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Free cat and kittens, free lawnmower, free piano

Call in your FREE classified ad (619) 450-4293 voice mail. Or text it to us (619) 272-2772. Or visit sandiegoreaderstore.com and fill in classified ad form. (Businesses can use this too for $5 classified ads) …

September 25, 2019
The way Lester Bangs loved it

“It’s just a shame you missed out on rock ’n’ roll,” a 1973 Lester Bangs tells an emerging music writer he’s taken under his wing, “It’s over. You got here just in time for the …

September 25, 2019
Morgan Dene Oliver, after losses on SoccerCity and Harbor Island, gets UCSD Foundation seat

Miscreants of influence Morgan Dene Oliver, who sparked a months-long scandal when he hosted a secretive January 2016 luncheon with backers of SoccerCity and San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, has a new position of influence. …

September 25, 2019
Comedy in San Diego has its glass ceiling

“Hey buddy, you waitin’ for the doors to open, too?” I turn around and see a man in his early 40s wearing cargo pants and a graphic t-shirt showing The Joker from 2008’s The Dark …

September 25, 2019
Pork rinds and Mexican ice cream at La Jolla Shores

Kind of a drag Yes that was a good article on the Chula Vista Library (“Who are the drag queens at Chula Vista library?”” City Lights, September 18). Those people are 100% sick and I …

September 25, 2019
Can Susan Davis adjust to funding her own travel?

Congresswoman Susan Davis’s September 4, 2019, announcement that she will not seek reelection next year makes one wonder how she will adjust to paying her own travel bills. In an April 10 “News Under the …

September 25, 2019
The Russian Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake: something for everyone

For the dark young man in flowing white drag: a heightened sense of reality, folk tales and folk dances transmogrified into sinuous spectacle by the touring company. Each movement considered and choreographed and beyond the …

September 25, 2019
Predating Charlie Parker

Dear H’ster: One qualm I have, and it predates your column and the last however many years the term Hipster has been in the popular vernacular, is that 99.2% of our population do not know …

September 25, 2019
Rancho La Costa Preserve: an alternative to the busy Denk Mountain trails

The Rancho La Costa Preserve protects many native plant and animal species, some of which you may see on your visit. It also provides numerous scenic views. At nearly 1500 acres, it is one of …

September 25, 2019
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