[Q & A] Ducky Waddles Emporium Survives One of San Diego’s fine art bookstore owners talks candidly about the challenges of staying in business in today’s cyber-oriented environment. “The proliferation of hand held hardware platforms that display e-books such as Amazon’s Kindle will render print books almost obsolete.” A discussion with Jerry Waddle, book seller and art dealer. Email interview […]
The Future Of Rare & Used Book Sales
Hidden Lives
The Hidden Lives of Unhappy Hipsters “It was comforting to know that the neighbors had stopped speaking.” ::: “He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah.” ::: “He sipped his tepid coffee and pondered how to tell her that, in fact, the pants made the sack dress even less appealing.” ::: [From unhappyhipsters.com. ]
The Silver-Spun Voice and the Golden Violin
Emily Wells The Symphonies: Dreams, Memories & Parties Creative Control Records Review by Kent Manthie It’s been a little while since I last wrote up a review of Ms. Wells. Last time it was for her debut solo CD, Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks. What I can recall of that disc is that it was a beautiful, atmospheric showcase […]
Scott Brown, Pimp
Thanks A Lot Massachusetts Political Analysis by Kent Manthie With the crazy, upset victory of Republican Scott Brown, a jerk who, during his victory speech, even pimped out his daughters, saying “…they’re available”. Well, at least they’re over 18 and he’s not inviting statutory rapists to come sweep them away, but that would be poetic justice. One of his daughters was […]