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There's a Club Crawler podcast now?! Barbarella's on TV, Scott Ellis has the new San Diego's Best Events column, the Local Music Database has a weekly Blurt Online spotlight - the Reader's slow-but-steady campaign to become King of All SD Media seems to be succeeding!
— January 23, 2014 4:29 p.m.
Locals Suing Courtney Love (Who Once Got Me Fired By Larry Flynt)
Love has been testifying in her defense for the Twitter defamation lawsuit initiated by her San Diego-based former attorney Rhonda J. Holmes. Love Tweeted about Holmes in 2010, writing that Holmes had been "bought off...I was f***ing devestated [sic] when Rhonda J Holmes esq of San Diego was bought off. I've been hiring and firing lawyers to help me with this." More witnesses are scheduled to testify this week.
— January 20, 2014 4:53 p.m.
New Bands to Know: Weight of the Sun, JuJu Satori, S.M.C. and more
Alice Teyssier will perform a solo voice recital at UC San Diego on February 13 that includes Rolf Riehm’s “Pasolini in Ostia,” one of several operatic works composed specifically for her.
— January 19, 2014 4:51 p.m.
Deja Voodoo
is just pure shredding
Outtake: The Deja Voodoo release party happens February 15 at Brick by Brick in Linda Vista. “This is the very first Taz Taylor Band album that’s been recorded by a lineup that has actually existed for some time and has been playing shows prior to going into the studio. Every other album was made after the band had reached some kind of crossroads, and we regrouped with a few new guys and started over.” The album cover art was created by MSG cover painter Tristan Greatrex, who also created the original MSG logo.
— January 15, 2014 5:14 p.m.
Local venue report
The Void has been renamed the Hideout, with two live shows currently booked: Casket Girls, Stargazer Lillies, Dreamend, and Dott on March 7, and Solids on March 9. The Casbah will continue booking some events at the City Heights club.
— January 12, 2014 2:19 a.m.
In San Diego clubs Sunday-Wednesday, January 12–15
Martha Davis and the Motels always pull out all the stops for their San Diego shows, having been signed to their first record label deal after a showcase gig at the Catamaran near Mission Beach back in the day. I've never come out of one of their local shows without marveling at just how good they still are, despite being sidelined for years on the retro-redux circuit.
— January 9, 2014 4:19 p.m.
The Cockpits
This cool early photo of the pioneering local all-girl rock band was just posted on Facebook by Joyce Rooks (photog Edi Paul) - look for an upcoming Reader feature on our city's history of all-girl rock bands, including the group that spun off from the Cockpits called the Dinettes, as well as the Beatchicks, who opened some shows for the Beatles (and which included Gregory Page's mother!) and many more -
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…
— January 6, 2014 12:58 p.m.
Wizards, Horses, and Weisses: Local bands worth watching in 2014
Just found out that Seventrain will have a release party for their debut self-titled CD at Brick by Brick on February 14, when they open for the Michael Schenker Group. A playable MP3 sample track from the album was just added to their Reader page - well worth a listen!
— January 4, 2014 5:52 p.m.
How the Breaking Bad finale lied to you (and why you were so easily fooled)
A couple of weird things too - I think there were a couple of odd EDITS in the rebroadcast. At the end, after the gun goes kablooey, I don't recall in the original broadcast hearing Todd say "Uncle Jack." I mean, he's not even LOOKING at his uncle, even tho the guy is clearly still twitching and reaching for his lit ciggie on the ground. Todd's heading for the window to check out the gunfire source. And that's where the other edit seems to pop up. I'd swear Todd, on seeing the spinning gun, said something like "Gee, Mr, White," or "Geez Mr. White," or maybe even "Wow, Mr. White," his voice tinged with admiration, not seeming to care at all about Uncle Jack, or anything else for that matter. I've read reviews of the original finale broadcast that mention this too, so I wasn't hearing things. And yet, in this week's rebroadcast, all he said was "Mr. White," before Jesse jumps him from behind. What an odd edit. I wonder if Gilligan realized he was giving away the fact that Walt was clearly imagining a fantasy that could never have happened in his real world, where even the family of the people he was in the middle of killing can't help but note aloud what a brilliant and amazing guy Walt is –
— January 1, 2014 11:13 a.m.
How the Breaking Bad finale lied to you (and why you were so easily fooled)
Lattenjoe pointed out "The verse in the song that Walt hears as he starts the car miraculously, are the moments when the hero decides to go riding back to certain death... but it cuts to the title sequence right as he's about to reveal where he is "on the hill overlooking ("El Paso")... possibly another subtle reference to where Walt really is... staring into the abyss." VERY observant! I noticed that in this week's rebroadcast, how the lyrics cut of abruptly, almost clumsily, right before the words about getting to El Paso. More proof that Walt never GOT to El Paso...
— January 1, 2014 10:52 a.m.
