Superdrag, The Put-Outs, Mission: To Mars*

Mission: To Mars opened for Superdrag in the late 1990's. The band featured Bart Mendoza (guitar), Gregory Page (bass), Dylan Martinez (lead guitar) and Mike Kamoo (drums), with all four contributing original songs. This lineup lasted a number of recordings and this solitary gig. Hector Penalosa replaced Gregory Page and Robert Boynton (keyboards) also joined up, but the band only played one further gig, at the Adams Avenue Street Fair. Mission: To Mars*, with the lineup of Bart Mendoza, Mike Kamoo and Dylan Martinez, would record an as yet unreleased album, Under the Radar,

Manual Scan on Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World episode #553, Faves of 2023, includes Manual Scan's "She's Used To Playing With Fire," alongside songs from the Uni Boys, The Flashcubes, Dee C Lee and more!
Listen here: http://www.mistersuave.com/2024/01/modcast-553-mr-suaves-faves-of-2023.html

True Stories in the studio 2013

These photos were taken at Analog Chew Recording Studio in El Cajon, CA. The band was recording with producer Alan Sanderson for their debut EP, Comet's Tomorrow.

New Concert Spotlights: Rebecca Jade, Cody Johnson, Side Street, Robin Henkel and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press / La Jolla Village News, with previews of upcoming concerts from: Rebecca Jade at the Athenaeum, The Not So Young Lions at Tio Leo's Lounge, Snarky Puppy Alums at dizzy's - where the music matters most, Side Street w/ Sandi King, Stacy Antonel & Josh Weinstein at Humphreys Backstage Live, Cody Johnson at Pechanga Arena and Robin Henkel at the La Jolla Community Center
Read here: https://sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-performances-on-the-coast-this-week-40/

New! Interviews with Graham Stevens of the SoundCheck Flix podcast and Michael Buchmiller of Escape Hatch Records!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers includes: A conversation with Graham Stevens about new podcast, SoundCheck Flix "where movies meet music backstage at the World-Famous Casbah San Diego" + a chat with Michael Buchmiller about ska oriented label, Escape Hatch Records
Read here: https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/ver_10_east_county_de/21

The Riot Act, Spain 1999 - Ray Brandes, Victor Penalosa, Hector Penalosa, Peter Miesner, Bart Mendoza

The Riot Act on the road in Spain, 1999. L-R, Ray Brandes, Victor Penalosa, Hector Penalosa, Peter Miesner, Bart Mendoza

New Concert Spotlights! Baby Bushka, Solitary Diamonds, Nathan Hubbard, Herb Alpert and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers, includes concert spotlights on Herb Alpert, Baby Bushka, Scott Samuels / Solitary Diamonds, Nathan Hubbard and more + New Release news from Erick Fentress / Bloodstone the Street Preacher, Josh Weinstein, Marc Hansen (ex-Electric Mud) and more!
Read here: issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/ver_10_east_county_de/22

Interview with Sandi King!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers - A cover story on singer Sandi King of the King Taylor Project going solo.
Read here: issuu.com/printandm.../docs/ver_10_east_county_de/20

Manual Scan January 7 Set List

Here's what was performed by Manual Scan at the Music Box on January 7. They were joined by singer Laurie Beebe Lewis (Mamas and Papas / The Buckinghams) for a closing version of "No Matter What"

1) Shooting Stars
2) David May
3) She's Used to Playing With Fire
4) Biff Bang Pow
5) Baby My Couch Is On Fire
6) No Matter What

Other bands on the bill included Slack Key Ohana, Sandollar, The Moonjacks, The Spice Pistols, Kela Sako, The Tourmaliners, and Sean Witkin.

Read here: www.setlist.fm/setlist/manual-scan/2024/music-box-san-diego-ca

The Shambles: Justin Turley Art!

 Justin Turley's great art for The Shambles circa the late 1990's

San Diego Music News: Allen Camp, The Sleepwalkers, Gary Puckett, Peter Sprague and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers, San Diego Music News includes: Allen Camp signs a record deal!, The Tourmaliners in a new film!, Steve Rosenbaum Music covers The Shambles!, The Sleepwalkers 7" single release show!, Peter Sprague & Randi Phillips celebrate new music!, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap on a cruise! The San Diego Music Awards set the date and more!
Read here: https://issuu.com/docs/ver_10_east_county_de/24

Bart Mendoza at Artwalk on April 28

Bart Mendoza will be performing at the 38th Annual Mission Federal Artwalk on April 28, from 4 - 5 p.m., stage tba. More info here: https://artwalksandiego.org/missionfederal

San Diego Reader Video Blog: Pacific Records Fest , Manual Scan

The San Diego Reader's video channel has a new video blog, Live Five, featuring thier concert picks for each week. The January 4 edition includes a spot on Pacific Records Fest with Manual Scan featured, alongside shows from Starcrawler, El Ten Eleven and more.

