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Laborious Day Weekend

September 4, 2008

On Monday, I awoke in the fetal position, swaddled in a purple-stained T-shirt that read: “I attended the 16th Annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction and all I got was a hangover and this stupid T-shirt.” At least metaphorically, that’s how I began Labor Day and literally, pretty much how I ended it. The auction [...]

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1977 Redux

August 15, 2007

This year marks the 30th anniversaries of the films Star Wars and Annie Hall, both cultural milestones in their right, which affected at least one member of a certain generation. Once upon a time in a galaxy, far, far, away – 1977 specifically – girls wore jeans that had to be zipped with pliers and [...]

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Close, But No Cigar

November 19, 2006

The Daedalus Howell Show returns this week with a “close, but no cigar,” premise: Pete Best was the Beatles’ original drummer, but was replaced on the eve of their big break – Sonoma promoter Elizabeth MacDonald speaks about her friend then and now; Actor Perry King discusses his turn in the Class of 1984 (now [...]

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C3P0: The Droid You’re Looking For

May 12, 2005

From the first lines of the very first “Star Wars” movie — “Did you hear that? They shot down the main reactor. We’ll be destroyed for sure! This is madness! We’re doomed!” — it was clear that C-3PO was not like the other droids. Next week sees the release of the final installment of George [...]

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