SANTA CRUZ WHARF (just being built) AND THE GHARKY RAILROAD WHARF, circa 1913. The railroad wharf was gone in 1922. As Rick Hamman says in his book on our trains, “Lumbering, lime, fruits, vegetables and tourists and fish used the railroad wharf around 1906”). photo credit: photo courtesy Covello & Covello Historical photo collection Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com

SWANTON ROAD REVISITED. Sandy Lydon has been leading tours around local sites for decades. Friday night and Saturday afternoon I was part of his Secret History of Swanton Road Tour. About 40 folks filled all available spaces and we gathered an awful lot of history, art and culture together in those few hours. Having lived on Swanton Road for around 13 years I’d gathered some pretty wild stories. Stories involving Marilyn Monroe, Ishi, Clark Kerr, Ed Abbey, Ray Bolger, Chris Mathews, Bill Everson, Lynn Robinson, Jim Houston, Morton Marcus, Orchard Supply Hardware, 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition, Graham Nash, early Indian middens, Charlie Canfield, Daniel Rhodes, Page Stegner, and of course Scott Creek and Big Creek Potteries. You should have been there. Check out Sandy’s website to find out about his next available tour, you won’t forgot it. There’s one almost every weekend in the summer. http://www.sandylydon.com

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Administration is as simple as dissolving 10gm or more in ~ 50ml of water and drinking the clear liquid Sleep will follow in a few minutes – death shortly thereafter.
It is usual (but not essential) to take an antiemetic like metoclopramide beforehand to reduce the chance of vomiting. The ‘Mexican’ or ‘veterinary’ form of the drug is a solution of sodium pentobarbital in 100ml bottles at 60mg/ml i.e. in each bottle is 6gm of sodium pentobarbital. Here the liquid in the bottles is simply drunk. One bottle is sufficient, but many take x2 ie 12gm.
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GONE WITH THE PAPERS. Pat Matecjek sent this piece from Truthdig by Chris Hedges…“Newsrooms today are anemic and forlorn wastelands. I was recently in the newsroom at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and patches of the floor, also the size of a city block, were open space or given over to rows of empty desks. These institutions are going the way of the massive rotary presses that lurked like undersea monsters in the bowels of newspaper buildings, roaring to life at night. The heavily oiled behemoths, the ones that spat out sheets of newsprint at lightning speed, once empowered and enriched newspaper publishers who for a few lucrative decades held a monopoly on connecting sellers with buyers. Now that that monopoly is gone, now that the sellers no long need newsprint to reach buyers, the fortunes of newspapers are declining as fast as the page counts of daily news sheets. Read all of it here and weep. Especially his last paragraph.

MONITOR MASTERPIECES – ASCII ART.. If you put your colon right next to your comma or your exclamation point between somebody else’s parentheses you can make art. Scroll down to last week’s column and note the “Rose” made from online punctuation. I asked if anyone had any other examples. Of course Welles Goodrich did, and he sent us this note… “About that Birthday Rose. It’s ASCII Art. Click on this first link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii_Art to read that…” ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of standard 7-bit ASCII). Welles continues…” Here is one of my favorite examples… Cheers! Welles

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BUT WAIT!!!That eagle is nothing compared to these portraits…

http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/gallery who knew???

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary works hard on land use issues this week he adds..

“The word “regulation” doesn’t sound warm and friendly. In fact, aversion to “governmental regulation” has driven a lot of our contemporary political debates. As frequent listeners will guess, my own view is that “governmental regulation” is in fact a positive benefit, at least if those regulations come out of a truly open, democratic, and participatory governmental process”.

He also talks about Monterey wanting to build second houses without public hearings. Then he talks about Economic Development Admin. EDA funding. Be sure to check out Santa Monica’s “Sustainability Bill of Rights”. (Gary Patton is “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer & Parkin, which specializes in land use and environmental law. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, “Two Worlds / 365” – www.gapatton.net )

VINTAGE DE CINZO. Professor DeCinzo extols the virtues of Nisene Marks State Park. (“Nisene” was Mr. & Mrs. Marks daughter’s name).Look downward angels!!!

EAGANS DEEP COVER. Tim gives us a look at 2035…whether we like it or not !!!scroll below

LANDAU’S PROGRES. Saul writes in his article titled, “Picture President Gingrich”, “The world’s people face transcendent issues: climate change (tornadoes, tsunamis, droughts, hurricanes), seemingly endless wars in Asia and Africa, mass uprisings, growing world hunger – and the ever present nuclear (weapons and power) threat. Given those overwhelming issues one would expect leaders to arise: wise and far-sighted men and women who would articulate and then pose the themes so citizens could respond to proposed remedies. Examine aspiring Republicans who convened last week in Minnesota to present themselves to Party activists. Newt Gingrich’s staff had just quit his campaign en masse as he sailed off on a cruise of the Greek Islands with his exotic wife – she needed to get away. He responded to her need rather than the nuts and bolts of campaigning, said his staff. He said he needed “to think.” .” The rest of it is here… Saul Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow whose films are on DVD from roundworldproductions@gmail.com

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa emails…”Summer’s here, but before you hit the road, check out Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com/), for some packing and wardrobe tips from the Inconstant Traveler (that’s me!) Also, big kudos to Cabrillo Stage in their 30th Anniversary season; their audacious new production of The Full Monty delivers the goods. Lisa Jensen has been writing film reviews and a column for Good Times since 1975.

BEGINNERS. Ewan McGregor plays the very cute son of out-of- the- closet dad Christopher Plummer. They have a thinking dog which you probably saw in the trailers. The film has plenty of solid and clever laughs and is about as real deep or profound as The Kids Are Alright or Tree of Life…if you catch my drift.

SUBMARINE. Quirkywell written, perfectly directedWelsh semi-dark comedy about a dysfunctional family. Sally Hawkins is in it but plays against her earlier screen roles …and it works. She’s one of my favorite actors. Whatever you do, see this film asap.

BRIDESMAIDS. More than a few friends have asked me about Bridesmaids saying how much they liked it…I want to emphasize that I really liked this film too, and critiqued it weeks ago. Do see it if at all possible.

POLITICAL POTLUCK PICNIC PLANNED. Enjoy a picnic and politics at a Gathering of Progressives – 1:00 – 4:00pm July 10. Learn what other political progressive activists are doing and how you can be part of the action – find your niche at the level of involvement you prefer. Share a potluck picnic – bring a dish to share, your plate and utensils, your own drinks (no alcohol in SC County Parks but WILPF will provide filtered water), BBQ on site – we’ll provide charcoal. We’ll have musical entertainment with a political beat. So bring your voice to sing along and musical instruments to join the fun. All ages welcome. To reserve an information table for your organization: scmoveon@earthlink.net It’ll all happen on the Redwood Deck at Highlands Park in Ben Lomond (off Highway 9 between Felton and Ben Lomond.

BULLOCK & DRAPER PHOTOS.

During July, photographs by local artists Tom Bullock and Virginia Draper are on display at Louden (London) Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz. Bullock’s expansive, awe-inspiring images depict “Stones of Ages Past” from his travels to distant lands. In “By the Coast,” Draper makes the familiar strange with her unpredictable Holga camera and by pairing found objects with landscapes of Natural Bridges State Beach. Located at 301 Center Street, the Center is open Monday-Saturday, 9 AM-9 PM. Free admission. Wheelchair accessible. All welcome to the First Friday Art Tour reception, July 1, 6-8 PM. More info: 471-9395.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer (live only, or sometimes old programs are on “blog”) at WWW.KZSC.ORG. I’ll be in San Francisco for Wagner’s Ring Cycle on June 28, so it’ll be a re-play of Grey Hayes discussing his take on wetlands and land use problems, followed by UCSC’s Winifred Frick talking about bats. Ellen Primack details this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on July 5^th followed by a return of Anita Monga of the now legendary San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Shary Farr (of the Carmel Farr family) talks about elders, death, dying and positive preparation on July 12 after that author, historian, Geoffrey Dunn will tell us all about “The LIES of Sarah Palin”, (his newest book) and her latest breaking news. Michael Warren will give us an in depth Shakespeare Santa Cruz preview on July 19 and Sue Heinz will return to tell us even more about Tarot, The Qabalah, and of course astrology on that same program. July 26 has Sean Van Sommeran talking about our shark neighbors. Any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in and keep listening.

