Sunday, June 15, 2025

Sly's Stony Name and Brian Wilson's "Good Vibrations"

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It's a sad week when we lose two musical luminaries: Sly Stone and Brian Wilson.  Sly & the Family Stone's Greatest Hits was o...
Friday, April 25, 2025

The Wide and Wild World of Nancy Kwan

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Upon the publication of her memoir, "The World of Nancy Kwan," acting legend Nancy Kwan was interviewed , partly in Cantonese, by ...
Friday, April 18, 2025

At Its 40th Anniversary, "The Breakfast Club" Cast Says Pot-Smoking Scene Was Improvised

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The reunion of all five "The Breakfast Club" cast members on the 40th anniversary of the film is kind of hilarious, because they w...

Easter/Ishtar Falls on 4/20 Once More

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Once again, as in 2014 , Easter Sunday falls on 4/20. This time, cannabis retailers seem to be co-celebrating the dual holiday, with Easter-...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Art Show Kicks off San Francisco's 4/20 Week "Space Walk"

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The “Higher Visions: Art of the Plant” and “Keep Glowing” blacklight poster exhibition at the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco ser...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Great Gatsby at 100

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Let's raise a glass--and a J--to the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby , the jazz-age classic from F. Scott Fitzgerald that may be t...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Sidney Bechet and the Steppenwolf

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In 1926, novelist Herman Hesse attended performances of the Revue Nègre featuring Josephine Baker and Sidney Bechet . Steven C. Tracy, profe...