Happy 4th of July! Bay Area’s Best Hotdogs
Happy 4th of July. This is a popular piece I posted a few weeks back, and decided to run it again today, given the fact that the hot dog remains one of the most beloved, guilty pleasures, and millions...
View Article‘Jacko Memorial: The Icon and the Circus in LA
Something’s not right here. Then again, anytime, anyplace something of this magnitude seems to ONLY take place in Los Angeles. The mass Michael Jackson memorial has transformed LA once again into the...
View ArticleThe Jackson Memorial: A critic’s mea-culpa; sort of
OK, I watched it. Except for the very beginning, I watched the Michael Jackson memorial and it was very moving and quite extraordinarily devoid of all the pointless human mess and mayhem I expected....
View ArticleCronkite, the moon landing and Bohemian Grove
Bill Mann is a renowned media writer and blogger for, among other publications, Huffingtonpost.com and used to pen for the old SF Examiner and Oakland Tribune.He forwarded me an interesting little...
View ArticleDoom, Gloom, and August
Enjoy this day, today, like you’ve never enjoyed it before, because today represents the end of summer and tomorrow is August and everything is all downhill from there. Oh sure, the calendar says July...
View ArticleThe Recession is over; just say it
Newsweek started it with its last issue, “The Recession is Over*;” granted, part of the cover’s design was a sort of illusionary act, but the wording was clear. Then, out of nowhere, the stock market...
View ArticleTop 10 Survival tips for a Twitter crash
Twitter has been on and off lately, the victim of a DOS, (denial of service) attack by a disgruntled unknown computer dweeb/hacker somewhere on the planet. The cyber chicanery has made it difficult to...
View ArticleBill Clinton’s early birthday bash in Vegas; steaks and drinks for everyone
Bill Clinton’s 63rd birthday is August 19th, but why not celebrate early. He’s in Las Vegas speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit, organized by Senator Harry Reid. Among the guests are Al Gore...
View ArticleMichael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’; 30 years ago; August music memories
Thirty years ago this month, I was preparing my senior year at Skyline High in Oakland. I distinctly remember a catchy, slick, ultra-cool song track called “Off the Wall“, from the same-titled album,...
View ArticleWhat would you do with $333 million?; Mega-million jackpot tonight
First thing I’d do is realize that even if I had all the numbers, there’d be a mistake, ’cause I never win anything other than 10 records for a dollar, but if I did… I’d go to the full-serve gas...
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