(NEW SECTION) UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years on U.G. on Tuesday nights here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click here then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The Great Morgani on Street performing, Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sand hills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Plus Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

BEST OF VINTAGE DeCINZO.

QUOTES.

“Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes“,R.M.Hutchins. “If it’s not one thing, it’s two”, James Ledford. “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure”, Clarence Darrow

SANTA CRUZ HAS JAMES DURBIN, DAVENPORT HAS LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI. (L to R in photo from Saturday June 18, 2011) Rita Bottoms, Tom Bottoms, Marcia McDougal, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bruce McDougal, Kim Kempke (La Sirena mgr.) and Me. This was taken inside the La Sirena Antique Shop in downtown Davenport last Saturday. Read on for details. photo credit: new historical photo courtesy Kim Kempke Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com

FAMED AUTHOR, ARTIST, CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE OWNER, PUBLISHER MEETS OLD FRIENDS IN DAVENPORT.

Former Head of Special Collections at the UCSC University Library, and now author Rita Bottoms plus her artist-husband Tom brought their old (92) friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti (read about Ferlinghetti if you are new ) to the positively marvelous and unique La Sirena Antiques & Gifts Shop (READ ABOUT La Sirena if you’ve never been there ) last Saturday. Shop owners Bruce and Marcia McDougal knew Lawrence from The Davenport Cash Store , that they once built and owned, when he’d stop by on the way to his cabin in Big Sur. I knew him from San Francisco 1950-60 days when our Goodtime Washboard 3 trio played across the street from his City Lights bookshop at the Purple Onion and down the block at the Hungry i. We laughed, reminisced, lied, and forgot a lot together about books, show biz, and Rita Bottoms’ new book “Riffs & Ecstasies” which is so far only for sale at La Sirena. Ferlinghetti’s doing very well for being 92…damn, he’s doing well for being 65!!!

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FERLINGHETTI & THE BOTTOMS. Rita told me she and Tom knew Lawrence F. from meeting him in Warren, Ohio when they were there for the Kenneth Patchen Festival. (Wikipedia says about Patchen… “One of Patchen’s biggest literary supporters was the novelist Henry Miller who wrote a long essay on Patchen, entitled Patchen: Man of Anger and Light in 1946.^[7] Patchen also had a close, life-long friendship with the poet E.E. Cummings that began when they were both living in Greenwich Village in the 40’s.^[8] Later, in the 1950s, Patchen became a major influence on the younger Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Dick McBride^[9] who visited Patchen when they were in California, participating in the West Coast literary scene”). Anyway, after that Lawrence took Rita to his almost secret art studio. Hardly anyone even knew he worked at painting. Rita loved his paintings and created the first show of his paintings at UCSC!!! It launched his art career and they’ve been buddies ever since. Also at Davenport fun fest was Giada Diano and her mom Maria Grazia from Italy. Giada was and is, Lawrence’s biographer and her book on him is selling very well in Italy…it’ll be translated here soon. A photo catalog of his paintings was done by our very own R.R. Jones, and I’ll let you know where you can see that when I find out. Rita has just begun taking her “Riffs & Ecstasies” book to local bookstores. La Sirena carries it, and even after a quick browse I can tell you it’s one hell of a piece of work.

PAUL DRAGAVON DIED LAST SATURDAY .Claire Braz-Valentine sent an email Monday am. saying our very long time friend Paul Dragavon died Saturday. He’d been doing chemo and blood changing things for a few years. Luckily he was here for his 76^th grand birthday party last April 3. We all got together in Soquel’s Blue Ball Park and guessed this was his last birthday. Aside from being a nearly perfect human he was a speech therapist for the county and even a member of The Santa Cruz City Parks Commission. He ran for City Council once, but never mind about that. To say he’ll be missed, doesn’t come close.

PARKING AT BURGER KING (CONTINUED). John Thomas replied to Dean Quarnstrom’s letter last week…” I wanted to respond to Dean Quarnstrom’s letter about the parking at Burger King. First of all I want to make it clear I have no connection or special interest in regards to Burger King. I am a local business owner that has a business that was once located downtown. I had two designated parking spaces that were clearly and legally marked for the use of my business only. The sign indicated that non-patrons would be towed at their expense. Other nearby businesses did not have enough or any designated parking for their own business. A large percentage of people that had their cars towed from our parking spaces acted like the biggest victims in the world. It’s as if the sign meant nothing or that they were invisible when they parked there. (They were eye level when you pulled into the space.) I never split a fee with the tow company and I suspect that kickbacks might be illegal. I’d like to see the money trail before I believe that part of the story. Tri-County Towing has been around quite a while and do have rules to follow in regards to towing cars off of private property. If Burger King has their parking lot properly signed, what are they doing wrong? Who pays for the repair of their asphalt? Not Staff Of Life. Agree or disagree with their business, they pay for the maintenance and privilege of having parking spaces for their customers, not Staff Of Life’s customers. I doubt very much that they reap any reward from Staff Of Life’s customers. I can’t really picture someone buying their organic produce and soy milk and then popping over to Burger King for a Whopper. Who’s really the bad neighbor here? Why is it when people choose to ignore signs that say they will be towed, that they are the victim when they are towed? I just thought the other side of the story should be shared. John Thomas

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary says that the Soquel Creek Linear Park will be discussed. Read here for info on that park . Then he talks about changes and possibilities dealing with 41^st avenue, which we should all care about. The Monterey De-sal forum was cancelled last week. Read here for details. The RTC is still wheeling and dealing to widen Highway 1 in spite of the losing of funds. And lastly there’s talk about re-building the old bridge in Pinnacles State park.

(Gary Patton is “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer & Parkin, which specializes in land use and environmental law. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, “Two Worlds / 365” – www.gapatton.net )

VINTAGE DE CINZO.The new travel urge hasn’t changed much …scroll below

EAGANS DEEP COVER. Knee deep in promises, promises and politics. Scroll below.

LANDAU’S PROGRES. Saul’s weekly article is titled, “Realism and Need Shape Cuba Policy in Cuba”. He says, “After more than half a century some myths need dispelling about U.S.-Cuba relations and Washington’s demand for “changes.” On the Cuban Revolution Ernest Hemingway said: “I think the people [of Cuba] now have a decent moment and I don’t believe that they ever had one before. (“Lo que dice el novelista Hemingway,” Noticias de Hoy, January 25, 1959). In Washington, Hemingway’s description amounted to naïve idealism, tolerating unacceptable behavior from an upstart bunch of rebels. Hemingway, however, lived in Cuba, and understood what the State Department feared. Fidel and company took independence and social justice seriously. To accomplish these agenda items, Cuba began to treat U.S. properties disrespectfully (real estate, agribusiness, utilities and telephone and banks). Read it all here…

Saul Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow whose films are on DVD from roundworldproductions@gmail.com

LISA JENSEN LINKS. This June week of Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com/), Lisa says, ” welcome summer (at last!), and summer produce with a fabulous new farmer’s market poster from one of Santa Cruz’s favorite printmakers. Also, let’s talk about the ambitious new Terence Malick film, The Tree Of Life, and why it grows on you. (Hint: it’s not nearly as scary or complicated as you might think.) Lisa Jensen has been writing film reviews and a column for Good Times since 1975.

