AltWeeklies Wire
L.A. Heroes Unitenew
DJ music from L.A. may still be unknown to much of the world, but Droog is plugged into a global groove.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Droog
Down in the Groovenew
"Turn Off the Radio" series offers mashed-up, unpretentious underground Latin dance parties
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kamren Curiel |
02-29-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Turn Off the Radio, concerts
Gone Undergroundnew
A survey of L.A. rock clubs suggests the pros are turning weirder.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Windy City to Washington to Beijingnew
Politics can be found in Chicago 10, real life, and Summer Palace.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Hillary's Idea of Funnew
Or, how the once favored candidate resembles the most loathed girl on campus.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumpel |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
Border Crossingsnew

Dengue Fever combines the indie and the Cambodian to create sounds enigmatic and modern.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matt Diehl |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dengue Fever
Social 'Distortion'new
The Magnetic Fields finds melody and romance amid the searing shoegaze noise.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
02-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Distortion, Magnetic Fields
Election '08: Word Playnew
If Obama borrows a few good lines from his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, it may become fodder for the increasingly desperate Clinton campaign, but it doesn't explain the doubling of Democratic voter turnout or his 10 straight victories.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
02-22-2008 |
Commentary
Questioning the Masquerade of Barack Obamanew
Like all successful products, he has a "pitch" related directly to his biographical novelty.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
David Ehrenstein |
02-22-2008 |
Commentary
'The Counterfeiters': A Counterfeit Realitynew
In the Austrian Oscar nominee, a forger is caught in an unreal dilemma.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-22-2008 |
Reviews
Is Ricky Really a Sex Offender?new
California's registry for life may soon include promiscuous kids.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
02-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Definitely Notnew
The Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy is too bland to compete with this week's foreign fare.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Brooks, Definitely, Maybe
Renaissance Manicnew
DJ Tom Middleton gathers ambient and kinetic house sounds on new three-disc collection.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Tom Middleton, Lifeworks
Marjane Satrapi Contemplates Iran, the Oscars, and the 'Axis of Evil'new
The creator of Persepolis has seen revolution up close, and her life was never the same.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appelford |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Derailing L.A.new
Damien Goodmon wants to halt the L.A.'s light rail project in its current form and place the line underground. Along the way, he's aligned himself with remnants of some of the same ugly forces that have impeded mass transit since racism and fear stopped the Red Line subway in the 1980s.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz and Alan Mittelstaedt |
02-15-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation