Things To Do In San Diego: December 27-30 2012

I spent the day after Christmas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with Darren and his family. It was raining in the morning, but I'd studied the Doppler radar on Weather.com and was convinced that by the time we got there around 10 or 11, that the rain would mostly be gone and we'd have an enjoyable day at the park, while Darren was convinced the park would be packed wall to wall with people. We were both right in a way, though the crowds came later in the afternoon after we were able to enjoy the wide open spaces of the park and  eventually took a late afternoon tram without a wait. Mostly I was happy to escape the post-Christmas mayhem at malls and stores and just have some fun times meeting his mom and nephews, acting like a kid and splashing puddles with Nova, and eventually taking a night off from shows and bars and enjoying some Pinot Noir in my pajamas as I got around to ignored emails and looking over the next week of listings, courtesy of Jordan, Tennessee, and Jeff. It has been a great relaxing week and though I feel compelled to write some deep and lengthy year end wrap-up, I think I'll save a diary post for another time and I really don't have any lists of good, bad, and ugly, mostly because my life is so saturated with great music that to single out the best, I know I would completely omit far too many worthy of accolades. Maybe I'll get around to something of the sort, but for now I'll just say that this year has blown my mind, from the low-lows I experienced at the start of the year to the incredible and unexpected highs I've experienced through the latter half of the year and just say I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, and I hope that we can all get through the crazy shit life throws our way and end up on the other side. It might not all be rainbows and unicorns all the time, but life can be pretty damn awesome if you let it be so.  Thursday through Sunday archives are after the jump.



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

Friday, December 28, 2012:

• The Donkeys, Cuckoo Chaos, Teenage Burritos @ The Casbah
• Meraki, Lua, Proud Moon, Palien @ The Che Café Collective
• Buck-O-Nine’s Holiday Show w/ Bucket Of Fish @ 710 Beach Club
• Josh Damigo, MCL @ Lestats
• Johnny Deadly Trio, Fink Bombs, Gone Baby Gone, Grass Heat @ Soda Bar
• Down Big, Mrs Henry, Just Like Jenna, Someday Assassin @ The Tin Can
• Wizards Of The Harp @ Anthology
• Manny Cepeda Orchestra @ Anthology
• Bonkers! , EDM Dance Party @ Bar Pink
• The Aggrolites @ The Belly Up
• Circle 7, As Obscure as Enoch, The Parlour Shootout @ Brick By Brick
• David Negrete + Quartet @ Dizzy’s
• Age Of Collapse, Among The Enemy, Sculpins, Nerve Control @ Eleven
• Pass The Axe @ Hensley’s Flying Elephant Bar & Grill
• Melly Frances @ Gallagher’s Irish Pub
• Mercedes Moore Band @ Marble Room
• RIP Entertainment Presents:Beats and Brushes feat- JAE K, KIDS OF SOUL, DJ INFORM, MARLON D, OLIBATA, ROCKY R3Y, DJ REZO and Live Art and Visuals by ANDRE LUPIAN, ASID, AY-AR and more @ Ruby Room
• A Night Like This, At The Premier, Neck and Neck, Welcome to Now, Run the Course, Rising Edge @ Soma
• Pleazure @ Tio Leos
• Fam Royal Dj SPIN PARTY TIME @ Whistle Stop
• Jetwest, Project Out Of Bounds, Room Downstairs @ Winstons
• Pass The Axe @ Flying Elephant
• Melly Frances @ Gallaghers
• Modern Day Moonshine @ House Of Blues
• Rebelution/Expendables @ House Of Blues

Saturday, December 29, 2012 (Happy Birthday, Kristian!!):

• Sweet And Thender Hooligans, Really Idol @ The Casbah
• Zongo Junction, In Motion Collective, Snuffaluffagus @ Soda Bar
• The Dazz Band @ Anthology
• Requiemme Showcase Feat. Maren Parusel & Hills Like Elephants @ Bar Pink
• Vokab Kompany @ The Belly Up
• On Decent / Rammoth / Sinner’s Rage / Her Bed Of Thornes @ Brick By Brick
• Gilbert Castellanos @ Dizzy’s
• Slipping Into Darkness, Tar Halos, Harshe Toke, Plant Tribe @ Eleven
• Andreas Moe @ Fluxx
• Almost Islanders @ Gallagher’s Irish Pub
• Aaron Bowen, Heather Nation, Raelee Nikole @ Lestats
• Piano Man John Foltz @ Marble Room
• Gates, He is the painter, Lightning Starts Fire, Overboard Farewell, Jara, Fight the future @ Soma
• King Legend, Euphoria Brass Band @ The Griffin
• Requiem For the Rockets, Black Cassette, Duping The Public @ The Tin Can
• C. Money and The Players Inc. w/ Agent 22 and Gadfly @ Winstons
• Almost Islanders @ Gallaghers
• Rebelution/Expendables @ House OF blues

Sunday, December 30, 2012 (Happy Birthday, Josh!!):

• Suite Brigitte Presents: The Amalgamated, Karlos Paez, The Soulfires, Steve Harris @ The Casbah
• Shiva Trash, Last Years, Kids in Heat, Hood Rat @ The Tower Bar
• Sinatra & Martinis @ Anthology
• Happy Endings Feat. DJS Joemama & Tramlife @ Bar Pink
• Dust N Bones @ The Belly Up
• The All Stars Quartet @ Dizzy’s
• Christine Parker, Ramekega, Flowerthief @ Lestats
• DJ Mustard, DJ Beatnick, Cali Cam, DJ Dead Serious @ Soda Bar
• d, Roxy Moonslinger, Vignette @ The Griffin
• Jose Sinatra hosts OB-oke @ Winstons