Imperium Watch: Bailout Fallout

by | Dec 25, 2008 | News

As you read this, remember that the melting of the ice caps that anchor the planet's climate is accelerating. Desertification is advancing, part of a warming action that threatens the next generation with grave shortages of water and arable land. Those conditions,...
Behind the Beat: Strength in Numbers

Behind the Beat: Strength in Numbers

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Music

"Parking garages sound really pretty," says Trials and Tribulations singer, songwriter and guitarist Jameson Lavo when asked how his band, whose fluid roster at times numbers over 20 members, finds time and space to rehearse."We've practiced in...

CD Shorts

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Music

Roy OrbisonThe Soul of Rock and Roll(Columbia/Legacy)One of the pleasant surprises of the season, The Soul of Rock and Roll spans 15 labels and four decades to offer a complete portrait of Orbison. Though he was best known for his unearthly voice and black sunglasses,...

Let My People Rock

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Music

Tight but loose, crisp but a little sawtoothed, The Devil's Moses combines tasty riff-rock, never-beaten-to-death melodies and orc-like throat-ripper screams to achieve a circus of debaucherous-sounding organized chaos. Evoking the sounds of chunk-a-chunk pioneers...
Hard Day's Night

Hard Day's Night

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Music

Each year the Hopitu Shinumu (Hopi Indians) celebrate the winter solstice, bringing "the sun back from its long winter slumber" like a grizzly in the spring. In honor of the Hopi, Shokazoba (pictured) hosts Soyal, a solstice celebration featuring an open...