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By Jay Allen Sanford | Posted June 2, 2009, 1:43 a.m.

San Diego Music Encyclopedia & Database Online Now

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NEW COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL MUSIC DATABASE IS LAUNCHED

IT'S DONE!!!! And growing every hour....

If you wanna see a list of over 1,5000 San Diego bands, with links to full profiles, photos, discographies, articles, MP3s, etc, checkout http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/search/

Believe it or not, you can click on ANY LOCAL MUSICIAN'S NAME (around 4,500 musicos listed!) and bring up bios of every notable band they've ever been in! Try it here with Rob Crow ---

AND, if that wasn't cool 'nuff, click on an instrument, say like this here link to "Drums" - BAM, a list of EVERY DRUMMER IN SAN DIEGO!!!

We've been working on this massively cross-linked Local Music Database for over two years now, covering a century of San Diego history --- if you're a local performer who wants to add or edit a page, go to http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band/edit/

More anon!!!! JAS

HERE'S THIS WEEK'S NEW Overheard in San Diego

AND THE NEW Famous Former Neighbors

ROCK AROUND THE TOWN TONIGHT/MONDAY, JUNE 1

Live Music

DJ Events

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
9:00 p.m., Kadan
Metal Mondays
6:30 p.m., Pierview Pub/Bub's Whiskey Dive Bar
Tropical Monday
8:00 p.m., Fannie's Nightclub
U-Call-It Mondays
9:00 p.m., Whiskey Girl

The Casbah now records select shows, available on CD immediately following show at the club & www.emusiclive.com.

Jay Allen Sanford MY PERSONAL HOTPICK FOR TODAY...

China Clippers, Steel Tigers of Death, Android Hero - the Ruby Room

“I’m trying to get peeps interested in the shows I’m curating at the Ruby Room,” emails Ruby Room talent booker (and local drummer) Andy Robillard (Gogogo Airheart, Rafter). Tonight is a FREE show with the China Clippers, who will be appearing at the seven month-old club on the first Monday of every Month.

I asked Robillard what makes the club stand out in SD, other than, say, the tres-cool carnival photobooth.

“Well, compared to most live music venues, the RR's most compelling feature is that everyone that works there is extremely nice and not pretentious. Genuinely. And that's not a dig at any other club, we are just really over the top in the nice department. It's a friendly neighborhood pub that also strives to bring quality national and local entertainment to Hillcrest.”

“It is my opinion that more live music venues in San Diego is good for our city's music and cultural scene in general.”

In addition to tonight’s show, Wednesday’s 6-band Metal Fest looks like a hot (albeit loud) ticket, with $6 tix and an ear-burning stomach-churning lineup including Black Ambulance, Caskets On Parade, Draind, Rituals in Pain, Shattered Eyes, and Gortuary.”

“That one [Metal Fest] is actually just a leap of faith booking,” according to Robillard. “Tim Ballard from Black Ambulance wanted a show, but metal shows just were not drawing enough heads. So I gave him a date three months in advance and said he could book it out himself, and with this much time to promote we might get a good turnout. To my surprise, he returned with six freaking bands! I'm a big fan of Black Ambulance - they are a rare metal band that has a sense of humor.”

Local Record Release Roundup - June

The Predicates release their fourth album Words Teeth Sleep on June 6, with a performance at Lestat’s. “The Turtle Project is also on the bill,” says singer/guitarist Gregg O’Connell, “and we’ll be doing a cover song with them for their last song, to streamline the final two performances so attendees won’t have to wait for the next band.” The album – their second full-length collaboration DJ D-Fab, whose studio recorded it – is self-released. Says O’Connell, “Who needs a record label these days?”

Joey Harris and the Mentals are promoting their new 10-track self-named album with a June 14 release show at Brick by Brick. “Mojo Nixon and Paul and Caren Kamanski will be joining us onstage,” says Harris, “as well as Scottie Mad Dog Blinn of the Mississippi Mudsharks, who produced the album and is releasing it on his Double Barrel label. We’ll also have a special appearance by Slim Crowbar and the I.O.U.s.” Brick by Brick is where Harris was once chatted up by Frank Zappa, circa 1980. “I’d just played with Fingers, [and] Frank said he loved the band’s energy and the songs and asked me to contact his manager in L.A. on Monday morning. I did try. There were a lot of messages, but nothing ever came of it.”

