"Things were pretty lively last spring, but after the nomination and the Eagleton affair were botched, enthusiasm fell."
Thursday, November 23
“Uh ... kinda crowded tonight, huh?” he pressed. “Not really. Usually more people than this.” It was already too late; he had committed himself. “Look. You wanna dance again?” “No thanks. Excuse me. I see a friend.”
The jukebox switched to “Funkier Than A Mosquiter’s Tweeter” and most of the people at the bar started mouthing the words. One man shooting pool almost hit our soups with his cue. Someone in the room screamed.
Thursday, November 16
You have just been subjected to aural pollution: the sound of a 707 landing at Lindbergh Field. According to San Diego International Airport Manager M.A. McDonald, this kind of pollution-air traffic noise-is falling off. Two …
Here it was 9 A.M., and John Prine hadn't had a single brew so he hollered for somebody to go fetch some Heineckens. Shortly thereafter the guy returned to the record studio with five bottles. …
For an eleven day stand, starting November 9, the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood will bulge with movies. Movies in unfamiliar language, usually (the most grating must be Danish, weaving between whine and stutter, seldom …
Thursday, November 9
The Lo-Rider displays almost make you feel religious. by Albert Barret Rod and Custom Show. You can really flash on the name. If you are older than twenty, it brings up images of what went …
It was back in 1970 at the mostly long-haired White Whale in La Jolla when I got my first peace handshake. My thumb caught him on the palm and he squeezed the tips of my …
Contemporary music is frequently divided into two categories: underground and straight, young-old, longhair-shorthair, liberal-conservative, progressive rock and easy listening, Kinks or Carpenters. Linking these extremes, however, is an area of music we could call "Middleground." …
Thursday, November 2
Slowly driving down Front Street, the car tips its nose up a little, like a ship sailing to the quiet dark places out of the harbor lights. A few blocks below Broadway at G, the …
Margaret Castro first entered County politics this June when she ran against Assemblyman Wadie Deddeh in the 77th Assembly District primary. She took less than fifteen percent of the vote and even failed to carry …
Hickey and Boggs — each is the kind of name which must expect a lifelong siege of puns, nonsense rhymes, snide pronunciations; together they sound like a partnership in a realty agency. Virtually the movie's …
After last Tuesday night's opening of Paul Zindel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Asaad Kelada, the director, asked the audience for feedback. The praise he received was lavish and …