A popular saying reads, “You can’t choose your family.” I’d venture that you don’t necessarily choose your friends either. I remember the first time I met...
Sound. Paint. Same stuff with the exception that each are perceived by a different physical means. Eyes. ears. What they have in common are line, shape,...
There are only a few, I believe, ‘prerequisites’ for being an open mic host, and none of them are what you would immediately imagine: tenacity, stamina,...
The walls of Martin Grusin’s Del Mar home are crowded with mementos. Photographs of family and entertainers, many of them autographed, hang next to certificates or...
Both as a musician and in a background capacity, it’s safe to say that over the past 20 years, Mario Escovedo has been one of the...
The menu for an Italian meal must be the making of a take-no-prisoners, true believer gastronome. Wine flows abundantly, while course after course lands on your...
From the cramped back row at the Diversionary Theater, the small stage illuminated in red light looks like the beer-soaked platform at a rockin’ blues bar,...
The first time I saw Joe Longa — aka Mighty Joe (a moniker that is understood when you witness his music. I use the word “witness”...
The first time I saw Joe Longa — aka Mighty Joe (a moniker that is understood when you witness his music. I use the word “witness”...
