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Things To Do In San Diego: March 8, 2010

Monday March 8, 2010:

• Anti-Monday League Presents: Laura Veirs and The Hall of Flames, Old Believers, Cataldo @ Casbah
• Gran Tarantula, Finn Riggins, Boy Eats Drum Machine @ Soda Bar
• Jarrod Gorbel @ The Loft
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• Blackout Party @ Riviera Supper Club
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ U-31
• Miss Erika Davies @ Whistle Stop
• Robin Henkel @ Humphrey's Backstge Live
• Ox Eyes, Elephant, Black Barbie @ Ruby Room
• Wake, Gotuary, Chainsaw Carnage, Senseless Dementia, Mass Terror @ Radio Room
• Hyena @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
• The Rob Thorsen Trio @ Athenaeum Music Arts & Library
• Rob Deez @ Twiggs
• Club MAW @ Henry's Pub
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• "Teenage Wasteland" w/ DJs Lord Hammer and Muchacho D-Hey @ Tin Can Ale House
• Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Bayou Brothers @ Patrick's II
• Electric Waste Band, Drunk Poet's Society @ Winston's
• Pro-Invitational Blues Jam Hosted By Mystery Train @ O'Connell's
• Karaoke @ Second Wind Navajo
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill

Jeff's Weekly Pick: Sofia Talvik @ Acoustic Music San Diego Wednesday March 10, 2010

I’ll be the first to admit that I am a sucker for singer/songwriters from Scandinavia. Maybe it’s something in their water or the long winters that seem to cultivate such amazing singers. Until a couple of weeks ago I had never heard of Swedish singer Sofia Talvik. After listening to a few of her silky smooth tunes I was hooked. Then to my surprise I found out Sofia was coming to San Diego as part of a pre-SXSW West Coast tour.

Not really a newcomer but rather a ready to breakout talent, Sofia has three full length LPs to her credit. Her most recent, Jonestown, is a reference to the tragedy that occurred in Guyana over thirty years ago. She is currently working on a fourth album which will be released this May.

Wednesday is your chance to witness Sofia Talvik in San Diego’s most unique setting, Acoustic Music San Diego. The venue utilizes a Normal Heights church sanctuary and the sound is terrific (been there many times). This is a rare opportunity to see a young talent and cure the midweek blues all at once.
For more info visit www.acousticmusicsandiego.com.
Watch a video of My James Dean below.

The Wire: Rocky Votolato

Here's the playlist of all the Rocky videos from The Wire in Upland, CA.

The Wire: Rocky Votolato & Adam Stephens, 3.6.10

Tonight I took a little mini-roadtrip with Jeff up to Upland, California to see Rocky Votolato and Adam Stephens. Yes, I'll be seeing them again on Sunday at the Casbah, but Jeff offered and I'm not one to turn down a Rocky show, ever, and the opportunity to see him in a super-small all ages venue seemed like a good idea. I love the Casbah, but as Rocky has gained popularity in San Diego, the crowds are bigger and sometimes more boisterous. There's definitely a difference with seeing a performer in an all-ages space versus one where the alcohol is consumed liberally.

The weather wasn't commuter friendly, with rains on and off as we made our way north on the 15, but we had snacks (shrimp cocktail and Humboldt Fog and crackers from Whole Foods) and good music (Musee Mecanique, Rocky's new CD True Devotion, and Dawes) and Jeff had planned on dinner at an Italian restaurant on the same block as the show, so we took off early in the afternoon and despite minor traffic through Ontario and Corona, we made it in pretty good time.

The show was at a venue in Upland called The Wire, which is a relatively new space judging by the congratulations to the owners by the performers, and might be compared to Lestat's, Hotel Cafe or Tin Can Ale House, because it is long and narrow, though it had a deeper stage than any of them, and no seating. This was a benefit in my eyes, as we were able to secure spots up in front without any problems. The sound was great and they had great lighting (though a bit trigger happy on the fading in and out of said lighting.)

There was a local opener and I'll just fast forward past that band because I like to keep it positive. Adam H Stephens took the stage with a band that consisted of him on guitar, a female on bass (and cello for one song), a keyboardist, and a drummer. I love Two Gallants, and Adam's new material is very different than his old band. It's really good, and his songwriting is still great, but with a summer release, it would've been nice to be a little more familiar with the new material since I'm so used to the epic sing-alongs that came with Two Gallants music. Still, if you're planning on coming to the Casbah show, don't miss Adam. Actually, don't miss Correatown, either, because you'll get to see buds Angela Correa and Joanie Mendenhall share the stage. Plus, there's that alcohol thing...







