It’s an addiction — no, more like a hobby.
March 19, 2014
News & Stories
The hard open-mic circuit: Cosmos, Java Joe's, Lestat's, Queen Bee's, 710 Beach Club
San Diego Opera calls it quits
Last night at the conclusion of San Diego Opera’s orchestral rehearsal for Verdi’s Requiem, Gerry Whitney was honored. Gerry has been with San Diego Opera for 43 years and has been in a ridiculous number …
March 19, 2014
Suspected bike thieves rough up schoolboy
A 16-year-old said he was riding his bike home from San Marcos High School on a Tuesday afternoon when he was confronted by two persons he had never seen before. “I just felt this punch,” …
March 19, 2014
Jim’s got Jimbo’s number
When Jim Heath adopted the name “Reverend Horton Heat” in the ’80s, he didn’t have high hopes for his particular brand of “rock and roll influenced by mid-century American music, especially rockabilly.” “When you’re in …
March 19, 2014
Fanfarlo has larger concerns
Fanfarlo is coming back to the States, and I think for this tour they’ve shape-shifted away from their past as a feel-good dance band with synths. The last CD sounded like it desperately wanted to …
March 19, 2014
Letters to the Reader
At What Cost? Dyslexic error in the Jack Tempchin piece, aptly titled “Peaceful Boozy Feeling,” by Patrick Henderson (Blurt, March 13). Mr. Tempchin’s red wine has been out for 11 months and retails for $19.99 …
March 19, 2014
Rumbling Tins Construction’s Old Rye Sage
The fellows from Rumbling Tins Construction brought their pleasant clamor to the Westgate Hotel to offer patrons a trifecta of cocktails as part of a recent tasting soirée. A five-member collaboration of jiggering journeymen, Rumbling …
March 19, 2014
Shocker: San Diego Opera to fold
According to the U-T, the San Diego Opera will close down at the end of this season after 49 years. The board voted 33 to 1 for the shuttering today (March 19). Ian Campbell, general …
March 19, 2014
City attorney's office accused of blocking campaign application
Bryan Pease, an animal-rights activist and attorney best known for his defense of La Jolla seals, is fighting to be included on the list of potential appointees to fill newly elected mayor Kevin Faulconer's council …
March 19, 2014
Newspapers, no...The Colbert Report, yes
Age: 28 Occupation: Digital Marketer Neighborhood: Ocean Beach Where Interviewed: Barnes & Noble, Hazard Center What are you reading? “On my phone, I’m reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. It’s just a way …
March 19, 2014
The Hat in the Sky
After the war, after I was born, my father’s hobby (perhaps his obsession) was photography. New fathers often become photographers, it seems. But he took pictures of many things besides me, as if he suddenly …
March 19, 2014
Music’s mad scientists
“The San Diego Experimental Guitar Show started out as an event that included all of my noise-artist friends,” says host Sam Lopez in anticipation of the event’s fifth annual incarnation at the Soda Bar on …
March 19, 2014
Tacos bulge with generosity at Mariscos Germán
Oh, man. Trolley’s crowded tonight. ’Course, Friday night, Blue Line, heading south, what else would you expect? Especially this front car. Everybody’s packed in here so they can get out closest to the line in …
March 19, 2014
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — San Diego Ward
Elder: Gary Sabin Seventy Membership: 50,000 Age: 59 Born: Provo, Utah Formation: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Stanford University, Stanford; “and a lot of on-the-job training.” Years Ordained: one year San Diego Reader: What is …
March 19, 2014
Relieve itchy skin with olive oil and/or vinegar
“It depends on where the itch is and the age of the person.”
March 19, 2014
The Queen and her subjects
I haven’t owned a camera for 30 years and don’t yet have a smartphone. I’ve been writing about photography for 30 years, and when I was very young it shaped my sensibility in ways I’m …
March 19, 2014
Price of jazz
“We have a diverse audience.” Mark DeBoskey is the general manager of KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM at City College. “We have the traditional jazz listeners who are 55-plus and remember the golden age of jazz.” …
March 19, 2014
The Falconer: Part 1
We’re going to spend some time with Kate Marden, master falconer. Marden, 55, owns West Coast Falconry in Marysville, California, and is a partner in West Coast Falconry–San Diego, which can be found in Alpine. …
March 19, 2014
War is a junket
San Diego Unified Port District commissioner Garry Bonelli is looking to go on a spring junket to Israel and Jordan, but before making his reservations the retired two-star admiral checked in with the state’s Fair …
March 19, 2014
Ticket fix
Over at San Diego–based utility giant Sempra Energy, the lobbyists’ handouts were more sizable than those at Barona. Miguel Martinez, field deputy for Democratic assemblyman John Perez, got two admissions to a December 28 event …
March 19, 2014
Scripps Ranch to Walmart: Put it in Mira Mesa
This would substantially alter the character of Scripps Ranch,” fumes Jenny Marshall, whose 15-member Save Our Scripps (“SOS”) Ranch group is determined to stop a big-box project from crashing the gates of the “Ranch.” In …
March 19, 2014
Schist and intrusions in Cool Canyon
Colorful walls of metamorphic schist and intrusions of granite and quartz make this an interesting canyon hike.
March 19, 2014
A lifestyle coach is someone who attracts money
Post Title: Who is a Lifestyle Coach? Post Date: May 1, 2013 Who is a Lifestyle coach? Someone who is living the life of their dreams. Someone who is comfortable in their own skin. Someone …
March 19, 2014
Culinary institute for Democrats
Democratic governor Jerry Brown, on an apparent easy course to reelection this year, last week bagged a $10,000 campaign contribution from San Diego’s Qualcomm, founded by billionaire Barack Obama–backer Irwin Jacobs. Not much more surprising …
March 19, 2014
Dazzling musical feats
“For me, this concert began about four years ago, when I was wondering to myself if it might be possible to gain access and play artistically with the Giant Dome Theater at Reuben H. Fleet …
March 19, 2014