PRODIGAL DICKMEYER. Dan Dickmeyer temporarily left his new digs in Canada and was shopping around here last week. He says that Vodka and all booze in Canada sells for stupendously high prices…like $55 per bottle!! There’s one movie theatre on the island he lives on, and he’s trying to get some good films to screen up there. We discussed the numerous changes to Pacific Avenue, and how much he misses the place.

TREE OF LIFE, MORE ABOUT.There’s more humanity, wit, genius, compassion and understanding in almost any 5 minutes of a Charlie Chaplin film than in all of Malick’s Tree Of Life. I defy anyone including Malick to tell us what the point, message or moral of the film was. And on top of that almost any filmmaker in the world could have told it more honestly, quickly, more beautifully and without the dinosaurs than Malick did. I stated last week, if you missed it…” This piece of pap from Terence Malick is just about the most foolish, pretentious, ultra cosmic, sermon, Hallmark -TEDx piece of junk ever filmed. Maybe TEDx people will like it, or Rosicrucian’s, or Scientologists but don’t go whatever you do. Paul Lee told me that Malick was his philosophy student at Harvard and later worked at The New Yorker. I thought Malick’s Badlands and The Thin Red Line were very good films but like Tree of Life his The New World was just as hyped and ego driven.

TEDx AT CABRILHO COLLEGE. I should have made it clear last week that I walked out of TEDx at Cabrilho College last week after not being able to stomach more that the first three “presenters”. Why did I walk out??? See the Tree of Life scathing in previous paragraph…same reasons.

THE TROLL HUNTER.Apparently the Norwegian director now claims this is a comedy, I’m guessing that since it doesn’t come close to being the scary works like Blair Witch or Paranormal he’s copping out. It doesn’t have many intended laughs either. Forget about it. Except that the Trolls actually do look unintentionally funny(the little bit you can actually see them).

GREEN LANTERN.One of the worst of the Marvel hero films. Just about insulting and condescending. And it’s pointless, poorly scripted, and no fun… even in 3D. Of course it’s #1 at the box-office…which proves my point.

OTHER FILMS. Go see Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris, The Double Hour, L’Amour Fou, Incendies, Bill Cunningham N.Y. and for sure Cave of Forgotten Dreams even in 2D.

FROZEN DEAD GUY FESTIVAL. Judy Primavera sent this New York Times gem…”Celebrating the mortal remains of an 89-year-old Norwegian named Bredo Morstoel, whose body became stranded here in 1993, is already a big local economic engine. Upward of 20,000 people came this year over a three-day weekend in early March to mark its 10th year and its packed agenda — the coffin races, the parade of hearses, the crowning of an Ice Queen and the not-to-be-missed frozen salmon toss. Mr. Morstoel, or so local lore has it, died in 1989. His body, already frozen, was brought to Nederland by a family member who dreamed of opening a cryogenic-body-storage-in-the-mountains business. Local officials subsequently found two frozen bodies, including Mr. Morstoel’s, in the family’s possession and outlawed the practice of storing dead bodies. One of the bodies was relocated, but Mr. Morstoel’s was allowed to stay. The entire NY Times story here..

CLEAN OUR SHORES ON THE FOURTH. Plan now for this much needed tradition…Join Save Our Shores on beaches in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties to
reach out to visitors about taking their trash home with them off the beach. We will be walking the beach and offering guests their own trash bag so they can pack their trash. Join us in Santa Cruz County at Seacliff/Rio Del Mar State Beaches, Moran Lake Beach, Twin Lakes State Beach, Seabright State Beach, and Main Beach/Cowell Beach; and
in Monterey at Del Monte/ Monterey Municipal Beach at Wharf #2. For more information, contact volunteer@saveourshores.org.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer (live only, or sometimes old programs are on “blog”) at WWW.KZSC.ORG. Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams will discuss their new book, “The New Universe and the Human Future. Then Pat Matejcek will bring us up to date on environmental issues. I’ll be in San Francisco for Wagner’s Ring Cycle on June 28, so it’ll be a re-play of Grey Hayes discussing his take on wetlands and land use problems, followed by Winifred Frick talking about bats. Ellen Primack details this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on July 5^th followed by a return of Anita Monga of the now legendary San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Shary Farr (of the Carmel Farr family) talks about elders, death, dying and positive preparation on July 12 after that author, historian, Geoffrey Dunn will tell us all about “The LIES of Sarah Palin”, (his newest book) and her latest breaking news. Michael Warren will give us an in depth Shakespeare Santa Cruz preview on July 19 and Sue Heinz will return to tell us even more about Tarot, The Qabalah, and of course astrology on that same program. July 26 has Sean Van Sommeran talking about our shark neighbors. Any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in and keep listening.

QUOTES. “A publisher would just as soon see a burglar in his office as a poet”, H. de Vere Stacpoole. “If you can’t annoy somebody there is little point in writing”, Kingsley Amis. “James, why don’t you write books that people can read?”,Nora Joyce.

CAPITOLA “GAY 90’S CELEBRATION July 2, 1950.Great photo, you can see the Venetian Motel, The Edgewater Club, and that’s probably Carolyn Swift on the Capitola Lion’s float :-). photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com

CLOSING OUR PARKS AND BEACHES.Again almost quoting Supervisor Neal Coonerty on last week’s Universal Grapevine the State is planning on our closing Twin Lakes, Mission Adobe and Castle Rock State Parks due to budget problems.

Can anyone see far enough ahead to foretell some problems especially with Castle Rock. Wikipedia says about Castle Rock, “Under Governor Brown’s current budget proposal this park will be closed. This doesn’t necessarily mean that visitors couldn’t enter the park, but it does mean that rangers will no longer staff the park. If the city of Santa Cruz doesn’t step in, garbage collection will cease and crime may increase without the presence of park rangers”. Twin Lakes State Beach (in case you’ve successfully repressed the memory) is the scene of our local police war zone on the Fourth of July weekend (less than 20 days from now). The State Of California now proposes to close Twin Lakes? CLOSE TWIN LAKES???I suggested to Neal maybe our local police working with the State of course could put up barbed wire, install land mines, and 2 or 3 gun towers…maybe, just maybe that would “cut down” some of the 1000’s of families that see our beaches as public property to be enjoyed by all. Remember Fourth Of July is less than 20 days from now. And to think this would have been averted by John Lairds idea of taxing license plates for park revenue.

PREVIEW OF COMING DISTRACTIONS.So far there hasn’t been much press/media talk about what UCSC is proposing out at Terrace Point/Long Marine Lab. Supervisor Neal Coonerty said on Universal Grapevine he hadn’t heard much. What I’ve gathered so far is that UCSC wants to build 322,825 square feet of new buildings and that there will be 152,000 sq feet of outdoor development.

Open this image to see the list of 604 parking spaces, 30 researcher overnight rooms, 10 student rooms, the 10×12 entrance kiosk and things like that.

The map is from the just released DEIR for the new coastal biology building. It shows what areas can be developed.

The table that follows it is from the CLRDP (coastal long range development plan), the roadmap for all development on Terrace Point. It tells how much building is allowable. Much. Much more on this as you can imagine.

