AltWeeklies Wire
One San Diego Neighborhood Braces for Changenew
Barrio Logan is a neighborhood in the crosshairs of developers. Can it be modernized without losing its soul?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
04-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
'Smart People' Shows Not All Dysfunctional Clans Are Funnew
There are no tremendous epiphanies in Smart People. The characters do make changes in small, incremental ways, and that feels real.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Noam Murro, Smart People
Morcheeba Throws Caution to the Windnew
Dive Deep -- the band's latest release and their first with more than one vocalist -- is a long-awaited return to the its original vision.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Pedagogy of the Underfundednew
How my students reacted to news of California's education budget cuts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Tow |
04-09-2008 |
Education
American History Xnew
The L.A. icons mark the spot when punk broke in Southern California.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jim Ruland |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Making Wine Out of Wormsnew
Ray Reigstad makes his wine from worms -- more specifically, army worms, maybe better known to y'all as forest tent caterpillars. He considers this a white wine and makes it at a place he calls the RNR Estate Winery, but he can't legally sell his beverage.
San Diego CityBeat |
Martin Jones Westlin |
04-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tranophobia Bluesnew
This is what I hate about political correctness.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-02-2008 |
Commentary
Trouble Ahead on the Border?new
Push to beef up border security leaves agents poorly trained, critics say.
San Diego CityBeat |
Megan Burks |
04-02-2008 |
Immigration
The Best Things in Life: My Week of No-Cost Funnew
All too familiar with overdraft fees and creditor calls, I recently found myself at a crossroads and came upon one absolute truth -- being broke sucks. But I wasn't about to let my personal economic distress bring me down.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
04-02-2008 |
Culture
'21' Just Isn't in the Cardsnew
This movie has some flashy shots at the tables, but the plot holes are big enough to drive a stretch-limo through.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 21, Robert Luketic
The Wiggles are Bigger Than Jesusnew
Folks who don't have kids or who haven't yet gone down The Wiggles' road with their offspring often have a hard time understanding the band's appeal. But for those of us with Wiggles-crazed children, the answer is obvious -- this is your child's first rock band.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Wiggles
New Album Good Start to Busy Year for Joseph Arthurnew
Joseph Arthur has no problem being prolific, and this EP is the first of four that will precede the August release of the full-length All You Need is Nothing.
San Diego CityBeat |
Richie Lauridsen |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Could We Survive, Joseph Arthur
The Matches' New Album Lacks Focusnew
By including ingredients from every corner of the musical spectrum, it seems as if too many ideas turned this from a prospective masterpiece into a collection of leftovers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Richie Lauridsen |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: A Band in Hope, The Matches
BYOP's Latest Focuses on Driving Rhythmsnew
While Be Your Own Pet's first album had enough guitar freak-outs and general strangeness to explain Thurston Moore's interest, Get Awkward strips down a lot of the art-rock frills and focuses on driving rhythms, hooks and Jemina Pearl's vocals.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
The White House's Despicable Duonew
We wish George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would just shut the hell up and go away.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
03-26-2008 |
Commentary
