Issues / 2004 / Dec 30
Asked in Downtown Carmel
Q: Presidential elections aside, what was a real bummer in 2004? Follow-up: What’s your New Year’s resolution? Donald Archer Artist | Cambria A: The mainstream media. I do political commentary for editorials and it’s very ...
Pass The Fat
Winter season is the time to bulk up on full-flavored foods.
It’s time to dig in for winter. Time to rub our hands together, light candles, and generate warmth and light. It’s time to gather indoors, extend our glasses, and eat fat. Let’s get rid of ...
Burning Man
Arroyo Seco firefighter indicted in wildland arson.
The neighbor, a nice white-haired lady, thought a get-together was forming across the road at Craig Underwood’s little tan house in Arroyo Seco. Not that he threw raging parties all the time. It’s just that ...
Forum: Jack Newfield’s Legacy Lives On
Pioneering alternative weekly journalist dies at 66.
In RFK: A Memoir, the finest of the shelf full of books he produced during a career that was as prolific as it was meaningful, Jack Newfield succeeded in explaining the late Robert F. Kennedy ...
Ring It In
A tour guide of countywide New Year’s Eve parties.
All around the world, people celebrate the New Year in different ways. In Brazil, people wear white clothes for good luck and then go to the beach where they jump over exactly seven waves. Down ...
TOP 10 POLITICAL ODDITIES
TOP 10 POLITICAL ODDITIES
10. We can no longer feed ourselves. After years of being battered by the rising costs dictated by environmental regulations, American agriculture has finally been brought to its knees. 2004 is the first year in ...
NewsBriefs
Drunk-Patrols Out in Force The annual anti-drunk-driving campaign by local law enforcement will be in full effect over the New Year’s holiday. With the New Year falling on a weekend, Monterey cops are expecting to ...
Letters
Killing Breeds Hatred Regardless of age, sex, occupation, religious or political affiliation, for every Iraqi killed or maimed by US forces, 50 new anti-Americans are created among families, friends, coworkers and sympathizers. With an estimate ...
Great apes exhibit evokes grief.
Ryan Masters Last week, the conservation group WWF International announced that pygmy chimpanzees, one of humanity’s closest living relatives, have been pushed to the brink of extinction in the war-battered Democratic Republic of Congo. Recent ...
TOP 10 CARMEL FUN FACTS
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10. The City spends approximately $10,000 per year to provide “Mutt Mitts” to pick up after your dog. 9. There is one art gallery for every 34 residents. 8. You need a special permit from ...
Bring On the Night
First Night Monterey’s New Year’s celebration jumps into its twelfth year of clean-and-sober fun.
Noisemakers, confetti, bottle upon bottle of champagne and people frantically trying to find the one to be next to by the end-of-the-year countdown. A classic New Year’s Eve scene. But why not bring in the ...
TOP 10 IRONIES, CHEAP SHOTS AND NIGHTMARES
TOP 10 IRONIES, CHEAP SHOTS AND NIGHTMARES
10. Nightmarish Ironic Cheap Shot. A woman who is proficient with a banjo almost got elected to the state senate. 9. Irony. The same pukes who accused Democrats of playing politics with our nation’s security ...
ArtListings
ArtListings
| openings | events | Artist Loft Co-op January exhibit of co-op members. 700 Cannery Row, Suite RR, Monterey. 655-2222. Ends 1/28. Avery Gallery League of American Pen Women. Reception: 1/14, 7-8:30pm. Seaside City Hall, ...
Squid Fry
Squid Fry
HOLIDAY SPIRITS… Squid hates to be a Scrooge, but Squid’s relieved the holidays are just about over. Squid’s spent from all of the holiday parties, and Squid’s had a headache mostof December. To top it ...
TOP 10 THINGS THAT THE MONTEREY PENINSULA SHOULD IMPORT FROM ITALY
10. Regional public transit. From the Monterey Peninsula you can’t really go anywhere besides Seaside. 9. Weekly public television shows that focus solely on the oceans (there are two such shows in Italy). 8. A ...
TOP 10 THINGS THAT ITALY SHOULD IMPORT FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA (OR THE USA)
TOP 10 THINGS THAT ITALY SHOULD IMPORT FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA (OR THE USA)
10. One decent Mexican restaurant per town. You can only eat great Italian food for so long. 9. Customer service. You don’t know how good it is until you have none. 8. Some of the ...
TOP 10 WAYS TO WELCOME 2005
10. We have miles of paths, parks, coastline and scenery. Walk, jog, and hike to explore and experience. 9. Walking-friendly days abound, with an average yearly temperature of 56F. Beat that, Fresno! 8. Yearly rainfall ...
Strange Seas
Director Wes Anderson takes his latest comedy/drama out to sea.
Even Wes Anderson’s most ardent fans—and I count myself one of them—might scratch their heads at his latest picture, wondering just how to process this fantastical tale of the Jacques Cousteau-like oceanographer, Steve Zissou (Murray), ...
