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Monoxide, Y.Y. Zed), and Joe Piper (Sidewalk Scene, Sensa- tional Big M.R.). Scott Samuels appears
April 23 at the next edition of Songwriters Acoustic Nights at Bethany Lutheran Church in O.B.
— Jay Allen Sanford
The music saves us. “When I came to San Diego in ’89, I played at the old Casbah with my punk band Big Tension,” says Matt Parker, who now plays guitar in the five-piece Americana band Bartender’s Bible. “The reason we kept getting good Casbah gigs was because the other two guys were carpet-layers.” Parker used his connection
with Casbah co-owner Tim Mays to get a gig as a dish- washer when Mays and others took over the Turf Supper Club in Golden Hill. “I battled my way up to bartender.” Parker says he could
have followed Mays to the Riviera Supper Club in La Mesa after they lost their Turf Club lease seven years ago but decided instead to stay in the neighborhood and buy a sketchy joint called Nancy’s Pub. “It had a reputation for
violence and crystal meth.” Parker renamed it the Black
ARKELLS • WILDERADO THURSDAY • APR. 20
BEACH SLANG • MERCY MUSIC FRIDAY • APR. 21
SHANE HALL & THE OUTFIT THE PARAGRAPHS
SYD STRAW • NENA ANDERSON SUNDAY • APR. 23
THE UNLIKELY CANDIDATES CEMETERY SUN THE FAME RIOT
MONDAY • APR. 24 VIEUX FARKA TOURE OMAR VELASCO
TUESDAY • APR. 25
THE FRESH BRUNETTES SIGHTS AND SAGES STRAY MONROE
WEDNESDAY • APR. 26 LEIF VOLLEBEKK NICO YARYAN
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COCKTAILS • LIVE MUSIC • 21 w/ID 2501 KETTNER BLVD.
SAN FERMIN • LOW ROAR FRIDAY • APR. 28
SALLIE FORD • MOLLY BURCH JOHN MEEKS
BUCKFAST SUPERBEE • MADLY DAN ANDRIANO • MATT PRYOR SUNDAY • APR. 30
SATURDAY • APR. 29 THE MIDNIGHT PINE DEMASIADO
THE WEDDING PRESENT COLLEEN GREEN BAND
TUESDAY • MAY. 2 BOON LEAGUE • DJ ARTISTIC
WEDNESDAY • MAY. 3 NICK THUNE
THURSDAY • MAY. 4 TIM KASHER • THE OXEN STARLITO & DON TRIP
SATURDAY • MAY. 13 JOY • LOOM
SACRI MONTI • PETYR
SUNDAY • MAY. 14 ALL THEM WITCHES MONDAY • MAY. 15
JOE GODDARD (HOT CHIP)
TUESDAY • MAY. 16 PALLBEARER
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Friday April 21 Chugboat
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Saturday April 22
Beach Club Yoga (10am) A Perfect Tool
Sonic Moonshine
WEDNESDAY • APR. 19 BLOSSOMS
Cat Bar and successfully purged the tweakers. “You can do a lot with lighting....” But getting live music took
six years. The liquor license he acquired didn’t allow for amplified music. “We knew we weren’t supposed to, but in the first years we had Beehive and the Barracudas, Joey Harris Band, and the Mario Escovedo Experience. We had the Amandas for our grand opening.” Parker said there were
never any problems or com- plaints during the illicit live shows. The amplified shows ended one night last year when a routine stop by a vice officer making the rounds forced them to cut the music. “He was very nice, but he
made us stop in the middle of the show.” He says the illegal shows didn’t hold him back as much as the sluggish bureaucracy. “We petitioned the [state bureau of Alco-
we had to talk to the ABC. They finally started talking to each other.” The Black Cat Bar finally got
its liquor license amended last month to allow legal, amplified music. “The truth is, the music saves us. I don’t know if we’d be here without it.” The Anomaly, Snakes
and Crows, and Noel Jordan appear Friday at the Black Cat Bar. TV Icon, Luna Skies and Hot Mustard on Saturday. — Ken Leighton
Matt Parker’s Black Cat Bar recently got licensed for liquor.
holic Beverage Control] to change that restriction and they said we needed to speak to the police. The police said
Six-hour com- mute worth it. “It’s kind of like living a double life,” says trumpeter Stephanie Richards, who arrived in San Diego two years ago to become an
assistant professor of music at UCSD while still maintain- ing a Brooklyn residency. “I spent almost a decade in New
FRIDAY • MAY. 5
BARRIO NETWORK PRESENTS CINCO DE MAYO - LA DIABLA THEE COMMONS
THE SLEEPWALKERS SUNDAY • MAY. 7
FRANK IERO AND THE PATIENCE • DAVE HAUSE WEDNESDAY • MAY. 10
GABRIEL GARZON - MONTANO
THURSDAY • MAY. 11 SCHIZOPHONICS JASON HANNA AND THE BULLFIGHTERS DREAM BURGLAR FRIDAY • MAY. 12
York City, and I wasn’t ready to leave it, so I’ve invested the time and the money and the sleepless red-eye flights.... I really consider it to be a six-hour commute. So we kept our apart- ment in Brooklyn with a roommate, which allowed me to come back and forth and sleep in the same bed, go to the same coffee shop and grocery store.” Richards spoke
between gigs at the Loft and flying back to perform with Lou Reed: Drones at the New York Public Library. “...I’m finding out how to
make the most out of being in San Diego. UCSD is not run like a typical conserva- tory — it’s really a research lab for experimentation. Trumpet is really a peripheral aspect to what I do out there — I’m
interested in movement and dance and improvisation.” Richards says she is looking to impart something different
Stephanie Richards: “I don’t play the notes I play because of my gender. I do play the notes I play because I’ve been treated differently.
to her classes. “I want to encourage them
to be composers, performers, maybe even set designers or dancers — to widen their defi- nitions of their own practices.” She says being a female
trumpet player has presented her with challenges. “There is a struggle we
face,” she said. “I don’t play the notes I play because of my gender. I do play the notes I play because I’ve been treated differently. So there is an influence, but it’s complicated. I’ve been fortunate in my career to work with incredible colleagues that tend to be male who have treated me with dignity and respect. But for most of my life when I walk into a jam ses- sion, if I play well, it
comes as a surprise. At first that’s a good feel-
ing, but after a while, it wears thin. That’s a complexity that
can be hard to deal with.” — Robert Bush
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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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