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The Voice of the Streets

By Dave Good, Published Nov. 4, 2009

Linda Perry might not be the only pop star to emerge from the streets of San Diego. In the late ’80s, the ex–4 Non Blondes singer was a homeless teen in Balboa Park. Two years ago, ...

Music-history books and websites report that the Rolling Stones visited San Diego ten times to date, but tour posters and handbills have turned up that shed light on a little-known 11th concert a matinee on November ...

I Bleed Spartan Blue

By David Stampone, Published Nov. 4, 2009

The Padres earned no invite to baseball’s Fall Classic this year, but San Diego already had its 2009 global champs in Chula Vista’s Park View Little League Blue Bombers, who beat Taiwan in the Little League ...

Watch. Your. Drink. By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Nov. 4, 2009

“Nobody is safe from getting something snuck into a drink,” according to Syndicate bassist Tim Nelson, who says someone surreptitiously slipped band vocalist Chase Shelton ... More Post a comment

The Bob Vila of Boxes By Dave Good, Published Oct. 28, 2009

Local musician and media-relations manager David Moye calls himself an “insensitive singer-songwriter.” Moye, 44, has worked as a reporter and an editor at the WirelessFlash, ... More Post a comment

Episode I: The Combs Wars By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 28, 2009

Said ya can’t dis the homie for free/ If anyone’s gonna talk shit, it’s gonna be me “Somebody suggested that the song might not be ... More Comments (15)

Record Release Roundup By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 28, 2009

Family Wagon have a new EP they’ll be playing and selling October 31 at Side Bar’s Acoustic Halloween show, while the Robin Henkel Band is ... More Post a comment

The Big Empty By Ken Leighton, Published Oct. 28, 2009

Beck, the Strokes, and the Pixies have all played UCSD’s 4700-capacity multipurpose RIMAC arena. The school is looking for a concert promoter to take over ... More Post a comment

Jazz Champion By Bart Mendoza, Published Oct. 21, 2009

While San Diego seems to be weathering the decline in jazz better than most cities, with several venues spotlighting the genre, including Anthology, Croce’s, and ... More Post a comment

Buncha Beatles By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 21, 2009

“Imagine the Spice Girls singing Beatles songs,” says bassist Nam Chi Vu of the Penny Lanes, an all-female Fab Four tribute that also includes singer-guitarist ... More Post a comment

No Superunledded at Kick Gas Fest By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 21, 2009

“There seems to be a lot of folks around town who believe Superunloader is a Led Zeppelin tribute,” says band manager Jason “Yogi” Peretson. “Although ... More Comment (1)

Ramona Will Have Its Green Jellÿ By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 21, 2009

“So far, Deicide is the only show I haven’t been able to move up here,” says Joe Troutman, who last week walked away from his ... More Comments (26)

The Economy of Rock By Adam Crawley, Published Oct. 14, 2009

The troubled economy may not be affecting concert ticket sales of top-draw bands, but what about acts on the local level? When I posted the ... More Post a comment

No God Music By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 14, 2009

“I played a song in my after-school dance class, a job that I had for five years [and] this song mentioned the name ‘Christ,’ ” ... More Post a comment

Looks Like We Made It! By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 14, 2009

Before Barry Manilow plays the Sports Arena on Sunday, October 18, “Barry’s fan club shows up at 11 a.m. to decorate his dressing room.” Security ... More Comment (1)

Caught Inside By Ken Leighton, Published Oct. 14, 2009

Canes is finished. After 13 years, Eric Leitstein, owner of the beachfront venue that hosted artists such as Prince, Linkin Park, Maroon Five, and Snoop ... More Comments (3)

Anthology Hits the Airwaves By Bart Mendoza, Published Oct. 7, 2009

Starting on October 9, Little Italy venue Anthology will join forces with KPRI (102.1 FM) to broadcast a live, two-hour music show, Homegrown Fridays Live. ... More Post a comment

Norton's Infinite Adventure By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 7, 2009

“I moved to Paris to pursue my own music as a composer,” says San Diego singer-guitarist Nick Norton (a Park Tradition, Honest Iago), who last ... More Post a comment

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree... By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Oct. 7, 2009

“We’re not an Apple licensee, so we have to be careful how we market them,” says Digital Group Audio president Erik Groset, creator of the ... More Post a comment

Finger-Pickin' Good By Dave Good, Published Oct. 7, 2009

Local acoustic picker Jim Earp went to the annual Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfield, Kansas, this year and came home with honors. Earp says ... More Post a comment

Show Some Leg By Dorian Hargrove, Published Sept. 30, 2009

For five years, Joanie Mendenhall and Angela Correa have written songs together — a strange composition, considering Mendenhall is a classically trained pianist living in ... More Post a comment

Won't It Be Joyful By Andrew Hamlin, Published Sept. 30, 2009

You probably knew Sam Hinton’s voice without knowing his name. Our grade-school teachers played his records. Hinton was the jocular guy avowing, “Whoever shall have ... More Post a comment

Checking in at Morrison Hotel By Bart Mendoza, Published Sept. 30, 2009

High-end music photography shop Morrison Hotel Gallery shuttered its five-year-old La Jolla location at the end of August, shifting its business to a storefront at ... More Comments (2)

X-Rated Zappa By Jay Allen Sanford, Published Sept. 30, 2009

Thirty-nine years ago this week, on October 4, 1970, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention played the Peterson Gym at SDSU. The newly formed ... More Comment (1)