The Local Bird and Bee

A Baby Boomer and Beatle fanatic since their first appearance on Ed Sullivan back in 1964, this blog is dedicated to my thoughts on the Fab Four and Pop Culture

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

San Francisco and The Barbary Coast

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Working on the sequel to 'Shark Alley' these days. I hope to have it available on all of the eBook sites in April or May. The sto...

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Paul and Ringo Aren't the Only Surviving Beatles

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In 1960, Chas Newby played four gigs as the Beatles bass-player. Interestingly, like Paul, he was a lefty. He wasn't interested in a mus...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Beards

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I understand why some guys grow beards. For one thing, shaving is a drag. But having a beard is a bigger drag. And goatees? The only reas...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Shark Alley on Kindle and NOOK

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My novel 'Shark Alley' is now available on Amazon's Kindlebooks and Barnes and Noble's NOOK. Check it out!

Monday, December 02, 2013

Shark Alley

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Check out my novel: The first story of The Barbary Coast Squad, "Shark Alley", introduces the team. Nick Lockwood: The cool-hea...

Monday, December 17, 2012

Little Joe and Django

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When I first saw some images from Django Unchained , I thought, 'That's Little Joe's jacket!'. Sure enough. I just read th...

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Yvonne Craig: Mainy

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With all of the crazy and upsetting stuff happening this weekend, I decided it was time for another of my 'baby-boomer mainy' posts....

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John Goins: In the "real" world, I work at a Bay Area dot.com job. But I'm also the bass player for the Portland punk band "The Cleavers" (we played our first gig in 1978, most recent one in 2004). I'm co-writer of a bunch of our songs and even "sing" a few on them. And I was a founding member of another Portland group, "Theatre of Sheep" (circa 1980's).

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