Things To Do In San Diego: May 23-24, 2009

Saturday, May 23, 2009:

• Obits, The Lights, Drug Wars @ Casbah
• Writer, Tapedeck Mountain, This is Not My Life @ Soda Bar
• Red Pony Clock, Maren Parusel, The Dabbers, DJ Morgan Young @ Beauty Bar
• Morrissey's 50th Unhappy Birthday Celebration with Sweet and Tender Hooligans and DJ Howie Pyro @ Belly Up
• The Shamey Jays (CD Release), Joey Harris, Anna Troy Band, Bedpost Buzzards, Endoxi and circus performers from Technomania Circus @ Brick By Brick
• 6x6, The Ex-Friends, Joanie Mendenhall, Floyd Elmore @ Andrews Gallery (free, all ages, 7pm)
• Hercules & Love Affair (DJ Set), Pat Mahoney @ Spin
• Dr. No’s Fantasy Lounge Experience, Schugariver @ Ruby Room
• DJ John Johnson @ Bar Pink
• Club Dead Line presents Death Rock DJs Marie & Carcass @ Radio Room
• Barnyard Ballers, The Strikers, Knock'Em Stiff @ O'Connell's
• Dan Padilla, Rich White Males, John Wayne Gacy Daycare @ Ken Club
• Silverleaf, Billion Dollar Stimulus Package, Michael Sweetman/Stephen Nashef and Anton Haugen @ Che Cafe
• The Chase, The Lanterns, New Age Heros, Jacks Last Bullet, 90% Nothing @ Soma
• Giant Squid Records presents Rhetorik, Change + Je'July, Elum the Gelfling, Reason The Citizen, DJ Sets by Tactik, Jawn @ Kava Lounge
• Ken Graydon, Stan Kruml @ Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park
• The Burnsville Band @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• Brodeeva, Bushwalla, Rob Deez @ Lestat's
• Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, Izabella @ Winston's
• Acoustic Open Mic Night @ Epicentre (7pm, early sign up)
• Chris Milk: The Future of Art, DJ sets by Chris Holmes @ W Hotel
• Stroke 9, Flux Theory, Dave Perskie @ 710 Beach Club
• Whiskey Rebellion, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's
• UFC 98 @ 710 Beach Club/Gallagher's
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• DJ Demon @ True North
• SOJA, Mike Pinto, High Tide @ Canes
• Matt Besser (Upright Citizens Brigade) @ The Loft, UCSD
• Makai @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Joe Piscopo @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• The Archtones Quartet feat. Mitch Manker @ Anthology (Late Show 10:00 pm)
• Roy Zimmerman @ Acoustic Music San Diego
• Code Red, Audrina, From The Top, Paint @ Channel Twelve 25
• Cafe Moliendo @ Portugalia
• Foo U @ Surf n Saddle
• Red Octopus @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F: Jacobs' Masterworks Season Finale @ Copley Symphony Hall

Sunday, May 24, 2009:

• Alexis Gideon, Shelley Short, and Itai Faierman @ Habitat House (7pm, 1008 21st, Free, 21+, BYOB)
• Writer, Tape Deck Mountain, Jamuel Saxon @ Tin Can Ale House
• Detroit Cobras, Dex Romweber @ Casbah (Early Show, 7pm)
• Gray Ghosts, Bunnygrunt, plus special secret guest @ Soda Bar
• Misc. Ailments Foundation, A Scribe Amidst The Lions, Monsters From Mars, Life In Orbit @ 710 Beach Club
• 4 Minutes to Midnight, Sista Otis @ Ruby Room
• Jivewire - DJ's ATARI, T-Money, and guests @ Casbah (Free, 10:30pm)
• The Tighten-Ups, Method Rising, Saint Vernon, Pocos Perro Locos, Vinly Vows @ Radio Room
• Bredren, DJ R2 @ Gallagher's
• Pink Floyd Tribute, Tom Petty Tribute, Fiffin Market @ Belly Up
• Stereo House by Stir Crazy, ElectroKids, Richy the Kid, Hurricane Katrina @ Beauty Bar
• Dueling Pianos @ 710 Beach Club (4-8p)
• Tribe of Judah @ PB Bar & Grill
• Halloween In May @ Kava Lounge
• Killola, Kristeen Young @ Bar Pink
• Atomic Punks (Tribute to Early Van Halen), Priest Heavy (Judas Priest Tribute), Dazed & Confused (Led Zeppelin Tribute), @ Canes
• The Ratbirds, The Stalking Distance (Sacramento) @ O'Connell's
• Reggae Sundays Kick Off "Tribal Theory" @ Canes (4 - 6 p.m. Free)
• Victory Nightlife presents THE BLOCK PARTY ft. the Beat Freaks @ House of Blues
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Taylor Swift @ San Diego Sports Arena
• Daygo Boyz, Static, T$P & Patrol, J4, M.Y.K. & DJ Fame, Heatt, Ghost Writer @ Brick By Brick
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Too Many Creeps Memorial Day Party @ Whistle Stop
• The Power-chords, Beaters, Reverse Cowboys (7" Release), Platanos @ Che Cafe
• Candy Dulfer @ Anthology (Early show, 7:30; Late show, 9:30)
• Brandon Burrows (CD release), backed by Rob Whitlock keyboards, Mark Hunter bass, Kevin Koch drums, Brian Price guitar, Amber Whitlock vocals, & more @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Bill MacPherson @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Memorial Day Jazz Fest feat Patrick Yandell, John Rekevics, Janice Edwards, Trina Stewart Stellita Lindgren and more @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (4p-1a)
• Katwalk Killers @ Surf & Saddle
• The Volts, Jason Burleson, Andrew Lovely, Nancy Truesdale @ Portugalia
• PJ Morton @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F: Jacobs' Masterworks Season Finale @ Copley Symphony Hall (2pm)