Ken Leighton
Recent Stories
Back in the Day
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
“The band started in 1980, but I didn’t join until February 1981,” says Social Spit singer Cliff Cunningham. “The singer ...
Jonny Be Good
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The first time Jonny Donhowe (fluf, Jalopy, Olivelawn, Diablo Dimes) heard the Mikey Show “testimony,” he thought it was a ...
I Just Like to Party, Man
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The just-released Bullet is the first new CD for the Screamin YeeHaws in four years. It was recorded at Doubletime ...
North County's Dying Cabaret
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
Three longtime North County music venues are silenced. One promises to return. The Calypso Mediterranean Cafe in Leucadia had live ...
Box Office Rebound
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Each year Pollstar magazine lists the 200 top-grossing concert headliners. No San Diego–based artists showed up on the 2008 list, ...
Know Your Metal
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Ritual Torture says playing death metal doesn’t mean they want people to die. “We’re not about violence,” says guitarist Jesse ...
Dope and a Pistol
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
Ad Seg is not just a name for a local four-piece hardcore punk band. It’s short for “administrative segregation” (also ...
Dialing Down the Talent Budget
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
In 1986, Mike Halloran moved to San Diego from Detroit to work at the new “cutting edge” TJ-based rock station ...
Tackling Local Radio
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
A decimated radio business has triggered the fire sale of three radio stations to a former NFL linebacker who an ...
Ringtone Rappers
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
When Swagg was nine years old, the rapper’s father shot his mom and then himself. He’s grown up around gang ...
