Things To Do In San Diego: December 20-24, 2012

On Wednesday night I was working at Brick By Brick for the High On Fire show. It was a Casbah presents show, so I was working the door, but as I worked, I had my laptop and had put together all of the listings that Jordan and Jeff provided, but I never actually posted them. Such is December, we get sidetracked so easily, so much is going on and there are so many things pulling us in different directions, but hopefully you take the time to take a step back and enjoy the spirit of the season, whether that's celebrating Christmas or Hannukah or just enjoying friends and family as the temperatures drop and make it tempting to just curl up under a blanket. It's also a good time to reach out to those around you who might be alone for the holidays. There are plenty of ways to engage and enjoy the season, and the music scene is still here for you. If you're still looking for last minute gifts, the Casbah dropped merch prices through Christmas Eve (not valid for online orders). Hoodies are $30, Tees are $12, and our new Koozies are $3.50. Archives Listings through next week are after the jump, supposing we survive the apocalypse.



Thursday December 20, 2012:

• Dublin Mob XXX-Mas feat. Royal Crown Revue, Stephen Rey & The Sex Trash, Hands Down South @ Casbah
• Ship Records & The San Diego Food Bank Present: Gloomsday, Wha?, Black Hondo, Ana @ Soda Bar
• Gift Curse, Elektric Monk, Pleasure Fix @ Tin Can
• The Venice Christmas Show, Paul Cannon Band @ Belly Up
• Project Donate Presents: Red Matter, Subsurfer, The Foundation Of @ The Griffin
• Groove International Presents: Hip-Hop Night @ House of Blues
• Jimmy Nash, Stevie Williams @ Lestat's
• White Night, The Dirty legs, Hugh Noble, Mandarin Dynasty @ Eleven
• Trio Gadjo, Ian Tordella Trio @ Seven Grand
• DJ Claire @ Bar Pink
• Everything Is Terrible! Holiday Special @ Che Cafe
• Mondo Generator, @ The Shakedown Bar
• Deck the Halls w/ Anthology House Band @ Anthology
• Twin Tenors w/ Gerard Nolan and Ian Tordella @ 98 Bottles
• Gilbert Castellanos & The New Latin Jazz Quintet @ Croce's
• Moonlight Serenade Orchestra @ The Lucky Star Restaurant (54th & University)
• Brothers Gow, Superunloader, Chill Clinton, Tower XVI @ Ruby Room
• Yoga For Your Ears Presents: Destructo Bunny, Neo Pangea, The Jefferson Jay band @ Winston's
• EDM Show @ Brick By Brick
• The Psycho Realm @ Porter's Pub
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar
• Liquid Geometry Presents: The Apocalypse, B Bravo, Sinjin Hawke, Mike Gao, Sleeve, Mateo @ Kava Lounge
• Missy Andersen @ Marble Room
• EDM w/ Norin & Rad @ Fluxx
• Jam Kwest @ Gallagher's Pub
• Roger Lane, DJ Bad Dad @ Til-Two Club
• Bill Magee Blues Band @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
• West of Five @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Lyrical Skoolyard @ Boar Cross'n
• Clay Colton @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Jason/Rick @ McP's Irish Pub
• Stepping Feet @ Jimmy Love's
• Makeout Weird w/ Micha Cardenas & Zach Blas @ Whistle Stop
• Live Band Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, December 21, 2012:

• Low Volts (CD Release), Grand Tarantula, Twowolves, Dirty Sirens @ Casbah
• Dead Feather Moon, Heavy Guilt, Trouble in the Wind @ Belly Up
• Japandi, Snuffaluffagus, Census, Crooks, Mothlight, Weatherbox, Nut/Crackers, Asha, Nature’s Kid, Darc Meriso @ Ché Café
• The Burning of Rome, Short Eyes, Rum For Your Life @ Soda Bar
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• End of the World Party with The Strikers, Pig Life, Moose Jaw, Coda Reactor, Youth Martyrs, Hell On Heels @ Brick By Brick
• Sleep Lady, Spirit Vine, Dignitary Loss @ Tin Can
• Riververb, Wastage, Psicomagia, California Bleeding @ The Tower Bar
• Natural Vibrations, Hi Roots @ Winston’s
• DJ Rob and crew @ Whistlestop
• The Ballad Mongers @ Tio Leo’s
• Guru-Junkies Presents Zombie Apocalypse feat. Kruzic, jAy jOy, Buddah, Lestat, Midgett @ The Griffin
• Carnifex, Adestria, Oh, Guardian, Lion I Am, Mortify Your Enemies, Killing The Messenger, The Empire Within, Always The Understudy @ Soma
• DJ Man-Cat, Rock the Discotek, Chamberline, DJ Tommy Schulte, D James, Gabriel Valentin, The Digital Lizards, Club Kids, MC Shift @ Ruby Room
• Malaki @ Ramona Mainstage
• John Foltz @ Marble Room
• The World Go Boom Show, Aaron and Jane, Enchanted Realms @ Lestat’s
• Kinky with Mexican Dubweiser @ House of Blues
• Shake Before Us @ Elephant Pub & Grill
• Buddy Banter, Witness 9, Privet, St. Cloud Sleepers @ Eleven
• Hickies @ Dry Humps a totally 90s party @ El Dorado
• Deck the Halls w/ Anthology House Band @ Anthology
• BoomSnap’s End of the World Party @ 710 Beach Club

Saturday, December 22, 2012:

