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Cover Stories Encinitas La Mesa Music scene

San Diego's vinyl records surge, but why?

Nicholas Friesen is a 38-year-old native San Diegan – he grew up in Southeast – who has been working in used record stores all his life. “I’ve got this 10,000-hour ...

Blurt Music News Encinitas Music scene Neighborhood News

To fight strippers, no one gets to dance

In most restaurants in the city of Encinitas, when live music is offered, dancing is not allowed. After finally paying off a $3,000 fine a few weeks ago, levied in ...

Big Screen Music scene

Alex scores!

“I’m producing and scoring the music for my first ever indie film short as part of the 60 day San Diego Film Con Challenge,” says multi-instrumentalist Alex Guillen. “It’s a ...

Kensington Music scene Neighborhood News

Oh, say, can you play the better "Star Spangled Banner"?

Former Kensington resident Jason DeBord, a 1988 graduate of San Diego’s O’Farrell High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, did a 17-year stint on Broadway as a conductor, arranger, ...

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Material witnesses at Adams Avenue Theater

The Reader recently reported that Discount Fabrics on Adams Avenue will be shutting down due to the sale of their building. The story mentioned that the establishment (located at 3325 Adams Avenue) was once a ...

February 14, 2018

Ask a Hipster Music scene

“MMMBop” was one heck of a song

Dear Hipster: Is it finally safe to admit that I really like the song “MMMBop,” or can people make fun of me for that? — Dave Can you believe it? Hanson’s Middle of Nowhere can ...

January 31, 2018

Golden Dreams Music scene

January 17, 2018

That fat analog sound

Maybe it’s when a man starts to feel a bit broken down and disposable himself that he starts to look around for things that are worth repairing and saving. Things like this Belles A amplifier ...

Cover Stories Music scene

January 3, 2018

Jams at the Kraken, Mr. Peabody's, Cafe La Maze, Pal Joey's, Prohibition, Bourre, Panama 66, Proud Mary's, Border X, Navajo Live, and Downtown Cafe

We’re going to have a lot of musicians here tonight, and they all get a turn. Okay?” A half dozen men circle around a thin man with a top bloom of white hair in long-sleeved ...

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December 30, 2017

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From the archives Music scene

Musical San Diego: the 1990s

Set a needle on my heart and play those songs of love and pain My record collection is a minefield of potential pain: stacks of Ray Charles, Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, ...

November 12, 2017

From the archives Music scene

San Diego's serious music

The Partch Reverberations The instruments are in varying states of sickness and health. While some can be replaced – improved even, as is the case with the New Boo built by local composer Cris Forster ...

September 24, 2017

Imperial Beach Music scene Neighborhood News

August 11, 2017

Band booted off Imperial Beach farmers market stage

After getting kicked off the stage at the Imperial Beach Farmers Market on Friday, August 4th, a San Diego music group's humorous video about the incident is going viral. "We were devastated," said Catie Ryan ...

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San Diego's vinyl records surge, but why?

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