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FEATURED Music Gets Money City Tries to Change Image BY DEAN GRAY
Desert Hot Springs, CA – A promoter comments to his friend, the late Michael Jackworking to bring a music festival to Desert son, Barrett called Matas a man of integrity Hot Springs told the city council Tuesday who was elected to lead the effort. night that he has $175,000 invested in efforts Stepping away from the podium, Barrett to bring a signature event to the city that will approached Matas at the dais saying “I just rival other valley events like the Coachella Fest want to shake your hand.” Holding back more and Stagecoach. tears, Barrett vigorously shook Matas’ hand It’s the latest in efforts to transform a city and then left the meeting. that has long operated on the outskirts of the The city has been without an annual Coachella Valley now poised to launch into event since “The Festival of the Waters” in prominence with big-name entertainment. duo celebration of the award-winning mu“I’m not sure exactly what nicipal drinking water and the kind of music it’s going to be,” “Some want it world-famous natural hot mineral said Dot Reed, Chairman of the spas was cancelled after suffering Community Affairs Commission to be jazz or declining interest. (CCAC) whose committee is over- blues. It will The mechanics of city particiseeing event planning. “Some want pation will be left to City Manager it to be jazz or blues. It will probably probably be a Rick Daniels. In a presentation be a little of everything.” to the city council last month, little of Dubbed the Desert Hot Daniels said he will bring a music Springs World Music and Wellness everything.” festival proposal to the council Festival, promoter Bruce Barrett for consideration. That proposal in a presentation to the CCAC in June said may include proposals by at least two other the event will combine two themes in what promoters taking interest in the Desert Hot is planned as a two day international event Springs event. featuring world class music and promoting the Last week Richard DeSantes of Event city’s natural hot mineral waters. Management Productions headquartered in Barrett has lined up Baruch/Gayton Palm Desert contacted the city. The city has Entertainment Group which specializes in also been contacted by a major festival prothe creation, development, production, and moter based in Portland, Oregon. marketing of prominent large events, televiEvent Management Productions has sion specials and theatrical productions, produced events such as the Palm Springs including the production of CDs and videos International Film Festival Awards Gala as for top artists. well as production work for the Englebert Credited with helping steer the local efHumperdink show, Donnie & Marie Osmond, fort, Barrett made special note of Councilman The Innovators, Huey Lewis and the News, and Scott Matas in comments from the podium at the movie “Ray” which received six Grammy Tuesday’s meeting. Following tearful farewell Award nominations. ■
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features ARTIST IN FOCUS 4 LETTERS TO EDITOR 5 BIZ TIPS 6 LIVING LONGER 7 VETERANS POST 9 ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR 13 IN THE DOG HOUSE 16 SCREENING ROOM 20 CLASSIFIEDS 21
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Someone Took the Joy BY SANDRA HALE SCHULMAN
It was made of rusted metal, about 4 feet long, with wavy iron strips for mane and tail that flew in the steady desert breeze. The pony sculpture stood in the protective shadow of his equally rusty mare mother at the center of the funky ramshackle haunt Sky Village Flea Market in Yucca Valley, an adored and adorable presence for years. They were gift from the owners of Grandpa’s Courtyard, a popular furniture and western wear booth. They weathered the searing sun and dust choked wind, occasional snow and rare rain. Silent during the week, the prancing pair held center court Saturday and Sunday mornings outside the Sky Café as the market throngs descended in search of auto parts, plants, junk and gems. Pictures were snapped, comments were made. It was like greeting old friends, the equine ones you wish you had in your yard. There they are, well hey, all’s right with the world. PAGE 6
Paul Krassner Interview, Part 2: Radical Redux BY SUNNY SUNDOWNER
When we last left our “Counter-Culture Hero,” we were hitting on a couple of the aspects of the un-official “Anthem of the (Nineteen) Sixties: Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll.” We were left with his take on what might have happened had his Yippie co-founder Abbie Hoffman and Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick been successful in dosing Richard Nixon’s beverage with LSD at a White House Social event for his daughter, Julie. Paul says that his “religion” is “coincidence” and I truly believe it! Right as the issue of the Desert Valley Star came out with Part 1 of this interview, it was announced in the L.A. Times that Yoko Ono finally won possession of 10 hours of video tapes of John Lennon & his family, one part of which shows “Lennon smoking marijuana and joking about putting LSD in Nixon’s tea.” (But the plot thickens- when I called Paul to tell him this news, he reported
that what was even more amazing was that when I called he was just writing about a previous experience he’d had with John Lennon! “Truth is stranger than fiction!”) Sunny Sundowner (SS): It’s interesting how you previously related that your LSD and cannabis use at concerts such as with the Grateful Dead would cause you to lose your inhibitions about such things as dancing in public. Well, speaking of LSD and the Grateful Dead, I wanted to get your take on this: (according to former Grateful Dead manager Rock Scully’s biography, “Living with the Dead”) back in the sixties, Jerry Garcia and his first wife, Sara were having a “bad trip” on LSD, or “acid bummer” as it was called back then. In spite of their “freak out” (the term’s original meaning), they had the good sense to visit Jerry’s song-writing partner Robert Hunter, who surmised the situation and proceeded to
leaf through a book that he pulled down from his shelf: Tim Leary and friends’ version of “The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” titled “The Psychedelic Experience.” Jerry and Sara were on the edge of their seats waiting as Hunter was perusing different parts of the book for a while, and then finally closed it, looked at them and said, “It’s OK.” They couldn’t believe that was all there was to it, asking “It’s OK?” That then turned into their “mantra” as they left, going into a positive new experience, murmuring “It’s OK!” Paul Krassner (PK): Um, well I guess that sums it up- two words! SS: Kind of like Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing?” PK: Uh huh, right… and sometimes it just takes that “little nudge” of reassurance, which is what Hunter did. He had to sum up this PAGE 22
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ARTIST IN FOCUS Carved In Stone: Rock Artist Roger Hopkins BY SANDRA HALE SCHULMAN PHOTOS BY EONN SKYE
