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Fat City to Become Another Long Gone Concert Venue?
TUE14JUN11 Well, why not tear down an interesting piece of history and replace it with yet another ugly, sterile structure born of an ugly sterile mind (to say nothing of small and greedy)? I mean, after all, the city's full of 'em now. I propose a moment of silence for the real San Diego, the San Diego destroyed and ruined by the vast swarms of loathsome two-legged locusts that swept in from the outside and destroyed it all; the San Diego that no longer exists.— June 14, 2011 4:55 a.m.
Unforgettable: A Walk on the Stingaree Side Part 6
All of the Stingaree articles have been absolutely fascinating. Apparently the San Diego city government has always been just as smarmy, arrogant and self-righteous as I found it to be during the 30 years I lived and worked there. I guess that proves true the old saw: "The more things change, the more they stay the same". Also apparently, the so-called upper crust of the city was the same hypocritical, double-standard bunch during the days of the Stingaree as they were during my time there, proving the truth of another old saw: "The upper crust are nothing more than a bunch of crumbs held together by dough".— August 8, 2009 2:09 p.m.
Unforgettable: A Walk on the Stingaree Side, Part 3
These are fascinating articles. I'll say one thing, the old Stingaree sounds like a really exciting place filled with really interesting people rather than hordes of soft, pampered/self-pampered, over privileged, boring types wearing false senses of entitlement.— July 18, 2009 9:23 a.m.
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As a correction to the above posting by Marilyn Yassin-Basile: You are wrong about Terry Wiggins not paying his employees. I don't remember you or any of the people you named, but if you worked at the Hollywood Blvd. house after it stopped showing X-Rated, you were working for the Star-Crest Theatre Company/Corporation which was a dummy corporation set up by Mr. Tate. Terry Wiggins was owner in name/title only. If you didn't get paid, it was Walnut via Star-Crest that didn't pay you, not Terry. Dan Whitehead— January 12, 2009 7:08 a.m.
Downtown San Diego condos – kinda like roller coasters
Mythusmage Don't faint when you read this, but you are 100% correct and I couldn't agree with you more as per your above comments.— December 19, 2008 10:30 p.m.
Downtown San Diego condos – kinda like roller coasters
To Stevewag23: I really have no answer as to the next move. The damage has been thoroughly and extensively done. I left in complete and total disgust in December of 2000. The San Diego that exists now is a sickening, loathsome aberration of the real San Diego. At this point in time, I wouldn't care if I never saw it again (and I NEVER thought I'd live to say such a thing!!).— December 5, 2008 5:42 a.m.
Downtown San Diego condos – kinda like roller coasters
I am completely sickened at how a collection of greedy swine took such an easy-going, laid-back, relatively inexpensive place, like San Diego used to be, and RUINED it. I'm glad I got to experience San Diego (and indeed the whole of southern California), before it was destroyed by the locusts.— December 3, 2008 6:14 p.m.
Vince Miranda and the Balboa, Aztec, Cabrillo, Plaza, Bijou, and Pussycat theaters
I just received this from Frank Clancy. Looks like there has been some confusion all around. This Should clear things up a bit: I think that guy was talking about the original opening of the restaurant. I opened the second incarnation of the restaurant I seem to remember that Tate told me that it had opened when the theatre was legit- there were problems and Walnut closed it. When I opened it the theatre was Deep Throat- was I believe 75 or 76. They needed to get the restaurant re-opened so that they wouldn't lose their liquor license. If you recall I opened one day a month during the setup period to keep the license active- I'd do all of the cooking, waiting, everything that day.— July 11, 2008 9:05 a.m.
Balboa's Last Stand: Balboa Theater circa 70s/80s
THU10JUL08, 7:40P CST I just spoke with the lady who was the office manager at Walnut and also Mr. Tate's secretary for many, many years right up 'til the time they shut down. I was wrong and stand corrected. Ethel said there was indeed a division of the company called Walnut International Productions; she said they called it WIP, but she has no idea who this person claiming to be vice president is. Unfortunately she doesn't remember Frank Clany. She says the name sounds familiar but she can't put a face to it. That's too bad because there WAS (and still is) a Frank Clancy and he WAS indeed the person who first opened its doors for business as its manager. I repeat, I stand by what I said.— July 10, 2008 5:54 p.m.
Vince Miranda and the Balboa, Aztec, Cabrillo, Plaza, Bijou, and Pussycat theaters
To wjoo1 You are very much mistaken. There most certainly was a Frank Clancy and he most certainly is the person who was responsible for the opening of the Backstage. I'll tell you what though; it's you that I never heard of nor Walnut "International" for that matter. The only vice presidents at Walnut were Jimmy Johnson (who was head of the advertising department) and Dick Wittie (sp?) (who did the film booking for all the Pussycat houses). What's more, most, if not all, the payroll and employee records were shredded around 1988 or 1989 in the basement of the Hollywood Center Building, so your "research" couldn't have been very thorough. I'm also very much aware that there was a pawn shop at that corner before it became the Backstage; Western Pawn and Loan to be precise. I bought a lot of tools from them. It's too bad that the people who were really in the know are, for the most part, all dead and gone. The treacherous Don Wortman got Mr. Miranda to fire Frank just shortly after the Backstage opened so the he could take it over himself. You are very much in error, whoever you are. I stand by what I said. I was there; I hear, I saw I know.— July 9, 2008 10:53 p.m.