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Reverend Stickman Wins Songwriting Competition
Reverend Stickman was named the winner by a panel of four judges at the San Diego Songwriters Guild Performing Songwriter Competition hosted by Guild president Sandi Shaner Gugliatti and held May 14 at Humphrey’s Backstage Music Club on Shelter Island. …
Imprisoned Rapper Young Mass Writes Message From Jail
“Slick Rick, 2Pac, C-Murder, Mystikal, and Lil Kim have all had different post-incarceration paths,” says Massterpiece Entertainment head 40 Oz Chris of Young Mass' latest legal problems. “No one can predict the aftermath of Mass’ incarceration, but I know we …
Royals of San Diego Recruited to Back Original Safaris
Vintage doo-wop stars the Safaris, featuring original singer Jim Stephens, have recruited Peter King, Jim Carkagis, and Kevin Jones from the Royals of San Diego to perform with them at several shows. The Safaris will appear August 11 at Tachi …
Famous Former Neighbors Profile: Runaways Mastermind Kim Fowley
Born July 21, 1939, Kim Fowley was two when his mom put him in a College Grove foster home. At the age of six, his dad moved him to Malibu, though Kim frequently returned to San Diego to live in …
Inspired Flight and Otherwise Entertainment at Lightning in a Bottle - TICKET GIVEAWAY
Lightning in a Bottle, an arts and music festival produced by the Los Angeles-based Do Lab, has seen performances from several San Diego artists including Red Sonya, Vokab Company, and The Album Leaf. This year, San Diegans Inspired Flight and …
The Nine
In case anyone wants to know more about The Nine Worthies, here's a little information. The Nine are split into three groups of three. The Pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar. The Hebrews: Joshua, King David, Judas Maccabeus. …
32 Years Ago Today: The Police at PB's Roxy Theater
5-16-79: The Police played the long-gone Roxy Theater, at 4642 Cass Street in Pacific Beach. Broadcast live on KGB-FM, the performance was widely bootlegged, the most common version being San Diego d'Amour. Several websites offer the entire bootleg, including http://www.dimeadozen.org …
Whatever, Dude
Lohengrin arrives in the middle of the first act of Wagner's musical drama. Wagner claimed that he didn't write operas, he wrote musical dramas. Sometimes I want to say to Wagner, "Whatever, dude." Lohengrin has shown up to fight for …
Taylor Guitars: The Inside Story
San Diego’s own Taylor Guitars started in 1974 as the dream of Bob Taylor (age 19) and Kurt Listug (age 21) on a loan of $10,000. In its short 37-year history, the company has gone on to be the leading …
Nick Cannon Responds to Drunk/Stoned Birth Allegations
Nick Cannon has responded to allegations that he and his wife Mariah Carey were drinking liquor and taking illegal drugs at the L.A. hospital where she gave birth to twins on April 30 (which happened to be their third wedding …
Make Up the Couch
Bar Pink'll be bringing home a couple friendly faces from San Diego's rock-roll past next week, as Jay High (GoGoGo Airheart) trades drumsticks for guitar picks with Brooklyn-based dark-pop band Xray Eyeballs on Sunday, May 22, and Andrew Mckeag (Uncle …
Local “State Controlled Radio” Online Archive and May Schedule
Jon Kanis once asked me, "Are you a Plimsouls fan?" Like any right-thinking music writer I said, "Of course" -- which is how I found out Kanis was Peter Case's newsletter publisher and road manager in the early '90s. This …
San Diego Music Thing Conference Accepting Artist Submissions
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS/NORTH PARK, SAN DIEGO The San Diego Music Thing (formerly known as the North Park Music Thing- NPMT) is now in its fourth year drawing music industry professionals, talented musicians and aspiring professionals to San Diego. This …
Liquid Blue's New Acoustic Spinoff Debuts May 27
Liquid Blue recently earned a Guinness World Record for their song “Earth Passport,” as it was sung in more languages than any other song ever to hit the Billboard Charts. All six official United Nations languages were used in the …
What to Listen to
A friend of mine took me up on discussing the merits of Phantom. As we exchanged thinly veiled insults, I became exasperated and finally said, "Stop listening to the tune." "What am I supposed to listen to then?" In Phantom's …
Dawn of Midi Wins Grant, Releases Live Album
Improv jazz trio Dawn of Midi were recently awarded a 2011 Chamber Music America Presenting Jazz Grant to produce new recordings. The band is using the grant to complete their multimedia work Kashmir, for which the organization Triple Canopy is …