D.A. Kolodenko

Columnist

dak@sdcitybeat.com

D.A. Kolodenko was raised in the mean streets of South Chicago. Then he moved to California and became the lead singer of San Diego's youngest punk band in 1979. Then some other stuff happened, and now he lives with a parrot and writes.


Stories by D.A. Kolodenko

Road-sign rage

Driving and reading through the valley of the shadow of death

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 11/17/2009
Flight of the flightless

A story about getting to the other side

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 11/03/2009
Still a swastika

Navy admits nothing has been done to conceal complex's offensive appearance

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 10/27/2009
The 411 on 11-99

Pay $1,800, pass GO at 85 mph and do not go directly to jail

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 10/20/2009
Dark sounds in a sunny town

When punk was young and so was I

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 10/06/2009
Hate-sign structure revisited

Coronado swastika still visible on Google

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 09/22/2009
Why I'm firing my bank

Davey with no thumbs versus Goliath with no soul

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 09/08/2009
Supreme decision

Reopening of murder trial is actually based on evidence

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 08/25/2009
Stop swinging!

Walk like a man, for God’s sake

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 08/11/2009
The greatest sham on Earth

It’s time to go Bolivian on animal circuses

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 07/28/2009
Life is sweet and sour

A walk through the valley of the shadow  of the cherry tree

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 07/14/2009
Saxon, not Jackson

The King of Garage means more to me than the King of Pop

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 06/30/2009
Sweet nothings

Reports on Venezuela’s Coke Zero ban are awfully artificial

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 06/16/2009
Hypocrisy predicted

Opponents of same-sex marriage praise voters now, but what about next year?

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 06/02/2009
The heart of Ocean Beach

Will hamburger prestige complicate the simple life?

Author D.A. Kolodenko Date 05/19/2009