Daedalus Howell
Daedalus Howell is the editor of the North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun. He is the author, most recently, of Quantum Deadline and is the writer-director of the feature film Pill Head.
No Butts About It
Smoke-Free Marin Coalition
Many readers vocalized their displeasure with the recent spate of cigarette advertising that appeared in the Pacific Sun and in the North...
Craft Beer Week
Annual Cali brew cruise
This much I know I love: California Craft Beer Week starts on a Friday and ends on a Tuesday—11 days later.
That’s...
Heart and ‘Soul’: Marcus Shelby’s journeys through Healdsburg, Pixar and beyond
Near the start of Disney/Pixar’s latest animated film Soul, the character Ray Gardner encourages his son to appreciate live music: “Black improvisational music,” he...
Insta-Poet: Michael Giotis’ Instagram poetry series
Back in the day, poetry readings were intimate affairs crammed into noisy cafes replete with baristas banging portafilters like judges’ gavels. Covid, however, has...
The Wheel: An Under Desk Peddler Odyssey
Going nowhere fast
Moss may grow fat on a rolling stone, but you can grow both fat and mossy by simply sitting at a desk.
This...
Black San Quentin Artist Inmates’ Brush With Justice
What do you get if you add 12 and 21?
A unique art exhibition, one pushing the idea that society needs to take a new...
Earth’s Fast Rotation is the New Spin Cycle
As the world turns
Even though it’s over, 2020 is still getting worse. Case in point, scientists have discovered that, due to a variety of...
The darkest hour is just before dawn
“The darkest hour is just before dawn.” Like many Gen Xers, I was introduced to this concept in a Mamas and Papas lyric crackling...
Essential Kitchen Gear: Chefs Recommend Tools of the Trade
Sometime in the early part of the last decade, I had the pleasure of interviewing the late great Anthony Bourdain. I asked the Kitchen...
What is a Turducken?
The Frankenstein monster, that crude assemblage of body parts stitched into an ill-fated attempt to recreate life, has at least one counterpart in our...
