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Musician Profile : Gunnar Biggs
Carlsbad doublebassist Gunnar Biggs has lived in San Diego since the age of 5, and has been an important part of the jazz scene here for over 30 years. Biggs was talented enough as a high school student to be …
The Donkeys Trot to Canada
On May 31, local psych-folk-rockers The Donkeys will make their way back to San Diego. The band has been living on the road, promoting their newest full-length, Born With Stripes. Their return to San Diego will be short lived. After …
What's Missing?
With opera season over, I've moved my running schedule back to evenings and have been enjoying the sunsets at Mission Beach, Torrey Pines, and Sunset Cliffs. Since I don't prefer to wear earphones while running, sometimes I'll get myself pumped …
Locals Suing Courtney Love (Who Once Got Me Fired By Larry Flynt)
Yeah, I only look at Courtney Love’s Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/courtneyloveuk ) when she gets sued over her tweets (as happened a few months ago when she allegedly defamed fashion maven Dawn Simorangkir). This time, she caught my attention by ticking …
Musician Profile : Mike Wofford
Pianist Mike Wofford was born in Texas, but grew up in here in San Diego. He began playing around 7 and was drawn to jazz by the time he hit 16. After high school, he moved to Los Angeles and …
Manipulative Whore
Springtime and first loves are nice, but what about Delilah? Delilah, what a manipulative,nagging, opportunistic, whore. However, Samson was a jerk. These two needed a reality show. They could have been the original celebrity couple. Sam-lah. After Samson falls in …
Gilbert Castellanos: Night of the Cookers
Ask San Diego trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos who his influences are, and you'd better have a notebook -- or a recorder. I managed to write down Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Booker Little, and Kenny Dorham. Suffice it to say the man …
The Transport of Voluptuousness
Photo at left: Barbara Tobler Springtime and love. Love and springtime. It's happening. Even the insects are doing it. I did the six-mile run to the waterfall and back in the Penasquitos Canyon Preserve. The PQ Preserve is one place …
Steve White Memorial Event June 25
On June 25, Java Joe will hold a fundraiser for the family of bluesman Steve White, who passed away on April 22, following a long battle with cancer. The event will take place at his new location in the Ideal …
Musician Profile : Rob Thorsen
Since moving back to San Diego in 1989, doublebassist Rob Thorsen has become a ubiquitous and vital member of the local jazz scene, performing initially with tenor saxophonist Daniel Jackson and pianist Mike Wofford. Thorsen has made several recordings of …
Bunnymen, Red Flag, New Order Sill Raging on New 91.3 FM Show
Launched in March, VarioRadio is a semi-independent radio and internet streaming music once labeled "alternative", "industrial", "new wave", "goth", "Euro", "post-modern", etc. “We concentrate on current artists whose work shows influences of that '80s and '90s music,” says Station Manager …
Meet the Composer : Anthony Davis
Composer and pianist Anthony Davis has been teaching at UCSD for several years now, so you can add Professor of music to his titles. Davis had already recorded two galvanic titles by the 1980s, "Of Blues and Dreams" a free …
Memorial Day Weekend Concert Pick: 12 Bands in 12 Hours
Saturday, May 28: Featuring over a dozen bands and DJs, the Remember: Mnemonic Muzic Marathon runs all day, from noon to after midnight, at RT's Longboard Grill, one of the most ambitions events ever launched by the PB venue. Sprung …
Jazz Live: Joshua White Quartet
The "young lion" of the San Diego jazz scene is definitely pianist Joshua White. Josh was playing Mozart and Bach at the tender age of 7, and became his church's pianist by age 12. He wasn't exposed to much jazz …
White Gold's Comedic Rock Opera Really Does Rock!
White Gold and the Calcium Twins started off as jokey TV commercial characters ala the Free Credit Report.com band. The Spinal Tap-esque glam rockers, created for the iconic “Got Milk?” advertising campaign, were featured on over 750,000 school book covers …