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Facebook users urge Pavement to play Stockton
The chances are pretty slim that influential indie rock band Pavement will perform in its hometown of Stockton for the first time ever as part of its reunion tour this year. But that’s not stopping local fans from urging the band to play here.
Yesterday someone started a Facebook page with the title “I want Pavement [...]
Alliance: O’Ryleigh’s opening Thursday in downtown Stockton
UPDATE 1:26 p.m.: O’ Ryleigh’s also will be among the bars and restaurants participating in Saturday night’s St. Paddy’s Day Stockton Pub Crawl, organized by the Downtown Stockton Alliance. Also on the crawl: Bradley’s, Paragary’s, Davoli’s, Charlie’s Night Club, Blackwater Café, Misaki Sushi, Matinee and the Lexington Plaza Waterfront Hotel. Much more on the pub [...]
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Video: French Cassettes, Genius and the Thieves, Filbert and more
French Cassettes, which includes frontman Scott Huerta, above, was the headlining act for a great night of indie rock Saturday at The Plea for Peace Center.
Here are photos and video of some of the highlights, including footage of what was for me the evening’s best moment – Genius and the Thieves closing out its set [...]
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Video: The faces of the McKee Student Art Exhibition
Today’s myRecord includes a photo of Hannah Mulbarger, a second-grader at St. Anne’s School in Lodi, who is among the young local artists to have her work featured in The Robert T. McKee Student Art Contest and Exhibition at the Haggin Museum. Each of the young artists brought different influences and inspirations to the work [...]
Concerts and nightlife around the 209, March 4-7
About 4,000 students attend classes at University of the Pacific in Stockton. Together, they’re a sleeping giant in the city’s entertainment scene. If a good promoter could wake them up and get them off campus more to attend and spend money at local shows and events, they could provide a huge economic boost to the [...]
Photos, Video: French Cassettes
UPDATE 1:48 p.m.: Check out more photos at the bottom of this post.
Tony Sauro’s column today looks at French Cassettes, one of the area’s most inventive and engaging rock bands. (Click here for more about the band’s show Saturday at the Plea for Peace Center in Stockton; photo at right shows French Cassettes frontman Scott [...]
What it would take to bring Pavement to Stockton
Pavement, the most influential indie band to emerge from Stockton, won’t be stopping here on its reunion tour at least until after September, if at all.
Additional U.S. dates for the tour were announced Monday in a post on Matador’s Web site, and Stockton is not on the itinerary. The newly-announced concerts are in September and [...]
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Opportunities for Stockton-area musicians and artists
Looking to promote your music, get your video noticed or obtain funding for that public art project you’ve been planning for years? Here are some opportunities for Stockton-area artists and musicians that you may want to check out.
• Members of the Stockton Arts Commission will be available Wednesday and Saturday to answer questions about the [...]
More photos from Stockton Skate Park
Stockton skateboarder Terry Silasack, above, is either extremely brave or extremely crazy. A grandmother from Tracy who called me this morning after seeing Silasack’s photo in The Record probably believes the latter. She asked why he wasn’t wearing a helmet when he was launching himself three or four feet in the air off the ramp [...]
Concerts and nightlife around the 209, March 11-17 (abbreviated)