AltWeeklies Wire
A Wicked Lazer Swordnew
Two San Francisco nerds shake up the international dance scene.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
11-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lazer Sword
Mark Twain's Last Stuntnew
Suppressed for one hundred years, Autobiography of Mark Twain has become one of UC Berkeley's biggest literary events of all time.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2010 |
Books
Pot Taxes and Farm Permits Seek Voter Approvalnew
Berkeley and Oakland would expand their taxation, while Richmond and Albany consider getting into the game.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-13-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Elections
Government Plane Circling Bay Area Pot Farmsnew
East Bay residents complain of regular overflights from plane that apparently works for feds.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-01-2010 |
Drugs
The Facts About Proposition 19new
Proposition 19 will regulate cannabis similar to alcohol. It does not change state law regarding medical cannabis.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-31-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Proposition 19
California Cannabis Goes Pro . . . With Baseball Cards?new
California's $14-billion-a-year cannabis economy has created all-star marijuana strains with as much cachet as marquee athletes.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-31-2010 |
Drugs
Stoners Against Legalizationnew
Just who intends to puff, puff, pass on California's Proposition 19?
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-30-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Jennifer Soares, Proposition 19
Who Will Vote to Tax Cannabis in California?new
Now that the entire universe has focused on California's push to legalize herb, the question remains: How many people will actually vote for it? Oft-cited poll numbers are old, mid-term voters are older. Expect a dead heat.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-14-2010 |
Drugs
Green Day Electrifies Musical Theater at the Berkeley Rep with 'American Idiot'new
The rock opera adaptation of Green Day's multiplatinum 2004 smash American Idiot is going to challenge the very definitions of punk, theater and musical.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
09-02-2009 |
Theater
The Manhattan Project of Marijuananew
If pot is truly medicine, shouldn't it be standardized? Analytical Labs wants to test the potency and safety of California cannabis.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-04-2009 |
Drugs
Birdmonster, Tamednew
Norah Jones' producer ushers the San Francisco rockers into acoustic terrain.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pandora Boxes for Its Life in Congressnew
How the internet radio king harnessed an army of fans to beat back the broadcast radio industry and stay alive.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-08-2008 |
Music
Deerhoof's Buff vs. Buffy Dynamicnew
Chameleon-esque noise-poppers experiment by "recording like a normal band" for its forthcoming release Offend Maggie.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Spore' and the Evolution of Gamingnew
The new PC game Spore from Maxis lets users create life itself -- but what if video gamers don't want to evolve?
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
09-10-2008 |
Video Games
Gregg Perloff Is the New Bill Grahamnew
How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-14-2008 |
Music
