Santa Monica Daily Press, June 9, 2014

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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014

Volume 13 Issue 174

Santa Monica Daily Press

‘FAULT’ WINS BOX OFFICE SEE PAGE 3

We have you covered

THE FROM THE PAST ISSUE

Gambling boats off the coast in history BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer

THE HISTORY BOOKS It was a rough month for Santa Monica journalists a century ago. There was the woman knocked out by an

assailant on the rails. She came to right as the train approached. There was the order by the Police Commission that all “tangoing, ragging, and fancy dancing stopped from this day on.” There was the hiring of the city’s first health inspector at $100 a month. But on the whole, June 1914 was a quiet in

Santa Monica. 75 YEARS AGO

Turn the clock forward a quarter-century to June 1939 — the year “The Big Sleep” was written by Raymond Chandler, whose seedy Bay City is a pseudonym for Santa Monica.

Car wrecks were rampant, killing several Santa Monicans during that month. There were a couple grisly murders; a son killed his mother with a hammer. Water was on the mind of public officials. SEE HISTORY PAGE 8

FACES OF SILICON BEACH

Tux rental in the digital age BY ERIK HUBERMAN Special to the Daily Press

SILICON BEACH The Black Tux Interview

HANGING 10

Paul Alvarez Jr. editor@smdp.com Thirteen-year-old Santa Monica native Emily Flavin won her heat Sunday afternoon during the Ohana Nalu surfing competition.

Andrew Blackman and Patrick Coyne are Co-Founders of TheBlackTux.com, a new way to rent a tuxedo. Here’s a little about them. Andrew Blackman: The business actually started in a very personal way. At my wedding two and half years ago, Patrick was a groomsman, and we had been through the tux rental process many times before. THEBLACKTUX.COM But when it came time for me to plan everything, I was very intent on everyone buying a suit. I sent out this $750 suit to everybody and immediately, my inbox was full of no’s. We ended up renting from one of the national chains and had a terrible experience for four main reasons: it was inconvenient, overpriced, badly SEE FACES PAGE 9

Famed rock ‘n’ roll drummer to visit Santa Monica BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief

BARBATA

Residents can experience rock ‘n’ roll history on June 11 at a book signing event with drumming legend Johny

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Barbata. At the event, held at the Santa Monica Music Center from 12 - 5:30 p.m., Barbata will be signing his new book and he said he is looking forward to interacting with music fans as part

of his book tour. “I’m definitely approachable,” he said. “A lot of rock stars have such big egos, they don’t want to talk to people but I like talking to people.” Barbata is a New Jersey native who

was part of some of rock’s biggest bands such as The Turtles; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. In addition to SEE DRUMMER PAGE 8

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