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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/SATURDAY, JUNE 6

Live Music

• Tainted Love and DJ Bao
  Canes
  

• Missy Andersen
  Patrick's II
  

• Joe Cocker
  Humphrey's by the Bay
  

• Fiffin Market
  Gallagher's Pub & Grill
  

• Brain Buckit
  Tiki House
  

• The Jerry McCann Band
  Coyote Bar & Grill
  

• Stepping Feet
  RT's Longboard Grill
  

• Joey and the Sting Rays
  Galley at the Marina
  

• The Slackers, See Spot, Social Green
  Casbah
  

• Rachael Stark and Bob Karwin
  Ramona Mainstage Nightclub

• OU812 and Viva Halen - 4th&B

• The Love Rangers - The Alley

• Loss of Control - Alpine Inn

• Art Around Adams - see schedule below

• Fiesta Del Sol Festival - see schedule below

• Telegraph Canyon - Bar Pink

• The Deere Johns, Diablo Dimes - Beauty Bar

• Cash'd Out, the Hideaways, Tornado Magnet, Hell On Heels Burlesque Revue (Joey Harris and Mighty Joe Longa will be sitting in with Cash'd Out and Tornado Magnet) - Belly Up Tavern

• Madera - Bellagio Ristorante

• B-Real, the Even Keel, Bizzy Bone - Brick by Brick

• Ray Correa - The Butcher Shop

• The Earthmovers - Café La Maze

• Berkley Hart - Canyon Folk House

• Pensive - Channel 1225

• Havdallah Blues Night - Congregation Dor Hadash

• The Jerry McCann Band - The Coyote Bar & Grill

• The Pine Creek Posse Band - Downtown Café

• Playback - Fannie's Nightclub

• Don and Bob - The Ferry Landing Marketplace

• Peter the Prince of Piano - Georges on Fifth

• Black Mamba - Habitat

• LaVelle Dupree - Hard Rock Hotel rooftop

• Endoxi - Hensley's Flying Elephant

• The Ideas - Hooleys Irish Pub & Grill

• Butterfly Boucher, Derek Evans - House of Blues

• Piano Bar - Jack's La Jolla — Ocean Room

• The Ghostriders, the Farmers - The Kraken

• The Predicates, Itai Faierman, J Turtle - Lestat's Coffee House

• Stone Wolf - Manhattan Cocktail Lounge

• Rob Deez, Chad Cavanaugh, Kenny Eng - The Marquee

• Bad Landing - Molly Malone's

• Joe Rathburn - Nature's Express

• Mariner - Nugent's Firegrille Restaurant & Sportslounge

• One I Red - O'Connells Pub and Nightclub

• Rhythm Red - Pal Joey's

• Rob Thorsen - Pechanga

• The Shamey Jays - Pete's Place

• Kirtan Music Concert - Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga

• David Patrone - Prohibition

• The Peacocks, Henchmen, Strikers, Death Valley Drifters - Radio Room

• Jerry Melnick & Tom Bishop - Rancho Bernardo Inn

• The Ed Rapacci Duo - Red Fox Steakhouse

• Live rock - Riley's Music Lounge

• Men In Blue - Sadie's

• Luke Walton - Sage Grill Encinitas

• San Marcos Rock 'N' Blues Festival with Bill Magee Blues Band, Off Track, Aunt Kizzy's Boys - Woodland Park, San Marcos

• Liquid Blue - Second Wind Santee

• The Long and Short of It, Gort, Tarrakian - Soda Bar

• Tribal Seeds, One Drop, Stick Figure, Through the Roots - Soma

• Open Blues Jam - South Park Bar & Grill

• La Jolla High School Jazz Band - United Methodist Church

DJ Events

• BrokenBeat Night
  Kadan
  

• Fashion Whore
  9:00 p.m., Ruby Room
  

• DJ Francis
  9:00 p.m., Ocean House
  

• DJ Chuck
  8:30 p.m., El Cajon Grand
  

• What's Good
  9:00 p.m., Moondoggies Pacific Beach

• Ascension with DJs Robin Roth, Tom King, Liquid Grey, video shoot

• Starkillers Sunglasses at Night with Jonathan Leigh and Mr. Grimm - On Broadway

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

  MY PERSONAL HOTPICK FOR TODAY...