TOP 10 MOMENTS IN CONGRESS
TOP 10 MOMENTS IN CONGRESS
10. Getting there: Covered more than 90,000 plane-miles commuting to and from work. 9. Standing in the rain: Attended the opening of the Clinton Presidential Center. 8. Best trip: Took my staff artichoke-picking in Castroville. ...
TOP 10 ENVIRONMENTAL/WILDLIFE STORIES
TOP 10 ENVIRONMENTAL/WILDLIFE STORIES
10. More grizzlies were killed this year than in previous years. This is a big problem for the bear population. 9. In meetings on opposite sides of the globe, two international bodies called for new ...
TOP 10 THINGS ONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IN
10. We like to build new government buildings because we like to see our names on the plaques outside the door. 9. We like to do things the way they should be done, but a ...
TOP 10 PR BLUNDERS
TOP 10 PR BLUNDERS
10. At a public meeting, an unnamed county appointee advised concerned residents their comments would be heard better if they “make love to the microphone.” 9. The same aforementioned unnamed county appointee declared a controversial ...
TOP 10 REASONS FOR NOT WORKING OUT
10. I don’t want my thighs to get too thin! 9. Big butts are in...mine’s really in! 8. I already carry 15 extra pounds...who needs to lift weights? 7. Sweating makes my makeup run. 6. ...
TOP 10 SCIENCE STORIES FROM LOCAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
(From MBARI) 10. Whale carcass yields bone-devouring worms: www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2004/whalefall.html 9. Impacts of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on the ocean: www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2004/aaas2004.html 8. Aquatic nutrient sensor network for coastal oceanography in Elkhorn Slough: www.mbari.org/news/homepage/lobo_deploy.html (From Moss Landing ...
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This Will Be Our Year
It’s funny how we humans celebrate New Year’s. Most of our celebrations are for old years—birthdays, our own and those of more prominent folks; the time years ago when a group of people may have ...
TOP 10 WORST HOLIDAY GIFTS
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10. Double Decker Pet Stroller. $249.95. “Now designed for the multi-pet family, our double-decker stroller has two separate carriers mounted vertically to a durable frame that’s easy to push and folds easily for storage.” Fluffy ...
TOP 10 ITEMS ON ANARCHIST/NIHILIST TO DO LIST
10. Wait for a dark night. Take whatever car you can get your hands on and drive it out to Laguna Seca. Make high-speed victory laps and don’t slow down until it runs out of ...
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Sweet Repose in Carmel
Noah and Ian Trosky are brothers, Candace and Amy their wives, and together they make a team of home remodelers called T.N.T. Painting and Decorating. They call the house they’ve just completed ‘Apple Pie.’ It’s ...
Meet the Sequel
Potty humor is abundant in this follow-up to the 2000 movie Meet the Parents.
You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is nothing more than a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000. Added to this new mix is merely another set ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
EMINEMEncore | Aftermath Records It’s no surprise that Encore is already sitting at number one on the charts—whatever Eminem has to say, it seems that a lot of people are always willing to listen. It’s ...
Smith Goes Global
Founding CSUMB president brings ideas about reforming education to UN post.
The day after announcing that he was leaving his eleven-year position as founding President of California State University Monterey Bay, Dr. Peter Smith and his wife Sally got up at dawn and loaded up their ...
TheaterListings
| theater now playing | Buddy: The Tribute Concert Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2pm and 7pm. PacRep’s hit returns in concert form. Held over into January due to overwhelming response. $35/adults; $25/seniors; $20/students, teachers, military, children. ...
TOP 10 MOST CHERISHED FREEDOMS
10. Freedom to have children. 9. Freedom to go to school. 8. Freedom to create and enjoy arts. 7. Freedom to read/free libraries. 6. Freedom from search and seizure. 5. Freedom to enjoy public lands, ...
831: Home-aid
Local program fills in the gaps for Multiple Sclerosis patients.
Terri Nash has lived with Multiple Sclerosis for the past 35 years of her life. Now in her 50’s, she has undergone the slow and painful deterioration that all MS patients eventually experience, losing function ...
The Time Machine
The State Theater will temporarily re-animate its grandeur on New Years Eve.
At the time of its opening in 1926, the State Theater could hold a third of the population of Monterey. The city was, of course, much smaller then, and the seats were tightly packed. In ...
TOP 10 PERSONAL MOMENTS
TOP 10 PERSONAL MOMENTS
(Hold on, what happened to 1994, or 1984 or 1974—where did they all go?) 10. A project that is just underway, with a September completion, is the putting together of a photo show of images ...
TOP 10 SONGS ON THE PIG
10. “Diggin’ On The Road,” by Sonia Dada. Here’s a band that made an impressive impact on The Pig this year. Sonia Dada is great harmonies and an original sound. 9. “Ashgrove,” Dave Alvin. Dave ...
