Lawyers, Songs & Money, Rockstar Trouble in Paradise, La Jolla Drivers Suck, & more

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Celebs on San Diego PT. 2, Blame Me For Boy Shakira, Midnight Rambler, etc.

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Hello Satan, Goths for Jesus, Skinheads, Hip-Hop VS Rap, & Creepy Old Guy Goes to a Rave

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The Inside Story of a Local Porn Empire, plus Deadheads After the Head Deadhead was Dead & Online Bootycall

Porn Empire Inside Story, plus Tye-dyed and Squinty-eyed 1 - Confessions of a Local Pornographer: Battle of the Peeps 2 - Online Bootycall? 3 - Where Have All The Deadheads Gone? Deadheads after the head Deadhead was dead CONFESSIONS OF …

Don’t Be Afraid, it’s Only a Comic Book!

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Soundboard Blues, Vicious Volume, & Horn If You’re Honky: Car Horns and the Honkies Who Love Them!

Soundboard Blues, Vicious Volume, & Horn If You’re Honky: Car Horns and the Honkies Who Love Them! Contents 1 Sound Guys Sound Off: Local Soundboard Operators 2 Concerts Are Making You Deaf: An Audiological Overview 3 Horn If You’re Honky: …

How Not To Intvw a Celeb, Life Goes On For Corky Laing, Badfinger, Zappa Discovery, & more

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Deep Inside Ratt, local blues-lovers go to war, Buffy Does Ken, & more

Deep Inside Ratt, local blues-lovers go to war, Buffy Does Ken, & more Contents 1 Deep Inside Ratt: Dueling For Dollars 2 Battle Of The Blues Lovers 3 Buffy Staked After Ken Cinema Event 4 Rage Against The Rancho: Ex-Blinker …

Essays on working for Kiss, Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics Story with lost/unpublished art

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Brunch with a Beatle Bride & local Beatle-centric stories

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Locals Rock Their Tats, plus Everybody’s Gotta Go Sometime

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Rosie & t/Originals, the Monroes, Brain Police, That ‘80s Club, & DIY TV

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Inside Stories: Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91, Hendrix at Sports Arena 5-24-69, plus 50 more Historic Local Concerts

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Radio Legend McInnes, ‘70s OB Ranger, Radio Jock Says He Was Stalked

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Award Controversy, Tiernan’s Sloppy Seconds, Local Bowie Book & more

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Prison Encounters with Charlie’s Angels, plus Loving the Inmate

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Local Concerts In Your Living Room, Weird Viral Videos, Trippy Toons, and a Big Steamin' Pile of Shat

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Rockstars in Local Trouble, Concert Lawsuits, Hard Rock Hotel Haters, & more

Rockstars in Trouble, Lawyers Songs & Money, Hard Rock Hotel Haters, & more Contents: 1 Worst In Rock: Celebs In SD Find Trouble In Paradise 2 La Jolla Drivers Suck 3 Lawyers, Songs & Money: Local Lawsuits 4 Pain And …

Deadheads after the head Deadhead was dead

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Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Only a Comic Book!

DON’T BE AFRAID, IT’S ONLY A COMIC BOOK! How dangerous can a comic book be? Very, some would say. Dangerous to the imagination. Dangerous to literature. Dangerous to commerce. Dangerous to developing young minds. Dangerous to community morals. Dangerous to …

Celebs on the City, KKK Concerts, Lawyers Songs & Money, DJ Obsession

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Soundboard Blues, Vicious Volume, & Horn If You’re Honky: Car Horns and the Honkies Who Love Them!

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Life Goes On For Corky, plus Edgar Winter, Wild Man, Badfinger, Mojo Nixon, RIP Maharishi

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Bloody Rockers, Remember the Brain Police, Booty Commandments, and more Craigslist Funnies

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Battle for the Blues, 50 Great Moments in Local Rock History, Boy Shakira is All My Fault, War Stories, “I Found Nirvana (Next To The Foo Fighters),” and more

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Essays on working for Kiss, Lost & Unpublished Artwork, & Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics: The Inside Story

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Tiernan’s default victory, local Bowie book, synth collector, and Dave Humphries VS Apple Records

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The inside story of Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91, and Hendrix backstage at Sports Arena 5-24-69

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