Epigram I.90 Bassa, I never saw you hang with guys— Nobody whispered that you had a beau. Girls surrounded you at every turn; They did your errands, with no attendant males. And so, I guess …
August 12, 2021
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Martial: Roman epigrams to satirize his acquaintances
Hemlock spins off a book and new alt-club event
Javi Nunez was into gothic metal and punk before he dove into deathrock, a subgenre of punk and goth that originated on the west coast circa 1980. The crossover act for him was Rudimentary Peni, …
August 12, 2021
Fleshy follies at the Bullpen
‘OORAH!” This is Kevin, popping his head through the window. He’s an ex-Marine. Also a neighbor. We’ve started these five o’clock follies, always involving grog, arguments, and lots of snacks, from peanuts to carrot sticks …
August 12, 2021
Hitler, baby, one more time
There should never be another fictionalized account of the Holocaust put to film. The temptation to sentimentalize the atrocities too often proves impossible to resist. (As Prof. Deborah Lipstadt points out, “The minute you’re trying …
August 12, 2021
Demons & Angels & Doves, oh my!
Birth is a new psychedelic band featuring members from retro rockers Astra, along with current or former members of Joy, Silver Sunshine, and Radio Moscow. The lineup includes Conor Riley (Astra, Silver Sunshine) on keyboards, …
August 12, 2021
Katie Ladubz credits the late Black Hesher
“I didn’t want to throw it all away, and I wanted to actually do something with it and not just be getting high and rapping in my car and not ever recording anything.” So says …
August 12, 2021
The accidental killing at San Diego’s 10th and J
Photograph by Matthew SuárezOn Sunday, April 25, 2021, Taylor Kahle and her date had dinner at Basic Bar & Pizza in East Village — just “Basic” to locals. They ordered Mashed Potato Bacon pizza and …
August 11, 2021
Nancy Worlie cleans house at KPBS
Adela’s changing of the guard When San Diego State president Adela de la Torre took charge back in August of 2018, some questioned her $441,504 salary, while others wondered how much change the campus’s first …
August 11, 2021
Find whitewater and wood on Del Mar’s Bellaire Street
355 Bellaire Street | Del Mar, 92014 Current owner: DMG | Listing price: $13,595,000 | Beds: 7 | Baths: 6.5 | House size: 6600 The median house price in San Diego County jumped to $865,000 …
August 11, 2021
What SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and Spotify don't have
Dear Hipster: Given that SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and Spotify make it relatively simple for musicians (myself included) to put their tracks, mixtapes, EPs, and albums out in front of an internet audience, it’s almost as if …
August 11, 2021
Deported nine times, Esther Morales takes things into her own hands
“On this side, there are also dreams,” she says constantly to the people she helps out – migrants and deported persons. She was more than once in the same situation, but now she owns a …
August 10, 2021
What’s that bloomin’ at Westerly Public House?
I’m not sure what spurred an interest when I learned that an Australia-styled gastropub had opened in Shelter Island. Probably, I’d be just as keen for the arrival of a gastropub claiming any national character. …
August 10, 2021
Truck spills in Mira Mesa and Rosarito
On July 28, a truck full of Aroma-brand rice cookers overturned a couple of blocks north of Mira Mesa Boulevard. "We were confused how that freaking big thing happened," an employee of a nearby business …
August 10, 2021
Oceanside comes down hard on plastic
It's a day many have worked and waited for: when Oceanside restaurants get stingy about straws and other single-use plastics. On August 4, a once reluctant city council finally agreed to require the businesses to …
August 10, 2021
Find Sindi’s Snack Shack for bánh mì and street toast
There’s a new snack shack in Solana Beach, even if the physical shack itself is anything but new. Sindi’s Snack Shack recently opened within the “Detached Garage of Witmer Residence and Drug Store,” built in …
August 9, 2021