The videos for Adam will take a while, but here's the setlist (as written):

Cities
SouthernLi..
Heights
California
Elder Wood
New Song
2nd Mind
I Found A Lov
W/ Vengeance

No songs from Two Gallants as it seems Adam is distancing himself, perhaps? Or maybe it's an agreement with Tyson as they both pursue new projects not to go there? I don't know. Maybe I'll get the chance to ask him on Sunday, but he was particularly annoyed by the happy lighting finger so I didn't want to bug him. I hate admitting so, but I was pretty wasted last time I talked to him, so I'd rather pretend we've never met anyway.



Since Rocky performed solo, there wasn't a huge space of time for his setup, though he commented about how quiet the crowd got even for his soundcheck. Apparently the night before at the Troubadour was quite the opposite, so he appreciated the silence, though it could probably also be unnerving, too, especially since his latest release and subsequent interviews have been so deeply personal about depression and dramatic highs and lows that his life has seen in the last few years. I think the sing-alongs helped him to know that the crowd was on his side and just wanted to take in every note of every song.



I didn't get Rocky's setlist, as he's notorious for keeping it in a little pocket notepad that someone else had the brains to ask for, but I think I recorded every song he played, which would make the setlist something like this:

Sunlight (a new unrecorded song)
Instrument (True Devotion)
Alabaster (Suicide Medicine)
What Waited For Me (True Devotion)
Portland Is Leaving (Makers)
Father And Son (Cat Stevens Cover)
Sparklers (True Devotion)
Tinfoil Hats (Makers)
Lucky Clover Coin (True Devotion)
Eyes Like Static (True Devotion)
Fragments (True Devotion)
Sun Devil (True Devotion)
Goldfield (Makers)
Suicide Medicine (Suicide Medicine)
Montana (Suicide Medicine)

Note that there were no songs played from The Brag & Cuss or Burning My Travels Clean...so maybe he'll throw some in on Sunday's set. I should also mention that I had the chance to say hi to Rocky and his wife April before the show and they both are such sweet people, and genuinely grateful that we made the trip up from San Diego. Hopefully they get some sunshine while they're in town since it sounded like the rain has been chasing them around the state thus far.

If my gushing about Rocky here and on SoundDiego isn't enough, here are a few of the videos I shot of the show. I think we might be getting Rocky on Tim Pyles FTP show for a quick interview, too, so be sure to tune in and then catch him at the Casbah.







The rest are still uploading, so I'll insert them as a playlist later.
See you at the 'Bah.

San Diego: Dialed In Presents The Burning of Rome, Judgement Day, BATTLEHOOCH & Boyscout, March 13, Soda Bar

Of all the things I love about music, promoting shows isn't one of them. I've booked a couple shows over the past few years, and at one point I thought it was something I wanted to do, but I've learned it's not a direction I really want to go on a consistent basis. I'm only telling you this so that you know that when I do book a show, it has to really stand out to me. When Anton of Judgement Day asked if I could help out with a San Diego show, I couldn't say no.

I remember the first time I saw Judgement Day. I was at the Casbah to take photos of Margot & The Nuclear So and So's. Judgement Day was about to take the stage and I was at the bar talking to Ben Johnson. The band started and we looked at each other and then to the stage with our jaws dropped. "This is the shit I like. When people ask me what I like, this is exactly what I want to see." Ben's been the bar manager for several years and seen hundreds if not thousands of shows, so his strong reaction to the band left an impression on me, but so did this band onstage.

Brothers Anton (violin) & Lewis (cello) Patzner, after the release of Dark Opus, the "string metal" band took a hiatus from recording so Anton could tour with Bright Eyes and Lewis could enter the Peabody Conservatory. They've played some dates, including a couple tours with Torche & Dredg. They rejoined their drummer Jon Bush and have recorded Peacocks/Pink Monsters, which will be release April 13.

Last week they headlined Noisepop! in San Francisco, and this week, it is my honor to host them at Soda Bar as they hit the west coast on their way to SXSW.

Joining the band on tour is BATTLEHOOCH from S.F.and rounding out the show, I called upon two San Diego bands that should make for a stellar night, Boyscout and The Burning of Rome.

