Archive for July, 2009

NIHILIST slaughters a village Boar

NIHILIST has been killing it locally and abroad for almost a decade. Double bass gallops have shattered the windows of local house ragers, garage mosh pits have alarmed the local PD and early day Halloween parties exploded into fire, blood and booze. The West Coast has slash grinded to the growls of gritty vocals and […]

Thursdays on the Coast

WHAT: visual and performing art walk WHERE: Carlsbad Village WHEN: July 30th 5pm-9 Thursdays on the Coast will take place the last Thursday of each month.

NIHILIST @ Boar Cross’n

WHAT: NIHILIST WHERE: Boar Cross’n Bar in the Carlsbad Village (map) WHEN: Thurs. July 30th 9pm WHY: Local metal is back in the village! Past NIHILIST coverage HERE and HERE What once was banned from the quiet streets of our village is back…

Coloring in the Gray Area

Lines are are drawn and lines are used as bounderies. As a child you were told to stay within them. Your first rules and laws stretched across the white pages of your favorite coloring books and you tried your hardest to abide by them. When the colors of your art box slid across your page, […]

Artistic Observations – East Coast pt.2

Whether in the carefully arranged window displays of SOHO, back alley wheat pastes of Brooklyn or down below in the subways, New York is a playground of observations, just remember that a crawl rarely slows down to anything less than a jog in the city that never rests. click HERE for the full story and […]

Artistic Observations – East Coast pt.1

Observations clutter the mind during an adventure away from home. Similarities blend and differences scream for your attention. We attempted to sum up a location through a wide sweep of culture and community. Click HERE for the full story and photos!

Eastern Exposure

C.Crawl has been back home for some time now, but all our NY, Providence and Boston observations are still very fresh. All photos have been edited and each find will be shared with you all shortly. Stay tuned for all our findings!

Once upon a time…

Your story grows each day. A page is quickly written in the margins of the day’s events and each chapter lays out your fondest adventures. Your ideas are sewn together like the many memories scattered across you family’s quilt and the your cover art is as simple as a expressionless portrait. Your story eventually comes […]

Stagnant Growth

Local establishments clutter with wind blown cobwebs and newly developed land remains empty. The only difference between a for sale sign and a garage sale sign in the latter comes down Monday morning. Coffee shop chatter brews with retirement vulnerability and a sorrowful balance sheet is forgotten over a lonesome pint. A slumping economy sighs […]

Red, White and Brew 7.4.09

Independence Day, more commonly know as the fourth of July, is a federal holiday celebrating the United States’ independence from Great Britain. Patriotism waves in the breeze and flags are scattered throughout our neighborhoods. As the sun reaches its zenith, the beaches become pierced with colorful umbrellas like a motionless patient on the bed of […]

Hello Summer 2009: June 21st pt.11/11

Hello Summer 2009 part 11 of 11 Hello Summer 2009 is a collection of carlsbadcrawl.com’s favorite explorations and hangouts, each laden with childhood memories, hopeful preservations and stories of growing up in paradise. Each one was visited and documented on June 21st, the first day of summer. Luckily it was the longest day of the […]

Hello Summer 2009: June 21st pt.10/11

Hello Summer 2009 part 10 of 11 Carlsbad is scattered with hidden treats. Taco Land awaits its next wave of explorers and The Pit’s colorful walls challenge the most passionate doodlers. The shadows of Hosp Grove invite mellow strolls and a good conversation sits in the lawn at Off Shore. These spots have been created, […]

Hello Summer 2009: June 21st pt.9/11

Hello Summer 2009 part 9 of 11 12 years ago this month Pizza Port opened their second location here in Carlsbad. Carlsbad Village Drive would never be the same. Local hoodlums on the prowl and families looking for an exciting outing mingle on the many scattered benches and perimeter of Pizza Port, but c.crawl’s favorite […]


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