Jeff Berkley’s 5-piece rock band Citizen Band will appear June 21 at Brick by Brick, to launch their new album Breaker Breaker My Heart. “We’re gonna put our own spin on a Bill Monroe and Peter Rowan bluegrass tune,” says Berkley, best known as half of the roots duo Berkley Hart “CB allows me to do things I don’t get to do in BH, like kick and yell, or have a smoke machine, moody lights, distortion, and tape echoes. Also, there’s more drinking in CB. But BH is just the two of us.”

Experimental rockers Demasiado will launch their new album with a May 31 set at the Casbah, where the freaky-folkies of Astra appear on June 5 for the release of their debut CD The Weirding. On June 21, Sublime-ly groovy jam band Irieside celebrate their full-length debut on Above Ground Records at the Boars Cross’n in Carlsbad.

Stranger releases their new album at ‘Canes on June 5. Candye Kane’s new full-length Superhero (Delta Groove Records) debuts with a June 19 appearance at Anthology, her final San Diego appearance until her current world tour wraps up this October in Australia. Summer will also see new albums from Irish rockers Skelpin (The Singing Bird), acoustic blues guitarist Joshua Blatchley, headbangers Wolves of Eden, the Brit-inspired Modlins, and a live set from songstress Anna Troy.

Chuck Schiele’s compilation of Ocean Beach-based performers, Waves, is set for release June 27, with several acts appearing at that weekend’s OB Street Fair. “Everybody knows the jam band thing has a pretty strong foothold here,” says the Grams frontman and operator of StudiOB. “I work counter to that.”

THE DUMBEST GIRL I EVER DATED...

True stories about a former porn star named Susan I dated and (briefly) lived with ---

I was driving her somewhere, and she was fascinated by my ocular defect that makes it hard for me to distinguish colors, particularly on the orange/red end of the spectrum. As we pulled up to a stop sign, she asked "If you can't see red, how do you know to stop here?"

I reminded her that I CAN READ!

Less than 48 hours after getting a boob job, despite the doc warning her not to shower, bathe, or get the stitches wet lest she develop a serious infection, she went swimming in the ocean. When I found out, I asked - astounded - why???

She said "The ocean is salt water, and that's what my new boobs are made of anyway, and salt water is sterile or they couldn't put it inside me." (yes, I nursed her thru the subsequent infection).

While she was staying with me, I came home to find my kitchen stove scorched by fire and inoperable, extinguisher foam everywhere. She explained that she'd put leftover Chinese food in the oven and she had no idea what had gone wrong.

The Chinese food had been in a styrofoam container, which melted and caught on fire - Susan explained "Well, it works fine heating it in the microwave, but I wasn't in that much of a hurry."

Within a couple of days, I moved her into her own apt where I gladly paid the rent - far safer than continuing to live with her.

BTW, I eventually began to understand her strange logic - she once asked me to drive her somewhere in San Diego, but she had no idea the address, the neighborhood, or the roads to take to get there. I asked how she expected me to get her from my place off 70th street to her appointment, and she said "Follow the seagulls."

So I fired up the car, jumped on route 8 west, and headed for the ocean - sure enough, she recognized an exit just after Hotel Circle, we took it, she directed me from memory of where to turn, and I actually got her to the appointment. On time. In a city the size of Connecticut. Starting only with "Follow the seagulls."

