Recently added articles from Monterey County Weekly:
Lands Apart
Aug 28, 2008; Anderson, Mark C; Thornton, Stuart ... An on-the-ground report from Mortal's biggest concert of the summer. One rather happy woman pulled down her friend's top and proceeded to explore her pal's areola for a photo. A strange man wearing batting gloves and a big look of concern-and carrying a small cigarette on his lip and a ...
STReeT TaLK
Aug 28, 2008; Draper, Eden ... Asked at the Steinbeck Plaza in Monterey. Q: BESIDES FREEDOM, WHAT'S WORTH FIGHTING FOR? Follow-up: What is your best source of energy? MARTIN BLAIN Composer | England A: Equal opportunity, particularly gender equality. Women are still exploited on ...
Voices Heard
Aug 28, 2008; Stahl, Zachary ... Central Coast contingent lobbies lawmakers to change farmworker union elections. Osiris Salgado grabs an armful of red flags emblazoned with the black United Farm Workers eagle and hands them out to her North Monterey County High School classmates. The students have just arrived at the ...
DEMS DA BREAKS
Aug 28, 2008; Lyons, Jessica ... Local delegate dishes from Denver. It's day two of the Democratic National Convention and Shawn Bagley is strung out on speeches and protests, stargazing George Stephanopoulos and Willie Brown. "I am a political junkie and this is Disneyland-plus a flight to the moon-all wrapped ...
'It Sunk'
Aug 28, 2008; Stahl, Zachary ... Bankruptcy trustee sues investors, Cedar Funding creditors cry foul. Frustrated Cedar Funding investors lashed out at bankruptcy trustee staff Aug. 21 for suing creditors. Trustee Todd Neilson is suing investors on 11 different properties because David Nilsen allegedly assigned the deeds ...
Make It Rein
Aug 28, 2008; Lyons, Jessica ... Discovering Saunas River State Beach by horseback. For a short while, I experience the fantasy version of a beach horse ride: Loping along the sand, triple-beat of hooves blending with the rushing waves, mist spraying my face, wind blowing my hair ... and then it's time to turn around and ...
A Dictator and Democracy
Aug 28, 2008; Kellogg, Emily ... Mao Zedong urges youth to 'Rock the Vote' at Anchor Blue. Mao Zedong's face stares arrogantly from a white T-shirt. A crowd of soldiers salutes him from the bottom of the image. Below, black lettering reads: "Rock the Vote." Mao's visage is still a common sight in Beijing-where ...
UPDaTeS
Aug 28, 2008; Anonymous ... BETTING ON BANKER'S ...Salinas card room Banker's Casino is scheduled to open Thursday, Aug. 28. Sal Jimenez says the Sallnas Police Department agreed to give his business a temporary 90-day permit if he agrees to build a seven-foot wall along the alleyway. In May we broke the story about the ...
CORRECTION
Aug 28, 2008; Anonymous ... In "Raising Your Bar: How to Find the Perfect College Bar for You" [Aug. 21-27], Hippodrome (at 321 Alvarado St. #D in Monterey) ...
The Necessity of Joe Biden
Aug 28, 2008; Nichols, John ... As V.P. nominee, the senator brings foreign policy muscle. And the winner is: Joe Biden. It did not take a newfangled text message, just an old-fashioned leak, to identify Barack Obama's running mate. Word of the Biden selection spread late Friday night, barely 12 hours before ...
SQUID FRY
Aug 28, 2008; Anonymous ... WHERE'S GERRY ...Squid rushed to Saunas City Hall on Aug. 25 hoping to hear the charming Irish brogue of Gerry Kehoe. The City Council arranged a special meeting to approve a development agreement for Kehoe's long-talked-about nightclub and restaurant at 201 Main St. Squid reminisced about ...
Color Coded
Aug 28, 2008; Copage, Eric V ... FORUM Is black America genuinely strong enough to deal with the results of an Obama presidency? Over the past year and a half, according to national polls and political pundits, black America has revised its opinion about the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama from "Well, ...
All Things Arianna
Aug 28, 2008; Lyons, Jessica ... THE INSIDE POOP ON THE HUFFINGTON POST. It's a mythical story-one in which our (super) heroine/ goddess, realizing er power, uses her smarts, sexuality and social connections to climb her way to the top of the greasy pole ofthe Hollywood, Washington D.C. and media elites. At the ...
Got the Munchkins
Aug 28, 2008; Kellogg, Emily ... Got the Munchkins PacRep pulls off an inspired trip to Oz. The faces of children light up with excitement as the overture ends and Rebecca Angel, as Dorothy, and her small dog appear onstage. In the dwindling twilight, and through the smoke of two fire pits at the Outdoor Forest ...
Don't Do Anything
Aug 28, 2008; Garcia, Gilbert ... SAM PHILLIPS Don't Do Anything Nonesuch It's hard to tell if this is the end of the third, or the beginning of the fourth phase of Sam Phillips' career. In the mid-'80s, she was a popular, if undistinguished, Christian artist who went by her birth name, Leslie ....
The Gleam II
Aug 28, 2008; Thornton, Stuart ... THE AVETT BROTHERS The Gleam II Ramseur Two summers ago, The Avert Brothers performed at our 100-person-capacity venue, Monterey Live. Boy, have things changed for the North Carolina trio since then. The group has sold out amphitheaters, played the country's most revered ...
Giving to the Pour
Aug 28, 2008; Wetterau, Paul ... A peek at how Passionfish constructs their one-of-a-kind wine list. It just doesn't happen. It would be like going to a San Francisco Giants game and paying 25 cents for a hot dog. Yet that's Passionfish Restaurant, a big-league dinner house where the wine is priced the same as in the ...
COLLEGE
Aug 28, 2008; Ephraim, Qres ... COLLEGE (Not reviewed this issue.) College follows newly single, high school senior Kevin and his pals as they spend a weekend at Fairmont University. With booze, ...
Mean Strings
Aug 28, 2008; Arnold, Morgan ... Judgement Day looks to rock a new Saunas venue with their unique metal. Brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner take the stage looking like they just finished orchestra practice. As soon as they plug in their respective violin and cello, though, all similarities with other classical music forms ...
Here & Gone
Aug 28, 2008; Erdmann, Thomas ... DAVID SANBORN Here & Gone Decca David Sanborn is one of the most influential saxophonists of the 20th century. His influences, however, are the less known saxophonists Ray Charles featured in his early bands: Hank Crawford and David "Fathead" Newman. On Here Et Gone ...