Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Boots Were Made for Lightin’
“I’m not a zapatero by trade,” says sitarist Rama of the beat-heavy world-fusion band Universal Beats Universal Vibe, “but everything we do we do 110 percent. With our costuming and everything, we go over the top, and that’s what we want to do with the boots, too.”
Rama and his wife Zulema are preparing to retail their handmade go-go UBUV boots, which have glowing LED lights on the soles and around the calves and feature an optional custom logo side panel to be used for promotional purposes. Because the boots are currently being made by hand in their downtown loft space, a pair of UBUV go-gos are retailing for $500–$600. The couple is looking to outsource manufacturing overseas sometime next year in order to streamline production and make the flashy footwear more accessible. Rama expects to be able to retail a pair for closer to $300 in the future. They also plan to produce a men’s motorcycle edition and boots with multicolored lights.
“It all ties into how we can think outside the box and bring more attention to our group, get our message out there, and bring the world together,” says Rama, who started playing the sitar in 1996 after a trip to India with his father.
And the message?
“The name says it all: Universal Beats, Universal Vibe. Just taking music from different parts of the globe...showing people overseas that Americans do care. We take pieces of their culture and mix it with ours with the common goal of opening people’s hearts and minds to a peaceful world.”
The boots, which will soon be available at UBUVboots.com (the website is under construction), have appeared at UBUV’s performance at San Diego Indie Fest, a promotional event in Beverly Hills with Dennis Quaid, a 3-D video with DJ Swamp, and Circa Now’s rooftop show.
The next promotional move?
“We’re trying to get Lady Gaga to appear in them.”
Catch the kicks in action August 6, when UBUV plays Ruby Room with DJ Swamp.
— Chad Deal
Here's something you might be interested in.
Boots Were Made for Lightin’
Boots Were Made for Lightin’
“I’m not a zapatero by trade,” says sitarist Rama of the beat-heavy world-fusion band Universal Beats Universal Vibe, “but everything we do we do 110 percent. With our costuming and everything, we go over the top, and that’s what we want to do with the boots, too.”
Rama and his wife Zulema are preparing to retail their handmade go-go UBUV boots, which have glowing LED lights on the soles and around the calves and feature an optional custom logo side panel to be used for promotional purposes. Because the boots are currently being made by hand in their downtown loft space, a pair of UBUV go-gos are retailing for $500–$600. The couple is looking to outsource manufacturing overseas sometime next year in order to streamline production and make the flashy footwear more accessible. Rama expects to be able to retail a pair for closer to $300 in the future. They also plan to produce a men’s motorcycle edition and boots with multicolored lights.
“It all ties into how we can think outside the box and bring more attention to our group, get our message out there, and bring the world together,” says Rama, who started playing the sitar in 1996 after a trip to India with his father.
And the message?
“The name says it all: Universal Beats, Universal Vibe. Just taking music from different parts of the globe...showing people overseas that Americans do care. We take pieces of their culture and mix it with ours with the common goal of opening people’s hearts and minds to a peaceful world.”
The boots, which will soon be available at UBUVboots.com (the website is under construction), have appeared at UBUV’s performance at San Diego Indie Fest, a promotional event in Beverly Hills with Dennis Quaid, a 3-D video with DJ Swamp, and Circa Now’s rooftop show.
The next promotional move?
“We’re trying to get Lady Gaga to appear in them.”
Catch the kicks in action August 6, when UBUV plays Ruby Room with DJ Swamp.
— Chad Deal
Comments