THISIssue 04 Perspective So What’s Next? By James Preston Allen, Publisher
06 Thirty–Year Retrospective By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor & Erik Kongshaug, Former Editor
06 Community Voices Locals talk of RLn By Art Kunkin, Peter Warren, Arthur Almeida, Camilla Townsend & David Greene
12 Arts, Culture and Entertainment & Subversive Out– sider Art By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
14 The Good Ol’ Days Places where the cool kids once roamed By Gretchen Williams Tostrup, Lifestyle & Cuisine Writer
16 Stories I Didn’t Tell You By James Preston Allen, Publisher
And We're Not Going Away! Publisher/Exec. Editor James Preston Allen
Contributors James Preston Allen Terelle Jerricks Erik Kongshaug Paul Rosenberg Gretchen Williams Tostrup Photographers Photos used in the cover graphic were taken by the following photographers. We apologize inadvance for any contributing photographer inadvertently left out: Ray Carofano, Victor Carvellas, Slobodan Dimitrov, Robin Doyno, Jessie Drezner, Nina Fitzgerald, Andy Harris, Terelle Jerricks, Bernard Kane, Taso Papadakis, Humberto Perez, David A. Nurse, Jr., Mary Reyna, Monica Sameniego
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Managing Editor Terelle Jerricks Senior Editor Paul Rosenberg Design/Production Matt Highland reads@randomlengthsnews.com
Advertising Production Matt Highland, Suzanne Matsumiya reads@randomlengthsnews.com
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ON THE COVER: Graphic artist Mathew Highland created the cover graphic spoofing the seminal Beatles’ album cover (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) using staff photos, by Taso Papadakis, and various other influentials (for better or worse) throughout Random Lengths’ 30year history. Photographs of mostly local individuals were gleaned from Random Lengths’ archives. For a legend of who’s-who on the cover, see page 20. We apologize for leaving most of you out, as we couldn’t include everyone who deserves mention. —The Editors
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