Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, November 13-Sunday, November 15, 2015

I must sound like the most vocabulary strained writer on the planet because every time I update, I'm just overwhelmed with how much stuff has passed since my previous post, even if only a day or two has passed, and really resort to words like "Wow!" or "Awesome" or whatever. At the same time, I feel like I am living so fully that it is absolutely okay to be wowed (and it certainly beats the alternative). This week I had some fun family time, went to see Quilt and Widowspeak at the Hideout, went to Knott's Berry Farm on Veteran's Day, went to the Heritage of the Americas Museum for Nova's class fieldtrip, saw Martin Atkins keynote speech at the Lafayette, caught Blitzen Trapper and Yo La Tengo at the Observatory, saw AA Bondy at the Hideout, and balanced a whole bunch of work and fun in between all of it. This weekend is going to be busy, which is why I frontloaded a couple blog updates. I will be at SDMT on Friday, hopefully hit the tamale festival on Saturday, then the SDMT Music Fest, then Sunday is my big work day, and then who knows. I just know I won't be looking at my laptop much the next few days, so hit me up on Facebook if you really need me. Friday through Sunday archives are after the jump.

AA Bondy at the Hideout for San Diego Music Thing

Friday, November 13, 2015:

• SDMT: Matthew Logan Vasquez (Delta Spirit), Andrew St. James, Jason Robert Plum @ The Irenic
• SDMT: The Album Leaf, ILYA, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Bakkuda @ Casbah
• SDMT: Born Ruffians, Young Rival, James Supercave, My Goodness @ Soda Bar
• SDMT: Paper Kites, Old Man Canyon, Oh, Spirit! @ Bar Pink
• SDMT: Inspired and the Sleep, AJ Froman, Soft Lions, Summer Twins @ The Merrow
• SDMT: Swingin' Utters, The Bomb Pops, Beach Slang, Success @ The Hideout
• Houndmouth, HOWARD@ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Worriers, Russian Tremors @ The Black Cat Bar
• Tokimonsta, Anderson Paak, Two Fresh, Leikeli47 @ The Observatory North Park
• Mayhem, Watain, Rotting Christ @ The Observatory North Park moved to Brick By Brick
• Schoolhouse Rock Live! @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• The Ataris,, Interfate, Fall & Rise, Gone Avery, Christopher Brothers @ Tango Del Rey
• Dona Nova, Thirty 30, Big Goat, Symbolic, Kulteir KLTR @ Brick By Brick
• Ratboys, Bedroom Sons, Nancy Sin, The San Diego School of Rock House Band Day Mvs: Bakermat @ Quartyard
• ArtPower Presents: Cuarteo Quiroga @ Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
• Polytape 2 Tour Fiji & Drew Deezy @ Music Box
• Fred Benedetti & George Svoboda @ Dizzy's
• Atomic Groove 5th Annual Pajama Jam Happy Hour @ Belly Up (5pm)
• Gardeners Logic, Lilian Lefranc @ The Balboa
• Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is @ Soma
• Lucas Stonehouse, Kennady Tracy, Cordelia Degher, Olivia Wiese @ Lestat's
• Circa Survive, RX Bandits, Citizen @ House of Blues
• Chris Trapper, Jill Jack @ Java Joe's
• The We're All Alright Tour Featuring Dave Days, Future Sunsets, Alex Preston, Restless Road, The House On A Cliff @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Devoid (SF), Abyssal, Garth Algar, Cryptic Languages @ The Bancroft
• Paulette McWilliams @ Croce's Park West
• The Fabulous Ultratones @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Atomic Machines, The Mandoshanks, WWW.COM, The Yucks @ Tower Bar
• Ocean Beach Comedy w/ Hugo Chew and D'Andre Dordan @ Winston's (6-9)
• The Earful, The Moves, Bomb Squad @ Winston's
• Time Spent Driving, The Night of the Gun, Sound Lupus, Causers @ Til-Two Club
• The Power of Soul with Tim Felton (Sure Fire Soul Ensemble), DJ Inform (Beatbox Records) @ Whistle Stop
• Red Elvises @ Tio Leo's
• Datsik @ Fluxx
• Bakermat @ Bang Bang
• Patrizia The Sultry Lady of Jazz @ Four Points by Sheraton
• DJ Shift @ Parq
• The Routine @ The Rabbit Hole
• Lil Jon @ Omnia
• Junior theDISCOpunk @ Henry's Pub
• Bass Tribe with Russ Liquid, Galangsta, Flowtye @ Kava Lounge
• Soul Works with Simon Shakleton, Bass Exotic, Memo&Rex, Ivano @ Spin
• Ocean Natives, Reef Bound Sol & Special Guest @ 710 Beach Club

Saturday, November 14, 2015:

