By Jason Genegabus

At least one celebrity spent Memorial Day weekend in Honolulu.

That’s Tara Reid, left, with Pearl general manager Alvin Yeh and friend. The actress was at the Ala Moana ultralounge on Saturday.

By Jason Genegabus

AFTER CELEBRATING his 40th birthday two weeks ago, it appears James Coles is not done bringing the old school back.

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By Jason Genegabus

One more Memorial Day Weekend party to let you know about.

Make the trek into Waikiki on Sunday night to check out “Planet of the Drums” at Lotus Soundbar.

G-Spot comes correct for the second time in three days, following Friday’s downtown pub crawl.

(Image Courtesy www.groovetickets.com)

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By Jason Genegabus

Hope you’re ready for this weekend… Monday is Memorial Day, and a number of local promoters are planning special events during the three-day weekend.

I’ll have most of the parties listed on Friday in the Star-Bulletin’s HiLife section. Be sure to check out “In the Mix” and “Nightcrawlers” on Friday before you make plans.

Can’t wait? Get started tonight with Abe Lagrimas Jr., pictured above, at the Honolulu Club.

(Image Courtesy Abe Lagrimas Jr.)

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By Jason Genegabus

Will the Diamond Head Crater Celebration return for a third time in 2008?”

That was the question that kept popping into my head as I wandered around inside the crater on Sunday.

And unless promoter GM Entertainment decides to tweak its approach to the concert, fading interest in bands from decades past could mean the end of an event that still has potential for greatness.

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By Jason Genegabus

Summertime is always an adventure in Clubland, because promoters never fail to introduce a new party that will burn brightly for a few months before fizzling out… usually by mid-August.

Others, like this Thursday’s “Bootylaulea” at the O Lounge, are one-night stands by design.

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By Jason Genegabus

BON VOYAGE to local rockers The Crud, who recently decided to relocate to the mainland.

(Image Courtesy The Crud)

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By Jason Genegabus

Seven years after blowing up with the song “Couldn’t Take the Mana,” Mana Kaleilani Caceres is back with a new album, “I Be Hawaiian.”

He’ll play at Chez’s Bar and Grill (formerly known as Chez Monique) in Aiea on Saturday night in what’s billed as the second stop of his “CD Release Concert Series.”

Doors open at 9 p.m.

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By Jason Genegabus

Back in the late ’90s, Manoa Marketplace was home to a bar by the name of Shipley’s Ale House. Ever since it closed in 2000, residents had to drive out of the valley in order to kick back with a cold one.

Tomorrow night, local reggae DJ Sovern-T (that’s him above, holding a copy of his latest mixtape) and Twilight Audio bring the party back to the neighborhood with a new Wednesday weekly.

(Image Courtesy DJ Sovern-T)

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By Jason Genegabus

FORMER ICON Sport middleweight champion Jason “Mayhem” Miller was back in the ring last weekend, taking on Japan’s Hiromitsu Miura in the co-main event of a World Extreme Cagefighting event in Las Vegas.

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