Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Things To Do In San Diego: July 10-11, 2012

Sometimes it is easy to forget how good people can be. Yesterday I watched all 7 hours of the San Diego City Council hearing about the proposed Centennial Bridge/Plaza De Panama Bypass/Jacobs Project. While I still wasn't swayed that this is the best possible plan for Balboa Park, I appreciate that so many citizens and groups voiced opinions and that the council seemed to really thoughtfully weigh all concerns. Ultimately they couldn't reject a $35 million "gift", but I believe that with all of the involvement, they will be stewards for the city. After the meeting, I went to see Marius at Tin Can and the four-piece from the Faroe Islands were fantastic, with a couple songs that could easily put them in the same room with Bon Iver. From there, we went to Dirty Mondays at the Saloon in Encinitas where I completely lost my mind when my phone fell out of the car as I exited and it launched straight into a stormdrain like a hockey puck into a goalieless net. This morning I called the City of Encinitas and after a short transfer, reached Ben Taylor with the Wastewater Division. I told him the location of my phone and within 45 minutes of my call, he had personally gone to the stormdrain and retrieved my phone, which was still on and working. Last night I kinda got over the lost phone, realizing most of my important information is in the Cloud anyway, but the fact that I don't have to buy another phone or wait for an insurance replacement, especially during this busy week at Comic-Con is absolutely amazing to me. I feel really good about the goodness of people today. Archives for Tuesday and Wednesday are after the jump and just so you know, I added my Comic-Con essential links as their own page in the tabs section, so they're easily accessible without having to scroll through all the posts from this week.



Tuesday July 10, 2012:
  • Cory Branan, Audra Mae, Noel Jordan @ Casbah
  • Paper Bird, The High Rolling Loners, Abe West @ Soda Bar
  • Beat Club, Frank & Derol, Tonto @ The Griffin
  • The Tall Ships, New Shoes Old Socks, The Wagon @ Belly Up
  • Bagdad, Speedy Ortiz, Big Wilson River, Stained Glass Windows @ Tin Can
  • Tiki Tuesday feat. Adrian Demain's Exoticatronica @ Bar Pink
  • Clarice and The Lotion Baskets @ The Shakedown Bar
  • Industry Night @ Eleven
  • Mattson 2, Ben Powell @ El Dorado
  • Open Mike Eagle Presents: Verbs of Swim Team, Preacher vs Choir @ Kava Lounge
  • The Mike Dillon Band @ Winston's
  • Tori Roze Presents: Ruby Tuesday w/ Lyrikal Groover, Jezzy & Her Bellies, Becky Alter @ Ruby Room
  • Mark Winkler @ Saville Theatre SD City College
  • Local Brews Local Grooves feat. Bosen, Soul Ablaze, Sister Speak, Todo Mundo @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
  • Outlaw nation @ 710 Beach Club
  • Anthology House Band @ Anthology
  • Westside Inflection @ Riviera Supper Club 7 pm
  • Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
  • Tripp Sprague @ Croce's
  • 145th Street Blues @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Train of Thought @ Queen Bee's
  • Comedy Night @ Lestat's
  • Trent Hancock @ Tiki House
  • Community Revolution In Progress @ The Office
  • Tomcat Courtney @ La Gran Tapa
  • Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
  • Fully Loaded Comedy @ Til-Two Club
  • Tommy Price & The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
  • Doug Allen @ The Kraken
  • Open Mic @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
  • Karaoke @ Kensington Club

Wednesday July 11, 2012:
  • My Jerusalem, The Cold & Lovely, Down Big @ Soda Bar
  • The Bouncing Souls, The Menzingers, Broadway Calls, Luther @ House of Blues
  • Reason To Rebel, Product, Danny and The Tramp @ Belly Up
  • Cuckoo Chaos, New Mexico, Ditches @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
  • Extra Life, The Vaginals, Corima @ Tin Can
  • DJ Claire @ Bar Pink
  • #SDCC Cartoon Network presents Adventure Time takeover @ The New San Diego Children's Museum
  • Odyssey 9, Hot Mustard, Hocus @ The Griffin
  • #SDCC Course of the Force After-Party feat. The Dan Band @ Balboa Theatre
  • Happy Together Tour feat. The Turtles, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Grass Roots, Micky Dolenz, The Buckinghams @ Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
  • Extinction: Gone By The Way of The Dodo Art Show (collab with Susie Ghahremani &Irene Stone)/Opening Reception @ Blind Lady (6pm)
  • AEges, Silver Snakes, Kodiak @ The Shakedown Bar
  • #SDCC Game3rCon 2012: Video game Tournaments, Table-Top Gaming, Retro-Cade, Live Performances, Art Exhibition, Film Screenings, Exclusive Industry Panels, After Party Events, and more!! @ 10th Avenue Theatre (just south of 10th & Broadway, Noon-Midnight)
  • Dori Caymmi @ Anthology
  • Gabriel Valentine @ Brick By Brick
  • Kid Wonder, Saul Q @ El Dorado
  • Vanja James @ Riviera Supper Club
  • Saba, The Donnis Trio @ Lestat's
  • #SDCC Mark Christopher Lawrence Presents: A Night of Comedy @ House of Blues
  • Comedy Night w/ Nick Crosby @ Eleven
  • #SDCC Freaks of Comedy Starring Greg Wilson @ American Comedy Co. 
  • LA Riots @ Wavehouse 5 pm
  • Rudy Palos @ Kava Lounge
  • #SDCC Dinner Theatre Screening of Star Wars @ The Range (1263 University Ave, arrive 7pm, movie 8pm. Costumes and audience participation encouraged)
  • Club Kingston w/ Somos Uno, DJ nOn prOfit, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
  • Greeney Love Inebriation, Odyssey 9, Habitat @ Ruby Room
  • Logic & Tayyib Ali @ Porter's Pub
  • Music & Pop Culture Trivia Night @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
  • Rockola @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Gilbert Castellanos w/ The New Latin Jazz Quintet @ El Camino
  • Wednesday Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
  • Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
  • Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
  • The Crabs @ Tiki House
  • Brixton Beat @ Whistle Stop
  • Firehouse Swing Night @ Queen Bee's
  • Karaoke @ Chico Club
  • Fuzzy @ Croce's
  • Funk's Most Wanted @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
  • Wreck Shop Wednesday @ The Office
  • Taryn Donath @ Marble Room
  • Too Rude For Sunday @ Coyote Bar & Grill

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