Local Neil Diamond impersonator recording album, playing AVO Nov. 17
"Calypso Music Television wants to film my upcoming San Diego area concert to be broadcast as a special," says David Sherry, whose Neil Diamond tribute Diamond is Forever! did a six-week overseas summer tour that included TV performances in Malta. …
Jimi Hendrix full Woodstock set gets theatrical screenings in Nov/Dec
In Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's birth, fans will — for the first time ever — see his complete August 1969 Woodstock concert in select cinemas, with screenings in late November and early December. Hendrix 70: Live …
Cartoonist Billy Martinez's live art performance @ArtLab on Dec. 1
Martinez self-publishes a gothic comic series *the Deepest Dark* from his Neko Press Art Studios on University Avenue, across from Helix High School.
Girls Girls Girls, a live art demonstration featuring new works by local cartoonist and painter Billy Martinez, happens at ArtLab on Adams Avenue on Saturday, December 1. 44 year-old writer/artist Martinez self-publishes a gothic Tim Burton-esque comic series called the …
Megan Combs album release party Dec. 1 at Lestats
In March, Encinitas songstress Megan Combs began recording a new full-length, Home is Where the Heart is, with local reggae legend Tommy Dubs. "The album will be a digital, and physical CD release," Combs tells the Reader. "It will be …
Cattle Decapitation singer allegedly punched by Six Feet Under frontman, quits tour
"He sucker punched me as I was talking [and] immediately ran out the door and fled to his bus," alleges Travis Ryan of the bovine brou-ha-hah
Cattle Decapitation have announced on Facebook that they are quitting the Autumn Apocalypse Tour, reportedly because Six Feet Under frontman Chris Barnes punched Cattle Decapitation singer Travis Ryan. According to Ryan's post, “Chris Barnes is a f*cking hack. I've personally …
Led Zeppelin Celebration Day local screenings Nov. 13
Encore theatrical presentation of 2007 reunion concert
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33398/ Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, the film account of Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion concert at London's 02 Arena, will once again be screened in theaters for an encore presentation on November 13, including several local theaters. The screenings begin at …
Live at the Belly Up TV show debut taping on Monday, Nov. 5
Dead Feather Moon, the Tilt, and the Styletones will perform on Monday, November 5, at the debut taping of Live at the Belly Up, which will begin airing on KPBS in January 2013. A series of November shows will be …
Local Lovebirds making Anthology debut Nov. 13 w/Susanna Hoffs
The Lovebirds, featuring Veronica May and Lindsay White, will open for Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles at Anthology on Tuesday, November 13, their first appearance at that venue as a duo. “I was happy to learn we booked a show …
32 years ago this week (11-3-80): The Police, XTC, Oingo Boingo at downtown's Civic Center
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/03/34844/ Thirty-two years ago this week -- 11-3-80 -- the Police, XTC, and Oingo Boingo performed at downtown's Civic Theater. Opening act XTC was riding on the popularity of their Black Sea album. They had played in San Diego earlier …
The Rolling Stones' first San Diego concert was 48 years ago this week (11-1-64)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/01/34785/ 11-1-64 – the Rolling Stones made their first San Diego appearance, playing an evening show at Balboa Park Bowl, having appeared that afternoon at Long Beach’s Civic Auditorium, aka Long Beach Arena. Tickets cost $3.50, with the show starting …
Ruby Room outdoor art murals facing threat of removal on Monday
On Monday Nov. 5, Hillcrest's live music and art showcase may go from psychedelic to slate gray
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/31/34732/ The outdoor mural paintings covering the exterior of the Ruby Room in Hillcrest have been up for less than two years, and yet operators say the property owners want the artwork removed. "My heart is broken right now," says …
Amazing Spider-Man - the Reader's Comic Book Guy weighs in
Warning: Review includes some mild spoilers and speculation that will probably prove so dead-on accurate as to spoil a main aspect of the proposed sequel
WARNING - this review assumes the reader has already seen the flick, in case you want to avoid a few mild spoilers... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/28/34558/ Didn't like the Amazing Spider-Man as much as the three Tobey Maguire flicks, but it wasn't a …
Oct. 28 Halloween party to benefit Greg Willis (Iron Butterfly, etc)
A Halloween party is planned for October 28 at the Moose Lodge in Spring Valley, intended as a benefit for Greg Willis (Palace Pages, Iron Butterfly, Candye Kane, King Biscuit Blues Band, Glory, Jerry Raney and the Shames), who suffered …
DVDs to watch on Halloween - the good, the bad, and the better than you'd think
THE GOOD The oh-so-weird 1973 psycho killer film Wicked Wicked takes place at the historic (and reportedly haunted) Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, set up in the flick to be a somewhat seedy residential hotel. Almost the whole movie …
Immovable Objects' Gagin home from Australia, playing Oct. 26 @Eleven
“It was a long time coming,” says Matt Gagin, the man behind Immovable Objects, when asked about his recent move to Perth, Australia. “I was just ready to leave and some of the things that were and are happening in …
The day Nirvana played Off the Record — 21 years ago today (10-24-91)
Image by Scott Penzer http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/24/34269/ Who doesn't miss the staple-infested LP bins of Off The Record's late lamented Hillcrest locale? Those beat up bins survived hundreds of live concerts, with both bins and shows dating back to the store's original …
Miz Mandy's red carpet videos debut Oct. 27 @ Del Mar Plaza
Cinematic pop rocker Miz Mandy will premiere two music videos, “Rising Sun” and “The Cat’s Pajamas” on October 27 at Del Mar Plaza, with a free red carpet screening to include the cast and crew of both videos, which will …
Famous DEAD Neighbors: Local gravesites of the (formerly) rich and famous
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/22/34099/ Whether you're goth or you just dig celebrity graves (that's "dig" as in "enjoy"), you might be interested to know of these famous former neighbors entombed at a gravesite near you. BOBBY DRISCOLL (1937-1968) starred as the plantation boy …
Comic Fest on Hotel Circle, Day Three: Photo Report
Comic Fest, which ran Friday through today, is a new convention organized by several of the original promoters behind the early San Diego Comic-Cons: Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, and Bob Sourk. “This year is the 40th anniversary of the first …
Comic Fest on Hotel Circle, Day Two: Photo Report
Comic Fest, running October 19 through 21, is a new convention organized by several of the original promoters behind the early San Diego Comic-Cons: Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, and Bob Sourk. “This year is the 40th anniversary of the first …