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Dream Theater December 1 @ Balboa Theater: Photos
Dream Theater, Thursday December 1, Balboa Theater: Thanks to Sony’s Social Media team in San Diego for providing the WX9 Cyber-shot camera used to shoot this show, and to photog Duane Dimock for helping us demo the camera (the same …
A Tale of Two Concerts @ The Loft
Last night's double-concert at UCSD's Loft, featuring KaiBorg (Jeff Kaiser: trumpet/electronics; David Borgo: winds/electronics) and the very popular Marco Benevento Trio (Benevento: piano; Reed Mathis: electric bass; Andrew Borger: drums), combined two drastically differing aesthetics. UCSD has a long, and …
Goddess Alchemy Project at Kava's 7 Year Party Tonight - Cheb I Sabbah Benefit Tomorrow
The Kava Lounge is celebrating their seventh birthday tonight with Dakini Star and Aima the Dreamer of Goddess Alchemy Project, a tribe of lunar Amazonian gypsy shamans chanting heady spoken word hop over jazzy, bass-heavy beats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YM49AzmFpQ Filling out the …
New on pfMENTUM: Bonnie Barnett's "In Between Dreams"
"Imagine Cassandra Wilson on acid and you're on the right track." ( Deni Kasrel--Jazz Times ) Vocalist Bonnie Barnett's new disc on Jeff Kaiser's pfMENTUM label, In Between Dreams, released last month, is a startling example of how the voice …
Orchestra Nova Taping KPBS Special w/Guitarist & Composer Billy McLaughlin
Recent and upcoming Orchestra Nova San Diego performances include a set with Nintendo gaming character Zelda (?!), as well as Celtic Woman and Billy McLaughlin In October, the experimental/innovative ensemble were chosen by Nintendo to perform The Legend of Zelda …
Marco Benevento & KaiBorg @ The Loft, Dec. 1
If you dig experimental, wide ranging and exploratory jazz, UCSD's The Loft is where you need to be on Dec. 1. Headlining the show is Marco Benevento a recent fixture on the NYC experimental and contemporary scene. Perhaps best known …
Handel's Messiah Has Balls (3 of 3)
The first performance of The Messiah was on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, Ireland. It almost wasn't performed because Handel's music was considered to be "profane and subversive". Jonathan Swift, of Gulliver's Travels and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, didn't …
Travis Barker Wanted by LAPD, Calls Hip-Hop Haters "Nazis"
Travis Barker took to Twitter this week, accusing a Los Angeles officer of crossing the line during a traffic stop this past weekend. Barker says he was pulled over on Sunday, November 27, after an officer noticed the blink 182 …
Peter Sprague Debuts "Dr. Einstein's Spin" Dec. 2
Having just returned from a week-long tour of Japan, with vocalist Dianne Reeves, guitarist Peter Sprague is set to perform the world-premier of "Dr. Einstein's Spin," a piece commissioned by Chamber Music America as a part of their New Jazz …
Mattsons, Moon at Mossy
A concert at a car dealership in P.B.? Yes. Mossy on Mission Bay Drive hosted a pre-Thanksgiving canned-food drive with radio station 91X and two local rock bands, which got the people dancing in the chilly parking lot among new …
Pterodactyl Spills Out at Tin Can Ale House
Fifth Avenue sat quiet just prior to midnight, as the haunting wail of Kera & the Lesbians owned the little rectangle of a venue that is Tin Can Ale House. Hailing from Escondido, the band has built a solid local …
Silly Sheep: Messiah (2 of 3)
Of the three sections of The Messiah I think my favorite is the beginning of the second. This section is based on the passion or sacrifice of Jesus but once again, only a small section of text is taken from …
Lenny Morris Hosting New Jolt ‘N’ Joe’s Local Showcase, Debut Dec. 7
Lenny Morris will be hosting a new local singer/songwriter showcase every other Wednesday at Jolt 'N' Joe's downtown on 4th and J Street, beginning December 7 and December 21. He'll continue hosting the Acoustic & Live monthly local showcase on …
Handel's Messiah isn't Christmas (1 of 3)
It's time for Handel's Messiah to appear. Why? I'm not sure. The Messiah has become a Christmas tradition but of the three sections, only the first is related to Christmas. The text for the ever famous Hallelujah Chorus is about …
Hofmann and Wofford Make "Left Turn" in La Jolla
Athenaeum Jazz at the Neurosciences Institute created a hugely successful finale to the fall concert series last night with a performance by the Mike Wofford / Holly Hofmann Quintet. The gig was in celebration of their soon-to-be-released CD, Turn Signal …