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By Steven T. Jones After navigating a political gauntlet on the way to the momentous Nov. 4 voter approval of...

SFBG Politics

By Bruce B. Brugmann (Scroll down for the Guardian editorial in Wednesday's edition (ll/19/08), "Fighting Newsom's mid-year budget cuts") Once...

Bruce Blog

Springfield Public Forum presents "The Supreme Court" with Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:30pm. 34...

Northampton Redoubt

This Saturday, November 22, the members of Pee Pee, Denver's most curiously named combo, will be warming up for Nellie...

Backbeat Online

Would you buy this record? I know we're not supposed to judge a book (or album, in this case) by...

Backbeat Online

The fight against Prop 8 continues -- and here's some touching and empowering video of fierce comedian Wanda Sykes stepping...

SFBG Politics

Who says the merrymaking has to start on turkey day? Popscene and the Mezzanine are teaming up to present the...

All Shook Down

For reals. --Pete Freedman... Continue reading "Programming Note: Giveaways For Seven Shows Coming Tomorrow." >...

DC9 at Night

Just received word from Dent that he's made the entire Low Budget Soul comp, one of my favorite local hip-hop...

Backbeat Online

Take this with a grain of salt, Denton, as the magazine also lists She & Him's Volume One as the...

DC9 at Night

Rick Neilson and his quintuple-neck guitar, which is perhaps one of the reasons writer Darryl Smyers refers to him as...

DC9 at Night

www.amazon.com The election of Barack Obama has apparently turned us into a nation of twelve-year-old girls, with Newsweek, the New...

Gut Check

Artist: Head East Album: Flat As A Pancake From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1975 Label: A&M Records What it sounds like:...

A to Z

Lek Brothers From dubstep at the Green Elephant to mod and go go dancers at Quinn, there was something for...

DC9 at Night

The recently reunited, Grammy Award-winning Digable Planets, who broke up nearly as quickly as they rose to fame in the...

DC9 at Night

Who walks the Walkmen? Sorry, my nerdy anticipation for next year's Watchmen film has carried over to this Walkmen show...

All Shook Down

The new Dimebag Darrell Abbott book/DVD He Came To Rock earns its release today with the claim that it's the...

DC9 at Night

Hamster on a piano. Hamster on a piano. Hamster on a piano. Eating popcorn on a piano. --Jennifer Maerz (Thanks...

All Shook Down

SFBG's Justin Juul continues his fashionable Meet Your Neighbors series with an somewhat-organic boutique makeover Carrots is one of those...

Pixel Vision

(Jonathan Katz) We've got a ton of laughing to look forward to as the SF Sketchfest brings a month's worth...

All Shook Down

Flanked by public officials and veterans, the directors of the WNC Veterans’ Memorial put shovel to dirt, breaking ground on...

MountainX: Blogs

With the prospect of a vacant Asheville City Council seat now a realty, and applications already coming in, Council looks...

MountainX: Blogs

Here’s a little different sneak preview of Wednesday’s edition of the Mountain Xpress, which features a look back at the...

MountainX: Blogs

A Buncombe County audit of the Pack Square Conservancy’s books found that internal financial controls are adequate but that the...

MountainX: Blogs

While the lion’s share of public attention was focused elsewhere on Election Day, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners tackled...

MountainX: Blogs

Update: The Amy Bloom reading scheduled for Malaprop’s has been cancelled. On the book store’s Web site, Malaprop’s explains, “We...

MountainX: Blogs

Dozens of people from eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina have signed a petition asking the federal government to go...

MountainX: Blogs

The city of Asheville’s leaf collection season has begun. During leaf season, the Sanitation Division collects bagged and loose leaves...

MountainX: Blogs

When Preston Cooper sings, people stop to listen. That’s because Cooper seems to channel Bob Dylan’s voice and manner. Uncanny...

MountainX: Blogs

Get your post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas Jam party on with Xpress at the Best of WNC Showcase! We’re celebrating the soiree season...

MountainX: Blogs

Christmas Jam tickets officially go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. tomorrow. You can get ‘em through Ticketmaster...

MountainX: Blogs

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions. Here...

MountainX: Blogs

Didn’t get enough of the cinema scene at last week’s film festivals? This weekend offers up the chance to see...

MountainX: Blogs

Supported by a slew of local LGBT rights groups, Asheville will see a protest at 1:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov...

MountainX: Blogs

Here’s a look at what’s going on around Western North Carolina: • Republicans regroup: Republicans in Western North Carolina are...

MountainX: Blogs

Here’s a preview of the upcoming edition of Mountain Xpress, which includes a cover story about the local observance of...

MountainX: Blogs

Two years ago, production company See No Evil films moved to downtown Asheville. With their win last week for best...

MountainX: Blogs

When I realized that President-elect Barack Obama would be moving into the White House with children the same age as...

MountainX: Blogs

Developer Tony Fraga has decided to abandon his massive Haywood Park proposal for downtown Asheville, which included a pair of...

MountainX: Blogs

It’s closing time for the current Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, as tomorrow will be the last meeting for Chairman...

MountainX: Blogs

The North Carolina Division of Water Quality wants your input on the Water Quality Certification requested by Don Nickell for...

MountainX: Blogs

Nathan Ramsey (pictured) has been chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for eight years, and Commissioner David Young...

MountainX: Blogs

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The Seattle Times has a new politics blog—but there hasn't been a post in more than a week. Says Josh...

Slog

Don't just grab a cup of jo and run! Open Book's coffee house offers soups and sandwiches worth a second...

Twin Cities Eater

R&B poptart Rihanna (Umbrella-ella-ella) has a new video for her song "Rehab" — which would mean absolutely nothing to anyone...

Line Out

By Bonnie Ruberg There are social networks for all types of people these days. Social networks for music lovers, social...

Heartless Doll

Longtime Atlanta music fixture Adam Bruneau has created videos for two songs from Deerhunter's third full-length, Microcastle. Bruneau has served...

Crib Notes

Oh, the internet …Andreas Schreiber is a 6′9″ Junior UPenn big man from Sweden.  He’s also, apparently, a blogger. His...

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