The Comeback Inn had many world jazz artists playing inside their tiny restaurant space, and outside in their outdoor patio serving a totally vegan menu, and beer. Excellent World Fusion artists always […]
70’s Jazz in Venice was so expressionistic.
June 2025 California Coastal Commission General Comment: by Lydia Ponce
June 2025 California Coastal Commission General Comment: by Lydia Ponce Our humanity is redefined with each month passing. With each California Coastal Commission, CCC, meeting this country’s further ruin reeks of the […]
23rd Venice Film Fest with Gerry Fialka 1/11/26
SUN, Jan11, 2026 – 23rd Venice Film Fest at Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd, free. Celebrate live music and films 5:30-BSP funk poetry 6pm-Suzy Williams & Friends perform Venice-related songs, 7pm- Short Venice […]
Poetry As Protest by Gerry Fialka
Poetry As Protest by Gerry Fialka W. H. Auden declared: “Poetry makes nothing happen.” Let’s get stimulated for fiery discussion. Auden was articulating that the job of the poet is not to […]
Pagodas’ Last Stand?
By Greta Cobar Big “cleanup” is planned for Ocean Front Walk (OFW) ahead of the summer 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup and summer 2028 Olympics. Money is being […]
A History of Petroleum Wells in Santa Monica Bay and Adjacent Beach Communities
A History of Petroleum Wells in Santa Monica Bay and Adjacent Beach Communities I. Introduction Santa Monica Bay, a crescent-shaped embayment along the coast of Southern California, and its adjacent beach communities […]
A Bridge Home Update
Venice’s A Bridge Home, which since February 2020 has offered unhoused residents interim housing and case management, is closing as of December 31, 2024. Although the groundbreaking for permanent housing on the […]
She Slept in Hitler’s Bed
She Slept in Hitler’s Bed By Enyaj Pitchford, Photos by Enyaj Pitchford I remember Evelyn Popp from my days of hanging at the Sponto’s Art Gallery. That was a mystical vortex where […]
Buying the Narrative: The Coordinated Attack on New York’s Socialist Wave
https://nypost.com/2026/06/27/us-news/rep-hank-johnson-welcomes-incoming-socialists-as-pelosi-refuses-to-comment/ It is definitely a heated environment right now. Whenever insurgent candidates—especially those running on Democratic Socialist (DSA) platforms—start winning significant primaries like the recent sweep in New York, the political establishment […]
The Mechanics of Modern Campaign Finance: Lobbies, Super PACs, and Political Consulting
Part 1: Deconstructing Political Rhetoric User: Summarize and deconstruct the video “Israel Bought The Massie Election – But It Backfired”. Response: The video centers on Representative Thomas Massie’s recent primary loss to […]
Fun with AI, reconstructing our best deconstructionists: Paul Krassner.
Here is a satirical, sharp monologue weaving together the counterculture philosophy, classic pranks, and sharp wit of Paul Krassner. Every element here is drawn directly from his real-life antics, his groundbreaking magazine […]
Safe Space is the Place by Gerry Fialka 4-18–26
Please read this short prelude to Gerry’s essay: I welcome your reactions to my new RBS channel with Andreas Rausch, a Re we Born Surreal ? ” Cannot Fool Computers” – w/ […]
Unflattering Caricatures of Traci Park
Did you see Traci’s Video in which she directly reacts to the cartoons Jon Wolff and I made to ridicule her. . Hey it comes with the territory. Go back and read […]
When I first moved to Venice, I joined the Midnight Special Bookstore Collective.
Rachael, Joanne, Rita, Jimi Hori, Pam Dark, Eric Ahlberg, Frank Curtis, Harold Moscowitz. Jim Hori and I moved to Ocean Park to work in The Midnight Special Bookstore. We got a place […]
A 1970 Rally to support the Tucson 5, Anti-War activists who were entrapped by the FBI Under Nixon.
Venice Canals Community Center 1971 album. Based on your involvement in the early ’70s, HENAC (Humanistic and Educational Needs of the Academic Community) was a significant student-led activist group at UCLA during […]
Ballot Recommendations
by Jan Goodman THE JUNE 2, 2026 PRIMARY Ballots for the June 2nd California Primary Election have been arriving in our mailboxes. Every time an election rolls around, we always hear everyone […]
Faizah Malik Speaks to Venice.
This a a transcript of the speech delivered by Faizah Malik at a Campaign Rally held at Beyond Baroque on April 11, 2026. Oh my gosh. Well, Wow. Hi, everyone. I cannot […]
May 2026 Free Venice Beachhead is released
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