I’m standing in Terminal 2 at the San Diego International Airport on a Monday morning in early July. My escort, Constance White, the airport art program manager, leads me through the new food-court atrium, past …
October 8, 2014
News & Stories
San Diego airport art: Taxonomy of a Cloud, The Journey, Astralgraph, Signalscape
Ray-gun rock
“Superman had such an impact on my life, so I have a tattoo with a rendering of a Neal Adams drawing on my arm,” says Gabriel Valentin, whose band Digital Lizards of Doom will be …
October 8, 2014
How shall there be a dawn of wisdom for him?
Ramacaritmanas Rama is the Sun, the true Being, Consciousness, Bliss; him the night of Delusion touches not. He is the Fundamental Light, the Adorable: how shall there be a dawn of wisdom for him? Happiness …
October 8, 2014
At the Home of the Destitute Dying, Calcutta
Inside, we meet a young physician, an American from Minnesota, a year out of medical school. When he first came to Mother Teresa’s he always wore his surgical mask, always treated his patients with the …
October 8, 2014
Former SD councilman fleeced in scam
Michael McManus of Philadelphia was sentenced Tuesday (October 7) to 16 years in prison for running an up-front loan scam that fleeced $26 million from more than 1000 hopeful entrepreneurs who gave him up-front money …
October 8, 2014
Tropical Elvis, tropical Wayne
Donovan’s Reef: This movie is about an idyllic beach-bum lifestyle. Lee Marvin and John Wayne hang out drinking and fighting in Wayne’s (Donovan’s) nautical bar on a beach in the Hawaiian Islands. The movie is …
October 8, 2014
Transatlantic ambitions
“I only use Da Mama Tokus because Facebook wouldn’t let me have Mama. I’m Mama Tokus.” She corrects a visitor while seated across the way from the convention center. Tokus has just finished a show …
October 8, 2014
Michael Cuesta on his Messenger of doom
At their best, the films of Michael Cuesta raise awareness. His debut feature, L.I.E., was a daring attempt to show the human side of a child molester. His latest film, Kill the Messenger, is based …
October 8, 2014
ISIS fighters caught at Mexico-U.S. border? Really?
The Department of Homeland Security strongly challenged Rep. Duncan Hunter's assertion on October 7 that ISIL fighters have been captured while trying to enter Texas across the border with Mexico. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman …
October 8, 2014
Full-blooded American redneck
Russel Hayden sings backup and plays lap steel, banjo, and harmonica for local country band Nancarrow. He started playing locally in a late-’80s punk band called P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. Having toured the world …
October 8, 2014
East Village — craft coffee neighborhood?
Speaking to local roasters and baristas, I keep hearing the same assessment: third-wave coffee in San Diego has lagged way behind the Bay Area and cities such as Austin, and (especially) Portland. But, they like …
October 8, 2014
We like sweet things
Oh, man. What’s up? When a place you’ve been going to every now and then for years turns up in world headlines, you sit up with a jerk. When the news hit that a San …
October 8, 2014
Not gummy worms or gummy sharks or gummy frogs or gummy penguins...
“Gummy bears have a magical light-capturing quality to them that makes people smile.”
October 8, 2014
Rage against the University
On October 10, attorneys for the Ché Café, UCSD’s student-run music venue and organic-food co-op, will fight an order to vacate the space after 34 years. The directive was delivered in July of this year …
October 8, 2014
Fave shows
I’ve never watched a series before that has held me captive for five seasons such as Breaking Bad. I mean, this show has everything. Unreal cast with writing that is pure genius. If one Googles …
October 8, 2014
German Currents flow back to Balboa Park
The German Currents Film Festival returns this weekend to Balboa Park for its fourth annual two-day, four-film celebration. This year, the festival doubled its venues by holding its opening-night gala at the Natural History Museum, …
October 8, 2014
Southern woe
Billy Cane is home from World War II. He wants to follow his “bright star” and write for the prestigious Asheville Southern Journal. The editor, Alice Murphy, works with the Southern Renaissance headliners: Faulkner, Eudora …
October 8, 2014
The crew did a heroic job clearing Kelly Ditch Trail
The Kelly Ditch Trail is a 5.6-mile hiking path extending from William Heise County Park to Lake Cuyamaca. Prior to 2003, it passed through one of the most magnificent oak and coniferous forests in San …
October 8, 2014
Cosmopolitan ink
Dear Hipster: A lot of people seem to identify tattoos with hipsters, but I feel like hipsters hardly have a monopoly on tattoos. Plenty of my friends, who aren’t what I think of as “hipsters” …
October 8, 2014
So You Think You Can Kizomba
She explained how students bounced around, frequently switching partners. “It’s, like, ‘Hi, how are you? Here’s my chest,’ okay, boom, ‘Hi, how are you? Here’s my chest,’ over and over.”
October 8, 2014
Not the Israel my parents fought for
What does Miko Peled think of what’s been happening in Gaza? “There’s only one way to describe what’s happening now. It’s a massacre. There is no way to justify it, to excuse it, to paint …
October 8, 2014
Papa’s peculiar predicament
U-T San Diego’s publisher Douglas Manchester, known as “Papa” whenever the paper writes about him, has decided to downsize his proposal to build residential units next to the U-T’s Mission Valley headquarters. The new 200-unit …
October 8, 2014
What if your girl borrowed your phone instead of your shirt?
Where does the borrowed t-shirt fall in the hierarchy of outrage?
October 8, 2014
Soul to the Nth Power
The Nth Power is a Louisiana soul band that debuted at the 2012 Jazzfest, held annually in New Orleans at the Fair Grounds Race Course. They are Weedie Braimah, Nate Edgar, Nikki Glaspie, Nigel Hill, …
October 8, 2014
One rattlesnake, skinned and cleaned
This recipe has a special place in my heart, mostly because I personally shot this rattlesnake as it was attempting to attack me while I was dove hunting in the mountains near San Diego. I …
October 8, 2014
Could Brown reappoint unpopular Peevey?
Mike Peevey, president of the CPUC, has a reputation for being crude. Worse, he works for utility profits at the expense of ratepayers.
October 8, 2014
Kite-surfer knocks out swimmer’s teeth — why?
On August 28th, a female surfer, after finishing a surf session at Tourmaline Surfing Park made the mistake of going back into the water for a swim. Not only is this not legal in a …
October 8, 2014
Balls and chains
Democrat Fabian Nuñez — the San Diego born-and-bred ex-speaker of the California Assembly who obtained an abbreviated prison term for his son by being friends with GOP governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — has come up with …
October 8, 2014
Polynesian picks
The DVD of Tiki, Vol. One: The Rise and Fall of Backyard Polynesia is an entertaining documentary about the origins of Tiki from primitive culture to the atomic age, narrated by Tiki Oasis’ MC King …
October 8, 2014
Letters to the editor
A Little Diversity Re: “Beach Blanket Banter,” October 5 cover story. The story was somewhat interesting, but as I continued reading I was hoping to come across a segment that involved kids from more urban …
October 8, 2014
Golden freebies
The San Diego Unified Port District is reporting yet more dinner freebies for its board and executives. According to a July 11 disclosure only recently posted online, commissioners Marshall Merrifield and Bob Nelson, along with …
October 8, 2014
Yellowtail in the sacks
October 7 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 20 Anglers, 1 Boat, 22 Pacific Bonito, 2 Kelp Bass, 47 Barred Sand Bass, 16 California Yellowtail Dana Landing 4 Anglers, 1 Boat, 40 Yellowtail, 1 Yellowfin Tuna, …
October 8, 2014