New Weekly Concerts Debut July 1 at Lafayette Hotel
Live music is returning to one of San Diego’s most iconic music venues, The Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Ballroom. Rockin’ the Boulevard is a weekly event that will showcase local acts every Friday night. On hand through July will be a …
Privatized Air Tour Recorded For Live Album
Privatized Air is currently on a U.S. tour, including Santa Ana, Monterey, Oakland, SF, Portland, Seattle, Bozeman, Cheyenne, Denver, Albuquerque, El Paso, and Tucson, wrapping up July 9 in Las Vegas. “We’ve been focusing on playing to a wider audience,” …
Illness AND Car Crash Delay Heretic CD
Photo on left: Darryn Kelly “I was diagnosed with a polyp on my vocal chords,” says singer/guitarist Darryn Kelly, whose band Heretic had to cancel their recent record release gig at Eleven. “My throat had been sore for a few …
R.I.P., Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, Frank Zappa's Discovery
I have dozens of answering-machine messages from Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, onetime Frank Zappa protégé and Doctor Demento perennial. We became friends while he lived at various downtown flophouses in the late '80s and early '90s. Fischer made occasional public …
Cowboys & Aliens: The Song — Local Faved By Film Director Favreau
“We got their attention with our song Cowboys and Aliens,” says singer/songwriter Scott West of landing his first publishing deal with Greenlight 360, a Boston company that specializes in placing music on television and in movies. “As a result, we …
American Artifact Documentary Celebrates Concert Poster Art
American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the '60s. Director Merle Becker crossed the country interviewing rock poster artists from the different eras, He says he discover that "America is currently in the …
"They Threatened to Ban Me," Says Local Elvis Impersonator
“I was chastised and threatened with being banned from competing in the future by the contest promoter, for allowing my fans to confront the judges,” says Elvis impersonator James Kruk (aka King Kruk), who won fourth place at Pechanga’s Ultimate …
Celtic Crossroads June 25: Original and Traditional Music
“Celtic Crossroads will probably be my last performance in Southern California until the end of the year,” says Colin Clyne of the June 25 event at Oceanside’s Sunshine Brooks Theatre. Celtic Crossroads, will feature three San Diego based, Celtic influenced …
Thoughts 'Round Midnight - Local Debut 6-18 Tango del Rey
“This show is very comical, and explores those late night thoughts that can keep any of us awake,” says singer/producer Harold Sanditen of his musical show Thoughts ‘Round Midnight, which he’s performed in London, New York, and Chicago. The former …
Fat City to Become Another Long Gone Concert Venue?
The first I ever knew of the old Fat City building on Pacific Highway was probably when I saw the original Fattburger band, with founder Hollis Gentry, playing there as the house band, circa 1986. I'd been noticing the distinctive …
Find Your Voice Proceeds Going to Local School Programs
"I'm working with James R. Spring from Lloyd Pest Control on a few VERY cool projects involving local music and local schools," says Cathryn Beeks. "Each month, Lloyd Pest Control and I are heading out to an area school to …
What's Your Favorite Twilight Zone?
It was first announced way back in 2008 that Leonardo DiCaprio's company Appian Way would be bringing us a new Twilight Zone movie. Supposedly, the script is nearly done, and the film WON'T be an episodic anthology like the 1983 …
New Regime Documentary: Nine Inch Now
The New Regime has released a 24 minute documentary on the making of the new album Speak Through The White Noise. The piece chronicles 22-year-old Ilan Rubin's journey from being in Lostprophets to joining Nine Inch Nails, all the while …
New Roxy Monoxide Spinoff Debuts June 16 at Second Wind Santee
It was last December that long-running original powerpop band Roxy Monoxide played its farewell show at Humphrey’s, concluding a nearly ten-year run. Now a new band, Roxy Dioxide, has risen in its wake, playing its first show at the Second …
Gregory Page and More Music at Old House Fair - June 18
The 13th Annual Old House Fair, taking place on June 18, will include The Whistlestop Stage at the corner of Beech & Dale, sponsored by its namesake bar, The Whistlestop. The musical entertainment -- as well as the complete festival …
When DJs Ruled the Air - Jim McInnes and the Birth of KGB Homegrown
"There goes the last DJ/who plays what he wants to play/and says what he wants to say/there goes your freedom of choice/there goes the last human voice/there goes the last DJ" -- lyrics from "The Last DJ," by Tom Petty …
When Is a Band Reunion NOT a Reunion?
Nostalgia is a bread and butter business. San Diegans are regularly afforded the chance to see bands whose last chart hit was in the Stone’s age, whose heydays may date back further than the first moon landing. The Grass Roots, …
Top 20 Funniest Misheard Lyrics: San Diego Edition
For anyone who ever sang “and there’s a wino down the road” during “Stairway To Heaven,” www.kissthisguy.com invites posts from those who’ve long mistaken or misheard song lyrics. Entries feature the actual lyric followed by listeners’ erroneous interpretations, with some …
Cult Movie Review: Forbidden Zone
FORBIDDEN ZONE, 1982: Forbidden Zone was an early ‘80s freakfest by the Brothers Elfman, then of the performance art musical group known as the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo (later taken over by Danny Elfman and converted to the …
Pony Death Ride’s Local Debut Friday 6-10 @ Bar Eleven
“We have taken a break from long car trips and decided to play a show right here in our home city of San Diego,” says Jaye MacAskill of the comedic rock duo Pony Death Ride. “It’s our first official show …