• El Vez, Schitzophnics, Zozo Fiasco @ Casbah 
• Japandi, Cuckoo Chaos, Gothic Tropic @ Soda Bar
• Grampadrew, Shawn Rohlf (7th Day Buskers) @ The Tin Can
• Chad Taggart, Isaac Cheong, Jimmie Lunsford, Kornflower @ Lestat’s
• The Loons, Sidewalk Scene, Operation Mindblow @ Bar Pink
• Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, Jamie James @ Belly Up
• Cubensis @ Winston’s
• DJs Dimitri & Rob and DJ Claire @ Whistlestop
• The Silver Spurs @ Tio Leo’s
• The Junk Poets, Uniform Victor, The Natives @ The Tower Bar
• Loose Nutts, Neveready, Cheef @ The Griffin
• Raise The Guns, One Inch Punch, Moosejaw, Godhammered @ Ruby Room
• Mercedes Moore Band @ Marble Room
• British Invasion Christmas tributes to The Beatles, Elton John, Billy Idol and Elvis Costello @ House of Blues
• DJ Chelu @ Gallagher’s
• Drop Dead, Dames, Burlesque Revue @ Eleven
• DJ Havok S, Dolla Dolla DJs @ El Dorado
• Besos de Coco @ Dizzy’s
• Blink 182, Sum-41, Rancid (sorta, but not really) @ Ché Café
• ProgNoses, The Roast of Randall Vasquez, Bon Voyage! @ Brick By Brick
• Deck the Halls w/ Anthology House Band @ Anthology Arden Park Roots w/ Natural Heights, and the Originalites @ 710 Beach Club

Sunday, December 23, 2012:

• X, My Jerusalem @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Mini Death, Dream Buddies, Shiva Trash @ Soda Bar
• Jose Sinatra’s O-B-Oke @ Winston’s
• Cash’d Out Christmas with Total Distortion @ Belly Up (9:00)
• Days to Change, Black Water Soul, Little Red Lung @ The Griffin
• Jacob Miranda, Roxy Moonslinger, Ed Ghost Tucker, Real Things Are Good, Rock Paper Tiger @ Ruby Room
• Brandon Burrill, Joshua Taylor, Kyle Macneill @ Lestat’s
• The Roman Watchdogs (CD Release) @ House of Blues
• Xmas Eve EVE II with Elaina Dore @ House of Blues
• The Mar Dels Christmas Matinee @ Belly Up (3:00)
• Happy Endings with DJs JoeMama and Tramlife @ Bar Pink
• Hiroshima @ Anthology
• Slower @ 710 Beach Club

Monday December 24, 2012:

• Exile On Kettner Blvd. @ Casbah
• Toothless George, tba @ Eleven
• Dirty Mondays w/ DJ Gabe Vega @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
• Pyrate Punx @ Tower Bar
• Dave Scott & Monsoon Jazz @ Croce's
• DJ John Phillips @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Doug Allen @ The Kraken

Tuesday December 25 2012 (Christmas Day):

• Merry Christmas!

Wednesday December 26, 2012:

• Turquoise Jeep, Tha Maad Tray @ Casbah
• San Pedro El Cortez, Sixties Guns, Legs @ Soda Bar
• Kut U Up, Second Generation, Harsh Toke @ Belly Up
• 22 Kings, Jarrett Killen, Atlas House @ Tin Can
• Beatles vs. Stones @ Anthology
• Blk Owl Presents: Cherub, Pal&Drome, Adam Salter, Camron @ The Griffin
• Alyssa Jacey and Friends @ Lestat's
• Kice Simko and Friends @ Riviera Supper Club
• H.A.M. hosted by DJ L @ Bar Pink
• Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Jam @ Seven Grand
• Club Kingston w/ Raggabond, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• Ray Anthony Brown & Quarter Note @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Fuzzy @ Croce's
• The Ratt's Revenge @ Tower Bar
• Sunset Trivia Hosts Trivia Night @ House of Blues
• Wednesday Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Mark Stuart @ Tiki House
• Bill Magee Blues Band @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
• Wreck Shop Wednesday @ The Office
• Firehouse Swing Night @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Chico Club
• David Patrone @ Jimmy Love's
• Gene Warren @ McP's Irish Pub

Thursday December 27, 2012:

• 91X Presents: Louis XIV, The Howls, Boy King @ Casbah
• Kera and The Lesbians, The Cutaways, guests @ Soda Bar
• Primus 3D @ Balboa Theatre
• Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven @ Belly Up
• Lozen, Tacos!, Secret Fun Club @ Tin Can
• NSD Presents: Love and The Skull @ The Griffin
• Eventvibe and Amplified Access Present: Zeds Dead @ House of Blues
• The Shaddox Bros. @ Lestat's
• D. Pel, Little Fowl, guests @ Eleven
• The Bandits @ Seven Grand
• Kids, Tough Stuff, Higher Learning, Gatsby's Fiddle @ Che Cafe
• Lee Dewyze, Dawn Mitschele @ Anthology
• Adams and Eves @ Riviera Supper Club
• SoulJazz @ Croce's
• Moonlight Serenade Orchestra @ The Lucky Star Restaurant (54th & University)
• Pyrate Punx presents: Bumbklatt, Bio Crisis, Skulpins. Age of Collapse @ Ruby Room
• Turkuaz @ Winston's
• The Psycho Realm @ Porter's Pub
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar
• Taryn Donath @ Marble Room
• LED Presents: Feed Me @ Voyeur
• Hazmatt @ Gallagher's Pub
• Rock N Roll Preservation Society, DJs Heather Hardcore, Diana Death, Miss Kylee @ Til-Two Club
• Missy Andersen @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
• Ruby and The Red Hots @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Cordova, Kiss and Yell @ Boar Cross'n
• Clay Colton Band @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Big City Shaman @ McP's Irish Pub
• Aaron Durr Band @ Jimmy Love's
• Vamp @ Whistle Stop
• Peter Hall @ Davina's Cabo Grill
• Live Band Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club