With experience studying and recreatecreaating everything in stone from Egyptian n pyr pyraramids to Stonehenge, international rockk artist arttistt Roger Hopkins has carved out a permanent maneentt home and studio among the exoticc black blaackk granite and white boulders of the Dese Desert ert Hot Springs. “I’m originally from Boston, butt hea heard ardd from a friend about the incrediblee black blaackk granite here. I came to see the area and, ass a sculptor, was amazed by the open space ace and andd dramatic rock formations. I also found nd th that hat there was no one else doing large scalee stonee carving here, so I had found my niche.” e.” “I considered San Diego and Cair Cairo, ro, Egypt, but I packed up and moved everything rythingg here in 1999. Since setting up shop I ha have avee exclusively devoted my time to producing ducingg stone sculpture from native rocks ks andd boulders. I love functional art andd items item ms that add surprise and drama to thee home hom me and garden.” antagge,, “The wind works to our advantage, blowing away the dust,” Hopkins said. The id. Th he size and scale of monumental stonework neworrk en andd requires working outdoors in the open the wind only shuts down operations two or three days out of the year. red by “My sculpture has been inspired many influences. I strongly love the appear appearance of natural rock, but also I also appreciate early neolithic attempts at stonework and the Japanese art of the subtle hand of man. Artist Isamu Noguchi’s work from the ‘70s and ‘80s is a big inspiration. The result has been called ’Primitive Modern’ stone sculpture. To me art that is functional is an added bonus.” Hopkins studio is now the largest stonework studio in California, a surreal Fred PAGE 23
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Hi Folks, I was quite entertained by your “herb” issue last. Balls of steel is all I got to say. This is a first for the desert communities to tackle this issue “head on” so to speak. I just have to tell you... I get it! Funny! You say you can’t talk about it then you rip a good one by displaying some pseudo psychedelic artwork posing as an advertisement which it is and isn’t at the same time. Prior to that issue I had no idea where the dispensaries around here were. Why don’t they advertise with you like they do in all the other independent alternative weekly’s all over California. That’s something I don’t understan. Will you be covering this issue more in the future? Someone has to, so why not you guys. ~Smokey LeBong ■■■■ Ladies and Gentlemen, I must congratulate you on a job well done. The “Buzz We Can’t Talk About” issue was exemplary. What style and verve. The color on the
front page was quite cheery and full of positive energy. Suffice it to say I laughed my arse off. It’s about time we took the high road and discussed this out in the open. Thank you again for a job very well done. ~Duke William Dorchester, Indian Wells. ■■■■ Editor, You guys are sick. Are you anarchists or Republicans or what? The libertarians tried this thing, calling pott smoking a victimless crime. Well, we are all victims when one member of the human race decides to do drugs. You and I know it has nothing to do with medical marijuana. It’s just another excuse to have a good time. Who is really fooled by that crap. Not me! I know because I used the weed as a gateway drug to alcohol. It all started when my cousin got me high in Banning. The next thing I knew there was a time and space distortion. He told me to step over a cowboy boot. It wasn’t any special boot, just a normal boot.
Since I was high, I lifted my foot up almost to my hip to step over it. My cousin then said “You’re Stoned” and I was. After that it was beer and I fell down. That’s been almost 40 years ago and I stopped smoking pot in the 1970’s. Instead I drink beer now. You guys are nuts. Beer is better because of sports. ~Chuck Morris (“M” not an “N”) of Palm Springs ■■■■ My Fellow Desert Friends, In these troubled times, these tough and difficult times of economic uncertainty, there are plenty of scam artists out there reaching into our pockets trying to get a dime. Beware of the guy from Ireland who writes you an email saying you won the Irish Lottery and he needs $10,000 to pay some traffic fine in order to claim his prize. This is hog wash. I wouldn’t give anyone a nickle or even a penny even if they said they needed it for surgical kinds of stuff. ~Ann Murphy of Indio ■■■■
YUCCA VALLEY Wastewater Project Beyond Stimulus Funds BY STAFF
Yucca Valley, CA – Hi-Desert Water District has been working to secure a portion of the stimulus funds for the Wastewater Treatment and Water Reclamation Project. Unfortunately, the project timeline does not satisfy the shovel ready status to receive any of the stimulus funds. Although the project is still on target to begin construction in 2010 and be completed in late 2012, funding was awarded to projects that will begin sooner than this. This will not deter the District from seeking other grant opportunities out there. Our project is necessary to protect the groundwater and given the economic condition of our community it is imperative that the District receive a significant amount of funding. Other communities have accomplished significant infrastructure improvement similar to the project with the help of grant funding and public participation. In fact, the District currently has a $20 million dollar authorization with the Bureau of Reclamation that can be used toward the planning and construction of the project; however this funding requires a 75% match.
In addition, there are still two pending appropriations for FY 2010 funding, one by Congressman Lewis and the second by Senator Boxer, which the District is in a position to potentially receive. At the State level, proposition 84 is another opportunity and one that the District is seeking aggressively. The District is well positioned to receive a fair amount of funding due to magnitude of priority of the protection of groundwater from the continued use of septic systems. In fact, the Regional Water Quality Control Board is working on regulations that will seek to prohibit septic system discharge. Given this impending state, the District is confident that proposition 84 funds, once funded by the sale of bonds by the State, will be a significant source of funding for the Wastewater Treatment and Water Reclamation Project. It is important to mention that achieving this project cannot happen without the support of the community members. This project is vital to the sustainability of the community’s groundwater supplies and is an investment into infrastructure that is so greatly needed. ■
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TOM’S BIZ TIPS “ If I Had Known I Was Going To Live This Long, I Would Have Taken Better Care of Myself” BY TOM GREEN
The above quote sounds like something that would come out of the mouth of Yogi Berra but, actually, it is by the late comedian, Phil Harris. I am not going to lecture you on health matters because I am not qualified; however, I will just say that a very important part of your business is your own energy and enthusiasm. Your physical stamina is a result of what you put into your body and brain everyday. When our energy is low, we have no enthusiasm for a remake of our business and begin to think of ourselves as too old to start over. This is the beginning of the end. Instead, why not think of what you would do if you got another chance? Your business today is what it is from all the choices you made along the way. Many of them were made when you didn’t know what you were doing or are outdated for some other reason. Think about it. Aren’t you much smarter now? Don’t you sometimes think about things you would change but just procrastinate or worst yet, think it is too late?
I am here to tell you that it is not too late to “make over” and redesign your entire business if you want to and to make it everything you once believed it could be.
