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Local publisher creating Kiss rock comics for kids
Kiss Kids by locals Chris Ryall and Tom Waltz to debut in Autumn
Kiss Kids, an upcoming comic book series from local publisher IDW, will be co-created by previous Kiss series writers Chris Ryall and Tom Waltz with art by Jose Holder (Mars Attacks, the Real Ghostbusters). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/21/44127/ "Kiss is used to rocking …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Joel Kmak (The Farmers), Aquile, Tony Tonite (Sara Groban Band) and more...
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Aquile, Jan Tonnesen (of 1960's local heroes, The Contrasts), Tony Tonite (The Sara Groban Band), Joel Kmak (The Farmers, The Hitmakers) and Jarrod Lucas (The Phantoms, The Dragons) relate odd and interesting moments that have happened while performing...
Jan Tonnesen / The Contrasts: “In the mid-1960s my band was playing a New Years Eve gig at a Naval enlisted men's club at Ream Field. The place was packed with sailors and their girlfriends. We were in the middle …
White, Price & Smith: burning at Dizzy's
Pianist Joshua White brought drum icon Marvin "Smitty" Smith, bassist Hamilton Price and tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter into the Pacific Beach venue.
April 18 represented a special day in the evolution of piano master Joshua White. Drum legend Marvin "Smitty" Smith made the trek down from LA, as did bassist Hamilton Price to join White and tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter for a …
Sell all your records. Then, buy some more.
The San Diego Record Show returns Saturday April 20. Here's an interview with Record Show manager Alan Garth from a couple of years ago:
Alan Garth’s record collection is too big to fit into his North Park row house. For now, he keeps his 2000 or so discs in storage. Garth’s living room is without television and instead is organized around a couple of …
Mission Bay High School Music Program Fundraiser April 19 to feature pianist Sue Palmer with The Preservationists
Mission Bay High School will host a pair of concerts, on April 19 (at Tango Del Rey) and May 18 (on campus) to raise funds for thier music programs.
Mission Bay High School will host a pair of fundraisers this spring for their music programs. First up will be a student concert on April 19, at Tango Del Rey, with guest, boogie woogie pianist, Sue Palmer. Then on May …
Danny Janklow Quintet comes to Dizzy's April 20
The young LA alto saxophonist makes his San Diego bandleading debut.
Brace yourself for some "alto-madness," jazz fans. On April 20, young LA saxophone master Danny Janklow comes to Dizzy's, sharing the frontline duties with SD reed virtuoso Christopher Hollyday, fellow Angeleno bassist Hamilton Price with local heavyweights pianist Joshua White …
Tonga Ross-Ma'u Sextet live at Dizzy's
Ross-Ma'u led a tight ensemble of veteran and younger players through an ambitious program of original material and lesser known standards.
One of Chuck Perrin of Dizzy's greatest attributes is his fondness for showcasing emergent or lesser known talent to the wider San Diego jazz fan base. On April 14, I got the opportunity to take in a show that featured …
Makeout Weird puckers up for strange kiss goodbye
Whistle Stop monthly says so-long with Maniqui Lazer, Moonshake, Machino, and more.
Three years ago, a rare and mystical union of Weird was forged between two entities known as Monsterpussy and Freak Sauce. Like a modern day Megazord, they fused together to form a formidable beast that was greater than the sum …
Song X tribute at Villa Musica
Nate Jarrell led an all-star quintet through the difficult music of Ornette Coleman and Pat Metheny.
It takes some balls to commit to a concert celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the iconic Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman recording Song X, one of the most powerful and singular musical statements of our time. On April 13, guitarist Nate Jarrell …
San Diego Aida
Time to look at Aida with a disgusting tie in with *Twilight* and a sampling of The Smiths.
It’s time to get into Verdi’s Aida. The show opens on Saturday April 20th at 7:00 p.m. The venue is the Civic Theater. As operas go, I think this one has a story that develops well. The love-triangle is between …
Opening night for Federal Jazz Project
A brand new American play by Richard Montoya prominently features local jazz stars.
I had the privilege of attending opening night of Federal Jazz Project on April 12, so I thought I'd pass on some observations -- although, I'm certainly not a theater critic. In case you haven't heard, Federal Jazz Project is …
Keezer: solo at the Saville
Pianist Geoffrey Keezer pretty much knocked it out of the park with a wide-ranging, very dynamic performance.
Piano virtuoso Geoffrey Keezer dropped in to Jazz Live ( the excellent series produced by Jazz 88.3) on April 9, performing a rare, local solo concert that was also being recorded for an upcoming DVD. Opening with "Bag's Groove," Keezer …
Kill the mother kill the baby
The story of Gesualdo's mania continues with infanticide.
I wish I could say that Gesualdo’s atrocities ended with the murder of his wife and her lover. I cannot. The double murder occurred at Gesualdo’s town-palace in Naples. He immediately fled to his castle in the town of Gesualdo. …
Future Jazz: telematics at UCSD
Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen, Nicole Mitchell and Myra Melford performed with musicians from across the country and the Atlantic Ocean while staying put in La Jolla.
The recent three-day consecutive telematic virtual tour performed at UCSD with a quartet comprised of Mark Dresser's bass, Nicole Mitchell's flutes, Michael Dessen's trombone and Myra Melford's piano interacting in real time with musicians from Amherst MA, Zurich Switzerland, and …
For The Roses
Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet delivered two knockout sets of Joni Mitchell music to a packed house at Dizzy's.
Mutts of the Planet is kind of a misleading name for a band that produces such consistently gorgeous music, and unless you're a Joni Mitchell "insider,' you might not realize that the moniker comes from a lyric on Mitchell's Mingus …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Jessica Hull, Tolan Shaw (New Archaic), Paul Bell (Electric Waste Band) and more...
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Jessica Hull, Tolan Shaw (New Archaic), Paul Bell (Electric Waste Band), Heather Vorwerck (The Comeuppance) and Michael Inzunza (The Brandy Alexanders) relate odd and interesting moments that have happened while performing...
Michael Inzunza / The Brandy Alexanders: “In 1999, we opened up for Berlin at Cane's. Well, about three songs into our set, I happened to look side stage and saw (their singer) Terri Nunn winking at me. I think she …
She might not be dead yet
Composer Carlo Gesualdo stabbed, mutilated, and displayed his wife and her lover.
“Kill that scoundrel along with this Harlot! Shall a Gesualdo be made a cuckold?” This was more than hyperbole from Carlo Gesualdo the Prince of Venosa. He exited the bedchamber covered in blood and gore only to return and stab …
The Wrong Trousers righteous reunion coming to Normal Heights July 5
Lestat's to host charismatic trio's first performance since 2010
"Yes, it's true, the time has come," says Kelsea Rae Little, whose teen trio the Wrong Trousers will play a reunion show at Lestat's in Normal Heights on July 5. "Your favorite nerdy 3 piece San Diego band is getting …
Stay Strange: Author & Punisher, Isolde Touch, and Ides of Gemini
East Village art and performance space hosts local doom/drone metal, pointilistic soundscapes, and psych-rock.
Stay Strange continues their legacy of outsider art and music - which relocated from the Kava Gallery to Space 4 Art (325 15th Street - East Village) at the beginning of the year - with a Saturday, April 13 showcase …