The 2013 documentary Blackfish represented a sea change for SeaWorld, unleashing as it did a wave of protests and public outcry over the amusement park’s treatment of both killer whales and the park employees who …
January 10, 2020
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Sea World ride “refuses to let go” twice in one month
Pardoned SEAL Eddie Gallagher endorses products, politicians
The New York Times may have published leaked statements from former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s accusers saying that he is evil and toxic, and that he wants to kill anybody he can, but you know …
January 10, 2020
Dominico Barberi heralded the “Second Spring” for Catholicism with John Henry Newman
Dominico Barberi Alas! O Lord, Sovereign ruler of the universe, thou who from nothing didst create all things, and with the power of thy arm dost preserve and uphold them; thou, who didst deign to …
January 10, 2020
Latitude 33 sold its brewery and only got bigger
After seven years in business, Latitude 33 Brewing met a crossroads. Led by flagship beers including Blood Orange IPA and Honey Hips blonde, the Vista beer company had quadrupled beer production in 2016, and doubled …
January 10, 2020
Beethoven is gravity
We are now in the 250th anniversary year of Beethoven’s birth and there will be content created like never before. The internet is already dripping with articles about the grim master of the human condition. …
January 9, 2020
Queensrÿche: The music between the notes
Queensrÿche, who will be 40 years into their prog-metal run by the time you read this, are painfully aware that they’ve got some members from the classic years who aren’t around anymore; and some songs …
January 9, 2020
Hooked On Crab in Eastlake
We came here for fish, but not this sort of fish. Hank brought his rod to this totally cute little pond surrounded by houses. The lake that gives Eastlake its name, he says. But what …
January 9, 2020
Moving and grooving with San Diego Autism Society
Most bands favored by Deadheads are content with providing psychedelic spinners with the requisite groove to get their tie-dye twirling. Chadwick Stokes likes to use his folky jam band style to educate, engage, and yeah, …
January 9, 2020
The best and worst films of 2019
Of the nearly 250 films I viewed in 2019, here are the front-runners and slopsuckers. For more on this year in film, visit the Big Screen. Favorites: 10.) Last Letter A romantic drama void of …
January 9, 2020
Lil Yachty sails into town
“I miss the old Yachty, the ‘bubblegum trap’ Yachty,” said fan Jhueller, “the never, switch up-Yachty.” “I’ve got songs that sample Mario Bros., Charlie Brown, the Rugrats theme, the music that plays when you turn …
January 9, 2020
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Star Wars, and me
Permit me a wry grimace as I imagine theatrical legend Alec Guinness’ reaction upon learning that a theater critic’s first memory of him — of any sort of performance, really — came from Star Wars. …
January 8, 2020
Italian, Greek, Latin, Polish, English lessons
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January 8, 2020
Chancing the Coaster’s Del Mar cliffs
“How’s that cliff that fell away? I ask this train employee. I’m at the Santa Fe Depot, about to board the Coaster for Solana Beach. Feeling a touch queasy after reading about the piece of …
January 8, 2020
The fire station that Rob Wellington Quigley built
Pacific Highway doesn’t look like it sounds. The name calls to mind surfboard-topped VW buses, sunsets, and bike-riders in bathing suits, something like what you’d see on Highway 101 around Cardiff. But instead, it’s mostly …
January 8, 2020
San Diego Convention Center vote under-funded so far
Too poor to pass? With just two months left until California primary election day on March 3, fundraisers for San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer’s convention center expansion and homeless tax boost still have plenty of …
January 8, 2020