Jamuel Saxon: New Year, New Video, New Album
Jamuel Saxon's debut full-length Pre-Madonna will be available digitally January 17, 2012 on local Single Screen Records. The announcement comes off the heels of the release of the video for the album's first single "Planetarium," a celestial sway-and-shake party anthem …
New Little Italy Venue 98 Bottles Hosting Joshua White Dec. 15
98 Bottles is a new lounge and entertainment venue in northern Little Italy that features craft beer, sake, wine, "farm to table food," and entertainment. Owned and operated by long-time San Diego residents, and husband and wife, Steve Anthony Mesaros …
Break Out the Boombox: UnSilent Night Happens Dec. 23
UNSILENT NIGHT - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 New York composer Phil Kline created Unsilent Night as an electronic music caroling party, and for the past 19 years it has been an annual event in downtown Manhattan, making it a new music …
Charlie Imes Seeking Guerrilla Christmas Carolers
It's that time of year again, so local musico Charlie Imes is taking to the streets of San Diego with various vocal friends once again for his annual guerrilla Christmas Carol excursions, taking people by surprise by showing up unannounced …
RIP John Lennon 12-8-1980: We asked local & nat'l celebs “Where were you?”
Along with many vidiots my age, television was the teat that nurtured us all, and I was less weaned than most. I recall "discovering" the Beatles on a Smothers Brothers show from October 1968 (which I recently re-watched, spotting a …
Part 6: Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive)
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 6 Today's unpublished rarities from our stash of movie poster concept designs include Force III, Meatballs III, plainclothes cop thriller Off Limits (Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines), sci-fi McDonald’s commercial Mac & Me, …
Kevin Martin Band Equipment Stolen in Vista
When Kevin Martin and his band returned from a gig in LA in the morning earlier this week, they decided that they were too tired to unload the gear from his van parked in his driveway in a nice neighborhood …
Part 5: Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive)
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 5 Hey again, we're back with more never-seen rejected movie posters, from a private collection I photographed some 20-odd years ago. Links to previous entries below. As detailed in part one, the …
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 …
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 …
Part 4: Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive)
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 4 Hey again, poster fans. Today, we're looking at the original art and unused proofs for the movie poster campaigns behind collegiate comedy Campus Man, horror hits Wes Craven's Deadly Friend and …
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 …
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 …
Internet Book Reviews: City of the Gods: Forgotten
Trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, D'Molay is a tracker who works for the Gods. He makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless amnesiac girl early in the story. He then begins …
Jon Kanis Will Be Hard to Avoid in 2012
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 impresses …
Drowning Men Tour Accident: Van and Trailer Totaled
"We were hit by a drunk driver Friday night, on I-95 in Connecticut," say the Drowning Men. "The van and trailer have been totaled. We are all okay...we're under a watchful eye. If it weren't for [tour mates] the Airborne …
As I Lay Dying Cover Judas Priest in New EP & Video
As I Lay Dying's new EP Decas, released last week, features three new songs, three covers (Slayer, Judas Priest, Descendents), and several remixes. They’ll headline the Decade of Destruction tour through their December 16 San Diego finale, alongside Of Mice …
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive) Pt. 3
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 3 Today, we're looking at the unseen/unpublished artwork from movie poster campaigns designed to promote the horror film Near Dark, horsey drama Phar Lap, the Robert DeNiro/Albert Brooks sleeper Midnight Run (still …
Candye Kane Is No "Aging Fetish Model Exploiting the Blues"
Blues songstress Candye Kane is imploring her legion of devotional fans "Please write to this jerk, Jay Horton at the Williamette Weekly in Portland, and tell him that I am so much more than an 'aging fetish model exploiting the …
Stone Temple Christmas Video?! The Complete Weiland Story
Yes, that's Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland in his new video for "Winter Wonderland," from his long-delayed Christmas full-length (originally due in 2010) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. The release (from former bootleg label Rhino Records) features …