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- Street: Jukebox heroes (PDF)
- POP MUSIC
Healing measures
Dr. John isn't sure exactly where he was in late August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina descended upon his hometown of New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast region.
- POP MUSIC
David Byrne and Brian Eno give each other plenty of creative space
Here's one way for strong musical personalities to work together amicably: Keep your distance.
- Film openings
- AT THE MOVIES
You've got mail
If the title “Nick and Norah's Ultimate Playlist” makes you think, vaguely, of some terribly sophisticated couple mixing martinis, pampering their small dog Asta and elegantly solving mysteries – well, you are so not this film's target audience.
- NORTH COUNTY N&D
Have yurt, will travel
It took Mekenbek Osmonaliyev and his family about five years to design and construct their decorative yurt, which won a national competition celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan.
- EARTHLY MUSICAL MUSINGS BY GEORGE VARGA
Who Made You God?
There's a good reason Margaret Noble's students think she's pretty cool. By day, this Texas-born, San Diego-raised, UCSD philosophy grad teaches film and art at High Tech High School in Point Loma.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Picture show
It's apropos that Jenny Lewis' follow-up to 2006's “Rabbit Fur Coat” was recorded in the same Van Nuys live-tracking room where Neil Young cut “After the Goldrush,” the 1970 album that was originally intended as a soundtrack for a film.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Ben Folds: “Way to Normal”
Folds' third and latest solo album is OK, filled with crafty musicianship, pretty-enough melodies and lyrics that fall between precocious and downright goofy. In other words, he's stuck in a rut.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Everlast: “Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford”
After four years, rapper and singer-songwriter Erik Schrody returns with “Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford,” and he still has plenty to say – too much, really, as repetition weakens the 17-track project.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Jennifer Hudson: “Jennifer Hudson”
With her Oscar-winning performance in “Dreamgirls” and roles in movies like “Sex and the City” and the upcoming “The Secret Life of Bees,” Jennifer Hudson's singing career had become almost an afterthought. With the release of her formidable, self-titled debut CD, it is now deservedly back in the spotlight.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Jackson Browne: “Time the Conqueror”
On “Time the Conqueror,” Browne, 59, has reclaimed some of the musical grace of his best 1970s work, mixing political commentary (the Bush administration-bashing “The Drums of War”) with personal songs like the winsome “Giving That Heaven Away.”
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Plain White T's: “Big Bad World”
The Plain White T's, for all of the bluster over their Grammy-nominated No. 1 single “Hey There Delilah,” are incapable of thrills. They've played it shamefully safe on their new album, as if they had no clout at all.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
TV on the Radio: “Dear Science”
Two years after their acclaimed major-label debut, “Return From Cookie Mountain,” the New York quintet's new album raises the bar even more with original, artsy, layered and funky music.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Taj Mahal: “Maestro”
“Maestro” features everything from island sounds to African flavors, from deep blues to a tribute to New Orleans' rock pioneer Fats Domino. In between, the occasionally gravel-voiced Mahal is joined by some celebrated guests including Los Lobos, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Ziggy Marley and more.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
James Taylor: “Covers”
Taylor has sprinkled covers into his live shows and albums for decades, though this time out he's released a complete album of non-original material.
- AT THE MOVIES
'Appaloosa,' a decent Western, rides into town
Modestly made and leisurely paced (almost to a fault), Ed Harris' “Appaloosa” is as much a buddy picture as it is tumbling-tumbleweeds Western, though Harris is quick to tip his cowboy hat to such predecessors as Howard Hawks' “Rio Bravo.”
- AT THE MOVIES
Weak 'Battle in Seattle' shows split personality
“Battle in Seattle,” Stuart Townsend's portrayal of that city's 1999 World Trade Organization protests, suffers greatly – as do we – from an overdose of noblesse oblige.
- EVENTOS LATINOS
Best bet • Entijuanarte a cultural treat for the senses
If Entijuanarte was a college course, it might as well be called Introduction to Tijuana Art 101.
Featuring more than 180 artists, the majority from Tijuana, the fourth annual arts festival this weekend outside of the Centro Cultural Tijuana exemplifies the diversity of the city's arts scene.
- DINING GUIDE
Cattle drive
Historians and filmmakers may differ on how the West was won, but they agree on two factors:
1) The frontier was vast. Costly, risky ventures – wagon trains, cattle drives, iron horses – were needed to cross the suitable-for-CinemaScope distances.
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