Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, September 28-Tuesday, October 4: Silversun Pickups | Tyson Motsenbocker | Suzanne Vega | Desert Daze | Oktoberfest | Livewire 30th | The Pixies | King Khan & BBQ Show | Metric |

Me & Brian from SSPU Taken A Million Years Ago at SDSU

It's my birthday!! It's statistically probably yours or close to it since all our parents decided to bang around the holidays. Happy birthday to all of you, and my gift to myself is keeping these listings short. I will try to come back later in the week and add show announcements and other music news, but for now, I'm out. Can't wait to see SSPU again tonight for maybe the 20th or 30th time. 

Stay safe out there. 


Wednesday, September 28, 2022 (Happy Birthday To ME!!):
  • Silversun Pickups - Physical Thrills Tour, Eliza & The Delusionals @ The Observatory
  • Tyson Motsenbocker, Titus Haug, Shua @ Casbah
  • String Machine & Orson Wilds, Sorry It's Over, Sleepy Pearls @ Soda Bar
  • Julian Lage @ Belly Up
  • Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
  • Steve Vai: Inviolate Tour @ The Magnolia
  • Sad Park & Heart To Gold, Caracara @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Petco Park
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Broadway San Diego presents Cats @ Civic Theatre
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Revocation, Krisiun, Alluvial, Inoculation, Good For Nothing @ Brick by Brick
  • CMT Next Women of Country: Maddie & Tae, Sacha & Abbey @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Trivia @ Quartyard
  • Rockin' Aces @ Tio Leo's
  • Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
  • Rafael Pondé Brazillian Reggae @ Winston's 
  • Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's 
  • Obsession: Teachers Pet @ Queen Bee's 
  • Big Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
  • Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
  • Ernie & Friends @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
Thursday, September 29, 2022:
  • An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories with Suzanne Vega @ Belly Up
  • Narrow Head, The Berries, Bedlocked @ Casbah
  • SUSU, Broken Baby, Lord Friday the 13th @ Soda Bar
  • PJ Morton - Watch The Sun Tour presented by TJ Entertainment Group, DJ ArieSpins @ The Observatory
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Trouble Is...25th Anniversary Tour,  Samantha Fish@ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
  • KES, Jimmy October @ Music Box
  • Willie Jones III Quintet @ La Jolla Athenaeum Jacobs Music Room 
  • Get The LED Out @ Balboa Theatre
  • Cosmo Gnostic, more TBA @ Pour House 
  • Cemetery Sun & Lil Lotus, poptropicaslutz!, Not A Toy @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • The Worst, The Rough, Mittens, Happy To Be Here, The Smokes @ The Holding Company
  • Victoria Robertson @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel
  • Sting- Reimagined @ The Jazz Lounge
  • Vamp/So Say We All @ Whistle Stop
  • Movie Night - Dark Side of the Rainbow & Echoes and Beyond the Inifinite @ The Merrow
  • Arcadian Wild @ Winston's 
  • Jabril @ SoFar
  • San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Petco Park
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Broadway San Diego presents Cats @ Civic Theatre
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Backwater Blues @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Aztec Open Mic, Featured Artist: Theresa Layne "The Stan Lin Band" @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
  • "U.S. Unraveling 2022" Tour: Warbringer, Heathen, Misfire, Malison @ Brick by Brick
  • San Diego Soul Collective @ Til-Two Club
  • Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
  • Thursday Social DJ Set @ Park & Rec
  • Strictly Bass with DKT b2b M3ngo, Dubstep Lizard, Ea$e-Up, Adonix, Crown Point, Dubz n Dutchz, Milkado, Rice, Rose, Zerotonin @ SPIN
  • Moonshine Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Line Dancing @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Karaoke @ The Luau
  • Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
Friday, September 30, 2022:
  • Desert Daze Festival @ Moreno Beach, Lake Perris, CA 
  • La Mesa Oktoberfest (4-10pm)
  • Oktoberfest 2022 with Die Guggenbach Buam @ German American Societies of San Diego (4-10pm)
  • Henry Rollins: Good To See You 2022 @ The Observatory
  • Plague Vendor, Mistress 77, Scary Pierre @ Casbah
  • Forever Came Calling, Homesafe, Pollyanna, Nominee @ Soda Bar
  • Heaven 17 “We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang  USA and Canada Tour 2022” @ House of Blues
  • Don Carlos, Sister Speak @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
  • Declan McKenna - Zeros Tour USA, Annie DiRusso @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
  • Leavers & Nass Zuruck @ Whistle Stop
  • Club Sex Beat and Club Nothing presents The Lost Boys Night @ Ken Club
  • Sabrina Claudio: Based On A Feeling Tour, bLAck pARty @ SOMA
  • The Doobie Brothers: 50th Anniversary Tour @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Gloria Trevi: Isla Divina Tour @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
  • Matt Smith Trio @ Panama 66
  • Anees, Michael Minelli @ Music Box
  • Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
  • Drew Lynch @ Balboa Theatre
  • Brain Dead Monkeys, Blossum, Jewerly Girl, Homeview, Ridgeway @ Che Cafe
  • Lord Howler, Cochinas Locas @ Black Cat Bar 
  • Sting- Reimagined @ The Jazz Lounge
