Issues / 2004 / Feb 26
Discspace
THE GROUNDHOGS Split (Remastered) EMI The Groundhogs are only one of many guitar driven projects of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s that hide in the shadow cast by commercial giants like Hendrix and Zeppelin. ...
Pungent, sweet, hot and sour float across the tongue at New Korea.
Korean cooking is, to my mind, the comfort food of Asian cuisines. It doesn’t have the brittle elegance of Japanese, the mind-boggling variety of Chinese, the delicate flavorings of Vietnamese, or the artistic subtleness of ...
Foodchain
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS…It’s 12:18 in the afternoon. I am preparing myself a modest lunch, mindlessly chopping parsley, when into my awareness pops the thought of tonight’s opening festivities at Pacific Edge in the Highlands Inn. As ...
An old Monterey inn comes back to life.
Bob Gruber ambles up to the ancient, wizened rose bush on Houston Street in Monterey, in the really old part of town, where one can imagine a conquistador might ride by. The tall, prickly bush ...
Squidfry
HIM ‘EM WHERE IT HURTS…Squid waited. And waited. Finally it came. Squid’s talking about supervisorial candidate Steve Collins’ hit piece against sitting District 5 Supe Dave Potter. Squid knew Collins wouldn’t be able to resist ...
High school students tell the story of the Salinas Valley in the words of those who lived it.
Everett Alvarez High School sits on the eastern edge of Salinas, near businesses and houses and farmland and hills. The history and beauty of the area have inspired the writings of Steinbeck and others who ...
Theaterlistings
theater openings Blue/Orange Opens Thurs 7pm, continues Sat 2pm, Sun 7:30pm, Tues and Wed 7pm. A patient in a London hospital claims to be the son of an African dictator in this comic drama about ...
A South Salinas Retreat
Troy Anderson has left no detail unchecked at his Crowne Point home in Las Palmas. From the tiniest stone feature to the most extravagant of high-tech luxuries, he has thought of it all. It begins ...
A new hard-rock, punk jam-band hybrid is on the block.
It is 1am on a Saturday night, and the crowd of about 30 in the Lava Lounge does not want to go home just yet. Though Plaster’s lead singer and guitarist, Brian La Place, just ...
The gardens of Old Monterey offer a hidden treat.
Tucked away near historic buildings, behind fences and only slightly out of the way, the historic gardens of Old Monterey are a kind of secret. Everyone knows that our area is chock-full of history, that ...
The Passion is bloody, painful to watch, and possibly a masterpiece.
Mel Gibson’s vanity project may well turn out to be the single most lucrative film of all time, if ticket pre-sales are any indication. Much has been made of the film’s alleged anti-Semitism and relentless, ...
Housing Authority plans to move rustic Carmel Valley housing facility for low-income, disabled residents.
Despite resistance from residents, community members and Supervisor Dave Potter, the local Housing Authority says it’s forging ahead with plans to demolish the Rippling River low-income apartments in Carmel Valley, and relocate the residents. According ...
Let Them Eat Cake: Asked on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove
Q: Should San Francisco continue to perform gay marriages? Follow-up: What’s your favorite kind of cake? Kathleen Steinhart Teacher | Roseville A: No, but only because they call it marriage. I absolutely believe that gays ...
Newsbriefs
Choates to Run For Mayor Darryl Choates, a city councilman in Seaside for the past 13 years, has thrown down the gauntlet. He says he plans to run for mayor in November, whether current Mayor ...
How a Swedish Henry Miller fan ended up head of a Big Sur library.
The Guide de Routard—the popular French guide book for the hip and cool (a kind of French Lonely Planet)—devotes four full pages in its California guide to Big Sur. Three of the four pages talk ...
A savory farce in Carmel Valley is sautéed in laughter and served in a lace teddy.
Don’t Dress for Dinner is a frenzied and very enjoyable farce now playing at the Magic Circle Center. With a blend of good direction, a well-seasoned cast, just a dash of dastardly doings and a ...
$100 Million Seaside project.
This week a high-stakes legal battle commenced—and was quickly aborted— in a case brought by controversial Los Angeles-based developer Danny Bakewell, Sr., against the developers who hope to transform the publicly-owned Bayonet and Black Horse ...
Carmel mansion is site for political squabble.
A 1924-era house with a leaky roof and views of the Carmel Mission is one of the sticking points in the upcoming Carmel mayoral election. Incumbent mayor Sue McCloud and challenger Dick Ely, a Carmel ...
Artifacts
AND THE CRUMPETS GO TO…Local writers Joyce Krieg and Elain Flinn are among seven finalists for the prestigious Agatha Award in the category of “best first novel.” The Agathas (named after famous mystery writer Agatha ...
Homeowners find comfort in the past.
When Gail Harrison purchased her 900-square-foot Pacific Grove cottage last year, it was important for her to have a connection to both her past and that of the area. Harrison, a designer for a Hollywood ...
Artlistings
art openings | events Cochrane Art Gallery A Night of Wine and Sculpture. Marco and Inge Cochrane create a life-size classical figure in two hours, while visitors watch and drink wine; this is the first ...
Letters
Collins is a Sham, Pt. I Voters beware! The “Voter Information Guides” for the March 2 primary you just received in the mail are not official voting guides. They are the epitome of deceptive and ...
Artists explore their obsessions at the Lisa Coscino Gallery.
The Object of My Obsession at the Lisa Coscino Gallery in Pacific Grove highlights an essential aspect of the creative experience for an artist. Though all artists could be said to be obsessed in some ...
Vote on March 2—For President: Howard Dean
First off, let’s agree to immediately dispense with this “Anybody But Bush” hogwash. That kind of wishy-washy, negative rhetoric makes it sound as if there are no truly worthy candidates in this race, when in ...
