Year: 2006

Ray Strong 1905-2006
By Indy Staff

Ray Strong 1905-2006

I met Ray Strong in late December 1970. I was working on a ranch north of Gaviota, painting as I could after work and just about at the end of my resources in terms of becoming a better painter: too far from town to take classes and a little at sea as to what to do with the rest of my life. I was familiar with Ray’s dioramas at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and had recently seen an exhibition of his small paintings of Oregon and Northern California in the mezzanine of the public library. Those little paintings were the most concise and powerful pieces I had seen in a long time, and as I talked about them to a friend, he encouraged me to give Ray a call.

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Brake For Beer

Who says drinking and driving don’t go together? Before you start composing a letter to the editor, let us clarify: We’re not encouraging getting behind the wheel after tying one on, but if ogling classic automobiles while sampling dozens of microbrews sounds like a decent way to spend a sunny summer afternoon, consider hitting up the Third Annual Santa Barbara Beer Festival and Motor Classic.

By Indy Staff

Citizens’ Alert

Tue., July 25

S.B. City Council: Considers an appeal of the planning commission’s approval of a project to replace apartments with condos at 85 N. La Cumbre Rd. 6pm. City Hall, Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa St. Call 564-5318.

By Indy Staff

GAY COP VERDICT APPEALED

City Hall will appeal a $431,000 jury verdict on behalf of a gay former Santa Barbara police officer, Ruben Lino, who claimed he faced discrimination and retaliation for speaking out against homophobic remarks made by some of his fellow officers.

Uncategorized By Erin Begley

It’s a Family Affair

PRETTY PAIN PLEASE: Whatever you do, don’t think about the White Stripes-this band’s dueling male-female vocals make Jack and Meg look like the Osmonds. The Prids-led by Portland rockers David Frederickson and Mistina Keith (pictured)-describe their sound as “articulate, gloomy post-punk” influenced by the likes of British acts Comsat Angels, the Sound, and Wire. (That means something along the lines of Bauhaus and New Order for the uninitiated.) And most unlike those faux siblings the Whites, Frederickson and Keith actually cop to being former spouses who stayed together for the sake of the music. Be thankful they did. For these two, the decision to rock is a life dedication. Frederickson even dropped his prior bandmates to pair up with the raw and previously untrained Keith in the mid ’90s.

By Shannon Kelley

Moving On

Yet another Santa Barbara institution has closed its doors for the last time. True Grit, that longtime bastion of style, called it quits on May 31. But don’t cry for former owners Jill and Wally, Santa Barbara; the two are happy to be moving on. After 15 years, they’ve begun pursuing other things, and feel the time had simply come. “It’s like our kid grew up and went to college,” said Wally.

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CAPPS BLAMES HEZBOLLAH FOR VIOLENCE

Lois Capps has laid the blame for the current chapter of the Middle East crisis firmly on Hezbollah’s shoulders. Formed in 1982 to fight Israeli Defense Forces who occupied Lebanon until 2000, Hezbollah is the Lebanese Shi’a party with a stated goal of removing Israel from the map and returning the land to Palestine. After Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched air strikes on Lebanon last Wednesday and sent ground troops into Southern Lebanon a few days later; about 230 Lebanese, overwhelmingly civilians, have been killed. Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired rockets on Haifa and other Northern Israeli cities, resulting in the deaths of 25 Israelis as of Wednesday night.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

GO GREEN FOR THE GREEN

In an unlikely pairing, the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce and the Community Environmental Council (CEC) held a symposium for nearly 100 invited guests last Thursday on the impending peak oil crisis, which will cause erratic gas prices, inflation, and then recession as soon as 2015. Tam Huntdirector of the CEC’s Energy Programs and the Fossil Free by ’33 initiativeasserted that “peak oil is not an environmental issue, but an economic issue.”

By Indy Staff

HOLLYWOOD SWINGING

Jesse James Hollywood’s attorneys argued before the 2nd District Court of Appeals in Ventura that the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office should not be allowed to prosecute the infamous accused murderer because a local DA shared confidential information with a movie producer. Ordered by the state Supreme Court, the hearing saw lawyers for both sides argue before a three-judge panel.

Fighting for Money
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Fighting for Money

A Chat with Eugene Jarecki, Director of Why We Fight

Why We Fight is a thoroughly indicting documentary about the rise of the United States’ military-industrial complex, a term coined by President Dwight Eisenhower in his farewell address. Though a military man, Eisenhower did not use the term lightly. Rather, his usage is in the form of a warning, specifically that “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”

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