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Latino Night: La Gran Sonora, Tributo A Terricolas @ The Park at Viejas
  • Padres Fiesta In The Park @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
  • San Diego Padres vs. Chicago White Sox @ Petco Park
  • Big Sky Moon @ Renegade Country
  • Dana Duplan @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
  • Clayton Shay @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Summer 97 @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Upsahl, KiNG MALA @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Wildcat Showcase @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Kenny Eng and Rob Deez @ The Rabbit Hole
  • Carlos Velasco @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel 
  • Freddie Jackson @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan 
  • Oceanside Theatre Company Presents Billie! Backstage with Lady Day @ Brooks Theater, Oceanside
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Greetings from the Red Planet @ Palomar College Studio Theatre 
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Broadway San Diego presents Cats @ Civic Theatre
  • Ain't Misbehavin' - CCAE Theatricals @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Seawall Prophet, Zzajj, Puerto and Dive Bar Saints @ The Holding Company
  • Musica En La Plaza: Mariachi Garibaldi @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Open Mic @ Quartyard
  • DJ Boogie Blanco & Friends @ Park & Rec
  • Psydecar and Cappo Kelley  @ Winston's 
  • Pounding Paula @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Francis Blume, Chloe Lou & the Liddells @ Pour House (9pm)
  • California Rangers Reunion feat. Tom Boren @ Pour House (5-8pm)
  • Disco Goth Nite - Xibling & Ritualz @ The Merrow
  • Love Hang Over @ Til-Two Club
  • Groove Mercenaries @ Tio Leo's
  • Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8:30pm)
  • Cars On Fire, Faerie Qveene, Murder of Five, The New Machine @ Navajo Live 
  • Wolff Trio @ Fast Times 
  • Joynoise, Velvet Starlings, The Reckless @ Queen Bee's
  • Sake and Karaoke Fridays @ Mikami
  • D Union w/ Delta Heavy & Bensley, Richter, Garva, Bemm @ SPIN 
Saturday, October 1, 2022:
  • Livewire 30th Anniversary With Metz, The Spits, Deadbolt @ Mississippi Room, Lafayette Hotel
  • Desert Daze Festival @ Moreno Beach, Lake Perris, CA 
  • La Mesa Oktoberfest (10am-10pm)
  • Oktoberfest 2022 with Die Guggenbach Buam @ German American Societies of San Diego (12pm-10pm)
  • San Diego Humane Society 36th Annual Fur Ball
  • Pixies, Cherry Glazerr @ SOMA (SOLD OUT)
  • THICK, Skating Polly, Doll Riot @ Casbah 
  • Apocalyptica - Cell-0 Tour, Leprous, Wheel @ The Observatory North Park
  • FamilyJules, Or3o, Lacey Johnson, Adriana Figueroa @ Soda Bar
  • Too Many Zooz, Cameron Graves, Fresh Veggies Micro Brass @ Belly Up  
  • Irving Flores presents a Tribute to Eydie Gormé @ Dizzy's
  • Kolohe Kai: Hazel Eyes Tour, Anuhea @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Red Hot Cholo Peppers @ Ramona Mainstage 
  • Scorpions, Thundermother @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
  • Oktoberfest Weekend with ZZYMZZY Quartet (6-8pm), The Beer Mugs (2-5pm) @ Panama 66
  • Payare Leads Verdi's Requiem with San Diego Master Chorale @ The Shell
  • Matte Blvck, So Below, DJ Killmor, DJ Diskdroid @ Music Box
  • LatinX Fest & Mercadita with Los Pinche Pinches, French Mouth, Ryn Esla,  Lazy Dream, Well Hell, Tabula Rasa, Crime, Marianina @ Che Cafe 
  • Zucchero: World Wild Tour @ Balboa Theatre
  • San Diego Padres vs. Chicago White Sox @ Petco Park
  • Chickenbone Slim @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
  • Custard Pie @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Oceanside Theatre Company Presents Billie! Backstage with Lady Day @ Brooks Theater, Oceanside
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Greetings from the Red Planet @ Palomar College Studio Theatre 
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Broadway San Diego presents Cats @ Civic Theatre
  • Ain't Misbehavin' - CCAE Theatricals @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • FPJ's Ang Probinsyano @ Heritage Event Center, Sycuan Casino 
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters Closing Reception @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Chris Fast Band @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
  • Emo Night Brooklyn @ House of Blues
  • Charlotte Sands - Love and Other Lies Tour 2022, No Love For The Middle Child, carobae @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Oceans, Mood Lifters (Rush) @ Navajo Live
  • Sting- Reimagined @ The Jazz Lounge
  • Deacon Dimes, Tormenta Rey (with Dave Gleason), TK & The Deadlist @ Tower Bar
  • E.X.S., Apollo 03, Thing of Twins, Quid Punk Quo @ Bancroft Bar
  • Summer 97 @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Clayton Shay @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Behold! The Monolith, – 16 –, OLDS @ Til-Two Club
  • Tube Amp'd @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Bear Night with DJ Jon Williams @ The Merrow (9pm)
  • The San Diego Golden Girls @ The Merrow (5:30pm)
  • Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
  • Frequency 1 with The Calvin's @ Winston's (4pm)
  • Irieality and Cruz  @ Winston's (9:30pm)
  • Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
  • Mid-City Community Music with Dirty Cello @ Queen Bee's (5:30pm)
  • Town Hall Brawl @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
  • Platinum Vibe @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
