FREE Dropkick Murphys CONCERT! Courtesy of FM 94.9 (thank you!)

I was driving home from work last Tuesday night when FM 94.9 announced they were giving out free tickets to some concerts at Ez-J's sandwich shop in PB. So I decided I would have dinner there and enter for my chance to win. Well, the luck of the Irish was with me because they drew my name from the box and I won tickets to see Dropkick Murphys who were going to be playing at SOMA on November 5th.
The Dropkick Murphys put on a fun show playing a bunch of Celtic punk songs, including "Kiss Me I'm S@&# Faced!" and "Fields of Athenry".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BwDbIG7Q0

OLP at Belly Up!

Canadian alternative rockers, Our Lady Peace, played the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach on October 19, 2009. I was a big fan of theirs in the 90's when their albums Naveed and Clumsy came out. I was unable to see them perform live until now and they have definitely perfected their sound. The lead singer Raine Maida still has his awesome and unique voice. I managed to push my way up to the front of the semi-mellow crowd, wondering if half of them even remembered any of the great music this band has put out. They played "Starseed", "Clumsy", "Automatic Flowers", "Superman's Dead" and more! It was a great show!

Three hours of Pearl Jam!!!

Back in 1992, when I was a freshman in High School, I bought Ten on cassette tape and played it over and over and over again, having to flip the cassette each time it got to the end of each side. I guess I was a bit hooked on Pearl Jam because this went on for months! lol
17 years later I finally got to see my first Pearl Jam concert! And it was a special one by far! They started off with "Last Exit" and a few songs in played "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
Eddie Vedder told a story about his lighting director's first baby girl Lulu and then announced that she was at the concert with us! He followed by telling us it was Lulu's 16th birthday and had the audience sing Happy Birthday as they presented her with a cake! What a memorable 16th birthday that will be for her!
Eddie Vedder then told us that when the band was first starting out they lived in San Diego. He decided he needed to contact his old guitar teacher and the drummer's old drum teacher and invited them both to play on stage with the band! Eddie also contacted his old boss that he worked for when he lived in SD and invited him to the show as well.
Pearl Jam was just amazing!! They did two encores and played for three hours!

HIGHER EDUCATION: Pearl Jam soars at SDSU

http://www.signonsandiego.com/entertainment/street/2009/10/higher_education_pearl_jam_soa_1.html#more

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around

I would love to stay at Humphrey's and watch Tracy Chapman play more! What a beautiful venue! That's where I saw her play on Tuesday evening. The weather was perfect, as it usually is here in San Diego! Tracy played a wonderful set of new and old songs including "Change", "Fast Car", "Talkin' About a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", along with many other great songs.

The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Hard Rock Hotel Rooftop

Last night I saw an amazing acoustic set by The Airborne Toxic Event on the rooftop of The Hard Rock Hotel. They played their current hit "Sometime Around Midnight" and a cover of the late William Garvey's “Goodbye Horses”. After much cheering from fans at the end of their show they came out for an encore and played "Missy".

Rise Against and Rancid at Roseland Ballroom, NYC

I just got back from a 10 day trip to NJ to visit family and friends. The final night of my trip was spent rocking out to Rise Against and Rancid at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City! What a fun way to end an awesome trip!
The most memorable part of the night was singing along to Rancid's song Olympia WA... "Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway, Cars passin' by, but none of them seem to go my way, New York City, well I wish I was on the highway, Back to Olympia".
For those of you that don't know Roseland Ballroom, it is located at 52nd and Broadway, making this song extra special to listen to there!

The Moviegoers Rocked The Casbah

[June 24, 2009]

Last night I went to The Casbah to see The Moviegoers (www.themoviegoers.com), along with Roosevelt (http://www.myspace.com/roosevelt) and Arms Entwined (http://www.myspace.com/armsentwined). In classic "Casbah" style we started off the night with a game of Ms. Pac-Man in the game room before the show began! From there we could hear music emerging from the main room. Roosevelt started off the show playing their post-alternative melodic rock, followed by the three-piece band Arms Entwined, and concluding with dynamic indie sounds from The Moviegoers. The Moviegoers played a set of songs including a few masterful tunes from their "Be a Man" EP.