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Sketchy Black Dog packs 98 Bottles
Chuck Perrin, in a Dizzy's production staged in The Back Room at 98 Bottles, elevated the excitement factor to a "dizzying" degree last night by bringing in the uber-creative jazz/classical/rock ensemble, Sketchy Black Dog to packed and enthused audience. Sketchy …
Not Quite Pathetique Enough: San Diego Symphony
After last weekend’s triumph I entered Copley Hall with anticipation on Saturday night. It’s safe to say my expectations were through the roof. There were no expectations for the first piece by Qigang Chen. Geek alert—Qigang is not just the …
Mods Reunited: Manual Scan Records 1st New Music in Years
Manual Scan is writing songs with former child actor Robbie Rist, best known as little Oliver the Jinx in the final season of the Brady Bunch TV show, and are recording their first new music since the late 1980s. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/13/24289/ …
Local MP3tunes, Embattled by Lawsuit, Declares Bankruptcy
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24288/ MP3tunes, the online "music locker service" launched by controversial (and oft-sued) MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, has racked up so many bills over a long-running copyright lawsuit that it says it must file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Just last August, …
Boy Shakira Is All My Fault
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/12/24282/ Of all who've appeared on the TV show America's Got Talent, the most controversial contestant is probably Boy Shakira, a heavyset man in a blonde wig and halter top, enthusiastically belly-dancing to both cheers and jeers. Didja know that …
Joshua White & Marshall Hawkins Connect at 98 Bottles
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/11/24244/ In a spellbinding performance worthy of a sell-out crowd, master musicians Joshua White on piano and Marshall Hawkins on double bass collectively made magic, told stories, and stimulated the senses last night at 98 Bottles. This was a perfect …
Jaime Valle & Equinox at 98 Bottles, May 17
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/09/24149/ Veteran San Diego jazz guitarist Jaime Valle brings his long-standing Latin-jazz ensemble Equinox to 98 Bottles on May 17, for a concert celebrating the connection between the Jewish and Latino cultures, sponsored by the A.D.L. ( Anti-Defamation-League). "There were …
Attack Gypsies: San Diego Symphony Strings
In musical terms, Sunday’s concert at the symphony wasn’t that different from Friday’s. The differences were in minor cases such as the clarinet solo at the top of Rhapsody in Blue being a tad smoother and Jon Kimura Parker “milking …
DJ Tiësto to Spin at Hard Rock Hotel Pool Party May 20
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/08/24104/ DJ Tiësto, one of the world’s top ranked DJs (at least according to The DJ List and DJ Mag) will be spinning a daytime set at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Intervention Pool Party on May 20. After Grammy-nominated Tiësto …
Mundell Lowe Quartet at Jazz Live, May 15
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/08/24092/ KSDS Jazz 88 kicks off the summer Jazz Live concert series with a show that invokes a history-in-the-making sense of gravitas. Legendary guitarist Mundell Lowe will be returning to the Saville Theatre on May 15 with a special quartet …
The Electric Healing Sound's Debut Video - "Tangled Up"
Noisy minimalist SD/TJ rockers The Electric Healing Sound recently posted their debut music video, which features the track “Tangled Up.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJBnFVWSTo “We take advantage of the San Diego-Tijuana thing,” guitarist/vox Ricky Soltero told The Reader last July. “Up here we …
Best Concert of the Year? San Diego Symphony
Last week I said the people putting the programs together at San Diego Symphony deserved a raise. After going to the Rhapsodies concert both Friday night and Sunday afternoon this weekend, I’m demanding a raise for them. I think that …