If you’ve thrown open the window in winter, stuck out your head to behold only whiteness... it still isn’t me He simmers, legs over arm of his chair and I took him first for a …
April 2, 2020
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Six tanka by Andrew Hamlin
Buona Forchetta makes the best of it in Coronado
Buona Forchetta couldn’t have picked a worse moment to open their new place at 10th and C in Coronado. But in a way, they’re having the best opening you could imagine. I know, because I …
Ugly Easter
Two tales of troubled towns — and one set in New York, which has enough real-life troubles at the moment. Blow the Man Down (2019) It isn’t long after the Connolly sisters lay their mother …
April 2, 2020
B-sides, studio outtakes, and live performances
Grand Forks, North Dakota native Tom Brosseau moved to San Diego in 2001 and quickly became one half of the American Folk Singers alongside Gregory Page. The duo’s first album was taped in Page’s living …
April 2, 2020
The Districts: San Diego tour reminiscing
Now don’t get them wrong — The Districts, Pennsylvania by origin, love San Diego. They just wish certain laws weren’t quite so tight-assed. Singer/guitarist Rob Grote, remembers “playing Soda Bar before we were 21. We …
April 2, 2020
Lou Curtiss tells his own story
Yale Strom first learned of Lou Curtiss back in the 1970s. He attended the folk festivals that Curtiss held annually at San Diego State University. Strom’s father encouraged Yale to ditch high school to attend …
April 2, 2020