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Grave Sins

Grave Sins

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 ...

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Members of the Keyboard

Members of the Keyboard

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 ...

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In the Green

In the Green

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 ...

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For Our Matchless Friends

For Our Matchless Friends

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

We've Always Looked After Our City

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

O.B. P.O.'d

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

Looking into Outsiders

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

The Vanishing Chaparral

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

The Desire to Leave Hangs Like Heat

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

Open to Page One

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

The Zen of Flop

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

Shelf Realization

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

Sweet, Wet, Ugly, and Tough

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

O.B. Manifesto

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

Nuts to Suites

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

Local Gays Toss Lucille Ball

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

From the Shower to La Scala

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

I Was the Coolest Guy I Knew

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

Gorin By Himself

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

Slapped Slaps Suit on Slapper

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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