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Pacific Comics: The Inside Story of a Local '80s Comic Publisher
The Rocketeer and other famous '80s comics began right here in San Diego.... 1 – Pacific Comics: The inside story of a legendary local comic book company (including a history of indie comics and the Creator’s Rights revolution) 2 - …
Comics and Censorship: A Local-Centric Illustrated History
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 …
Deepest Dimension Terror Anthology: Inside Story of a Local Twilight Zone Spin-Off
Twilight Zone and Star Trek writer George Clayton Johnson presents... In the early ‘90s, I wrote and edited a comic book series called The Deepest Dimension Terror Anthology, the brainchild of original Twilight Zone writer George Clayton Johnson. It was …
Before It Was The Gaslamp: PS
More RE June 21st cover feature
The Reader's June 21st cover feature "Before It Was The Gaslamp" detailed the local life and turbulent times of Vince Miranda. In the '70s, Miranda ran a string of downtown grindhouse movie theaters and owned several flophouse hotels (as well …
The Birth of Image Comics - An Illustrated History
The inside story of a local powerhouse comic publisher ------ THE BIRTH OF IMAGE COMICS Image Comics took the Creator’s Rights revolution sparked by Pacific Comics in the ‘80s, and essentially changed the way comic books are made and how …
The Day Nirvana Played at Off the Record 10-24-91, plus YouTube Shat
Nirvana Does OTR, plus DIY ShatFest!
Nirvana Does OTR, plus DIY ShatFest! THE DAY NIRVANA PLAYED OFF THE RECORD: 10-24-91 Ticket and photos of Nirvana at OTR 10-24-91 Who doesn't miss the staple-infested LP bins of Off The Record's late lamented Hillcrest locale? Those beat up …
The Day Jimi Hendrix Came to Town 5-24-69: Noel Redding Interview
Hendrix Does Diego, plus the Kitsch Family Robinson
Hendrix Does Diego, plus the Kitsch Family Robinson THE DAY JIMI HENDRIX CAME TO TOWN: 5-24-69 May 1969: Two hundred years after Father Junípero Serra founded the first California mission on Presidio Hill, San Diego celebrated its bicentennial. The Ferry …
Star Trek: The Continuing Mission - Interview with Patrick McCray
Sith Apprentice co-star on the new internet Trek series
STAR TREK: The Continuing Mission “I don't know how long the story will last,” emailed Patrick McCray awhile back, “but the show on which I'm a producer, STAR TREK: THE CONTINUING MISSION, is a top story on the entertainment …
LOCAL JOCK SAYS HE WAS STALKED - A REAL LIFE "PLAY MISTY FOR ME"?
The dark side of audiological obsession formed the basis of the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller "Play Misty For Me" (the actor's directorial debut). Portraying a jazz radio DJ for station KRML in Carmel California, Eastwood's character finds his life upended by a high-strung female fan who repeatedly calls his show to request her favorite song...
LOCAL JOCK SAYS HE WAS STALKED - A REAL LIFE "PLAY MISTY FOR ME"? With help from fellow Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics writer Spike Steffenhagen, I browsed a stack of local music-related lawsuit files and found a bunch of fascinating …
THE OB RANGER RIDES AGAIN: RETURN OF A ‘70S COUNTERCULTURE HERO
“We were going after the progressive rock or the album rock crowd,” says radio DJ and programming vet Gary Allyn about his early seventies on-air gig in San Diego.
THE OB RANGER RIDES AGAIN: RETURN OF A ‘70S COUNTERCULTURE HERO “We were going after the progressive rock or the album rock crowd,” says radio DJ and programming vet Gary Allyn about his early seventies on-air gig in San Diego. …
JIM McINNES: THE LAST DJ
"There goes the last DJ/who plays what he wants to play/and says what he wants to say/there goes your freedom of choice/there goes the last human voice/there goes the last DJ" -- lyrics from "The Last DJ," by Tom Petty
JIM McINNES: THE LAST DJ "There goes the last DJ/who plays what he wants to play/and says what he wants to say/there goes your freedom of choice/there goes the last human voice/there goes the last DJ" -- lyrics from "The …
WHERE’S THE READER’S HIP-HOP COVERAGE? Plus 10 songs that define San Diego hip-hop
Also, we're to blame for Boy Shakira on America's Got Talent
WHERE’S THE READER’S HIP-HOP COVERAGE? We get a lot of emails asking this, and (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 before – …
CREEPY OLD GUY GOES TO A RAVE, plus Mike Stax profile
Okay, I know chances are good that my sideburns are older than a lotta people reading this blog.
CREEPY OLD GUY GOES TO A RAVE Okay, I know chances are good that my sideburns are 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 …
RACIST ROCK: DO THE WHITE THING
A history of SoCal racist rock
RACIST ROCK: DO THE WHITE THING "Throughout history, music has been used to recruit and unify ultra-right movements. A lot of people think the Third Reich couldn’t have happened without Wagner. For Skinheads, who follow the concept of leaderless resistance, …
Goths For Jesus: Pastor Dave’s Christian Goths
GOTHS FOR JESUS: PASTOR DAVE’S CHRISTIAN GOTHS "The Lord said...'Stretch your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread...darkness that can be felt.'" Exodus 10:21 Old school “goth” can be traced back to the third and fourth centuries, when …
HELLO SATAN: DARK METAL IN SAN DIEGO, plus Death Metal History Comic
HELLO SATAN: DARK METAL IN SAN DIEGO "Some rock and roll groups stand in a circle and drink cups of blood. Some get on their knees and pray to the devil. Rock and roll hypnotizes us and controls our senses." …
Underage Swing Dancers Battle Local Law
UNDERAGE SWING DANCERS BATTLE LOCAL LAW The San Diego Municipal code defines a “teenage dance” as “any event open to the public that allows dancing by teenagers.” A teenager is “any person who is at least fourteen or more years …