow-mo sunspots, high contrast hydraulics, Cascaded Integrator-Combing, and negative acceleration, epic sound for distressed ifrit. Now, just in case you don’t know what ifrit means (I’m sure you understand all the rest of it), ifrit are a kind of Jinn mentioned in the Qur’an. Hope that helps…The show is Tuesday, February 10 at 8 pm. I’m pretty sure I’m a distressed ifrit; think I’ll have to stop by and check it out.

This weekend, the incomparable Karen Finley will perform her latest work – Impulse to Suck. The show is a West Coast premiere and runs Thursday – Saturday 1/29-31. The admission is Pay What You Can. I must tell you what this Pay What You Can really means to SUSHI. It’s important that you know. SUSHI received a couple of grants that require performances be Pay What You Can – a noble concept that doesn’t really translate in reality.

Based on the number of seats that will fit in the space and the number of nights the show is running, the Finley show costs about $150 per seat. The underwriting of the show covers about $100 per seat. So how will SUSHI make up that additional $50 per seat? I have the feeling that with Pay What You Can, it ain’t gonna happen with cash receipts at the door. See where I’m headed with this folks? SUSHI gets kinda screwed in this scenario.

So it’s up to all us SUSHI lovers to give until it hurts. Not $10, not even the suggested $20 minimum. MORE. Even a little more will help. If you want this quality of artist in San Diego, we’re all going to have to open up our hurting little wallets and make it so.

That’s what I know folks. Catch you at SUSHI.