Issues / 2003 / May 29
Big Sur Experimental Music Festival attracts a horde of unbridled artists.
Photo: Soundshifter: Philosopher-reedman John Berndt provided the inspiration for this year''s BSEMF. Henry Miller once wrote, "We''re creators by permission, by grace as it were. No one creates alone, of and by himself." If Miller ...
Neighbors from up the road prepare to drop some beats at Bluefin.
Photo: Big Hitters: Blueprint, making a splash up in Santa Cruz, come to Monterey this weekend. Santa Cruz alternative rockers Blueprint, playing Bluefin this Saturday night, have made a splash in their hometown, where they ...
History may be repeating itself, this time as tragedy.
We all remember the phrase, "It''s the economy, stupid," made famous by political strategist James Carville, who hung it on a sign in Bill Clinton''s Little Rock campaign office to keep everybody "on message" in ...
Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks step into some pretty big shoes in this comedic remake.
Photo: Out Of Breath: Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks are soon-to-be in-laws on the run from a series of impending disasters. Mention Arthur Hiller''s 1979 film The In-Laws to people of a certain age, and ...
Discspace
The BellraysRaw CollectionUpperCutHow's this for totally obscure? A B-sides and compilation cuts disc from a band that no one outside of the tiniest rock subgenre has ever heard of. And yet, this Riverside, CA, live ...
Artifacts
WHO NEEDS CLASSICAL MUSIC ANYWAY? OK, let's get rid of music and arts education in the public schools and then why not cut funding to the Monterey Symphony's wonderful program that provides a full orchestra ...
Cottage Industry in PG.
Photo: Big at Heart: This PG home has a surprising feeling of openness, given its modest size. When Mark Risley purchased a home in Pacific Grove home for his family, he saw that it was ...
It's attack season for protective Brewer's Blackbird parents.
Photo by Brett Wilbur: Trouble in Paradise: Brewer''s Blackbirds are attacking oblivious Carmel shoppers. In the upscale, multi-level Carmel shopping center known as The Barnyard, shoppers like to meander through the colorful flower gardens and ...
President Bush refuses to acknowlege national Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
''I hope that in this new millennium we will continue to break down the walls of fear and prejudice and work to build a bridge to understanding and tolerance, until gays and lesbians are afforded ...
Letters to the Editor for May 29, 2003
George W. Bush Is Not a FascistWhenever I hear (or read) the word "fascist" in reference to America, I reach for my revolver. I hope Ben Tripp and his leftist brethren viewed the CBS dramatization ...
8 Days
thursday 5|29 Gardening Fair 2:30pm. The Water Awareness Committee of Monterey County presents a water-friendly fair with kids' activities, live music, and booths about water conservation, composting, pollution, watershed awareness, and more, as part of ...
Former County Supervisor Karin Strasser Kauffman has strong advice for women who want it all.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Beyond Mythology: Karin Strasser Kauffman says it''s about making choices. The first time I talked to Karin Strasser Kauffman, co-author of Beyond Superwoman: 25 Top CEOs Show Us How to Get ...
A sustainable foods festival at the Aquarium teaches how to eat right and help the environment.
Ever stop and ask how the shrimp you just threw on the barbie dined before it became dinner? What would it do for your appetite if you knew those juicy, jumbo tiger prawns curling up ...
Foodchain.
TEED OFF...Just got back from the 14th Annual California Restaurant Association Monterey Chapter Golf Tournament at Quail Lodge--otherwise known as the, I sure do feel guilty that I'm out here having fun while someone else ...
Locals say produce king's newly hatched development plans will ruin their small-town feel.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Gary Tanimura says his family did not give up housing development rights when it built its lettuce fridge in Spreckles. The battle between the townspeople of Spreckels and the Tanimura family ...
Squid Fry for May 29, 2003
WATER WORLD...Squid read the news last week, oh boy. According to the Monterey Herald, state Senator Bruce McPherson's bill to dump the water board "sailed through the Senate." Squid wiped a salty tear from Squid's ...
Leon Panetta believes the nation is headed for a severe financial crisis--unless some discipline is exerted.
Leon Panetta represented the Monterey Bay area in the House of Representatives for 16 years, and during much of that time served as the chair of the House Budget Committee. In that role he helped ...
Newsbriefs
MPUSD Education Foundation LaunchesA group of educators, parents, and local mayors has formed the Education Foundation of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, in order to alleviate recent pressures on schools relating to state budget ...
Lotte Marcus uses her wartime experience to heal others' pain.
Photo by Phil McKenna: Passport To Freedom: Lotte Marcus holds her former Austrian passport stamped with a Chinese visa. "There are still days when a kind of gut hunger comes back and I find myself ...
Streettalk
Q: If you were to leave Monterey forever, what would you miss the most?Follow Up: Where would you go? Kelly BurginPub Owner''s Son | MontereyA: I would miss the seals pooping on each other''s heads.Travel ...
Hotpicks
thursday 5|29 Miserable Kisses For Your Buddy THEATER OPENINGS Tonight The Buddy Holly Story, a rockin' and rollin' tale of that cut-down-too-young music legend begins a week of previews at the Golden Bough Playhouse, courtesy ...
