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Meet the Mansonites, plus Loving The Inmate: Law & Order It Ain’t

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Prison Encounters with Charlie’s Angels, plus Loving the Inmate

Prison Encounters with Charlie’s Angels, Loving The Inmate, Contents 1 Meet The Mansonites: Prison Encounters With Charlie’s Angels 2 Loving The Inmate: When Your Love Is Locked Up 3 Prison Visit Photo album (under construction) MEET THE MANSONITES: PRISON ENCOUNTERS …

YouTube Gems, Weird San Diego, Virtual Balboa, plus URLwatching: Local Website Reviews

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Local Concerts In Your Living Room, Weird Viral Videos, Trippy Toons, and a Big Steamin' Pile of Shat

Local Concerts In Your Living Room, Weird Viral Videos, Trippy Toons, and a Big Steamin' Pile of Shat 1 - Local Shows In Your Living Room 2 - Videos: Weird San Diego 3 - Videos: Virtual Balboa Park 4 - …

Worst in Rock: Busted, Burned, & Barefoot in Balboa Park

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Rockstars in Local Trouble, Concert Lawsuits, Hard Rock Hotel Haters, & more

Rockstars in Trouble, Lawyers Songs & Money, Hard Rock Hotel Haters, & more Contents: 1 Worst In Rock: Celebs In SD Find Trouble In Paradise 2 La Jolla Drivers Suck 3 Lawyers, Songs & Money: Local Lawsuits 4 Pain And …

Where Have All the Deadheads Gone?

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Deadheads after the head Deadhead was dead

Deadheads after the head Deadhead was dead WHERE HAVE ALL THE DEADHEADS GONE? Once upon a time, the icons of their religion descended on arenas and stadiums like rainbow draped godlings, accepting the ritual sacrifice of dollars before making their …

Don’t Fear the Funnies; Comics & Censorship

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Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Only a Comic Book!

DON’T BE AFRAID, IT’S ONLY A COMIC BOOK! How dangerous can a comic book be? Very, some would say. Dangerous to the imagination. Dangerous to literature. Dangerous to commerce. Dangerous to developing young minds. Dangerous to community morals. Dangerous to …

Celebs Talk About San Diego, Racist Rock, Concert Lawsuits, DJ Stalker

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Celebs on the City, KKK Concerts, Lawyers Songs & Money, DJ Obsession

Celebs on the City, KKK Concerts, Lawyers Songs & Money, DJ Obsession WHAT CELEBS SAY ABOUT SAN DIEGO For around 10 years, almost every time I interviewed a celebrity coming to town, I asked them about San Diego. I wanted …

Sound Guys Sound Off, Concerts Make You Deaf, and Car Horn Fans

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Soundboard Blues, Vicious Volume, & Horn If You’re Honky: Car Horns and the Honkies Who Love Them!

Soundboard Blues, Vicious Volume, & Horn If You’re Honky: Car Horns and the Honkies Who Love Them! SOUND GUYS SOUND OFF – Jay Allen Sanford & Christie Maconnell Self-described “sixties survivor” Billy “Jimbo” James has spent a great deal of …

Interviews: Corky Laing, Edgar Winter, Wild Man Fischer, Joey Molland/Badfinger, Mojo Nixon

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Life Goes On For Corky, plus Edgar Winter, Wild Man, Badfinger, Mojo Nixon, RIP Maharishi

Life Goes On For Corky, plus Edgar Winter, Wild Man, Badfinger, Mojo Nixon, RIP Maharishi I know, it seems like every day ex-bandmembers are getting together with other ex-members of other ex-bands, to form yet another soon-to-be ex-“supergroup.” When diverse …

Hello Satan: Black Metal in San Diego, Brain Police, Online Booty Call

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Bloody Rockers, Remember the Brain Police, Booty Commandments, and more Craigslist Funnies

Bloody Rockers, Remember the Brain Police, Booty Commandments, and more Craigslist Funnies HELLO SATAN: BLACK METAL IN SAN DIEGO "Some rock and roll groups stand in a circle and drink cups of blood. Some get on their knees and pray …

Blues VS Blues, 50 Historic Local Concerts, War Stories, Boy Shakira & more

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Battle for the Blues, 50 Great Moments in Local Rock History, Boy Shakira is All My Fault, War Stories, “I Found Nirvana (Next To The Foo Fighters),” and more

Battle for t/Blues, 50 Great Moments in Local Rock History, Boy Shakira is My Fault, War Stories, “I Found Nirvana (Next To The Foo Fighters),” and more LIVING LIKE LIVE When Live plays at Viejas today, March 7, their dressing …

Ratt Doesn’t Want You To Read This Blog!!

