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Wednesday ‘Round Town, plus Jill Sobule, Sex With Ducks, Best New Local Albums, Worst of Delta Spirit, Chick Rock, 75 Secrets, more
By Jay Allen Sanford | Posted June 10, 2009, 4:17 a.m.
San Diego Music Encyclopedia & Database Online Now
Press illo to play the Overheard song!
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/WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Live Music
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Blue Rockit
Humphrey's Backstage Music Club -
Jeff Moore & the Witchdoctors
Kraken -
Tommy Price
McP's Irish Pub and Grill -
The Buzzbombs
Patrick's II -
Joe Wood & the Lonely Ones
Hensley's Flying Elephant Pub and Grill -
Testament, Unearth
House of Blues -
Never So Few
Calypso Café -
The Church, Adam Franklin (Swervedriver), Bolts of Melody - Belly Up Tavern
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The Howlers
Stage Saloon -
Cafe Peyote CD release, Soul Vox, Ghost Town Refugees, Cheeky - Bitter End
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Jah Roots Hi Fi - 710 Beach Club
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JD Souther, Jill Sobule, Peter Sprague,Leonard Patton, Gunnar Biggs, Steve Haney, Russell Bizzett, Tokeli - Anthology
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The Antlers - Bar Pink
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Freefall - Beach House
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WestFire, Soup, Arms Entwined - Beauty Bar
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The Napoleon Complex - Brick by Brick
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Ray Correa - The Butcher Shop
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Burnett's Bliss - Café La Maze
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Trace de la Suerte - Café Sevilla
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Luke Walton - Carlsbad Farmers Market
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Maja Markovic - Carmel Valley Library
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Boomsnake, Children Collide, Black Hondo - The Casbah
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Rolando/Cygnet Theater
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Eamon Carroll - The Field Irish Pub and Restaurant
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Christopher Dale - The Handlery Hotel and Resort
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Jesse LaMonaca - Hennessey's PB
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Lady Dottie & the Diamonds - Henry's Pub
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Hall and Oates, Ashford and Simpson, Michael Johns, Brooke White - NARM Conference, Marriott Hotel
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Piano Bar - Jack's La Jolla — Ocean Room
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The Soul Revue - Jimmy Love's
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Schugariver - Johnny V
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Taters Invaders - Last Call
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Mike Gardner - Mas Fina Cantina
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The Peter Rutman Band - Mission Valley Library
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Dead Wasps - O'Connells Pub and Nightclub
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The City Guard Band - Old Town State Historic Park
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Los Reyes del Ritmo - Osetra Watergrill
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Mystery Train - Peter D's
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Allegra - Prospect Bar
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Breakhouse - Radio Room
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The Ed Rapacci Duo - Red Fox Steakhouse
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Peter the Prince of Piano - Rei Do Gado Churrascuria
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Metal Fest with Black Ambulance, Caskets on Parade, Draind, Rituals in Pain, Shattered Eyes, Gortuary - Ruby Room
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RadioStar - Second Wind (Magnolia)
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Lifelike - Second Wind (Navajo)
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Gino and the Lone Gunmen - Stage Saloon
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Rob Hastings - Tiki House
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Monster Jamm - Tio Leo's
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Tomcat Courtney - The Turquoise, Café-Bar Europa
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Vinyl Film - U-31
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WoMama - Winstons
DJ Events
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Hip-Hop Night
8:00 p.m., Fannie's Nightclub -
Deep House Nite
9:00 p.m., Bar Dynamite -
DJ Famous Dave
9:00 p.m., Whiskey Girl -
Cookies with DJ Dirty Kurty
9:00 p.m., Flame -
Hot Like Wasabi Wednesdays
9:00 p.m., Harney Sushi -
CleanCut DJs - Bluefoot
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MY PERSONAL HOTPICK FOR TODAY...
Jill Sobule, JD Souther - Anthology
Catch singer-songwriter Jill Sobule as she hits the road in support of her newest album,
One day about a year ago, Sobule found herself at a crossroads. She had written a batch of songs that she really liked, but she had no idea what to do with them. Over the course of her long music career, Sobule had already been dropped by two major labels, then found herself languishing on two indies that both went bankrupt. "Needless to say, I was hesitant to go down the label road again," she says.
Sobule became obsessed with thinking about how to release the songs, which now make up her charming new album California Years. Should she give it one last go with the majors? Release the music digitally? Or should she just finance the album herself, and if so, where would she get the money? "How do I pay the rent?" she asked readers of her blog on allthingsd.com. Sobule jokes, "How do I support my gambling and morphine habits?"
After receiving all kinds of useful advice and encouragement, she launched jillsnextrecord.com, where folks could donate cash in exchange for "gifts." A $10 contribution earned you a free digital download of the album; $50 got you an advanced copy and a 'Thank You' in the liner notes; $200 earned you free admission to all of Sobule's shows for the year; and $1,000 got you your own personal Sobule-penned "theme song."