  • In The Bag presents: BAGMANIA: Heavyweight House and Techno @ SPIN
Sunday, October 2, 2022:
  • Desert Daze Festival @ Moreno Beach, Lake Perris, CA 
  • La Mesa Oktoberfest (12pm-8pm)
  • Oktoberfest 2022 with Die Guggenbach Buam @ German American Societies of San Diego (12pm-9pm)
  • Bartleby Bloss Memorial Bash feat. Spring Passing, Strange Planet @ Casbah (FREE - No Ticket needed, 12pm)
  • The King Khan & BBQ Show, Miranda and the Beat @ Casbah (7:30pm)
  • Dirty Cello @ The Merrow (6:30pm)
  • QAnon Anonymous Podcast Live - Reptilian Recon Tour @ Soda Bar
  • Rosalía: Motomami World Tour, @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Oktoberfest Weekend with Mad Hat Hucksters (4-6pm), The Beer Mugs (12-3pm) @ Panama 66
  • Camilo @ Pechanga Arena
  • LN & Desert Daze Present: Viagra Boys & Shame, Kill Birds @ The Observatory North Park
  • Whitney Shay, The Tighten Ups, The Sea Monks @ Belly Up 
  • Trace Amount, King Yosef, Orange Crystal & Skrapez @ Whistle Stop
  • Point North, Jeris Johnson, Fran Roz, JordyPurp @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Vacation, Lenguas Largas @ Tower Bar 
  • Billy Nation - A Tribute to Billy Joel @ Music Box 
  • Clerks III: The Convenience Tour @ Balboa Theatre
  • Payare Leads Verdi's Requiem with San Diego Master Chorale @ The Shell
  • Oceanside Theatre Company Presents Billie! Backstage with Lady Day @ Brooks Theater, Oceanside
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Broadway San Diego presents Cats @ Civic Theatre
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Greetings from the Red Planet @ Palomar College Studio Theatre 
  • Ain't Misbehavin' - CCAE Theatricals @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • San Diego Padres vs. Chicago White Sox @ Petco Park
  • Concert in the Park @ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2pm, Free)
  • San Diego Baroque @ La Jolla Athenaeum (12pm Mini-Concert) 
  • Velour, Surf Farmer @ Winston's (4pm)
  • Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
  • Women On Wheels @ Quartyard (11am-3pm)
  • karaoke @ The Merrow
  • Jazz Jam with Dylan Soto @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
  • (hed)PE  @ The Holding Company
  • Buzz Campbell And The Heartaches @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
  • Che Cafe Unplugged with Lisa Sanders, Tunnel, Jabril Yousef, Crasher @ Che Cafe 
  • Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Hog, Early Moods with special guests @ Til-Two Club
  • Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
  • Rob Thorsen @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (10:30am-1:30pm)
  • Jesse Davis Documentary @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (12pm)
  • Ritz Vanity, Glassfault, Dolphins on Acid @ Navajo Live 
  • Darryl WIlliams @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
  • Karoake @ 710 Beach Club
  • Trivia and Sake Nights @ Mikami
Monday, October 3, 2022:
  • The Luka State, Micky James, Cousin Simple @ Casbah 
  • Metric - The Doomscroller Tour, Secret Machines @ The Observatory
  • Aida Cuevas: 45th Anniversary - Yo Creo Que Es Tiempo with Mariachi Aztlán, Mariachi Los Campero @ The Shell 
  • Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar 
  • Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest @ The Loft
  • San Diego Padres vs.  San Francisco Giants  @ Petco Park
  • Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
  • Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
  • Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 
  • Blues & Classic Rock Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
  • Caleb Hearn, Rosie Darling, Presence @ House of Blues
  • Ron Houston & the Berry Pickers @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Lion's Law, Komintern Sect, Broken Cuffs, Sucio @ Til-Two Club
  • Karaoke @ The Holding Company
  • Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
  • Karaoke @ The Holding Company
  • Proteus, Faerie Qveene @ Navajo Live 
  • Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Mic'd Up at Moonshine  @ Moonshine Flats 
Tuesday, October 4, 2022:
  • The Bronx, The Chats, Drug Church, Scowl @ Music Box
  • Lake Street Dive, Devon Gilfillian @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
  • Sarah Shook & the Disarmers @ Casbah
  • Sheer Mag, Twompsax, DFMK @ Soda Bar
  • Leonid & Friends @ Belly Up
  • Carbon Leaf @ Winston's
  • The Midnight, NIGHTLY @ The Observatory
  • Westside Boogie: More Black Superheros Tour 2022, GRIP, Bobby Sessions, Dappa @ SOMA Sidestage 
  • Rebecca Jade @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • January Band @ Tio Leo's
  • San Diego Padres vs.  San Francisco Giants  @ Petco Park
  • YeloHill @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Rolling Loud Presents: Lancey Foux - Lifeinhell Tour Pt. 2, Hook, Dom Corleo @ House of Blues
  • Zeal & Ardor, Sylvaine, Imperial Triumphant @ Brick by Brick
  • Blues Berry Jam @ Queen Bee's
  • Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
  • Karaoke @ The Merrow
  • Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Line Dancing @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Something Funky @ Tower Bar
  • Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
  • Open Mic Comedy Night @ The Rabbit Hole
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Terrible Tuesday All Vinyl DJ Night wtih DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House 
  • Karaoke @ Peabody's
  • Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
  • Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live 