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Deep Inside Ratt: Dueling for Dollars

Deep Inside Ratt - Dueling for Dollars: RATT & ROLL OVER - Beyond Behind t/Music... The partially reunited Ratt appears at Viejas on April 20th – not sher about you, but I fully remember all the lawsuits and nasty accusations …

Komplete KISStory Kronicles, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics: Inside Story

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Essays on working for Kiss, Lost & Unpublished Artwork, & Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics: The Inside Story

Essays on working for Kiss, lost & unpublished artwork, & Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics: The Inside Story With Ace Frehley appearing at the House of Blues on March 24th, I decided to compile a bunch of stuff I’ve done about …

Award Controversy, Humphries VS Apple

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Tiernan’s default victory, local Bowie book, synth collector, and Dave Humphries VS Apple Records

Tiernan’s default victory, local Bowie book, synth collector, and Dave Humphries VS Apple Records www.myspace.com/MichaelTiernan TIERNAN WINS BY DEFAULT “I recently won the 2007 Songwriter of the Year Award from the Pacific Songwriting Competition,” Michael Tiernan recently wrote me in …

The Day Nirvana Played Off The Record & the Day Jimi Hendrix Came To Town

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The inside story of Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91, and Hendrix backstage at Sports Arena 5-24-69

The inside story of Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91, and Hendrix backstage at Sports Arena 5-24-69 Ticket and photos of Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91 Who doesn't miss the staple-infested LP bins of Off The Record's late lamented Hillcrest locale? Those beat …

(Paint)Brushes with Fame, & the ‘70s OB Ranger

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He paints rock stars, and the OB Ranger rides again!

He paints rock stars, and the OB Ranger rides again! Illustrator Ken Meyer Jr. illustrates trading cards for role-playing games like Magic: The Gathering and Vampire, the Masquerade. "I don't even play those games," he says. "I don't know if …

Where’s the Reader’s Hip-hop Coverage?

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Hip-hop quest, Rave culture tutorial, & a trip thru Tijuana's bathrooms

Hip-hop quest, Rave culture tutorial, & a trip thru Tijuana's bathrooms “Where’s the hip-hop coverage?” We get a lot of emails asking this, and (hopefully) readers have noticed increased coverage throughout the music section, including Blurt, Lists, Of Note, and …

That ‘80s Club: Straighta Head Sound, plus Pornographer Confessions

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The story of a long-gone club & confessions of a local pornographer

The story of a long-gone '80s heavy metal club & confessions of a local pornographer If you’re interested in Generation X's one-time foothold on our local scene circa BHD - the Big Hair Decade - try browsing the deepshag.com website. …

Jim McInnes: The Last DJ, Busted at Boomer’s, plus the Monroes Story

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KGB legend Jim McInnes raps, busted at Boomer’s, and the inside story of a local one-hit wonder

KGB legend Jim McInnes raps, busted at Boomer’s, and the inside story of a local one-hit wonder... "There goes the last DJ/who plays what he wants to play/and says what he wants to say/there goes your freedom of choice/there goes …

Removing Brown M&Ms: Backstage Diplomat Speaks, plus My Worst Celeb Encounters

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Fulfilling backstage riders, plus how not to interview a celebrity!

Fulfilling backstage riders, plus how not to interview a celebrity! BACKSTAGE RIDER ON THE STORM Brian Lewis didn’t hire the entertainment while serving as venue manager for Humphrey’s bar and concert showcase on Shelter Island. However, he feels the experience …

Cartoonist Confessions: How’d He Do That?

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Secrets Behind Overheard & Famous Neighbors

Overheard In San Diego and Famous Former Neighbors are anomalies in the comic strip world – they’re based on real people, places, and events. There have been few such strips: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not was of course a big …

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