“No booze, no bullshit” reads the digital flyer I receive from Se Vende singer Collin Smith. It’s an ad for an underground punk show at a print shop, but the show is not being publicly …
July 27, 2022
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Gonzo Report: Punchy pit punctuates Tourist show in Point Loma
Wait, is Carol Burnett playing Kim Wexler's MOM?!
Okay, let's get the spoiler alert out of the way up front - if you're a Better Call Saul fan and you haven't seen July 25th's episode "Nippy," I suggest you go track down some …
July 27, 2022
Wholesome San Diego mom finally quits meth
Between 2016 and 2020, San Diego County saw a 92% increase in methamphetamine-related deaths. According to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office, many of those deaths occurred in people over the age of 45. My …
July 27, 2022
San Diego marijuana experience under London's scrutiny
Does San Diego scromit? London’s tabloid The Daily Mail, which spends considerable time and ink on Britain’s royals, has a new target: San Diego pot users. “How California’s legal cannabis dream became a public health …
July 27, 2022
Roast ducks in a row at Tom’s Chinese BBQ
My plan for the day had been to check out a roast duck shop I wanted to write about, one that recently opened up in the suburbs. But first, my wife insisted, I needed to …
July 27, 2022
Renowned Australian didgeridoo player Lewis Burns finds solace at Alpine ranch
Warner Recabaren is telling me one of the Australian origin stories of the didgeridoo, as he remembers it. It begins with a group of guys sitting around a campfire. One of them throws a stick …
July 27, 2022
The Aware Project: to re-balance the public narrative
“I always have many irons in the fire,” Jarrod Ekengren tells me. “I’m not really a single track-minded person.” Some of those irons, in no particular order: Ekengren is a PhD. student in clinical psychology, …
July 27, 2022