Monday, September 26, 2022

COVID-19: 'Under Control'? | Backwards Ass Arizona Bans Abortion | Excessive Heat Advisory |

Adams Avenue Street Fair Sunset (Taken 9.24.22)

I had a super weekend - caught up on sleep, worked at the Adams Avenue Street Fair for Starcrawler, had some drinks, ordered and received my new camera lens, spent time with the family, and generally lazed around. I went to sleep extra early last night because I knew today would be a big work day, but wanted to get this general update published while it was on my brain. 

It's my birthday week and I've got some fun shows to go to and some Zoo time ahead of me and hopefully gonna get some snorkeling in, too. A high school acquaintance just died of cancer, so it just makes this whole thing called life a little more sweet while we've got it. 

Stay safe out there.  

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, September 21-Wednesday, September 27, 2022: Sarah McLachlan | Andrew Bird | Schizophonics | Adams Avenue Street Fair | ArtWalk Carlsbad | Wild Horses 22 | CRSSD | Sudan Archives | Iron Maiden | Lykke Li |


This always happens. My birthday is next week and I didn't know if I should do listings through my birthday so I can take the time off, or just suck it up because I want to spend time with my partner tonight. I guess I'll update these listings if more things come up but wow...literally amazing shows every night of the week. I'm hoping to get out a little myself - obviously Adams Avenue Street Fair is just up the street from me so I'll walk there if it isn't blistering, but Sudan Archives is amazing, so is William Fitzsimmons, and hopefully I'll squirm my way into Lykke Li. So much good stuff this weekend, tons of festivals, and it kind of exhausts me just looking at the list. 

Stay safe out there. 

Sunday, September 18, 2022

CoVid-19: "Pandemic Is Over" | Bivalent Boosters Available Everywhere |

Kaja at the San Diego Zoo (Taken 9.18.22)

So apparently Joe Biden went on TV and said that the pandemic is over. I think we like to extrapolate and say thread what he really meant but you can't say something so declarative and then still expect legislative funding, or people to wear masks, or for schools to be able to mandate vaccinations. NPR did a similar story and I'm not even going to link it because I'm so sick of hearing from Monica Gandhi as their primary source when the rest of their story has at least six other experts who refute her. But whatever. I guess it's over. As such, reporting is really unreliable and incomplete, so this may be my final stat post unless things dramatically change. 

Meanwhile, I had a pretty good week. I worked at the Balboa Theatre, I went to the Zoo a bunch, and I got to see Wilco at the OAT on Saturday night with my sister. This week is going to be busy with work because, as always after Labor Day, things pick up and the calendars become more packed. 

I guess we're all out for ourselves now. Stay safe out there. 

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, September 14-Tuesday, September 20, 2022: BAYNK | Foreign Air | Monophonics | Fontaines DC | Maren Morris | Wilco | Dry Cleaning | Bad Bunny | CHAI | Fiestas Patrias |

Fontaines D.C. (Taken 5.21.2019)

I'm not really allowed to say that summer kinda sucks for concerts and there are definitely dozens of exceptions to that theory that we can look to, but there is something magical when fall comes around and artists start doing tours instead of just a slew of festivals and you end up with the problem of too many good things happening on the same day. 

That is definitely the case this weekend so hopefully that suck-ass weather we had last week is finally dissipating and we can get back to our beautiful San Diego lives. I've had a very good week, a couple nights of work, lots of days at the zoo, we went to see David Dondero and Davey Tiltwheel at Modern Times, and Darren and I even went snorkeling. The tourists are mostly gone and San Diego can truly be our playground once again. 

If I look down the listings, there are at least two or three things I would go to every single night if money was no object and time was more abundant and my energy didn't get so sapped so easily, but I'm happy to have more work on the horizon, more zoo days in my routine, and I'll have to deal with the FOMO that I'm not going to see Wilco this time around.  

Hopefully you can find some awesome things to do, too. I may add new show announcements later this week, but I'm pooped and have been working really hard to get out of my all-nighter sleep habits. So maybe check back throughout the week and I'll update when I can. 

Stay safe out there. 

