Cory Anthony

May 27, 2005

Drugstore Cowboy: One Final Ride Into the Sunset

By Cory Anthony

Here it is: sitting with a cup of $6 whiskey (Canadian Springs from Rite Aid, $6 for a 750), writing the old fare-thee-well column. In my mind, it starts something like this: It was the best of times, it was the blurst o...

April 20, 2005

Drugstore Cowboy: Forget Real Crimes, Let’s Get Stoners

By Cory Anthony

As of Tuesday, April 19, 2005, the federal government has spent well over $6 billion on the great "War on Drugs" for this year. I suppose it's needless to remind you that this year has barely kicked off.

March 31, 2005

Drugstore Cowboy: It’s a Mad, Mad World Indeed

By Cory Anthony

So much trouble in the world. It was true in 1979 when Bob Marley first said it. It's true now. Sometime on Nov. 2, 2004, watching the disaster I feared worst come to life on a big blue and red map of the United States, ...

October 8, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Informative, Political, Porno?

By Cory Anthony

I love the smell of democracy in the morning. Smells like ... victory. Or maybe that's just the lagoon. Election season is upon us in full force with the presidential and vice presidential debates.

September 28, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Save That FAFSA Check

By Cory Anthony

Well, well, Mr. Po-lice Man: You think you've got us by the curlies here with your $3,076 beer-distribution tickets. There's still hope, all ye forlorn and weary criminals on the business end of the IVFP's ticket pads, y...

July 7, 2004

The Great I.V. Bike Race

By Cory Anthony

The day of the Isla Vista Bike Races has arrived. It was the night before that my roommate told me about it. After refusing to join his team, I decided to cover it for the Nexus. And cover it right.

May 27, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Nary an Ashtray or Parking Spot in Sight

By Cory Anthony

It's been a nice hiatus. Unfortunately, since I've taken a long break from nothing, all things I.V. and UCSB went to hell. Some jackass in the administration must've finally realized the foolishness of putting ashtrays r...

May 10, 2004

The Great I.V. Bike Race

By Cory Anthony

The day of the Isla Vista Bike Races has arrived. It was the night before that my roommate told me about it. After refusing to join his team, I decided to cover it for the Nexus. And cover it right.

April 15, 2004

Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Love Bad News | Epic

By Cory Anthony

Modest Mouse is out for some serious money. Their latest release, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, is rife with radio-friendly tunes.

January 30, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Getting Amphetamines Is as Easy as A-D-D

By Cory Anthony

I'm not sure when it was that I first saw the commercial for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder. That probably means that I do lack attention to detail, due to distractibility - very frequently.

January 30, 2004

Self-Medicating Hot Line

By Cory Anthony

College kinda hurts. We at the Hot Line know this pain. We share it. And like many of you, we often take it upon ourselves to numb the pain and drive off the horrors of this cut-throat university life. Some doctors just...

January 5, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Two Thousand and Four?!

By Cory Anthony

Here we are. The beginning of the Year of Our Lord 2004 and the tail-end of the Chinese Year of the Ram, which ends on Jan 21.

December 4, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Your Mind on My Safety, Hand in My Underwear

By Cory Anthony

"Sir, you've been selected by the airline," the man at the security gate of the Santa Barbara Airport says to me, quickly scratching an "X" in red marker on my ticket. Did I win something? Maybe I'm getting an empty firs...

November 21, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Don’t Wanna Grow Up

By Cory Anthony

Tuesday, the assistant county editor and I drove up to Neverland after hearing that law enforcement officials were combing Jackson's ranch. I brought along a friend's copy of Jackson's 1979 album "Off the Wall" for the r...

November 6, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Bringing Debauchery out of the Dark

By Cory Anthony

Halloween, Isla Vista, Del Playa Drive: Two girls stand on the hood of a car, parked on the ocean side of the street, with their dates. One of the police-sponsored floodlights shines down on them.

October 3, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Medicinal Mayhem in the War on Cannabis

By Cory Anthony

The war on drugs has sunk to a new low. Last Sunday, Sept. 28, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's office filed charges against Aaron Paradiso, who lives outside of Stockton. Aaron is a quadriplegic.