ART AROUND ADAMS – the Album Leaf, Stranger, Buddy Akai, MC Flow, All Leather, the Burning of Rome, Foam, Dynamite Walls, the Material, Di Nigunim, Ubuv, the Shambles, DJ Edgartronic, Maren Parusel, Nowhere Men, Monsters From Mars, Republic of Letters, Tragic Tantrum, Los Hollywood, John Easdale (of Dramarama), Uli and the Gringos, Rare Form Live, Platt Brothers, Fing, Bloody Hollies, Blizzard, Circa Now, Daysleeper, AM Vibe, A Dull Science, the Fascination, Bobby Fantasy, Vinyl Film, The Riders, River Bottom Rockers, DJ Soo Cal, the Elephant Project

Art Around Adams is San Diego's largest creative arts festival, made by San Diegans for San Diegans, and benefiting the recreation centers across the county. The 40 performances across 4 simultaneous stages will spotlight such musical acts as Buddy Akai, Stranger, and MC Flow, along with performances in stand-up comedy, acrobatics, theatre, film, and dance. There will be a video game tent, large-scale art installations including a 17-foot robot giraffe, interactive sports and art, a 21 and up fun zone, and much more. Art Around Adams is all-ages and occurs from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm; tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate; please visit www.artaroundadams.org for more information -

Chris Venti, lead singer and guitarist for Republic of Letters talked to the Reader about the importance of San Diego's rec centers. "Having the option of taking art and music classes while growing up changed the direction of my life.  With so many schools cutting their arts and after-school programs, places like the Adams Rec Center might be the last chance for kids to have the opportunity to explore
something new." 

"Hopefully, all the people getting involved with the Art Around Adams Festival will be able to make a difference and really bring an awareness to how the budget cuts are effecting our own back yards." 

2009 Fiesta Del Sol Festival, the 30^th anniversary edition - June 6 and 7 at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach. 

SATURDAY

1pm - Sara Petite / www.sarapetite.com / Americana / Bluegrass / Folk Rock

2pm – Hoi Polloi / www.hoipolloilive.com /: Rock / Reggae / Soul

3pm – Steel Rod / www.myspace.com/singwithsteelrod / Live Band Karaoke

(Visit the Belly Up booth on site for more information and to sign up!)

4:15pm – The Brokers / Cover Band (rock ‘n roll & more!) 

www.myspace.com/thebrokers5901  

5:30pm – West Indian Girl / www.westindiangirl.com / Psychedelic / Indie / Rock

6:30pm – Skanic / www.skanic.net / Ska

8:00pm – Common Sense / www.commonsenseband.com / Rock / Reggae

 Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Cygnet Theatre group, at the Rolando Theatre

The smash hit that started it all returns to the Rolando Stage, the story of Hedwig, the German wanna-be rock headliner and his/her search halfway around the world for identity, love and her/his “other half.” Probably the only rock opera/musical ever based on Plato's Symposium, containing one of the ten best-ever rock opera tunes, "The Origin of Love."

A MESSAGE FROM NARM RE NIGHTTIME BAND LINEUP

NARM - EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

DATES:                   June 7      San Diego Marriott

                                                Music Industry “Crash Course” – An exciting inside look at the music business

                                                2 p.m. – 3 p.m. –Rob Halford - Meet greet

                          June 7, 8, 9      ALL Three Evenings: 9 p.m. – closing

                                                On Broadway Club  -  Fantastic Live Music Showcases at NARM@Night

                                                For complete schedule of bands: www.narm.com

                                 June 8      San Diego Marriott

                                                8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Keynotes and live music:

                                                Jessie James; A Fine Frenzy; and Trevor Hall

                                                5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Carmen Electra and friends !

                                 June 9      San Diego Marriott

                                                All day: Digital and mobile music sessions

                               June 10      San Diego Marriott - Evening

                                                7:00 -11:00 p.m.              

                                                Awards Dinner Finale: winners include:

                                                Daryl Hall and John Oates (will perform also!)

                                                Norman Lear

                                                Ashford & Simpson

                                                Performers include:  American Idols alumni - Michael Johns and Brooke White

FACTS:                                   Press Releases, schedules & band listings: www.narm.com

WHERE:                                 San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina

                                      333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA

PLEASE note the evening performances on June 7, 8, and 9 are taking place at
On Broadway Club!!

LAND OF THE LOST: THE TV SHOW – SCI-FI GEM OR DINOSAUR DOO-DOO?

 Following is a mailing list dialogue between me and writer Jamie Ralph Gardner, who had posted material about the old Sid and Marty Krofft ‘70s TV show Land of the Lost, the basis for a new Will Ferrell movie. 

  JAS SAYS: I grew up when the Krofft shows were new, and always found Land of the Lost to be their weakest work. Well, maybe not as bad as Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on the Krofft Supershow, but LOTL was no PufnStuf or Lidsville. 

 JRG REPLIES: Land of the Lost is my favorite of the Krofft shows. It's been one of my favorite science fiction TV shows since I was a child. I watched it again on the Sci-Fi channel during the 1990s. It still held up really well. I will admit that the special effects are weaker then I remember as a child. Some people nitpick on the acting but I think the actors potrayed a likable family. The show went down hill in the 3rd season when they replaced the Father with the uncle character.

