Things To Do In San Diego: November 22-24, 2013

It has been a really good week- Chvrches and John Vanderslice were awesome, plus I had some fun time painting at Ceramic Cafe, hiking at Presidio Park, going to the Zoo, splashing in rain puddles, and just hanging out enjoying days with Darren and Nova, but I have a small bone to pick. The other day, a "friend" of mine suggested that I'm "paid to party" and I don't know about work. I had a lot of time to think about that when I was pulling an all-nighter on Monday night and then again on Tuesday as I caught up on work so that I could spend my days with Darren and Nova and prepare for babysitting Zane for 14 hours on Thursday and all day again on Friday. I guess when people see me at shows or having drinks or my social media posts filter out the lame and tedious stuff and just focus on time at parks or the Zoo or shows or events or spending time with my little familial unit, it might appear my life is a big party. But I consider myself fortunate to have found a way to eke out a living doing things I love, and if that means hours of email and online time while the rest of the world is asleep or slinging band merch or babysitting or making a hundred Facebook event pages, it's all so I don't have to go back to the bullshit corporate life I once lead. Everyone does what they have to do, and I don't knock anyone for what they do to get by or get ahead if that's where their ambitions lay, but I will cut a "friend" for being judgmental about how I spend my time. Good riddance, ya jerk.Weekend archives are after the jump.



Friday, November 22, 2013:

• Obits, Rob Crow's Gloomy Place, White Murder @ The Casbah
• Dr. Seahorse, Ed Ghost Tucker, Neon Cough, Spark Three @ Griffin
• Noah Gundersen, Kelsea Little @ The Loft
• Shake Before Us, Flaggs, Shiva Trash @ Soda Bar
• B-Side Players, Natty Vibes, Stranger, Hi Roots @ House of Blues
• Patrick Lanzetta (5:00), A Will to Wander, Rapscallions, Laguna Pal @ 710 Beach Club
• Amarok, Dead Ghosts, Bridge Jumper @ Tower Bar
• Bonkers! Dance Party @ Bar Pink
• Atomic Groove (5:30), English Beat with Oceanside Sound System (9:00) @ Belly Up
• The Frights, Sundressed, Days of Light Gravity, Owl and Penny @ The Ché Café
• Red Pony Clock, Week Of Wonders, Chatlet @ Void
• Montalban Quintet, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble @ Whistle Stop
• Disconnected Booking Presents: Nekrofilth with S.M.D., D.E.A., Ascended Dead @ Brick By Brick
• The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
• Asking Alexandra, All That Remains, For Today, Emmure, A New Challenger Approaches @ Soma
• Reka Parker, Jeff Blanco and Bob Daniels with Joe Marillo and Derek Cannon @ Dizzy's
• Kayless Niss, Alex Livianos, Jesus Gonzales, The Beagles, The Indys @ Epicentre
• Big Top Spectacular Launch Party @ Fluxx
• So Cal Vibes, DJ Sammi B @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Y3K (5:00), PopRx (9:00) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• Pepe Aguilar @ Valley View Casino Center
• Grind @ The Merrow
• Mike Bowman @ ArtLab Studios
• Spent. Art Show @ The Broker's Building Gallery (402 4th Ave, 7p-12a) 
• Anniversary Party @ Queen Bee's
• Brent Curtis @ Marble Room
• Mucho Oarty feat. Soda Stereo Tribute @ Til-Two Club (Hosted Bar)
• Chet Cannon's BDAY @ Tio Leos
• Sister Nancy, Maka and the I-Sight Band, SimmerDown Riddim Section @ Winstons

Saturday, November 23, 2013:

• The Limousines, Mona, Dresses @ The Casbah
• The Casbah Presents: The Locust, Widows, Bastard Noise @ Porter's Pub
• Screaming Females, Upset, Sledding With Tigers @ Soda Bar
• English Beat with Rian Basillo and The Roosters @ Belly Up
• Cayucas, Fighting with Irons, Hindu Pirates @ The Loft
• Hills Like Elephants, Sad Robot @ Bar Pink
• Gayle Skidmore, Jamie Drake, A.J. Minnette @ Six Palms Entertainment House Show (TICKETS)
• Josh Damigo, Tim Moyer @ Lestat's
• Euphoria Brass Band @ Seven Grand
• The Black Tides, Secret Samarai @ Black Cat Bar
• Deadly Birds, The Pheasants, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• U.S. Girls, Ether Island, Infinity Dots, Chill Pill @ Void
• Awol One, Die Young & Circus of the Shape Shifters, 2mex of the Visionaries, Odessa Kane, Down Syndrome, Trust One @ Griffin
• Sandollar, True Press, SolRising @ 710 Beach Club
• Booty Bassmont w/ DJs Dimitri and Rob @ Whistle Stop
• Men of Worth @ San Dieguito United Methodist Church Hall 
• Aphrodite, DJ Wolfe b2b Ghost M.D., One Massive, TSTV, SD Union, The return of a legend B-Side @ Brick By Brick
• The Peter Sprague Group Plays Latin, Tango and Jazz @ Dizzy's
• Good & Plenty presents Sharam Jey @ El Dorado 
• Avalon Young, Tanya Miller, Tyler Beach plus guests @ The Epicentre
• Spectacular w/ DJ Karma @ Fluxx
• Groove International Presents Sweethearts Salute @ House of Blues
• Amplified Access & Eventvibe present EOTO & Downlink with Ill Gates @ House of Blues
• Lotus The Band (5:00), The Farmers (9:00) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• Mike Myrdel @ Marble Room
• Tonight Alive, Downtown Fiction, For the Foxes, Echosmith, Focus In Frame @ Soma
• Red Wizard, Great Electric Quest, Bedlams Edge @ Shakedown Bar
• Planewreck, After The Matter, Cochino @ Tower Bar
• Los Fabulocos @ Tio Leos
• Polyrhythmics, C Money @ Winstons

Sunday, November 24, 2013:

• Night Beats, Wild Wild Wets, Amerikan Bear @ The Casbah
• The Lyrical Groove, Oh Mercy @ Bar Pink
• Casbah + Soda Bar Present: Church of Misery, Wizard Rifle, Wild Honey, Deep Sea Thunderbeast @ Soda Bar
• Mikey Lion, Seth Troxler @ Bang Bang
• Drake, Miguel, Future @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
• Vaud and the Villains @ Belly Up
• Jason Charles Miller & Guests @ Brick By Brick
• The 2013 Bass Summit featuring Marshall Hawkins, Jory Herman, Barry Green, Katie Thiroux, Rob Thorsen, Bert Turetzky with Joshua White and Duncan Moore @ Dizzy's
• Protest The Hero, Architects, Affiance, The Kindred @ Soma
• Stellita (10:00am), Breez'n (7:00pm) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Cherries Jubilee jazz Cabaret @ WhistlestopJose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke @ Winstons