Dontcha just love getting something for nothing? And who doesn’t fantasize about finding hidden treasure? That’s pretty much the notion behind “Easter eggs” on DVDs and hidden tracks on albums – the goodies are there, …
February 5, 2026
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Hidden tracks - physical media still holds unexpected surprises
Bombsy Beach - a truly strange place
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
February 4, 2026
Violent end to Mission Valley's Butcher Shop
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
February 2, 2026
Saint Brigid’s Day is tomorrow, "Moon Illusion" is psychological
Tuesday is Imbolc or Saint Brigid’s Day, one of the four traditional “cross-quarter” days midway between the solstices and the equinoxes. More or less. In the many centuries after this tradition took hold in the …
February 2, 2026
RIP Frank Mannix of Sandi & the Accents
Bassist Frank Mannix, a vet of iconic local 1960s acts like Sandi & the Accents and the Brain Police, has reportedly passed away.The Accents got their start when guitarists Frank Mannix and Don Lovas met …
February 1, 2026
Street naming in San Diego has been haphazard
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 30, 2026
When bands (barely) reunite
Nostalgia is a bread and butter business. San Diegans are regularly afforded the chance to see bands whose last chart hit was in the Stone’s age, whose heydays may date back further than the first …
January 29, 2026
Tight-lipped on the diesel sub Bluejack
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 28, 2026
The elusive Putnam sisters behind Balboa Park's Timken Gallery
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 26, 2026
Deep inside Iron Butterfly
“I can still rock,” according to Danny Weis, co-founder of Iron Butterfly. The guitarist, who lived in Canada at the time of the interview, spent the majority of his youth in El Cajon. The founding …
January 26, 2026
January is our coldest month, Ceanothus blooms early
Recent Chilly Days and Nights only confirm that San Diego’s lowest temperatures (according to more than a century of weather records) tend to occur during the month of January. January’s mean temperature at Lindbergh Field …
January 26, 2026
Dogpatch U.S.A. – typical rural San Diego County?
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 23, 2026
Books of rock - when local musicians become authors
The local music scene abounds in literary aspirations, with books available from players such as Ben Johnson, Alfred Howard, J.D. Boucharde, Wayne Riker, Justin Pearson, Eben Brooks, Eve Selis & Mattie Mills, Jon Kanis. and …
January 22, 2026
The Coronado bridge up close
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 21, 2026
A night at Palomar –all the stars within 25 light-years of earth
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
January 19, 2026