AltWeeklies Wire
Smash Mouth and the Egg Challengenew
How did Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell get suckered into eating 24 eggs in one sitting? The Internet, of course.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-05-2011 |
Music
Oddisee: Rock Creek Parknew
Between Summer 2009 and Spring 2010, hip-hop producer and instrumentalist Oddisee gave Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" a run for the money with Odd Seasons, a four-part EP that was released in installments as the seasons changed.
East Bay Express |
David MacFadden-Elliott |
10-05-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Oddisee
Oakland is Dyke Centralnew
A new television project celebrates Oakland's diverse lesbian community.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
10-05-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Arnetta Smith, Dyke Central
Tony Smith's Visionnew
Oakland's superintendent doesn't just want to close schools. He wants to radically alter how the school district and the city educate kids.
East Bay Express |
Micky Duxbury |
10-05-2011 |
Education
Beirut: The Rip Tidenew
Zach Condon proved early on that he was capable of manufacturing a sound uninhibited by his age or ethnicity. Five years ago, the nineteen-year-old New Mexico native already had a fetching affection for the foreign, an ear for arrangement, and a signature warble well beyond his years.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
10-03-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Zach Condon
Craig Thompson's Bittersweet Habibinew
The graphic novelist's latest tale of love and loss takes readers on a journey to the Middle East.
East Bay Express |
Luke Tsai |
09-30-2011 |
Cartoons
School Closures Make Sensenew
Oakland Unified won't be able to solve its problems until its shutters small schools that it can no longer afford.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-29-2011 |
Education
A Broad-Ranging Hardly Strictly Bluegrassnew
The Bay Area's best music festival returns.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2011 |
Concerts
Vanessa Diffenbaugh's Love Letter to Humanitynew
The author's first novel reminds us of what's forgotten.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
09-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Many Lives of Celsius 7new
Famous for his theatrics, the Oakland rapper is now cultivating a more serious, focused persona.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Why a Curfew in Oakland Is Unnecessarynew
A proposed curfew would target Oakland's teenagers, but state statistics show that youth crime has plummeted in the city since the late-1990s.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-28-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: curfew in Oakland, Oakland Curfew
Skateboarders Lose to The Mannew
Caltrans has already leveled one popular skate park in West Oakland, and is about to demolish a second.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
09-28-2011 |
Policy Issues
Solar Takes a Hitnew
The collapse of Solyndra and new political fears about solar energy are sending ripples throughout the industry.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
09-28-2011 |
Environment
The Black Power Mixtapenew
What Nixon and the FBI didn't want us to see.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-21-2011 |
Reviews
Moneyballnew
Brad Pitt finesses a win as A's wizard Billy Beane.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-21-2011 |
Reviews