I hope to see you all at the Soda Bar on Saturday night.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 6-7, 2010

Saturday, March 6, 2010:

• The Rumble: Twin Tigers, Birds & Batteries, Beaters, DJ Mikey Face @ Bar Pink
• Mike Watt and the Missingmen, Lite, The Hot Moon, Rats Eyes (Atari Lounge) @ Casbah
• Pine Mountain Logs, Matt Commerce @ Belly Up
• The Green Stamps, DJs Tony The Tyger & Go-Go Guillermo @ Tower Bar
• Skavolutionary Orchestra, The Night Doctors, 2000 Tons of TNT, DJ Rob Benavides @ Beauty Bar
• May*Star's Fashion Whore/Birthday Party @ Ruby Room
• Ikah Love and the El Camino House Band @ Super El Camino
• Mr. Rock Dude with Scarlet Symphony, Drug Wars @ Soda Bar
• Dance Party with DJs Groundfloor, Turbo Teen, Office Twins, Huge Euge @ U-31
• Call It Quits, Backdraft, Lovers Drugs, White Heat, Manzana, 5 More Days @ Queen Bee's
• The Amalgamated, The Revivers, DJ Skarina @ Radio Room
• John Foothills Band, Little Fowl, The Fling @ Tin Can Ale House
• Dave Booda @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Sweettooth, The Hot Kicks, Christopher Dale, Thrillrazr, Jake Allen @ O'Connell's
• Burnsville Blues Band @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• Jordan Reimer, Of Mice and Them, Rob Deez @ Lestat's
• Ra(z)ner, Caustic Felon, Open Wound, Sight Unseen, Better Off Dead @ Brick By Brick
• Canobliss, Sunday Girl, Back From Ashes @ Winston's
• Slight Return @ 710 Beach Club
• One Nation Under A Groove feat. DJs Blackstone & Atari @ Whistle Stop
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Sleeping, Modsun, Adestria, A Shattered Hope (CD Release)@ Soma
• Take Offense, Vendetta, The Mistake, Northern Towns @ Che Cafe
• 89 Vision (Sublime Tribute), Bending Planets, Strike The Design, Bed Craziness, Bedlems Edge @ Dreamstreet
• First Friday Gomango Kids Concert @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (2-4pm)
• Patti Zlakett @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9pm-1am)
• Diane Schuur @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, Late Show 9:30 pm)
• Priti Gandhi @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Incendio @ Acoustic Music San Diego
• Michael Mack's Birthday Bash @ Spin
• An Evening of George Gerschwin with Kevin Cole @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Triptych (feat. Peggy Watson, David Beldock, Joe Rathburn) @ Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park
• Jazz At The Studio feat. Kate McGarry @ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
• Broken Beat @ Kadan
• Comfort In Rage, Beneath Lanston, Logans Theory, Day of Anomie, Breaking The Aura, Static Halo, As Long As We Whisper, Brandon Burrill @ Ramona Mainstage
• Ghana Independence Day @ Worldbeat Center (2-6pm)

Sunday, March 7, 2010:

• Rocky Votolato, Adam H Stephens, Correatown @ Casbah
• Fm 94/9 Presents Manchester Orchestra, The Features, Biffy Clyro, Oh! Brother!@ House of Blues
• An Evening With The Blind Boys Of Alabama @ Belly Up
• The Zeros @ Bar Pink
• Sister Crayon, Syndicate @ Beauty Bar
• Spero Lumina, Hocus @ Ruby Room
• Laugh For Recovery Comedy Show @ Belly Up (2pm)
• Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• Psycho Candy Presents: Cat Party with djs barnesey, marcus x & ambones @ Radio Room
• Happy Ron's Open Mic @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Jake Allen, Jim Earp @ Lestat's
• Matt Cook Live @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
• Too Many Creeps DJs feat Mario O & friends @ Whistle Stop
• Alesana, A Skylit Drive, Of Mice and Men, The Word Alive, We Came As Romans @ Soma
• Jesse Davis @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge Brunch (10a-2p)
• Patrick Yandall @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (8pm-12am)
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Family Concert @ Copley Symphony Hall (2pm)
• Music Lecture/Performance with Jacquelyne Silver @ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
• Bohemian Rhapsody- open mic rap @ Kadan
• Hatchet, Whitchaven, Scorned Embrace, Decay @ Ramona Mainstage

Amenity- You Can't Stop The Show

Last summer, I had the privilege to be involved with Amenity's reunion. The Chula Vista hardcore band was stuff of legend for those of us who grew up in the South Bay, and while I had my share of hardcore shows and saw House of Suffering numerous times, I only ever got to see Amenity once back in the day.

