When Your Love is Locked Up During the two days that the jury deliberated, the rest of the world seemed on freeze-frame, and I spoke with no one besides Dee's mom. We spent the time …
July 25, 2020
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Carl Reiner beats Mel Brooks to the bad taste punch in Where’s Poppa?
Every now and then, a critic has occasion to treat a film that demands special treatment. The recent passing of Carl Reiner has provided just such an occasion. Where’s Poppa? (1970) When Robert Klane set …
July 24, 2020
Brew Catalog brings North County beers home
Amid the ever-changing rules about how breweries may do business, at least one positive development remains constant: the ability of breweries to deliver beer directly to consumers’ doorsteps. This regulatory relief has offered an opportunity …
July 24, 2020
Buddhism’s high regard for the Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra
The Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra (“The Golden Light Sutra”) Then Buddha declared to the Four Deva Kings: “Fitting is it indeed that you Four Kings should thus defend the holy writings. In the past I practiced bitter …
July 24, 2020
Cancelled by Marjorie Maddox
– Williamsport, PA: Little League World Series 2020 The boy, the girl, the bat, abandoned not just like that, but left no less with less in his own country, her own county, the state of …
July 23, 2020
A Nice Girl Like You: Lucy Hale’s porno pilgrimage
What’s A Nice Girl Like You doing in a lead review spot like this? Happy accidents happen. Were it not for my stringent self passing on a screener with a disclaimer branded across the bottom …
July 23, 2020
Stout Public House: Hockey, Guinness, and “Smiddicks”
Why do I always get these cool vibes here? I mean, it’s an area that can be a little scrubby, around 6th and B downtown. Lots of people hanging around the 5th Avenue trolley, specially …
July 23, 2020
Weird Living
Kendrick Dial - aka Keymon - made his local mark with the Lyrical Groove, who won Best Hip-Hop at the 2013 San Diego Music Awards and Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 SDMAs. He also …
July 23, 2020
Museum of Making Music Carlsbad nears renovation completion
Carolyn Grant, executive director of the Museum of Making Music Carlsbad, came to music early and passionately. “This involvement [with playing music] is actually the core purpose of my life. As an older adult my …
July 23, 2020
Stones tribute Jumping Jack Flash has a Spinal Tap moment
Playing Keith Richards for a living isn’t always a rock star trip, as Young Hutchinson, from Stones tribute band Jumping Jack Flash, can attest. A county fair stopped the Flash mid-set — for the sake …
July 23, 2020
Will blind auditions make classical music appealing?
The author of a thought piece in the New York Times wants to get rid of blind auditions for top tier orchestras in order to create more diversity in orchestras. A blind audition means the …
July 22, 2020
Sam Ash’s guitar therapy
Guitar therapy “I am so bored!” says my neighbor Ellen. Blame the virus. It has stopped her from doing the things she loves, mainly pop-up lunches at food trucks, and parties. Especially parties. Get a …
July 22, 2020
San Diego restaurants try everything to get by
The restaurant business, as Bette Davis once said about growing old, ain’t no place for sissies. The hours are long; the profit margins, razor-thin. Customers are notoriously fickle, and a few bad Yelp reviews can …
July 22, 2020
San Diego's ethics commission picks nits but defends secrecy
Finding Stacey’s fix San Diego’s super-secretive ethics commission continues to soldier on through the COVID-19 epidemic with another penny-ante fine against a failed city council candidate levied at the end of an online meeting. On …
July 22, 2020
Covid cluster
“I’ve just had Covid,” says Mary Jo. Mary Jo (not her real name) is 19, fit, gregarious, embarking on college life. But it’s been a rough couple of months. She, her mom, dad, sister, sister’s …
July 22, 2020