The media is like that apocryphal Mark Twain quote—the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. It hasn’t died so much as evolved.

June 6-12, 2007 All Music Guide: There are millions of old records out there in the world—believe me, I dig through thousands of them each week. But records made in my hometown are rare, and every ...

Here’s a bunch of music that in some way or another might provide you with some sonic shelter from this particular storm that’s a-brewin’. 1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe “Didn’t It Rain” Oh, but didn’t it ...

The theater business is a treacherous, ugly mud pit where love is desecrated and money rules all—and especially in Santa Rosa, where the Tocchinis, the Coddings and the Duggans have owned or operated ...

Sit up Straight Michael Amsler General’s Son: Executive chef Joseph Vitale Jr. serves up stylish, succulent elegance at the General’s Daughter. The General’s Daughter gets our attention By Paula ...

ARIES: Be as calm and patient and watchful as an Aries can be as you monitor the inklings that rise up out of the deep shadows.

Photograph by Michael Amsler Beat the Meat: Chai Baba Chai owner Rich Love and general manager Trava Faust show off their falafel plate and fruit shake. Where’s the Beef? Who cares? At Chai BaBa Chai ...

Something that us longtime Santa Rosans are known for is calling things by their old names. It’s a little game we play, a sort of secret handshake, delivered with unspoken bond. Call it The Old-Name ...

The Boho Awards 2005 Intro Dr. Walter Byck Karen Petersen James Dunn Brenda and Marc Lhormer Napa Valley Museum Photograph by Rory McNamara Celluloid Support: The Lhormers strive to make every ...

Best of the North BayPrimal Beats“Generally speaking, definitions are a big waste of time.” Someone said that once, and we were just wondering who it was. Might have been Kerouac or Ginsberg, ...

Hans-Joachim Roedelius German ambient electronic pioneer and founding member of Cluster plays solo. Oct 26 at Cafe du Nord. The Game Why isn’t his SF show sold out yet? Oh, right—he has a Dodgers ...

The rare treat of seeing Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson last night in their first-ever concert together wasn’t one easily passed up. Not by the sold-out crowd; not by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who ...