REDISTRICTING TRANSLATED. Political pro and former Mayor Bruce Van Allen sent this email, “Just a quick note to make sure that everyone understands that Bill Monning may still run for another term in the Assembly — he’s now in his second of the allowed three terms.
The talk about others running is based on the idea that the new districts to be adopted this summer will provide a viable Senate district for Bill to run for. But that’s by no means a sure thing — some of the preliminary maps divide our region among Senate districts in ways even worse than the current districts do.
In case your readers are interested, the Citizens Re-Districting Commission is scheduled to certify final district maps August 15. Between then and now there will be three draft maps issued. Here’s the schedule:

June 10 – Release 1st Draft maps
June 24 – End of 14-day Public Review period – 1st Draft Maps
July 7 – Release 2nd Draft Maps
July 21 – End of 14-day Public Review period – 2nd Draft Maps
July 28 – Release Final Draft Maps
August 11 – End of Final 14-day Public Review
August 15 – Certification of Maps and Report to Secty of State

There are many contending proposals for district maps, and no matter how skillfully and fairly they are drawn, someone will not like them. And changes in some distant part of the state might affect how the district lines shake out for our region. So we can expect changes from draft to draft.
We are in for a wild summer!
Also, FYI, I’ll be discussing the maps and the re-districting process at the next meeting of the People’s Democratic Club, 7 PM, Thursday, June 23rd, at the Center for Change (Democratic Party HQ) in the Galleria at 740 Front Street in Santa Cruz. Guests welcome.Thanks”- Bruce Van Allen. Be sure to ask Bruce V.A. (or I will about re-districting of our Supervisor Districts in the county, which is happening!!)

PHIL COLLINS-COUNTY ARTIST OF THE YEAR. This hot scoop (On Monday 6/13… The Santa Cruz County Arts Commission is pleased to announce 2011 Artist of the Year Phil Collins in a Profile Performance on Friday, July 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Cabrillo College Recital Hall
Phil Collins has been named the 2011 Artist of the Year by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission. Collins, an award-winning musician, composer and conductor, is the County’s 25th artist to be so honored. The high level of artistic production in this County is acknowledged through this award which goes to an artist who lives in Santa Cruz County, has a national and/or international reputation as well as having contributed to the cultural enrichment of the local community.
Join us for his Profile Performance on Friday, July 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Cabrillo
College Recital Hall. Local and Bay Area musicians will be performing several
of Collins’ works, including “Trojan Slave Aria,” “Seven Haiku,” and “Springing.” Soloists include pianist Sandra Gu and countertenor Jesse Buddington. For a complete program of the evening’s music, please visit www.scparks.com.
PROGRAM of MUSIC BY PHIL COLLINS (also the possible order of performances) timings approximate

Seven Haiku (1980) 12:00
Text by Ron Federighi,
Teresa Orozco-Petersen, flute
Jenny Bifano, violin
Beth Zare, French Horn
Stan Poplin, double bass
TBA, Narrator

Tonight, I Watched (1986) 8:00
Text by Sappho, translation Mary Barnard
Debra Spencer, alto
Jenny Bifano, violin
Phil Collins, guitar

Continuation (2009) 8:00
Phil Collins, guitar

Stream (2006-2011) 7:00 (world premiere)
Jennifer Cass, harp

Trojan Slave Aria (2011) 3:00?
Text by Euripides, translation Mary-Kay Gamel
Jesse Buddington, countertenor
Vocal quartet, singers & pianist, TBA

Springing (2010) 7:00
Sandra Gu, piano

Admission is FREE to the public. Advance tickets are not available. Seating
is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis the night of the
event.

BURGER KING TOW JOBS & GRrrANT WILSON. I’m not totally sure what Grant has in mind here…but that’s not at all uncommon. He says,” Re: Burger King towing Staff of Life. I consulted by oracle + my astrologist. It appears that it’s in retaliation for the outbreak of lethal e-coli food poisoning originating from Hamberg-errrr… Germany * 2800 people infected, so far… Perpetuating a deep, negative, karmic cycle as a result of decades of profound abuse, neglect and suffering of sacred- (yet anonymous) cows (and locally, in SC~ as a result of Das Kapitalism, mein herr). Of course, it’s always better to reach The Staff of Life by foot or bike, if possible, thereby breaking the karmic cycle & liberating one’s self while enjoying nature’s remaining birds and flowers, at the same time! I will consult my “Pocket Oracle” next time I see you in the streets, of this berg.
Grrr-Ant

* Obama is meeting with Angela Merkel, today, in Germany, in talks on Global Warming.
* In the parallel universe there is also the karmic cycle of Hamberg Iowa – the entire town about to go under… 8 ft of water as a result of the uprising of “Misseri” River and global warming/warning…Eco-Terrorists, of course!”

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary talks here about 4000 live Oak trees being cut down on Fort Ord land for the Whispering Oaks development. He discusses De-sal in Monterey which would be even bigger than what Santa Cruz- Soquel is pushing. Then he says our Supes are dealing with their new county district boundaries on 6/14. There’s the new Santa Cruz Marketing district which sounds like another Convention Visitors Bureau secret deal.

(Gary Patton is “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer & Parkin, which specializes in land use and environmental law. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, “Two Worlds / 365” – www.gapatton.net )

VINTAGE DE CINZO. Professor deCinzo explains the mystery behind City Council candidates…see below

EAGANS DEEP COVER.”Excuses For A New Decade” is Tim’s title for this weeks in full color DeepCover. Look about 3 pages below.

LANDAU’S PROGRES. In his weekly piece titled »The Honduran Accords”

Saul Landau states, “In 2009, the now celebratory Hillary Clinton tried to legitimate the Honduran coup. The State Department had lined up with neocons, Chiquita Banana, Honduran business tycoons and military brass to condemn Zelaya for overstepping the sacred Constitution. Hillary has forgotten her righteous condemnations and supports the agreement reached by her arch foe Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (socialist), and her ally Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos (conservative), and Washington’s recently acquired Honduran puppet president Porfirio Lobo (conservative) to laud progressive Zelaya’s return”. Read it all here…

Saul Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow whose films are on DVD from roundworldproductions@gmail.com

LISA JENSEN LINKS. This week at Lisa Jensen Online Express http://ljo-express.blogspot.com you can ONLY reflect on her last column or two because she says, “I will be out of town all next week & not blogging. But we should be back by next Sunday (June 19).

Lisa Jensen has been writing film reviews and a column for Good Times since 1975.

E CLAMPUS VITUS FOREVER. Clamper Jim (aka XNGH #16) sent this…On Saturday, June 25th at San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St, 10.00 AM. the local Chapter of E Clampus Vitus – “El Viceroy Marques de Branciforte Chapter 1797” will be unveiling a new bronze plaque set in concrete for the last known Bull & Bear Fighting Ring in Santa Cruz. This was part of Villa de Branciforte. The monument will be at the entrance, here. Hope to see you there”.

If you have never seen what Clampers look like up close this will be your big chance.

SUPER 8.For a main line audience pleaser this is a pretty good and exciting movie. There’s a great train wreck scene that everybody’s been talking about and to be honest I’ve seen at least four films since Friday and can’t remember anything else about Super 8…it’s that kind of film. Army, kids, government, small town, New Jersey, , making a film, Elle Fanning is cute, alien spaceship leaves earth, what else is new???

TREE OF LIFE. This piece of pap from Terence Malick is just about the most foolish, pretentious, ultra cosmic, sermon, Hallmark –TEDx piece of junk ever filmed. Maybe TEDx people will like it, or Rosicrucian’s, or Scientologists but don’t go whatever you do. Paul Lee told me that Malick was his philosophy student at Harvard and later worked at The New Yorker. I thought Malick’s Badlands and The Thin Red Line were very good films but like Tree of Life his The New World was just as hyped and ego driven.