 The scripts during the 3rd year were not up to the level of the first 2 seasons. Land of the Lost had intellectual science fiction stories and message oriented episodes. There are times when Jay can be wide off the mark in his opinions.

I liked H.R. Pufnstuf as a child but I was very disappointed in it as an adult. Sometime, I will try watching it again to see if I can recapture my childhood fondness for it. I talked with [Carnal Comics publisher] SS Crompton about your being such as a fan of H.R. Pufnstuf and he couldn't understand why someone beyond 8 years old would be a fan of the show. SS thinks you like it so much because of the drug connotations of H.R. Pufnstuf. 

 David Gerrold (the author of The Trouble with Tribbles episode of Star Trek) was the story editor for Land of the Lost during the first season. Gerrold wrote 5 episodes of the show including the first episode. There were other Star Trek writers on the show such as D.C. Fontana (she wrote or co-wrote such Star Trek episodes such as By Any Other Name, Charlie X, The Enterprise Incident, Friday's Child, Journey to Babel, This Side of Paradise, Tomorrow Is Yesterday, The Ultimate Computer, etc.), Norman Spinrad (the author of The Doomsday Machine episode of Star Trek), Theodore Sturgeon (the author of Amok Time and Shore Leave episodes of Star Trek) and Margaret Armen (The author of the Cloud Minders, The Paradise Syndrome and The Gamesters of Triskelion episodes of Star Trek).

Walter Koenig wrote The Stranger, the LOTL episode that introduces Enik. Donald F. Glut and Larry Niven are other science fiction writers who wrote for Land of the Lost. 

  JAS SAYS: Yeah, I'm sure my fondness for Puf has to do with being so young when it aired, but I still enjoy it as an adult for the astounding sets and costumes and their trippy Wonderland-style iconography.

 I was a member of the Banana Splits fan club in grade school, and one of my first records was by PufnStuf star Jack Wild - one of the first movies I ever saw by myself in a theater was the Puf feature, which was also my first exposure to Mama Cass, so yeah, that has a lot to do with my fondness --- that, and the Puf music, and Jack Wild's talent.

 Lidsville was another fave, again for the imagination it displayed. The subsequent shows all seemed lesser and lesser, as did the lowlight stars like Johnny Whitaker (Family Affair) in Sigmund.

 The Kroffts did worse crap than LOTL, like those semi-live action Twain shorts. Perhaps it's the cheap look and wooden acting that most turns me off to Lost - as you said, the scripts were certainly ambitious.

 JRG REPLIES: I first watched Land of the Lost when I was 5 years old. I watched it from the beginning. It's one of my earliest childhood memories. This show is one of the things that got me interested in dinosaurs. I think the guy playing Father is fine in the series. I think the actors playing the brother and sister overact at times but I generally like them. I don't think the cast is wooden. I read that Wesley Eure poked fun at his own acting during the audio commentary for the Rhino Records DVD collections of the Land of the Lost TV series.

Jay, since you're a fan of William Shatner, how do you feel about people who criticize William Shatner for overacting? Michael Copner [publisher Cult Movies magazine] once said to me that overacting is not always a bad thing. He made a point that Bela Lugosi overacted in a good way that made his acting larger then life.

 I think one of the problems with Land of the Lost is that it was shot in videotape. Videotape shows flaws much more then film.

If the original Star Trek had been shot on videotape, it would look much less real. There are already people who complain about the special effects of the 1960s Star Trek. I talked to some boy who criticized the stop motion animation in the first Terminator movie. The boy prefers CGI effects. I'm not as picky as many other people when it comes to special effects. On another subject, I like the music of Land of the Lost as well, not just the theme song.

  JAS SAYS:

I tried to watch some LOTL on Sci-Fi yesterday, and found the biggest hurdle was tolerating the MUSIC. I'd forgotten how astoundingly cheap and cheezy it was - monotone drones on synth, a repeating Mellotron loop, and hideous overuse of the Theremin, a lovely "futuristic" sounding audio invention used to great effect in Forbidden Planet thru many modern pop songs, but reduced to the equivalent of a whoopie cushion sound effect on Land of the Lost. I kind of understand the sci-fi "futuristic" aspect behind the soundtrack, even tho it was a prehistoric setting, but how wonky to soundtrack the entire show like an episode of Far Out Space Nuts ---

You having seen it as a kid inured you to that kind of thing, the same way I'm not bothered by the alphabet soup scripting in Puf-N-Stuf - the shows harken back for us a time when imagination was everything and the real world with all its darkness and scariness was still fended out of our purview by the warm light of the TV screen ---

Shatner has grown on me, after enjoying his run on Boston Legal. I'd still rather watch any of the later Trek shows than the original, with a handful of exceptions, partly because Shat could be so groan-worthy.

