South Park Kitchen dishes comfort to beer fans
Homestyle soups, skillets, pies, and sandwiches
Ian Anderson 1:56 p.m., Jan. 27
Musician Interviews
Oceanside's first public painted piano
“It was actually a gorgeous instrument before it was painted”
“I guess I am the force behind the Oceanside Art Piano Project,” admits musician Robert Parker, about the intricately hand-painted piano that now calls the Oceanside Museum of Art its home. “But it’s a collaboration ...
Mrs. Henry, Jack Daniels, and Dr. Feelgood
A whirlwind 48 hours in New York City
“It was sponsored by Jack Daniels, who put up money and booze so we could do this thing, and as you can imagine that night was a whiskey-soaked endeavor,” says singer-guitarist Daniel Cervantes of Mrs. ...
"Everyone thought we were sellouts" - the Penetrators' punk POV
Gary Heffern recalls San Diego’s punk heyday of the late 70s and early 80s
An interview with Gary Heffern of the the Penetrators. What are your best, worst, and oddest stories of playing San Diego over the years? The best times were the early days, people don't realize the ...
DJ GarGar’s unconventional San Diego band samples
The Beautiful State draws from No Knife, Buck-O-Nine and others
“I made a new record with Talls from the KneeHighs that we’re releasing December 6,” says Edgar Alminar, aka DJ GarGar, one half of the Beautiful State. The duo builds multilayered hip-hop tracks from recorded ...
Spiritual Motels: making sense of the world with Super Tiny Disappearing Oceans
“This album covers a lot of emotionally heavy stuff like mental health, addiction, existence, and relationships”
“Our music draws from singer-songwriter, indie-folk, country, spoken word, and electronic influences,” says singer-songwriter Amy Day, one half of the Spiritual Motels. “Our sound has been compared to the Head and the Heart, the Avett ...
Golden Hill’s Iacon Sound recording studio closes
Sulo King loses his castle
The physical location of Iacon Sound is history. The Golden Hill studio that also housed six rehearsal spaces was shut down at the end of September after the building’s ownership changed. Their lease expires at ...
Inspired by movies, Mrs. Magician’s Jacob Turnbloom releases first solo LP
Cemetery Luau will be released on his own Cheddar Goblin Records
“This is my first official solo studio recorded LP,” says Mrs. Magician singer-guitarist Jacob Turnbloom. “Started writing in summer 2018, started recording on October 19th. Ten original songs and one cover [Squeeze’s ‘Up the Junction’], ...
Ambassador of the Beatles
Falling Doves frontman Chris Leyva models for Stu Sutcliffe statue
San Diego keeps turning up in the Beatles story, from George Harrison’s part-time residence at a North County meditation retreat (as well as staying with Ravi Shankar while working with the sitar master in Encinitas), ...
The life of Liz Borg
Liz Fest II will serve as Chica Diabla’s vinyl-release party
“I decided I wanted to start a band after my kids all grew-up and left the house,” Rachel Enyeart explains. “I knew Liz Borg, because our husbands were in a band together, Whole Hog. One ...
Thousand Below’s The Hangover moment
“We called the cops and they thought we had stolen the baby”
They rock. They roll. They shred. They mangle. But one thing you don’t expect from Thousand Below, your favorite San Diego post-hardcore slamdown quintet, is finding a home for an abandoned baby in Austin, Texas. ...
Mr. Oro’s and Zebra Knight’s rap battle collaboration
The pair will attend the Ghetto Dreams edición Tijuana freestyle rap contest
Mr. Oro sells his El Sacrificio De Oro CDs and Oro Wear brand clothing to Americans at the Tijuana/San Ysidro Port of Entry as they return to the U.S. “Here in Tijuana it’s a lot ...
