You should come home. Rod died. I got the text from my roommate on a Sunday night. “Oh, Rod,” I sighed. It was sudden news, and I wanted to be surprised. But I couldn’t be. …
May 25, 2016
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My eccentric Golden Hill landlord
June 2016 record releases by San Diego bands
Marcelo Radulovich has a new release this week, Insomnia Party Feathers, issued under the moniker Son of Radul. “It hops around various genres, instruments, and languages, with six songs in English, six in Spanish, and …
May 25, 2016
Hate-watching Marvel movies in favor of reading comic books
Dear Hipster: So, the new Captain America movie is doing pretty well in theaters, having earned some three-hundred-million dollars or so as I write this, which I assume means it has a cross-cultural appeal. Still, …
May 25, 2016
Prime Healthcare charged for alleged false claims
The federal government today (May 25) charged Prime Healthcare Services with fraud for billing for medically unnecessary in-patient short-stay admissions that should have been classified on an outpatient/observation status. The suit was filed in federal …
May 25, 2016
No cover, no problem for three San Diego clubs
Hosting original bands without a cover charge has become a successful business model at three San Diego nightspots. The owners of the Salty Frog in Imperial Beach, the Manhattan in Chula Vista, and the Pour …
May 25, 2016
Financial Advice to Poets
Military Funeral The muffled roll of drums, the folded flag; Three volleys from bolt-actions, sharp and crisp; The clink of cartridge casings, and a wisp Of bluish smoke. Then Taps begins its drag Of lengthened …
May 25, 2016
Raise an unlimited joe to long-dead Yankee Jim
He thought they were joking. Even when they had him standing on a horse-drawn dray with a rope around his neck. All he’d done was go for a joyride in a rowboat. He called it …
Eaten by Canadians
Based in Oceanside, Taken by Canadians features fiddler/keyboardist Anna Zinova, bassist Marco Savoia, drummer Tristan Faulk-Webster, and singer/guitarist Ben Ambrosini, who’s currently prepping Oceanside’s Silver Cloud Lounge for a grand re-opening. “We Eat You Like …
May 25, 2016
Coronado’s Clintonian legacy
Hillary Clinton has been conspicuously absent from San Diego’s hustings during the weeks leading up to the California primary. Instead, her husband, former president Bill Clinton, is doing the heavy lifting here. His latest trip …
May 25, 2016
Maybe we get to work alongside the Creator later on
Hope United Methodist Church Contact: 16550 Bernardo Heights Pkwy., Rancho Bernardo; 858-485-5840; hopeumc.com Membership: 870 Pastor: Brian Kent Age: 60 Born: Greeley, CO Formation: Point Loma Nazarene University, Point Loma; Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Years …
May 25, 2016
San Diego psych-rockers Earthless and Harsh Toke split sides
It might have been fate, it might have been celestial machinations, it might have been the two bands’ mutual love, but Earthless and Harsh Toke, two of the heaviest, THC-est bands on the San Diego …
May 25, 2016
Opening day for catfish night-fishing this Friday
Lake Jennings, off the I-8 in Lakeside, is an 85-acre reservoir at about 700 feet in elevation. It holds channel catfish, largemouth bass, stocked trout, blue catfish, redear sunfish, and even “wipers” — a white …
May 25, 2016
Half a smile is better than no smile
It was Monday morning, August 24th of 2015, when 28-year-old Katie Burke woke up feeling something wasn’t quite right, like maybe she had eaten too much salt. Her face felt different, bloated. She looked in …
May 25, 2016
Francofonia, Hockney, The Lobster, X-Men: Apocalypse
Francofonia Credits normally withheld for a closing crawl open Aleksandr Sokurov’s (Russian Ark) latest self important hymn to the importance of art museums. Listen as the disembodied voice of the documentarian expresses disappointment over his …
May 25, 2016
Hipster uses for that mystery room
Dear Hipster: I just moved into a really cool duplex apartment. A duplex is technically an apartment, right? It’s not some separate category of house? Anyways, the apartment has this tiny little room, which I …
May 25, 2016
To call Hollywood “noir” is misleading
Before the police arrived, many of Taylor’s friends ransacked the bungalow — and not for souvenirs.
May 25, 2016
One visit to Tijuana River Valley will not be enough
The Tijuana River Valley Regional Park (TRVRP) provides a wide variety of year-round recreational opportunities within its 1800 acres that include a bird and butterfly garden, community gardens, multi-use open-space turf area, and five ball …
May 25, 2016
Study seeks best treatment for jellyfish stings
Jellyfish stings are a familiar part of the beachgoing experience. But, says UC San Diego medical student John Stevenson, there is no conclusive data on treatment. Along with two UC San Diego doctors, Richard Clark …
May 25, 2016
A visit to Camp David
Perhaps there’s a secret society of actors who have played the President of the United States. Membership is as simple as standing onstage, or in front of a camera, and portraying the holder of this …
May 25, 2016
Junk-shop glam band Giuda
This band Giuda is for real. No, not a sardonic comedy act, although when I first heard them I thought they were jesting a couple of my favorite eras in pop music — punk and …
May 25, 2016
John Sarkisian, big in business circles
John Sarkisian is an establishment darling. He is one of the purported economic experts interviewed regularly for the Union-Tribune’s “EconoMeter” feature. He is founder and vice chairman of Carlsbad’s Pro Performance Sports (doing business as …
May 25, 2016
Live life in a modern sculpture
Current Owner: Stefan Lemperle Beds: 4 Baths: 4 List Price: $8,795,000 La Jolla’s Lemperle Glass House, a 2007-built modern contemporary home is described in listing materials as “warm modern luxury redefined” and named after owner …
May 25, 2016
Lobbying loyalties
The corps of lobbyists haunting San Diego’s city hall didn’t pull down quite as much money in 2015 as they did the year before. An accounting by the city’s ethics commission reveals that registered influence-peddlers …
May 25, 2016
That not-in-my-backyard-mentality
Violence Against Animals This is a horrible image that you put on the cover of the May 19 issue, a picture of a shark that was slaughtered to death. The people in the picture are …
May 25, 2016
May 19 Crossword Contenders
Martha Awdziewicz, Clairemont, 5. L. Barling, El Cajon, 5. Evelyn Bowser, Hillcrest, 5. Dennis Butterworth, San Diego, 5. Chris Byzewski, San Diego, 5. Joseph Ciprian, Little Italy, 5. Annette Coppede, San Diego, 5. Allan Dorfman, …
May 25, 2016
May 19 Sudoku Contenders
Evil Bliss Beedle, Encinitas, 5. (winner!) Gregory Chauncey, La Jolla, 5. (winner!) Joseph Ciprian, Little Italy, 5. Alford Claibone, San Diego, 5. (winner!) Patrick Driscoll, Santee, 5. (winner!) Rafael Gaceta, San Diego, 5. Don Ganoe, …
May 25, 2016