Recently I realized I had some holes in my listening habits for one of my favorite composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams. I have listened to some of Vaughan Williams’s most popular pieces to death. These would …
January 29, 2021
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The gaps in my Vaughan Williams
All kinds of boob support from SET ACTIVE, Calvin Klein, Target
Women everywhere are boycotting bras during quarantine. Classic underwire has been traded for comfortable bralettes and sports bras. Looking to add to my own collection, I asked around for recommendations. Regarding bra comfort, 32C doesn’t …
January 29, 2021
La Jolla mega-mansion owner digs deep for Faulconer
Ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, facing a daunting array of well-heeled Republican challengers to his bid to become governor in the face of a possible recall of Democratic incumbent Gavin Newsom, has hit the money …
January 28, 2021
Edgar Allen Poe: three sonnets by the author of “The Raven”
Silence There are some qualities—some incorporate things, That have a double life, which thus is made A type of that twin entity which springs From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade. There is …
January 28, 2021
Leonard Patton’s Pizza Hut jingle
Back in December, local singer Leonard Patton’s voice was heard on a national commercial for a Pizza Hut jingle (doing a take on “The 12 Days of Christmas.”) It was recorded at Singing Serpent studios …
January 28, 2021
Japanese curry?
“Konnichiwa!” I love how all the crew in some Japanese eateries stop everything when customers arrive or leave and shout out “Konnichiwa!” Kind of “Hello!” “Good bye!” “Thank you!” “Good day!” I don’t know about …
Spike Lee directed video
Metal-punk band Low and Be Told was founded by singer Doug Thompson (the Marsupials), bassist George Vidaurri (Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver), drummer Darrin Lee (Tragic Tantrum), and guitarist Frank Blackcat, who was recently replaced …
January 28, 2021
Human rights and human rites
The Museum of Photographic Arts once again hosts the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which, for the first time in its 11-year history, screens virtually and therefore all across the United States. The lineup …
January 28, 2021
Real J. Wallace: beyond comprehension
“I was raised in San Diego, and one of my most memorable [memories] is being six, and my Mom taking me to my Auntie’s AA meetings. We sat in a circle and I thought that …
January 28, 2021
Tamarack Beach’s Frank Lloyd Wright inspired townhouse in Carlsbad
The 3400-square-foot townhouse at 195 Cherry Avenue is billed as the first of three newly-constructed, “Frank Lloyd Wright inspired” condominium units erected last year, just a block inland from Tamarack Beach in Carlsbad. According to …
January 27, 2021
Pitfalls of San Diego's downtown jail – who wants 'em?
GEO riot The Western Region Detention Facility in Downtown’s aging ex-county jail is looking for a new chief of security to make “improvements in security operations without compromise to the safety and security of the …
January 27, 2021
Three checkpoints, seven hours south of Tecate
We arrived at Punta Final Saturday at dawn after an arduous seven-hour trip. We left Tecate before midnight after packing the green Durango with camping gear and a shit ton of beer. The driver, a …
January 27, 2021
San Diego restaurant lock-downs need nuance
Contagious regulation So much of the backlash against these shutdowns could have been averted if they were approached with even one iota of nuance (“Carlsbad and Encinitas rebel against restaurant lock-downs,” Cover Stories, January 20). …
January 27, 2021
Couching my approach to 2021
My boys found a couch by the side of the road that was neither falling apart nor inundated with animal hair, and so they carried it home. We don’t have room for it, but never …
January 27, 2021
The struggle to become CEO of the World
Dear Hipster: When the big tech oligarchs who now clearly control everything turn on each other in a violent struggle to become CEO of the World, who do you see coming out on top? Tim …
January 27, 2021