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My Homeless Year: Confessions of a Former Crackhead Cartoonist
I was homeless exactly one year, from March 2001 to March 2002. I'd known it was coming, and I even sort of welcomed the impending challenge(s), but I had no idea how long it would ...
Bonnie Dumanis: Cartoon Cutup
Done late last year for the publishers of San Diego Uptown News, while Bonnie Dumanis and Sheriff Gore were making it a point to brag about not taking campaign contributions, but quietly accepting pay raises ...
Barnabas Collins Has Risen From the Grave (Again!) - the Return of Dark Shadows
THE RETURN OF DARK SHADOWS! I've been checking out the original Dark Shadows cast reunions being offered as CD audio dramas by Big Finish Productions. Assuming you're already familiar with the 60s/70s gothic soap opera, ...
The Return of Captain Sticky - San Diego's '70s Superhero (and his StickyMobile!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMmrBycX5Y THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN STICKY! Captain Sticky video footage! San Diego's consumer rights superhero of the '70s and his StickyMobile - many remember the TV show Real People profiled the Captain, but this Spanish ...
Farewell Comic-Con 2010 - Final Photo Phunnies
Here are the final pics from Sunday, followed in reverse order by Saturday thru Thursday ----- see you in 2011! Jawa Youth! C’mon, man, you just KNOW the dork with the Batman halloween mask crashed ...
A Most Exceptional Duck
A MOST EXCEPTIONAL DUCK OFFBEAT AND UNUSUAL, SUCH FRIENDS I'VE HAD MANY, A LOT OF ODD BIRDS TO BE SURE. PERHAPS THE MOST ODD AND OFFBEAT OF ALL, AN ABANDONED YOUNG DUCK, BRAND ...
Party Crasher Returns - elsewhere
http://www.sandiego.com/crasher/party-crasher-ombac-s-unjust-dessert Tho the Reader's Crasher column existed before Josh Board wrote it (Daniel Ridge had the gig until late 2003), Josh seems to have taken the column name and format with him to sandiego.com -- ...
Local Book Reviews and Author Interviews
Immersing Deep Into Jazz—and Heroin Captivating tale of addiction and redemption to be featured at this year’s California Library Association Book Exhibit in San Diego November 12-15 From critically acclaimed musician and writer Don Alberts ...
Why I Don't Like Hippies
WHAT I DRINK AND WHERE I DRINK IT or Why I Don't Like Hippies What I Drink: Kahlúa White Russian - 2 parts Kahlúa, 1 part vodka, 2 splashes of cream Where I Drink It: Winstons, Ocean ...
Five Questions, plus More Free Band Names
FIVE QUESTIONS, FIVE THINGS I enjoyed the replies to the previous “Get To Know Me” blog, so here’s a followup of sorts, another frequent visitor to my inbox that I finally replied to ---- ...
What's YOUR Favorite Twilight Zone?
When interviewing local musicos, one of my favorite questions to ask is "What's your favorite Twilight Zone?" It's amazing how almost everybody I've ever asked comes right back with an enthusiastic reply. Even if they ...
When Cult Movies Ruled at Midnight
MIDNIGHT MOVIES, A LOCAL HISTORY: The '80s Part 1 July 29, 1983, Ken Cinema: First Known “Shadowcast” Fan Participation at a screening of Phantom of the Paradise! The Rocky Horror Picture debuted as a midnight movie ...
Confessions of a Concert Crasher
Following is one of the first articles I ever wrote for the Reader, back in the early '90s ------------------
Get To Know Me (and stop sending those goofy questionnaires)
GET TO KNOW ME - THERE, I FINALLY FILLED OUT THIS STUPID EMAIL, SO EVERYONE STOP STOP SENDING IT TO ME.............. What time did you get up this morning? 'Bout noon - daylight is overrated ...
Lazy Old Rocker Dude Goes To a Hip-Hop Open Mic
We get a lot of emails asking "Where's the Reader's hip-hop coverage?" Hopefully, readers have noticed increased coverage throughout the music section, including Blurt, Lists, Of Note, and Club Crawler. It wasn’t that we avoided hip-hop ...
Creepy Old Wannabe Outlaw/Cartoonist Goes To a Rave
Okay, I know chances are good that my "newest" pair of jeans is older than a lotta people reading this blog. I’m old. How old AM I? I'm old enough to have… a) …bought Beatles records while they ...
Battle of the Bouncers - Concert Security Wars
Local Firms Fight for Rights to Bounce You Your average concertgoer rarely pays much attention to event security. Most of what they do goes on out of our view, at least if they’re doing their ...
I Was An Undercover Deadhead
Deadheads after the head Deadhead was dead I WAS AN UNDERCOVER DEADHEAD Once upon a time, the icons of their religion descended on arenas and stadiums like rainbow draped godlings, accepting the ritual sacrifice of ...
R.I.P. Porn Biz (and good riddance!)
RIP PORN BIZ - WHY THE PORNO INDUSTRY DESERVES ITS SLOW DEATH Modern day porn movies are notorious for their ridiculous and idiotic titles. Looking at a porn star's list of film names would have ...
One Night at Black's Beach
"Black's Beach, everyone knows, you don't need no buttons and bows. Black's Beach, everyone goes - there's a bunch of crazy people there without any clothes." (From one of KGB's old Homegrown vinyl albums - ...
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