 Michael Copner and I had several spirited chats about his love of Lugosi, VS my own reverence for Karloff, tho both of us found much worthy work by the others' hero. Had Lugosi been given (or had he chosen) roles like Karloff scored, Lugosi could and should have been one of the greats.

 Man, how great would it have been to see LUGOSI playing the aging horror star in Targets, instead of Karloff (in one of his final U.S. roles)! Woulda been a whole different film -

I'm watching more LOTL marathon now - "The Musician" ep wasn't awful, and the ep before that reminded me that the Suliban of Star Trek Enterprise seem to be the same transparent critters with lightbulbs taped to them from LOTL ---

 

Watching "Split Personality" now, and WTF, the Marshalls see a ghostly image of little Holly beckoning, and Dad freakin' tells Holly to "stand still" and LET the spirit ENTER her, cuz "It wants to communicate with us, thru Holly!" This, after Holly complained about her first encounter with the ghost-image, practically crying "It wants to get INSIDE me!!!" (really, really creepy). Thanks a LOT, Dad!!! Some stranger wants to get INSIDE his young DAUGHTER, and he tells her to just relax and TAKE it?!?!?!

 

There's something mighty creepy about hearing little Holly say, all tranced out, "The rocks are inside of me...the other part is out the other side." Again, WTF???

 

I admit today's eps are more watchable than previous attempts I've made to see this series - still hating the "future music," but I kinda dig the occasional bluegrass banjo riffing and freaky-folk flute ---

JRG REPLIES: I'm surprised by your criticism of William Shatner. You have spoken so highly of Shatner's acting in the Thriller TV series. I think Shatner did his best Star Trek acting during the first season of the show. His acting could be quite different, depending on the episode. I think Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever has one of William Shatner's best acting jobs. With the exception of Richard Matheson's The Enemy Within (during which Shatner plays the good and evil Captain Kirk), his acting is way more toned during the first year.

I have noticed his haltering acting style is something he does when speaks outside of acting as well. In a book that Shatner wrote, he said that the reason why he halters when he speaks, is that he is pausing to remember his lines. Shatner says that he would deliberately overact to make silly situations seem more real. He has written about his acting in The World of Suzie Wong play. Shatner claims that when he overacted, the audience got more in to the play.

I think the "The Musician" is one the weaker episodes of the first 2 seasons of land of the Lost. I think a flaw of the 2nd season is that Chaka and his ape people got used too much. They were being used too much for comic relief. I like Chaka but I prefered it when he was potrayed in a more serious way. Most of the famous science fiction writers were gone during the 2nd season. Even though the 2nd was uneven, the show still had a signicant number of good episodes.

I'm glad you started watching the shows before the 3rd season. Many land of the Lost fans are very critical of the 3rd season. If you just had the 3rd season to go on, this would reinforce your negative opinion of the show. I would recommend you see the first season, this is when the show was at it's best.

  JAS SAYS: Okay, I was 15 or 16 when the third season of Land of the Lost aired, so I wasn't watching much Saturday morning TV any more. But I can NOT be the only person watching the episode "Flying Dutchman" all these years later who CRINGES with horror at this twisted bit....

The old bearded Dutchman looks at little Holly (from behind her...), gazing longingly at her, and asks "Do you LIKE me?"

Holly says something like "Sure, you're super," without really looking back at him.

The Dutchman continues studying the little girl's backside, looking her up and down, and then he says, with weight and gravity (and what seems to be unconcealed lust), something like "It does get...." (looooong pause) "....LONELY out here."

Jeez!!! Pedophile, much??? WTF???

(JAS LATER, AFTER MARATHON WRAPUP): I admit you've greatly swayed my previous opinion of LOTL - my casual exposure to it in the '70s never revealed so much story depth, tho I still have little love for the ill-conceived music and uninspired performances. Viewing parts of the marathon on your own passionate recommendation enabled me to appreciate aspects of the series I paid little heed to (even if that same marathon also reinforced/reminded me how intolerable the music was to my ultimate enjoyment of the stories being spun) --

Hey, was that even the actor who played their dad seen vanishing thru time in the third season intro, or did they just stick a Mike Brady perm-wig on some poor hapless Sleestak extra and shove him thru two giant paper towel rolls?? Why DID they boot the dad? He was the only one who could act his way out of the paper bag sets (other than Chaka, who I thought was a female until you clarified) ---

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PINK FLOYD IN SAN DIEGO

10-18-70: Pink Floyd performed in San Diego for the first time at the Intercollegiate Baseball Facility (a.k.a. the Polo Field) at UCSD. Touring behind their Atom Heart Mother album, they had played the previous month for their largest audience ever -- over 500,000 people -- in Paris. Despite their popularity in Europe, Floyd was third on the San Diego bill, behind Hot Tuna and Leon Russell.

