"For the last 20 years, I have spent a good amount of time sitting on top of those cliffs with a guitar, writing songs,” says Michael Jones, AKA local rapper Wax, who has lived in …
June 23, 2026
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Wax brings guitar-driven rap back home for June 26 OB gig
Confetti for Gino tells the start of Little Italy
One of the most famous bits of literary advice in the 20th Century was Sherwood Anderson’s suggestion that William Faulkner write not about aviators and New Orleans bohemians (the subjects of his first two novels) …
June 23, 2026
Dialing and crying in a La Jolla call center
My name is Jim West — at least that’s what you’ll hear when you pick up the phone in the middle of dinner as I launch into my pitch for the hundredth time today. I …
June 23, 2026