The Dandy Warhols are playing the Observatory in North Park next Friday:
Wednesday Rock Blogging
Little Hurricane
Our local heroes Little Hurricane have had a baby, and will be back out doing shows this summer, starting with the Constellation Room in the OC on June 29th. P.S. I love the cactus photo hanging on the wall - I need one of those!
The Raconteurs
This is Jack White's band from Detroit and now based in Nashville. They will be here in San Diego playing the Open Air Theater at SDSU on July 28th!
Cowboy Junkies May 18th
I didn't realize how much of a CJ fan I was...until she took her sunglasses off. "But that's where I want to be, out there searching, out here fumbling, out here waiting for you, and you for me." They will be here on May 18th:...
Ranking Roger RIP
Those of us who were a punk/new wave/ska fans in the early 1980s loved how the English Beat brought everyone together. This is Sting's statement: The mid seventies was one of the most influential periods in the history of British pop music. The merging of Caribbean...
Dick Dale, RIP
We lost a real legend this week, Dick Dale, and his medical story was tragic: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/at-78-and-with-a-myriad-of-health-issues-surf-rock-legend-dick-dale-plays-through-the-pain/ Dick Dale… invented surf music in the 1950’s. Not the...
Cowboy Junkies
The Cowboy Junkies are playing San Diego on May 18th - tickets went on sale today! If it ain't one thing I tell you it's always another I wonder why I started treating you like a step-brother Love is hard to explain I know my loss is someone else's gain Sometime's...
Bruce Springsteen Murder Inc
This has been a tough week for the blog. First, I played a music video on Monday to clear out my saved 100+ old-guy videos before I can get to wifey's new music! Then I woke up the next day to realize that my introduction to the following blog post didn't come off as...
Time Running Out Is A Gift
There are some real musicians on this song, including a guy who is playing what looks to be a haunting electric slide organ? But the female co-lead vocal makes the moment - grab your loved one and take this in: Have you thought about it? One day I'll be gone, and one...
Talk Talk
The band Talk Talk was one of those techno synth-pop bands of the early 1980s. The lead singer, Mark Hollis, gave it all up 20 years ago to spend more time with his wife and two kids. He passed away this week at age 64.