I had clearly lived with Susan too long already at that point ---- if I showed you photos of her, tho (pre-and-post boobjob), you'd understand -------

JAS

NOW AS FOR THE WOOORRRSSSTTT GIRL I EVER DATED, you have to come with me to the northern mountains of Georgia, when I was staying up in Gilmer County -

The girl I dated - we'll call her "Floozie" - lived in a converted trailer...with a built-on screened-in porch!! On a dirt road. With plumbing via hand-fitted PVC pipes running ABOVE ground to a nearby house. With a chair made of Bud cans on that porch. I can still remember how blown away she was the first time I took her somewhere with an automatic-flush toilet, which she'd never seen - her own toilet only flushed when you dump a bucket of water in the bowl. The girl, her son, her father, her mom, and one of two brothers have all been arrested and served time for either making or selling meth. The non-felon brother is gay (and runs a hair salon near Atlanta!!). Everyone thinks the gay guy is the one "bad seed" in the family....

She’d met her previous boyfriend in a DUI class. The boyfriend before that was in prison, for – yep – manufacturing meth.

Every word true!!!! And that's not even mentioning the time I think I caught her kissing her passed-out-drunk son on the lips, which she said was just her "flossing his teeth" because the only time she can do it is when he's passed out drunk. I've never seen dental floss in that house or in her possession....

Not only have I never seen dental floss in that house, but I never saw evidence that a single member of that wacky Chainsaw Massacre klan EVER USED dental floss - probably in their lives, given how their mouths all looked like the front end of a crashed El Camino....

I swear, not even an exaggeration in any of above --- After that girl, I didn't date the locals no mo ---- JAS

MORE NEW MUSIC STORIES THIS WEEK

	The Kids Love It! by Barnaby Monk Thursday 28 \| Looks like a Spice Girl fell off the rack. Brit rap brat Lady Sovereign will grace House of Blues tonight. The 23-year-old grime star, whom New Yorker music writer Sasha Frere-Jones described as "pithy ...
	Not the Loudest by Michael Hemmingson In junior high, Kelly Dalton started writing songs and playing in bands and then began gigging, touring, and recording in his teens and 20s. "In the late '90s I was in a punk band called ...
	St. Vincent by William Crain St. Vincent is the nom de rock of one Annie Clark, a young singer-songwriter shredder who has done time backing Sufjan Stevens and the Polyphonic Spree. When I first heard Marry Me, St. Vincent's debut ...
	Punk Rock High School by Jay Allen Sanford "The script was written based on the high school scene in coastal North County San Diego," says Fabulous Rudies singer Tom Voris, music director for the upcoming film Punk Rock High School. "It's based on ...
	Propagandhi by Dave Good A recent picture of the band Propagandhi shows four guys, a few of them approaching middle age, who look more about golf or office jobs than flat-out aggressive rock and roll. Founded in Manitoba in ...
	French Fries and Gravy by Bart Mendoza On May 29 and 30, the Casbah will host the Ché Underground Reunion, a gathering of bands and fans who frequented UCSD's student-run co-op Ché Café in the early '80s. Organized by the online community ...
	Mutantspaceboy, Josh Damigo, and the Turtle Project by Brian Carver I thought it was very different. It was mostly synthesizers. It started out really slow and then progressively picked up and got into a little jazz-fusion. It kind of reminded me of Pink Floyd's early days and then it went totally...
	Da Bears by Barnaby Monk Cleaning out the disc bin on my desk, the Sendak-like pen-and-ink critters on Da Bears' Classics/Cobra caught my eye. The collection was recorded from 2006 through ought eight. Better late than never, eh? And never having ...
	Record Release Roundup by Jay Allen Sanford Joey Harris and the Mentals are promoting their new ten-track self-titled album with a June 14 release show at Brick by Brick. "Mojo Nixon and Paul and Caren Kamanski will be joining us onstage," says ...

CATHRYN BEEKS’ WEEKLY LISTEN LOCAL HOTSHEET

Sunday 5/31 - Couch Sessions at Oasis House Concerts near Sorrento Valley. 2 feature spots still open! 6:00 open, 6:20 Crystal Pollard, 6:40 Jeff Bertino, 7:00 open, 7:20 Rod Worth, 7:40 Jeffrey Joe Morin, 8:00 Randy Chiurazzi, 8:20 Reverend Stickman, 8:40 Charlie Imes - Bring your unplugged instruments, small percussion and your voices to play along with featured acts. $5 per person, refreshments available. YOU MUST RSVP to Cathryn@ListenLocalsd.com to get the address and directions to The Oasis.

