Candye Kane's Cancer Surgery Successful, but...
Local superhero Candye Kane has checked in with a report about her recent cancer surgery. "The good news: I had no positive lymph nodes this time. The surgery was successful in that my pancreatic duct is unclogged. The bad: I …
Point Loma High School Instrumental Music on Friday May 18 @Humphrey's
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/15/24400/ On Friday, May 18, the Point Loma High School Instrumental Music program will perform at Rhapsody on the Point at Humphrey’s by the Bay. The students hope to raise $20,000 at the concert and fundraiser, which is also a …
Mods Reunited: Manual Scan Records 1st New Music in Years
Manual Scan is writing songs with former child actor Robbie Rist, best known as little Oliver the Jinx in the final season of the Brady Bunch TV show, and are recording their first new music since the late 1980s. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/13/24289/ …
Local MP3tunes, Embattled by Lawsuit, Declares Bankruptcy
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24288/ MP3tunes, the online "music locker service" launched by controversial (and oft-sued) MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, has racked up so many bills over a long-running copyright lawsuit that it says it must file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Just last August, …
Boy Shakira Is All My Fault
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24282/ Of all who've appeared on the TV show America's Got Talent, the most controversial contestant is probably Boy Shakira, a heavyset man in a blonde wig and halter top, enthusiastically belly-dancing to both cheers and jeers. Didja know that …
Dark Shadows FANATIC Reviews the Burton/Depp DS
Let’s get something straight from the get-go: I literally grew up in the shadow of Collinwood. The Rhode Island estate that served as the Collins mansion was just down the road from our somewhat less elaborate New England home. When …
DJ Tiësto to Spin at Hard Rock Hotel Pool Party May 20
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/08/24104/ DJ Tiësto, one of the world’s top ranked DJs (at least according to The DJ List and DJ Mag) will be spinning a daytime set at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Intervention Pool Party on May 20. After Grammy-nominated Tiësto …
Matt Rhea's Spooky New Split 7-inch w/Monkey Wagon
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23848/ Matt Rhea (Manganista, No Reply) has a new split 7-inch coming out with Monkey Wagon called "Spooky Tunes" that's now available for pre-order at http://www.quasirecordings.com . http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23849/ "The theme for the record is new interpretations of old spooky classics," …
Wavves Co-Creates New Weed Demon Video Game
Wavves has teamed up with Vice Magazine and NYC clothing company Mishka to create a demented video game called Weed Demon that resembles something like Paper Boy, only if the paper boy drank too much of the acid punch. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/30/23669/ …
One Day on Earth w/Local Contribs: Free Screening Sunday 4-22
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/21/23249/ A globally-created film project called One Day on Earth, shot simultaneously by contribs across the planet on the very same day, will get a free screening on Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), at AMC Mission Valley 20. The movie …
RIP Jonathan Frid: His Final Barnabas Collins Performance
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/19/23197/ A mere three weeks before the opening of the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp version of Dark Shadows, the original melancholy bloodsucker Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins) has passed away. He was 87. Frid and several other original cast members are …
Tupac Hologram @ Coachella Courtesy of Local Company
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/18/23095/ Local firm AV Concepts are responsible for bringing Tupac back from the dead via hologram to perform with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg at the 2012 Coachella Music Festival. The firm specializes in "immersive technology solutions," as a provider …
SoCal Showcase TV Show's New Home Venue in OB
"Our TV show now has its own weekly music showcase," says producer Joe Stevens, whose local music program SoCal Showcase debuted earlier this year on Time Warner public access channel 19. "It will be at Winstons Beach Club in OB …
Reverend Stickman Returns - New Music Debuts 4-20 @Mission Bay
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/18/23091/ Reverend Stickman is recording a full-length with co-producer Bob Bartosik on the SDJazz label. Says the right Reverend, “This album moves in the blues/jazz direction, while remaining true to Reverend Stickman’s eclectic roots.” "It includes great new original material …
Oasis House Eviction: Final Shows April 22 w/Michelle Shocked
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/15/22908/ Charlie Imes has been producing and booking shows for the past three and a half years for the Oasis House Concerts series in Sorrento Valley, in an intimate setting with space for less than a hundred patrons. "The venue …
4th & B Changes Include 2nd Floor Happy Hour Lounge & Ernie Ball Room
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/15/22907/ "I got hired in January as the new talent buyer/head of redevelopment at 4th and B," Chris Leyva tells the Reader. "I am opening up a new happy hour lounge at entrance/restaurant/snackbar on the second floor and a new …
They're Italian Japanese, By Way of NYC
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/15/22901/ Italian Japanese have a new single "NYC," which you can download for free at http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/mp3_italian_japanese_love_nyc_filter_premiere Though the song just recently came to fruition, the inspiration dates several years back before Italian Japanese even came to be. Allen Nicholas and …
Pink Floyd in San Diego 1970 thru 4-14-94 (18 Years Ago This Weekend)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/14/22885/ 10-18-70: Pink Floyd performed in San Diego for the first time at the Intercollegiate Baseball Facility (a.k.a. the Polo Field) at UCSD. Touring behind their Atom Heart Mother album, they had played the previous month for their largest audience …
Los Lobos April 19 @Anthology for ¡Héroes de la Salud! Benefit
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/11/22656/ On Thursday, April 19, the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation will host ¡Héroes de la Salud! (Heroes of Health), the organization's inaugural friend and fund raiser featuring Los Lobos. The band is probably best known for their 1987 …
Music & a Movie Kicks Off April 28 w/Cowboys & Aliens Costume Party
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/07/22411/ The first Music and a Movie event, scheduled for April 28, will be the Cowboys & Aliens Movie, Music Video, Concert, and Costume Party, at the VisionPulse Event Center on 5945 Center Boulevard, #510. "My band is going to …