Your business today is what it is from all the choices you made along the way. Perhaps your excuse is that the timing is wrong. My experience is that the timing is always wrong, but then if you just set the time aside and do it, you surprise yourself and say “Oh! wow, that feels good!” Another favorite excuse is “My town is different”, “Nobody has any money to spend in Yucca Valley”, or “They are closing all the businesses in downtown Palm Springs”. I have done face to face business in around 200 cities and sure, there are nuances. Some cities are no growth, slow growth
or growth oriented. Some are business-friendly while others are anti-business. What is the same, though, is the customers are people who respond to the same emotions. It doesn’t matter if I am talking to a retired CEO of a Fortune 500 company in Indian Wells or a retired person living on minimum social security in a mobile home. If you respect them enough to listen to what they want or need–I mean really listen–you could have a client for life. On the other hand, if your business stays the same for even a couple of years, you are on your way out of business, whether you realize it or not. It is not enough to sell great products at a fair price and give good service. These things are always changing and you need to love your business and yourself enough to innovate. How about you sit down and make a list of all the things you would do in your business if you were starting it today – and then begin implementing. To your business success. ■ tom@americanfreejournal.com
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Pony Gone
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Then sometime during a spring week in May, someone slipped into the fair grounds and took the pony, leaving the mare to stare at empty ground. Bob Carr, the lean, craggy owner of Sky Village says “They didn’t take a rusted piece of metal. They took the joy.” As word got out, the locals were crushed. “Someone took the pony? Damn man, that’s rude,” said one local artist staring in disbelief. Carr has gotten two leads in the past few weeks, jumping on his motorcycle and roaring off to the potential crime scenes, but each time it was not the pilfered pony he was looking for. Rewards have been posted, pleas have been made, but the pony remains gone. A forever young victim of a prank, a dare, a selfish grab for joy in these mirthless times. ■
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This week I would like to introduce you to one of the most useful methods I have learned for developing a focused, creative, motivated and meaningful life. Joseph Campbell, the great modern teacher, applauded this method by saying, “Progoff’s Intensive Journal Process is one of the great inventions of our time.” Ira Progoff (1921-1998) was a psychotherapist who developed some 25 penetrating questions he would ask of clients concerned with making changes in their lives. Eventually Progoff discovered that instead of working one on one in a therapy session, he could present these questions to a group of people in a large workshop. Each person, writing privately in their own notebook, would still gain profound insights about the direction of their own lives and thus be better able to make new choices. It is beneficial to do this workshop in a concentrated period of two or three days with a trained instructor guiding the process. The workshop environment provides a disciplined structure. However, it is possible for a person working alone in a quiet space with a simple three-ring notebook, a package of pre-punched blank lined paper and a number of notebook dividers to create an Intensive Journal without cost. The process starts with writing a short statement about the present circumstances of the Journalist’s life and the problem or problems being faced. Then the Journalist writes (on a new dated page) the ten or so major Stepping Stones of one’s entire life. The first Stepping Stone starts with one’s birth to the first major events in one’s life, perhaps an illness or a change in the family structure or residence.
Then the Journalist writes a few lines each in the next Stepping Stones about first going to elementary school (where?) and later schooling, the first jobs held, the later work, the moves to various locations, the relationships, etc. up to the present. Then the Journalist, again in a separate notebook division, makes a list of the Intersections of one’s life, i.e. of roads that could have been taken but weren’t. Work, location and relationship opportunities that were not utilized are listed and, if the Journalist desires, commented upon. The Journalist then makes a list of all the people who were influential in one’s life, whether living or not. This list is followed by a Dialogue section. Here the Journalist puts down his or her name as if writing a play, and writes a few words addressed to the other person. Then the Journalist writes the other persons name and (imagined) response to what one has said. The “imaginary” conversation is extended in play form until all the possible feelings of both parties have been expressed. The Journalist then usually finds that the recorded “conversations” reveal insights previously concealed from consciousness. This is an opportunity to complete “unfinished business” with another person even if they are deceased. Other lists created in the Journal include a list of all the types of work that one has done, all the types of work that one would like to do, all the spiritual influences one has encountered, etc. Each list is followed by its own Dialogue section. For example, the Journalist writes down the name of a type of work that has been done as if it were a person and writes a conversation with that work – or with a spiritual teaching that one has encountered.
“Progoff’s Intensive Journal Process is one of the great inventions of our time.”
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The Journalist writes as briefly or as extended as he or she chooses. Sometimes just a few words will suffice. The Intensive Journalist doesn’t need the grammar or skills or confidence of a professional writer to engage in the process. For those working individually at home, the entire process is described in a book written by Ira Progoff called “At a Journal Workshop.” Since the Journal process was developed over a number of years and there are several editions of the book, I recommend that the reader obtain a late revised edition. The revised edition that I have is dated 1992. The Intensive Journal is much more than a simple diary of one’s life. The dialogue sections, the lists, the record of choices made and intersections not taken, the feelings involved, all give an organized depth picture of one’s life that is very useful in making good, happy and healthy choices for the hundreds of years science seems to be now offering us. If anyone would like to pursue this Journal process in a group, I am willing to guide one or more Journal Workshops in the Palm Springs and Morongo Basin areas. Please contact me if interested (see below for contact information).
(Art Kunkin is the journalist who founded the alternative weekly newspaper, The Los Angeles Free Press, 1964 to 2009. Art’s book, “Immortality: The Secret Finally Revealed” is available through his web site, www.alchemyrevealed. com and at his blog, www.artkunkin.com. Art teaches classes on healing, longevity, alchemy and meditation at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. Contact him by phoning 760-368-5410 or emailing artkunkin@gmail.com) ■
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It started with 20 veterans questioning the amounts of their monthly checks. These were veterans who should have received retro pay, but didn’t. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Retro Pay Project has been in trouble since it started in 2006. Until Congress changed things, recipients couldn’t get both retired and disability pay, either Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay or Combat-Related Special Compensation. After the change, Defense Finance and Accounting Service had a lot of catching up to do. But promises were made, and with Lockheed handling the back-pay calculations on 133,000 veteran’s files, deadlines were established. Back in 2006 I wrote in this column: The money’s coming. Well, some of you still don’t have it. There was a computer glitch. There were misunderstandings. And so on. As they dipped into the files of those 20 veterans recently, the numbers began to rise -all the way to 39,000 veterans who were left out, who should have received retro pay but didn’t. (One has to wonder: If there are 39,000 veterans, are there more? Perhaps survivor beneficiaries who are due the money?) One bright spot is that a few months ago, the Pentagon ditched Lockheed, which had been responsible for handling (or is that mishandling?) veterans pay since 2002. Moral of the story: If you think there’s something wrong, either with your checks or something else, speak up. Who knows how long this problem would have gone on if those original 20 veterans hadn’t insisted that their files be reviewed? If you think you should receive retro pay, especially if there’s been an increase in your disability rating, call the VA retro pay hotline at 1-877-327-4457, or DFAS at 1-800-321-1080.