MUSIC NEWS

Link of the Week: In case you missed the big announcement on The KPRI Homegrown Show last Saturday night, Astra is passing the torch... to me! She's gotten hella busy with her work at Studio West, her new band (just signed!) and some other endeavors so she's handed the show over to me. I'm super honored to be given this opportunity and can't wait to play your songs. I need your CDs! Best way to get them to me is to visit the calendar to find out where I am and drop them off in person. I look forward to hearing your music and to hearing what you think, tune in this Saturday at 9pm for my first show!

Other stuff happening this Saturday, May 30th: Guava Belly Plays the Belly Up Tavern; Kurt Young and Katie Leigh at The Brick by Brick; A.J. Croce at The Oasis; The Mere Mortals at the Beauty Bar; Ashley Matte and The Makepeace Brothers in Del Mar (email peggycalhoun@hotmail.com for details) and last but certainly not least, BViolin CD Release at 4 Seasons Yoga. That should keep you busy...

From Danielle LoPresti: "Some of you may have heard that our friend Rhythm was the victim of a hate crime last week....here's what we came up with to try and help. We went to her house and filmed her with our new camera. Then Alicia learned an editing program and put this all together. I'm so proud of her, and so grateful that Rhythm wants to speak up. We hope to inspire others to tell their stories, as well. Please pass this on to as many folks as you can." *sigh* This is so distrurbing. Be careful out there this weekend, be safe and happy.

HEADS UP

6/4 - The Game - NEXT EXIT is the song title. Get to writing songs based on that title, and see you at a show.

http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/fan_reach/pt?eid=1802707_13060946&url=http://www.listenlocalsd.com/EventsExtras.html

5/31 - The Couch Sessions still has a few spots left for featured artists. Everyone else is invited to sing and/or play along with featured acts, watchers are welcomed, too! At The Oasis in Sorrento Valley. $5, refreshments available. RSVP for info and directions

The North Park Music Thing is still accepting bands for San Diego's own version of SXSW, which happens the weekend of August 7-9th. All artists interested in performing must submit their music and an online promotional package, along with a $15 submission fee online via Sonic Bids. Apply NOW here. If you would prefer to send a package by regular mail, please click here for the performers application. Please send the registration form along with a non-refundable $25 submission fee to: North Park Music Thing, c/o San Diego Music Foundation, 4876 Mount Royal Place, San Diego, CA 92117. Promo packages, CD, DVDs etc will NOT be returned. Selected artists will be notified no later than July 1, 2009 if they have been selected to perform.

The San Diego Music Foundation (the crew in charge of The San Diego Music Awards and The North Park Music Thing) just added a page to the Music Award's site which explains eligibility and gives more info about the whole nomination process for the big event in September.

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LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS

Fr 5/29: Robin Williams, Wynton Marsalis (R 5/13/09)

Mo 6/1: Bill Cosby, Paula Abdul
Tu 6/2: Jack Hanna, John Krasinski
We 6/3: Jessica Biel, Steve Earle
Th 6/4: Elvis Costello
Fr 6/5: Paris Hilton, Steven Wright

Mo 6/8: Mos Def
Tu 6/9: Julia Roberts, Black Eyed Peas
We 6/10: Sonic Youth
Th 6/11: Denzel Washington, the Jonas Brothers
Fr 6/12: Sandra Bullock, P.J. Harvey with John Parish

THE TONIGHT SHOW, NBC

Fr 5/29: Conan O'Brien, James Taylor

Mo 6/1: Will Ferrell, Pearl Jam
Tu 6/2: Tom Hanks, Green Day
We 6/3: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bradley Cooper, Sheryl Crow
Th 6/4: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Mayer Trio
Fr 6/5: Ryan Seacrest, Chickenfoot

Mo 6/8: David Duchovny, Anna Friel
Tu 6/9: Bonnie Raitt
We 6/10: Dane Cook, Rancid
Th 6/11: Jim Gaffigan, Neko Case
Fr 6/12: Jamie Foxx, Kevin Nealon

LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, CBS

Fr 5/29: Simon Cowell, Erin McCarley (R 4/20/09)

Mo 6/1: Mary Louise Parker, Guillermo del Toro, Tori Amos
Tu 6/2: Denis Leary, Diane Birch
We 6/3: Jeffrey Tambor, Gabrielle Anwar
Th 6/4: Elizabeth Perkins, Mark Burnett, Bernie Williams
Fr 6/5: Seann William Scott, Henry Cho

Mo 6/8: Kevin Bacon
Tu 6/9: TBA
We 6/10: Chris Matthews, Theresa Andersson
Th 6/11: Larry King, Anna Friel
Fr 6/12: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Travers

LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, NBC

Fr 5/29: Justin Long, Tony Hawk

Mo 6/1: Anne Hathaway, Will Forte, Jon Favreau
Tu 6/2: Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Vanessa Williams
We 6/3: Danny McBride, Dave Matthews Band
Th 6/4: Jessica Biel, Rachel Dratch, Jason Sudeikis, Doves
Fr 6/5: Bradley Cooper, Denise Richards, Mandy Moore

LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, NBC

Fr 5/29: Andy Richter, Wale

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central

Mo 6/1: Bob Woodruff
Tu 6/2: P.J. O'Rourke
We 6/3: Michael Lewis
Th 6/4: Will Ferrell

THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central

Mo 6/1: Sen. Byron Dorgan
Tu 6/2: Katty Kay
We 6/3: Eric Schlosser
Th 6/4: Dag Soderberg

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, ABC

Fr 5/29: Hugh Jackman, John Cho, Flo Rida (R 5/7/09)

Mo 6/1: Ben Stiller, Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, No Doubt (R 5/20/09)
Tu 6/2: Danny McBride, Nia Vardalos, Taking Back Sunday
We 6/3: Heather Graham, Lance Krall, Katie Melua
Th 6/4: Thomas Haden Church, Ed Helms, 311
Fr 6/5: Michael J. Fox, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough, Asher Roth (R 4/28/09)

Mo 6/8: Adrien Brody, Steve "Lips" Kudlow & Robb Reiner, the Airborne Toxic Event (R 5/14/09)
Tu 6/9: Paris Hilton, Ken Jeong, No Doubt
We 6/10: Dominic Monaghan, J.J. Abrams, Bang Camaro (R 4/29/09)
Th 6/11: Artie Lange, Adam Perry Lang, Blink 182
Fr 6/12: Paula Abdul, Ty Murray and Chelsie Hightower, Todd Glass (R 5/12/09)

THE VIEW, ABC

Fr 5/29: Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin

Mo 6/1: Paris Hilton
Tu 6/2: Edie Falco, Nia Vardalos, the Broadway cast of "West Side Story"
We 6/3: Vanessa Williams, Claire Shipman
Th 6/4: Chandra Wilson, Paula Froelich
Fr 6/5: Neil Patrick Harris, Lionel Richie

Mo 6/8: A day of Hot Topics
Tu 6/9: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Mandy Moore
We 6/10: Joe Scarborough
Th 6/11: Melissa Gilbert
Fr 6/12: Kathy Griffin, Black Eyed Peas

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY, syndicated

Fr 5/29: Cat Deeley, the Love Chef

Mo 6/1: John Goodman, Jillian Harris, guest co-host Pat Sajak
Tu 6/2: Kyra Sedgwick, guest co-host Pat Sajak
We 6/3: Peter Gros, M.C. Hammer, guest co-host Will Ferrell
Th 6/4: Jeffrey Donovan, Denise Richards, guest co-host Anderson Cooper
Fr 6/5: Bradley Cooper, Catherine Bell, guest co-host Anderson Cooper

Mo 6/8: Wilmer Valderrama, Imagination Movers, guest co-host Mark Consuelos
Tu 6/9: Jeff Gordon, Michael Vartan
We 6/10: Alan Alda
Th 6/11: John Krasinski, Betty White
Fr 6/12: Denzel Washington

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, syndicated

Fr 5/29: David Spade, Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke (R 3/30/09)

