By Michael Linder
The Great Venice Gambling Raids of 1948 hit smack in the middle of the Communist scare — in full swing and zeroing in on comic books, a subversive plot by Commies, corrupting youth with bosomy babes on pulpy pages.
So claimed the paranoid and easily-outraged as Red Menace panic spread, even though a squad [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Uncategorized’
July 1, 2009
Cops Target Venice Gambling Dens, 1948
June 1, 2009
Letters
Trouble on Ocean Front Walk
Dear Beachhead,
Last weekend, May 23-24, some of the fellow artists on Venice Beach got ticketed for playing music on the west side of the beach. The LAPD claimed the sound exceeded the Lmax levels yet reports indicate no one could confirm the officers had the sound machine on site.
The artists are [...]
January 1, 2009
Big Bill’s
10:28 Friday, December 19, 2008, A-2, Hamilton High School Music Academy Magnet…..Big Bill’s on Abbot Kinney saved my ass,/ as well as a few hundred. What a mess!/ The shoes in back weren’t working. Just the front/ brake pads were stopping me. Went on a hunt/ to find a universal joint. But two/ were needed. [...]
December 4, 2008
A Cell Tower in Your Back Yard
By Lydia Poncé
Two Very Important Meetings – Held on the Same Night: Regarding the Cell Phone Tower at Oakwood Park and Venice High School Pool Closure (see page 4).
Liska Mendoza, the Oakwood Park Director, saw this EMF monster being erected one Tuesday afternoon and ran out to stop the T-Mobile workers. The workers had pushed [...]
December 4, 2008
Swami Goes To The Movies – Review of What Just Happened?
By Swami X
You don’t know because you are either suffering regret over the malleable past, or in fear of the illusory, self-made future. What did just happen is the most entertaining, engrossing, mesmerizing film that has ever been made about movies. Masterpieces defy description. When you have been exposed to a masterpiece you are moved [...]
December 4, 2008
2nd Annual Feed the Beach on Thanksgiving Day Serves 700
From the Organizers:
Thank you once again to each and every one of you for making our vision a reality at the 2nd Annual Feed the Beach on Thanksgiving Day. We could not have done this without you.
Once again the spirit of Venice came out strong in support of this event. We met our projected mark [...]
September 1, 2008
September 2008 – The Shooting Star
By Mark Lipman
Once upon a time there was a shooting star. And this shooting star was very happy, because when it passed the sky at night it could see all the lovers gazing up at it in wonder. But then one night, when he was shining in all his glory, he heard a whisper from [...]
July 1, 2008
July 2008 – First Venice Eco-Fest Attracts Thousands
Mother Earth consciousness, environmental doo-dads, eco music and poetry and a beautiful day in Venice consumed the attention of thousands of Venetians and visitors, June 28.
A host of sponsors (see above), including the Free Venice Beachhead, helped make a reality of Stephen Fiske’s dream of bringing a major environmental event to Venice.
Exhibitors included the Ballona [...]
June 1, 2008
June 2008 – Vote To Save Rent Control On June 3 – No On 98
By Jack Neworth
In my many years living in an apartment, my experience with landlords it that 4 out of 5 of them are, for lack of a nicer term, greedy. The percentage is actually higher, but I didn’t want to appear biased.
I mention this because on June 3rd we’ll all be going to the polls [...]
June 1, 2008
Venice, 2007
By Alexa Hilal
i opened my eyes this morning to an empty mess of sheets beside me and the fat black cat lola basking herself in the same sun that blinded me. she is still laying on my left foot (which is still asleep). it’s monday, i deduce from the garbage and recycling and horticulture trucks [...]
