The Shambles aka Los Shambles album, Desde Ayer, is to be reissued by Spain's SNAP!! Records later this year. The album includes the bands Spanish sung classics "Desde Ayer" and "Un Poco Mejor" as well as an alternate mix of thier version of Los Brincos, "Nadie Te Quiere Ya" and a demo of Spanish icons Los Bravos "Sympathy." The album will be updated with new bonus tracks, including songs recorded live for Spanish radio, and updated artwork as well - more details soon!
The San Diego Reader has a nice preview of Thursday night's free Staring at the Sun XIII album release show at the Casbah! Read here: www.sandiegoreader.com/staring-sun-album-release-
The latest edition of Music Scene SDTV (#12) is out now with host Bart Mendoza and musical guest Tamar Berk. with co-host Emily Bartell and cool stuff from Michelle Palermo + details on Staring at the Sun XIII and more with Nathan Raney and Shannon Woods (of Evening's Empire) + news on The Gary Puckett / Original Starfires show in El Cajon at Foodie Fest
Tonight, 8:30 pm Bart Mendoza will be a guest on 91X-FM Loudspeaker, with Host Tim Pyles, Emily Bartell and Nathan Raney, discussing Staring at the Sun and the free album release show Thursday September 30 at the Casbah www.91x.com/listen
The September issue of Music Scene SD, free in all Local Umbrella Media Newspapers is out now! Inside you will find the following articles, all penned by Editor Bart Mendoza. Amongst other locations, you can always find free copies at Rock and Roll San Diego's front counter, or online:
The San Diego Music Awards coverage with thirteen great photos by Farima Tabrizi,
including Kevin Hellman, Marujah, Jim McInnes with Jerry Raney, Audrey
Callahan, Brisa Lauren, Barry Scott and Bob Monroe of the Monroes, Ed
Kornhauser, Cindy Lee Berryhill with Joyce Rooks, Coral Bells, Electric
Mud, The Farmers, Chickenbone Slim and The Biscuits and more. Read here:
https://issuu.com/musicscenesd/San Diego Music Awards
A look at the free Staring at the Sun XIII album release event at the Casbah on September 30, with quotes from Nathan Raney, Sppike Mike Muellenberg of The Spice Pistols and Wayne Riker + A conversation with Marketing Manager BJ Morgan of The Museum of Making Music. Read here:
https://issuu.com/musicscenesd/Staring at the Museum
A look at the NAMM Show's postponement to June 2022 + we meet brand new world music combo, Slack Key Ohana. Read Here:
https://issuu.com/musicscenesd/NAMM & Slack Key Ohana
A conversation with Cathryn Beeks of the Listen Local online radio program and more + New releases from Evening's Empire, Bloodstone The Street Preacher, Jason Mraz and Riston Diggs. Read here: https://issuu.com/musicscenesd/Cathryn Beeks + New Releases
September 2021 San Diego Music News: Stephen Bishop, Barbara Mandrell, Switchfoot, The Lyrics, Music Scene SDTV, Alicia Previn, Sky Tower Click, Ben Johnson, John January & Linda Berry aka January Berry Band, Steve Rosenbaum, The Plosivs, Ashes of Fate, Abba / Taylor Guitars, Hades Reborn with Mike Ruggirello, Black Market III / Love Revisted / The Loons, Tom Griesgraber/ California Guitar Trio, Deven Berryhill / Surfari’s / Anson Williams (Happy Days), Greg Douglass / Stevie Wright / Doug Clifford, Hemisphere with Rob Shinno / Peter Sprague and more! Read Here:Music Scene SDTV Episode 11 is here! Bart Mendoza host, with a live performance from Bloodstone: The Street Preacher + guest host Sandra Castillo and news on the Staring at the Sun show at the Casbah, a re-issue from sixties garage rockers the Lyrics, Barbara Mandrell merch, new hip hop group Da Grindaz, Riston Diggs, Slack Key Ohana, an Alicia Previn residency and a look at the recent Speakeasy event at the Legacy with Rebecca Jade etc and Bart and Michelle Palermo look at a Beach Boys book:
Meanwhile, MusicScene SD TV Episode 10 hosted By Bart Mendoza - with Spike Mike, Billy Tish and Musical Guest: The Footloose Band. Filmed in part at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad with news on the Bostonia Ballroom, The Surfari's with Deven Berryhill joined by Anson Williams of TV sitcom Happy Days, and more + Michelle Palermo and Bart look at the Southside Johnny / La Bamba Big Band release, Grapefruit MoonNew for the holidays this year - The Jim Ryan Project 7" Vinyl Single with Picture Sleeve - Limited Edition! Details soon
Bart Mendoza signed with Pacific Records today for the release of his upcoming EP, 66/68. Due November 16, the EP collects four classic covers, with artwork from Michael Buchmiller. More details soon. www.pacificrecords.com
Bart Mendoza will take part in several events over the next few weeks:
September 17 - Music Scene SDTV (6:30 p.m.) (Host)
with musical guest: Bloodstone The Street Preacher
www.entertalkmedia.com/music-scene-sdtv
September 24 - Music Scene SDTV (6:30 p.m.) (Host)
with musical guest: Tamar Berk + Shannon Woods (Evening's Empire) and Nathan Raney
www.entertalkmedia.com/music-scene-sdtv
September 26 - 91X-FM / Loudspeaker (7 p.m.) (Guest: Staring at the Sun XIII Release)
www.91x.com/listen
September 30 - The Casbah (9 p.m. / Free) (SATS XIII Release - MC along with Hairy Scary Spice):
with Nathan Raney, Evening's Empire, Tamar Berk, The Tourmaliners
Staring at the Sun XIII Album Release Show
October 1 - True Stories @ La Mesa Oktoberfest (5 p.m. / Free):
with Cheap Trick'd
www.lamesaoktoberfest.org/full-lineup
October 1 - Music Scene SDTV (6:30 p.m.) (Host)
with musical guest: The Spice Pistols
www.entertalkmedia.com/music-scene-sdtv
October 3 - Artwalk / Little Italy (2 p.m.)