Mo 6/1: Anne Hathaway (R 1/8/09)
Tu 6/2: Paris Hilton (R 3/9/09)
We 6/3: Dwayne Johnson, Elle Fanning (R 3/13/09)
Th 6/4: Portia de Rossi, "American Idol" castoffs Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez (R 3/16/09)
Fr 6/5: Jessica Biel, Kathy Freston, Kellie Pickler

Mo 6/8: Felicity Huffman, Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, Rascal Flatts (R 3/12/09)
Tu 6/9: Halle Berry, Flo Rida (R 3/31/09)

TAVIS SMILEY, PBS

Fr 5/29: Yusuf (R)

Mo 6/1: Mandy Moore
Tu 6/2: Norman Lear
We 6/3: Edie Falco
Th 6/4: Vernon Jordan
Fr 6/5: Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni

CHELSEA LATELY, E!

Fr 5/29: Busta Rhymes, Chris Franjola, Whitney Cummings, Ben Gleib (R 5/21/09)

Mo 6/1: Kendra Wilkinson, Heather McDonald, John Caparulo, Jay Manuel
Tu 6/2: Chris Isaak, Jeff Wild, Guy Branum, Diablo Cody
We 6/3: Peter Facinelli, Tom Papa, Whitney Cummings, Chris Franjola
Th 6/4: Candy Spelling, Jason Kennedy, Sarah Colonna, Josh Wolf
Fr 6/5: Daisy De La Hoya, Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, T.J. Miller (R 5/28/09)

THE HOUR WITH GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS, CBC

Fr 5/29: TBA

Mo 6/1: Ali Velshi, Lynn Johnson
Tu 6/2: Moby, Alan Bell
We 6/3: TBA
Th 6/4: Christopher Buckley
Fr 6/5: David Cronenberg, the Amazing Kreskin, Bradley Cooper

THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW, syndicated

Fr 5/29: Heidi Klum, Matthew Rhys, Bethenny Frankel (R 3/18/09)

Mo 6/1: Howie Mandel, LaBelle (R 11/3/08)
Tu 6/2: Molly Sims, Chris Jericho (R 2/23/09)
We 6/3: Brian Williams, Christine Lahti, Rocco DeLuca with Jillian Leigh (R 1/6/09)
Th 6/4: Lance Bass, Niecy Nash, Todd English (R 11/24/08)
Fr 6/5: Donny and Marie Osmond, David Tutera (R 1/27/09)

Mo 6/8: Jo Frost, Kaley Cuoco (R 2/6/09)
Tu 6/9: Tony Danza, Roselyn Sanchez, Jesse McCartney (R 12/9/08)

More Art Around Adams Events Announced

A message from the Art/Adams crew:

Get a load of these awesome add-ons for the June 6th show - Game Crazy video game tent, GoVavi sports zone, Fern Street Circus aerial rig, Astra Kelly. Yes indeed - this ain't no street fair.

Want a lineup refresher featuring a killer tune from The Burning of Rome? Well, here ya go... We'll see you on or before June 6th!

Here's four upcoming and very different events Walk the Walk is proud to support. Read and attend, compadres.

http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?TP1Aq8lTuZzt8C6C/c9c0afdc8e8dcceb/a925c65f6f6e86ca/jas2669@aol.com

DiscoverSD's Silent Disco, at Kin Lounge - Thursday, May 28 from 5 pm to 2 am

This ultimate happy hour is a party without a traditional speaker system, instead using wireless headphones and an FM transmitter. The first in DiscoverSD's new series DiscoverIT Lifestyle Events, showcasing events that break the mold of conventional socializing (just our sorta thing!), this night will be enhanced with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and discount wine.

Email guestlist@kinlounge.com to get on the list.

Film screening of TREELESS MOUNTAIN - Friday, May 29 at 7 pm and 9 pm

Happening at Reading Theaters Gaslamp (701 5th Street/92101) in two separate showings, Treeless Mountain tells the incredibly moving story about the betrayal of children when deprived of the warmth and security of a family home.