OTHER FILMS. Go see Woody Allen‘s Midnight In Paris, The Double Hour, L’Amour Fou, Incendies, Bill Cunningham N.Y. and for sure Cave of Forgotten Dreams even in 2D.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer (live only, or sometimes old programs are on “blog”) at WWW.KZSC.ORG. Now for the Fourth year The top 3 Santa Cruz Bookshop Short Story Winners will read their entries for the full hour on June 14^th. Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams will discuss their new book, “The New Universe and the Human Future. Ellen Primack details this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on July 5^th followed by a return of Anita Monga of the now legendary San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Shary Farr (of the Carmel Farr family) talks about elders, death, dying and positive preparation on July 12 after that author, historian, Geoffrey Dunn will tell us all about “The LIES of Sarah Palin, (his newest book) and her latest breaking news. Michael Warren will give us an in depth Shakespeare Santa Cruz preview on July 19 and Sue Heinz will return to tell us even more about Tarot, The Qabalah, and of course astrology on that same program. Any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in and keep listening.

QUOTES. “dames lie about anything-just for practice”, Raymond Chandler (Farewell My Lovely). “What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another”, D.H.Lawrence. “Don’t admire wavy hair when your date wears a crew cut”, Tips to Teen Agers.

DAVENPORT’S OCEAN VIEW HOTEL. This structure was built in 1906. The photo was taken November 7, 1950. It was right there on Highway One facing the Ocean. It had 28 rooms, and it burned in a spectacular fire on March 28,1962. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com

OUR STATE ASSEMBLY RACE.More than a few local politicos are wondering and worrying about both Mark Stone and Ryan Coonerty running for State Assembly. Will they run against each other? What kind of platform could Ryan possibly come up with? What’s he done besides declaring Durbin Year and supporting every single development that has come across his desk? Lots of talk now…wait until the districting is announced!!!

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS DANGEROUS?This is from an article in India Today that Fred Yukic sent in…”Fresh doubts have arisen about the safety of genetically modified crops, with a new study reporting presence of Bt toxin, used widely in GM crops, in human blood for the first time. Genetically modified crops include genes extracted from bacteria to make them resistant to pest attacks. These genes make crops toxic to pests but are claimed to pose no danger to the environment and human health. Genetically modified brinjal, whose commercial release was stopped a year ago, has a toxin derived from a soil bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt).Till now, scientists and multinational corporations promoting GM crops have maintained that Bt toxin poses no danger to human health as the protein breaks down in the human gut. But the presence of this toxin in human blood shows that this does not happen. Scientists from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, have detected the insecticidal protein, Cry1Ab, circulating in the blood of pregnant as well as non-pregnant women. Read it all here

BURGER KING PUNISHING STAFF OF LIFE CUSTOMERS. An email…

“The Burger King on Soquel Avenue punishes their neighborhood and increases the fast-food chain’s profits….when the Staff of Life’s new parking lot fills up, and there’s no available residential parking on nearby streets, some unfortunate local shoppers have been using the Burger King’s parking lot before crossing Darwin street to BUY LOCAL at the Staff of Life, or heading to other nearby destinations. BURGER KING is watching, and calls Tri-County Towing who immediately shows up and tows the unlucky vehicles away. The minimum weekend punishment vehicle towing fee is $389.00, which BURGER KING and the towing company split. Pure profit for BURGER KING, pure pain for our BUY LOCAL shoppers and friends. I know, as this happened to a visitor to my nearby house recently”. Dean Quarnstrom

OUR GOVERNMENT TARGETING CUBA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. Pat Matecjek sent this link to us…” The U.S. government’s half-century campaign to discredit and destroy Cuba’s experiment with socialism has had many ruthless aspects, but perhaps none more so than efforts to disparage and damage the Caribbean island’s widely admired health-care system. In January, the government of the United States of America saw fit to seize $4.207 million in funds allocated to Cuba by the United Nations Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the first quarter of 2011, Cuba has charged. The UN Fund is a $22 billion a year program that works to combat the three deadly pandemics in 150 countries. [Prensa Latina (Cuba), March 12, 2011] “This mean-spirited policy,” the Cuban government said, “aims to undermine the quality of service provided to the Cuban population and to obstruct the provision of medical assistance in over 100 countries by 40,000 Cuban health workers.” Most of the funds are used to import expensive AIDS medication to Cuba, where antiretroviral treatment is provided free of charge to some 5,000 HIV patients. [The Militant (US, Socialist Workers Party), April 4, 2011] read it all here…

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary discusses Monterey and their de-sal plant proposal. He tells about a water transfer plan, then he plugs a special Garden tour happening Sunday all about Native plants..and he closes praising Stockholm’s public transit system. (Bratton note…ever notice when you go on vacation how their transportation systems are always better than ours???)

(Gary Patton is “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer & Parkin, which specializes in land use and environmental law. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, “Two Worlds / 365” – www.gapatton.net )

VINTAGE DE CINZO. DeCinzo goes back in time…to the 1800’s…scroll down

EAGANS DEEP COVER. Tim wades through the muck looking for sanity…see below.

LANDAU’S PROGRES. Saul Landau says “The United States is stuck in the past as Cuba changes”. He leads the piece with…”President Obama and his advisers share with most of the mass media the same visual weakness when it comes to Cuba: they don’t see the obvious, the crucial facts and context that stare them in the face. As Cuba begins to undergo basic changes to its economy and governmental structure, the reporting from western media follows predictably context-free and thus irrelevant standards. To think otherwise, reporters and advisers have learned, would be a bad career move. In order to invalidate Cuba’s attempt to change the social relation of its society and spread its word to the rest of the third world the western media has consistently failed to place a context around the events that led up to the revolution. Instead, Washington and the stenographers called “the press” judge Cuba’s revolution by U.S. standards and in the U.S. context. Cuba must always perform according to what the media assume are standards of democratic perfection. This criterion for judging, beyond its vagueness, leads one to wonder about values and priorities. President Obama and his advisers share with most of the mass media the same visual weakness when it comes to Cuba: read it all here..

Saul Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow whose films are on DVD from roundworldproductions@gmail.com

LISA JENSEN LINKS. This week on Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com/), get ready to sing the praises of St. Cecilia with the Santa Cruz Chorale, and live every writer’s fantasy of time-traveling back to Paris in the 1920s in Woody Allen’s new comedy masterpiece, Midnight In Paris. Lisa Jensen has been writing film reviews and a column for Good Times since 1975.

FILMS. In descending order.

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.(repeat) Woody Allen’s latest and one of his best. Funny, very funny, nostalgic, historic, touching…and the nicest Owen Wilson we’ve seen in years. At the Nick screening you could tell it was a hit all the critics stayed after and talked, laughed and almost outdid each other with which part was funniest. Go see it. Read up on just who Djuna Barnes was, I did. She was a friend of Mina Loy and Man Ray.

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS IN 2D . I didn’t know the Del Mar would be showing a 2D version of this unique film, but they are. 3D would be much better but as I said last week, “ I wouldn’t kid you for anything…this is one film you can’t see by renting…it won’t be in 3D. And It must be seen in 3D. Werner Herzog has his crazed narration and silly extras tacked on it , but seeing these ancient cave paintings is important…if you like ART. Susan Hillhouse curator of MAH says that the prevailing thinking as to why did our early cave painters painted was because they wanted to capture or pay homage to the spirit of the animals. That’s why the paintings are so far into the interior of the caves. That’s why there aren’t any paintings of people, trees, and what we now call art. See the amazing thinking of these ancestors of ours and what their lives were like. See it quickly at the Del Mar or you probably will never see it at all.

