Hello, friends. Before we get going, a quick programming note: this column you’re holding in your hands (or staring at on a screen, whatever) marks the 260th installment of Unreal Estate. That’s a solid 10 …
April 13, 2023
News & Stories
Santaluz: a neighborhood of “Posadas” and “Casitas”
A.J. Croce pays tribute, Sister Speak presses vinyl, Sluka presents accordion, Patrick Yandall treats pain, Lori Bell places composition
When A.J. Croce was a week past his second birthday, his father, singer-songwriter Jim Croce, died in a September 1973 plane crash. Croce will celebrate two of his father’s albums, 1973’s Life and Times and …
April 13, 2023
Gonzo Report: Hardcore karaoke activates the crowd at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in National City
I belly up to the bar inside the dimly lit barroom of the Fraternal Order of Eagles community center in National City and order a five-buck bottle of Pacifico. Only three other souls share the …
April 13, 2023
Trained on Coltrane: the significant growth of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory’s Nick Caldwell
“I’ve been playing sax for seven and half years,” says Nick Caldwell, a 17-year-old high school senior who attends the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in Paradise Hills, and who is also …
April 13, 2023