Tickets cost $3.50 for the general-admission show, which started at noon. "There was a big marijuana protest on the grounds at the same time," recalls one-time concert promoter Dan Tee, a member of UCSD's Student Body Council at the time and one of the people behind the show. "About a hundred people were carrying signs and chanting 'legalize it, legalize it,' and it seemed like there were at least that many cops around too. "[The protestors] weren't too organized, though. Before long, most of them were going into the concert instead of protesting.... We used a bunch of their [abandoned] sign poles to prop up a temporary fence that gate-crashers tore down to get into the concert."

The San Diego date was one of the few where the experimental song "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" was performed by the band. It lasted around 20 minutes. "They actually sat at a little folding table and ate for part of the song," says Tee, "with tapes of voices and sound effects playing in the background."

The band returned to San Diego one year later -- 10/17/71 -- to play a show at Golden Hall that became widely bootlegged.

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10-17-71 – Pink Floyd at Golden Hall: One of the most widely bootlegged concerts of the vinyl era, collectors of ROIOs (recordings of illegitimate origin) at www.pf-roio say of this concert:

"This is post-Syd pre-Dark Side Floyd at the height of their jamming power...Each instrument is clear and, for a change, Rick [Wright]'s organ is played up in the mix."

"Possibly the best currently available show from the fall 1971 shows...'Fat Old Sun' is the extended version, with an extra verse sung before the jam." "PF shows off their quad sound effects. The music fades out and somebody enters through a door, walks around in the room opening doors with different sounds behind them. After a while, 'Cymbaline' fades in again." Among the many bootlegs available of this performance, From Oblivion appears to have the closest to a complete setlist, now available on CD and frequently auctioned through eBay.

 SETLIST: 1. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 2. Fat Old Sun 3. Atom Heart Mother a) Father's Shout b) Breast Milky c) Mother Fore d) Funky Dung 4. Embryo 5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 6. Cymbaline 7. Blues Jam

Here’s the group’s take on “Fat Old Sun” that night (courtesy Bart Mendoza): http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=PMGbwnB

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 9-16-72: Pink Floyd at Golden Hall performing Dark Side of the Moon.

SETLIST: 1. Speak To Me, 2. Breathe, 3. On The Run, 4. Time, 5. The Mortality Sequence/The Great Gig In The Sky, 6. Money, 7. Us And Them, 8. Any Colour You Like, 9. Brain Damage, 10. Eclipse, 11. One of These Days, 12. Careful With That Axe, 13. Echoes, 14. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

 

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 4-25-75: Pink Floyd at San Diego Sports Arena

SETLIST: 1. Raving and Drooling, 2.You Gotta Be Crazy, 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I - V), 4. Have A Cigar, 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts VI - IX), 6. Speak To Me, 7. Breathe, 8. On The Run, 9. Time, 10. Breathe (reprise), 11. The Great Gig In The Sky, 12. Money, 13. Us And Them, 14. Any Colour You Like, 15. Brain Damage, 16. Eclipse, 17. Echoes

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4-14-94 – Pink Floyd at Jack Murphy Stadium: "I could easily smell the burning stench of our failed drug laws," wrote Reader columnist Allan Peterson about Pink Floyd's first San Diego concert in 19 years. The immense scope of the elaborate show, with all its effects, movie screens, inflatable animals, and (excellent) quad sound, is not what ranks this show (sans the "real" Pink, Roger Waters) among great and historic local events.

Rather, it was the stirring performance of "The Great Gig in the Sky." Peterson says, "Singer Durga McBroom's take on that classic piece was seamlessly compelling and contained all that one could hope for -- longing, sadness, acceptance, raw beauty...the terrifying immediacy of mortality, the telling reality of loss." I felt the same chill down my spine during the rendition, and over a decade later, that's "the moment" everyone I know who was there still raves about.

Bootleg aficionados apparently agree, usually ranking this date -- and that performance of "Great Gig" -- among the best of the entire U.S. tour.

SETLIST: 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Learning To Fly 3. What Do You Want From Me 4. A Great Day For Freedom 5. Sorrow 6. Take It Back 7. On The Turning Away 8. Keep Talking 9. One Of These Days 10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 11. Breathe 12. Time 13. High Hopes 14. Wish You Were Here 15. Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 16. The Great Gig In The Sky 17. Us And Them 18. Money 19. Comfortably Numb 20. Hey You 21. Run Like Hell 

Here’s “Astronomy Domine” from the show (thanks, Bart!): http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=GkBWeuBpLkQ 

And “Hey You”: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=FSV3i_T01Y8

And “What Do You Want From Me”: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=4l0-6s6JKQg

(Me backstage for Pink Floyd at Jack Murphy Stadium - mock if you must my fanny pack, stone-washed jean jacket, jogging pants, and mullet, but they had a killer catering tent and I was having the time of my life!)

