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 […]
[Good Deeds] Keeping A Stray Okay this is corny but here’s the only two photos I have of my Zeke. He was an Australian sheepdog / retriever mix, so people told me who appeared to know breeds. Best dog anyone could ever want. He was a stray I picked up when I was living in Encinitas in the mid-1980’s. One […]
[35mm archive] Jumped Out of Her Pants and Shoes Before large corporate coffeeshop chains totally took over global control and the Covid pandemic wiped out our desire to go out and be where people were there used to be a lively social scene in neighborhood corner caffeine joints. This shot is from early 2005 I think, in a San Diego […]