For more information, including ticket prices and parking, please click here.

http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?TP1Aq8lTuZzt8C6C/2b0a0cb27ef42a21/a925c65f6f6e86ca/jas2669@aol.com

http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?TP1Aq8lTuZzt8C6C/16d1cabeaa45b1b9/a925c65f6f6e86ca/jas2669@aol.com

THREAD - Saturday/Sunday, May 30-31 from 11 am to 5 pm

San Diego's top independent fashion and design event storms the Wonderhaus Bakery (171 14th Street in East Village). Be the first to revel in the latest work of San Diego's designers, while saving money in eco-conscious surroundings. For details and to purchase discounted advance tickets click here.

http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?TP1Aq8lTuZzt8C6C/eb63e37cf49fe52b/a925c65f6f6e86ca/jas2669@aol.com

A MESSAGE FROM NARM RE NIGHTTIME BAND LINEUP

Here is the band / showcase listing for NARM@Night. On the musical side of things, below is a list of confirmed bands and artists for the NARM@Night events, which will be held at a club in San Diego (there will be a few extra surprises that are still being finalized, too.) Just to clarify, you may not have heard of these bands (yet), but they have brand new releases.) For more info about the entire event, please visit: www.narm.com

Sunday, June 7
Pink Spiders
Filter
Smile Empty Soul
Joe & Chico DeBarge
Trick Daddy
Love & Rockets
State of Man
Stephen Petree
Dollyrots

Monday, June 8
Scott Russo of Unwritten Law
Big B
Crooked X
Julien-K
Pensive
Aimee Allen
DJ Davey Rockit
Will Dailey
Butterfly Boucher
Amazing Miss Wendy

Tuesday, June 9
Clips
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Rhett Miller
Rootbeer
Kydd Trell
DJ Davey Rockit

+ more......

Jay Allen Sanford WHAT I’M LISTENING TO...

I came across the MySpace page for local punk rockers The Bugs/Dangerous Dave - all their songs clock in at around one and a half minutes, but my favorite was "Dave Navarro's Goatee F-cking Sucks," which made me fall off my chair laughing! There's a terrific video, with shots of Navarro that hopefully won't get the band sued. I was so inspired, I created a 45 single sleeve for the tune ----

Checkout the tune here - The Bugs/Dangerous Dave on MySpace

“I wrote the song when he was on that Rock Star Supernova show,” says “Dangerous Dave” Swain of the Bugs.

He used to be in Jane’s Addiction/ Now he’s on TV trying to earn a buck

He was so much cooler when he was on drugs/ Dave Navarro’s goatee f-cking sucks

“All that makeup and jewelry,” says Swain, “what a jerk. Where the hell is he getting off wearing all that crap? He’s so full of himself. Anyone with any soul would want to tell him to go [screw] himself.”

The Bugs may have a problem with their video for the song, which features a couple dozen enlarged photos of Navarro on a screen behind the group as they mock his facial hair. “I keep waiting to hear from his attorney about the video,” says Swain. “I’m sure they wouldn’t appreciate us using his pictures without consent. If they do email me, I’m printing it in the insert of the next album.”

With tours booked around California, are the Bugs worried about running into the rock star? “I’m really not the fighting type. But if he came at me, he’d definitely get a little chin music. I don’t really want to [meet him]. He may try to French me.”

The band’s other songs include “No More Emo Haircuts,” “Meth on My Mind,” “Lesbo Lesbo,” and “Email From a She-Male” (also an amusing video).

Clocking in at around two minutes each, the songs will appear on the Bugs’ upcoming Cabana Records seven-inch vinyl album. “Yeah, that’s right, the whole album fits on a seven-inch. And there’s still room for another song or two!”

Jay Allen Sanford WHAT I’M WATCHING...

So I finally watched one of the new Futurama movies, Bender's Game - I was falling down laughing ---

"Eat the wizard

eat the slut

eat the robot's shiny butt!"

The Scary Door/Twilight Zone bit rocked - there were a buncha Scruffy cameos, but my favorite was when I spotted him cleaning up centaur poop. Not sher how many people "get" the Mork attack (the creatures all quote Robin Williams punchlines from the old Mork and Mindy TV show), but I almost bust a gut with this one:

Lela: Is that a hobbit?

