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  On my drive home from work the other night I noticed there was a new book store named Sunken City Books ( 403 W 6 th Street, San Pedro, Ca, 90731 ) right across the street from Niko’s Pizzeria ( 399 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731 ). Once I had the day off, I felt like going down there to browse through their inventory and I was very impressed with all of the titles they carry. There are comics, mystery novels from the 70’s, and amongst the many paperback or hardcovers I saw a strong selection of Jack Kerouac’s work, ‘Visions of Cody’ being among them. I ended up purchasing four books: “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Last Tycoon”, Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Notebooks of Malte Laurida Brigge” and a first edition of “Wicked” the first book in the series by Gregory Maguire. The owner Rodrigo is very friendly and looking to keep the place stacked with rarities, vintages and new releases. I’ll be popping in there again to see what other gems they offer. I walked with my

You ever thought it would be funny to have Shooter McGavin send a message to one of your friends saying "I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast"? - For $250 dollars you can request the real Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald, but apparently he's most known from his role as the egomaniacal golf champ in Happy Gilmore) to send a message to yourself or a friend, arranged by the Cameo APP. You can also ask him to create a marketing video with a statement for your brand/campaign/product at the rate of $5,000, schedule a 10 minute video call for $660 or send him a message for $15.  Mr.McGavin isn't the only celebrity you can hit up. Lindsay Lohan is also available (with different rates) and so is Tommy Chong, one of the most famous stoners in the world.  I, personally, would love to receive a message from Cradle Of Filth front man Dani Filth, who will oblige a personal video for $55. You could request him to call me a "grotesque cunt" and I'd be ecstat

  If I could make it over to Uruguay and reach the historical capital of Montevideo, I’d love to catch a performance by underground synth artist VeRa. Born Veronica Ramos in 1983, the native Montevidean artist studied with a focus on  piano, composition and soundtrack creation at the National School of Film Experimentation and Realization. As a multi-instrumental artist, she worked with several music groups before producing her first solo album “A Void Filled with Sound” in 2014 and has since issued six releases, “The Awakening” 2020, “Crisalida/Ocaso” 2021 and "The Fall"  in May 2022 followed by her third album "El Silencio Es Musica" July, of the same year. Her latest single “Judgment” appeared in January 2023. VeRa has been doing shows in her hometown and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She balances teaching piano professionally and producing new material.  After finding her tracks “Carmilla Stoned” and “Follow the Voice” on Beatport, I fell right into her expressi

  Yesterday, I blessed a squirrel with pieces of my egg, ham and cheese croissant from Granny's Donuts ( 316 N Western Ave, San Pedro, CA 90732 ). He was perched on the wall staring down at me. I'm sure other people in the past thought it was cute to feed him, hence his lingering and comfort with grabbing the bits from my hand. I was happy to share with him before parting off to a McDonald's down the street for an apple pie. I have a homegirl in Austria who I exchange letters with on an app called Slowly. She recently sent me a photo of their apple pie (Apfeltasche) box, which inspired me to check out what ours look like nowadays, since I never really go to Mickey Dee's. It's interesting to see designs from different regions.  I'm much more fond of the Austrian pie box. Our version seems really bland in comparison. Since they're riding Starbucks dick with this McCafe thing, I get why the font would need to be brown which naturally goes with yellow and white,