AltWeeklies Wire
Savage Dragon is a Free Agentnew
Berkeley's Image Comics forever changed the ways comic book artists relate to the publishers.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-20-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Bucky Sinister Leads the New School of Indie Comedynew
Replete with pop culture references and Bay Area-specific nods to indie video stores and hipster cafes, What Happens in Narnia represents a new style of comedy that swaps the old setup-and-punchline for a monologue-driven form.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-20-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Piano-less Plays Monk Shouldn't Be Taken Literallynew
The idea is to take everything that made Monk humorous and unpredictable -- the wrong notes, altered changes, train whistle sounds, syncopated rhythms, and autistic-looking dance moves -- and try to capture the groove, albeit with a completely different setup.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Plays Monk
Resolution Guide: The Cost of Purificationnew
Dr. Cory Reddish wants to help you detoxify.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-16-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Chris Brown Amps Up His Talent With Technologynew
The artist presents himself as a disciple of Prince and Michael Jackson, and for the most part, he can justify the comparison. But you wouldn't really know that from watching a recent, nearly sold-out show in Oakland, which emphasized fancy pyrotechnics and Vegas-style chorus lines over actual singing.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-09-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Chris Brown, concerts
Party 2 Nite. R U Going?new
When teens can easily find parties without so much as an invite, the night can get out of hand pretty quickly.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-02-2008 |
Culture
In Fashion, Sincerity Is the New Ironynew
Styles from the '80s are still hot, but now more people mean it.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-19-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Tripping Out on a Kid's Shownew
A combination of in-jokes and surrealist farce, the children's DVD Showbeast is trippier than Sesame Street and more avant-garde than Pee Wee's Playhouse, though it would still appeal to a little kid or a stoned person.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Obama Drama '08new
The campaign's innovative social networking led to the creation of hundreds of local Obama groups -- but when the official campaign eventually tried to take over the show, some volunteers objected.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-15-2007 |
Politics
Jennifer Johns: Soul with Swaggernew
The singer shakes it up with new confidence and a remarkable new album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jennifer Johns
David Horowitz Unveils His Newest Liberal-Baiting Ploynew
Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week hits college campuses across the country this month.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Fast Forward to the Pastnew
Free jazz has become an increasingly fringe art form, but Ike Levin is a lifer.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ike Levin
San Francisco LoveFests Promises a Strong Third Yearnew
Spawned by the Berlin Love Parade that began in 1989, features some of the nation's top DJ talent, including the Chemical Brothers, Mark Farina, Afrika Bambaata and Miguel Miggs.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-26-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: San Francisco LoveFest, concerts
Terence Blanchard Returns to a Classic Soundnew
In this wrenching album, the jazz trumpeter emerges from a long electric phase that followed his late-'80s collaborations with Donald Harrison and informed the soundtracks he wrote for Spike Lee.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
Kafani Takes to the Rap Game Strictly for Scrillanew
Kafani thinks and talks fast -- in phone conversations he demands to get things "fast, like, ASAP." And he wants his money fast.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kafani, Money is My Motivation
