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Future Of Rare & Used Book Sales

[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 [...]

Hidden Lives

The Hidden Lives of Unhappy Hipsters

“It was comforting to know that the neighbors had stopped speaking.”
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“He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah.”
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“He sipped his tepid coffee and pondered how to tell her that, in fact, the pants made the sack dress even less appealing.”
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[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 [...]

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 [...]

Flying Dog Barley Wine

Barley Wine Review
Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Ale

by Jennifer Nastri

At one point in time I was quite a beer snob. Ironically before I was twenty-one my taste in beer was strictly imports or microbrews only. It had to cost $12 a six-pack to be good enough for me. The older I got, the cheaper I [...]

SONIC YOUTH SHOW - San Diego HOB 1/7/10

Sonic Youth – House of Blues, San Diego January 7, 2010

[Unattended] review By Kent Manthie

Something finally great rolled into San Diego on Thursday night: Sonic Youth played at the San Diego House of Blues.

SY now are officially a quintet with the addition of producer/engineer extraordinaire, Jim O’Rourke, who is or is not a member – [...]

Whose to Blame??? Get it right, Rudy, Dana, Mary you idiots.

Analysis

By Kent Manthie – Jan 9, 2010

When making an announcement that he won’t be running for governor of New York (like we really need or want the likes of him), “former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani…claim[ed] that this nation “had no domestic attacks” under President George W. Bush.”*

And you wonder why this idiot isn’t [...]

Lonely London Lad strikes again-& in a very cool way!

Lady Gaga's Current Video Oeuvre

Lady Gaga Video Chronology

By: JA!DEN*FROST

Lady Gaga has become one of the most discussed and controversial pop sensations of our time. Whether it’s negative or positive reviews, she always tends to push the envelope of society’s tolerance to eccentricity. Some actually indulge in her antics and obscure fashion, by interpreting them as implications. At Vigilantcitizen.com.com an [...]

movie review: AVATAR

Avatar
(James Cameron, USA 2009)
review by Tash Jones

Following the commotion of this release, it was almost impossible to go in without a fixed Judgement. If you’re a fan of anything James Cameron has worked on, most notably The Terminator and Titanic then you are more than likely to have high expectations, as a fan of all [...]