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PURPOSE & CHOICES Why Do Our Beloved Icons Die Such Untimely, Lonely Deaths? BY LORELEI SHELLIST, LIFE COACH
Dear Lorelei, Like everyone I know I am devastated by the news of Michael Jackson’s death at such an early age. Why do so many of our favorite icons die these tragic deaths? Why don’t the people around them help them? Signed, Maverick A: Dear Maverick, I wish I had a cactus flower for every time I’ve heard this question asked. In my own life I have experienced the death of someone close to me who was considered by millions an “icon” of sorts, and so I feel compelled to respond to this question of yours from a deep place in my heart. For some reason, the world we live in has become increasingly voyeuristic, sycophantic and judgmental of other people’s lives, especially those lives of the ones we adore the most. While following the ups and downs of the humans we hold in highest regard through the press and all over the internet in places like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter - we crucify the ones we “love to love” turning them into the ones we “love to hate” by tuning into the media frenzy and tuning out their personal needs such as privacy, space and tough love. When we spend our time and money devouring every magazine, tabloid and reality show we can chew up and spit out wondering when they will trip up, it’s no wonder this kind of news is hard to swallow. Who could ever live up to the expectations of
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adoring fans, hungry managers, star-struck gherms (over-zealous fans), doctors, bankers, lawyers, and dysfunctional families of origin? Super humans, of course; icons. What do the likes of Michael Jackson, Elvis, Gram Parsons, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Def Leppard’s Steve Clark and so many others like them all have in common? Besides having mega-talent, determination and drive, they all passed away from “heart failure” or what I refer to as “broken hearts.” Then, when the coroners revealed our heroes had “over-dosed” on some sort of cocktail mix of pharmaceutical meds and/or alcohol, we looked around for someone to blame. It was… “the doctor’s fault,” “the lawyers fault,” or was it “the girlfriend’s fault?” Could it just be the impact that these heroes of ours have on the world is so massive that their lives had already served their purpose? And in their short lives, didn’t they experience more than most of us could ever dream of? Maybe they just felt tired, spent, or their shelf-life had expired. With the death of every one of our heroes, we lose a little piece of our hearts and we are reminded that they had their doubts, their fears, and their issues. But who could they share them with? Who could they trust? I think the pressure is just too much for any one soul to bear, considering the sensitivity of a creative artist. In this human existence it is true they have given the world their all and then some. What happens when they run out of the juice, the inspiration and the desire to be desired? Their little tickers just stop ticking, leaving us with nothing to do but point fingers. The truth is MJ’s death was no one’s fault, not even his own. His experience on this planet was pedal to the metal, full throttle, creative living. He did what he was born to do.
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He used his gifts, his talent and his money to uplift the lives of others. He suffered his own demons, doubts, fears and irrational beliefs of undeserving, unworthiness and self-loathing. Just like you and I. When he could not find serenity inside himself he looked for ways to self-medicate- and anyone who would help him do that. If he only knew he had done the best he could maybe he wouldn’t have been so hard on himself. At last Mr. Wizard said, “Drizzle, drazzel, dradle, drone. Time for this one to come home.” He served his purpose. He made his choices. May he finally rest in peace. Love, Your Life Coach, Lorelei Lorelei Shellist is a Life Coach, Counselor, Columnist, Author and Speaker. A graduate of the Master’s program in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, Lorelei specializes in family and relationship coaching, personal growth, healing, and strategies for success. Using her own life experiences, Lorelei inspires others to manifest grace, joy and authenticity in their own lives. Lorelei donates her time facilitating workshops to at-risk teens while teaching them critical life skills. Lorelei is available for speaking engagements, private sessions and workshops. For more information go to: http://runwayrunAway.com Email your questions to: Lorelei@runwayRunaway.com
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Pioneertown, CA- A performance by reknown World Fusion musician MJ Greenmountain, Friday, July 10, in a concert to benefit the newly formed Boulder Community Garden Project, appears to herald the renaissance of Art, Spirit and (agri-)Culture in the High Desert. Pillars of the Old Town Yucca Valley efforts have come together in a completely new way to organize a community oriented event that blurs the distinctions between Art and Sprituality, Politics and Gardening, and powerfully bucks the trend (especially in Yucca Valley) of expansion, unchecked development, and disregard of environmental impact. MJ Greenmountain, a talented multi-instrumentalist, is a founding member of the group Hamsa Lila, darlings of the Music Festival scene across the country. Greenmountain, who has performed with such notable artists as Babtunde Olatunji, Prince Diabate, Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, and Dj Cheb i Sabbah (to list just a few) celebrates the release of his first solo album "MJ." Drawing from his experience with world-
class players of Global music, Greenmountain imbues his music with the spiritual traditions of Sufiism, Hinduism, Rastafari, and the Native American Medicine Wheel. The result is simultaneously uplifting and sublime, groovy and holy. It is indeed a gift for our small, dusty community to be visited by a performer of such caliber and intention, who has been accredited with helping to shape the sounds of World Music Fusion, combining sacred and secular, that have become commonplace. The concert, catered by Ricochet of Joshua Tree, will be hosted by Eric Mueller, patron of the ‘Old Town’ Yucca Valley project at his Pioneertown home, le Haut Desert Aerie. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. the performance will be opened by the music of Mazamar, the duo of Pioneertown residents and community activists Thomas and Amara Alban, who provide an acoustic blend of indigenous instruments, weaving drone, rhythm and melody in a flow of Vedic Chant, and abstract vocals. The Albans, who formerly owned
and operated The Pottery in the heart of Yucca Valley, recently closed their clay shop to focus more on spiritual practice and community action. They have been instrumental members in the development of the Artists Cooperative Living Arts Gallery (which also recently closed its doors), the Chuckwalla Festival and its fundraising efforts to provide Arts and Crafts education to Hi-Desert youth. In addition to being active members of the local Amma Satsang, a community of spiritual seekers dedicated to the works of the living saint Mata Amritanandamayi, they are also actively involved in the Boulder Community Garden project. This local Community Gardening project, which seeks to unite gardeners and farmers throughout the Hi-Desert, was initiated by Garth Bowles who is something of an alternative culture hero in the Hi-Desert and a longtime resident of the Gamma Gulch area of Pipes Canyon. His idea to offer up part of his land towards a community garden project for residents of the Pioneertown, Rimrock, Pipes Canyon, and Burns Canyon areas quickly expanded into a community network open to all residents of the Morongo Basin with an interest in arid gardening. Periodically gathering on-line via a social networking site as well as at individual members’ gardens, members share tips and tricks to growing fruits, vegetables, flowers and even indigenous plants in our challenging hi-desert environment. Beyond their initial connections, they envision community gardens springing up in different areas of the Basin as well as participating in our local farmers
