Chris Prieto’s only prior experience with a musical instrument was playing saxophone in the fifth grade. After becoming enthralled by old-time and country roots music a decade ago, Prieto decided to play the banjo. Four …
October 11, 2018
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Old-time country roots with gourd banjo fabricator Chris Prieto
John Skelton: English poet and tutor of King Henry VIII
Go, Piteous Heart Go, pytyous hart, rasyd with dedly wo, Persyd with payn, bleding with wondes smart, Bewayle thy fortune, with vaynys wan and blo. O Fortune vnfrendly, Fortune vnkynde thow art, To be so …
October 11, 2018
October 4 Sudoku Contenders
Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 36. Sheila Brown, Golden Hill, 32. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 32. Thomas LaFleur, San Diego, 32. Ralph Levy, La Jolla, 32. Isabella Bosch-Sorensen, San Diego, 31. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 30. …
October 11, 2018
October 4 Brainstorm Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 36. Robert Ott, Mira Mesa, 12. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 12. K.J. Rayner, San Diego, 12. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 11. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 9. Greg Bergeron, Tierrasanta, 9. Martin Soblick, …
October 11, 2018
October 4 Crossword Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 34. Ron Meyer, Santee, 32. Martin Soblick, Del Mar, 32. Jon Christianson, El Cajon, 30. Dennis Butterworth, San Diego, 29. Maria Coda, Oceanside, 29. Richard Hutchings, Santee, 29. Evelyn Bowser, San …
October 11, 2018
Gift Machine: “We approach this with an almost religious fervor”
“We checked prices for Abbey Road, and it actually wasn’t that much more than the services that we have used in the past,” says Dave Matthies, singer for the Gift Machine, of how their upcoming …
October 11, 2018
Bad Times at the El Royale is good
In 2012, writer-director Drew Goddard took a bunch of teens to a Cabin in the Woods for a rollicking nightmare subversion of the horror genre. Here, he takes a bunch of strangers — Jeff Bridges’ …
October 11, 2018
More skate park or Whole Foods than faux vampire
Some of the best rock music has been made in California. The Growlers are the present-day sum of that Golden state legacy. Imagine the Heartbreakers, but with random hints of surf rock, garage rock, British …
October 11, 2018
Cult Muzic collective: three different rappers, a comic, a lively stage show, and a producer
Five years ago, rapper Van Brando (born Brandon Van Eklenberg) was driven by anger. His lyrics told how his imprisoned father “fucked up his family” and how that pent-up anger led to his going to …
October 11, 2018