October 8 - Music Scene SDTV (6:30 p.m.) (Host)
with musical guest: Victoria Robertson
www.entertalkmedia.com/music-scene-sdtv
November 7 - True Stories @ Navajo Live (6:30 p.m. / Free) (San Diego Reader Overheard in San Diego 25th Anniversary):
with NE1, Puttin' on the Fritz, Sunrise Highway, Freemartin
www.sandiegoreader.com/overheard-san-diego-25th-anniversary-party
Surf inspired combo The Tourmaliners have been added to the Staring at the Sun XII Release Show, happening September 30 at The Casbah! They'll be playing two sets in the Razzmatazz Room, with Nathan Raney, Evening's Empire and Tamar Berk on the mainstage. Free show! Free album!
Jay Allen Sanford has an article on Staring at the Sun XIII in this weeks San Diego Reader (September 9, 2021), Staring at the Son of A Beat Farmer, with news about the album release shows headliner, Nathan Raney, as well as an additional cool event listing:
San Diego Reader: Staring at the Sun XIII event page:
www.sandiegoreader.com/sep/30/staring-sun-album-release
San Diego Reader: Staring at the Son of A Beat Farmer / Nathan Raney
www.sandiegoreader.com/staring-son-beat-farmer/
Just about the same moment captured by two different photographers at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in La Jolla circa 2008
The 30th Annual San Diego Music Awards will be broadcast on Fox-5 TV today, Sunday September 5 at 6 p.m. Bart Mendoza presents Liz Abbott and Kent Johnson of the San Diego Troubadour a special Industry Lifetime Achievement Award: www.fox5sandiego.com/on-air/program-schedule/
The Staring at the Sun XIII album release show at the Casbah on September 30 will feature music from Nathan Raney, Evening's Empire, Tamar Berk and more! Free Show! Free Album!
The September edition of Bart Mendoza's FYI column is out now! Featured in the San Diego Troubadour, this month there are details on the September 30 Staring at the Sun album release show at the Casbah with Nathan Raney, Evening's Empire and more + Five Questions for Tamar Berk and we talk cartoons with Audrey Callahan, Troy Cook, Dave Preston, Monica Sorenson and Lauren Leigh
sandiegotroubadour.com/FYI September 2021
Music Scene SDTV filmed an episode at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA this week - here is host Bart Mendoza at the museums Beatles exhibit. Photo by Billy Tisch
Staring at the Sun XIII will be issued September 30 with a special album release show at The Casbah! This edition comes in a six panel fold out sleeve with exclusive artwork from comics legend Scott Shaw!, featuring 47 tracks on two discs! The album includes long time favorites like jazz guitarist Wayne Riker, new wave rockers The Monroes, cumbia-billy quintet The Sleepwalkers, punk legends The Dinettes, surf trio Alvino & The Dwells and rockers Falling Dove with drummer Pete Best. Yes, that Pete Best. Newcomers include powerpop singer/songwriter Tamar Berk, alternative rockers Evening's Empire, prog guitarist Nathan Raney, and dream pop rock combo Sorry It's Over. Plus The Spice Pistols, Electric Mud, Mittens, The Skyler Lutes Band, Patrick Yandall, Evan Diamond, Roni Lee (Venus & The Razorblades), Sometimes Julie and John January. Then there's radio ID's from Mojo Nixon, Manual Scan, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra and Pony Death Ride. And lots more, 47 tracks in all!
The September 30 album release show will be hosted by Hairy Scary Spice (The Spice Pistols) and Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan), with the bill topped by Nathan Raney, also celebrating the release of his solo album, Season of Serenity. Meanwhile Evening's Empire and Tamar Berk open the night, with more special guests TBA. Door at 8 p.m. 21 and up. Every attendee at this event gets a free copy of Staring at the Sun XIII, celebrating San Diego's music and comics arts community