Three people who donated $5,000 got Sobule to come play at their house, which she loves to do ("They always have really good spreads"), and the one fan who donated $10,000 got to sing on the album (listen for her on "Mexican Pharmacy"). The website launched in mid-January 2008. By March, Sobule had reached her target of raising $75,000 through donations from more than 500 fans and even a few non-fans. "I got a message from this one guy saying, 'I don't really like your music, but I'm donating because I like this idea,'" Sobule recalls with a laugh.
Because of those generous souls, Sobule was able to finance the recording of
California Years is a welcome addition to the
Sobule was so eager for her benefactors to hear that she posted a preview of the songs on the site and solicited opinions from about which ones to include, leading one wisenheimer to remark: "I realize this will be an unpopular opinion, but I've listened to these tracks all the way through and I think it needs more cowbell."
"I agree with him," Sobule says. "You can never have too much cowbell."
NARM CONFERENCE - FINAL DAY LINEUP
DATE:
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
I rarely post video to this blog, but this tune "Sex With Ducks" is the best and funniest video I've seen in at least a year, since I came across White Gold doing "Is It Me Or Do You Love My Hair"!!
And, what the hell, here's the aforementioned White Gold vid --------
For the inside WTF-scoop on White Gold, checkout http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/apr/18/saturday-round-town-plus-lost-local-supergroups-ma
WHAT I'M WATCHING...
Whether or not you're a fan of Will Ferrell...Try Stranger Than Fiction sometime! Seemingly loosely inspired by "Secret Cinema," an obscure cult film by Paul "Eating Raoul" Bartel, Ferrell's character suddenly hears an unseen narrator telling his life story, with foreshadowing and hints of worrisome events to come. Ferrell seeks out Dustin Hoffman, who has written about writing and seems to understand that Ferrell is a character in a story and must do certain things that adhere to certain narrative structures.
One of the more interesting aspects of the movie is how Ferrell's obsessive compulsive disorder is actually illustrated by bits of animations that show us how his compartmentalized mind is working - surprisingly fine little film that few seem to have heard of, let alone seen.
CATHRYN BEEKS’ WEEKLY LISTEN LOCAL HOTSHEET
Tuesday 6/9 - Bare Back Grill Downtown with Lindsay and guests - 7:00 Allegra, 7:30 Alex Esther, 8:15 Heather Green, 8:45 Lindsay White, 9:30 Paul Cannon - NO COVER!
Wednesday 6/10 - Backstage at The Bitter End at 5th and F, great music NO COVER! 8:00 Cafe Peyote CD Release, 9:00 Soul Vox, 10:00 Ghost Town Refugees, 10:40 Cheeky -final show?! I said, NO COVER!
MUSIC NEWS
Artist of the Week: Cheeky's been entertaining us for years and now they announce that this Wednesday (Backstage at The Bitter End) will be the final show for a while as the band bids a fond farewell to drummer Gabriel. Please join us and help send him off in style. No cover
Link of the Week: Steve Covault has added a few albums to his Listen Local Photo file, check out the latest from The Game!
Charlie from Bigfellas says: " Just a friendly reminder to back up stuff from your computer and devices. If your computer hard drive got fried right now, what would you lose? Photos, MP3, Emails, Videos, Documents, Addresses, etc. It’s been known to happen so get copies of favorite files onto a disk, a remote location or another hard drive." Thanks Charlie!
Citizen Band will release Breaker Breaker My Heart on June 21st, Father's day at The Brick by Brick. It's a Sunday, don't miss it, 10-4?
You've seen him in a bunny suit, how about a bathing suit?Christopher Dale & Friends goes Poolside on Wednesdays for happy hour at The Handlery for the next 3 months. It's all ages, free and you get out just in time to head to The Bitter End for more free, LIVE music.
Homegrown Radio Hour Shows are posted here, if you missed this Saturday you can hear it at kprifm.com this Friday. Have you joined the mailing list? Join The Homegrown Hour Mailing List, find out who's getting played this Saturday!
Heads Up!
That's it for this week, see you at a show!
Cathryn
ListenLocalsd.com
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS
We 6/10: Sonic Youth
Th 6/11: Denzel Washington, the Jonas Brothers
Fr 6/12: Sandra Bullock, P.J. Harvey with John Parish
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
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
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)
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
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
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.”
DELTA SPIRIT'S WORST AND WEIRDEST GIGS
Jon Jameson of Delta Spirit recently told LAist about the band's worst and weirdest gigs:
What was the worst show you ever played?