markets. Expansion of an existing food-buying co-op is also being discussed. Aside from the simple enjoyment of growing their own food and being part of a community that shares similar values, members appreciate the importance of establishing a food supply closer to home. Boulder Community Gardens is a newly formed not-for-profit organization. The next meeting will be held on July 18 at the home of one of our members in Yucca Valley. You can find more information about Boulder Community Gardens at www. BoulderCommunityGardening.com or call Amara Alban at 760-4015220. All funds raised at this concert event will be used to further community awareness of the project and its availability to Morongo Basin gardeners. This weekend's event, along with the concurrent revitalization of the Old Town Yucca Valley project, spearheaded by the Water Canyon Farmers Market Wednesday Evenings (which begins July 15), the establishment of the local Earthwise Organic Farms with its Community Supported Agriculture Co-op, and the public outcry against attempts to deny City Councilmember Lori Herbel her due opportunity as Mayor Pro Tem, clearly represents a trend in the Hi-Desert towards a community that values sustainability, minimizing environmental impact, and political accountability all inspired by a profound spiritual intentions. These events are not coincidental or unrelated; this is evidence that the scattered, sometimes isolated denizens of the Greater Morongo Basin are indeed becoming, in the words of the Dalai Lama, “the change we wish to see." ■
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I did not know it was addictive, I swear. area. I did indeed. They were the children of it is the longtime patrons who know about But when I asked for a small portion of Day Manager Krissy Devane, waiting until these things but here and now I am telling Devane’s famous lasagna as a side to my mom got off work as soon as this interview you a little secret: Krissy’s Special. Not on the Portobello Mushroom Burger, I had no idea was done and they could leave on vacation. menu, word of mouth has begun to make this that I would be ready to abandon my burger There’s deadline pressure and there’s kid a frequent request. It is light and simple, just for the lasagna. pressure. The kids make it feel like home. chicken breast and veggies with oil and garlic. Actually, I ordered the Portobello The whole place is relaxed. They have a Ask for it. It’s perfect and popular in summer Mushroom Burger, which sounded tantalizing. large, excellent patio facing the mountains temperatures. What I got by pleasant mistake, was the and part of that is a cozy sofa and chairs at Happy hour every day from 3 to 6 p.m. Portobello Mushroom Panini, which comes an outdoor fireplace. Yeah, I know. Thinking offers 1/2 off the bar menu and well drinks. with a thin, delicious slice of chicken They are open for breakfast 9 smothered by the mushrooms. In triple a.m. - noon Sunday only right digit temperatures, the lighter sandnow. I hear that the place gets wich seemed a better choice, so no packed at Happy Hour. Well, with complaints. this quality of food and the Happy Starting with the lasagna, I was Hour pricing, what’s not to like? overcome by the awesome flavor that It is a neighborhood eatery and only superb Italian lasagna can bring, it looks, feels and tastes like it. the kind of flavor that makes you eat The old location in Indio is only lasagna despite other delights on closed leaving this and the the platter. Rancho Mirage Italian Kitchen Keeping a shred of discipline as the two locations in the valley. Hearty about the lasagna, I started in on the This one is in Old Town La helpings of Devane’s panini. The first bite locked me in. Quinta, at 78065 Main Street. Portobello The meat was overshadowed by the For reservations or directions, Panini strong mushroom flavor, but so what, call 771-5330. it’s a mushroom panini. That portoEven though I have told you bello flavor was so delicious. about the Portobello Mushroom SPIRITS ! This panini sandwich has sufficient slop about a fireplace when the temps are triple GOOD CHEER &Panini and the Legendary Lasagna (it truly IS factor to make it a number one top-rated digits is a tad insane but I marked that for awesome), you will certainly want to check sandwich. Once each half was firmly and future exploration. out the rest of the menu for items like Filet securely in my grasp, I didn’t put it down on The restaurant is still all in the family Mignon Quesadilla or the Cowboy Chicken the plate again. It stayed in one hand while with famous father Bill’s son Josh at the helm, Salad. the other hand dealt with the large, delicious staying true to the course. The walls feature Never boring and always delicious is the GOOD CHEER & SPIRITS !mark of the good food at Devane’s. Oh yeah, portion of Cobb salad and a smaller, but photographs of the family enjoying various 12105 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs supremely delicious lasagna. I was in gustaoutdoor activities at their Montana ranch. Devane’s is known for outstanding Italian food tory heaven and it was only lunchtime. With all this heat, they ought to have a contest but the family is Irish. I did not know that. No But wait. Was I in heaven or the family for someone to enjoy a week at their ranch in wonder I felt so at home. Go on down to kitchen? Devane’s promotes itself as a family cool Montana. That would be a winner. Devane’s and tell them Ed sent you. ■ restaurant and I could have sworn I heard Any good restaurant always has items kid’s raucous voices coming from the kitchen available that are not on the menu. Usually,
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Years of Wine & Roses: Still Blooming After a Shortcut BY BARBARA RENTON & DEAN GRAY
Yucca Valley, CA - Of the few remaining businesses to survive our current economic downturn, Wine & Roses keeps smelling like a rose. Gladys ’Glady’ Plummer, the proprietor, has been running this neighborhood friendly cocktail lounge since 1982. “We’re still doing well, even though there’s been quite a few changes from the old days when we had the original Wine & Roses across the highway from the Bank of America.” Plummer remembers driving up here with her husband Bill, after touring San Diego, Hemet and other small towns in the early 1970s. “Yucca Valley was just a short-cut on an ancient, two-lane blacktop road before it became Route 62, she says. “We were on our way to go water-skiing in Bullhead City.” The Plummers first experienced the town as someplace to drive through, not a place to be. They traveled all over Southern California while living in San Bernardino, Hollywood, Mt. Washington Hills, Glendale and Headlands, before first discovering Yucca Valley as that ‘short cut’ to someplace else. Then, just as today, the dry desert creates a thirst for liquid refreshments and the hospitality of comradely. “There were just a few country bars then. When we’d come over the hill, there was Flannigans,” Plummer said. The Plummers were intrigued with signs on the side of road advertising “Houses for Sale - Only $25 down.” In 1981 they settled in the small town of Yucca Valley with a population of 20,343 according to the 1980 Census. The couple decided to open their own a hospitality established they named Wine and Roses in the location where Kokopelli’s now is situated. It was rough going when the property owner suddenly went belly up, leaving them (and others) with all their money tied up in just an empty shell of a shopping center. The couple put their shoulder into hard work and stuck it out, opening the cocktail lounge due to a lot of sweat, hutzpah and the need to succeed. Glady said the developer spent years in prison. It was a mess that took years to straighten out while the shopping center suffered through years of neglect, unfinished and stuck with legal proceedings. Bill Plummer attempted to organize all of the local investors