A half-century of San Diego stories from the ReaderIllustration by Margarita Chastikova, Getty ImagesSo much of identity is memory. There’s experience; maybe we chase it, maybe it just washes over us. But memory is what …
October 12, 2022
The Wong Wars in L.A. - Esther Wong, co-owner of Madame Wong’s, has filed a lawsuit against the Hong Kong Cafe, claiming that her competition has engaged in false advertising.
Posted October 18, 1979
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Fifty years of the Reader’s best stories
Early San Diego Punk, Muzak all over town, exhibitionist Disco, Penetrators at the Hong Kong Cafe
Why Those Little Punks By Jeff Spurrier, Aug. 3, 1978 | Read full article The Zeros, in typically unpretentious fashion, have assumed the empty throne as San Diego's best New Wave band, and they show …
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Reader writer goes on the road with the Penetrators
"If I've had a nutritional meal in the last year, it’ll come as a surprise to my stomach," quips Dan McLain in between resounding burps. It is almost midnight and we are sitting outside a …
October 18, 1979