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I know I'm biased, but holy Casbah! Do you see the quality shows that Mr. Mays brings to you, San Diego? Imagine what this town would be like without him, it would be like the Wild West! Tonight there are plenty of shows around town, but three of the best are all brought to you by the Casbah. Jimmy Lavalle moved up north a while ago, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten about us, and the Album Leaf's shows have been selling out across the country, so why his hometown isn't sold out makes no sense whatsoever, but take advantage and see this intimate show in the historical Mississippi Room. At the Casbah, Star Slinger comes to San Diego, and while that's a great show, I have to say your mind will be blown if you see the other Casbah Presents show tonight at Soda Bar. Mucca Pazza is a 30-plus member band of former high school band geeks who came together to create an amazing band experience, complete with mismatched band uniforms. They performed one of my favorite shows of 2010, and I can only imagine how wonderful they'll be at the Soda Bar.

Saturday, Oct. 8:

• OB Oktoberfest, featuring Tribal Theory, the Styletones, Batake Beat, the Heavy Guilt, Tommy Dubs, the Electric Waste Band @ Newport Ave, OB 
• URBN North Park One Year Anniversary Party @ URBN 
• Casbah presents the Album Leaf, Sister Crayon, Writer @ Mississippi Room, Lafayette Hotel
• Casbah presents Mucca Pazza, Cuckoo Chaos, Rafter @ Soda Bar -- watch our Rafter profile
• Liam Finn, Marques Toliver @ The Loft, UCSD 
• Star Slinger, Mux Mool, Shigeto @ Casbah
• Jesse LaMonaca @ Urban Bar & Grill 
• Common Sense, Shoreline Rootz @ Belly Up 
• Vanish Valley, Great Power, Lady Day, Ladies and Gentlemen @ Tin Can 
• Beat Kitchen @ Til Two Club 
• Oktoberfest, featuring Schneiderhaus, Rick Alles Blues Band, the Polka Dots @ Eleven (3pm)
• Grand Tarantula, the Northern Tigers, the Last Years, Shiva Trash, the Accoutrements, Kodiak, Comely @ Che Cafe 
• Big D and the Kids Table, Have Nots, Skank Agents, Bucket of Fish, the Skains, the Demeanors @ Epicentre 
• The Yawmen, 12 Dirty Bullets, Wellingtons, Wendy Bailey and the True Stories @ Eleven
• East Bay Rayz & the Killer Smiles (Dead Kennedys), Channel 3, Johnny Madcap; Coda Reactor @ The Shakedown 
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• Bitter Sober (CD release), Red Abbey, Runhoney @ Ruby Room
• Socially Distorted, Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!, Tawnie and the Replaceables @ The Griffin
• Lumps (SF) vs the Lumps (SD)@ Tower Bar
• Groove International presents Love Henry, Mondays Alibi, the Loose Knuts @ House of Blues
• Taylor Matthews, Rodellos Machine, Joel Eckele @ Lestat's
• Rock for Challenge Day, with Temple of the Dad @ Belly Up (4 p.m.)
• Battle Cry (featuring members of the Devastators) @ Winston's
• Boom Culture, Fayuca, 3 TonE @ 710 Beach Club
• Decapitated, Decrepit Birth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Rings of Saturn, Ruinist, As They Burn Alive @ Soma
• Missy Anderson @ Marble Room
• M'tafiti Imara tenor saxophone/vocals & Russell Bizzett drums, Rob Thorsen bass, Joshua White piano @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• First Friday Gomango Kids Concert @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (2-4 p.m.)
• Atomic Groove @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
• Lessons From Zeke @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Slaughter, Truth on Earth, Back 2 Black @ 4th & B
• Rahsaan Patterson @ Anthology (7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
• The Fooks, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's
• ArOD, DJ Groundfloor @ El Dorado
• Huoratron @ Voyeur

 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.