Guest Column: Cronies Get in on Marijuana

by | Jun 4, 2014 | News

There is something incredibly sleazy and sordid about “retired” politicians getting rich selling marijuana. Delahunt, Finneran, Buoniconti, Nuciforo, Lees are just a few of the names linked to a medical marijuana regulatory scheme administered by their...

From Our Readers

by | Jun 4, 2014 | News

Dr. Rounds, Meet Dr. Lilly I have been slightly irritated by a lot of the dirt talk coming from Caleb Rounds’ “gardening” column. I haven’t responded when he has pushed my buttons before, and for some reason, I feel compelled to read what he...
Israeli Riddim

Israeli Riddim

by | Jun 4, 2014 | Music

When Tel-Aviv’s Zvuloon Dub System visits the Valley this weekend in support of their new album Anbessa Dub, they’ll be bringing not just nine bandmembers and their respective instruments, but the cultural influences of Israel, Ethiopia, and Jamaica as...
CD Shorts: Ahmed Nasheed

CD Shorts: Ahmed Nasheed

by | Jun 4, 2014 | Music

Dhaalu Raa (Asasi)   No Wikipedia peeking—where are the Maldives? They’re in the Indian Ocean southwest of Sri Lanka, and they’re a string of 28 small islands upon which fewer than 400,000 people live. It’s also an archipelago under Sharia...
CD Shorts: Claudia Schmidt

CD Shorts: Claudia Schmidt

by | Jun 4, 2014 | Music

New Whirled Order (Red House)   The youth of every generation tend to believe that what’s hot is “new.” Is Claudia Schmidt’s new album folk music, jazz, or spoken word? Yes. But Schmidt isn’t trying to be cool—she just is....