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Gonzo Report: Pavement open first U.S. tour in 12 years at the Balboa Theatre

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Gonzo Report: Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Los Straitjackets use music for memory at the Shell

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Bret Michaels declares “We love it here in San Diego!” at least a half dozen times

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Gonzo Report: Tenelle leaves no Pacifica stranded at Island Vibe Fest

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Gonzo Report: Pavement open first U.S. tour in 12 years at the Balboa Theatre

In the 1990s, Pavement personified aloof, slacker rock, anchored by odd guitar tunings and clever lyrics. They were more critical darlings than the sort of band that could muster a ...

Downtown San Diego Gonzo Report Of Note

Gonzo Report: Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Los Straitjackets use music for memory at the Shell

MTV originated in 1981 and became available on the west coast a year later. For me, the acts that come to mind from those days are Billy Idol, Adam Ant, ...

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Bret Michaels declares “We love it here in San Diego!” at least a half dozen times

Some call it glam rock. Others, hair metal. My friend Joe calls it butt rock: as in, on August 28 at Petco Park, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Poison, Mötley ...

Gonzo Report Harbor District La Mesa Of Note

Gonzo Report: Tenelle leaves no Pacifica stranded at Island Vibe Fest

For many attendees, the annual Island Vibe Music Festival at Downtown’s Spanish Landing on August 13 radiated a hearty homeland vibe from the get-go. For others, the evocation of the ...

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Gonzo Report: Sharing the Shell show - from Sheryl Crow to The Beach Boys

Sharing in the shell show “You don’t need tickets to enjoy the concert.” Downtown San Diego – After the Padres game on August 2nd, I cut through the Convention Center to catch my ferry home ...

September 7, 2022

College Area Gonzo Report Of Note SDSU

Gonzo Report: The cloud of smoke over Burning Spear

July 23, 2022, Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre: Burning Spear, aka Winston Rodney, has come out of a six-year retirement for a reunion with his fans and to spread the word of Jah ...

September 1, 2022

Del Mar Gonzo Report Of Note

August 24, 2022

Gonzo Report: Sippin’ & spinnin’ with Jerry Garcia jammers at Del Mar Social

Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995. He was best known for being a founding member The Grateful Dead, a band born in the days of ‘60s counterculture ...

Gonzo Report Ocean Beach Of Note

August 18, 2022

Gonzo Report: Chasing Capo Kelley, Mark Fisher, Wise Monkey Orchestra, Electric Waste Band & others at OB Street Fair

Following a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the OB Street Fair and Chili Cookoff returned on June 25 for the 42nd time. Fair food, street vendors, a chili cook-off, the OB Dirty Bird Wing Eating ...

Gonzo Report North Park

August 11, 2022

Bondage, bitches, and Divine talk at Queen Bee’s in North Park

Alma Rodriguez, owner of Queen Bee’s, escorts me into the North Park venue for “Dark Euphoria.” Before the end of this July 23 night, the pulse of gothic electronica will have carried me through lessons ...

Gonzo Report Of Note SDSU

August 4, 2022

Gonzo Report: Lost in the trenches at SDSU’s Open Air Theater

We were pre-gaming at the College-area Eureka! near when Whittney Blue said she was going to steal the table knife. There were four of us gathered around a table at the campus restaurant, trying to ...

Gonzo Report Of Note Point Loma

July 27, 2022

Gonzo Report: Punchy pit punctuates Tourist show in Point Loma

“No booze, no bullshit” reads the digital flyer I receive from Se Vende singer Collin Smith. It’s an ad for an underground punk show at a print shop, but the show is not being publicly ...

Gonzo Report La Jolla Of Note Torrey Pines

July 21, 2022

Gonzo Report: Artemis attracts all ages to the Alexandria

The latest jazz concerts produced by the ever-resourceful local promoter and musician Daniel Atkinson took place over two days during the first week of June. The Women in Jazz Mini-Fest highlighted the historic and ongoing ...

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Downtown San Diego Gaslamp Gonzo Report Of Note

Gonzo Report: Westgate bar is sonically sweet, inspired by Versailles

It’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the Westgate Hotel, which takes up the bulk of a downtown city block at the corner of Broadway and Second Avenue. Opened in 1970, ...

July 14, 2022

Chula Vista Gonzo Report Mission Valley Of Note

Gonzo Report: Santana soothes an anxious audience

Santana and Earth Wind & Fire shared the bill on Friday, June 17 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheater in Chula Vista, Ca. Anticipation was high: the concert had been rescheduled from both June 19, ...

July 7, 2022

Gonzo Report North Park Of Note

June 30, 2022

Gonzo Report: Part Time Lover sells the sound

As we approach the Art Déco facade of Part Time Lover in North Park — where Bar Pink operated for over a decade — I remind my wife Shelley that I’m on assignment. Because Wednesday ...

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Gonzo Report: Pavement open first U.S. tour in 12 years at the Balboa Theatre

Gonzo Report: Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Los Straitjackets use music for memory at the Shell

Bret Michaels declares “We love it here in San Diego!” at least a half dozen times

Gonzo Report: Tenelle leaves no Pacifica stranded at Island Vibe Fest

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