AltWeeklies Wire
The Two Faces of Steve Francisnew
In his 2005 mayoral campaign, he was the conservative Republican who pledged to run the city like a business and pushed the eventual winner to take any and all thought of new taxes off the table as San Diego grappled with the prospect of bankruptcy. Now he's back for a second run, this time running a campaign of much more "depth," he says.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-27-2008 |
Politics
What Patriotism Meansnew
Considering the concept of love of country.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-27-2008 |
Commentary
24-hour Party Crashersnew
Inside a San Diego State institute's landmark study of college-drinking bashes.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Silva |
02-20-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Farrar and Awaynew
Making a case for Jay Farrar's inclusion among the alt-country elite.
San Diego CityBeat |
Paul Saitowitz |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Farrar
Thinking Man's Rocknew
British Sea Power compels listeners with a balance of intellect and absurdity.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Absurdities on San Diego's Campaign Trailnew
The city attorney campaign has only just begun, and already, some people are behaving very badly.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
Life After CRTsnew
Entrepreneurs get in on the electronics-recycling business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dorian Hargrove |
02-20-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, e-waste
Thanks Anyway, Blackwaternew
Though a controversial military contractor's plans to open shop in Potrero may have put the tiny San Diego County hamlet on the world's radar screen last year, the community has been humming along nicely for more than 100 years -- residents will have you know -- with nary a lick of outside intervention.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
02-13-2008 |
Culture
Female Architects Talk Shopnew
Thirty years ago, architecture was a man thing. Few women braved the drafting room, and even fewer stepped foot on construction sites.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
02-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
George Romero's Diarynew
You might think George Romero, who all but established the rules and conventions for how zombie movies work, would be a bit tired of the genre after 40 years of doing it. You'd be wrong.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chapped Lipsnew
Nudity, corrupt cops and 12 shows in three days is par for The Black Lips' course.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Dub Traffik Control, Declassifiednew
The following is a dossier on the genesis and evolution of, and activities undertaken by, Dub Traffik Control, a notorious underground live dub project based in San Diego but with known desires to take over the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dub Traffik Control
A Salute to Dubious Progressnew
New Iraq flag, same Iraq.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
Superdelegates to the Rescue!new
Who are they and what do they want? Superdelegate (and Congressman) Bob Filner explains.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
02-13-2008 |
Politics
Too Bad for Clintonnew
The politics of gender and the race for the presidency.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