• SDMT: San Diego Music Thing Music Fest!, Joy Formidable, L7 Band, Milo Greene, The Moth and The Flame, Chicano Batman, Madly, Neighbors to the North, The Palace Ballroom @ Observatory North Park Parking Lot- 29th & University
• SDMT: In The Valley Below, Here We Go Magic, Hills Like Elephants, The Paragraphs, JJUUJJUU @ Casbah
• SDMT: No Age, Retox, Big Bad Buffalo @ The Irenic
• SDMT: Tamaryn, Wild Wild Wets, Froth, Think No Think @ The Hideout
• SDMT: BABES, Guides, Paper Days, Goose & Mavrk @ The Merrow
• SDMT: The Midnight Pine, Birdy Bardot, Erik Canzona & The Narrows, Creature and the Woods, Dani Bell & The Tarantist @ Soda Bar
• SDMT: The Creepy Creeps, Schizophonics, Subsurfer, Grizzly Business @ Bar Pink
• Youth Lagoon, Taylor McFerrin @ Belly Up
• A Ship In The Woods presents CONVERGENCE with The Donkeys, Pall Jenkins, Perry Vasquez, Preston Swirnoff and 46+ visual artists @ Cabrillo Monument Visitor's Center
• Dead Feather Moon, Barbarian, Oliver Trolley, Groove Session @ Music Box
• Modern Baseball, Pup, Jeff Rosenstock, Tiny Moving Parts @ Lamppost Warehouse (5444 Napa, All Ages, 7pm)
• Lagwagon with Runaway Kids, Brian Wahlstrom & Bobgoblin @ The Observatory North Park
• Schoolhouse Rock Live! @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Pueblo, No Hope Kids, Jurn Venado @ The Balboa
• BLINKFEST 08 ft. Weezer Sing-Alongs and Tony Hawk's Pro Band (COVER BANDS) @ Che Cafe
• Ty Dolla $ign@ House of Blues
• Carnifex, Within The Ruins, Lorna Shore, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Suntorn @ Soma
• Hunter Hunted @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Madman, Sonic Tonic, Rattz @ Brick By Brick
• Mike Hood and the Bad Burritos, Se Vende @ Lestat's
• Bushwalla and Friends, The Accidentals @ Java Joe's
• Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
• Grampadrew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• Tramplers, Waste Aways, Reckless Disregard, Dirty Dishes @ The Bancroft
• Peter Hall @ Croce's Park West (12pm)
• Gilbert Castellanos & The Park West Ensemble @ Croce's Park West (7pm)
• David Benoit, Courtney Fortune @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7:30 & 9:30pm)
• Mango Habanero @ Winston's
• Raise the Guns @ Til-Two Club
• Andrew Rayel @ Omnia
• Detroit Swindle @ Bang Bang
• DJ P-Jay @ Phantom Lounge
• Reflex @ Fluxx
• Dee Lucas @ 98 Bottles
• Wiggle @ Kava Lounge
• Brothers Gow, Spafford @ 710 Beach Club

Sunday, November 15, 2015:

• Squeeze Acoustic "The At Odds Couple" an evening w/ Difford & Tilbrook @ House of Blues
• X Ambassadors : The VHS Tour with Skylar Grey, Kevin Garrett @ The Observatory North Park
• Firethorn, Velvet Club, The Roxanne Wars @ Casbah
• Schoolhouse Rock Live! @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Girlboy (CD release) @ The Merrow (5PM)
• Matisyahu @ Balboa Theatre
• Heart @ The Events Center, Harrah's Resort SoCal
• Billy Changer, Fake Tides, Nimzo Indians, Kids In Heat, Pueblo @ Che Cafe
• Day Mvs: Skream, Lee Foss @ Quartyard
• The Front Bottoms, The Smith Street Band, Elvis Depressedly @ The Irenic
• Puro Instinct, Gary Wilson and The Blind Dates, Sextile @ Soda Bar
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• Jerry Jeff Walker (solo) @ AMSD Concerts
• Point Break Live, Can You Keanu? @ Belly Up
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• Doyle, Chamber Sixx, They Feed at Night, The Grim Imperials @ Brick By Brick
• The Jackson Price Band @ Sycamore Den
• Forever Came Calling, Seasons Change @ Legend Records
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Dave Good's Jazz Jam @ Java Joe's (2pm)
• Comedy @ The Bancroft
• Dream Night with The Victoriana, Drab Majesty, DJs Mario Orduno & Quon Solo @ Whistle Stop
• Patrick Berrogain @ Croce's Park West (12pm)
• Lorraine Castellanos & Rob Thorsen @ Croce's Park West (6pm)
• Stellita @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am)
• Marvin Banks @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Kitten With A Whip @ Winston's (5-8pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-Ke @ Winston's
• Open Mic Comedy @ Til-Two Club
• Yoga For Your Ears @ Kava Lounge
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Reggae Sundays @ Spin