The Rumble, Casbah, 10.10.09

Saturday night brought the most successful installment of The Rumble thus far, and that's not surprising as it was a great lineup and free for all. The night brought a lot of latecomers to the show catching The Blakes as they filtered in. The band started a tad early, it seemed, perhaps because they were also playing at Bar Pink later the same night, but they were great to watch, especially the drummer who was on fire.


Lady Dottie & The Diamonds brought their rocking music to a crowded dancefloor. Shamefully my pics blow, but we've all seen and love what Lady Dottie brings by now, right?

Then Fitz & The Tantrums took the stage and despite Fitz's cold, brought down some serious fun. Jake and I even worked in a slow dance. It appeared from all accounts that people enjoyed The Rumble and I hope that Fitz makes San Diego their home away from home because they certainly know how to bring a crowd to shake their asses. Including me...





After the show we decided to catch The Blakes second set at Pink and they seemed to enjoy their San Diego reception at both venues.

Knott's Berry Farm

I'm gonna try and get some of my pictures posted (finally). The first two are from our drive back from Vegas. Johanna is playing with the shoes I bought at the Primm Outlet Center (the best outlets I've ever been to) and the second is the "world's tallest thermometer", located in Baker, California. Did I mention it was insanely hot?


That night we checked in to Harrah's Rincon Casino and the next day drove up to Knott's Berry Farm. I hadn't been in many years, but it was really fun, despite the heat. It was way better than Disneyland in so many ways. Far more trees, better rides, and with our discount, it was $22 to get in, compared to the $66 per person for Disneyland.

Claudia and I started on the Silver Bullet, which is this rollercoaster that twists and turns, going upside down about 6 times. It was dizzying, but really fun, but it threw Claudia off a bit so we had to take it easy and met up with my mom and sister at Camp Snoopy for a while.
We did the log ride, the new Pony Express, the Perilous Plunge, a couple others, caught a Snoopy on ice show, and finished the day with one more go on the Silver Bullet.




We came back to San Diego, dropping my mom in Temecula, then I took my sister home, dropped off my stuff at my place, then took the car back to Fox car rentals which happens to be adjacent to the Casbah, so I walked over and caught the end of The Blakes set and got a ride home from Justin, the soundguy. I was sad that there really wasn't a crowd a the Casbah because for the half set that I saw, The Blakes sounded really great and I'm hoping they'll come back so I can check them out again.