Skate Design

Light Boards by Peter Schroedl Photon Light Boards has been making skateboards embedded with colored LEDs powered by rechargable batteries for over 3 years. Having sold more than 10,000 skateboards, they offer shortboards, longboards, and mini’s for sale on their website, as well as offering custom installation in the board of your choice. In Ocean Beach, San Diego – home […]

CD Reviews

New Music reviews by Jennifer Nastri Judgement Day Peacocks/Pink Monsters Let me just start off by saying I love Judgement Day’s casing for their upcoming album “Peacocks/Pink Monsters”. The album comes tucked in a small book that showcases the cover art and band photos (perhaps not in the most green way) in an eye catching and different manner than your […]

Here are a few new releases to whet your palate:

Aloha Home Acres Polyvinyl Records, 2009 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well this is a nice surprise. Aloha has finally come into their own, so to speak. Home Acres is the third CD I’ve reviewed, which is when I got hip to the band. On previous CDs, Aloha seemed to be searching for a niche, a subgenre they could settle into […]

Spring Forward

Setting Ahead Midwest Style By Jenna Latour Nichols endeavorsin.com Indiana and other states, for a long time, did not observe day light savings time due to the fact that their farm animals had no concept of time. Makes sense to me, read more here. “DST is a long-standing controversy in Indiana, not only as an agricultural state, but also because […]

San Diego Booksellers, Online

[Ephemera] The Venerable Local Bookstore The San Diego Bookseller’s Association 2009 / 2010 directory of active members is online at sandiegobooksellers.org. Pay your favorite book store a visit and buy something. ~Reviewer Rob [Below: scanned pages of the pamphlet I picked up this afternoon when I bought a plastic/ceramic skull from Ducky Waddles Emporium in Leukadia. Click each image for […]

2010 Spring Floral in Women’s fashion

[Fashion Opinion] What to wear in spring? Floral! Party Dresses – Floral By Krystal Biehler classygirl.ca Floral is a huge trend this spring but do not fall into the grandmother trap! We all imagine the ugly floral patterns on our grandmother’s curtains or their incredibly tacky ankle length skirts. Always remember that dressing like an elderly woman is not trendy […]

Collage Art

Vincent Dominion cut-and-paste paper non-Photoshop collages myspace.com/vincentdominion According to his publicity, Vincent uses no Photoshop while making these pictures, only scissors and glue. ~Ed. “Fruit of the Original Sin” “The Disease and its Causes” “Umbilicus”

Is It Election Season Already?

[Survey Mailer] Your Feedback Is Important Political questionnaire sent from 53rd District of California Congresswoman Susan Davis to her constituants. An online version can be accessed at house.gov/susandavis HERE.