Month November 2003

The Midnight Special reopens!

The Midnight Special reopens! The Midnight Special, a much beloved left wing bookstore in Santa Monica, has reopened in their new location! It was forced to vacate from the now trendy Third Street Promenade due to yuppification and staggeringly high rents…

The Third Street Promenade

The Third Street Promenade For years, Third Street in Santa Monica was moribund. Not much was  happening at all. The City Council, in a truly innovative idea, closed off Third Street to cars, making it pedestrian only, in hopes of…

Jessica had amnesia

Jessica had amnesia Writing history A short item in the San Jose Mercury News today provides some startling news: “Jessica Lynch biography reveals rape by Iraqis.” Wow, you say, I thought Jessica Lynch had amnesia and doesn’t remember a thing…

Damn, but they could sing!

Damn, but they could sing! Righteous Brother Hatfield dies. Singer Bobby Hatfield, of the chart-topping vocal duo The Righteous Brothers, is found dead. I was a young pup when the Righteous Brothers started having hits. I remember people being astonished both at the…

We look forward to Alice…

We look forward to Alice Cooper running in Arizona In Michigan, Ted Nugent considers gubernatorial bid. “Ted Nugent has been politically active for years, but now he may be taking his activism to a new level,” WZZM-TV reports. In an…