The guitar-toting, power-pop prodigy behind the music video, “Bears,” that garnered 100,000 YouTube hits in three days, is hitting the road for a national tour from now until late fall. On his stop, he will perform at the Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave. in San Diego, Sunday, Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Tom Goss, hailing from Washington,…
BY THOM SENZEE In a joint press conference, San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher, Stampp Corbin, San Diego businessman Michael Pallamary and local resident and activist Elisa Brent, told reporters at Civic Center Plaza, near City Hall this morning that they would team up as co-chairs to organize the recall campaign against Mayor Bob Filner. While…
San Diego LGBT Pride announced today that Ebony Aldridge will be leaving her position at Pride and moving on to work on other opportunities. Ebony thanked the board, staff and community for affording her the opportunity to lead the organization through another successful event this year. Additionally, William Rodriguez-Kennedy has resigned his post as co-chair-elect…
Due to ill-health folk legend Ferron has cancelled all upcoming concert appearances including her scheduled appearance at San Diego IndieFest 8. The nature of Ferron’s ill-health has not been disclosed. Festival organizers announced that Bitch will be replacing Ferron. Bitch first burst onto the scene when her band, Bitch and Animal, toured with Ani Difranco…
It is so disappointing when you grant an interview to what you discover is a reporter with an agenda. Voice of San Diego (VOSD) wrote an article about the Mayor Filner recall that was so inaccurate, I won’t even begin to address their political agenda. It is hard for the politicians and media in San…
Every once in a while, YouTube delivers unto the world a bona fide star. So it did again less than four weeks ago when more than a million people watched Steve Grand’s music video, “All-American Boy,” having been seduced by the 23-year-old’s sublimely earnest eyes, his persuasive voice, and his all-out, highly emotive performance of…
When I was reading comics as a teenager, I was one of the few readers who did not claim that Wolverine was his favorite member of the X-Men. I found him a somewhat shallow construction, gruff and violent, with a mostly golden heart. The adamantium-clawed, cigar-chomping Canadian seemed obvious to me, the kind of character…
YouTube Sensation and out country star, Steve Grand, will make his West Coast performance debut at San Diego IndieFest 8. (See interview here) Grand went from being an unknown to the latest YouTube viral celebrity. His self-funded music video for his song, “All American Boy,” spread like wildfire across more than 1.6 million computer screens…
At times the crowd at the Pride Parade was more interesting than the marchers. Call me crazy, but I found the bare-chested hunks on the sidewalk more appealing than the various church groups, worthy as they may be. When the sun became too hot and we moved closer to the buildings for the shade, the…
Vive la difference! We live in a society where we have choices, and can make decisions based on our lifestyles, needs and capabilities. Single family homes and condominiums are two of the choices we can make when electing to purchase a home and one of them is assuredly the better choice for you. The two…
