How Saville came to work at the Reader: In 1972, I was an associate professor in the Literature Department at UCSD. I had an office on the Muir Campus, with my door usually left open …
February 23, 2019
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Lakesider shreds docs explaining new density regs
An emergency meeting summoned by the Lakeside Community Planning Group last night filled up the room at the community center in a jiffy with several dozens residents. Two county employees came to present the latest …
February 22, 2019
Backhanded Compliment?
No houses face onto the roadway, which bisects a block. That’s an alley, right?
February 22, 2019
Quentin Tarantino cocktail suite at Union Kitchen & Tap in Encinitas
Mobsters generally don’t like surprises – and yet to stay in the game they have to be full of surprises. Just ask Nice Guy Eddy, Mr. Pink, or Mr. Black in Reservoir Dogs – or …
February 22, 2019
Border and torture from a Lucky Charms Cheesecake and two John Alton noirs
While on the lookout for three films that dealt with the importance of borders (or lack thereof), I was sidetracked by other forms of torture. Dodge City (1939) The indolent Mookie tossed a trash can …
February 22, 2019
Business 101: Eliminating Redundancy
Last year, local tech giant Qualcomm survived a hostile takeover bid from Broadcom technologies — a company which, perhaps tellingly, had only one M in its name. Part of their strategy involved a pledge to …
February 22, 2019
Looking to AIDS to Aid the Homeless
“The suffering has to end,” says local homosexual Augustus Cheek of Hillcrest’s enduring homelessness crisis. “You have people sleeping in doorways, on sidewalks, in the parts of Balboa Park that used to be reserved for …
February 22, 2019
Science or Sorcery?
The 2006 La Mesa sword murder of Scott Martinez was colder than the cold steel of a murderous sword, despite the blood possibly belonging to the killer found on the scene. Cold, that is, until …
February 22, 2019
Shi Jing: written for altar sacrifice to ancestors
How Pure and Still How pure and still are the solemn temples, In their strong solidity and minute completeness! Highly distinguished was Jiang Yuan, Of virtue undeflected. God regarded her with favour; And without injury …
February 22, 2019
Clairemont still waits for Trader Joe's
On January 31, a lady walking her dog announced to me that "Trader Joe's is coming to Clairemont!" She said she knows someone that works for the Clairemont Town Square shopping center and that everything …
February 22, 2019
Chicks Natural celebrates a milestone
There’s a little strip mall in Sorrento Valley that’s mostly filled by ten or twelve little counter restaurants; a food court serving all the corporate campuses in the area. It sits about a block south …
February 21, 2019
Influential Greek lyric poet Anacreon wrote songs and hymns for the lyre
Odd Sandals Today, Eros, of the golden locks used a purple ball to make me play with a child. A girl, wearing odd sandals. But she, born in beautiful Lesbos, looks at me, finds fault …
February 21, 2019
Former spouse of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens offers Ocean Front home in Del Mar
Listing materials for the beachside estate at 2808 Ocean Front in Del Mar describe a property that “has long been considered one of the most prominent coastal contemporary beach homes on the West Coast and …
February 21, 2019
No revolving sushi for Sweety Puss
Convoy. I’m trying to find this danged eatery my friend Annie is all abuzz about. “It’s fabbo, darling! It’s a revolving restaurant. That is, the food revolves around you. Little food boats on these tracks. …
February 21, 2019
Monster Paws’ Mario Rivera edits Strange 80s documentary for charity
Once again Mario Rivera has proven that operating a video editing console can be as valuable to your band as playing an instrument. The video he created for “Champagne Bike Ride” not only helped him …
February 21, 2019