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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 by the San Diego Democratic Club, a political organization of liberal ...

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 brown around the edges. Only 175 songs were entered in this ...

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 not recognizable to either my eye or palate. When I pressed ...

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

The Story I Wanted to Write But Didn't Published Sept. 30, 2009

Thirty Years AgoTHREE CLOSE MALE friends of mine and I were sitting around my living room the other day when someone picked up the Reader ... More Post a comment

Dirty Zappa's Dirty Little Secret Published Sept. 23, 2009

Thirty Years AgoThis is the way Ted Uhler commutes from his Spring Valley home to his job downtown: Uhler sets his alarm for 5:30 a.m. ... More Post a comment

All the Answers Published Sept. 16, 2009

Thirty Years AgoFAMILY OF PSA air crash victim (Sept. ’78) would appreciate hearing from other such families. WAVE JUNKIE: A dozen years of surfing and ... More Post a comment

What Sort of Whale Do You Think I Am? Published Sept. 9, 2009

Thirty Years Ago[Susan] West won a smooch from Sea World’s celebrated cetacean last spring when she rode in an asthma benefit bikeathon and finished as ... More Post a comment

A Star Is Berthed Published Sept. 2, 2009

Thirty Years AgoDear Matthew Alice:Are there more men than women in San Diego?— Curious Couple, San Diego Men generally outnumber women in this city and ... More Post a comment

My Boy Duncan Published Aug. 26, 2009

Thirty Years AgoI miss Duncan Shepherd and I’ll tell you how much. I was thinking about this as I was ironing the other day, and ... More Comments (4)

San Diego Sandanista Published Aug. 19, 2009

Thirty Years AgoLate last April John Holtz brought home to San Diego four bullet holes in the trunk of his Renault station wagon. “I was ... More Post a comment

On the Death of Marcuse Published Aug. 12, 2009

Thirty Years AgoI never returned to graduate school. Nor did I ever become Marcuse’s student in a formal administrative sense. But I became a student ... More Post a comment

The Abducted Published Aug. 5, 2009

Thirty Years AgoJoan Baez appears at SDSU’s Amphitheatre tonight, Thursday. Baez has always struck me as an opportunist and dilettante, flaunting her political beliefs, her ... More Post a comment

Separate Check Published July 29, 2009

Thirty Years AgoMy personal critique of Hob Nob Hill: dinners are unimaginative and overpriced; an overkill of watercress (during the lettuce shortage) in their chef’s ... More Post a comment

Come Back When You're White Published July 22, 2009

Thirty Years AgoDorie’s bedroom was darkened, but there was enough illumination coming from the bathroom for Barbara to see. Dorie was on her side, though ... More Post a comment

Back When Published July 15, 2009

Thirty Years AgoVERY ATTRACTIVE blonde lady at the Strand Theatre on 10 July. Shy black guy would like to meet you. Eye contact — answer ... More Post a comment

Upside, Downside Published July 8, 2009

Thirty Years AgoNED AND NEDDER: Happy new habitat! With so much love to keep you warm, isn’t that fireplace superfluous? Kandee in Klairemont. FARRELL’S: Waited ... More Post a comment

Men's Summer Swimsuit Issue Published July 1, 2009

Thirty Years AgoThe straw had been piling on the proverbial camel’s back for some time before Duncan Shepherd’s critique of Woody Allen’s Manhattan. Now I ... More Post a comment

All the Fine New Prefixes Published June 24, 2009

Thirty Years AgoDear Matthew Alice:How do you get hold of the words to a song when you can’t understand them on the record? [As] the ... More Comment (1)