Author Archive
September 2, 2018 by tomdalzell
Arnold Haller of (El Cerrito but who used to work in ) Berkeley Makes Masks
Patricia St. John who I know from the Berkeley Breakfast Club and the East Bay Nursery told me that I should meet Arnold Haller and see the masks he makes. Haller worked on Fourth Street in Berkeley for Cal ink, which became a division of the Flint Ink Company of Detroit. He worked for them for […]
September 1, 2018 by tomdalzell
To make up for the fact that this week’s assignment will be late, four photos of new work by Doug Heine
I was in Sacramento almost every day for the last two weeks. This was yesterday as union members and I prepared for a day in the halls of the Capital in support of wildfire legislation. Which is my excuse for not finishing this week’s post in time for my usual Saturday publication. To avoid […]
August 25, 2018 by tomdalzell
Bitchen Kitchen(s)
This doozy is a Rite-Hite All Steel Kitchen. The complete set cost $27.95. It featured the finest girl-sized modern appliances (he Kenmore Toy Range, Coldspot Toy Refrigerator, and Happi-Time Sink with loads of built-in play value. $55.00 in 1965 had the same buying power as $217.20 in 2018. Pricey toy! It is, I submit, a bitchen kitchen. […]
August 24, 2018 by tomdalzell
Another Addison Sale! Jewelry that rocks.
Geneva Addison will be selling a store full of antique and vintage jewelry this Friday through Sunday. I posted about the sales that Addison and her mother put on for Eli Leon and Ron Morgan – they were spectacular and popular. This too is spectacular. Shown above are African trade beads, which are also known […]
August 20, 2018 by tomdalzell
Hunter Thompson on the Free Speech Movement and Outsiders
Hunter Thompson moved to San Francisco in 1964. In 1965 Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, hired Thompson to write a story about the Hells Angels motorcycle club in California. The article appeared on May 17, 1965. Random House published Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in 1966, Here is the article from the Nation: Last […]
August 18, 2018 by tomdalzell
Barbara Garson – The Berkeley Years
Barbara Garson came to Berkeley from New York in 1962. She was ours for seven years. She left with fame in her pocket as a result of the success of her satirical play MacBird. This is an review of those seven years. There is nothing quirky about this story, not the usual fare. But – it is all […]
August 18, 2018 by tomdalzell
Barbara Garson’s Free Speech Movement Letters
During the very busy fall of 1964, Barbara Gerson found time to write a series of very detailed letters about the Free Speech Movement. These are not for the casual reader, but to a reader who is seriously interested in the ins and outs of the FSM they are gold. I have left out the […]
August 11, 2018 by tomdalzell
Roger Carr – Having Fun Making Things
Roger Carr has fun every day, tinkering, using his lifetime of serious physics. I said to him, “This seems like it is a whole lot more fun than what you did at the linear accelerator at Stanford.” “No, it’s just different fun.” So here is a look at the different fun that Roger Carr has every […]
August 5, 2018 by tomdalzell
Pinball and I
For your listening pleasure -click the album. It was an anthem for me in the summer of 1969. Hot, humid, green and lush Pennsylvania summer. I was going to start college in the fall. I had mixed feelings. I had been rejected by Harvard – OUTRAGE! – and felt like I was settling […]
August 4, 2018 by tomdalzell