INCENDIES. (REPEAT) One of the most thought provoking films in years. It’s about a brother and sister searching for their long lost brother, because their mom leaves them a letter after she dies. You shouldn’t know any more than that before you see it. Many plot twists and turns; some will leave you with jaw agape. A serious film and one you’ll remember.

THE DOUBLE HOUR. (repeat) I guarantee this well made Italian thriller will keep you guessing until the very end. It’s perfectly created,and will have you re-thinking about Hitchcock’s best works. I don’t think he could have created this puzzling epic… see it asap

L’AMOUR FOU.You may not know just how important Yves Saint Laurent was to the serious fashion business. I had no idea and didn’t care very much anyways. But this is an excellent documentary about a very courageous gay guy who completely changed that fashion world. Well worth seeing.

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK.(repeat). I confess I’d never heard of Bill Cunningham before but after watching this documentary on the NY Times clothes photographer I know it’s been my loss. He photographs clothes being worn in the New York Streets and in the fashions houses but more than that he’s his own person…and you’ll love him for just that. Don’t miss it quickly.

X MEN: FIRST CLASS. I have to admit that I get big kicks (guilty pleasures) from watching Kevin Bacon and January Jones. Both of them are absolutely nutty screen personalities, and both probably act exactly the same off screen. This so called prequel tells how some genuinely bizarre super heroes grew up. One has big feet and can hang from trees, one can scream so loud he can fly on the sound waves, another babe can grow wings and hover, but she joins the evil Kevin Bacon for some reason. Never mind any of that, it’s all nonsense. My 12 year old grandson Henry Kloiber liked it and he has a taste for the visual and this film is 99% special effects. So go warned…if at all.

TED x. (Repeated for emphasis) This singular event, well one of a kind event, happens June 11^th at Cabrilho College’s Music Recital Hall from 9 to 5 p.m. Tickets are going fast. A day full of local speakers/presenters and more of the same is happening all over the world. Details are too much to print here go to http://www.tedxsantacruz.org/engage . I’ll get there early, and save you a seat. It’s one of those events that either you know about or you find out about too late. Go to that website and remember that ticket price includes lunch and afternoon refreshments!!!

SPECIAL GARDEN TOUR ON SUNDAY.I lifted this from Gary Patton’s weekly broadside… This Sunday June 12, the California Native Plant Society is sponsoring a “Native Plant Garden Tour.” As I’ve mentioned before, if you’d like to take part, you will need to register. Registered participants will get the addresses of the various gardens on the tour. If you don’t register, you won’t know where to go. “How to” information will be provided to participants, and I’m encouraging KUSP listeners and BrattonOnline readers to sign up and get some time outdoors, maybe with your kids, as you view these very pleasant, but somewhat unusual, residential landscapes. Using native plants has lots of benefits. Most important, from my point of view, is that the conversion of residential landscaping to schemes based on native plants can significantly address what is truly a water supply crisis in the Monterey Bay Region.

Water “supply” needs to balance with water “demand,” and as we look to the future, that equation doesn’t balance in our region. Hence, there are lots of new “supply” alternatives being proposed, most notably desalination proposals which can have truly horrendous environmental and global warming impacts. Another approach to balance is to reduce “demand” to meet existing supply. A huge percentage of our residential and commercial water use is devoted to landscape maintenance, and “going native” can make a big difference. Details at their website

OPERA IN THE LIBRARY.(Another repeat, plus correction) Four resident opera singers from Opera San Jose will be performing arias from the 2011-12 new season. That means we could hear a little something from Faust, La Traviata, Idomeneo, Pagliacci or La Voix Humaine…and they’re all great. That’s Saturday June 18^th at 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room upstairs….for free.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer (live only, or sometimes old programs are on “blog”) at WWW.KZSC.ORG. Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty helps me celebrate 5 years of Universal Grapevine on June 7. After Neal, Jim Emdy of area radio notoriety presents a preview of Opera San Jose’s new season, and the San Francisco Opera’s current production of Wagner’s Ring. The Santa Cruz Bookshop Short Story Winners read their entries for the full hour on June 14^th. Ellen Primack details this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on July 5^th followed by a return of Anita Monga of the now legendary San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Author, historian, Geoffrey Dunn will tell us all about Sarah Palin’s Lies and his new book news on July 12. Michael Warren will give us an in depth Shakespeare Santa Cruz preview on July 19 and Sue Heinz will return to tell us even more about Tarot, The Qabalah, and of course astrology. Any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in and keep listening.

QUOTES. All of these quotes are from the California Native Garden Tour Site…

http://www.californianativegardentour.org/index.htm

“It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not”.

– W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, 1936

“I always think of my sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of”.

– Helena Rutherfurd Ely, A Woman’s Hardy Garden

“Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that it’s done above and beyond earning a living and deals with what people really care passionately about. Remember, no one gets paid to rebel. All revolutions start with volunteers”.

– Susan J. Ellis

“Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we”.

– Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592

“The name Iceberg comes from the way the lettuce was transported in the USA. Starting in the 1920’s, it was transported on train wagons covered in crushed ice, making it look like icebergs.

– Unknown

COUNTY BANK BUILDING. Re-built after the 1894 fire wiped out half of this block on Pacific Avenue. It was listed on the National Historic Place Register in 1982. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email photo@brattononline.com

UCSC GROWTH AND DE-SAL. The way it’s been planned is just about like this. UCSC is going to grow by 3000 students. Students who live on campus right now are each paying $1400 per month to share a room with three other students. That includes some kind of meal plan. Of course tuition is in addition to that figure. So naturally they work hard to move off campus where they will pay an average of $500-700 each per month. Remember that the University System can’t and won’t build anywhere near the necessary student residences for this huge increase. Now the impact of 3000 more students living in our neighborhoods and paying combined sums that are impossible for normal people will keep rents going higher and higher every year. That 3000 student population will need water, and by any/all figuring that water just isn’t going to be there. So UCSC and The City Of Santa Cruz made a deal….that’s Ryan Coonerty and Chancellor Blumenthal that we’d give them the water. You figure it out. You’ve seen all these plot plans in various forms over the last few years. That’s why Bill Kocher, Mike Rotkin keep beating the drums for De-sal…they know those students are coming.

STILL MORE COONERTY’S!!! I heard it on last week’s Bushwhacker’s Breakfast Club on KZSC in Ryan’s bi-weekly interview that Mrs. and Mr. Ryan Coonerty are expecting!!! Whether it’ll mean another attorney, jeweler, assemblyman, or book dealer is anybody’s guess. Ryan didn’t give Bushwhacker host John Sandidge a very direct answer to his question, “are you going to run for assembly?”. He’s running, you can tell.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE, II. Back in 1989 or 90 one of the top Amusement park trade magazines stated that Charley Canfield’s Boardwalk had annual rate of 3 1/2 million visitors. Whether that figure has gone up or down in these recent years we can only guess, because naturally the Boardwalk doesn’t have to provide those figures. Now would you figure that since the Boardwalk charges at least $10 per car and lord knows how much profit on beer, rides, and chocolate twinkies that their taxes must produce at least $1 per person or $3,500,000 per year for the city…that’s reasonable. Now someone tell me just how much in annual taxes the Boardwalk really, really pays and I’ll keep very, very quiet about it…or not!!!

COONERTY CANFIELD BEACH???Actually Dr. Mark Bernhard sent in this great old photo of Huntington Beach or Surf City back in the day. (1928)

JAMES DURBIN AT THE BOARDWALK. Anyone willing to bet on how much money the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk profited when James Durbin drew those 30,000 fans to the bandstand?? Now, who’s willing to provide figures on how much money the City Of Santa Cruz LOST on that same appearance? Why, just why doesn’t that seem fair?

