Guest post in AwkwardSD

"Bruce Springsteen hates San Diego"

Image by Ryan Bradford for AwkwardSD.

I’m in your inbox off-schedule and off-topic to inform you that my essay “Bruce Springsteen hates San Diego,” in which I consider why Springsteen has played San Diego just four times, is live on Ryan Bradford’s AwkwardSD newsletter. I had been writing that essay in fits and starts for seven years and am glad it finally found a home.

Please also consider joining me as a subscriber to AwkwardSD. Ryan’s review of a fast food spaghetti restaurant in Utah will live in my mind forever.

I was still in the Navy when I first heard of Ryan. He wrote for San Diego CityBeat (R.I.P.) and I’d read his stuff while waiting for my orders at Krakatoa (R.I.P.) in Golden Hill. I thought being a columnist for an alt-weekly must have been the coolest gig in the world. I recently slid into his DMs to ask if I can buy him a beer so he can tell me how to be a writer in San Diego. Against his better judgement he accepted. I’m lucky to have Ryan as a new friend and appreciate …