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about his decision to open the doors on a new venue during hard times. His plan to survive? “We hold round-table
We are changing the gears. We built a stage,” he says, and he and his pals installed a built-in deejay booth carved into a back wall. “We also have the Human
Jukebox. There are rows of records behind the bar, and one turntable. Some of the record collection is mine, and some of it has come from employees. Our record player is behind the bar. On off nights, that’s how we’ll be playing music. We’ll have a ‘local bands’ section, and when touring bands come through and play here, we’ll put their records on, too.” Colaneri, 45, has
Adam Greene brings his new thing, Aladdin, to Blonde Bar on September 30.
meetings,” Colaneri explains, meetings that are held by a vol- unteer collective he describes as “artists and musicians who want to make a space for music lovers.” He says the collective is composed of “friends, guys I played music with, deejays, bartenders,” and that the group focus is on music, art, film, photography, and multimedia. “We’re tapped into the surf/ skate community, and we’re planning on hosting video premieres and art showings.” Yes, there will be deejays
and live bands, too, he says. “Dynamite became all hip-hop.
DAYSEEKER • CONVICTIONS THURSDAY • SEP 1
WEDNESDAY • AUG 31 HOTEL BOOKS
HIRSOHIMA MOCKINGBIRDS MRS. HENRY
TAKEN BY CANADIANS THE PARAGRAPHS
THE PANDORAS • THE LOONS DJS PAT AND LETY BEERS
FRIDAY • SEP 2 FLAMIN’ GROOVIES
SATURDAY • SEP 3
PUNK ROCK KARAOKE CRUZ RADICAL
JOHNNY MADCAP AND THE DISTRACTIONS
SUNDAY • SEP 4
THE CREEPY CREEPS SCHIZOPHONICS MISSION CREEPS THE FINK BOMBS
WEDNESDAY • SEP 7
THE BONES OF JR JONES CREATURE AND THE WOODS
DJ’S ROBIN ROTH AND LANCE LIQUIDGREY
THE WHISKEY CIRCLE FRIDAY • SEP 9 ASSEMBLAGE 23
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SPOTLIGHTS • DEATH EYES DEEPSEA THUNDERBEAST
MONDAY • SEP 12
SAM OUTLAW • CALE TYSON WEDNESDAY • SEP 14
CHUCK RAGAN AND THE CAMARADERIE
NATHAN MAXWELL WT NELSON
THURSDAY • SEP 15
WOVE • NO SYMPATHY THE ANOMALY
FRIDAY • SEP 16
CASS MCCOMBS BAND SATURDAY • SEP 17 BOB LOG III
SUNDAY • SEP 18 KHRUANGBIN MONDAY • SEP 19 THE SERATONES TUESDAY • SEP 20 IAMX
been playing music in bands since the late ’90s, most notably with the long-defunct Turn- ing Japanese. Born and raised in San Diego, he
lives in North Park. He says he owns Blonde Bar with a silent partner. “I started bartend- ing at the Void. That’s where I got introduced to the scene from the business side. We had events there every day of the month. Later, I went to the Office and helped them rejuve- nate their live-music scene.” In the days following the
venue’s soft opening, the Mis- sion Hills venue has hosted an assortment of acts, such as Dance Klassique, Fatal Jamz, Hong Kong Fuzz, and Greyboy. Coming up on September 30, musician/filmmaker
Adam Greene will appear at Blonde Bar in support of his Adam Green’s Aladdin film and soundtrack. Colaneri says the idea for
his Blonde Bar incubated in his thoughts for years while he learned “what works and what doesn’t work in the club scene here.” He says the nightclub’s name was more or less inspired by pop singer Deborah Harry. As of this writing, there
were no takers for the old Dynamite sign.
— Dave Good
Duping songumentaries. “We’ve been doing these song releases we coined ‘songumen- taries,’” says Duping the Public singer/violinist Angie Walton. “We did our first release ‘Cold Sweet’ with Chris Hoffee at Chaos Recorders, and we just finished recording our second songumentary, ‘Tesla,’ with Mike Kamoo.” The audio-visual releases
DANI BELL AND THE TARANTIST
WEDNESDAY • SEP 21 STILL CORNERS
THURSDAY • SEP 22 FEDERALE • BIT MAPS FRIDAY • SEP 23 ALICE BAG BAND
THE LOONS • MADLY SATURDAY • SEP 24
THE SKATALITES • MONKEY THE AMALGAMATED SUNDAY • SEP 25
THE CROOKES MONDAY • SEP 26
CAVEMAN • CHEERLEADER FLOODFLOWER TUESDAY • SEP 27
SLOAN • GATEWAY DRUGS WEDNESDAY • SEP 28 KING • JOEY DOSIK THURSDAY • SEP 29
ERIKA WENNERSTROM (HEARTLESS BASTARDS) FRIDAY • SEP 30
ROCKY VOTOLATO SATURDAY • OCT 1
MOOSH AND TWIST BRYCE VINE
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feature behind-the-scenes recording footage for each song spotlighted. “We choose a studio that we think will be the best fit for the specific song we’re going to record. We base that choice on the belief that
people to fully digest that one single’s artistic expression for all that it is, in stark contrast to the disposable music mentality that exists these days.” She feels people who enjoy things like DVD commentaries
band was their debut EP The Matthew Effect in 2012. “It wasn’t until we found ourselves literally drowning in unre- corded originals that we finally pulled ourselves out of the band room and started laying tracks down again,” says Wal- ton. “The newer sound is more dense and symphonic...‘Cold Sweet’ is a perfect example, it’s unlike anything on our initial EP, and ‘Tesla,’ well, that’s a whole other animal.” “Tesla” is an ambitious
Alt-folk band Duping the Public brings fans into the singles scene, “à la the glory days of the 45,” according to Walton (second from left).
the engineer really becomes another member of the band at that point, and then we document the whole process and do interviews in the vein of a documentary. We release the songs as singles, à la the glory days of the 45, because we want
will appreciate the songumen- tary insights. “With the engi- neer interviews, we’re doing our best to really personalize them and bring things about in casual conversation....” The last release from the Golden Hill–based alt-folk
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proggy composition con- cerning storied inventor Nikola Tesla. Duping the Public will
debut the “Tesla” songu- mentary at the Tower Bar on September 3, for a bill that
includes Gloomsday. — Jay Allen Sanford
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CONTRIBUTORS Chad Deal, Dave Good, Dorian Hargrove, Mary Leary, Ken Leighton, Bart Mendoza, Jay Allen Sanford, David Stampone
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