I'm looking at this dinner table, all laid out and ready for ten guests: there’s even food in the dishes. Tamales, bread, pozole, buñuelos, other things wrapped in corn husks, olives, nopales, frijoles, sweet corn, …
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Cafe Encuentra: Ancient sandwiches
Meidai, Buddha Trixie, TV Girl, Cattle Decapitation, Ziggy Shuffledust
Michael May -- aka <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/meidai/">Meidai</a> -- is a hip-hop MC who launched his label Off Da Wall MusiQ in 2006. “My hip-hop alias Meidai, pronounced Mayday, means ‘a very strong individual’ in Greek,” he says. …
December 14, 2023
Surveying the scene at the Heavy Metal Swap Meet
“He died in Sweden; I’m so sorry,” says a man named Daniel who’s checking out my Cliff Burton tattoo. Though Daniel hails from Sweden himself, I doubt he had anything to do with Metallica’s tour …
December 14, 2023
Frankie Silver’s Broadway break leads to 3-year medical ordeal
“I said to myself, ‘Frankie, you’re not going to be one of those people that just drives a normal car and gets in it every day,’” recalls singer/dancer/producer <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/musicians/frankie-silver/">Frankie Silver</a>. “I figured, when I …
December 14, 2023