Now that I’m hidden inside all day, my fashion has fully regressed into leggings and slipper-socks. Seems I’m not alone. I chatted up friends and colleagues who all seemed to be coping in their own …
April 9, 2020
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Five poems from the Man’yoshu
(Translation by Ian Hideo Levy) (7) I remember our temporary shelter by Uji’s Palace ground, when we cut the splendid grass on the autumn fields and sojourned under thatch. (8) Wanting to board ship in …
April 9, 2020
La Jolla’s Taj Mahal
“Private and secluded at the end of a cul de sac, the legendary Casa de las Joyas — also known as La Jolla’s Taj Mahal — exudes charm and character rarely experienced,” opens the Realtor.com …
April 9, 2020
Hancock Street Cafe’s wild and crazy guy
I can’t believe it. But here’s the sign: “Hancock Street Cafe. Grand Reopening! Under New Management.” I swear. People are opening up all over (see last week’s column) in these worst of times. We’ve got …
April 9, 2020
Indie bedroom pop
Nobody was surprised in 2014 when Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying changed their name to Wovenwar. After all, their lead singer Tim Lambesis had just pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit the …
April 9, 2020
MFTJ: Neoclassical prog experiments from Mike Keneally and Scott Schorr
“A lot of popular music in the last couple decades has been really vapid,” says Scott Schorr, one half of prog-rock duo MFTJ with former Frank Zappa/Joe Satriani guitarist Mike Keneally. “I think people are …
April 9, 2020
The young and clueless years of the Mother Hips
The Mother Hips formed in Chico, California in the early 90s. They were operating against the grain from the start — most of the bands in their college town were playing covers. They set out …
April 9, 2020