The Spaceman Of Ocean Beach San Diego, CA YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS The drunken, sporadic genius of O.B.’s Spaceman By Sarah Gordon If you hung out in Ocean Beach in the ’80s or early ’90s, you surely knew Spaceman. Every day, the old, blind and usually drunk man sat in his wheelchair on Newport Street wearing a self-promoting “Spaceman” t-shirt […]
Jazz Psychedelia
new music: James Haitchwai, Code
Washington DC singer/songwriterJames Haitchwai releases Code review by Kathryn Reade “The first step – especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money – the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. […]
San Diego BAD FOOD review: Brick Alley
“Would you like a side order ofHershey Squirts with that awful chicken?” Brick Alley 3577 Midway Drive Reviewer’s Tweets * Bad food alert! Lookout for the “1-Quarter Chicken” dinner at Brick Alley, 3577 Midway Drive, SD 92110. Undercooked or spoilt, still unsure. 2 hours ago by Rob Reviewer Still don’t feel too good. Bleagh! Just look at this shit. I […]
Detroit’s New “Artist” District
Got $100? Welcome to your new Detroit home from CNN.com Story Highlights: * Detroit artists buy a trashed, abandoned house for $100, fix it up * Other artists have bought cheap houses in the same neighborhood * The Power House was the first home, meant to power the other houses nearby By Ashley Fantz (CNN) — If an e-mail popped […]