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Laborious Day Weekend

By Daedalus Howell | September 4th, 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

By Daedalus Howell | August 15th, 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 undulated [...]
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Close, But No Cigar

By Daedalus Howell | November 19th, 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

By Daedalus Howell | May 12th, 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 Lucas’ [...]
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