A bit of New England in Carlsbad, California

[American History] The Green Dragon Tavern and Museum Video of my visit to the Green Dragon Museum of American History in Carlsbad, California greendragontavernca.com There’s lots of cool stuff on the walls too, things that are often valuable historical artifacts and memorabilia about the 13 Colonies. One framed diagram even showed in silhouette who survived the first year among the […]

Lester Bangs gone 41 years now

Leslie Conway “Lester” Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) The 41st anniversary of the death of rock’s greatest critic passed today, one born in Escondido and raised in El Cajon. On this day in 1982 San Diego native Lester Bangs died of overdose, leaving a huge literary legacy as a rock-and-roll journalist, critic, author, in Rolling Stone and […]

skeleton email — Danger Factory

[Verbatim] Rex Edhlund (Danger Factory, Industry Showroom, Hypno, Kulture Magazine) Responds To An Enemy Well-Wisher Rex Edhlund, a public post [This is a reprint from his Facebook. Check out Rex Edhlund’s newest project, SuperLiterateProgect.org. ~Editor] Got a weird email from a person a zillion years ago. I suppose it’s cool to get me remembering things for a possible memoir. “Ha […]

R.I.P. Filmmaker Bruce Brown

[dig a hole] Filmmaker Bruce Brown A legendary Independent Film Maker has died by Reviewer Rob According to a post first seen last night on The Intertia and this afternoon being reported everywhere, the filmmaker who gave us Endless Summer and the motocross flick On Any Sunday has died. I met Bruce Brown at the Action Sports Retailer show in […]

A New Blog Called PROSPECTOR

[Development] The Future [This repost is from a new venue that I’ve opened up and I’d like to formally introduce. Prospector will be a place where we’ll discuss the strange and complicated shifts that are occurring in our society regarding an often taboo subject, making money. Writers, bloggers, and analysts are invited to join in the discussion. But what I […]

Donald’s Mischief Defender

Melania on AC360 by Reviewer Rob No one’s really defended Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood tape, unless you count his girlfriend Rudy Giuliani, until Melania stepped forward yesterday on CNN with Anderson Cooper. It was painful to watch but elicited a lot of sympathy for the statuesque penthousewife. What else could she do? Her whole future is tied to the Donald. […]

photolog: Meegan’s Ink

[Skin Art] Meegan Had Some Sweet New Tattoos Talking ink: Low Gallery in Barrio Logan at a mid-summer show during ComicCon by Reviewer Rob I had both my Nikons hanging on my neck this night with the goal of playing around with their capabilities. The D5200 and D5300 were set on their fastest ISOs for a shoot at Meegan’s art […]