I was thrilled when they reached out to me to help spread the word about "Shine", participate in the song's video release party at East Village Tavern & Bowl, and to be involved with anything Mike Down was doing. When you meet Mike, it is hard not to share the enthusiasm he has for music, for San Diego, and for life in general. When they asked me if I wanted to go on a roadtrip with the band to the Bay Area, it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

We piled in a couple cars and took a crew of old San Diego friends who all had some part of the hardcore scene back then. I drove with Mike, Delmar, and his daughter Americka, who was born just around the time Amenity played their last show. Tim drove a van with a bunch of other people, Alex, Beau, Hajj and others and we took the drive. It was a really amazing few days, and definitely more about the journey than the 30 minute set the band played at Gilman Street. We stayed a night on the floor of a big empty house one night, staying up all night sharing stories of the past, and the next night stayed with Eddie, and old friend from the scene who shared his beautiful home and family with a house full of people he probably hadn't seen in nearly two decades.




In the time after that trip, the band recorded four songs and were supposed to headline a Chula Vista Hardcore show at the MAAC center. At the last minute and after several of the bands played, Amenity pulled out of the show, and while apologetic, they never gave a full explanation of what happened. Some things just aren't worth airing publicly. The truth is that any band reuniting after nearly twenty years may not necessarily share the same vision.

Not satisfied with just the verbal and written apologies given to the eager kids that were let down that day, Mike Down and Tim Gonzales did what they know best. They took pen to paper and collaborated on a song, along with some spoken word from Hajj and Sergio Vega of the Deftones, they've put together a song.



You Can't Stop The Show by TimDCXX

Check out a feature on Doublecross here.

More photos after the jump.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 4-5, 2010

Thursday March 4, 2010:

• SoundDiego.com Launch Party feat. The Silent Comedy, Gregory Page @ Bar Basic (RSVP required)
• The Clientele, The Wooden Birds, Tropical Depression @ Casbah
• Gold Motel, The Elephant Project, Michael Runion, Small City Calling @ Queen Bee's
• The Nervous Wreckords @ Bar Pink
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Rebelution, Soja, Zion-I @ House of Blues
• Bianca Paras, Cameron Rafati, Dawn Mitschele @ Lestat's
• GFU Crew Presents: Shoreline Rootz, Project: Out of Bounds, DJ Man Cat @ Belly Up
• Kevin Martin, Gayle Skidmore, Jackson Price @ Tin Can Ale House
• Trevor Davis, Dr. Seahorse, Pawnshop Kings @ Anthology
• Rob Deez, Lisa Olson @ Java Joe's @ Cafe Libertalia
• Cash Only @ Winston's
• Rasta Nation Posse Presents: Roots & Culture, 2000 Tons of TNT, The RNR @ Beauty Bar
• Club Fallout Presents: God Module, DJs Mind Killer and Necrotica @ Radio Room
• Generations Party with DJ Artistic & Cros 1 @ U-31
• Fire Corner @ Club Kadan
• Rhythm & The Method, DJ Swoll @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Mystique @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Hyena, Vega, Salter & Diaz @ Voyeur
• Natives of The New Dawn @ 710 Beach Club
• A&E Feat. Masta Ace & Edo G With guests: Mr. Brady, Zoolay, Broken Dreams, Bread & Butte Timeless, Hosted by Serg @ Brick by Brick
• Sandy, Burnett, John Guillano, Marty Waak @ Cafe La Maze
• The Flock of 80's @ Henry's Pub
• Mark E Quark's Sleeze Pleeze @ El Dorado
• Vanity Affair @ Portugalia
• Bill Magee @ Patrick's II
• Road Dogs @ The Kraken
• The Ratbirds, Dinosaur Party, guests @ Dreamstreet Live
• Firefly @ Valley View Casino
• Chimney Fish @ RT Longboard's Grill
• Full Moon Fever @ Tiki House
• Cody Kirk, Mojo, The Dead Crew of Oddwood, Hellhound @ Second Wind Santee
• Killah Priest, Pyramid, Eternal, The Lost Angel Crew @ Boar Cross'n
• Heavy Glow, MyRockinBass @ Stage Saloon
• Skelpin @ Hennessey's PB
• Safety Orange @ Gallagher's

Friday, March 5, 2010:

