French composer-turned post rocker Yann Tiersen played San Diego’s Belly Up last week to a large crowd. Fun-loving Michigan folk trio Breathe Owl Breathe opened, and surprised many with their lighthearted-yet-resonating music. Continue reading…
MP3: Suuns – “Arena”
At San Diego’s House of Blues last Thursday, Suuns wowed the crowd with their chaotic mix of danceable beats and supernatural sounds. Continue reading…
The Casbah turned into a comedy club Friday evening as it welcomed TV and film veteran Michael Showalter and local comedienne Allison Gill to its stage.
First, Gill warmed up the crowd with her delightful crassness, alternately wringing laughter and shocked groans from the crowd. She even included some guitar toward the end, launching into a country song that explained why fat girls are particularly skilled at administering oral pleasure. Continue reading…
As a genus, books by comedians are generally one of a few species: thoughtful or funny memoirs about their personal and professional pasts, humorous to hilarious essays, transcriptions of stage bits, or book-length conceptual jokes. Of course, there can be some crossbreeding, resulting in interesting beasts. With his debut book, Mr. Funny Pants, Michael Showalter takes every kind of book a comedian could write, mashes it together with every kind of book every other occupation could produce, and comes up with a hydra-headed monster that’s really fun to play with, despite how difficult it is to classify. Continue reading…
The crowd at the sold-out Justin Townes Earle show at the Casbah on Saturday evening soaked in a set of Americana tunes along with their whiskey. Continue reading…