Leslie Conway “Lester” Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) The 41st anniversary of the death of rock’s greatest critic passed today, one born in Escondido and raised in El Cajon. On this day in 1982 San Diego native Lester Bangs died of overdose, leaving a huge literary legacy as a rock-and-roll journalist, critic, author, in Rolling Stone and […]
Lester Bangs gone 41 years now
Flat Top Mountain from Thirtieth Street
[Telephoto Pro] Afteroon Light by Telephoto.pro Here’s some pics with a view of flat top mountain as seen through yesterday’s haze. I use lowercase on “flat top mountain” because I’m unsure if that’s its name. It’s just what I’ve usually called it. I’d parked the Reviewervan up the hill on 30th Street yesterday afternoon to sit in the drivers seat […]
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the pandemic and the emergence of the growler: craft beer take out.
If there is anything good about this pandemic shut down of 2020 it’s this: to-go craft beer take out.
Big City Tattoo Tap Tattooing Polynesian Skin Art Interview
[Lifestyle] Tap Tattooing at Big City Tattoo: Polynesian Skin Art Interview The Legend, Sua Suluape Angela Video interview by Reviewer Rob Six years ago, in 2014, Reviewer TV visited Angela at Big City Tattoo (San Diego and possibly California’s finest female tattoo artist/shopkeeper) and she described the proper technique for applying the ancient Polynesian skin art. Watch and be amazed! […]
skeleton email — Danger Factory
[Verbatim] Rex Edhlund (Danger Factory, Industry Showroom, Hypno, Kulture Magazine) Responds To An Enemy Well-Wisher Rex Edhlund, a public post [This is a reprint from his Facebook. Check out Rex Edhlund’s newest project, SuperLiterateProgect.org. ~Editor] Got a weird email from a person a zillion years ago. I suppose it’s cool to get me remembering things for a possible memoir. “Ha […]
Samhain
[Memento mori?] Why Halloween Is So Fun Remember, one day you won’t be able to do this. Although Halloween today appears more of a holiday for kids young and old it had a very practical reason for existing in ancient times. None the least being that it is a reminder that you’re still alive and able to party and not […]
A Bloodbath Among Landlords, Wahmp-Waahhhh
Airbnb Economic Trends Will the Trump-era prove harmful to landlords? Having sympathy for the wealthy, while pushing their real estate schemes in a downward direction. Reviewer Rob According to this article in the UT, under a new San Diego city council action, Airbnb short-term rentals of whole homes there will be limited to “one’s primary residence only for up to […]