Yeah, I hated high school, but so did a lot of people. What’s unique about me is that I also hated college. Not too many hate both, only a special few. America and the artistic community love to root for…
Month: September 2012
The Before and After of Molly Webber: A Very Brady Makeover
Remember the Brady Bunch episode “My Fair Opponent,” in which Marcia takes pity on a plain girl in her class named Molly Webber, and ends up making Molly so popular that she winds up beating out Marcia herself for the…
Vietnam Steps Into the Regal Beagle
Confession: Three’s Company has never been must see TV for me. Unless I’m gawking at one of Mr. Furley’s denim ensembles, I rarely pay the show the attention that it deserves. But that all changed one recent Saturday while chasing…
Michael Chabon’s Latest, “Telegraph Avenue,” Drops Today, Sept. 11, 2012
Living in San Francisco’s shadow, Oakland and Berkeley in general and Telegraph Ave. in particular don’t get the exposure they deserve. Telegraph’s glory days are behind it, and in front of it. It is between trends at the moment, the…
You Know You Grew Up in the Seventies If….
You think the Golden Rule is: If it’s yellow let it mellow.