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In San Diego clubs Thursday–Saturday, January 23–25
There's a Club Crawler podcast now?! Barbarella's on TV, Scott Ellis has the new San Diego's Best Events column, the Local Music Database has a weekly Blurt Online spotlight - the Reader's slow-but-steady campaign to become King of All SD Media seems to be succeeding!— January 23, 2014 4:29 p.m.
Locals Suing Courtney Love (Who Once Got Me Fired By Larry Flynt)
Love has been testifying in her defense for the Twitter defamation lawsuit initiated by her San Diego-based former attorney Rhonda J. Holmes. Love Tweeted about Holmes in 2010, writing that Holmes had been "bought off...I was f***ing devestated [sic] when Rhonda J Holmes esq of San Diego was bought off. I've been hiring and firing lawyers to help me with this." More witnesses are scheduled to testify this week.— January 20, 2014 4:53 p.m.
New Bands to Know: Weight of the Sun, JuJu Satori, S.M.C. and more
Alice Teyssier will perform a solo voice recital at UC San Diego on February 13 that includes Rolf Riehm’s “Pasolini in Ostia,” one of several operatic works composed specifically for her.— January 19, 2014 4:51 p.m.
Deja Voodoo is just pure shredding
Outtake: The Deja Voodoo release party happens February 15 at Brick by Brick in Linda Vista. “This is the very first Taz Taylor Band album that’s been recorded by a lineup that has actually existed for some time and has been playing shows prior to going into the studio. Every other album was made after the band had reached some kind of crossroads, and we regrouped with a few new guys and started over.” The album cover art was created by MSG cover painter Tristan Greatrex, who also created the original MSG logo.— January 15, 2014 5:14 p.m.
Local venue report
The Void has been renamed the Hideout, with two live shows currently booked: Casket Girls, Stargazer Lillies, Dreamend, and Dott on March 7, and Solids on March 9. The Casbah will continue booking some events at the City Heights club.— January 12, 2014 2:19 a.m.
In San Diego clubs Sunday-Wednesday, January 12–15
Martha Davis and the Motels always pull out all the stops for their San Diego shows, having been signed to their first record label deal after a showcase gig at the Catamaran near Mission Beach back in the day. I've never come out of one of their local shows without marveling at just how good they still are, despite being sidelined for years on the retro-redux circuit.— January 9, 2014 4:19 p.m.
The Cockpits
This cool early photo of the pioneering local all-girl rock band was just posted on Facebook by Joyce Rooks (photog Edi Paul) - look for an upcoming Reader feature on our city's history of all-girl rock bands, including the group that spun off from the Cockpits called the Dinettes, as well as the Beatchicks, who opened some shows for the Beatles (and which included Gregory Page's mother!) and many more - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2014/j…— January 6, 2014 12:58 p.m.
Wizards, Horses, and Weisses: Local bands worth watching in 2014
Just found out that Seventrain will have a release party for their debut self-titled CD at Brick by Brick on February 14, when they open for the Michael Schenker Group. A playable MP3 sample track from the album was just added to their Reader page - well worth a listen!— January 4, 2014 5:52 p.m.
How the Breaking Bad finale lied to you (and why you were so easily fooled)
A couple of weird things too - I think there were a couple of odd EDITS in the rebroadcast. At the end, after the gun goes kablooey, I don't recall in the original broadcast hearing Todd say "Uncle Jack." I mean, he's not even LOOKING at his uncle, even tho the guy is clearly still twitching and reaching for his lit ciggie on the ground. Todd's heading for the window to check out the gunfire source. And that's where the other edit seems to pop up. I'd swear Todd, on seeing the spinning gun, said something like "Gee, Mr, White," or "Geez Mr. White," or maybe even "Wow, Mr. White," his voice tinged with admiration, not seeming to care at all about Uncle Jack, or anything else for that matter. I've read reviews of the original finale broadcast that mention this too, so I wasn't hearing things. And yet, in this week's rebroadcast, all he said was "Mr. White," before Jesse jumps him from behind. What an odd edit. I wonder if Gilligan realized he was giving away the fact that Walt was clearly imagining a fantasy that could never have happened in his real world, where even the family of the people he was in the middle of killing can't help but note aloud what a brilliant and amazing guy Walt is –— January 1, 2014 11:13 a.m.
How the Breaking Bad finale lied to you (and why you were so easily fooled)
Lattenjoe pointed out "The verse in the song that Walt hears as he starts the car miraculously, are the moments when the hero decides to go riding back to certain death... but it cuts to the title sequence right as he's about to reveal where he is "on the hill overlooking ("El Paso")... possibly another subtle reference to where Walt really is... staring into the abyss." VERY observant! I noticed that in this week's rebroadcast, how the lyrics cut of abruptly, almost clumsily, right before the words about getting to El Paso. More proof that Walt never GOT to El Paso...— January 1, 2014 10:52 a.m.