to fight for their rights, mailing letters and making phone calls. Most, including the Plummers, lost everything they invested. The Plummers soldiered on with their businesses, succeeding in satisfying that dry desert thirst with a business that brought people together for a good time. Three years after opening Wine & Roses, Glady’s husband, Bill, fell and hit his head. He spent the following nine years in rest homes before passing. Fortunately, Glady recalls, “A good friend of mine heard of my problems and asked if I’d like to move into a building at the airport which had been vacant for a few years.” Relocating to a larger facility near the airport, Plummer took over The Red Baron, a building fashioned as a control tower with a circular bar facing the runway. Customers at the original Wine & Roses helped move everything to the current location. “I thought how wonderful to have such good friends,” Glady emembers, “ It was such a joyful move.” She still thanks all those involved. “Several celebrities have flown in and stopped to get an iced tea before they travel further,” Plummer says. One benefit of sitting at their glass-enclosed bar is the spectacular view over the Yucca Valley Airport out onto the Western Hills.” “We had the original karaoke back then,” Plummer said, recalling the first Wine & Roses location. Before that the Plummers owned two others drinking establishments: “Billy’s” on Orange and Bodilla in West Covina, and “Bali Hai” in Glendale on Colorado Blvd., near where the original “Bob’s Big Boys”
started. Glady was one of those car hops where the first-ever double-deck burger was made “for only 15 cents. “It was a train caboose with five car hop girls split up between the thirty drive-in stalls for drive-in service,” Glady said. Back at Wine and Roses, Sue and Laura are the friendly bartenders who know everyone, having been there for approximately a decade presiding over their guests, two pool tables, a jukebox and legions of rock and roll bands. On Friday and Saturday evenings in the back lounge the dance floor fills with action as a result of the live music on stage. A pleasantly shaded patio area on the edge of the runway appeals to smokers and others who may also bring their drinks from the bar inside to view the occasional aircraft... or just to shoot the breeze. Wine & Roses, 57360 Aviation Dr. (off Old Woman Springs Road, across from Papa John‘s) Yucca Valley 760-365-0055 Open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., with happy hour from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m ■
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DESERT OASIS WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS is what you will have from this large 1 bdrm., 1 3/4 bath home located close to Joshua Tree National Park. Home sits on 2.5 acres & the adjoining 2.5 acres is also included for a total of 5 VIEW ACRES. Cute County Kitchen with appliances & ceramic tile florring + outside sitting area to sit and watch the morning sunrise. Great living room with large picture window to look out to enjoy the forever views all around you. Huge den with lots of storage (could be 2nd bdrm.) with woodstove, ceiling fans & slider that goes out to 1 of the 3 seperately fenced yards. You will love this large bedroom with another big picture window looking out to the South, mirrored closet doors, swa,p cooler & electric heater. Large custom full bath with sunken tub/shower, which also leads to private spa area. Large utility room with washer/dryer. Home will be mostly furnished. Mature trees & mini orchard all on auto watering system. Neat pond with waterfall. Also included with this property is horse corrals, tack room w/ electric, metal shed (holds 10 bales of hay or ???). workshop/storage w/electric. This is a ONE-OF-A-KIND, MUST SEE PROPERTY as there are so many amenities. Also available is the adjoining (2) 2.5 acre parcels, to the West for an additional $59,000.00. You could own a total of 10 acres with a home. SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT - 7000 Montoya Rd (cross street 29 Palms Highway) in 29 Palms. &269,995.00 (#872) CUTE & COLORFUL - describes this gem of the desert. Located in North Joshua Tree, about 3/4 mile off paved road, this 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 baths home is located on .60 acre lot. Neat living room with fireplace, plus a dining room. You will love the master bedroom with a hot tub, pellet stove, and floor to ceiling bookcases and sitting area. A tasteful use of color has been used inside and out, plus ceramic tile flooring and carpeting, and 2 evap coolers. A beautifully landscaped rear yard opens off a small patio, and beckons you to sit and enjoy the peace & quite. 2 storage buildings are included. Nice mature landscaping in front of home, along with a carport, add to its charm. 62575 Barbara Lane (cross street Border Ave.) $149,500.00 (#585)
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A Tribute To My Dad John Herbel My Dad turns 80 years old this month. There are no words to express the love I have for him. He has been an ever present loving force in my life. He made sure my childhood was happy and adventurous, with words of blessings like “enjoy yourself” “relax” “have fun”. Over the years my Dad made many sacrifices for his family to provide for us and instill in us love and respect for the outdoors. We spent many summers at the Colorado River. My Dad would sacrifice his time and comfort by driving home to Orange County at the end of the weekend to return to work, then come back on Friday to enjoy his family. He taught me to water ski, took me fishing and bought me a surfboard for my river adventures. When I was very young,I remember for Christmas I received an “Easy Bake Oven.” I spent hours baking, it was one of my favorite toys. I think it was my younger brother Gary’s favorite toy too. Gary would always be standing close and available to eat my next baking creation. After one of my baking sessions I forgot and left the baking light on. When I came back to my oven it was all brown and melted on top. Gary and I were very upset, the Easy Bake Oven was ruined! My Mom said, “Oh don’t worry, when it cools it will be just fine”. Years later, I was to find out that my Mom called my Dad at work, he ran out and bought a new Easy Bake Oven and delivered it home just in time for my check on the cooling process. I happily continued my baking that day. When the family was young, we never had much money, but I never knew it, I never lacked for anything. My parents loved to surprise us. We would be driving down the road on a Saturday morning, and all of a sudden,I would see us entering the gates of Disneyland! I would literally freak out in excitement. My Dad is a self made man, no one gave him anything, his entrepreneurial spirit and drive to be a good provider has made him a success in life and has been an example and driving force in the molding and development of my own independent successes in life.
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Lots & Land LANDERS “HWY 62 EAST to OWS Turn left/north. Turn right/ east onto Lynn; turn onto Acoma Right/ and a right onto Cone. Property has sign.” “Water and power in the street 21128504 “$19,000” LANDERS HWY 62 TO OWS 247 north Rd to Deer Lane turn R. east to property. Property is the SW corner of Deer lane and Schweitzer. Old Woman Springs Rd east to Linn turn R. east to Dear trail turn left north to property. Take water in summer.” 21129704 $28,000 LANDERS HWY 62 TO 247 OWS North to Linn RT east; to Dusty Mile Turn left north; lot is on the NE corner of Dusty Mile and Max Lane. Old slab on property Power pole on property, water in the street. Old Woman Spring north to Linn turn east right. to Dusty Mile turn left to property.” 21129703 “$28,000” MORONGO VALLEY. FROM PALM Springs. 3rd parcel on your left as you pass Rawson Rd.” “Morongo Valley. Twentynine Palms Hwy. 2 prime acres with great Hwy 62 location. Right smack in the middle of the direct path of progress. Gateway to the High Desert.” 21115286 “$29,000” LANDERS. FROM YUCCA VALLEY take hwy 247 to Reche rd. and turn right. Make a right hand turn on Yucca Mesa road and go almost all the way to the top. The property starts on the left hand side of the road 330 feet back from the top of the hill which is Napa rd.” “Yucca Mesa Road. Beautiful 2.2 acre lot high up with great views. Many new homes in this area. A true must see if looking for that parcel to build your dream home on. Water and power avail.” 21123288 “$30,000” JOSHUA TREE. YUCCA VALLEY to Joshua Tree on 29 Palms Hwy turn left on sierra (south) to property. No sign yet.” “View parcel - electric poles in street and water too. Sierra is paved and smooth, what a deal.” 21129887 “$35,000” 29 PALMS “FROM HWY 62, go south-east on Hatch Rd., north on La Buena Tierra; property bordered on the west by La Buena Tierra, on the north by Juanita, east by Mission and on the south by Old Dale.” “Prime Major Subdivion land! Zoned for 4 lots per acre. Flat nearly level. Paved roads, utilities all around!” 21117127 “$275,000”
