Staff Blog Entries

43 Years Ago Today: The Day Jimi Hendrix Made History in San Diego

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/24/24925/ May 1969: Two hundred years after Father Junípero Serra founded the first California mission on Presidio Hill, San Diego celebrated its bicentennial. The Ferry still shuttled passengers and cargo across the harbor, as it ...

Former Monroes Singer Rare Surprise Local Gig Today (May 24)

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/24/24918/ “Could you be the one I’m thinking of? Could you be the girl I really love? All the people tell me so, But what do all the people know!” -- The Monroes, “What Do ...

Morrissey Comes to San Diego to Say "SeaWorld Sucks"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/23/24912/ Former Smiths singer and very vocal vegetarian Morrissey came to San Diego on May 22 with a message about the world famous tourist attraction just down the road from the Valley View Casino Center ...

RIP Powerdresser Drummer Lee Chapman

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/22/24766/ Lee Chapman, drummer for early 1990s local rockers Powerdresser, apparently passed away over the weekend. He was found unresponsive at a friend's house. No official cause of death has been determined, though friends and ...

Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen: Jaws, Batman, Supergirl, more

One of our most popular website features in years is my Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen series, with scans of an incredible collection of original artwork and proof prints that I once archived ...

Fingers Reunion, Mighty Joe Returns, Mentals/Farmers Supergroup, more!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/18/24650/ It's been nearly a year since Joey Harris and the Mentals keyboard player Mighty Joe Longa went under the knife to remove extensive cancer in his abdomen. Scheduled to complete chemotherapy this June, Joe's ...

Ace Frehley's Surprise Casbah Jam on Tuesday

Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) hit the Casbah on Tuesday night with his UFO tribute band, Flight To Mars, which includes Seattle mates Tim DiJulio (guitar), Gary Westlake (bass), Mike Musburger (drums) and Paul Passereli (vocals). ...

Candye Kane's Cancer Surgery Successful, but...

Local superhero Candye Kane has checked in with a report about her recent cancer surgery. "The good news: I had no positive lymph nodes this time. The surgery was successful in that my pancreatic duct ...

Point Loma High School Instrumental Music on Friday May 18 @Humphrey's

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/15/24400/ On Friday, May 18, the Point Loma High School Instrumental Music program will perform at Rhapsody on the Point at Humphrey’s by the Bay. The students hope to raise $20,000 at the concert and ...

Mods Reunited: Manual Scan Records 1st New Music in Years

Manual Scan is writing songs with former child actor Robbie Rist, best known as little Oliver the Jinx in the final season of the Brady Bunch TV show, and are recording their first new music ...

Local MP3tunes, Embattled by Lawsuit, Declares Bankruptcy

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24288/ MP3tunes, the online "music locker service" launched by controversial (and oft-sued) MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, has racked up so many bills over a long-running copyright lawsuit that it says it must file for Chapter ...

Boy Shakira Is All My Fault

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24282/ Of all who've appeared on the TV show America's Got Talent, the most controversial contestant is probably Boy Shakira, a heavyset man in a blonde wig and halter top, enthusiastically belly-dancing to both cheers ...

Dark Shadows FANATIC Reviews the Burton/Depp DS

Let’s get something straight from the get-go: I literally grew up in the shadow of Collinwood. The Rhode Island estate that served as the Collins mansion was just down the road from our somewhat less ...

DJ Tiësto to Spin at Hard Rock Hotel Pool Party May 20

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/08/24104/ DJ Tiësto, one of the world’s top ranked DJs (at least according to The DJ List and DJ Mag) will be spinning a daytime set at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Intervention Pool Party on ...

Matt Rhea's Spooky New Split 7-inch w/Monkey Wagon

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23848/ Matt Rhea (Manganista, No Reply) has a new split 7-inch coming out with Monkey Wagon called "Spooky Tunes" that's now available for pre-order at http://www.quasirecordings.com . http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23849/ "The theme for the record is new ...

Wavves Co-Creates New Weed Demon Video Game

Wavves has teamed up with Vice Magazine and NYC clothing company Mishka to create a demented video game called Weed Demon that resembles something like Paper Boy, only if the paper boy drank too much ...

One Day on Earth w/Local Contribs: Free Screening Sunday 4-22

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/21/23249/ A globally-created film project called One Day on Earth, shot simultaneously by contribs across the planet on the very same day, will get a free screening on Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), at AMC ...

RIP Jonathan Frid: His Final Barnabas Collins Performance

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/19/23197/ A mere three weeks before the opening of the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version of Dark Shadows, the original melancholy bloodsucker Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins) has passed away. He was 87. Frid and several ...

Tupac Hologram @ Coachella Courtesy of Local Company

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/18/23095/ Local firm AV Concepts are responsible for bringing Tupac back from the dead via hologram to perform with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg at the 2012 Coachella Music Festival. The firm specializes in "immersive ...

SoCal Showcase TV Show's New Home Venue in OB

"Our TV show now has its own weekly music showcase," says producer Joe Stevens, whose local music program SoCal Showcase debuted earlier this year on Time Warner public access channel 19. "It will be at ...

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