Everyone has musical moments they never forget. Sometimes it's a concert, sometimes it's a song attached to a relationship, and sometimes there's music that's so good that you ask out loud, "Who is this?" and you never forget where you were when you heard it. For Postal Service, I remember being in my friend Jason's apartment. He was playing a mix CD he made, a group of us were hanging out and drinking wine. "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" came on and I perked up. I had to know everything about it: the artist, the album, everything. And so like so many people, I was hooked. Then I almost cried when I found out they had just played at the Casbah a couple weeks before. Now, on the 10-year anniversary of Give Up, I finally get to see the band live. They'll be at the Open AIr Theatre with Big Freedia and Baths. I'm not missing them again.
Sunday, July 21 (#SDCC, #ComicCon2013):
- Hey Marseilles @ M-Theory in-store (free, all ages, 3-4 p.m.)
- Devon Welsh of Majical Cloudz @ M-Theory in-store (free, all ages, 5-6 p.m.)
- Mini Ciclos Dias @ Golden Hill Park (10 a.m.-4 p.m.)
- San Diego Lantern Festival @ Hoover High School ($5 adults/$4 kids<12, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.)
- The Postal Service, Big Freedia, Baths @ Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- Bill Cosby @ Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
- California Wives, My Gold Mask, the Hero Inside @ Soda Bar
- Local Bands/Local Brews and Starlit Acoustic Showown @ 710 Beach Club
- Bar Pink 6-Year Anniversary, with the El Vez Punk Rock Revue featuring the Schitzophonics and DJ Vaughn Avakian @ Bar Pink
- Rogue Wave, Hey Marseilles @ Belly Up
- Charlie Morgan Company @ Gallagher's Pub
- Kirk Franklin presents Gospel Brunch (11 a.m.) @ House of Blues
- Passenger, Stu Larsen @ House of Blues
- Jason Brown (10 a.m.), Shelle Blue (8 p.m.) @ Humphreys Backstage
- Athenaeum Summer Festival 2013, with pianist Gustavo Romero @ Athenaeum
- Danielle Stathas, Soul Ablaze, Aaron Bowen @ Lestat's
- Rub Dub Session, TRC Soundsystem @ The Griffin
- Des & the Cendents, Shark Blood @ The Tower Bar
- Sunday Matinee Show, with Beta Lion, Randsburg, Marial @ Void
- Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke @ Winston's
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
