Local? Yes How often do you surf? During the summer, a couple of days a week, at least. Who taught you how to surf? As a kid growing up in San Diego, I went to …
August 4, 2022
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The Bar at Moniker General’s Guava Clouds, S.A.: a play on the classic margarita
I’ve just grabbed dinner with a friend at Liberty Public Market, and now I’m meandering toward the sound of a band coming from The Bar at Moniker General, where we are bound to stumble onto …
August 4, 2022
Nate Jarrell’s Carmel Valley classroom
At first glance, you might not peg guitarist Nate Jarrell as a high school teacher — maybe it’s the modified mohawk. The heavily tattooed Jarrell still looks every bit the punk rocker he was nearly …
August 4, 2022
The Gray Man: a comic book movie by any other name
Netflix dropped $200 million for their latest star-studded CG extravaganza The Gray Man. That’s $40 million more than the studio sprung for Scorsese’s likewise effects-driven The Irishman, making it the costliest film yet to debut …
August 4, 2022
Crazy for Kajmak at Old World Meat Company
“My grandfather was Archduke Ferdinand,” says Laura casually. “He was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914.” Whoa. The assassination that started World War One? Her grandfather? Laura and Bosko, her husband, definitely hail from the Serbian …
“Loose commentary on Silicon Valley garbage like The Metaverse”
“There’s a lot of analog warmth to this album, which will only be emphasized all the more on vinyl,” says occasional Bauhaus bassist David J of the vinyl release of A Free Society, from his …
August 4, 2022
Gonzo Report: Lost in the trenches at SDSU’s Open Air Theater
We were pre-gaming at the College-area Eureka! near when Whittney Blue said she was going to steal the table knife. There were four of us gathered around a table at the campus restaurant, trying to …
August 4, 2022
The Monroes reunion is for real this time
“Could you be the one I’m thinking of? Could you be the girl I really love? All the people tell me so, But what do all the people know!” -- The Monroes, “What Do All …
August 4, 2022