Roving writer Wayne Bell hits the streets to find out what’s going on in the wee hours
Flashback! It was just three short years ago and you would typically find me doing the same thing every Thursday evening. My friends and I would celebrate another week of grad school (because it was SO tough, compared to [...]

“By the way, which one’s Pink?”
By Doug Thompson

Universal Music Group, the largest recording company in the U.S., is annoyed again with iPod/iTunes magnate Steve Jobs.
Jobs is inflexible with iTunes pricing: 99 cents per song. There is one exception. If the company gives up the right to restrict the file copying on the song, then the [...]

Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard is an over-the-top, fun rampage.
Moviegoers often have to suspend their disbelief to relate to a movie. They have to accept the unbelievable, even, at times, the ridiculous, to enjoy themselves. But the movie has to earn their suspension of disbelief. Live Free or Die Hard earns [...]

Opening- Sicko, Captivity, You Kill Me, and the latest Harry Potter

Get It While It’s Hot–Kathy Thompson at ddp gallery
Rock Rally–NWA pioneers of rock reunite for a Sunday afternoon show
Jammin’ in the Dust Bowl — more on the Woody Guthrie Festival

E Wine of the Week
By Bruce Cochran
Hello Everyone,
I hope everyone had a great Independence Day, now it’s back to the world of wine. This week we continue our quest for good summertime reds with a grape that is considered by many to be the most American of them all- Zinfandel.

Esoteric Astrology for July 12-18
Freedom
A new moon, multiple astrological events and a national day of Freedom occur this week. Saturday is new moon in Cancer (22 degrees). In France it’s Bastille Day (Independence Day). Also on Saturday Venus (Ray 5) enters Virgo (Rays 2 & 6). Tuesday Pluto (Ray 1, death, rebirth, regenerate, transform) aligns [...]