Originally formed by members of the Locust and known for wearing beef jerky masks onstage, heavy metal vegetarians Cattle Decapitation have a new pandemic themed music video for their song “Bring Back the Plague” featuring …
April 16, 2020
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Bring Back the Plague
The 400-year-old cake at Northgate Gonzalez Market
The tilapia looks up at me mournfully. He has been battered and fried, but, oh man, he still looks disturbingly like his former self. On the other hand, at $3.99, who am I to refuse …
April 16, 2020
The best use of a clip from The Searchers this side of Mean Streets
Theft, drugs, and bad romance drive this week’s trio of tales. The Whistlers (2019) Birds warble in the background as career detective Cristi (Vlad Ivanov) pulls up to Gilda’s (Catrinel Marlon) house. Or do they? …
April 16, 2020
How the hip-hop community bounced back
“Beat this, chump,” my cousin challenged me via Instagram. He dove onto his back with both legs crunched in a near fetal position, then feverishly spun in circles on his back. I watched the 15-second …
April 16, 2020
Imperial Triumphant’s Vile luxury: a retro-dystopian atmosphere
“People who aren’t from or living in New York City may not understand the duality of our existence. So many think they want to move here and start an exciting metropolitan life. In one sense …
April 16, 2020
Video: San Diego Joyride '95
Before making it my home, San Diego was an annual vacation destination for 15 years. “1995” was written across the spine of the TDK-HS video cassette, but the exact date of this joyride is unsure. …
April 15, 2020
Hell is other people in a Zoom meeting
So, my dear family, here we are. We’ve found a limit: the number at which you can’t necessarily hold a single conversation together at table. But I’m going to propose a topic anyway: something you’ve …
April 15, 2020
Between places with Jordan Kisner
Author Jordan Kisner’s recently released essay collection Thin Places: Essays from In Between takes its title from a Celtic proverb that says, “Heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in the thin places …
April 15, 2020
San Diego's border dogs are our kryptonite
The first time I saw Biggie, she was sitting next to the Border Patrol Yukon parked at the K rail at the east end of Spooner’s Mesa looking down into Smuggler’s Gulch and south into …
April 15, 2020
Irwin Jacobs funds PAC attacking Trump on coronavirus
Faulconer’s COVID-19 bust Add San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer to the list of locals hit directly in the pocketbook by the coronavirus shutdown of San Diego’s tourist business. Last year, Restaurant Events, the convention-related food, …
April 15, 2020
The benevolent Oceanside landlord
Fair and Cooperative I just read an article by Ken Leighton that has incorrect statements. The statement contained a quote from Chad Elliott, owner of Oceanside Jewelers that was not verified (“Oceanside anguishes over its …
April 15, 2020
I endorsed Joe Exotic for President
Dear Hipster: The more people tell me to watch Tiger King, the less I want to watch Tiger King. Am I being a total hipster because I refuse to watch Tiger King as my go-to …
April 15, 2020
How to stay caffeinated and support local coffee roasters
Normally, a late morning visit to the James Coffee co-op in Little Italy would mean searching for a place to park, bumping into someone I know on the street, standing in line for a pour …
April 14, 2020
Oceanside pro-weed advocates envy Vista's marijuana clinics
“The state got us last time, and apparently a pandemic got us this time.” David Newman admits that his second attempt to allow legal pot shops to open in Oceanside is now dead on the …
April 14, 2020
Will furloughs haunt Faulconer's city-paid political staff?
Due to talk of draconian layoffs appearing inevitable at San Diego city hall, insider attention is shifting to the expense of maintaining the political and public relations operatives employed by termed-out GOP mayor Kevin Faulconer. …
April 14, 2020