Mention the name Adam Sandler-a brand, a personality type, and invitation to low expectations-and several things leap to mind, including the great American tradition of protracted adolescent humor, swagger mixed with idiocy, and the light side of the SNL comedy ethos.
One evening last fall, anyone asleep by 9:30 p.m. was rudely awakened by the crackling thunder of a nitro methane-inhaling, fire-belching dragster that was revving in the parking lot of the DoubleTree Hotel in Bakersfield. October 12, 2007, marked the start of the 16th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, a celebration of the people and cars that made hot rod history in the 1950s and ’60s.
It’s time once again for the Santa Barbara Foresters, the amateur baseball team that’s known nationally and internationally.
Polish up your ride and drive it up to the Sixth Annual Show and Shine Car Show on Saturday, July 12, at Ryon Park (Ocean Ave. & O St.) in Lompoc.
ON THE COVER: The wheels on the bus (and car and bike) do go ’round and ’round, and this week The Independent looks at the ways we use them for transportation and recreation. Larry Mills supplied images for our look at a drag racing event in Bakersfield that got its start in S.B., and his photos, along with art by Tanner Goldbeck (the gent who drew our cover image), are exhibited in a joint show in Culver City until June 28. Check out racecar13.blogspot.com for more.
Miranda Rights • The official flag • The first roller coaster
In 1991, Marc Cohn’s self-titled debut album blew up the charts on the strength of a single, “Walking in Memphis,” that became an instant classic.
Death Cab for Cutie’s Narrow Stairs: For those upset when Death Cab for Cutie became the soundtrack for The O.C., get excited: Narrow Stairs lacks much of the pop and polish that had tweens everywhere swooning for Ben Gibbard after 2005’s Plans.
A review of Circle Bar B Ranch Theatre’s production of Michael Parker’s Who’s in Bed with the Butler?.
This week, the rest of the nation finally caught up with Santa Barbara. I’m referring to the average price for a gallon of gas finally topping the $4 mark.
