Monthly Archives: April 2011

I’ve got it, she’s got it, Monterey County Weekly’s got it: summer fever

Granted, Summer Fever here in Central California is wholly different than the sensation elsewhere.  For goodness sakes, people are trapped under ice for six months; the smallest budding flower sends them in a tizzy. Yeah, we’re stoked for summer – … Continue reading

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Kickstarter + the pre-grunge era + photos from malls in 1989 = total awesomeness

As many of you, our loyal readers, know, we had a lil’ fundraiser thing with Kickstarter. Well, we just stumbled across this amazing project; it’s particularly meaningful for those who came of age in the late 80s/early 90s.  (I also … Continue reading

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Your (bi? tri? quad?) monthly archive update! Much to report!

So the archives, currently stored on the library grounds, will be moved to a secure storage facility at Monterey Peninsula College in the near future (road washouts and various other out-of-our-hands things have kept us from getting a secure date, … Continue reading

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Kickstarter thank you’s: Phase One – the shout-outs!

Ah yes.  Now the real fun starts – the glorious afterglow of our Kickstarter fundraiser. As per the deal, those who donated in our “first tier” get a shout out on this here amazing blog. So…brace yourself….Here they are! Sarah! … Continue reading

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Highway fixed! Big Sur is back open for business! And we have a show on Saturday!

It’s true.  Highway 1 to the north of us is now fixed. You can now get here from the north (SF, Monterey, whatever) just like the good ol’ days. It feels like V-J Day down here; I just saw a … Continue reading

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Thank you!

Thank you.    

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Just 1 more “super-prize” left on Kickstarter! Tickets to sold-out shows…walk through walls…etc.

So our Kickstarter thing end is a mere 20 hours! And when we were planning it out, we had to think of prizes. We noticed that most, if not all, successful projects had “super-prizes”: prizes awarded for donations that exceeded, … Continue reading

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Record stores we like: Wombleton Records in LA!

We like vinyl.  We like record stores.  So sue us. We’re still nursing our hangover from National Record Store day, when we stumbled upon this cool video featuring Ian Marshall of Wombleton Records inLA. Ian, if I’m not mistaken, will … Continue reading

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Start-ups we like: Mediacause.org. Find your own technie volunteer!

Does the internet scare you?  What with the Google stuff and the advertising and the search engine optimization stuff? It scares us. Basically, there’s a bunch of nifty lil’ tricks you can employ to boost your website’s traffic.  The only … Continue reading

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Someone at the New Yorker is most certainly reading the HML blog

The first time, we thought, how quaint.  The second time, why, what an interesting coincidence. The third time?  Now it’s just plain scary. It seems like every few months the New Yorker is reading our blog or home page, and … Continue reading

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