Now that I’m hidden inside all day, my fashion has fully regressed into leggings and slipper-socks. Seems I’m not alone. I chatted up friends and colleagues who all seemed to be coping in their own …
April 9, 2020
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Five poems from the Man’yoshu
(Translation by Ian Hideo Levy) (7) I remember our temporary shelter by Uji’s Palace ground, when we cut the splendid grass on the autumn fields and sojourned under thatch. (8) Wanting to board ship in …
April 9, 2020
La Jolla’s Taj Mahal
“Private and secluded at the end of a cul de sac, the legendary Casa de las Joyas — also known as La Jolla’s Taj Mahal — exudes charm and character rarely experienced,” opens the Realtor.com …
April 9, 2020
Hancock Street Cafe’s wild and crazy guy
I can’t believe it. But here’s the sign: “Hancock Street Cafe. Grand Reopening! Under New Management.” I swear. People are opening up all over (see last week’s column) in these worst of times. We’ve got …
April 9, 2020
Indie bedroom pop
Nobody was surprised in 2014 when Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying changed their name to Wovenwar. After all, their lead singer Tim Lambesis had just pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit the …
April 9, 2020
MFTJ: Neoclassical prog experiments from Mike Keneally and Scott Schorr
“A lot of popular music in the last couple decades has been really vapid,” says Scott Schorr, one half of prog-rock duo MFTJ with former Frank Zappa/Joe Satriani guitarist Mike Keneally. “I think people are …
April 9, 2020
The young and clueless years of the Mother Hips
The Mother Hips formed in Chico, California in the early 90s. They were operating against the grain from the start — most of the bands in their college town were playing covers. They set out …
April 9, 2020
The history of epidemiology
“It was surprising and very exciting,” says Professor Kimberly Brouwer, who teaches epidemiology at the UCSD School of Medicine. She’s talking about the brand-new graduate class she started last Tuesday, online. “I had 27 students …
April 8, 2020
No shelter for San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine
Pity the poor editors. As March turned into April, Wendy Manwarren Generes, editor of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine (for which I have written) was trying to get the upcoming May issue to bed. “Last …
April 8, 2020
When San Diego had the Spanish flu
It was a municipal battle of life and death, witnessed by the frightened citizenry of century-ago San Diego, crowded into the musty confines of city hall, an ornate Victorian building at the corner of Fifth …
April 8, 2020
Virus sets up San Diego fight over paying rent
Viral lobbyists Mega-developer H.G. Fenton Company became the first registered San Diego influence seeker to jump into the fray over the financial impact of coronavirus legislation. Fenton wants “new policies regarding eviction moratoriums during COVID-19,” …
April 8, 2020
Health problems other than the virus
Pandemics without plants? “Push into Future” noted COVID-19-related evolution beyond office space (“Is the corona virus pushing us into the future?” Golden Dreams, March 28). As a personal trainer sitting is known to promote physical …
April 8, 2020
Star Trek: The Next Next Generation: Tiger King
Dear Hipster: As we all know, the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a consolidated effort by home delivery grocery apps and Netflix to keep us permanently combined in our homes. It’s actually sort of …
April 8, 2020
Oceanside anguishes over its businesses
COVID-19 has, “…unleashed an economic war on our city. We must go on the offensive and support struggling businesses and the thousands of employees they support.” With that, Oceanside city councilman Christopher Rodriguez unveiled his …
April 7, 2020
San Diego city council quietly greenlights $525,000 harassment deal
A two-year-old lawsuit involving a ream of explosive sexual harassment allegations by an 18-year veteran of San Diego's fire and rescue department has been settled with a $525,000 payment quietly approved by the city council …
April 7, 2020