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Moye Music

November 18, 2011 · Dave Good

“Outsiders,” says David Moye, “have the wrong idea about San Diego. They think of us as these laid-back fish taco eating surfers.” Wait -- we’re not? “No.” Moye says this in response to an inquiry about a song he composed …

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A State of Euphoria

November 17, 2011 · Dave Good

The news from the Euphoria Brass Band is this: they recently completed a full length recording, their first, and have sent it off to New Orleans for mixing and mastering. Co-founder Drew Miller says he hopes to have the album …

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The Swami Likes Mrs. Magician

November 16, 2011 · Dave Good

Mrs. Magician have inked a deal with Swami Records to release a new full-length CD early next year. Swami, in South Park, is owned by John Reis of Rocket From The Crypt fame. Meanwhile, Grizzly Records released Mrs. Magician’s latest …

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Turn Signal: Holly Hofmann and Mike Wofford Turn Left

November 15, 2011 · Dave Good

Holly Hofmann and Mike Wofford are always just getting back from somewhere. “We were on the East Coast,” says Hofmann. “We played in New York.” They live in San Diego but they find almost all of their work outside of …

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Swarmius: Can You Dig It?

November 11, 2011 · Dave Good

Joseph Waters is excited about his new percussionist, a drummer-virtuoso named Justin DeHart. “He’s been to India three times on Fulbright scholarships to study tabla.” A tabla maestro would be useful in Waters' line of work, which is the creation …

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No Happy Ending

November 10, 2011 · Dave Good

“Don’t call it mellow.” Adam Rosen says his Sight and Sound multimedia and music happening will move into a new space this month, which he says is not unusual, and this time without hard alcohol. “Sight and Sound has been …

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Like Willie and Jimi Hendrix Combined

November 9, 2011 · Dave Good

Just talking to Jeffrey Stein is an education in rock and roll. A San Diego attorney by way of New York, Stein is a diehard fan who can trace his own concert history all the way back to Bill Graham’s …

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The Shelltown Horns Blow for a Cause

November 5, 2011 · Dave Good

On Sunday November 13 the Shelltown Horns will host a benefit concert, their third this year, for a place called the Barrio Station in Logan Heights. Barrio Station, it turns out, is out of money. “All their city funding got …

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Monti Wants To Rock You - Again

November 4, 2011 · Dave Good

“People think that he’s dead.” Quite the contrary, says Jim Daugherty. At 72, Monti Rock is alive and well and living in Las Vegas. But Daugherty allows that it has been a long time since Rock has, well, rocked. “I …

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Armando Rome Would Like a Little Help

November 2, 2011 · Dave Good

As of this writing, it is day 23 of Latin pop singer Armando Rome’s Kickstarter campaign. He’s headed to the Living Room coffee shop on El Cajon Blvd. to generate a little action. Otherwise, his Kickstarter project page caption says …

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The Katy Perry of Country Music

October 31, 2011 · Dave Good

Alyssa Jacey is presently house hunting and having her sixth album mastered in the same city: Nashville. Her CD release party for last year’s Here's to Change was hosted at the Belly Up. But she advises that fans looking forward …

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Ian Anderson Builds One for the Books

October 21, 2011 · Dave Good

“I’ve sold more guitars in New Jersey than I have in San Diego.” Ian Anderson, luthier, says this by phone from his shop in San Marcos more as an observation than a complaint. “Nobody locally really knows about me,” which …

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For Whom the Wheel Squeaks

October 19, 2011 · Dave Good

After taking a year off, the International Squeaky Wheel Tour is finally back on the road in a cross-country jaunt from Los Angeles to New York and back. A major component of the publicity arm of the GINA for Missing …

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Film Trailer puts the Focus on Hocus

October 17, 2011 · Dave Good

They call it “48 Hour Freak Out.” It’s a film short of the band Hocus performing whirlwind gigs over the space of one weekend in San Diego. “I thought,” says singer/guitarist Lando Martinez, “wouldn’t it be cool if we filmed …

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Nug Radio: "We'll Still Be Around"

October 14, 2011 · Dave Good

A lot has happened at Nug Radio since their one year anniversary in July. For one thing, they severed ties with Nug Magazine. Michael ‘Ras’ Callahan, owner of Nug Radio says Nug the station was never actually affiliated with Nug …

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Mike Keneally’s Potato Is Baked

October 11, 2011 · Dave Good

A phoner with Mike Keneally is a bit like calling on the wacky professor. His normal 9-to-5 is a brainy whirlwind of creativity with no apparent scope or limit, and, he’s funnier than you’d think. Time Out New York called …

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Hargo: Phil Spector's Final Hit Record?

October 10, 2011 · Dave Good

“We were all there,” says Hargo, “waiting for Phil. The film crew was there. Everybody involved in the production was there.” The place was Phil Spector’s Alhambra mansion and the timing was tight. It was only three weeks before the …

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Get La Cura

October 5, 2011 · Dave Good

La Cura – The Cure – started, stopped then started again recently. When I ask Vista conguero Ernie Becquer about this he corrects me. “We never really ended. It’s just, we were like in hover mode.” Becquer, with timbalero Giancarlo …

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Hello from the Red Not Chili Peppers!

September 30, 2011 · Dave Good

It was an impulse move. At first, Jubilee Olivas didn’t think he had it in him to jump the span from the stage to the rafters. But he did. And after he hung in front of the audience for a …

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Mariachi for Gringos

September 16, 2011 · Dave Good

“It’s all about the kids.” When Gil Sperry says the 2nd Annual Rosarito Beach International Mariachi and Folklorico festival this September 28 will benefit the Rosarito chapter of the Boys and Girls Club, he means from the ground up -- …

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Staff Blog Entries

Moye Music

A State of Euphoria

The Swami Likes Mrs. Magician

Turn Signal: Holly Hofmann and Mike Wofford Turn Left

Swarmius: Can You Dig It?

No Happy Ending

Like Willie and Jimi Hendrix Combined

The Shelltown Horns Blow for a Cause

Monti Wants To Rock You - Again

Armando Rome Would Like a Little Help

The Katy Perry of Country Music

Ian Anderson Builds One for the Books

For Whom the Wheel Squeaks

Film Trailer puts the Focus on Hocus

Nug Radio: "We'll Still Be Around"

Mike Keneally’s Potato Is Baked

Hargo: Phil Spector's Final Hit Record?

Get La Cura

Hello from the Red Not Chili Peppers!

Mariachi for Gringos

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