(laughs) Lawrence, Kansas. We played the worst show ever. We kept getting shocked the whole night by the mics. All of us just really hated it. We thought we were going to get electrocuted. But at some point we just realized, "Ok this show is total sh-t," and had a crazy Nirvana spaz out jam session at the end.
Did the audience like it?
Maybe, who knows? We're usually really friendly after the show and like to hang out, but that night we couldn’t face it. But we're going back to Lawrence on our next tour, and we're going to redeem ourselves!
What is the weirdest thing you ever saw at a show?
We played this show with Matt Costa in Florida one time that was totally weird. That tour for some reason we had six shows in Florida. At this place the stage was a fake boat and the audience was dancing on the sand. Next to this stage was this fake lagoon. It was like a really bizarre MTV beach house.
Would you rather be burned alive or frozen to death?
Oh, frozen for sure. Because there is always a chance you would always get warm. But if your hot there's no escape. I mean if you're frozen there is always hope that a St. Bernard will show up with a barrel full of whiskey . Whiskey doesn’t help in a fire.
Complete interview:
http://laist.com/2009/01/16/interview_jon_jameson_of_the_delta.php
Before there WAS a Delta Spirit, drummer Brandon Young and bassist Jon Jameson were both in Noise Ratchet.
After deciding to form a new group together, Young came across singer Matt Vasquez at a trolley station, where he was standing on a bench and singing to passersby. The trio became a band, joined by guitarist Sean Walker, and you-name-it-I-play-it Kelly Winrich.
Regarding the band's name, Jon Jameson says "My mom’s Uncle Red, from Birmingham, Alabama, had a taxidermy shop called Delta Spirit Taxidermy Station of North Central Alabama."
The band first garnered attention while touring with Tokyo Police Club, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and their Monarchy Music labelmates (and fellow religious refugees) Cold War Kids.
The group's rootsy debut EP I Think I've Found It ranked number nine on the Best of '07 list at the influential music blog Daytrotter. Word of mouth about their fiery stage shows caused ever-growing crowds, though offbeat antics like playing trash can lids as instruments didn't always endear them to audiences expecting mainstream indie rock.
In summer 2007, they convened in Julian to stay in a friend's cabin and record a full length album, called Ode to Sunshine. They also recorded in a studio built in the basement of Kelly Winrich's parents' house, located on the beach in San Clemente. After circulating copies of the album themselves, the band was signed by Rounder Records in 2008, with the label re-releasing Ode to Sunshine. Rounder's remastered version of the album includes an additional song, "Streetwalker," taken from the EP and re-recorded.
They made their network TV debut on September 3, 2008, on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Their song "Trashcan," featuring an actual trashcan lid used as a percussion instrument, has become a popular radio hit.
Related links
- Blurt (Dec. 3, 2008)
- Website
- Alternate website
HIDDEN TRACKS - THE SHAMBLES AND MANUAL SCAN -Dontcha just love getting something for nothing? And who doesn’t fantasize about finding hidden treasure? That’s pretty much the notion behind “Easter eggs” on DVDs and hidden tracks on albums – the goodies are there, but you gotta find ‘em ---- http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/jan/21/delta-spirits-worst-and-weirdest-plus-breakups-and/
Concert Security Wars: Battle of the Bouncers -- San Diego security firms fight (AND SUE) for their right to bounce you! http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/apr/24/concert-security-wars-battle-of-the-bouncers/
"Rock Operas Were Born in San Diego" - Didja know the world's first-ever actual rock opera was staged in San Diego? "An Eye in Each Head" creator Anthony Adams is still in the stage rock biz, at the North Park Theater... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/aug/31/rock-operas-leaving-town-plus-playing-with-michael/
"Midnight Movies - the '80s Part 1" - The Fine Arts Theater, the Unicorn, the Guild, the Academy, the Loma and La Paloma, the Ken Cinema, the Strand in OB - for a time, the midnight movie crowd was its own sort of stoner subculture. Several historic cult movie events happened right here in SD, including the first-ever audience participation performance along with Phantom of the Paradise.... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/nov/09/more-on-brick-by-bricks-new-hip-hop-showcase-plus-/
"Why Jackson Browne Hates Former Reader Contrib Richard Meltzer" - The first time Jackson Browne was profiled Rolling Stone [June 22, 1972], Richard Meltzer did the interview. When Meltzer called the singer "one hell of a prototype sex symbol for the gay rock underground," Browne was VERY unhappy.... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/nov/09/more-on-brick-by-bricks-new-hip-hop-showcase-plus-/
"An Extreme Elvis Is a Naked Elvis" - Extreme Elvis doesn’t play San Diego much any more. "I’m banned from all the clubs in town," he says. "They booted me off the stage at one place [Brick By Brick] after about five minutes"..... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/oct/22/worst-musical-halloween-costumes-plus-rock-op92d7a/
"The Celebrity House Hunter" - A local real estate agent talks about driving celebs like George Harrison and Bread singer David Gates around town, in search of new digs... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/oct/22/worst-musical-halloween-costumes-plus-rock-op92d7a/
"Judge Judy Takes On the Belly Up Tavern" - So I was watching an afternoon repeat of Judge Judy (I like it when she yells at dumbasses), and lo and behold the episode involved the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. It was the case of “Beauty and the Bouncers”... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/oct/22/worst-musical-halloween-costumes-plus-rock-op92d7a/
"Playing With Michael Jackson's Head [Guitarist]" - Local string whiz Jennifer Batten has played with the Great Gloved One, Jeff Beck, Slash, and many more... 