• Phantogram @ M-Theory (6pm, All Ages, Free)
• Michael Klayman Photoshow feat. A Scribe Amidst The Lions, Irradio, The Tractormen, Seesaw Ensemble @ Queen Bee's
• Leslie and The Lys, Christopher The Conquered, Lion Cut @ Casbah
• The Bloody Hollies (CD Release), Fkenal, The Dead Ghost, Knives! @ Ruby Room
• Common Sense, Good Intentions @ Belly Up
• River City, Little Hurricane, The Western Set @ Soda Bar
• The Screamin Yeehaws, Hard Money Saints, Hard Fall Hearts @ Radio Room
• Christmas Island, Jeans Wilder, Dreamboat @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Big Decisions, Ellamae, The Steelwells, Lisa The Lush @ Beauty Bar
• A City Serene (Video Premiere) @ Epicentre (Invite Only)
• Feel The Noise Electro Dance w/DJs Gabe Vega & guests @ U-31
• DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up Happy Hour (5:30pm)
• Carlos Olmeda, Scott Cassidy @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Monkeys In Space, Icebox, Punchcard, Blow Me Down, Crownes @ O'Connell's
• Rebelution, Soja, Zion-I @ House of Blues
• The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
• Bill Candler presents: Call Me The Breeze, The Getdown, Watch Us Burn, This is Manic, Break Her Fall @ Brick By Brick
• JetWest, The Stir Crazies, Uproot @ Winston's
• Organika presents Tinga Stewart @ 710 Beach Club
• Little Deadman, Nude Boy, Neon Dick @ Whistle Stop
• Unearth, Stick To Your Guns, Veil of Maya, Carnifax, The Ghost Inside, The 25th Hour @ Soma
• Lilith Velkor, Scales, The Preteens, The Beatless @ Che Cafe
• Together As One Benefit for Nicaragua feat Richard Tater Funkestra, Bring The Fireworks, The Cookie Dough Extracts, Steven Fles & Christopher Filippi @ The Loft, UCSD
• Our Sweet Downfall, Downspell, Loked, Comfort In Rage, Six Reasons, Forever With Us @ Dreamstreet
• Chini & Camberos (CD Release) @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7pm)
• The Mighty Untouchables @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9pm-1am)
• "Back To The Garden: The Music of CSNY" with Cactus, Twang, Grano & Nash @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• KPRI Homegrown presents Christopher Dale Trio, Superunloader @ Anthology (Late Show 10 pm)
• Billy Midnite @ Ould Sod
• Ellis Paul @ Acoustic Music San Diego
• John O'Callaghan @ Spin
• An Evening of George Gerschwin with Kevin Cole @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Underworld @ Kadan
• Warrel Dane, Bonded By Blood, Draind, Metatonic, Within The Swarm @ Ramona Mainstage

The Soundtrack of Our Lives & Nico Vega, Casbah, 2.24.10

The Casbah seems to have been especially international of late. Aside from the usual Brit bands, in the last few months it seems like there've been a higher concentration of bands making their way from Finland, Russia, Sweden, and Norway to name a few. When shows like that happen, you discover that San Diego has a diverse population and they come out to support their homeland heroes.

Such was the case on Wednesday night, when Sweden's The Soundtrack of Our Lives took the stage. I don't think I've seen so many natural blondes in one room in a very long time. Openers Nico Vega and The Loons both gave stunning performances as well, though admittedly I got caught up in Olympic fever as everyone huddled around the back bar to watch Sweden's hockey game. It was a really fun night full of boozy hugs with strangers. After the show I got to talking to the singer about the hockey game..."sorry your boys couldn't pull through," to which he responded with a grumble and an "it's alright, Love," then grabbed my face and apparently tried to suck it off. The Swedish are a friendly people, aren't they?

Pictures after the jump.

The Rumble Is Back: March Edition

This month, The Rumble is back at it's permanent home, Bar Pink, with three outstanding bands that should be on your radar if they're not already. The show is this Saturday night and as always, the show is free.

This month featuring San Diego’s BEATERS before they take off on a national tour with The Soft Pack — and two out of towners: TWIN TIGERS – an Athens, GA, Old Flame-signed foursome that make shoegaze swirling, straight-up rock and roll that’s far from forgettable and BIRDS AND BATTERIES- A lo-fi, synth-soaked foursome that have managed to evoke equal parts Radiohead, John Carpenter’s 80’s OST work and some Parliament funkiness for good measure.

Once again, San Diego gets the gift of free music with this outstanding series. Check it out, but get there early as everyone now knows that a line out the door of Bar Pink is just par for the course on a Saturday night these days.

