Krunk Meridian: California has the country's largest economy, with a well-endowed $15 billion deficit that's expected to grow to $42 billion by 2010. This Slate article documents its many and varied budgetary shortfalls, followed by the suggestion that legalizing and taxing marijuana would actually not be all that much help. Jesus, California is so screwed. BONUS: The headline contains a pun.
Kiss my bipartisan legislative grits, Judd Gregg. Douche Maneuver: During the presidential transition,
Here's something you don't see every day: On April 24, the Jazzhaus in Lawrence is featuring a tribute to that world-class, three-man jazz jam Medeski, Martin & Wood.
Rendering covers of earlier, funkier MMW will be Luke Stone (Cosmopolitics) on drums and percussion, the mighty Jeff Harshbarger (People's Lib, Snuff Jazz, various others) on bass and Ken Lovern (Ken Lovern's OJT) on keys and organ. Sitting in on guitar, playing the part of MMW collaborator John Scofield, will be Brian Baggett of
By HUGH WELSH
In the three hours leading up to the featured act this past Friday night, there were fumes spewing from the Uptown Theater - like a long-dormant volcano set to erupt. It was Flee the Seen's final concert, and Flee the Seen has a fan base as hardcore as its music.
"I've been reading all day," said concertgoer Brian Killman, his goatee a thicket mussed with jet fuel. "I was trying to build up a surplus of brain cells."
By the end, Killman's surplus was no doubt a deficit, followin
