“We were scrambling for a little while there,” says James “Silk Purse” Sowsear, Creative Director and House Composer at San Diego Opera. “There we were, thinking we’d scored a major coup: signing Placido Domingo himself …
August 23, 2019
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Harassment claims inspire bold new work for upcoming opera season
Dazzling stereoscopic table-top animation from Max and Dave Fleischer
Welcome to the transmogrifying squash-and-stretch universe of studio animators Max and Dave Fleischer. Much of the humor flies in the face of political correctness, it’s my honor to announce. For links to the shorts, visit …
August 23, 2019
How’s the San Diego beer industry doing? It depends who you ask
Last week, the San Diego Brewers Guild revealed that 2018 saw local beer production increase to 1.1 million barrels. The economic numbers likewise continued to rise, with craft beer alone accounting for $848 million in …
August 23, 2019
Local Irish pubs rush to commemorate UFC fighter’s barroom assault
A video posed on the Internet makes the case that on August 15, former UFC champion Conor McGregor sought to buy everyone at the bar in Dublin’s The Marble Arch a round of his Proper …
August 23, 2019
Family of Rebecca Zahau questions use of San Diego special investigators in examination of Jeffrey Epstein suicide
On July 13 of 2011, Rebecca Zahau was found dead outside the Coronado home of her boyfriend. She had apparently been hung from a second-story balcony. Her wrists and ankles were bound, and she had …
August 23, 2019
Hugo Grotius: man ruled by a lasting cooperative peace
Hugo Grotius Among all good men one principle at any rate is established beyond controversy, that if the authorities issue any order that is contrary to the law of nature or to the commandments of …
August 23, 2019
nkoda – egalitarian sheet music
While I generally embrace digital technology, I don’t consider myself to be an app guy. I don’t follow the top app charts in the App Store or play any games on my phone or iPad. …
August 23, 2019
Nancy Foley poems that detail San Diego life
NEVERMORE My steps are heavy this early morning, head throbbing, muscles tight. Above me, dark clouds with slumped shoulders release tears into steel-grey Mission Bay. I pass a few people, heads bowed, sluggish pace, a …
August 22, 2019
Shopping vintage is not only for Grateful Dead roadies
For most men, buying secondhand clothing is an alien experience, and that puts them behind a steepening curve. According to industry reports, the secondhand clothing market is set to match or surpass new clothing sales …
August 22, 2019
A Snapshot of Curtis Taylor
“I’ve got a nice crew with me and I’m excited we we’re able to put this album together,” says trumpeter Curtis Taylor about Snapshot, his latest record that dropped last month. Snapshot was recorded live …
August 22, 2019
The Whistlestop Cafe: a Mexican revelation
Heading south again. Blue Line. Chula Vista. Glaring sunny day. Have to transfer at H Street. I cross the tracks. This is when I notice a pop-up tent right between the northbound platform and the …
August 22, 2019
Benjamín Naishtat’s Rojo: More dead hippies
The opening shot is a film’s calling card, an image of introduction. The best of them shape, inform, and herald the tone for what lies ahead. So instead of wasting an audience’s time with an …
August 22, 2019
Queen of Steam
DIY lounge rocker Gary Wilson headlines an all-local bill that also features Javier Escovedo, whose musical family members include Alejandro Escovedo (No Depression magazine’s 1998 Artist of the Decade), and brothers Coke, Peter, and Mario. …
August 22, 2019
Dennis Sheridan and the record that wrote itself
Ryan Jubela owns Masters Kitchen and Cocktail in Oceanside. Earlier this year, he asked Dennis Sheridan if he wanted to play an acoustic gig at his restaurant. Sheridan took the offer as a challenge. He …
August 22, 2019
RIP Billy Bacon of Forbidden Pigs
William Seth Russell, aka Forbidden Pigs founder, singer/songwriter, bassist and frontman Billy Bacon, passed away Tuesday evening, August 20. "Last time I spoke with him, he was planning on selling his place in Texas and …
August 21, 2019