“Lifestyle and slice-of-life themes, often written in free-form styles that border on the bizarre.” In May of 1989, the Los Angeles Times published a profile of Jim Holman and his newspaper, the 17-year-old San Diego …
October 19, 2022
News & Stories
The Reader’s best stories in fifty years, part 2 of 4,
Porn star breaks back in San Diego convention gladiator pit
What Twitches stays in San Diego It’s been said that San Diego media protects conventions here from getting bad ink, so it was the New York Post, the Manhattan tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch, that …
October 19, 2022
The holy mountain in Valley Center
From Oberlin to the Forest Back in the late 1960s, when Thanissaro Bhikkhu was a college student at Oberlin and was still called Geoffrey DeGraff, he signed up for an inter-term practicum taught by two …
October 19, 2022
Gonzo Report: DJ Dopamine returns to Oceanside’s Super Girl competition
The 16th annual Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro contest and concert series ran from September 16 to 18, and played host to events such as Saturday’s Super Girl Sound Session, an all-female DJ competition. Booming …
October 19, 2022