"Whales Are Changing Their Tune" - according to Professor John Hildebrand, a blue whale expert at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD who has studied recordings of whales “singing” since the 1960s.
"[Paint]Brushes with Fame" - profiling three album cover and concert poster painters; Mike Clift (Psychotic Waltz, Tipper Gore's Comics & Stories), Geo (Fairfield Fats Band, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes), and Ken Meyer, Jr. (Marvel's Ghost Rider, Alternative Comics). http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/aug/31/rock-operas-leaving-town-plus-playing-with-michael/
"RIP Alton Kelley: King of Collage, Prince of Prints" - my unpublished 1999 interview with the late album cover and poster legend, who died in June ’08. Together with Stanley Mouse, Kelley virtually created the very look of an entire era.
"RIP Dave Stevens: Rocketeer Creator" - tribute to another fallen Great One, longtime San Diegan Dave Stevens. 
"Where Have All The Deadheads Gone?" Local flower children, after the head Deadhead was dead.
Blacks Beach - Partying nekkid with the children of the Rainbow (and some OCD Beatles fans).
THE KOMPLETE KISS KOMIX KRONICLES - Comprehensive collection of stuff I’ve done about working with Kiss on a comic book series, along with a bunch of never-before-seen artifacts from the Kiss Komix archives AND an article by Kiss comic author Spike Steffenhagen, offering his own very-different take, ala Rashomon, on the same events I describe in my essay...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/komplete-kiss-komix-kronicles
LOCALS REVEAL THEMSELVES - We asked 75 local musicos to tell us something few would know or guess -----
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/11/75-secrets-about-75-san-diego-musicians
LOCAL ROCK CHICKS - “It’s not easy being a chick rocker,” says Vv Loveland of Scary Mary, who shares rock chick tales alongside Eve Selis, Anya Marina, AM Vibe, Elan, Lindsey and Anna Troy, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Jenn Grinels, Victoria Robertson, Rachael Gordon, Wild Weekend, and more...
ROCK 'N' ROLL COMICS: THE INSIDE STORY - In 1989, local Revolutionary Comics ("Unauthorized And Proud Of It") launched Rock 'N' Roll Comics, featuring unlicensed biographies of rock stars, most of which I wrote. Some performers, like Frank Zappa and Kiss, were supportive, while others like New Kids On The Block considered our comics akin to bootlegs and sued. In June 1992, publisher Todd Loren was found dead in his San Diego condo, brutally murdered...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/rock-n-roll-comics-the-inside-story
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK VS REVOLUTIONARY COMICS - The inside story of how a hugely successful boy band tried to sue local-based Rock 'N' Roll Comics over an unauthorized biography of the group, sparking a court case that established, for the very first time, first amendment rights for comic books. Illustrated by comic superstar Stuart Immonen (Superman, etc.)...
OVER A MILLION CARNAL COMICS ARE IN PRINT - Here's how and why we made some of the top-selling erotic comics of all time, right here in San Diego, including what Gene Simmons has to do with it all, backstage tales of porn stars, and more confessions of a comic pornographer...
THE ROCKETEER AND OTHER FAMOUS '80S COMICS BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO - Here's a detailed history of local Pacific Comics, who recruited comic superstars like Jack Kirby to create one of the first successful indie comic book lines. Pioneers in the fight for comic creators' rights and royalties, former employees and operators reveal how they did it, and what went so terribly wrong...
COMICS AND CENSORSHIP - DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY A COMIC BOOK - A local-centric history of comic book censorship, and the fight for the rights of comic creators...
TWILIGHT ZONE AND STAR TREK WRITER GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON PRESENTS - The inside story of a local horror comic book series featuring Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, plus sci-fi king Larry Niven, Zap Comix co-founder Spain Rodriguez, Matthew Alice artist Rick Geary, Vampire Lestat painter Daerick Gross, yours truly JAS, and many more...
THE BIRTH OF IMAGE COMICS: INSIDE STORY OF A LOCAL PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE - Illustrated tale revealing how Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and local comic artist Jim Lee (the Punisher, etc.) conspired to create the ultimate creator-owned comic books...
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....
"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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Like this blog? Here are some related links:
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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