Pacific Records Fest in the San Diego Reader!

Pacific Records Fest is a Top 5 pick in this weeks San Diego Reader, with a Manual Scan namecheck, alongside shows from Starcrawler, El Ten Eleven and more!
www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2024/jan/04/live-five-el-ten-eleven-starcrawler-pacific-records-fest-auz-fontaine-back-to-the-garden

91X Playlist! Brian Witkin (Pacific Records), Joe Rinaldi (The Music Box), Bart Mendoza

Here's the playlist for 91X-FM's Loudspeaker program, dated December 24, 2023. Covering Pacific Records Fest 20th Anniversary and Pacific Records Fest. Hosts: TJ and Lou Niles with guest Brian WEitkin (Pacific Records), Joe Rinaldi (The Music Box) and Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan).
Here's the evenings playlist including Sandollar, The Tourmaliners and many more:
www.91x.com/loudspeaker/loudspeaker-playlist-12-24-23

New FYI: San Diego In Memoriam 2023, San Diego RIAA & BPI Awards with Slightly Stoopid, Blink 182 and Jason Mraz + Pacific Records Fest

Bart Mendoza's latest FYI column for the San Diego Troubadour is out now! January 2024 includes a look back at those we lost in 2023 with"In Memoriam," we do a 2023 round up of San Diego based artists to score Gold or Platinum from the RIAA (U.S.) / BPI (U.K.) and we spotlight Pacific Records Fest happening on January 7 at the Music Box, with quotes from Jonny Tarr, Deven Berryhill (The Tourmaliners) and Henry Ortiz (Sandollar)
Read here: sandiegotroubadour.com/looking-back-2

With Joe Algeri at Lestat's

 A photo from Joe Algeri and Bart Mendoza at Lestat's West, circa 2013

Steve Rosenbaum covers The Shambles "Blurs Somewhere"

 Powerpop rocker Steve Rosenbaum has released a version of The Shambles tune, "Blurs Somewhere"! The song, written by Bart Mendoza and Maya Morris, was originally the lead track on the band's 1998 EP, Chelsea Smiles

Manual Scan Pop Culture Press Review 1999

Here's a review of Manual Scan's "All Night Stand" album, from issue #47 of Pop Culture Press, circa 1999!

Manual Scan 1981with The Hedgehogs, The Hipsters

A page from Be My Friend fanzine #3, 1981, featuring Manual Scan, The Hedgehogs and The Hipsters (a girl group backed by Manual Scan) performing at the International Blend.

True Stories Holiday Set!

True Stories members Bart Mendoza, Greg Smith and Billy Tisch played an impromptu set at a private party in La Mesa, Ca. on December 23:

Feel A Whole Lot Better
Into Your Arms
Spiders and Snakes
With A Little Help From My Friends
In Your Arms
She's Magic

Scott Samuels followed up with "Solitary Man," "Pretty In Pink" and "Route 66"

The Shambles - The Day That Didn't Exist / The Rarest Album

For Christmas 2003 Bart Mendoza put together a special 59 track, two disc CD-R set, given to band members and a few friends. 12 copies of "The Day That Didn't Exist" were made, collecting lo-fi boom box recordings, 4 track demos, radio sessions, acoustic home tapes and more. While many of the recordings are very lo-fi, there are a number of unique covers, otherwise unavailable originals and live tracks, with songs from both The Shambles and Manual Scan. Interesting tracks include:

*Demos by Kevin Ring & Ray Brandes
*A Bart Mendoza & Ray Brandes original song, "Fascination"
*A cover of the Austin Powers track "BBC" with drummer Joel Valder on vocals
*Manual Scan performing a cover of "Tell Her No" in 1982 at the Kings Road Cafe

In addition to the above mentioned musicians, others include Mark Zadarnowski, David Klowden, Victor Penalosa, David Fleminger, John Chilson and more. Disc 1 is banded. The compilation was produced by Bart Mendoza and Mike Kamoo at Earthling Studios. Bart Mendoza also sequenced the discs, with Mike Kamoo also engineering and mastering.

