References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot at Moxie
Borders blur between dream and reality in Jose Rivera's magic-realism piece, even between the Barstow desert and young Gabriela's military housing, where the neighbor women, who bore her to tears, are just "sex slaves" for macho husbands and where, she's …
Colonel Sanders, call your agent
I'm not gonna link to the trailer for R.I.P.D., which stands for Rest In Peace Department, because that's hilarious and needs no further publicity to become the feel good hit of the year. I am, however, going to take note …
El Pueblo, salvation on the 5
Knowing about this Cardiff taco shop will come in handy for anybody hungry on the freeway.
Put this one in your back pocket. A gift from me to you. Knowing where El Pueblo is could be the difference between metaphorical starvation and burrito salvation along the freeway. There’s nothing charming about its location in a Valero …
Lawsuit aims to prevent massive wall signs from being allowed in City
San Diegans for Open Government filed a lawsuit against the City of San Diego and Westfield LLC for trying to scuttle current zoning laws.
The signs point to a showdown in court. Last week, San Diegans for Open Government, a non-profit government watchdog group, filed a lawsuit against the City of San Diego and Westfield Group over an attempt to scuttle current zoning laws …
Giants complete sweep of Padres
The San Francisco Giants take all three games from the San Diego Padres at AT&T Park
How do you frame 21 innings where the Padres haven’t even scored a run? Certainly, San Francisco Giants pitching sure is good, but they were made better by facing a complete lack of offense from the San Diego Padres. Padres …
Janklow Quintet live at Dizzy's
The LA saxophone virtuoso delivered a smoking set.
Alto saxophonist Danny Janklow made his San Diego performance debut as a bandleader on April 20, teaming up with fellow sax man Christopher Hollyday, bassist Hamilton Price, pianist Joshua White and drummer Bob Weller for an exciting night of post-bop …
Earth Day on the Mountain
Giants shut out Padres
The San Francisco Giants got only three hits but made one of them count while shutting out the Padres
Does Tim Lincecum have it again this season? His splitter is certainly working again, as Padres bats flailed at his pitches and the Padres could only manage five hits as the Giants shut out the Padres 2-0 on Saturday. Clayton …
NWEAMO 2013 — Emotional Circuits, Electric Animals in Hillcrest 4-26 & 27
Affective Neuroscience symposium with live experimental musical performances
According to Affective Neuroscience architect Jaak Panksepp, we are all the same...under the hood, mammals and birds all share the same neurobiology for emotions. "New inventions such as fMRI and MEG are showing our brain circuits with a degree of …
Local publisher creating Kiss rock comics for kids
Kiss Kids by locals Chris Ryall and Tom Waltz to debut in Autumn
Kiss Kids, an upcoming comic book series from local publisher IDW, will be co-created by previous Kiss series writers Chris Ryall and Tom Waltz with art by Jose Holder (Mars Attacks, the Real Ghostbusters). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/21/44127/ "Kiss is used to rocking …
Donald Trump could get SLAPPed
Appeals court reverses Judge Irma Gonzalez in case critical to consumers' rights
In a lawsuit whose outcome might be critical to the ability of individuals and journalists to smoke out bad business practices, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday (April 17) told U.S. District Court Judge Irma Gonzalez to think …
Teenager on trial for alleged gang shooting in Oceanside
Seventeen-year-old tried as adult for fatal shotgun blast in rivals' territory
Trial began last week for a 17-year-old boy accused of shooting another teenager in the belly with a shotgun. Prosecutors claim that it was one year ago when Samuel went into rival gang territory with a group of homies after …
Sierra Club wins climate change lawsuit against county
Judge says Climate Action Plan has no enforcement mechanism on greenhouse gas emissions
Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor ruled for the Sierra Club yesterday (April 19) in a suit it had filed against the county's Climate Action Plan (CAP). The club argued that the county plan contains no enforcement mechanism for reducing greenhouse …
Young gangster could face life in prison, DA says
Alleged gangster accused of ramming a man with his car, who rescued a beating victim
Jorge’s birthday happens to be Cinco de Mayo, but he will turn 22-years-old this year while in custody, in the Vista jail. Jorge Alcantara Colin pleads not-guilty to attempted murder and other felonies, and could face life in prison, since …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Joel Kmak (The Farmers), Aquile, Tony Tonite (Sara Groban Band) and more...
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Aquile, Jan Tonnesen (of 1960's local heroes, The Contrasts), Tony Tonite (The Sara Groban Band), Joel Kmak (The Farmers, The Hitmakers) and Jarrod Lucas (The Phantoms, The Dragons) relate odd and interesting moments that have happened while performing...
Jan Tonnesen / The Contrasts: “In the mid-1960s my band was playing a New Years Eve gig at a Naval enlisted men's club at Ream Field. The place was packed with sailors and their girlfriends. We were in the middle …
Report: Tony Robbins buys $25 million home in Palm Beach
Happiness guru apparently buys year-old home on ocean front
According to the publication South Florida Real Estate, San Diego-based motivational speaker Anthony (Tony) Robbins, has bought a $24.75 million Palm Beach home, "according to several sources." The home that the self-styled purveyor of inner peace has bought has six …
Giants beat Padres on walk-off double in bottom of the ninth
In spite of a quality start from Edinson Volquez, the Padres bull pen fails in the last inning and the Giants edge the Padres
Edinson Volquez needed a good outing for the Padres on Friday and he got one, although he was shaky at times. But Madison Bumgarner but a bit better and the Giants bull pen was more effective than that of the …
White, Price & Smith: burning at Dizzy's
Pianist Joshua White brought drum icon Marvin "Smitty" Smith, bassist Hamilton Price and tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter into the Pacific Beach venue.
April 18 represented a special day in the evolution of piano master Joshua White. Drum legend Marvin "Smitty" Smith made the trek down from LA, as did bassist Hamilton Price to join White and tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter for a …
Review: Future Weather
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/19/44110/ A chain-smoking, beer-sloshing grandmother (Amy Madigan) is forced to attend to her environmentally attuned granddaughter (Perla Haney-Jardine) after the 13-year-old is abandoned by her selfish mother (Marin Ireland). Mom has it inside her meth-baked head that she's destined to …