Ynez and Carmela LaDow

Josh McDonald and 20th Century Icons Part 1

“Of all the icons of mainstream 20th Century, Johnny Cash was the most overrated. It was just boom-chick-a-boom over and over for forty-five years. He couldn’t pick a guitar, had no range as a singer, wasn’t worth a damn as a composer, and was a terrible actor. Of his major contemporaries, he was easily the least talented and most overrated.” ~David Reel

Matt Lorimer

“When a council member is in office for many years, they tend to stop working for the people and only working for themselves.” Matt Lorimer

Ynez and Carmela LaDow

“During the Great Depression and during World War II, the Camarillo Ranch was totally self-sufficient, except for buying gas and sugar. Adolfo had his own slaughter house, his own well and a wealth of agriculture. The Camarillo Ranch relied on no government help whatsoever.” Ynez Parker LaDow

Pliny Mier

"In those days, my hair was below my shoulders. I was a grading contractor and wore a Cat hat, so every bar we hit--that hair went under that Cat hat." Pliny Mier describing celebrating his 21st birthday in Paso Robles while simultaneously avoiding a confrontation with the badass cowboys.

Ken McMullen

“Here I sit like a piece of shit I want to play but they’re going with a kid named Cey I ain’t no clown—I can play in this town So it’s not back to the bag at third And back to the bench as a turd” Poem by Ken McMullen during his last year with the LA Dodgers “The thing that really helped us beat the Yankees in the 1963 World Series is the Dodgers had traded for Bill Skowron—from the Yankees. Skowron gave a pitching report to Koufax and Drysdale so they knew exactly how to pitch to the Yankees.” Ken McMullen