I’ve got drugs on the brain, mostly because of my current surroundings. I’m on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, to attend my man’s annual photographic art exhibition at the Granary Gallery and visit my in-laws, …
May Ten: Big Screen Anniversary Party at House of Blues
When I worked with the public radio station in town we were forbidden from handing out prizes on the air. Knowing that The Big Screen is rapidly approaching its one year anniversary, Matt and I wanted to put together a …
The Big Screen Movie Trivia Party: Group Photo
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/10/24188/ That's Scott Marks front and center. Thanks to all who attended, and to everyone who helped make it possible, and to the House of Blues for their splendid hospitality! Until next year, we remain, your devoted bloggers, M and …
Le Dîner à San Diego: Evening in White
Le Dîner à San Diego will debut in San Diego this May. Inspired by Dîner en Blanc, the refined flash mob pop-up picnic held annually in Paris since 1988, Le Dîner à San Diego will be held on May 25, …
Dotty Harry makes RNC's day
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/30/30573/ A man's got to know his limitations and Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention earned him notices the likes of which he hasn't received since City Heat. "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. …
Landmark Blows Out Ken's 100 Birthday Candles With a Yawn
The Big Screen was the first to break the news: Landmark's Ken Cinema will celebrate its 100th birthday this year. Am I the only one who thinks it's a big to-do that our town boasts one of the few 100-year-old …
Happy 40th, San Diego Reader: whither Rodney Wanker?
So the Reader is 40 today, and to celebrate, they've put their first issue online. As the promo notes, "Among the early writers for the paper were Kathleen Woodward (ex-wife of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward); Jonathan Saville, literature professor …
Tempus Fugit
Another Truth that Sets Me Freer
when I was 12 years old, my oldest brother, who was 20 at the time and living at home while attending community college, was brutally attacked in his bedroom by a close relative who was then 18 years old, who …
Filner ends pot dispensary crackdown; U.S. Attorney Duffy yet to respond
Today’s move may position new Democratic San Diego mayor for head-on collision with Obama’s U.S. Attorney here
San Diego mayor Bob Filner, whose election was opposed last year by U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, today told the city's development department to stop its crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries. A day after a contretemps yesterday, in which Democrat Filner …
Atheist advocacy billboard erected in Lemon Grove
The San Diego Coalition of Reason, a collection of local groups of non-theists and church-state separation activists, has teamed up with American Atheists, a national organization, to purchase ad space on a billboard off the SR 94 freeway near College …