LOCAL DE-SAL DEBATE ON COMMUNITY TV. The Desalination vs. Alternatives Debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters in April and recorded by Community Television of Santa Cruz County is scheduled to play on Comcast Channel 25 and Charter Channel 71, and will also be streaming LIVE at www.communitytv.org on the following dates and times.
6/1/2011 at 2:30 PM
6/2/2011 at 1:30 PM
6/3/2011 at 10:30 AM
6/4/2011 at 10:30 PM
6/5/2011 at 3:00 PM
A video of the debate is also posted on Community TV’s website at www.communitytv.org. You should watch it. Mike Rotkin shows his pro de-sal side, does several “no brain” things and makes his pitch why he’s supporting UCSC growth by selling de-sal. Ridiculous.

ARANA GULCH, THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY AND THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ. This is a press release BrattonOnline received just before the Monday deadline.

“During the past several months, the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) has been negotiating with City of Santa Cruz’s staff over proposed bicycle transportation corridors that would divide Arana Gulch into three sections and significantly impact the greenbelt’s scenic beauty and natural resources.

1) The Santa Cruz City Council will not guarantee funding for managing the Arana Gulch Greenbelt to heal impacts of construction of bikeways through the greenbelt’s meadows, creeks, and woodlands. Thankfully, City has secured millions of dollars to improve access, but unfortunately refuses to guarantee funding for conserving natural areas against the damage that always occurs with increased access.

2) The City is unwilling to commit to scientific accountability measures (success criteria) for the restoration that is required by regulations protecting the endangered Santa Cruz tarplant. CNPS feels it is critical that the criteria be made explicit before bikeway construction plans are approved by the Coastal Commission.

3) The City Council is unwilling to re-align and modify the design of a small portion of the trail system, on the proposed paved north-south bikeway, to safeguard one of the Greenbelt’s most sensitive habitat areas.

The mission of CNPS is to conserve California native plants and their natural habitats, and increase understanding, appreciation, and horticultural use of native plants. For decades CNPS has offered significant volunteer time, consultation, and funding to assist with management of the City’s greenbelts. The group is saddened that the City has refused its generous offer for compromise”. Vince Cheap, CNPS Conservation Committee Chair, Santa Cruz County Chapter.

WHOLE FOODS, OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR???. This is from Organic Bytes a publication of Organic Consumers Association

Whole Foods Market Plays Dumb on Activists’ Arrests, Unlabeled Frankenfoods
Ask WFM to Respect Consumers’ Right to Know About GMOs…and Anti-GMO Activists’ Freedom of Speech! As OCA activists Alexis Baden-Mayer and Mike Durschmid await a June 7 court appearance resulting from their arrests at a Whole Foods GMO Food Dump in Chicago, the debate over whether food retailers should label genetically modified foods is heating up.On May 24, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times published Monica Eng’s report, “Consumer Activists Seek Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods: They Have Become So Common That Even Organic Retailer Whole Foods Says It Can’t Avoid Stocking Some.” Eng writes: “Used in an estimated 70 percent of all American processed food, genetically modified crops make up 93 percent of all soy, 86 percent of all corn and 93 percent of all canola seeds planted in the U.S., which makes stocking only non-GMO products difficult, said Joe Dickson, quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods Market. “‘Until there’s federal government mandated labeling of GMO ingredients, there’s no way to tell if packaged products contain GMO ingredients,” Dickson said. “Our approach is to work in the spirit of partnership with our suppliers to encourage them to take active steps to avoid GMO ingredients.'” The idea that Whole Foods has no control over the unlabeled genetically modified foods sold in their stores is as credible as their initial claim that no anti-GMO activists had been arrested at their Chicago store. (Once they gave up pretending there was no arrest, they insisted they had nothing to do with it, even though police were on site before the GMO Food Dump began and could only have been alerted by Whole Foods employees or executives.)

We can’t let the “world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket” continue to play dumb. It’s time Whole Foods’ took responsibility for the Frankenfoods in their stores and for trying to stifle anti-GMO activists! Tell Whole Foods to respect consumers’ right to know about GMOs and stand up for activists’ right to free speech. Take

HBO’S GAME OF THRONES & GREAT SCENE. Again, I’m hooked on an HBO Series. Not “Treme”or “True Blood” but “Game of Thrones”. It‘s a medieval fantasy, nicknamed “Stonehenge Sopranos” by one critic. Anyway aside from having Emilia Clarke, one of the world’s most beautiful women, it had a truly memorable scene last week…(which is rare, even for HBO series). So, there’s this evil king that nobody likes, who demands that he be allowed to wear his golden crown, which was taken from him by the good people before they tied him to the stake. They give him the golden crown, but first they toss the crown into a cauldron, melt it to burning liquid then pour in on his head!!! Memorable, and imaginative. I guess you had to have been there, but I liked it.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary’s still on vacation. Watch this space. (Gary Patton is “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer & Parkin, which specializes in land use and environmental law. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, “Two Worlds / 365” – www.gapatton.net )

VINTAGE DE CINZO. Dr. DeCinzo takes a sidewise look at our usual summer entertainment and ailments. Scroll down.

EAGANS DEEP COVER. Would Tim Eagan put the knock on our loyal elephants (tusk, tusk) look downwards about 3 pages.

LANDAU’S PROGRES. In his weekly article titled “Cuba: Facts and Realities” Saul Landau writes, “No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver” – Spanish saying (There is no worse blind person than the one who does not wish to see.) On May 13, Miami newspaper headlines and TV leads should have said: “Obama makes fool of himself.” The “leads” would have referred to his statement: “I would welcome real change from the Cuban government.” Obama’s conditions? “For us to have the kind of normal relations we have with other countries, we’ve got to see significant changes from the Cuban government and we just have not seen that yet.” A clever tabloid might have headlined, “Obama Goes Blind – Can’t See Changes Right in Front of His Eyes!” If Granma had a sense of humor its editorial would have begun with: “President Obama stands for ‘Change we can believe in,’ but does not stand for change Cuba’s leaders believe in.” Indeed, changes in Cuba have come fast and furious over recent months, but apparently Obama has his own definition of the word “insignificant.” Or, maybe his advisers did not inform him that Cuba has freed all the “political” prisoners it arrested in 2003 and some others as well. Read it all right here… Saul Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow whose films are on DVD from roundworldproductions@gmail.com

LISA JENSEN LINKS. This week on Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com/), fall in love with Paris all over again in Woody Allen’s magical Midnight In Paris, revisit the season finale of American Idol to see how finishing just out of the top might be a great career move for James Durbin, and get ready to welcome the next generation of James Durbin’s when the White Album Ensemble brings three new young vocalists onstage in its annual concert of Beatles music with the Santa Cruz Symphony. Lisa Jensen has been writing film reviews and a column for Good Times since 1975

ALBERT HERRING, the opera. No joking…tickets are about gone and there are only four performances. It’s one of the best stage productions of all the events that UCSC presents each year. Nicole Paiement conducts a chamber ensemble of members of the UCSC Orchestra as well as student singers in a fully staged production of Benjamin Britten’s three-act comic opera from 1947. Directed by Brian Staufenbiel. It’s funny, newly set in Santa Cruz, guaranteed good voices from two separate casts, and reserved seats. June 2-3-4 at 7:30 pm (Thu-Sat) & June 5 at 2:00 pm (Sunday matinee)
Reserved seating and Performed in English with supertitles click link: Tickets on sale online at santacruztickets.com UCSC Ticket Office (831-459-2159)
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium box office (831-420-5260) Parking $3. Please arrive early to purchase a permit and locate a parking space. NOTE: Guests may be directed to the Core West parking garage (free) and shuttled to the Recital Hall — on Saturday, June 4 in particular. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. Reserved seating. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house manager.

