1. Artbeat

Eat Up

By Marya Summers

Published: August 30, 2007

As robustly enthusiastic and straightforward as their show's title, the works in "Eat Up" are about as complicated as the cupcake in the show's namesake painting. When you learn that...

2. Dish

Mexi-Can't

Cantina Laredo sells mole to the middle

By Gail Shepherd

Published: August 30, 2007

You really have to wonder about Palm Beach Gardens — what the heck is going on up there? The city is attracting investment just as though South Florida's economic bubble were...

3. Dish

Hot Damn!

By John Linn

Published: August 30, 2007

I knew there was something different about the jerk chicken served at Betty's Place (5601 Pembroke Rd., Hollywood, 954-226-3340), but I wasn't completely sure what. I was determined...

4. Dred Scott!

Ozzfest Says: Free the Music

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: August 30, 2007

It was sometime around last February that Sharon Osbourne, wife of grandfatherly rocker Ozzy Osbourne, made the shocking announcement. Ozzfest, the 11-year-old mainstay of the world...

5. DVDish

They Killed the Dog

Published: August 30, 2007

Year of the Dog (Paramount Vantage) It's just about the First Commandment of Hollywood: Don't kill the dog. So it's a testament to the clout of writer/director Mike White (School...

6. Feature

Lab Rats

Most Doctors Agree: Use Caution When Mixing Stocks and Drugs

By Thomas Francis

Published: August 30, 2007

George Theodore was not expecting me. Judging by his what's-your-angle expression, this is not a pleasant surprise for the CEO of a Boca Raton company called University Lab Technologies....

7. Film

Celebrity Justice

In Steve Buscemi's latest, the journalist-star sitdown is an interview between vampires

By Jim Ridley

Published: August 30, 2007

Steve Buscemi the director is nothing like the art-damaged auteur Buscemi the actor played in 1995's Living in Oblivion. No dry ice and dwarves for the victim of the cinema's most...

8. Film

After Sunrise

With the long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

By Jim Ridley

Published: August 30, 2007

Back in 1995, Richard Link­later's Before Sunrise gave flesh to a Yank's fantasy of worldly European womanhood: Julie Delpy's Celine, a sprite who materialized on a passenger train...

9. Game On

Persona Grata

Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2

By Gary Hodges

Published: August 30, 2007

The next-gen consoles are sexy as hell, but it's not all bad being the reigning "last-gen" champ either. With more than 100 million PlayStation 2 consoles sold, software companies...

10. Letters

Letters for August 30 to September 5, 2007

Published: August 30, 2007

Jungle Jim Looking for a reason to forgive: Alas, there are many religious leaders and groups who have completely distanced themselves from Mayor Jim Naugle and his antigay diatribe...

11. Live Wire

Porter Batiste Stoltz

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: August 30, 2007

Within the holy walls of New Orleans backline music, George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste Jr., and Brian Stoltz are easily looked at as the city's three funky wise men. They've been...

12. Live Wire

Big Bang Radio

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: August 30, 2007

Every few years, South Florida seems to cough up a rock band with superior pop talent that's capable of becoming the next big thing. Although some rock fans might argue about what...

13. Live Wire

The Rentals

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: August 30, 2007

"Last Romantic Day," a song off the latest Rentals EP, The Last Little Life, begins with gentle plucking on violin strings. Even before any other instruments come in, it's painfully...

14. Live Wire

The Used

By Arielle Castillo

Published: August 30, 2007

A few years back, the Used's Bert McCracken and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way were the enfants terribles of the '00s post-emo/post-whatever world. The duo shared a serious dark...

15. ¡Ask a Mexican!

Christly Christly

Rosa Parks? Maybe Not

By Gustavo Arellano

Published: August 30, 2007

Dear Mexican: Do you agree with immigration rights activists calling Elvira Arellano, who is an illegal immigrant and a criminal, I might add, the Mexican Rosa Parks? The very idea...

16. Music

Egyptian Cock Rock

Nile's sausage fest collides with Ozzfest

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: August 30, 2007

Everybody sing together now: "Anoint my phallus with the blood of the FAL-LEN!" If you see the crowd gathered in front of the second stage at Ozzfest — girls and boys alike...

17. Music

Symphony of the Global South

Fusion rockers Ozomatli represent the sounds of L.A. and beyond

By Chris Parker

Published: August 30, 2007

Ozomatli formed in 1995, but it's a true 21st-century band. The Los Angeles nonet blends a variety of native and folk styles and, in a process symbolic of our expanding music world,...

18. Bob Norman

Return to Sender

When it comes to the specter of corruption, the Ritter-Klenet-URS connection has it all

By Bob Norman

Published: August 30, 2007

First it was a mysterious journal; now it's a trail of telling e-mails. Both strongly indicate that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter has compromised her public office for her...

19. Outtakes

Working Class Heroes

The best work tunes to enjoy over Labor Day

By Cole Haddon

Published: August 30, 2007

When you think about it, Labor Day is the most American holiday we have, trumping even the Fourth of July, since, let's face it, this nation prides itself on its blue-collar roots...

20. Outtakes

Fantastic Voyage

New Young Pony Club's long-awaited debut puts the female spunk back in punk-funk

By Arielle Castillo

Published: August 30, 2007

Tahita Bulmer, the effervescent frontwoman for New Young Pony Club, has little love for the sort of po-faced, pseudo-earnest bloke rock that's held her London home in its tatty-trousered...