I know one thing about the Cadillac Cafe…its NOT “on 8th St. and Bartlett, close to Johnny B’s.” Oh, its on 8th St. all right, but further west on the corner of Grape and 8th. Thus, I was late meeting Dr. Mark for lunch on a lovely Monday in Medford. So, using bad directions as [...]

The English Beat’s recent Ashland concert was cancelled due to winter road closures, but they promised they’d be back in April. As a LocalsGuide cub reporter I did a series of lengthy interviews with their lead singer, Dave Wakeling. For those of you with short attenetion spans, here are the highlights. If you like this, [...]

  This was supposed to be an “interview” with the English Beat’s Dave Wakeling, but… Well, to start off, it was done over the phone. A cell phone no less, with all the fun that goes along with that – “can you hear me now?”. Secondly, Dave’s a Brit. Yeah, he’s lived in the U.S. [...]

OK mates, on to the second question: HB (HappyBoy): “So, got any tattoos?” DW (Dave Wakeling) : “No, and there’s a serious reason why. My Dad told me, that when was nineteen, and in World War Two, a soldier who was also nineteen was identified by his tattoo. He was hung by the British Military [...]

All right mates, now we get to the real story:   I wanted to know how this whole British ska revival sound and scene started. The first time I ever heard the Beat, was when I was working at a natural foods restaurant in Santa Barbara. The dishwasher, fresh from England, had this cassette tape [...]

   OK…this is the "party" issue.     Yes, I admit I'm a "hasher" ("the drinking club with a running problem").     Instead of a big, long essay on parties, I'm gonna list what I can fit in my '99 VW Jetta (aka "The Red Rocket"). Once I unload this at your house, stand back,there's gonna [...]

“We Are One Human Family!” Mail-art Project You are invited to join with others from around the world in a locally sponsored, internationally recognized mail-art project entitled, “We Are One Human Family!” The collected artwork will be on display at the upcoming celebration of Martin Luther King Day on January 20th, 2008 from 3-5 p.m. [...]

I LOVE QUOTES!!! So…. here's some :  Famous ones I like, some of mine, the ones I hear from friends, and….I'm going to steal them off your profiles! Here's mine that I use several times a day – "Not yet". It applies to so much in my life….its gotten me out of trouble AND into [...]

4th Annual Ashland Ice Cream Social FREE Ice Cream When:Saturday Aug 18, 2007at 3:00 PM Where::Garfield Parkcorner of East Main St. and Garfield St.Ashland, OR 97520 Join the Ice Cream Man and LocalsGuide.com for FREE Ice Cream in AshlandWhat do Levis-Strauss, Lolapalooza, and Ashland, OR have in common? Ask the Ice Cream Man, when he [...]

Curt Evans Cartoon Art Exhibit – First Friday An exhibit of cartoon artwork by Curt Evans, featuringeight years of drawings for Hair City. Hosted By::Hair City When:Friday Jul 06, 20075:00 PM Where::Hair City's French Quarter Hair Salon60 North Main – in the PlazaAshland,, OR 97520United States Come celebrate Ashland's First Friday Art Walk. HairCity will [...]

   I rode my mountain bike up to Four Corners today. After all the snow this week, today turned out to be beautiful and sunny. The section with the most ice was from the road up to White Rabbit, and it actually got easier (snow wise) from there.   On the way up I saw [...]