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STREET SCENE 2009 LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Back in the Gaslamp for 2009, Street Scene has posted the lineup-so-far of this year's edition, again being headed up by founder Rob Hagey and Casbah PooBah Tim Mays. www.street-scene.com

 

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 NEWS SHORTS

AntiMusic reports: Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland has told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that STP is working with producer Don Was on material for a new album, tentatively due in 2010. (Click for more)

Mary Weiland, the estranged wife of Scott Weiland, will publish her memoir, "Fall to Pieces", on October 27 (Click for more)

Scott Weiland has issued a statement in response to media reports of the memoir. The statement, issued Wednesday (June 3), reads in part "At 16, Mary dreamed of being a famous model. She came close but she gave up her career for [the couple's kids] Noah, Lucy, and myself. She never got to see the 'what could have happened.' Well, as everyone knows by now, we are getting divorced and yes, Mary is writing a book which I have not read. But what I want everyone to know that it has nothing to do with infidelity. Neither the divorce nor the book. Please don't place the red letter upon my children's mother..."

Since January 2007, Astra Kelly has produced 123 radio shows for KPRI's local program, The KPRI Homegrown Hour. "As of May 23rd," she says, "I officially passed the torch to local music advocate, promoter and talented singer/songwriter, Cathryn Beeks. I will still be chiming in each week with in the field interviews that I'll record with different SD bands at various venues. Check out Cathryn's music HERE, and also make sure to visit her music site, Listen Local San Diego. Plus, KPRI has just re-vamped their entire website and now you can hear Podcasts of the Homegrown Hour each week!" http://kprifm.com/pages/homegrown

Switchfoot have announced their Crazy Making Summer Tour, set to kick off July 26th in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with guests Ours and Longwave. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on its seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane, produced by the band and Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Rilo Kiley, Fiona Apple).

The Fifth Annual Bro-Am will be presented by Switchfoot on June 27, with a surf contest and concert to be held in Encinitas. The event will benefit StandUp For Kids, a national nonprofit volunteer outreach organization that began in San Diego and is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of at-risk, homeless, and street kids.

Tweeter Travis Barker of Blink 182 (@trvsbrkr 162,628 followers) and DJ AM (@DJ_AM 61,128 followers) this week released the first ever Coachella '09 downloadable mixtape to fans "Free in exchange for only one tweet," crashing servers and exploding the digital airwaves! Fans went into a digital frenzy using the application built by Culture Jam Labs, retweeting the message and downloading the mixtape from the TRV$DJAM twitter website by tweeting the following message for the free download: "Download the new #trvsdjam mixtape Fix Your Face Vol. 2 - Coachella 09 in exchange for one tweet!"

Here is the official announcement from Culture Jam Labs: Superstar drummer Travis Barker and world-renowned turntablist DJ-AM are breaking new ground with the release of their second mixtape, "Fix Your Face Vol. 2 – Coachella '09". As social media enthusiasts, the two musicians have chosen to offer Twitter users an early download of their album for an unconventional price—one "tweet".

Apparently some online rat is impersonating Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy. His official Myspace page warns fans, "If you're getting messages from Stephen Pearcy 'Under My Skin' myspace IT IS NOT from Mr. Pearcy. We have been getting notices that this imposter is sending messages saying he's Mr. Pearcy, which he is NOT!". Mr Pearcy? How un-rock n' roll. (Click for more)

Ratt have announced some new tour dates. In April, Loud & Proud announced the signing of a worldwide deal the band who are set to begin recording their first new material since 1999's self-titled album this spring. (Click for more)

Sepultura, who at various times has holed up at San Diego rehearsal rooms, will be heading back to Europe for the summer. (Click for more)

Idle Idol: Apparently it was mostly entertainment writers who were excited about this season's American Idol finale, and not viewers or fans of local oh-so-theatrical singer Adam Lambert (who poked fun at speculation about his sexuality on this weekend's edition of VH1's Best Week Ever). The karaoke contest show wrapped its eighth season Wednesday with the lowest rating ever in the 18-49 demographic for an "Idol" finale, even as the series touted its largest margin of victory yet over competitors this season. (Click for more)

Rancid is offering a full stream and a track by track commentary of their new album Let the Dominoes Fall on their MySpace page.

Rolling Stone's new issue (June 11) has a short article "Hot Scene: San Diego - a Noise Grows in SoCal ," mostly focusing on Waaves, Crocodiles, the Soft Pack, Christmas Island, and Delta Spirit.

