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Grave Sins
Published March 3, 2010
Thirty-Five Years AgoThere seems to be an increasing popularity of Renaissance-type music in this area. [I]s what I’ve been hearing historically authentic or just another quaint Southern California put-on? Unfortunately, the general public has gained a ...
Members of the Keyboard
Published Feb. 24, 2010
Thirty-Five Years AgoKOLCHAK: I have found evidence of a most interesting case of vampirism. Meet me at Colinwood in Collinsport, Maine. Count D. TIM! What do you mean Brennan’s been snooping around the garage? Haven’t you ...
In the Green
Published Feb. 17, 2010
Thirty-Five Years AgoWatching Lyn Lott play the final hole on Sunday was an honest lesson in the pro golf version of catch-22.... On the seventy-second, par five, eighteenth hole, the left side of the green fronted ...
For Our Matchless Friends
Published Feb. 10, 2010
Thirty-Five Years AgoThe Introduction Agency was founded in 1973. Their motto is “Dates for every SINGLE one.” The Introduction Agency does not use a computer. ... More Post a comment
We've Always Looked After Our City
Published Feb. 3, 2010
Thirty Years AgoGeorge Marston thought the Nolen plan presented sound concepts for developing the city, but not everyone in San Diego agreed with him, as ... More Post a comment
O.B. P.O.'d
Published Jan. 27, 2010
Thirty Years AgoMy Ocean Beach/Point Loma friends have taken offense to comments made by Lowell Gannon. He says he was embarrassed to say he lived ... More Post a comment
Looking into Outsiders
Published Jan. 20, 2010
Thirty Years AgoYou are floating weightless in a warm, still place where only now and then do feathery tendrils of sensation tickle your naked body. ... More Post a comment
The Vanishing Chaparral
Published Jan. 13, 2010
Thirty Years AgoJIM FROM Mom’s Saloon December 8 after Christmas party. Remembering your blue eyes and smile. You haven’t phoned. Let’s go ride wild horses. ... More Post a comment
The Desire to Leave Hangs Like Heat
Published Jan. 6, 2010
Thirty Years AgoDear Matthew Alice:We were wondering if any photo developers in the San Diego area develop nude photos. We have tried most of the ... More Comment (1)
Open to Page One
Published Dec. 16, 2009
Thirty Years AgoMost Philosophical Opening Sentence: “The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place ... More Post a comment
The Zen of Flop
Published Dec. 9, 2009
Thirty Years Ago“Apocalypse At Last,” Duncan Shepherd’s long-awaited review, which appeared in the November 29 Reader, once again demonstrates his clannish and misinformed view of ... More Post a comment
Shelf Realization
Published Dec. 2, 2009
Thirty Years AgoCHERRY COLA: I’m kinda open and I was hopin, to find someone like me, so we could just be, to write, talk or ... More Post a comment
Sweet, Wet, Ugly, and Tough
Published Nov. 24, 2009
Thirty Years AgoSome people say that the only other thing a lobster fisherman does besides fish is drink. This image of the hard-drinking, hard-working, hardheaded ... More Post a comment
O.B. Manifesto
Published Nov. 18, 2009
Thirty Years AgoLast Saturday the sun was shining on the 5100 block of Cape May Avenue in Ocean Beach, and Red House at 5113 was ... More Post a comment
Nuts to Suites
Published Nov. 11, 2009
Thirty Years AgoBOSK - Compt-troller is functioning perfectly, War Tarn is no traitor. Need to send written communication, Reader is too confining. Say Where. Your ... More Post a comment
Local Gays Toss Lucille Ball
Published Nov. 4, 2009
Thirty Years AgoA few months ago, local homosexual activists were eagerly anticipating passage of the first “human rights” ordinance in San Diego County. Legalization drafted ... More Post a comment
From the Shower to La Scala
Published Oct. 28, 2009
Thirty Years AgoThis year’s KGB Homegrown album may not be rotting on the vine, but from all indications it seems to be turning a little ... More Post a comment
I Was the Coolest Guy I Knew
Published Oct. 21, 2009
Thirty Years AgoSome years ago a modest Spanish restaurant surfaced in La Jolla. It served a creditable paella and zarzuela, but the dessert crêpes were ... More Post a comment
Gorin By Himself
Published Oct. 14, 2009
Thirty Years AgoJean-Pierre Gorin first came to San Diego, and specifically to UCSD, in 1973, as a whistle stop on a college lecture tour in ... More Comment (1)
Slapped Slaps Suit on Slapper
Published Oct. 7, 2009
Thirty Years AgoDear Matthew Alice:While standing in the license-renewal line for an hour and a half the other day at the Department of Motor Vehicles, ... More Post a comment
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