Other Music & Event Stuff:
  Wednesday, September 14, 2022:
  • Baynk, Two Lanes @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
  • Foreign Air, Anna Shoemaker @ Soda Bar
  • Circles Around The Sun, Mikaela Davis @ Belly Up
  • Allen Stone @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino 
  • Phora, Terell Online, FLXWZ @ Music Box
  • Joe Pera: Summer In The Midwest And Rustbelt Tour @ The Observatory
  • Home Free: Road Sweet Road Tour @ Balboa Theatre
  • Chicago  @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
  • Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
  • Last Point, Mouth Guard, Wanted Noise, Taking on Water @ Bancroft Bar
  • Jason Hanna and the Swingin Bananas @ The Riviera 
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight 
  • Amanda Portela Trio @ Seven Grand 
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Red Hairing Hip Hop Show @ The Holding Company
  • An Intimate Evening with Daniel J Parc @ Tio Leo's
  • The Emergency Exit Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
  • Den Bosch Entertainment presents: The OB Takeover Space Bus - Plexus Play - Zach Prantil - Glendonesia - Lit One - Mag - Lord and Atlas - DJ Riddim Wise @ Winston's 
  • Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's 
  • Trivia @ Quartyard
  • Big Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
  • Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
Thursday, September 15, 2022:
  • Baynk, Cosmos Midnight @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
  • Monophonics, GA-20, Kendra Morris @ Music Box
  • Veni Sun, Puerto, NCG @ Soda Bar
  • Allen Stone @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino 
  • Il Divo - Greatest Hits Tour @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
  • Rare Americans, DYLYN @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Kehlani, RIco Nasty @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Brawley, Buzz Campbell and the Heartaches, Dulaney and Company @ Belly Up
  • Houses of Heaven, Hallows, Mercury Girl, DJ Lady Noir @ Ken Club
  • Nite Lapse, Feliz, Noble War, Jara @ Pour House 
  • XTR Human & O/X @ Whistle Stop
  • John Mark McMillan, Gable Price and Friends, Mark Barlow @ SOMA Sidestage
  • Little Jesus & Divino Niño, Tatiana Hazel @ House of Blues
  • Starsign @ The Holding Company
  • G & The Swingin' Three @ Seven Grand
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Barry Edelstein in Conversation with Nathan Englander @ The Old Globe (6:30pm)
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Victoria Robertson @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel
  • Tribute To The Male Jazz Vocalists - From Louis Armstrong to Kurt Elling @ The Jazz Lounge
  • Reagan "Guitar" Williams Band @ Tio Leo's
  • Thursday Night Jam Session @ Winston's 
  • The Royals @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Karaoke @ Luau Bar
  • Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
  • Jive Chops @ The Riviera 
  • Morgan Wallen: The Dangerous Tour, Hardy, Ian Munsick @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
  • Carte Blanche @ Park & Rec
  • Incite, Tornadic @ Brick by Brick
  • Slappin’ Hands w/ Ric Scales @ Til-Two Club
  • Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
  • Moonshine Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach
  • Line Dancing @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Mexican Indepen-DANCE feat MAAHEZ @ SPIN
  • Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
Friday, September 16, 2022:
  • Fontaines DC, Wunderhorse @ The Observatory
  • Emo Nite @ Casbah (Tickets at the Door) 
  • Maren Morris: Humble Quest Tour, Lone Bellow @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Summer Years, Hardly Human, Joe Dreamz @ Soda Bar
  • Dave Matthews Band @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
  • 16th Annual Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro Returns Concert Series feat. San Diego Brass & Electric, Pulp Vixen, Liza Owen, Doah's Daydream, Annika Bellamy @ Oceanside Pier
  • Bayfair Mission Bay
  • Katchafire, Gonzo of Tribal Seeds @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
  • Jerry Seinfeld @ Civic Theatre
  • Broadway Sings... And Swings! @ The Shell
  • Jazz guitarist Eric Wesling & his trio @ Dizzy's
  • Seconds Ago, Demand Less, Ishiki, Muerte Buena, Atrocitvs, Houstin, The Dirty Rats @ Che Cafe
  • Violinist Victoria Martino and Pianist James Lent Commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Igor Stravinsky | The Complete Works for Violin and Piano @ La Jolla Athenaeum 
  • F!#KIN In The Bushes @ Whistle Stop
  • New Skeletal Faces, NOX NOVACULA, Drezden, SHrouds, DJ Javi Nunez @ Ken Club
  • Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers @ Museum of Making Music 
  • Trio Gadjo with Claudia Gomez @ Panama 66
  • Focke Wolves, Glimmer Stars, Quasi Mofo @ Black Cat Bar 
  • Electric Dream Machine + DJ Sets @ Music Box
  • April and the Funk Junkies - A benefit for Boys and Girls Club of San Diego @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
  • 8 Kalacas, Midnight Track @ Brick By Brick
  • Fiestas Patrias ft. Pablo Montero @ Retreat Pool, Sycuan Casino (8pm)
  • Ben Zinn and Friends @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (6-8pm)
  • Tah Rei @ The Riviera 
  • Bywater Skanks @ Seven Grand
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Legacy Art Night: Hosted by Mike Giant @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Música en la Plaza: Ernesto La Euphoria @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Young Guns @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Lightning Drive @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Stop Light Observations @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Amber (311 Tribute Band) @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Los Tortugas @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm-12am)
