This is for you, Michael It’s Saturday night at the Comedy Palace, Kearny Mesa. “You’ve got it easy.” “Oh. Do you mean the wheelchair, or the diaper?” The audience laughs. They’re tuned in to what’s …
December 26, 2019
News & Stories
Michael Schmid’s postmortem jokes
Henry Vaughan: a 17th-century England “metaphysical poet”
Christ’s Nativity Awake, glad heart! get up and sing! It is the birth-day of thy King. Awake! awake! The Sun doth shake Light from his locks, and all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the …
December 26, 2019
Madeleine Cafe & Bakery: the French Starbucks
First order of the day: Do. Not. Look. In. The. Mirror. Bit too much celebrating lately. So, second order of the day: belly up for a cup of real French coffee at Madeleine’s. Because, well, …
December 26, 2019
Like a carpet of stingrays in David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash
Aggressive stingrays The morning beach looks pristine and empty, except for the white teeth of the waves, like David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash. But something has changed. Ah, yes. At the lifeguard tower, the purple …
December 26, 2019
Uncut Gems: Adam Sandler plays a bad man with a plan
Who says television isn’t educational? Ever hear of African Jews? Diamond man (14 carat, not baseball) Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) hadn’t, not until the night a documentary introduced him to a tribe of landlocked nomads …
December 26, 2019
SAYMYNAME: The Godfather of Hardtrap
On December 11, I called BASSMNT to see if they’d permit our preschooler to access their club in two weeks; nobody answered and I left a message. Our preschooler and his playground homies love SAYMYNAME, …
December 26, 2019
Grossmont College’s Raul Sandelin releases short film on Gary Heffern
Heffern’s a hugger. “The best times were the early days. People don’t realize the hours of rehearsal and also how many parties and benefits we did… Country Dick Montana and I were on our usual …
December 26, 2019