SPRING BREAK 2006 WITH THE VANDALS DESTINATION: AFGANISTAN!!!!!!!! Orange County punk rock legends the Vandals will once again take their act to the theater of war next month as they head to Southern Asia to play for the armed forces troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Vandals, who first made the trek to the region […]
THE VANDALS IN AFGANISTAN
restaurant review: Paradise Lounge
restaurant review: Paradise Lounge & Grill (full bar, & next door: Deja Vu Showgirls) 2730 Midway Drive, San Diego phone: 619-225-8110 review by Kent Manthie Next door to the Midway area Déjà Vu, where the old Boll Weevil Restaurant used to be, new life has been breathed into this colorful little building, in the form of Paradise Lounge and Grill. […]
People Who Didn't Die
Journalist Jill Carroll Released in Iraq By Jonathan Finer and Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, March 30, 2006; 11:18 AM BAGHDAD, March 30 — American journalist Jill Carroll, abducted in early January by gunmen in Baghdad, was released to a Sunni Arab political party in the capital Thursday morning after 82 days in captivity. “I was treated very […]
issue 32 music reviews
Music Reviews for issue 32 (with one DVD review) by Vikkee Payge Tarantella Esqueletos This album is the band’s first full-length album, and it’s beautiful. The haunting fiddle playing by Kelly O’Dea flows with the mournful melodies of lead singer Kal Calhoone like water. The album, sung in both English and Spanish, mixes Western twang with traditional Spanish and Italian […]