It’s getting hotter. A sea of sleeveless tees and board shorts drowns the land. Through it wades a lone crusader, fighting on the side of aesthetics. Zoom in. It’s you, wearing a nice linen shirt. …
June 13, 2019
News & Stories
Look good and stay cool in linen and chino shorts
Josie’s forest sunset from from Nepal, Free People, and Autumn Teneyl
Part of my ritual for dropping friends off at the San Diego Airport includes a stop at James Coffee Co. in Little Italy. Tucked away in a transformed warehouse at the very end of the …
June 13, 2019
Poet and artist E.J. McAdams shares a couple poems
Tea Ceremony —East Village, NYC You and I lived on this street once – we are a we still death’s not parted. Boy! the banks have moved in you can barely see the moon. “Large …
June 13, 2019
The horror punk rock of Riley Hawk and Warish
Formed in 2018, horror punk rock outfit Warish is fronted by singer-guitarist Riley Hawk (Petyr), son of skateboard star Tony Hawk, who operates a record store café in Oceanside called Steel Mill Coffee. Backed by …
June 13, 2019
Panda Imperial: noodle palace guardian
Got to hand it to Hank. He keeps finding these places that give you more gobbles for your greenback. It’s Friday. I ask where he’s going to eat with the money I give him. (Paying …
June 13, 2019
American Woman: Life, not Lifetime
When the Lord said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged,” He wasn’t referring to American Woman’s Deb Callahan (Sienna Miller). Deb can’t remove the butt from between her lips long enough to cuddle with …
June 13, 2019
Velvet Underground-inspired surf rocker
Formed in 2015, the Brian Jones Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival honed an original blues-based rock and roll sound on their 2016 debut album, A Real Good Time. The record was promoted with a video for …
June 13, 2019
Poway’s Victor Baker once commissioned by guitar-making icon D’Angelico
Two years ago, Victor Baker arrived from the East Coast and set his one-man arch-top jazz guitar shop — initially, in Lemon Grove. Since then, he’s moved everything into his large home in Poway. What …
June 13, 2019