Four.. yes four free shows and T.J. hot­dogs as well… where at you say? You should already know.

The Cas­bah on Ket­tner Blvd. San Diego

So what does Santa do after he is parad­ing around town emp­ty­ing glasses and bot­tles all the while deliv­er­ing gifts to every­one on the naughty list?

He goes to the Cas­bah to rock and and drink Whiskey Sours and Cas­bah Cof­fee. There is one thing San­tas like and that is “free”

Here is the calendar:

* Sun 20 Cas­bah Christ­mas Party — Lady Dot­tie and the Diamonds,The Style­tones
* Wed 23 The Jivewire Before Christ­mas — DJ’s Bart Black­stone, ATARI, El Torito and more
* Thu 24 Exile on Ket­tner Blvd
*Sun 27 The Local 94/9 Presents a FREE show w/ Chil­dren Of Nova,
Ital­ian Japan­ese, West­Fire and Trou­ble In The Wind

So another hot evening with Lady Dot­tie, some­thing good to do on X-mas eve and day, and Tim Pyles with free hot­dogs. This is a win for all Santa’s and every­one on the naughty list.

The Indie Rock Retire­ment Home presents: At the Drive-In.

At the Drive-in

Details: Call it pro­gres­sive hard­core punk maybe but this band did for music in the 90’s what Zep­pelin and Pink Floyd did in their days and that is say­ing a lot.

Retired: “You’re a robot, you’re a sheep.. BAAHHH!!” were prob­a­bly the famous last words of Cedric as At the Drive-in played their last major show. The clas­sic drugs + artis­tic dif­fer­ences brought these fel­lows in.

Favorite Songs: Cos­mo­naut / Sam Far­ra­day likes Napoleon Solo.

Last Seen: Well the two sides of the ATDI coin were seen as Sparta (the alter­na­tive rock side) and The Mars Volta (the pro­gres­sive side). Sparta has since called it quits and Jim Ward has gone solo (in the hardcore->progressive->folk musi­cal direc­tion) as the other mem­bers played our favorite retire­ment home game of “Musi­cal bands”. The Mars Volta is still the num­ber one sound­track to cur­rent acid trips.

Reunion show: Let’s just say they are “talk­ing” and I am keep­ing a few hun­dred dol­lars saved up for a plane ticket.

At The Drive-In