NEW MUSIC WORKS & AVANT GARDEN PARTY. 30 years in the making and they are always good fun. Their press release says, “Come out and party outdoors in a beautiful garden for a beautiful cause, New Music Works! The 30th Annual Benefit Concert, the Avant Garden Party features extraordinary music, food, wine and a silent auction featuring many local Santa Cruz area businesses. All proceeds go towards New Music Works’ whose mission is to cultivate the creation and performance of new musical works that engage the public through innovative small chamber ensemble works with diverse cultural influences and contemporary guest artists. BTW, if you volunteer for at least 2 hours, you can attend for free! If interested, please contact volunteer coordinator, Zigi Heinz, at <volunteer@newmusicworks.org> or (831)335-3456.

TEDx. SANTA CRUZ. This singular event, well one of a kind event, happens June 11^th at Cabrilho College’s Music Recital Hall from 9 to 5 p.m. Tickets are going fast. A day full of mostly local speakers/presenters and more of the same is happening all over the world. Details are too much to print here go to http://www.tedxsantacruz.org/engage . I’ll get there early, and save you a seat. It’s one of those events that either you know about or you find out about too late. Go to that website and remember that ticket price includes 2 meals!!!

THE GOLDEN FLEECE: A GRAND RE-OPENING CELEBRATORY EXTRAVAGANZA. This news for knitters and crocheters just came in…The Golden Fleece, a locally owned yarn store, will celebrate a grand re-opening on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5^th, at its store location (317 Potrero Street, Santa Cruz) which is on the corner of River and Potrero. The shop will open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm both days and there will be trunk shows, free spinning workshops, weaving demonstrations, raffles, prizes, and refreshments.

The Golden Fleece has been a fixture for fiber enthusiasts in Santa Cruz for over 15 years. The new shop owner, Gunilla Leavitt, is perhaps most notably known as the Knitting Doctor at Knitting Arts in Saratoga and Green Planet Yarn in Campbell, along with three stores in Santa Cruz County, over the last 7 or 8 years. Decorative changes aren’t the only new things at The Golden Fleece: Gunilla has set up a Pattern Station – a computer where customers can search for, purchase, download, and print online patterns; the shop stays open until 9:00 pm on Tuesdays for Social Knitting where knitters and crocheters can relax and work on their projects; and Knitting Doctor hours are Tuesdays from 2:00 to 6:00 pm where Gunilla is available to help solve any fiber arts problem – she hasn’t been stumped yet!

During the grand re-opening weekend, there are two trunk shows scheduled: Saturday, June 4^th from noon to 2:00 pm, Laura Schickli from Handwerks (www.handwerkstextiles.com) in Palo Alto will visit with her hand dyed yarns plus samples and patterns and local Spinner Extraordinaire Heather Bloom will be on hand Saturday from 3:00 to 6:00 pm and Sunday noon to 3:00 pm.

Raffles and prizes from Plymouth Yarn, Cascade Yarn, BeSweet, and more, as well as gourmet cupcakes from Starz Cupcakes in Capitola, round out the offerings of what promises to be an exciting weekend.

For more information, please visit www.thegoldenfleece.com or call 831-426-1425. Regular shop hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm; Tuesday from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm; and Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Starting this week, the shop will be open on Sundays as well.

Gunilla Leavitt if you’ve forgotten, is the most important person in the BrattonOnline machine. She’s the genius behind getting this column online and has been since it started online back in 2003. Watch for her ad in the column to the right next week.

GEOFF MORTEN GALLERY ONLINE. Jenny Morten has created an online gallery showing of the late Geoff Morten’s works…CLICK here

FILMS…. IN DESCENDING ORDER. (Actually it’s rare, but they’re all good films)

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS. Woody Allen’s latest and one of his best. Funny, very funny, nostalgic, historic, touching…and the nicest Owen Wilson we’ve seen in years. At the Nick screening you could tell it was a hit all the critics stayed after and talked, laughed and almost outdid each other with which part was funniest. Go see it. Read up on just who Djuna Barnes was, I did. She was a friend of Mina Loy and Man Ray.

THE DOUBLE HOUR.I guarantee this well made Italian thriller will keep you guessing until the very end. It’s perfectly created,and will have you re-thinking about Hitchcock’s best works. I don’t think he could have created this puzzling epic… see it asap.

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS IN 3D. I wouldn’t kid you for anything…this is one film you can’t see by renting…it won’t be in 3D. And It must be seen in 3D. Werner Herzog has his crazed narration and silly extras tacked on it , but seeing these ancient cave paintings is important…if you like ART. Susan Hillhouse curator of MAH says that the prevailing thinking as to why did our early cave painters painted was because they wanted to capture or pay homage to the spirit of the animals. That’s why the paintings are so far into the interior of the caves. That’s why there aren’t any paintings of people, trees, and what we now call art. See the amazing thinking of these ancestors of ours and what their lives were like. See it quickly at the Del Mar or you probably will never see it at all.

BILL CUNNINGHAM; NEW YORK.I confess I’d never heard of Bill Cunningham before but after watching this documentary on the NY Times clothes photographer I know it’s been my loss. He photographs clothes being worn in the New York Streets and in the fashions houses but more than that he’s his own person…and you’ll love him for just that. Don’t miss it quickly.

INCENDIES.One of the most thought provoking films in years. It’s about a brother and sister searching for their long lost brother, because their mom leaves them a letter after she dies. You shouldn’t know any more than that before you see it. Many plot twists and

turns; some will leave you with jaw agape. A serious film and one you’ll remember.

PAULINE KAEL, THE BEST OF FILM CRITICS. Every once in a while I’ll read one of Pauline Kael’s books just to remember what she stood for in film criticism. My favorite is “I Lost It at The Movies”. She remains one of the most honest, no bullshit film critics of all time. Her writings on Last Year at Marienbad, Charade, and Marlon Brando remind you of what straight writing can be like. I knew Pauline in Berkeley when she and her husband ran the Cinema Guild. Her one paragraph film descriptions in the Guild mailers, and lots of party arguments, are what started me on all this film stuff. Read “Lost It” if you can find it.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer (live only, or sometimes old programs are on “blog”) at WWW.KZSC.ORG. Frank Lima, aka The Great Morgani reveals just some secrets to his success on May 31, then Paul Whitworth fills us in on the plot behind Krapps Last Tape which he doing for Jewel Theatre Co. 6/2-6/5 . Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty helps me celebrate 5 years of Universal Grapevine on June 7. After Neal, Jim Emdy of area radio notoriety presents a preview of Opera San Jose’s new season. The Santa Cruz Bookshop Short Story Winners read their entries for the full hour on June 14^th. Ellen Primack details this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on July 5^th followed by a return of Anita Monga of the now legendary San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Don Young, author of Battle For Snow Mountain opens the show on July 12, followed by author, historian, Geoffrey Dunn who’ll tell us all about Sarah Palin’s Lies and his new book news. Michael Warren will give us an in depth Shakespeare Santa Cruz preview on July 19 and Sue Heinz will return to tell us even more about Tarot, The Qabalah, and of course astrology. Any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in and keep listening.

QUOTES. “Mausoleum, noun. The final and funniest folly of the rich”, Ambrose Bierce. (Sent in by Jane Bruce Munro, and thanks). “You can tell how bad a musical is by the number of times the chorus yells “hooray”, John Crosby. “One of my chief regrets during my years in the theater is that I couldn’t sit in the audience and watch myself”, John Barrymore.

BEST OF VINTAGE DeCINZO.

De Cinzo visits the boardwalk.