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

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

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Gonzo Report: The cloud of smoke over Burning Spear

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

August 18, 2022

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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 ...

August 4, 2022

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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 ...

Downtown San Diego Gaslamp Gonzo Report Of Note

July 14, 2022

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, ...

Chula Vista Gonzo Report Mission Valley Of Note

July 7, 2022

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, ...

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 ...

El Cajon Gonzo Report Of Note

June 23, 2022

Gonzo Report: Secret show in the Cajon Zone

If you don’t know, you’re not invited I’m easily distracted on the best of days. Just now, with my Rangers in the playoffs, the timing of this “secret show” could not have been worse. The ...

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Sprung Monkey’s sobering moment

“I watched a bandmember of mine almost die a couple of times, and I still didn’t get it,” says Sprung Monkey guitarist Will Riley. “I was a drug addict, and I didn’t understand that. A ...

June 23, 2022

Chula Vista Gonzo Report Of Note

Gonzo Report: Steely Dan still going strong — but no dancing!

Steely Dan came to town on May 28, 2022, to play the North Island Credit Union Amphitheater. The cloudy weather did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the many upwardly mobile individuals attending the concert. ...

June 16, 2022

Coronado Gonzo Report La Jolla Mission Valley Of Note Pacific Beach Shelter Island University City

June 8, 2022

Gonzo Report: Marcela Mendez’s tip with a barb at the mall

Normally, musicians are drilled in the art of capturing an audience’s attention. And if that’s your training, then performing where people don’t pay attention — and aren’t even meant to — can be a challenge. ...

Gonzo Report Ocean Beach Of Note

June 2, 2022

Gonzo Report: Dance Space of the Grateful Dead

Electric Waste Band was ringing in the new year with sweet, rocking Grateful Dead sounds. I saw some friends of mine at a table, and headed over to say hello. But soon after starting into ...

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

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

Gonzo Report: The cloud of smoke over Burning Spear

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

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