San Diego Reader

The San Diego Reader holds the title of the biggest alternative press publication in San Diego County. It is available for free at various stands and local businesses across the area, relying on advertisements for its funding. Each issue typically circulates about 90,000 copies, making it the most widely distributed alternative weekly in the entire country. The Reader often offers perspectives that contrast with those found in the San Diego Union Tribune, the city's main newspaper.

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Movie review: GAZER (2024)

6 days ago | sandiegoreader.com | Scott Marks

GAZER (2024) Ryan J. Sloan / Writers: Ariella Mastroianni & Ryan J. Sloan / Cinematographer: Matheus Bastos (2.35:1) / Designer: / Composer: Steve Matthew Carter / Editor: Ryan J. Sloan & Jordan Toussaint / Cast: Ariella Mastroianni, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts, Marianne Goodell, Tommy Kang, and Marcia DeBonis / Distributor: Metrograph Pictures / Rated R / Length: 114 min.
Movie review: ONE ON ONE: JOHN AND YOKO

6 days ago | sandiegoreader.com | Scott Marks

ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO (2024) Kevin Macdonald / Co-director: Sam Rice-Edwards / Cinematographer: David Katznelson (1.85:1) / Designer: Kevin Timon Hill / Editors: Sam Rice-Edwards & Bruna Manfredi / Music: John Lennon & Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band / Music Producer: Sean Lennon / Cast: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stevie Wonder, Allen Ginsburg, Jon “Bowser” Bauman, Bob Hope, and Irv Kupcinet / Distributor: Magnolia / Not Rated / Length: 100 mins.
Dvořák at the gym

6 days ago | sandiegoreader.com | Garrett Harris

A deep dive while staving off dotage I spend a significant amount of time walking and going to the gym each week. Besides staving off the days of my dotage, it gives me a chance to listen to a lot of music. I’m not sure where the thought came from, but I realized that I wanted to take a week to listen to only Antonín Dvořák. I had listened to his Symphonies 7, 8, and 9 for decades, but had barely touched his other symphonies.
Pure Project, in the pink

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Cathy Rozy |Matthew Flynn

Brewery puts a rose on tap, releases four new beers, and expands its food offerings "We believe in inclusivity," says Pure Project co-founder Matt Robar when discussing his brewery’s foray into wines. "Just as our beer taps offer variety, our taprooms should cater to diverse tastes. That means exploring beyond beer, with hard seltzers, ciders, non-alcoholic drinks, and wines.
Gonzo Report: Fans follow Harry Mack to Soma in Point Loma

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Cathy Rozy |Jake Peterson

“What do they call the people who follow a band from show to show across the country?” asked my friend as we stood outside Soma in Point Loma. “Lot lizards?” “No,” I replied, “lot lizards are prostitutes who crawl around truck stops.” I knew that much, but I wasn’t sure of the term for what he was asking about. "Superfans" seemed too generic, and "groupies" made me think of people who actually traveled with the band or met up backstage for “behind closed doors” activities.
Ray Riley: comfortable with being uncomfortable

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Jake Peterson

Nature or nurture? Maybe both. San Diego born hip-hop artist Ray Riley has been around the scene since youth — because in the late ‘80s, Riley’s father, MC Willy Will, was one of the members of local rap group Legion of Doom. Thanks to that exposure and some support from his pops, Riley started his own musical journey eight years ago. “He loves hip-hop,” Riley says of his father, “and I was infatuated with it as well, because I was around it. That’s what really sparked the whole thing for me.
Live Five: Clikitat Ikatowi, Mark Hoppus, Whitney Shay, Superunloader, Stacy Antonel & the Sea Horses

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Jay Allen Sanford

Clikitat Ikatowi at the CasbahApril 17Post-hardcore/emo math rockers Clikatat Ikatowi featured drummer Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket from the Crypt, the Black Heart Procession, Hot Snakes, the Sultans, Earthless). Active in the early to mid-1990s, the band released a demo tape, a full-length album, an EP, and a live album before splitting.
Nextdoor wars: A coffin in Clairemont

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Siobhan Braun

San Diego has always been a city of hidden stories — murmured in the spaces between sun-bleached bungalows, whispered over backyard fences, and now, increasingly, shouted into the digital void of neighborhood apps. And nowhere are these narratives more brutally and hilariously exposed than on Nextdoor, the social media platform that has become the city's most unfiltered confessional. Birthed in 1955 by developer C.
Slow bike riders vs. fast ones in Cardiff-Solana Beach stretch

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Sheila Pell

To encourage cycling and walking on scenic highway 101, Encinitas built a protected bike lane along the north and southbound shoulders between Chesterfield Drive in Cardiff and Solana Beach to the south. Soon after the low concrete barriers went up in 2020, there were reports of crashes and injuries. Walkers and slower recreational riders were using the bike lane; faster "spandex riders" were choosing the sharrows; and people were weaving around the wheel stops and bollards.
The deadly left-lane exit from 94 to Interstate 15

1 week ago | sandiegoreader.com | Cathy Rozy |Mike Madriaga

The deadly crashes at the highway 94 eastbound to I-15 northbound connector on April 3 and March 29 are the latest examples of growing safety concerns along the 94 corridor. Since November, this short stretch of freeway—from downtown San Diego to Lemon Grove—has become a hotspot for accidents, many of them fatal. On April 3, 619 News Media was among the first on the scene as emergency crews assessed the damage.