  • Cooley Blue @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
  • Matt Hall @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel 
  • Mojo Brew @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Jerry G & The Invaders @ Fast Times 
  • Canceled: KennyHoopLa @ House of Blues
  • Wild$ide, Flick N' The Beans @ The Holding Company
  • Paradise Drive, Ingrate Souls, Brighton Street Bullies @ Bancroft Bar
  • Killer Hearts, Death Boys Soaring Blackbirds, Situations @ Tower Bar 
  • DJ Boogie Blanco & Friends @ Park & Rec
  • Half Hour Late, The Bash Dogs @ Winston's 
  • Bedlam Rebels, Build Them To Break (SF), Parade Of Horribles @ Pour House (9pm)
  • Taryn Donath @ Pour House (5-8pm)
  • Empowered Art Society's - Art Show @ The Merrow (5pm)
  • Laugh Outside with Tyrone Hawkins, Connor Costello, Amanda Mizhelle @ Quartyard
  • Clockwork @ 710 Beach Club
  • Batwings (record release), Poor, 10-19 and the Number Men, Skrapez @ Til-Two Club
  • Home By Five presents One Own Heaven, Predisposed, The Industry, Every Other Year @ Queen Bee's
  • Soul Persuaders @ Tio Leo's
  • The Hips @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
  • Platinum Vibe @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
  • Bastard Sons of the Serious Guise @ Navajo Live 
  • Tribute To The Male Jazz Vocalists - From Louis Armstrong to Kurt Elling @ The Jazz Lounge
  • FNGRS CRSSD presents Sacha Robotti — Slothacid Tour @ SPIN
  • Sake and Karaoke Fridays @ Mikami
Saturday, September 17, 2022:
  • Wilco: Cruel Country Tour, Kamikaze Palm Tree @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
  • Dry Cleaning, Fake Fruit @ Belly Up  
  • Slow Magic, omniboi @ Casbah 
  • CHAI, Buzz @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • San Diego Zoo Food, Wine, & Brew Festival @ San Diego Zoo (SOLD OUT)
  • Starlite 15 Year Anniversary Party with Dot & Oli @ Starlite (Reservations Recommended) 
  • South Park Walkabout: Miniaturized (6pm), Rosa Rossa (8pm) @ Vinyl Junkies Record Shack
  • BLAHktoberfest with The Beer Mugs @ Blind Lady Alehouse (12pm-Close)
  • San Diego River Foundation 20 Year Anniversary Party @ River Center at Grant Park
  • Bayfair Mission Bay
  • Rupaul's Drag Race: Werq The World Tour 2022 @ Civic Theatre 
  • Bad Bunny: World's Baddest Tour, Alesso @ Petco Park @ Petco Park
  • Fiestas Patrias @ La Casa de Estudillo Courtyard, Old Town (12-3pm)
  • Stereolab, Fievel Is Glauque @ The Observatory North Park
  • Mexican Independence Day Celebration @ The Old Globe (11am)
  • Jack Harlow: Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour, City Girls @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
  • 16th Annual Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro Returns Concert Series feat. Smash Mouth, The Expendables, Kira Kosarin, Female DJ Competition, Sensi Trails @ Oceanside Pier
  • Harry's House of Styles Dance Party! @ Soda Bar
  • 80s vs. 90s vs. Y2K w/ DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ Whistle Stop
  • Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ The Shell 
  • Taylor Dayne & All-4-One @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino 
  • Christian Nodal: Forajido @ Pechanga Arena
  • Joshua White, Marshall Hawkins, & Tyler Kreutel @ Dizzy's
  • Slowdraw, Toxins, Hailacab, Sucio, Build Them To Break, The Inflorescence, Doc Hammer @ Tower Bar (1-6pm) 
  • Ricky, Se Vende, Guilty Party, Bangzz, Yujin 13, Tiltwheel, Hammerbombs @ Ken Club (8pm)
  • The Vectors, The 1/8 Milers @ Tower Bar (9pm)
  • Julia Sage & The Bad Hombres, The Mothmen @ Black Cat Bar 
  • Smithsonian Museum Day @ Museum of Making Music or  San Diego Archaeological Center (Free Admission with Registration)
  • Queer Fest: Gloom June, Hoity Toity, The Fazes, Cope, Mouthgaurd, Sleepy Pearls; Rain on Friday @ Che Cafe
  • Besos de Coco with Lorraine Theressa @ Panama 66
  • Red Not Chili Peppers, Fooz Fighters @ Music Box
  • Martin Buttrich, JImbo James, Mr .Wright, Amira @ Quartyard
  • Sands, Doll Riot, Erratic Impulse, DSCO, Tunewave, The Microblades @ SOMA Sidestage
  • Mojo Repair Shop @ Seven Grand
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm & 8pm)
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe (2pm & 8pm)
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Grahzny, Bastard Saints, Deadly Dispute @ Bancroft Bar
  • The Rag Man Band @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm-12am)
  • Slack Key Ohana @ Luau Bar
  • Tighten Ups @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
  • Red Headed Strangers @ The Riviera 
  • TBA @ Pour House (9pm) 
  • North County Unplugged @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (1:30-5pm)
  • Milk Money, Free Martini @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (6-10pm)
  • Ypsitucky @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (5-8pm)
  • Aleman, La Banda Baston @ House of Blues
  • Black Star Sinners, Revelation 69, Taz Taylor @ Navajo Live
  • Halfway to Saint Paddys Party with Quel Bordel @ The Holding Company
  • Lightning Drive @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Young Guns @ Moonshine Flats 
  • Eternal Night @ Til-Two Club
  • Sonic Tonic @ Mr. Peabody's
  • The Contortionist performing "Language" and "Exoplanet" In Entirety, Rivers of Nihil @ Brick By Brick
  • Babylon - Back to School Edition with DJ Jinx Mirage, DJ Thunder Jams @ The Merrow
  • Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
