Year: 2006

By D.J. Palladino

Game Not Ever Over

Stay Alive

Frankie Muniz, Jon Foster, and Samaire Armstrong star in a film written by William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman and directed by Bell.

Horror takes a lot of artistry, like telling an offensive joke. If you build it beautifully, people will thank you for showing them eviscerated teenagers, bloodied corporate executives, and even the occasional baby doll with worms crawling out of its cute eyes. What’s terrific about Stay Alive is that it shows you all of the above with enough sneaky suspense, red herrings, and murder-able gamers to say you saw the gore and you were pretty cool with it.

By Indy Staff

OIL AND WATER:

The first steps in what’s sure to be a long and contentious process to expand oil and gas drilling near

Living By Indy Staff

771,605

Number of Americans arrested for marijuana-related charges in 2004- an all-time record. Of those, 89 percent are for mere possession, which is an average of one arrest every 41 seconds. Source: Marijuana Policy Project

Uncategorized By Martha Sadler

On the Shoulders of Illegal Forefathers

Thousands Protest Proposed Immigration Law

At least 2,000 people came out in the rain last Saturday to oppose HR4437, the draconian immigration bill under consideration by the Senate. Chanting protesters marched from De la Guerra Plaza to Alameda Park, where they listened to speeches for another hour. Passed by the House of Representatives last December, the bill emphasizes stringent border enforcement and criminalization of undocumented workers.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

Quote of the Week

‘Maybe Susan Rose would take a second house behind her home. I think she has some extra space back there.’

-Mayor Marty Blum taking a jab Tuesday night at county Supervisor Susan Rose’s lack of interest in Transfer Development Rights and how they might help preserve Naples.

By Indy Staff

PREACHING POLITICS:

Santa Barbara clergy and laypeople packed the Unitarian Society Hall Sunday night for a forum on just how political they can legally get.

By Indy Staff

Sound & Fury 3-30-06

Sound & Fury

Heavy Metal Harmonica, Cat Power, Clark, and Bonnie Raitt.

By Indy Staff

DOLLAR DUEL:

Thanks to a $40,000 loan to himself, incumbent County Sheriff Jim Anderson (pictured left) posted a dramatic financial lead over his closest rival and predecessor Jim Thomas (pictured right) in the race for the county’s top law enforcement post.

By Carlos Morton

Zorro Rides Again

Zorro in Hell, presented by Culture Clash.

At the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Saturday, March 18.

The comedy troupe Culture Clash, currently performing Zorro in Hell at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, returns to the Bay Area where the group originated 22 years ago. Zorro, invented in 1919 by Anglo author Johnston McCulley, was a Spanish folk hero who defended the Mexican people of California.

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Dancing on the Line

NCAA Madness & Hope in Las Vegas

This story has nothing to do with fear and loathing and everything to do with hope. This is a tale about heavenly light in the dark depths of a starless night, glimmers of triumph in the face of certain soul-snapping failure, and rising from the ashes of financial destruction to cover a nine-point spread in double-overtime. It’s about booze-soaked, cigarette-stained faith in the underdog, about risk and reward and having irrational confidence in the latter.

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