I recently wrote about my favorite concertos and there weren’t any surprises in my selections. There wasn’t a claim that George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F amongst the greatest of concertos. I didn’t claim that Erich Korngold’s Violin …
Pilgrim Progressive Baptist ChurchContact: 4995 A St., San Diego, 619-264-3369, [email protected]: 500 (attendance: 200-300)Pastor: Donnell TownsendAge: 63Born: Tupelo, MSFormation: U.S. Navy, Corpsman; Anderson University, Anderson, INYears Ordained: 19 San Diego Reader: Why did you become a …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Headphone, Irving Flores, Hullabaloo, Songwriter Sanctuary, George Harrison Birthday“Our music blends our interests in everything from classical and jazz to electronic and independent rock,” according to Headphone, “while the lyrics look at the …
December 16, 2001, was my thirtieth birthday. That night saw my first attempt to visit Winstons in Ocean Beach. The bouncer didn’t let me in, possibly because I may have already been drunk due to …
“I would say that 60 percent of the crowd liked him, and the rest were offended,” recalls Beat Farmers guitarist Jerry Raney about his initial meeting with Mojo Nixon at the Spring Valley Inn circa …
My introduction to the writer and artist Edward Gorey came on some cold, dark midwestern evening about 30 years ago, as I sat with my father and first beheld the animated opening sequence of PBS’ …
Moralist in disguise?Cappy McGarr, a big-spending hedge fund insider from Dallas, Texas, is among those who’ve kicked in the maximum $1350 for incumbent Democratic Mayor Todd Gloria’s re-election bid. (McGarr has lived part-time in La …
I was riding on the 8:35 a.m. train from L.A. to San Diego. About halfway between Oceanside and Solana Beach, we had pulled to a side track to wait for the southbound Amtrak to pass. …
Old Surfer Dude recommends respectI feel I have the cred to comment on this article (“Kooks and Chaos”, Cover Story, February 8), since I have the experience, expertise, and age. What it comes down to …
An attempt to rebuild a fire-ravaged home in Encinitas on the very same bluff edge that gave way has ended, though neighbors say the fallout of the 2019 blaze goes on."The home is a huge …
A beautiful walk offers reason enough to visit Shelter Island, when the skies are blue, and the boats gleam white in their berths. But, knowing some of those boats have recently been out to sea, …
Video:NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: Motorcyclist on 30th passing on the right in North ParkThere's love and there's hate toward the hundreds of million dollars spent on the 1,700 miles of bikeways laid out throughout San Diego County.And …
Lupines, Whose Spiky, Purple (Sometimes Yellow) Flower Clusters adorn grassy areas and disturbed patches of soil, are beginning to pop up all over San Diego County. If desert rainfall continues, you’ll spot lupines along the sandy …
Dock Totals 2/11 – 2/17: 465 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 9 bonito, 33 calico bass, 17 lingcod, 3 halibut, 9 perch, 185 …
Thursday | 22OrianthiPlatinum-selling recording artist, Orianthi takes the stage at Belly Up to tease her upcoming album, "Rock Candy."Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Orianthi first earned widespread notice in 2009 as Michael Jackson’s lead guitarist for …