George Segal, a major luminary in my cinematic firmament, died last week, and with him went a galaxy of outstanding performances. Peter Gusenberg in The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was to be my launching point, …
April 2, 2021
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George Segal, RIP (1934-2021)
Homeless residents of Convention Center moved out in favor of Unaccompanied Minor Migrants
“Everybody knows that homelessness is the single greatest humanitarian crisis facing the city of San Diego,” says Mayor Todd Gloria. “But some crises are bigger than just one city. Some crises are national in scope. …
April 2, 2021
Biden Administration begins Operation Staycation in effort to convince would-be migrants to remain in-country.
“The President of the United States believes that families are the bedrock of a healthy society,” says Sam Turnback, head of the Biden Administration’s Operation Staycation. “That may seem obvious, but when you hear that …
April 2, 2021
Community Congregational: Chula Vista's 230-year-old church
Community Congregational Church of Chula Vista Contact: 276 F Street, Chula Vista, 619-422-9263, chulavistachurch.com Neighborhood: Chula Vista Membership: 187 Pastor: Elizabeth Aguilar Age: 53 Born: Chicago Formation: North Park University, Chicago; Andover Newton Theological School, …
April 2, 2021
Best movie music: Shostakovich, Ralph Vaughn Williams
Since the 2021 Academy Awards come up later this month on April 25, let’s take a moment to consider some of the greatest movie music ever written. The acid test for great movie music is …
April 2, 2021
John Keble: Oxford Movement founder and author of The Christian Year
Easter Eve At length the worst is o’er, and Thou art laid Deep in Thy darksome bed; All still and cold beneath yon dreary stone Thy sacred form is gone; Around those lips where power …
April 1, 2021
Senior Moment: The old man and the car
Confession is good for the soul: campy sci-fi has never been my bag, particularly when it comes bearing the stamp of network TV. Having never made it all the way through an episode of Star …
April 1, 2021
The Zeros documentary is in production
“It’s go time. This is not a drill. The Zeros documentary is in production,” says Javier Escovedo, who is working with filmmakers Anthony Ladesich and Michael Webber on a movie about his influential 1970s punk …
April 1, 2021
Pump House Gang hang
Tom Wolfe! Too freakin’ much! Here? And the pump house gang? Where the heck are they? Tom, John, Nealy, Artie, Pam, Liz, Vicki, Jacki Haddad, Kit, and hey, Jack MacPherson, the crazy instigator of the …
Spinning out of control, upside down, and inside out
Hardcore punk rock band the Undertaking was founded in 2018 by Brent Jasperse (drums), Keith Butsko (guitar), and Austin Visser (vocals), later joined by bassist James Moyer (Mainsail) and singer-guitarist Johnny Mercuri. The following year, …
April 1, 2021
How pay-to-playlist operations operate
Once upon a time, playlists were nothing more than a collection of songs grouped together on your iPod whose only purpose was to make your workouts less miserable. The value of playlists has changed drastically …
April 1, 2021
That’s called Sonification
This started off as I was in the Barrio, listening to some live jazz. Overheard this guy talking with a friend about how planets sing? I had to go and respectfully bust in. Victor Minces, …
March 31, 2021
San Diego's ghost kitchens
They didn’t know it at the time, but Alexandra Garcia and Jorge Santillan were about to start a ghost kitchen.Garcia had lost her cooking job to the pandemic. She wanted to open her own place, …
March 31, 2021
Sara Jacobs and her Tetra Tech stock
Fraud on the House A controversial radioactive waste cleanup and rainforest restoration contractor accused by the U.S. government of faking soil tests and related fraud at San Francisco’s Treasure Island Navy base has turned up …
March 31, 2021
The functional surfboard art of Tim Bessell
My buddy Erik and I do a double take. “Did you see that?” Erik asks? “The Queen of England, on a surfboard?” I turn around. There she is sure enough, and wow! She has her …
March 31, 2021