Wavves is all over the internet, and this time not in a good way, after storming angrily from the stage at Spain's Primevera Sound Festival, leaving his drummer yelling and swearing for him to come back, only to have the sound turned off and be bum-rushed from the stage. The meltdown is being chatted up on Facebook, Twitter, Stereogum, Pitchfork, San Diego Dialed In, etc. Rosey at http://www.sddialedin.com/ has Wavves/Nathan's website apology, which was apparently removed from Nathan's blog but remains visible at a link from Rosey's site.

This one's not local, but it's my favorite news short of the day - Guitarist Oz Fox of reactivated Christian hard rockers Stryper will marry Annie Lobért, a 41-year-old former call girl who founded the international Christian ministry Hookers for Jesus, on June 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Click for more than you'd hope for)

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MORE NEW MUSIC STORIES THIS WEEK

	Oh, Evan by Barnaby Monk Brick by Brick books the 30-year-strong "smart-metal" band Kings X. The Louisiana-based trio is on the Inside/Out label and touring behind their 12th proper, XV, a hook-heavy collection that allmusic.com scored four of five ...
	Crystal Antlers by William Crain Tentacles, the debut full-length from Long Beach's Crystal Antlers, opens with a looping keyboard sound, but if you think this is going to be some kind of electronic album, you're in for a shock. Soon, ...
	Joe Cocker by Dave Good The history of air guitar has got to include a footnote for Joe Cocker. In the late 1960s, Cocker, a British rock star, was mainly known for two things: A voice that -- although agreeable ...
	Come to the Cabaret by Jay Allen Sanford "San Diego stands poised to rival such musically friendly cities as Austin, Texas," says Rafter drummer Andy Robillard, who recently took over booking the Ruby Room. "Now if only we could get those archaic cabaret ...
	Tornado Magnet by Rosa Jurjevics The first track ("Hook Up") on Tornado Magnet's album Double Wide is about a fishing hole, Lone Star beers, and the good old boys who convene on a Sunday to hook up. The second, "Pistolero," mentions a six-gun
	Hey, Hoochie Mamas by Michael Hemmingson In March of this year, Revolt in Style called the Buzzbombs "San Diego's Favorite Party Band." The rockabilly trio is all about having a good time. "Our crowds are always so much fun," says Johnny ...
	Adam's Run by Josh Board I've had two Thanksgiving dinners with Eber Lambert, father of American Idol Adam. Last November, before we all sat down to eat, Eber was doing a lot of texting. He said, "My son just made ...
	Scoreboard! by Ken Leighton Goodnight Caulfield, a local pop/rock quartet with limited exposure outside of all-ages venues and coffeehouses, has signed on with Variety Artists, the same agency that books 311 and Incubus. The band's agent at Variety is ...
	Communication Breakdown by Dorian Hargrove After two years of playing drums for alternative rockers Demasiado, Wade Youman has decided to move on. "There were some creative issues with me and the bass player [Eric Shefstad]. We were banging heads, and ...

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 CATHRYN BEEKS’ WEEKLY LISTEN LOCAL HOTSHEET  

MUSIC NEWS

 Thursday nights: La Mesa Village's "Back To The '50s" Car Show on La Mesa Blvd. between Acacia and 4th happens on Thursday nights from 5-8pm through August and they're looking for 50s, 60s, and 70s music.  This is an exposure opportunity, bands must have their own equipment and there is no pay, however, they do give certificates to restaurants.  If you're interested, please contact Deena.

 Dennis Andersen posted GREAT photos from the last AA show.  Thanks Dennis!

 The First Friday Music Club has been doing INCREDIBLE work connecting kids with music for years (the Blonde Brothers, for instance!) now they're asking for donations so they can continue the important work they do.  Check out the website then contact Judith Fisher at 619-223-0651 to help.

 Martha's Bargain Basement Sale happens Saturday June 6th and will include lots of beautiful, unique and very functional home and garden decor, kitchenware, etc. Doors open at 8:30am until at least Noon.  10940 Roselle Street, San Diego CA Questions?  Martha Sullivan (858) 945-6273

 Have you heard (and seen) the Chris Cantore Show on LegitRadioTV? It's weekdays at random times.  :)  Hand picked music, social commentary and good vibes.  We love you Chris!

 Berkley Hart is at Canyon Folk this Saturday, June 6, make your reservations now!  Suggested donation is $20.00 and includes dinner/dessert potluck buffet, coffee, tea, bottled water, some wine and beer.

 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!

Thanks for the kind words about my first show, I know some of you were unable to "listen online" on Saturday, sorry about that!  Hopefully soon the shows will be available as podcasts that you can listen to any 'ol time, stay tuned for details.  If you'd like to receive an email update every Friday with a "sneak peak" at this Saturday's playlist plus other news just for friends of The Homegrown Show, Join The Homegrown Hour Mailing List.  This is different from the list you're receiving this from, you'll need to be on it to get important updates and music news specific to The Homegrown Hour, hope you join. 

