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The Real Nasty Comes Cleannew
The band's secret? Self-discipline and a rigorous rehearsal schedule.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Real Nasty
Undressing the Exotic Erotic Ballnew
An event with "nothing to hide" has left a trail of lawsuits, contract disputes, and broken relationships.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-06-2010 |
Recreation
Tags: Cow Palace, Exotic Erotic Ball
The Fall of American Talibannew
Markos Moulitsas fails to woo liberals with his latest screed.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2010 |
Nonfiction
Big Boi Goes Solonew
OutKast emcee enhances larger-than-life persona, headlining the Regency Ballroom.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2010 |
Music
Tags: Big Boi
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggitsnew
After fifteen years, this duo is still going strong.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-22-2010 |
Reviews
Karyn Paige Trips the Light Fantasticnew
A refugee from corporate America makes her promising debut.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Karyn Paige,
The Pack: Wolfpack Partynew
The Pack returns with its second album, a nineteen-track journey into the mind of a 21-year-old with a dissolute lifestyle.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-13-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Pack
Monterey Jazz Festival Staves Off Doomsayersnew
Despite vicissitudes in the jazz market, Monterey lives up to its original raison d'etre.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-13-2010 |
Concerts
They Make Mad Noisenew
Oakland buskers turn their hustle into performance art -- and a dissertation.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-13-2010 |
Performance
Tags: Mad Noise, Khalil Sullivan
Freddie Gibbsnew
Only Freddie Gibbs could rightfully boast about gracing magazine covers without a record label Or call himself "Gangsta Gibbs" with no sense of irony Or crib a beat from Masta Ace and one-up the original rap...
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Freddie Gibbs
World of Streetcolornew
An anonymous knitter bombs the streets of Berkeley.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-26-2010 |
Culture
Foreign Globester Is a Man in Motionnew
Most rappers take pleasure in cultivating their own personal mythology, and Paul Laster — better known by his stage name Motion Man — is no exception It begins with the etymology of "Motion Man," which, he says, derives from his break-dancing talent in high school...
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-25-2010 |
Unclassified
New Karyn Paige Single Leakednew
Karyn Paige's 'Want To' is available for download.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-07-2010 |
Music
Tags: Karyn Paige, Want To
Dinner with Franny and Zooey: For Nicole Klosterman, Reading is Socialnew
Nicole Klosterman's read some books enough times to describe the plot-twists with photographic recall. She'll tell you what the characters ate, what music they listened to, when and why they had nervous breakdowns. Klosterman reads for pleasure and escape.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-24-2010 |
Books
Illustrator Chris Lane Plays Off Our Pathogen Fears in His New Graphic Novelnew
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection imagines a public health crisis in the year 2012 caused by a sickness that percolates through the air and gets under people's skin. By the end of the year, more than five billion people have succumbed. The idea is horrifying, but in a weirdly seductive way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-28-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
