Pentecost Better a jungle in the head than rootless concrete. Better to stand bewildered by the fireflies’ crooked street; winter lamps do not show where the sidewalk is lost, nor can these tongues of snow …
May 28, 2020
News & Stories
Derek Walcott: poem and prayer
Bolt Brewery: predictably delish since 1987
Word got out this morning. “Today’s the day!” This was last Thursday. Everybody was talking about the reopening of restaurants for sit-down. So hey, I decided just to hop on the Orange Line, ride it …
May 28, 2020
Jon Hyatt’s Screened Out warns of “brain hackers”
“What’s with all the movies?” was one of my father’s pet questions. “Don’t you ever read a book?” (This coming from a man who never cracked a spine in his life.) Years later, Dad’s counsel …
May 28, 2020
Record + coloring book
After stealing her father’s guitar so she could learn to play at the age of 11, Gayle Skidmore moved to England to study at Oxford University. While overseas, she performed on a local TV channel, …
May 28, 2020
Z-Boi, Kiyoshi, Heartbreaka, and other rappers on COVID-19
What’s going on with our rap artists during lockdown? Rosarito based record producer Z-Boi is self-quarantining and producing reggaeton music and rap-beats from his Shock Da World Recordz studio, located 18 miles south of the …
May 28, 2020
Christopher Maddox: Dr. Demento got me started
Carlsbad’s Christopher Maddox aka the “Crisis Crooner” — Telematics Executive (whatever that means), husband, father, Elvis impersonator, civic booster, sculptor of online parody songs — watched the coronavirus creep through his Chinese business contacts; then …
May 28, 2020