 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

 

 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

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

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

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

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, ABC

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 ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, syndicated

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)

THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW, syndicated

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

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  A MESSAGE FROM MC FLOW - RECENT VIOLENCE AGAINST RHYTHM AND THE METHOD'S LEAD SINGER WAS A HATE CRIME

"A vibrant and unique member of our community was the victim of a hate crime on May 14," says Abby Schwartz, aka rapper MC Flow. "Most of you know Rhythm Turner as the lead singer of Rhythm & the Method, a successful local band that has been playing at Pride festivals and venues around San Diego for years. Some of you may simply know her as the bright, outgoing person she is – creative, spiritual, laid-back. She has a cheerful, ’60s vibe and teaches yoga when she is not in class as a full-time student."   "On May 14, Rhythm and her girlfriend were approached in the parking lot outside a San Diego venue, as they were hugging goodbye after one of Rhythm’s gigs. The attacker asked the two women to kiss and became violent when they refused. Rhythm, who has no medical insurance, was left with serious facial fractures and a fractured nose, and now requires surgery to repair the damage."   In an effort to speak out about hate crimes, she has since made a video about the incident, which can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tGpnspl80.   "Rhythm’s attacker is not currently being charged with a hate crime, but she would like to see the charge added. Fundraisers are beginning to pop up around town to support Rhythm, starting with the first one this Thursday at FlawLes’ Thirsty Thursdays at Universal. A larger benefit with live music, raffles and silent auction is scheduled to take place at Humphrey’s Backstage Lounge on Saturday, June 13, from 1 to 4 p.m."   For more information on upcoming fundraisers or to send Rhythm a note of support, visit www.myspace.com/rhythmandthemethod.

 Queer Abby - http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=14756

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 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.”

 

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.

 

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.”

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 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

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  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!”

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  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 ------

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 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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  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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Related links

"Where Have All The Deadheads Gone?" Local flower children, after the head Deadhead was dead.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/aug/31/rock-operas-leaving-town-plus-playing-with-michael/

WHY AL KOOPER HATES LOCAL WRITERS (BUT LOVES SAN DIEGO)

The legendary Al Kooper has been making regular appearance at the old Normal Heights church that hosts the Acoustic Music San Diego series. During one visit, he ran somewhat afoul of music columnist Buddy Blue; on Kooper's return, he took issue with a Reader columnist.... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/jan/09/why-al-kooper-hates-local-writers-but-loves-san-di/

METALLICA IN SAN DIEGO - LARS LIKES US! HE REALLY LIKES US! 

The Metallica San Diego footage streaming on the band’s website is top-notch, pro-shot, and fairly impressive – I can take or leave Death Magnetic, but it looks like they still command and destroy on stage. They’ve been such cartoons of themselves, for too very long now.... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/jan/09/why-al-kooper-hates-local-writers-but-loves-san-di/

Famous Former Neighbors - The Article: Underground With The Celebrity Dead - Local gravesites of the rich and famous... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/jan/31/famous-dead-neighbors-plus-public-access-mtv

Do It Yourself Music Television - A history of local public access music TV shows... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/jan/31/famous-dead-neighbors-plus-public-access-mtv

Weird Beatles Merchandise - WTF were these licensors (and bootleggers) thinking... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/feb/06/my-brunch-with-yoko-plus-weird-beatles

My Brunch With Yoko - Brunch with a Beatle bride... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/feb/06/my-brunch-with-yoko-plus-weird-beatles

Yoko Ono Comics and Stories  - When Johnny Met Yoko, with dialogue and captions paraphrased from published Lennon interviews. Plus John Lennon: A Life in the Day... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/feb/06/my-brunch-with-yoko-plus-weird-beatles

Snotley Crue Comics and Stories  - spoofing U-know-hooey... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/jan/30/snotley-crue-comix-and-stories

When Your Love Is Locked Up - On California women's prisons and the families and loved ones of prisoners. Focus is on my good friend Danielle Barcheers, the 2nd youngest female ever convicted of a capital crime in CA state history (now ten years into a 20-to-life sentence). Plus 100 Rockin' Local Lawsuits.... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/jul/30/when-kids-go-to-prison-plus-100-rockin-lawsuits

"Before It Was The Gaslamp: Balboa's Last Stand" - Cover story 6-21-07: In the late 70s/early 80s, I worked at downtown San Diego's grindhouse all-night movie theaters, for the owner of the Pussycat Theatre chain, Vince Miranda - this detailed feature recalls those dayz, the death of the Balboa Theatre, etc.

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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