I came across a social media post that asked if there are any operas with an all-female chorus. To be clear this doesn’t mean operas that have a chorus scene with only women. There are …
December 13, 2024
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Born & Raised offers a less decadent Holiday Punch
The news of late has been full of stories about the price of eggs; some pundits have gone so far as to suggest that it tipped the recent Presidential election. It’s not just a lot …
December 13, 2024
Gonzo Report: Hockey Dad brings UCSD vets and Australians to the Quartyard
“Are you more concerned about your drinks being stolen or someone putting something in them?” I ask a gaggle of patrons at The Quartyard in East Village where Hockey Dad, Remo Drive, and Tatiana Hazel …
December 12, 2024
Rapper Wax wishes his name looked like an email password
Wax, whose “government name” is Michael Jones, knows his way around the local music scene. “I have played empty open mic nights in San Diego, and I have performed in front of a sold out …
December 12, 2024
Live Five: Andrew Peña, Frankie J, Beat Farmers, Jesse LaMonaca, Puddles Pity Party
Video:LIVE FIVE: Andrew Peña, Frankie J, Beat Farmers, Jesse LaMonaca, Puddles Pity PartyAndrew Peña at CannonballDec 12Andrew Peña launched his own band The Verge in 2017, as well as playing with local acts such as …
December 11, 2024
94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still works
Video:TIN FORK: 94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still worksIt was one of those gifts a cash-strapped cuss like myself always dreams of.I heard about it first in 2013: this crazy eat-drinks place with World …
December 11, 2024
Can three-on-three basketball challenge the NBA?
Basket betsHeath Freeman, the high-rolling Wall Street investor behind the takeover of a raft of distressed American newspapers, including the San Diego Union-Tribune, is moving into the world of junk sports. “In Heath, we’ve found …
December 11, 2024
Reader writer fends off attacks on Encinitas cliff story
No-brainerHow are the city and those responsible for obtaining living sites, not seriously looking at the former FRY’S property? (“Escondido planners nix office building switch to apartments”, Neighborhood News, Nov. 14, 2024) The building is …
December 11, 2024
Tuétano and Mujer Divina: two storefronts, one famous birria
Video:FEAST!: Tuétano and Mujer Divina: two storefronts, one famous birriaTo bone or not to bone. That remains the question at Tuétano Taqueria, San Diego's most famous yet precarious taco shop.PlaceTuétano Taqueria216 3rd Ave., Chula VistaFamous, …
December 10, 2024
National City to junk permissive land-use code
Short term rentals are illegal in National City, but at any given time the city estimates there are at least 125-200 in operation.Without an ordinance to regulate them, officials have been fielding complaints about parking …
December 10, 2024
"Christmas Berry" is decorating our landscape, Longest meteor shower of the year
Toyon, or “Christmas berry,” one of the more distinctive shrubs of southern California’s native chaparral plant community, has begun to flaunt clusters of red berries. Hollywood (California) derives its name from the holly-like appearance of …
December 9, 2024
Was Reddit ghost sighter hired by Hotel del Coronado?
A recent Reddit post titled "Potential Sighting at Hotel del Coronado" in the "Captured Apparition" section has stirred renewed interest in the historic hotel, drawing extra visitors over Thanksgiving weekend despite the ongoing $550 million …
December 9, 2024
Yellowtail show off La Jolla, Big tuna south
Dock Totals 11/24 – 11/30: 1117 anglers aboard 49 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 1 bonito, 5 calico bass, 1 lingcod, 5 rock crab, 1904 rockfish, …
December 8, 2024
The greatest symphonist of them all
Every now and then, a truly underappreciated gem comes along. I have a friend who has bugged me about Havergal Brian’s Symphony No. 1: “Gothic”. I ended up listening to it about a dozen times in …
December 6, 2024
How to make a hit Christmas song
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: How to make a hit Christmas song“You’re just in time, buddy,” says Erik, “for Christmas 2025.” Shucks. I’ve come to Erik desperate to find out how to get my Christmas song recorded and …
December 6, 2024