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Marc Intravaia Saw Jimi
Great article!. We have been fans of Marc's since we first heard Meg Banta play Marc & Eve's "Brave New World" on the radio (KKOS? KUPR?) in 1995. First saw them live at the Escondido Street Fair that year and have enjoyed hundreds of shows since then! We don't see them as much as we would like to, but keep it up Marc, it's good to know you are out there doing what you do best - bring joy to people with your musc!— August 5, 2012 11:19 a.m.
North San Diego County's Coaster will get advertising all over it
Thank you, Elizabeth Salaam and Benjamin Tobias, for bringing attention the Coaster wrap issue. As I recently advised NCTD: Not only do the wraps covering the windows turn the formerly enjoyable view from the Coaster cars (a huge advantage - hence a selling point - to riding the Coaster) into more of an annoyance, it makes it difficult to see inside the Coaster cars, especially during the day. As a regular rider of the Coaster, I do not like the idea of NCTD doing anything that makes it difficult for people on the outside to see inside the car. Due to the annoyance factor, I have no desire to do business with Wells Fargo Bank or UCSD Health (I doubt this is the result they are hoping to achieve). I would like to address a comment in the article by Alex Wiggins, Communications Director of NCTD. He says "the obstruction is relatively minor..looking out of a tinted window compared to a nontinted window". I wish I could post the sunset photos I took, one from a wrapped car and one from a "clean" car so everyone could see that the difference between these two views extends way beyond a "tint". Mr. Tobias said it is like looking through a chain link fence but I would liken it more to looking through a black honeycomb - the weave is that tight. While I understand the motivations behind the advertising (additional exposure for WFB and UCSD / income for NCTC), this advertising method is having the opposite effect on riders. There has got to be a better way! Perhaps a redesign of the wrap to allow for uncovered windows would be a way to meet the needs of all: WFB & UCSD would still get the benefits of additional exposure, NCTD would still receive the advertising income and the riders will not be annoyed! It can be done. Take a look at the Trolley cars - some of them are wrapped but the windows are left clear. I, as well as many other Coaster riders look forward to the day when the wraps are redesigned so the ability to enjoy the views and the safety of the riders will be restored.— February 26, 2012 8:44 p.m.