“Well, like anything else, showing up is half the battle,” says Smash Mouth singer Zach Goode. Goode, a longtime local musician, is talking about the voiceover work he’s done for commercials, including a Taco Bell …
March 29, 2023
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Zach Goode – the new mouth of Smash Mouth
San Diego Reader 2023 Music & Arts issue
On May 11, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services will end the Covid public health emergency. But the bureaucratic behemoth is a slow-footed beast; John Q. Public knows the pandemic ended some time …
March 29, 2023
Sara Jacobs aide reaches out to conservative World Vision
Saving Sara House Democrat Sara Jacobs, facing a possibly tough reelection challenge from conservative Republican Mayor Bill Wells of El Cajon, has dispatched one of her assistants to a conference at United Nations Headquarters in …
March 29, 2023
El Cajon Mountain “Race you to the top”
Located near Lakeside, El Cajon Mountain is a strenuous hike. With a length of nearly 11 miles and an elevation gain of around 3,900 feet, the hike will take most people 6+ hours. Dogs are …
Chuck Berry, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Paula Abdul, Paul Anka
[Editor’s note: This is a condensed version of an article by Alexander Theroux that originally ran in the Reader on July 20, 1995, titled The Grammar of Rock ‘n Roll.] Rock ‘n’ roll music, any …
March 29, 2023