Larry Harmon
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My Bono
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
Guitarist-vocalist Adam Gimbel has been performing under the name Cover Me Badd since 1995 and uses the name as an umbrella “brand” for his tributes to pop groups Depeche Mode, ...
Strip to This
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
“I’ve got to be the first person ever to play Joy Division in that club,” says DJ Atari, after being hired with Junior the Disco Punk to bring their club ...
Tower Bar Beat-Down
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Nearly two weeks after being attacked by a group of men loitering near the Tower Bar at around 1:50 a.m., the victim who sustained the worst injuries said he’s recovering, ...
Cold Case Gets Hot
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
It was shortly after 2:00 a.m. when Gerald Jackson finished his closing shift at the Barbary Coast, a downtown gay bar at the corner of Fourth and C, next to ...
Slab City's Edge
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
When MTV2 started airing episodes of VBS.tv — Vice magazine’s video documentary series — it did more than introduce fans of From G’s to Gents and Cribs to North Korean ...
Two Down on Elevation Road
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Brick by Brick’s Max Paul says there was no confrontation during a hip-hip show at the club that led to the shooting of two men about a half mile away ...
M-Theory Punks the Chains
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009
Long before the current economic downturn, music retailers had a tough time keeping their heads above water as CD sales have dropped off while downloads, many for free, have become ...
Unknown Korn
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009
Before the Casbah’s month-of-January reunion shows becomes a hazy memory, owner Tim Mays, manager Ben Johnson, and doorman Ben Heynes offer stories about the Casbah’s 20-year legacy — a few ...
Rock to Riches
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008
Mission Beach author Lee Silber has a radical idea when it comes to starting up a new business in today’s economy: aspiring business owners might be better off using Jimmy ...
Not Cool
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
Gary John, co-owner of the Air Conditioned Lounge in University Heights, believes his bar was unfairly implicated in news stories and broadcasts that covered the July 29 murder of 27-year-old ...