Farnsworth: No, it's just a hobo and a rabbit. But they're MAKING a hobbit....

My face hurts again just from typing it ------

THE CHE UNDERGROUND WEBSITE AND REUNINS: Memories Of a Long-Gone San Diego - Founded in 1980 as an all-age vegetarian eatery and gathering place for those interested in radical politics, the Ché Café at UCSD quickly became a haven for San Diego’s underground music scene. Though touring bands eventually became a staple of the venue, early shows mostly featured local groups that played punk, garage, mod, and psychedelic sounds...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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Band Members EVERYBODY VIOLET IS REBORN - Everybody Violet was an all-girl band which formed at the end of the punk, Mod and psychedelic era in San Diego, cued by the dispatch of the notorious Morlocks to San Francisco...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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TROPHY WIFE DOES IT IN THEIR PJS - "Last Sunday we played at The North Park Festival of the Arts," emails guitarist Joe MacAskill of Trophy Wife. "We were scheduled to play on the main stage at 10am. we knew it was pretty early for people to see us play..."

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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FROM A QUEEN SONG TO A BETTER MUSIC SEARCH - UC San Diego electrical engineering Ph.D. student Luke Barrington presented a new model for music segmentation that can capture both the sound of a song and how this sound changes over time. The system "listens" to songs it has never heard before, labels them based on the actual sounds in the song, and then retrieves songs, as appropriate, when people type descriptive words—like "mellow jazz"—into the team's experimental search engine...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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SARAH LAVELY BREAKS THINGS FOR A LIVING - Or rather, her clients do! One day, she had a vision of having a place where she could just go in and smash everything in sight...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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BEWARE OF BOOTLEG GUITARS - “I’ve heard too many stories of kids who are saving their money for their dream Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul, only to find out later they’ve been burned by a cheap fake,” says guitarist David Szabados. “Counterfeit instruments are being produced in China and Korea, and then sold off here as the real thing by unscrupulous sellers on places like eBay, Craigslist, local storefronts, and pawn shops..."

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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DO BANDS EVER MOVE FROM L.A. TO SAN DIEGO? - The list of local performers who seek success by moving near L.A. is long – from Ratt and Stone Temple Pilots through Stolen, Delta Spirit, Anya Marina, the Soft Pack, and more. But, once in awhile, it works the other way...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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A MESSAGE FROM

Greetings and Salutations. We just posted the last set of videos from our Live at Luce Loft series. Joel P. West and The Paddle Boat have never sounded so good. Click here to check em out.

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THE GRATEFUL DEAD IN SAN DIEGO - A tragical history tour thru several local dates, back before the head Deadhead was dead and featuring the tie-dyed and squinty-eyed...

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/may/30/my-worst-dates-everybody-violet-rhythm-singer-atta/

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More Before It Was the Gaslamp

"Battle Of The Peeps" - feature article about a weird gig I had in the mid-'80s, running a strip club called Jolar, for the nation's second biggest pornographer, Harry Mohney (Deja Vu Showgirls founder).

More Battle of the Peeps - An Insider History of San Diego Porn Shops

"Field Of Screens" - Cover story 7-6-06: Complete theater-by-theater history of San Diego drive-ins thru the years, including a few which screened X-rated fare for awhile.

More Drive-In Theaters in San Diego: Complete Illustrated History 1947 thru 2008

"Pussycat Theaters - When 'Cathouses Ruled California" -- for the first time, the detailed inside story of the west coast Pussycat Theater chain of adult moviehouses, which peaked in the '70s but later died out. Told by those who actually ran the theaters!

More Pussycat Theater History: When Cathouses Ruled CA

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OVERHEARD IN SAN DIEGO - Several years' worth of this comic strip, which debuted in the Reader in 1996: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/overheard-san-diego/

FAMOUS FORMER NEIGHBORS - Over 100 comic strips online, with mini-bios of famous San Diegans: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/famous-former-neighbors/

SAN DIEGO READER MUSIC MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/sandiegoreadermusic

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