Michael Gonzales, 1951-1989
Michael Gonzales, 1951-1989
Month: June 2008
Environment 6-19
While most of Santa Barbara County is awash in water, Montecito faces a more dire situation. Being a strip of land sandwiched between coastal mountains and the ocean, Montecito lacks the groundwater resources of the rest of the county.
Warren Holt: Playascope
Not all daydreamers are just wishful thinkers. For painter Warren Holt, daydreaming is the source of creative inspiration, the moment where the subconscious realizes its longings, aspirations, and fantasies through visual imaginings.
War, Inc
Have we finally reached the point in the tragic folly of the Iraq war that mass culture artists are allowed to bare satirical fangs?
Adopt-A-Cat
June is National Adopt-a-Cat month, and the Santa Barbara Humane Society is trying to find homes for the 35 cats, young, old, short- and longhaired, that are looking for a friend in you!
Quiz: Fresh Fruit
1) Which country is the largest producer of fresh fruit in the world?
S.B. Thrash Heroes Civil Unrest
Cheesy pop or hard-core thrash that’ll keep you charged up four days after a show? Kook invaders or local folks dedicated to defending their hometown?
Media 6-19
An appeals court on 6/13 ruled against Santa Barbara News-Press owner Wendy McCaw’s libel suit against reporter Susan Paterno, whose 2006 American Journalism Review article “Santa Barbara Smackdown” focused on the initial turmoil at the daily.
Catching Up with Singer Brandi Carlile
In 2005, Rolling Stone magazine tapped singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile as one to watch.
Jessica Anya Blau’s Semi-Fictional Novel Set in S.B.
The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, a debut novel by Jessica Anya Blau set in Santa Barbara in the 1970s, is half memoir and half fiction, and an unusually harmonious blend of the two.