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Budd Boetticher’s Randolph Scott Westerns Brilliant Masterpieces - Forgotten Gems BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS
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What or who is the “Tall T”? It is never mentioned in the film. I can’t recall if it is mentioned in Elmore Leonard’s story “The Captives.” Personally, I think the “T” is part of the architecture of the ranch where Scott rides a bull. It is prominent in one particular shot. And it is tall. Why this is the title of the film is a puzzle. The original movie poster says “T for terror!” I think the T might be a body gesture that Scott makes at a place in
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the story that is a turning point. It is a human crucifix position as well. Perhaps that is the reference - like John Wayne crossing his arms at the end of “The Searchers,” about which there is much speculation (some think it’s an homage and tribute to his friend Harry Carey). There’s a clean, sun-baked look to these morality tales that frames the simmering tensions that are usually played out in an explosive climax - often in a natural “arena” setting. Boetticher was very enamored of, and comfortable in, a bullring. The underrated Randolph Scott is perfect as a taciturn, leathery-faced loner. He was a big star in his heyday - but he has never been better than in these minimalist Westerns. He’s always a man of few words who often has a tragic back story that propel his risky, usually altruistic, actions. Scott is a riveting screen presence. His graceful, economic physicality, the way he uses his voice, rides a horse, and especially his moments of silence and stillness are always compelling. There are no wasted actions. And it’s hard to take your eyes off him. In many ways, I think Scott was Boetticher’s on-screen avatar. Boetticher’s recurring elements: a lone figure seeking vengeance or justice, figures adrift amidst an untamed landscape, tight places where moral imperatives explode. And always in Boetticher’s Westerns, there are unexpected moments where the camera holds on the physical beauty of a place or dotes on the sensuous image of a horse being groomed or running. A cult director who continues to grow in stature, Boetticher makes the most of his deceptively minimalist stories. But it’s not really the story that matters for Boetticher as much as the characters, how they move, and what they don’t say, and of course the ever-present vistas that offer unexpected moments of challenge or transcendence as the moral imperative of the protagonist is actualized. It seems to me that Boetticher’s Westerns are about coping with antiquated notions of honor and justice while traveling a path where fate, destiny and freewill intersect. I guess that’s why they linger in the mind. There’s an undeniable Old Testament feel to the stories yet the main character is
often saddled with a sense of existential angst. Maybe that is the definition of living in the postmodern world. Though there’s no debate that movie buffs and film scholars hold Boetticher in high esteem for his seven lowbudget Westerns starring Scott between 1956 and 1960, what’s even more amazing is that these B movies were crafted with such loving care and precision. As in other art, they were overlooked at first, but now recognized as unique and authentic because they seem effortless and pure even to the naive viewer. While working on the old Columbia Pictures lot on Gower Street in Hollywood, I got to know Boetticher quite well. He liked a script I wrote for Strother Martin and invited me to ride one of his fine horses, Peropo, a spirited, unscarred veteran from the Spanish bullring. I apparently passed my test and this led to trips to Mexico where we scouted locations and Boetticher put on astonishing displays of how to fight bulls from horseback. Although my film was never made, during this time I understood how much of Boetticher the man was in his Westerns. Always the outsider who won’t compromise, Boetticher was the real deal. Enthusiastic, witty, optimistic, artistic and a great horseman - he relished being alive. He was also aware of a self-destructive side to his personality that was always a battle. There were demons that hovered. His bare-bones Westerns usually had a lone, mostly silent, somewhat alienated hero on a journey through a hostile landscape. He crosses paths with a self-serving villain. There are tight places and grand vistas, lyrical and pastoral surprises. And always, fleeting moments of great natural beauty. His best films are existential and ambiguously emotional, but there remains a moral tone that somehow revolves around “idealized” integrity. Integrity, grace and fate were Boetticher’s cinematic trinity. Burt Kennedy’s sometimes ironic, often poignant, and decid-
edly lean screenplays were a perfect fit for Boetticher’s mindset. Scott, Boetticher and Kennedy were the trinity of the best of these cinematic morality plays. The extras in the boxed set are very good. The feature length documentary on Boetticher, “A Man Can Do That,” is revealing and rather moving. It is a portrait of a singular artist and man who lived a full adventurous life that in some ways makes his movies seem tame. There are three commentaries. I especially appreciated the one by Janine Basinger on “The Tall T.” She captured the essence of the man as I knew him. I encourage film buffs and Western fans to also find Budd Boetticher’s classic 1956 western “Seven Men From Now” (Paramount) which is also now on DVD in a clean transfer with significant extras. Here, Randolph Scott, a sheriff haunted by the death of his wife in a robbery, hunts for the seven men responsible. Along the way, he helps a couple from Kansas heading west and is forced to deal with another former outlaw he had once sent to prison. As in some of his other films included in this boxed set, “Seven Men From Now” is a tense journey that takes us to a point of stillness, the moment of truth where righteousness of character is all that’s left because “there are some things you can’t ride around.” The esoteric commentary’s by James Kitses, author of “Horizons West: Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah” and there’s a fine new documentary “Budd Boetticher: An American Original.” Comments? RobinESimmons@aol.com
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In the 1950s, Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) directed a handful of understated westerns starring a mature Randolph Scott that have become widely recognized as classics. Five of them are available as a boxed set (Sony, $59) in clean anamorphic transfers. The movies are “The Tall T,” “Decision At Sundown,” “Buchanan Rides Alone,” “Ride Lonesome,” and “Comanche Station.” Long overdue in digital format, they have been highly anticipated by film buffs as well those who treasure a view of America that includes honor, duty, horses and the landscape - that majestic canvas - on which we play out our lives. My favorites in the set are “Ride Lonesome,” “Comanche Station” and “The Tall T.” All feature Randolph Scott as a hero in a changing world who still operates under a moral code that seems, well, quaint.
