Blogs
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How I Snuck Into 100 Concerts, plus Bands (Barely) Reunited, Local Blues Lovers Battle, more
By Jay Allen Sanford - August 20, 2008, 2:32 a.m.
Concert Crashing, Bands (Barely) Reunited, Blues Battle, Rage Against the Rancho, & more Contents: 1 - How I Snuck Into Around 100 Local Concerts 2 - Ratt & Roll Over: Beyond Behind the Music 3 – Just Sing the Hits - When Bands (Barely) Reunite 4 - Battle Of the ...
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Bumper Stickers
By Josh Board - August 20, 2008, 12:14 a.m.
As a kid, I remember plastering my bedroom door with stickers. I think all kids love stickers. But it was when my stepdad took me to the mechanic with him at around age 11, and the guy at the shop offered me a bunch of car type stickers. The red ...
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Thunderstorms, Shore Birds, Jasmine, and the Milky Way
By Jerry Schad - August 19, 2008, 7:18 p.m.
Thunderstorms have visited the Imperial Valley and parts of eastern San Diego County over the past several weeks. The seasonal arrival of moisture from the east and south, more or less typical for late summer, contributes to the greening of certain kinds of vegetation. On the desert floor, for example, ...
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Bad Times for PB Drivers...
By ThatsRicci - August 19, 2008, 11:02 a.m.
Based on counting the number of times I've been nearly t-boned by drivers blasting through stop signs, or doing an exaggerated "California-stop", I have determined that 6pm-9pm is the WORST time to be on two wheels in PB. It usually starts when I come home for work a little later ...
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Tropic Thunder Controversies
By Josh Board - August 19, 2008, 12:26 a.m.
The Reader had a movie screening for Tropic Thunder, which I snuck into. I was glad I did, too. It was good, but not great. And those are the movies you don't want to drop $22 to see. When I left the theatre a young reporter, I believe from 93.3 ...
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the experiment continues
By IrisElin - August 18, 2008, 9:57 p.m.
So, maybe I was a little hasty. After all, South Park is a little on the small side. And to expect it to be able to provide for my every need was perhaps a little on the naïve side. I mean, it’s a neighborhood within a large city, not a ...
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Amylin Strock Plunges 13 Percent As Deaths Reported in Use of its Diabetes Drug
By Don Bauder - August 18, 2008, 6:45 p.m.
Stock of Amylin Pharmaceuticals plummeted 13 percent today (Aug, 18) to $29.76 as the Food and Drug Administration said it is seeking a stronger warning for the company's Byetta diabetes drug. Last year, the drug accounted for 80 percent of the biotech's revenue. Amylin's partner in the drug is big ...
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Misheard Lyrics, plus Snotley Crue, eBay Report, Famous Former Neighbors; the Article, My Brunch With Yoko Ono, “When Johnny Met Yoko” Comix
By Jay Allen Sanford - August 18, 2008, 3:03 p.m.
Motley Cartoon Spoof, Brunch With a Beatle Bride, Underground With the Celebrity Dead ******************************************* Contents: 1 – Misheard Lyrics: San Diego Edition 2 – Local Treasures – eBay Report 3 – Snotley Crue: Motley comic spoof 4 – Famous Former Neighbors: San Diego Celebrities RIP 5 – My Brunch With ...
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Web exclusive cartoon - "Jankenstein"
By Neal Obermeyer - August 18, 2008, 11:59 a.m.
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The Olympics
By Josh Board - August 18, 2008, 11:41 a.m.
I don't really follow the Olympics closely. I love sports, just not big into the Olympics. I always hear things that I find interesting or odd. That they were getting rid of baseball, and womens softball. Yet...I see they still have handball, which is such a bizarre sport. If you ...
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Get a Life -- An Autograph Blog
By Josh Board - August 17, 2008, 11:57 a.m.
I write a column for Autograph Magazine, which is available monthly at your local newsstand. And, if it's not, demand they get it! My friends often ask me questions about which celebrities are nice, which are mean. When I do their cover story on the 10 best/worst celebrities, it usually ...
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Tales of the Palms Hotel (12th & Island circa 1979), Plus I Sold My Albums, Rockin’ Tattoos & TJ Bathrooms
By Jay Allen Sanford - August 17, 2008, 7:30 a.m.
More Lost Gaslamp Tales, Locals Rockin' Tats, Everybody’s Gotta Go Sometime, and I Sold My Albums to Off the Record Contents: 1 – Tales of the Palms Hotel, Part 1: Life Downtown Before it Was the Gaslamp 2 – The Day I Sold My Albums to Off the Record 3 ...
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Consuming for the community
By IrisElin - August 16, 2008, 9:31 p.m.
I recently had a conversation with a friend about the concept of community. Is a community of people who move to a certain place because they like it, any less strong than one made up of folks who’ve lived there for generations? Perhaps, but I hope not. I moved to ...
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Encanto Steet Fair means finding a driving alternative to Imperial Avenue!
By a2zresource - August 16, 2008, 11:02 a.m.
This year's Encanto Street Fair and Cultural Arts Festival promises to be an interesting affair both for the entertainment and for its political ramifications (which could prove to be even more entertaining). The steet fair is the first major public gathering in the most eastern part of Southeast San Diego ...
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Used Cars
By Josh Board - August 16, 2008, 1:15 a.m.
A friend of mine owns a used car lot in Escondido called "Dig's Wheels". The first time I was there talking to him, I was amazed at how he didn't push customers when they came onto his lot. A guy was looking at a Camry he had. The guy didn't ...
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San Diego Continues Losing Jobs; Unemployment Rate in July Was 6.4 Percent, Above Nation's 6.0 Percent
By Don Bauder - August 15, 2008, 11:29 a.m.
San Diego County continues to lose jobs, according to the report for July issued today (Aug. 15) by the state's Employment Development Department. Nonfarm employment declined by 9,100 between June and July of this year. The county lost 4,600 jobs from July of 2007. Construction jobs were down 7,500 over ...
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Movie Critics
By Josh Board - August 15, 2008, 1:35 a.m.
I really can't figure movie critics out. They baffle me. The movie Step Brothers is getting bad reviews. Now, I hate Will Ferrell more than anyone. I'm just tired of his same old routine, movie after movie. But, I couldn't stop laughing during this movie. Yet, if you read reviews, ...
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Lindsey Yung’s Hot Turtle Love, Jethro Tull Today, Public Access TV Rock, Local Bands Who Mattered 1960 – 2000
By Jay Allen Sanford - August 14, 2008, 4:06 p.m.
Contents: 1 – Jethro Tull Today: A peek at their backstage rider 2 – Lindsey Yung’s Hot Turtle Love 3 – When Scott Wilson Was Glam 4 - Iggy Pop Bassist Goes 3-D 5 – The Tell-Tale Hearts: Gone For Good, Or ??? 6 – Remember Puddletown Tom? 7 - ...
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Bad News for Copley, Good for KUSI: Cox Selling Austin, Other Papers Amid Gloomier Newspaper Environment
By Don Bauder - August 14, 2008, 2:41 p.m.
Cox Enterprises has put the Austin American-Statesman up for sale, along with ten papers in smaller cities such as Waco. That will leave Cox with only three papers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Austin is generally considered a market quite similar to San Diego, where Copley Press, owner of the Union-Tribune, ...
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Dear Ardith
By Josh Board - August 14, 2008, 11:16 a.m.
Okay...I hate to blog again about a Dear Abby. But this just got me thinking on so many different subjects. Somene sent Abby a letter about her husband and her expecting their first child. The names they picked are: Ethan for a boy, Ardith for a girl. Her father is ...