Sharing in the shell show “You don’t need tickets to enjoy the concert.” Downtown San Diego – After the Padres game on August 2nd, I cut through the Convention Center to catch my ferry home …
September 7, 2022
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Gonzo Report: Sharing the Shell show - from Sheryl Crow to The Beach Boys
Sic Waiting, Tamar Berk, P.O.D., End Of the Line, Meidai
Having experienced studio fires, bus breakdowns, stolen gear, death, and despondency, Oceanside’s Sic Waiting calls itself “a force in the scene that will not go away. Kinda like a bad rash.” Their album A Fine …
September 7, 2022
Oceanside pot shops out-normalize tattoo parlors
In Oceanside, like many cities, tattoo parlors have been nudged away from schools and neighborhoods. The city prohibits them within 500 feet of a residential district. As with cannabis outlets, they were long seen as …
September 6, 2022
San Diego in books - Jack Clark of Red Sox, artist Robert Irwin
THE IS THE CHANCE the Jack Clark has, maybe the last chance in Boston now as the Red Sox’s designated hitter, with that lovely wall to his left and real fans in the seats, not …
September 5, 2022
Pechanga fight tickets say San Deigo – guess why?
Just days before UFC Fight Night at the Pechanga Arena last month, Nathaniel Fox, who lives in North Park, had his own bouts — online. "I fell victim to a scam from a Craigslist listing," …
September 5, 2022
Sunset Time Changes Rapidly, Extreme Tides This Week
The Time of Sunset changes most rapidly this time of the year. This is mainly because the sun is swinging rapidly south along the ecliptic (its apparent path through the background stars). From the latitude …
September 5, 2022
Mysterious Spanish Village stabbing
Idyllic Spanish Village shaken by mystery stabbing “Then I heard male voices outside on the patio. I didn’t look up because I didn’t want to be noticed. The voices moved left to right. I never …
September 5, 2022
Are dorado being overfished?
Dock Totals 8/21 – 9/3: 10,377 anglers aboard 444 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 9 barracuda, 2 black seabass (released), 5663 bluefin tuna (to 270 …
September 4, 2022
Serious Christian gets through the Akiki trial
Inside Faith Chapel and through the Akiki trial I wanted to jump up and shout the truth, that several thousand people go to Faith Chapel, and lots of them might believe in literal demons, while …
September 4, 2022
Guillermo Gomez-Pena gets McArthur award
Just who does he think he is? Two San Diegans won MacArthurs in 1991, Gomez-Pena and UCSD philosopher and neuroscientist Patricia Smith Churchland, and the San Diego Union-Tribune’s initial announcement of the prizes was straightforward …
September 3, 2022
LA Opera updates Lammermoor
As I stare down the barrel of yet another season of opera, for which I will need to travel, I can’t help but feel as though I’ve become less tolerant. I was once willing to …
September 2, 2022
North Coast Calvary Chapel: transforming our world
North Coast Calvary Chapel Contact: 1330 Poinsettia Lane, Carlsbad 760-9290029 www.northcoastcalvary.org Membership: 4000 Pastor: Mark Foreman Age: 70 Born: Whittier Formation: Westmont College, Santa Barbara; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena; William and Mary University, Northrop, VA; …
September 2, 2022
Steam Powered Giraffe’s Rabbit transition
“I had a brand and a character that looks very different from the character I portray now,” says Isabella Bennett, who plays Rabbit, one of the musical steampunk robots in Steam Powered Giraffe. The band …
September 1, 2022
MOTHERSHIP’s Warbird: Captain’s grog
Captain’s log: Earthdate 2022. A man wearing a NASA hat welcomes me inside the newly-launched MOTHERSHIP. I traverse the cavernous interior, noticing the gorgeous stained-glass egg pods hanging from the ceiling. “They’re like the ‘fruits’ …
September 1, 2022
On the record with Strange Bouquets, Greyboy Allstars, Bella Kaye, Lindsay White, Jefferson Jay
A new collaborative project called Strange Bouquets, featuring Rory Morison from Drug Hunt, just released a single and music video for “Mirrors,” previewing an upcoming self-titled album. Says Morison, “A solo record always seemed too …
September 1, 2022