And where are you, Brutus?
Lo, the Ides of March. On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of 60 of his friends and colleagues during a senate meeting. Sounds like one hell of a cloture vote if you ask...
View ArticlePleaser burn
My problem is that I’ll go on one or two dates with a girl and then get the whole “I just wanna be friends.”
View ArticleDisney made me a rock ‘n’ roll star
After our first day on set, I understood why child actors are so fucked up: anything you want, it’s yours. Candy, soda, catered meals. It’s a bacchanalian orgy of freedom and hedonism, corrupting kids...
View ArticleDiving into San Diego’s water profile
However, what water lacks in pizazz, it makes up for in importance when it comes to brewing. Not only does it compose the bulk of all beer, but the minutiae of mineral content and pH levels affect...
View ArticleBirrieria Isabel: another roadside attraction
The menu at Isabel is short: birria, birria and birria. Order the full bowl or half bowl, birria tacos, quesadillas, a quesataco (of birria), consomé (of birria) or tortilla sandwiches of, wait for it,...
View ArticleSan Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego Music Awards and Wake
“In light of the current political situation, it seems like the film festival is even more important,” says Ethan van Thillo, executive director of the Media Arts Center San Diego and founder of the...
View Article#1. Grandpa comes home
I found the act of re-entry into this cocktail carnival more dizzying than I had anticipated so I turned to one of the few people I love and trust for advice, Michele Willard.
View ArticleAnna Meredith, Xiu Xiu and more San Diego concerts
Glaswegian jangle-pop heroes Teenage Fanclub have been playing immaculate three-chord tunes longer than most of your favorite indie bands.
View ArticleSingular ‘Donald Cried’ marks the birth of a new talent
Rarely does this messy friendship get laid bare on the big screen. Avedisian’s singular performance comes to embody these unpredictable and daring virtues.
View ArticleSan Diego Latino Film Festival returns for its 24th year
Now in its 24th year, the San Diego Latino Film Festival [SDLFF] has steadily become an essential event.
View ArticleSan Diego Senator pushes for extended bar hours
By way of Senate Bill 384, partying now has bi-partisan support. San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener has reintroduced the concept of extending California’s alcohol-serving hours until 4 a.m.
View ArticleEnter the shadowlands
It’s rare that a play is based on a movie rather than the other way around. (Shadowlands was also a 1989 feature film starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.)
View ArticleThe challenges facing all-ages venues in San Diego
The list of all-ages and 18-and-up venues in San Diego that have come and gone over the past 40 years is too long to list here. But one way or another, under-21 venues in San Diego have a way of coming...
View ArticleThe Great Demo Review 2017
We received 102 demos this year, a dropoff in submissions that I’m going to go ahead and blame Donald Trump for but by no means a small number, and we reviewed all of them.
View ArticleMike Levin enters stage left
“I was blown away when [Issa] confronted me and wouldn’t let me ask my question,” Levin told CityBeat. “He was rather patronizing and his answer wasn’t at all persuasive.”
View ArticleVia Satellite’s heavy reawakening
Life continued to get in the way of them collaborating again, but then in August of 2016, Reece went to the hospital after suffering from incessant pain. It turned out to be a rare form of stage IV...
View ArticleAfter public outcry, Darrell Issa attempts to pivot to the center
By flip-flopping on his stances, failing to provide concise explanations and hushing an anguished crowd, Issa’s stroke of centrism lacked the unity his incumbency relies on.
View ArticleI can’t stand Caitlyn Jenner and her $150,000 ass
For those who don’t know, Jenner—a lifelong Republican and devout Trump supporter—Tweeted a selfie-video in which she was actually critical of our Orangutan-in-Chief.
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