Matthew Stewart blends electronics, synths, piano, and rock guitar to create a lush, futuristic sound on albums such as his A World Bathed in Sunlight full-length, a science fiction epic about the destruction of the …
July 2, 2020
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Matthew Stewart’s protest song earns heavy spins online
Mark Dresser’s musicianship cuts through it all
He played San Diego County Mental Health and watched a patient attack another patient during “Freedom Jazz Dance.” He went back to San Diego County Mental Health and made it through a “chilled” set of …
July 2, 2020
Bobbi and Mark sleep above the lions in Alpine
Lions and tigers and bears. Is it possible to say the words without at least thinking of Dorothy’s punch line? But a stronger exclamation might be appropriate as Nola the 600-pound white tiger leaps ten …
July 1, 2020
Fabian Nunez fails to work magic for Mercury lobbying firm
Liberally correct Just two days after a June 10 San Diego Reader report regarding Mercury Public Affairs and the controversial Los Angeles-based lobbying firm’s advocacy for a Tennessee ambulance company seeking a piece of San …
July 1, 2020
Big Oak Ranch – another roadside attraction
Ray’s roadhouse I was interested in “San Diego’s Best Roadside Attractions” (Cover Stories, June 24). I saw several things I thought were really fun. Raymond Chandler’s house was one of the things. I used to …
July 1, 2020
Legacy International Center: the inverted cathedral
No cross tops the spire attached to the Legacy International Center, Christian evangelist Morris Cerullo’s new, nearly $200 million campus in the heart of Mission Valley. Instead, the spire’s gray façade, set among limestone blocks …
July 1, 2020
All stars rotate around Polaris
For whatever reason, I receive a steady trickle of bizarrely ordinary inquiries. I suspect people fire them off for no other reason than that they can. How can something be “bizarrely ordinary,” you ask? Aren’t …
July 1, 2020
The optional surcharge of Trust Restaurant Group
Since dining rooms reopened with a ban on re-usable menus, a few of our city’s savvier restaurants have replaced them with tech. Rather than disposable paper menu, they encourage use of blocky, square QR codes, …
June 30, 2020
Mexico's Green Angels cut back
Michelle Cardenas from San Diego became worried to hear that Angeles Verdes (Green Angels), a free of charge and national road service, might be discontinued in certain parts of Mexico. “The Green Angels towed our …
June 30, 2020
Forget bike lanes or sidewalks in rural San Diego County
Tomorrow, July 1, a new state law aimed at curbing vehicle emissions takes effect, and the county must change the way it reviews development impacts. Nowhere does it matter more than in the rural areas. …
June 30, 2020
Craft & Commerce gets fast foodie
There’s something familiar about the creepy clown sitting at the middle table, like I’ve seen him before. I’m pretty sure last I saw him, he was giving off his too shiny, too smiley vibe to …
June 29, 2020
Encinitas, not a neighborhood but a kingdom
Bicyclists dominate Caltrans meeting About half of the meeting’s 40 attendees indicated they were cyclists, and will use the proposed bike lane. But even hard-core cyclists were skeptical of some sections of the proposed eight-mile …
June 29, 2020
Waiter at La Jolla's Tapenade, toilet cleaner at Spanky's
Tools of the Trade Have your friends and neighbors looked weighed down, put upon, or bent low to the ground lately? Perhaps they are! After all, many of the people we see around us tote …
June 28, 2020
Southeast Locals – a well-educated, violent San Diego gang
Trigger Happy or Just Plain Happy? Who is David Medina? Dressed neatly in a white oxford cloth shirt with a blue pullover sweater, David Medina, a.k.a. “Happy,” pursed his lips and appeared to listen closely …
June 27, 2020
A taste of New Orleans on the corner of Louisiana Street
“Bringing New Orleans to North Park,” says the home page of Louisiana Purchase, and from a kitchen standpoint the University Avenue restaurant did so literally. It recruited chef/co-owner Quinnton Austin from New Orleans, bringing his …
June 26, 2020