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Best Quality! Best Price! Guaranteed! this relationship between “profundity” and “simplicity”… or it could just be because I’m lazy. (Big laughter) SS: “The Lazy Man’s Guide to Guru-ship.” Then, oddly enough, what that very book recommends having for those embarking on a “psychedelic journey,” Jerry, decades later, became a “guide,” musically-speaking, for thousands of young people taking these inner “journeys.” It’s also interesting that the Grateful Dead were one of the only groups that didn’t ever really do political benefit concerts… PK: Well, they did do a benefit concert for the Black Panther “political prisoners” at the Oakland coliseum in 1971… SS: Oh, I forgot about that! What a statement of “Counter-Culture Unity” that must have been! Were you there for that? PK: Yes, I was there with a bunch of Merry Pranksters. It was really exciting. The unity of counter-cultural diversity was strong but unspoken. Everybody was frisked by Black Panthers before we were allowed to enter the concert hall. Later, I asked Ken Kesey what his reaction was. He replied, “I stood very still.” SS: Well, I hope he got stoned so he could dance, too! (Laughter) I guess what I was thinking about was more about the Vietnam War protests. I read that they didn’t play at protests because they felt their music itself was their “anti-war protest.” PK: Well, because it was “positive.” So it was “political” in that sense, because a Dead concert was really a “Camp Reunion” and a “Healing Ceremony” for many… but most of all, it was a sense of “Community” that was as much the attraction of it, as was the music itself. SS: And we might go so far as to say that, in addition to being a healing ceremony, it was a “spiritual experience.” One interesting aside, though, came in an interview with Jerry later on, where he was asked what he thought about this one faction of “Deadheads” who considered him to be “God,” and he responded that he would tolerate it until they came for him with the “nails and a cross.” (Laughter) But you had an interesting bit of Jerry Garcia trivia about his “spirituality” involving “The Urantia Book”… PK: Oh yeah- Garcia read the entire Urantia Book…
SS: And that’s like over 4 inches thick! PK: Yeah, and it’s in small print. Back in the sixties, there was a legend that if you read the entire Urantia Bible, which is sort of “science-fiction” in its own way - a mix of science fiction and spirituality… but if you read the entire book, then ‘three elderly women would come visit you.” But Jerry told me that he never got that visit… and he was very disappointed. (Laughter) SS: Do you think he considered it a waste of time, then? (Laughter) PK: No, he had a “twinkle in his eye” about it- and he knew that it was the “journey” of reading it, rather than the “goal” of meeting “three elderly women.” SS: Exactly! Well, in regards to another “new age” topic, do you have a belief one way or another on re-incarnation? PK: Well, it’s inconceivable to me- I can’t separate consciousness from the physical brain. It’s just my own limitation. But even if, objectively, it was a true process, I would use it as a metaphor- I’d try to live my life as if it was my “last incarnation.” And, then have reincarnations in my own life. For example, my writing career has been essentially non-fiction and humor. SS: And you could say that each one of your books or issues of “The Realist” was one of your ‘incarnations” in itself. PK: Yeah, in a “subdivision scale.” But in a larger division… I’ve got two new books, one of which is “Who’s to Say What’s Obscene? Politics, Comedy and Culture in America Today,” with a foreword by Ariana Huffington. And the other is “In Praise of Indecency- Dispatches from the Valley of Porn.” They’re both collections of my columns and articles… but my current obsession now is to work on novels. So, for me to work on fiction: that’s a new “incarnation” for me, because I have to make everything up. I have this friend who is a novelist, Avery Corman, who wrote his first article in the early sixties for “The Realist,” and then went on to write two novels that later became movies: “Oh God!” and “Kramer vs. Kramer.” So I called him and told him how I realized that writing fiction was difficult because you have to make everything up, and he said, “Come on Paul! You’ve been making stuff up all your life!” And I said, “Yeah, but that was journalism!” ■
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Artist Roger Hopkins It’s a Stone Age playground, filled with giant sculptures, fountains, carvings, and stacks of stone awaiting definition. His work has been featured on PBS, the BBC, Nova, The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, and he was on “This Old House” for 15 years. “I worked with Bob and Steve and became good friends with Norm Abrams,” Hopkins said. “I did all the stonework in Norm’s home.” Hopkins wrote the book on the use of stone carving tools. His book is available on his website. “I’m really taken by the natural stone here. Early on I learned that stone and water were essential to any good landscape and that every garden should have its surprises. I’ve done work all over California now from abstract to functional – hot tubs, fountains, chairs, and a huge stone archway for a condo complex in Palm Desert. Fire pits are really popular, especially ones that have water or glass bases in them, making them multi-elemental. I’ve literally got my nose to the grindstone.” Writhing columns grow out of the ground, ready for air hammers and powerful stone chisels to shape and form actions and effects. Petroglyphs recalling the ancients are drawn on stones, some of which end up in the finest homes in the area. As for fountains, “I’ve learned there are seven distinctive sounds of water,” he says. “Five of those sounds are unpleasant.” The other two sounds are the ones Hopkins fashions his fountains for, fine tuning them like a musical instrument. “We have over 80 pieces in Big Horn alone,” said Hopkins referring to that exclusive gated community in Palm Desert up Highway 74. “You’ll find our work all over the Valley, at the Living Desert and the Jackalope restaurant.”
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“I started off as a stone mason,” said Hopkins. “That’s what I am. We still do a lot of landscape stonework on commission. That’s about 80 percent of what we do. When I started off in the 1970’s we were doing a landscape job and were way over budget and off schedule. I bought one of those new diamond blades. It
camper/hiker lady came by inquiring about it. She left, then 3 days later sent him a big check and had the huge, several ton piece shipped to her multi-million dollar estate in Bellevue, Washington. Moving such heavy stone pieces requires special skill and equipment. Cranes and a
destined for a Rancho Mirage client who already has some of Hopkins’ previous work. “You never know who will want what,” Hopkins chuckles with rock solid certainty. “I did my serious learning about a decade ago when I explored the techniques the ancient Egyptians used for lowering a 100-ton sarcophagus down 30-meter shafts and creating sand traps to prevent potential looters.” “Another great project was re-creating the raising of a 30-ton obelisk. I finally showed them it can be done but they did not let me play with the big one...bunch of stuffy bureaucrats! I traveled to England to investigate the mysteries of how, and why, Stonehenge was built. I brought back stones from China, often called scholar stones, appreciation stones and viewing stones, that have unusual shapes and textures. They are used in great abundance over there in gardens.” Hopkins and his Egyptian wife stick closer to home now. He works with his son polishing, carving, grinding, cutting, drilling and hammering his creations. “The Southern California landscape is littered with diverse and intriguing boulders which cry out to become something more than they are,” he says.
was a week’s pay back then. I carved a little Bobcat with a front loader are often needed bowl out of this boulder and filled it up with wato move tons of dense matter. It can be slow ter, put some flowers in it and set it on the path going and dangerous work. A massive archway Hopkins can be contacted through his websites: to the door. The next day the client came out of irregularly shaped boulders has been awaitrogerhopkins.com or rockartist.org ■ smiling with a check in his hand. Ever since we ing the keystone for over a year. It’s a project leave a little something extra off at 20 BED ASSISTED LIVING every job.” One of FOR SALE BY OWNER Hopkins most $395K (trade or JV possible) striking pieces is a 10-foot on Executive 6 BR 5 BA HOME tall obelisk carved with 12 snakes In Palm Springs and symbols, Awesome city inspired by and mountain the 12 Tribes of Israel. He views, made it purely pool, hot tub, out of artistic all amenities BUILT IN 1998, INCLUDES 4,500 SF desire, priced ON 1/2 ACRE. CURRENTLY VACANT. it high, and it sat unsold (cell) 60-413-4484at CALL DIRECT 760-413-4484 (cell) 7 T on his lot for C E IR D L ge CAL messa ed or 24-hour recorded message at rd co months. One re r or 24-hou 760-416-0044 ext 135 day a rather 760-416-0044 plain looking
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