Once again, thanks to WOXY, Indigenous, Trumer Pils, and all of the partners for making this event happen.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 3, 2010

Wednesday March 3, 2010:

• Tegan and Sara, Steel Train, Holly Miranda @ Copley Symphony Hall
• The Appleseed Cast, Dreamend @ Casbah
• Mike Doughty @ Anthology
• An Evening with Galactic featuring Cyril Neville @ Belly Up
• The Old In Out, Some Days, Woman @ Soda Bar
• Illuminauts, MayStar, Inspired Flight, Smile Now Cry Later, Gaux Nu Vaux @ U-31
• Laura Jane's Birthday Party @ Ruby Room
• Rio Peligroso @ Riviera Supper Club
• Chill Town with Tape Deck Mountain, DJs Travis T, Spirit Bear & The Brothers Ralph @ Tin Can Ale House
• NSD Presents: Caustic Felon, Open Wound, Razner, Remains Forgotten @ Brick By Brick
• Jazz in North Park @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Sister Speak, The Duke Wants Me Dead, Tori Roze and The Hot Mess @ Beauty Bar
• A Night of Belly Dancers and Music @ Lestat's
• Liquid Blue @ 710 Beach Club
• Psydecar @ Winston's
• Bayou Brothers @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Knight Vision @ Club Kadan
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ Gallaghers
• Wednesday Night Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
• Gilbert Castellanos @ Super El Camino
• Johnny B Blues @ Coyote Bar
• Buick Wilson @ Patrick's ll
• El Cajon Tez, Kitty, Submission, T-Wize, She Wrote it, DJ Underground, Problumz @ Dreamstreet Live
• Burnett's Bliss @ Cafe La Maze
• Jeff Moore & The Witch Doctors @ The Kraken
• Gregory Michael @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• The Fabulous Pelicans @ Valley View Casino
• Privatized Air @ Second Wind Navajo

The Burning of Rome Altercation At U-31

I don't know anything about this story other than what is spreading on the web, but The Burning of Rome were alledgedly attacked by security at U-31 over the weekend.

You can read details here.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 1-2, 2010

We've got some amazing shows in San Diego this week.

Monday March 1, 2010:

• The Fascination, The Hounds Below, Bigbang @ Casbah
• Mosquito Bandito, Nice Nice @ Soda Bar
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• Low Volts, Ryan Blue, Manchest and Her @ Riviera Supper Club
• Gregory Page, Sarah Petite, Mojo Nixon, Joey Harris @ Island Sports & Spirits Grill (7pm, Free, Coronado)
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ U-31
• The China Clippers @ Ruby Room
• Pyrate Punx Mayhem Mondays Presents: Deminishing device, Putrid feedback, Man vs. Man, Three Minute Park @ Radio Room
• Wyn Wilson & Billy Wolfe @ Athenaeum Music Arts & Library
• Club MAW @ Henry's Pub
• Kenny Eng @ SDSU @ 5 pm
• Chet Cannon's Blue Monday Blues Party @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• "Teenage Wasteland" w/ DJs Lord Hammer and Muchacho D-Hey @ Tin Can Ale House
• Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Delta Heat @ Patrick's II
• Electric Waste Band, Drunk Poet's Society @ Winston's
• Pro-Invitational Blues Jam Hosted By Mystery Train @ O'Connell's
• The Color of Glass, Brion K @ Porter's Pub
• Karaoke @ Second Wind Navajo
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill

Tuesday March 2, 2010:

• Midlake, Matthew and The Arrogant Sea @ Belly Up
• Shrinebuilder, A Storm of Light, Archons @ Casbah
• Gregory Page, Melly Frances and The Distilled Spiritsm, Miss Erika Davies @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Zac Brown Band, Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey, Nic Cowan @ San Diego Sports Arena
• Anthology House Band @ Anthology
• Neighbors @ Soda Bar
• Tiki Tuesday feat. Adrian Demain's Exoticatronica @ Bar Pink
• Songwriter's Showcase Competition @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• The White Stripes (film documentary) @ The Loft
• Yeah Buddy Tuesdays: Johnny Wagon, Spot, Flat/Wheeler @ Radio Room
• Too Cool For Karaoke @ Ruby Room
• The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
• Rich The Stitch Comedy Show @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
• Comedy Night with Mal Hall @ Lestat's
• Doug Allen, Suzzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Chad Cavanaugh Music @ O'Connell's
• Mad Traffic @ True North
• Karaoke @ Cafe La Maze
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• DPI, Charlie, MC Jesus @ Winston's
• 145th Street @ Patrick's ll
• Tunes by Joe Marson @ Tiki House
• Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
• Acoustic Leo Rising @ Hennessey's Carlsbad
• Kembang Sunda @ Cuyamaca College Performing Arts Theatre