1 Photosynthesis Before there was anything To kiss or embrace, Before our bed was warm with You, me, soil, seed—or hunger. 2 Caress of plasma, Hydrogen and helium— Touching my face as My giddy hands …
April 30, 2020
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Seven Tanka for Creation by Joseph O’Brien
The Garden: ditch the expectations
Soft tinkling and clonking sounds, whispered vocals, building with no warning to screaming, ranting, pounding, the vituperation of a mental patient who, left unchecked, might chuck a bottle through a window or soil his own …
April 30, 2020
Songs From Self-Isolation
Reunited 1970s punk originators the Zeros have a new song called “Don’t Take Any Chances,” now available courtesy of Burger Records, as part of Quarantunes: Songs From Self-Isolation #2. The seven volume series will feature …
April 30, 2020
Rovino the Foodery: rotisserie chicken and wine
“Ninth, Ninth. Walk sign is on to cross Ninth, Ninth.” Listening to this every minutre or so is the one downside to my surprise discovery here on Market. An actual sidewalk cafe where you can …
April 30, 2020
Jim Thompson's Série Noire, translated
When a sock to the chin connects in a Jim Thomspon novel, it does so with such force that you’ll be reaching to condole your jaw. A quick turn of the page, and the stench …
April 30, 2020
Breakin’, Kraftwerk, and the broomstick challenge
“It’s April 21, and my broomstick is still standing up on its own — look!” exclaimed Johnny B. from City Heights. NASA was quick to debunk the #BroomstickChallenge a couple of months ago when San …
April 30, 2020
What classical groups will be left in San Diego?
There are some real concerns out there regarding the future of many classical music organizations. I don’t want to come off as unsympathetic, but the destruction of these organizations by the COVID-19 situation won’t mean …
April 29, 2020
UCSD cancer center blasted for trip, meal, and event spending
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, officials at UCSD's Moores Cancer Center are no longer spending heavily on global travel and entertainment, at least for the time being. But just months before the pandemic …
April 29, 2020
Hey, Gavin Newsom, we need to work
Sawaya Carpet Care has been in business for 29 years. Recently, owner Steve Sawaya (pronounced Sa-why-a) approached the owner of “a fancy restaurant in La Jolla” about getting paid for a job he’d completed. “Before …
April 29, 2020
I’ve never had a better cry
Dogged by gratitude I just finished reading that story “Border Dogs are our Kryptonite” (Cover Stories, April 15) and let me tell you I’ve never had a better cry to get me over some personal …
April 29, 2020
Why did Ashok Israni give money to Faulconer, Gomez, Moreno?
Buy low, sell high The ostensibly humanitarian work of finding places for the city’s homeless legions to live during the COVID-19 onslaught may also be lining the pockets of some of San Diego’s wealthiest real …
April 29, 2020
Saved by singing at Peter D’s and with the Red Karaoke app
Gather ‘round, my children. I want you to hear what a success story sounds like. It begins with a challenge; sometimes, that challenge is a crisis. “It was supposed to be a simple gall bladder …
April 29, 2020
Logic vs. Wu Tang Style
Dear Hipster: You wrote recently about how it’s very hipster to be suspicious of anything that too many people like, and therefore definitely “not into” such popular things. People who enjoy logic might express this …
April 29, 2020
Spring in my Corazon de Torta
It was about three years ago next weekend that I got my first taste of the Corazon de Torta food truck. It was parked towards the back of the Reader’s Tacotopia taco festival, but buzz …
April 28, 2020
Oceanside's cheapest housing is in the harbor
Since Sunday April 26 the water in the Oceanside harbor has taken on a rich brown hue. Although the coffee-colored water looked like it could be a briny fecal stew, harbor fisherman explain that it …
April 28, 2020