  • Halfway to Paddy's Day @ Rosie O'Grady's
  • Sabbath After Forever (A Tribute to Ozzy era Black Sabbath) and Anesthesia (Metallica Tribute) @ Winston's (9pm)
  • Kevin Thomas Band @ Winston's (4pm)
  • Wild Nights @ Tio Leo's
  • Cuffin DJ Sets @ Park & Rec
  • Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
  • Techniche X Overdrive, Nathan Gorey, MYXZLPLIX @ SPIN  
Sunday, September 18, 2022:
  • A Show of Uterine Sovereignty: Spent Idols, Cardiac Kidz, The Tighten Ups, Chloe Lou & The Liddells, Cochinas Locas, Tasajo, C. Gibbs, Sunday Shoes @ Casbah (12pm-4pm)
  • 16th Annual Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro Returns Concert Series feat. Spin Doctors (5:45-7pm), Hoobastank (4:15-5:15pm), Surf Awards Ceremony, Laura Marano, Niki DeMar, Female Leadership Panel Discussion, Hello Sister @ Oceanside Pier
  • The Brevet, The Petty Saints @ The Casbah (7:30pm)
  • Bad Bunny: World's Baddest Tour, Alesso @ Petco Park @ Petco Park
  • The Lagoons, Jelly Ellington, Jack Van Cleaf @ Soda Bar
  • Bayfair Mission Bay
  • BLAHktoberfest with The Beer Mugs @ Blind Lady Alehouse (12pm-Close)
  • Mad Hat Hucksters @ Panama 66
  • Groundation, SM Familia @ Belly Up 
  • CeeLo Green as Soul Brotha #100: A Tribute to James Brown @ The Shell 
  • Good Kid @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • San Diego Jazz Fest presents feat. The New Orleans Swinging G's, @ Tio Leo's 
  • Matute @ House of Blues
  • In Your Pockets Presents: Tall Juan, Jackie Mendoza @ Ken Club
  • The Music of Steely Dan feat Robben Ford, Tom Scott and Keith Carlock @ Music Box (Sold Out) 
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm & 7pm)
  • Kinky Boots @ The Moonlight
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe (2pm & 7pm)
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • Scotty Saints and the True Believers, Let Me Downs, Dresden’s Burning @ Til-Two Club
  • Lady Luck Review @ Winston's (4pm)
  • Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
  • Karaoke @ The Merrow
  • Jazz Jam with Dylan Soto @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
  • Trivia @ The Holding Company
  • Nathan James @ Pour House (8-11pm)
  • Whit Aadland @ Pour House (1-3pm)  
  • Red Headed Stranger @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
  • Mars Red Sky, Greenbeard, Olds @ Brick By Brick
  • Link Up: Wine, Cocktails, Music, Food @ Quartyard (3-9pm)
  • Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Sunday Funday with DJ Julz & Friends @ Park & Rec
  • Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
  • Rob Thorsen @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (11am-1pm)
  • Karaoke @ Navajo Live 
  • Nils @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
  • DJ Rob @ 710 Beach Club
  • Veluda and New Life present Coyu @ SPIN
  • Trivia and Sake Nights @ Mikami
Monday, September 19, 2022:
  • Atomic Sexies, Mochilero All-Stars, Taller Children @ Casbah 
  • STONE Rocks IV: Man Fights Manic Kin (Wookalars), Stealing Automatics, Moe N' the Failure, Morskie Oko @ Soda Bar
  • Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar 
  • The Homeless Sexuals @ Navajo Live (2pm)
  • Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
  • Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
  • Canceled: Shawn Mendes @ Pechanga Arena
  • Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 
  • Monday Blues & Classic Rock Jam feat Jessie Lark @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
  • Pure XTC, Fab the Duo, 3STR @ Til-Two Club
  • Artonic @ La Jolla Athenaeum (12pm Mini Concert)
  • Billy Watson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
  • Karaoke @ The Holding Company
  • Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
  • Karaoke @ The Holding Company
  • Writer's Round @ Park & Rec
  • Dying Species, DAB @ Navajo Live 
  • Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Mic'd Up at Moonshine  @ Moonshine Flats 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 (Happy Birthday, Mama!!):
  • National Voter Registration Day!!!
  • Marc Oliver, David Rosales, Howlin’ Moon @ Casbah
  • Cultivate, Just In Case, Roger! @ Soda Bar
  • Eric Gales, The Blitz Brothers @ Belly Up
  • North Coast Strings in Concert @ Museum of Making Music 
  • The Tourmaliners @ Tio Leo's
  • Little River Band @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
  • Sketch Party @ Whistle Stop
  • Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
  • Virtual Lecture: Street Art with Jim and Bobby @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
  • MFA (Portland), GFL (Portland), The Rough + special guest @ Til-Two Club
  • Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord @ La Jolla Playhouse
  • Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical @ The Old Globe 
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank @ The Old Globe
  • Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals @ Petco Park  
  • Stöner, Mario Lalli & the Rubber Snake Charmers, Mezzoa, Desert Suns @ Brick by Brick
  • Blues Berry Jam @ Queen Bee's
  • Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
  • Karaoke @ The Merrow
  • Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
  • Line Dancing @ Moonshine Beach 
  • Open Mic Comedy Night @ The Rabbit Hole
  • Boogaloo with Zack Najor @ Tower Bar
  • Clockwork, Do Right Louie @ Winston's
  • Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
  • Terrible Tuesday All Vinyl DJ Night wtih DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House 
  • Karaoke @ Peabody's
  • Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
  • Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live 