Front of the CD

Back of the CD

Vintage photo: The Rarities

A photo of The Rarities with producer Chuck Schiele, circa the early 2000's. L-R Derek Duplessie, Chuck Schiele, Dylan Martinez, Danny Cress, Bart Mendoza

The Shambles at San Diego Comic Con 1992 In Color

The Shambles at San Diego Comic Con 1992. They performed at the Revolutionary Comics booth! This is the original full color photo that was featured in Rock 'n' Roll Comics #52

L-R David Klowden, Bart Mendoza, Mark Zadarnowski

Loudspeaker Christmas Eve 91XFM Brian Witkin, Joe Rinaldi, Bart Mendoza

Bart Mendoza is among the guests on 91X FM program, Loudspeaker, airing Sunday December 24, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.. Pre-recorded, the show segment casts a spotlight on Pacific Records Fest taking place at The Music Box on January 7. Hosts TJ and Lou Niles interview Bart Mendoza, Pacific Records CEO Brian Witkin and The Music Box's Joe Rinaldi, with music from Manual Scan, Sandollar, The Tourmaliners, Slack Key Ohana and The Spice Pistols!
Listen here: https://player.listenlive.co/36281

Photo by Donna Daly

Pacific Records Fest preview with Brian Witkin, Sandollar, The Tourmaliners, The Spice Pistols etc

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers is a feature on the upcoming Pacific Records Fest, taking place at The Music Box on January 7. Interviewees include label CEO Brian Witkin, Deven Berryhill of The Tourmaliners, Sppike Mike Muellenberg of The Spice Pistols and Henry Ortiz of Sandollar.
Read here: https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/simply_local_coronado_december_2023_lite/20

Recent Photos! Peter Sprague, Chuck Schiele, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra

Recent Photos!

Donna Daly, Peter Sprague, Bart Mendoza, McKenzie Leighton
at Baker Baum Hall, La Jolla by Arlene Damasco

Chuck Schiele, Bart Mendoza
at Tio Leo's

Bart Mendoza, Professor B Miller (Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra), Donna Daly
at San Diego State University

New Interviews! Eric Sage, Riston Diggs

Bart Mendoza's latest for Music Scene SD includes an interview with Eric Sage and his new TV show, Tennis Like A Rockstar. Sage is a former member of Ian Mitchell's Bay City Rollers, an actor best known for "Wayne's World" and much more! Meanwhile, he also talks to Riston Diggs about his latest album.
Read here: https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/simply_local_coronado_december_2023_lite/21

Bart Mendoza / Superdrag

Photos of Bart Mendoza with friends, Superdrag, circa the early 2000's. Courtesy of Melanie Martinez.

Bart Mendoza, Sam Powers

Bart Mendoza, John Davis

Bart Mendoza, Don Coffey Jr.

The Rarities at the North Park Spring Festival

 The Rarities at The North Park Spring Festival, l-r Derek Duplessie, Danny Cress, Bart Mendoza

Derek Duplessie, Danny Cress, Bart Mendoza

New Concert Spotlights! Berkley Hart, Los Lobos, Thee Sacred Souls + New Release News: The Psychlops, Stone Horse etc!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers, includes concert previews of Los Lobos, Exile on Kettner Blvd., Thee Sacred Souls, A Berkley Hart Christmas with Jeff Berkley, and a Frank Sinatra Christmas at Belmont Park + New Release news from The Psychlops, Thee Allyrgic Reaction, The Goodies Music, The Brothers Burn with Jessie Burns II, Thea the Band, Stone Horse, The Plagues and much, much more!
Read here: https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/simply_local_coronado_december_2023_lite/22 

 

The Shambles! U.S. & Japan Ads / SDMA Program Page From The 1990's

The ads also feature Steve Poltz, Eve Selis, Blink 182, Earl Thomas, Jim Earp, Tim Flannery, Common Sense and more!

Soundcheck Flix #21 That Thing You Do! Podcast with Bart Mendoza, Graham Stevens

Souncheck Flix #21 Podcast, from The Casbah Presents, with Bart Mendoza, Graham Stevens and Tim Pyles discussing the film, That Thing You Do!
Listen or download free here:
https://soundcheckflix.podbean.com/e/episode-21-bart-mendoza-that-thing-you-do-1996/

The Shambles 1994 - 1996 Press Clippings!

 

New Music Scene SD with The Loons, Switchfoot, Nathan Hubbard, The Schizophonics, The Surfaris, Mike Keneally and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers, with news about: SoundCheck Flix, The Schizophonics, Pacific Records Fest, B-Side Players, Nathan Hubbard, San Diego Music Awards, Switchfoot, The Loons, The Tourmaliners / The Surfaris, Marcelo Radulovich / Mike Keneally and more! Free copies at Rock and Roll San Diego!
Read here: https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/simply_local_coronado_december_2023_lite/23