Things To Do In San Diego: December 13-15, 2013

What a week. Thanks to everyone for all of the supportive texts and messages about Pascha. Her absence is definitely felt around home, and being who I am, the best way for me to deal with the loss was to write about her and also to experience live music. On Wednesday night, Darren and I went to the House of Blues where American Authors, The Royal Concept, and Misterwives played an awesome show in the Delta Room. Alain was bartending and made it a really awesome night for us. From there, we went to the Casbah and caught OctaGrape and San Diego's Finest and lets just say Cazadores is your friend until its not. On Thursday, we broke the news to Nova who responded by making up a song about losing your best friend and holding on to memories and it was pretty special. We bought Christmas trees for both of our apartments and after dinner we wandered around the lights at Balboa Park. Staying busy is good, and this weekend I have relatives in town, some shows to catch, my nephew's birthday, and lots of fun stuff to stay occupied. Friday-Sunday archives are after the jump.



Friday, December 13, 2013:

• Ivan & Alyosha, Leanna May and the Matadors, Ed Ghost Tucker @ Soda Bar
• Wild Wild Wets, Amerikan Bear, Shiva Trash, Marqay @ The Casbah
• Boulevard Nights @ Media Arts Center
• Teenage Burritos, Big Eyes @ Whistle Stop
• Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, The MacAnanys @ The Griffin
• Harpo & Jon Kanis Acoustic Happy Hour @ Bluefoot (6-8pm)
• The Replacement Replacements, Bowie-Phonics featuring Schitzophonics and Diana Dath @ Bar Pink
• Death Crisis (Last Show), Blumbklaat, Ghetto Blaster, Man vs Man @ Bancroft Bar
• Casbah Presents: Transfer, The Drowning Men, The Paragraphs (8:30) @ Belly Up
• Youth Code, Death of Lovers, Prayers @ The Void
• The Focke Wolves, The Phantoms, Just Like Jenna @ The Tower Bar
• Duke Ventra, Donna Larsen @ ArtLab
• Takahashi, The Lower 48, Gift Machine @ The Tin Can
• Katie Leighe and the Infantry, Trouble in the Wind @ Lestat's
• Lady Zep, Nuns N Moses @ 710 Beach Club
• Joe Bonamassa @ Valley View Casino Center
• The New Varsity, Everything Said @ Brick By Brick
• Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards @ Sycuan
• Carols by Candlelight featuring Jose Feliciano @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• The San Diego School of Rock Performs: Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea with special guests The Bridge @ The Ché Café
• Joshua White and his Quartet featuring Ben Schachter, Dave Marr and Dan Schnelle @ Dizzy's
• Spectacular w/ DJ Reflex @ Fluxx
• Almost Islanders, DJ RM @ Gallagher's Pub
• Temple of the Dad (5:00), Clay Colton (9:00) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• Brent Curtis @ The Marble Room
• Slightly Stoopid @ Soma
• Triptych Family presents Bellhop @ Spin
• Colour @ Tio Leo's Lounge
• Stephan Jacobs @ U31
• Rage Again, The Big Lewinsky, The Radicals @ Winston's

Saturday, December 14, 2013:

• Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, Bill Orcutt and Jacob Felix Heule @ The Casbah
• Holiday Bar-zaar @ Bar Pink (5-10pm)
• A North Park Christmas @ Missiongathering
• Green Flash Holiday Marketplace @ Green Flash Brewing Co.
• DJs Daydream Nation & Grampadrew @ Whistle Stop Happy Hour (5-8pm)
• The Burning of Rome, Le Mutant, Gloomsday, Figs Vision @ Soda Bar
• Todo Mundo, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's Pub
• Holiday Food Drive feat Poontang Clam, Stalins of Sound @ Ken Club
• Rock For Typhoon Haiyan Survivors feat. Kelsea Little, The Brothers Burns & J Phatts, Tori Roze, The Flowerthief, Okay at Best, Rob Deez & Kenny Eng, Jesus Gonzalez, Isaac Cheong @ Shaper Studios (4225 30th St, 7-11pm, All Ages, $5 minimum donation)
• The Fresh Yard, Premier Fits and Mighty Garden Supply present Hip Hop For the Phillipines: LUCKYIAM of Living Legends W/ Lana Shea & DJ Nykon, RASCO (Cali Agents), BLACK AESOP (Living Legends), ODESSA KANE, C.YOUNG, BAM CIRCA 86, MIKEY MO THE MC, DOMI YOUNG, DIFF'RENT DaSAME (Flii Stylz & 4two7, DJ Showcase by DMC Champs BATTLE STAR MASSIVE, DJ Sets by Mr.Hek, Artistic, Daeta One, Norm Rocwell, Bar One @ Somewhere Loud (3489 Noell Street)
• A Night With Hanging In The Rafters @ Boar's Cross'n
• Pop Art Inked Art Show @ ArtLab
• Hey Ho Lets Go, Geezer @ 710 Beach Club
• The Milkcrates, DJs Mikey Face & Angie @ Bar Pink
• San Diego Gay Men's Chorus Presents: The Nutcracker (Men In Tights!)@ Balboa Theatre
• The Tighten Ups @ Wong's Dragon Room
• Generator, Punk in Drublic, US @ The Griffin
• Booty Bassment! DJs Dimitri & Rob @ The Whistle Stop Bar
• Cherie Currie, Roni Lee, Burning Down, Bad Mojo @ Brick By Brick
• Fashion Whore 8 Year Anniversary & Fashion Trunk Show @ U-31
• Carols By Candlelight featuring Billy Ray Cyrus @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Dangers, Calculator, My Iron Lung, Frameworks @ The Ché Café
• DJ Juliancito, Chango Rey & Mexi @ The Tower Bar
• Fred Benedetti and George Svoboda @ Dizzy's
• Spectacular w/ Sid Vicious @ Fluxx
• Tradewinds (5:00), The Farmers (9:00) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• Jamie Kent, Jeff Campbell, Raquel Frischmann @ Lestat's
• Coco Montoya, Daytona & The BlueSide Rockers @ Ramona MainStage
• Trivium, DevilDriver, After The Burial, Thy Will Be Done @ Soma
• Ego Trip & Lucidity Festivals Present: Worthy + Govinda @ Spin
• Bangladesh, Sam Vicari, The Paper Thins @ The Tin Can
• Left4Dead @ Tio Leo's
• Saul Q @ U31
• Naomi Punk, Dunes @ The Void
• C. Fish (4:30), Cubensis and Moonalice (9:30) @ Winston's

Sunday, December 15, 2013:

• Kitten, Holychild, Soft Lions @ The Casbah
• Bleached, Northern Tigers, Kera and the Lesbians @ Soda Bar
• Icona Pop, K. Flay, Sirah @ House of Blues
• Sundiver, While Mule (early show), Bastidas, Orgasmatron, Burnt, Dirty Dishes @ The Tower Bar
• Holiday Salsa Party feat. Walter Segundo and Su Orquesta Rumbaney @ Queen Bee's
• Cris Williamson @ AMSD
• Songwriter Acoustic Nights Holiday Show feat. Lindsay White, Christine Parker, Brooke Mackintosh, Miranda Hope, Robert Cowan @ Swedenborg Hall 
• Old Man Markley, Shake Before Us @ Belly Up
• Jake E Lee's Red Dragon Cartel, Ethan Brosh w/ Nill Brosh, Temporal Riff, Greg Vaughan's Phantom Cargo, Sick String Outlaws @ Brick By Brick
• Allison Adams Tucker presents Unplugged, from the Beatles to Brazilian & Beyond featuring Peter Sprague, Monette Marino and Justin Grinnell @ Dizzy's
• Best of Friends, Josh Withenshaw, Dylan Jakobsen, Everybody Knows, Fighting Time, Geneva Pina @ House of Blues
• John Bowe (10:00am), The Soultones (7:00) @ Humphrey's Backstage
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Adestria, Kingdom of Giants, Dayseeker, Milestone, Always The Understudy @ Soma
• The California Honeydrops, T Sisters @ The Griffin
• Empyrean Throne, Imbalanced, Secretarian Collapse & Theosis @ Shakedown
• CJ On Fire Live Rock @ U31
• Kim Wilson and the Blues All Stars with Special Guests Wick Hauser Band (2:30), Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke (10:00) @ Winston's