Friday, September 09, 2022

CoVid-19 Bivalent Boosters Now Available | Park Boulevard To Get New Stripes | Crazy Weather | The Queen Is Dead. |

 

Ernest in the midst of a big yawn. (Taken 9.9.22)

I wanted to get back in the habit of posting current COVID numbers because I don't want to lose track for myself of what is going on. But obviously I've cut out a lot of the news clippings and links. I'm still watching the White House press briefings, too, but the media pool sucks so bad and Karine Jean-Pierre just takes their bullshit questions, even when 10 people ask the same question in different ways, as if she'll not realize that they're messing with her. Yesterday they kept asking her about the queen's health and if she died what would the president say, would he travel, etc? and she's trying to explicitly say that it is fucking rude to talk about what you'll do when someone dies when they're not dead yet and then by the end of the press conference it was confirmed that she did, in fact, die, and so then it got awkward and the press conference ended. It's kinda worth watching for 27 minutes if you take a shot every time someone asks about the queen but definitely don't plan on driving anywhere for probably 24 hours. 

As far as the queen dying goes, I'm more on the side of thinking it is fucking gross that there are still monarchs and think its a criminal enterprise and lean the way of this thread, so whatever. I'll let y'all grieve but will take no part. 

There was some news this week that I found noteworthy, particularly that the City is going to add bike/bus lanes on that essential corridor of Park Blvd from the President's Way up to Richmond which will be huge because the reason we stopped going to December NIghts was because you couldn't even get there by transit and now you'll be able to...or even ride bikes! 

It was a good week. I've got a big end of summer Zoo post in the works, but it felt good to go back today, in the rain, after not having been since Monday. And working for Pavement and Cat Power was a pretty good way to spend this asshole of a heat wave in air conditioned buildings. 

Hope you're staying cool. Be safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, September 9-Tuesday, September 13, 2022: The Howls | Alicia Keys | Pink Turns Blue | Shellac | Stella Donnelly | Josie Cotton | Kate Clover | David Dondero |


Alrighty. 

I woke up extra early to get these listings done and they still took me three hours so I have now not been to the San Diego Zoo in four days and that is not acceptable. But work is work and I had a really good time (and busted my ass) to work at Pavement on Wednesday and Cat Power on Thursday. I don't think I have anything on the agenda but I got asked to do merch for the Livewire Anniversary Party and also maybe Rupaul, so that is pretty sweet. 

We know that crazy weather is forecasted for Friday and Saturday in our area. I have noted where things have been canceled or are going on rain or shine when that information was available, but just be smart. Before you go to any event, double check their socials and sites for information. I can't actually believe Boots in the Park and the Blues Festival are both rain or shine events, seems like a HUGE liability, but wtf do I know? 

There also weren't enough concert announcements to justify the time it takes to compile, but Modest Mouse is coming to Observatory in December and tickets are on sale today, so that is for sure worth checking out. 

Anyway, be safe out there. I'm going to make myself a big ass breakfast and spend the rest of my day in the rain at the Zoo. 

Thursday, September 08, 2022

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, September 8, 2022: Cat Power: Covers Tour | Cults | Agnostic Front & Sick Of It All | Sean Hayes | Buck-O-Nine |


I'm exhausted. 

I told you last post that I probably wouldn't get listings together this week, so now I'm scrambling just to get Thursday up because I worked my ass off at Pavement at the Balboa. It wouldn't be so bad if I'd actually gotten my shit together on Tuesday, but now I'm working for Cat Power on Thursday so who knows when I'll find the time for sleep and weekend listings and my (actual job) newsletter and email and all the things I need to do, including celebrating my dad's birthday, which a year ago they told us he would never see. And I haven't been to the zoo since Monday!!! 

So I threw together Thursday listings and while they may not be fully comprehensive, I still checked all my usual sites and I think I got you covered. 

When I'll get Friday through Tuesday done is just as much a mystery to me as to you. But I'm chugging along. Better to be busy than not, right? And I skipped a COVID post last week because what else can I say except it feels a little comforting to be "low" in community levels in the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, and the State of California. We'll see what happens with Thursday data and if anything is worth reporting. All I'm hearing is that with the new bivalent booster, you should be at least 2 months past your last booster or 3 months past your last COVID infection, which means I'll wait until after my birthday, in the first couple weeks of October to get mine. 

Stay safe out there. Say hi if you see me at Cat Power. It was amazing seeing so many friends at Pavement on Wednesday night, almost felt like the before times.