Quick! Name all the restaurants you can that donate all their profits to non-profit organizations? Sublime does just that. Sublime's owner, Nanci Alexander, is number five on our Tastemaker countdown. She founded the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF). The creation of Sublime is an ext ... More >>
Last night's Grammys broadcast offered poignant and thrilling moments galore. Despite the obvious usual lip-synching complaints, there were glimmers of hope aplenty that true, from-the-heart performance survives. This was Adele's night after all, she of the soulful, unretouched belting and refusa ... More >>
Ladies and gentleman, it's Grammy night. Here on County Grind, we're doing something a little extra special for it. That's right, we're live blogging all the shenanigans. Are you an Adeleophile? Or are you totally over her? Are you just as confused as we are about this "Dance/Electronica" segment ... More >>
All of us belt-tightening, recession-hardened Americans love "fiscal responsibility" and "free markets." A politician merely says the words "free markets" or "fiscal responsibility" in a sufficiently grim tone and we go wild, like little Asian girls getting their first glimpse of a 22-year-old Pa ... More >>
Taking a look at some recent rock releases deep below the surface.
The best local albums of 2008
For Craig Martin, re-creating the greatest albums of all time is his life's passion
Our fantasy draft for the Super Bowl halftime show
Putumayo Presents Latin Reggae (Putumayo)
Cox clocked me, then I puked, recalls the old music journalist
Our 2007 listening party with Vanilla Ice, Davy Jones, and Al Franken
Tommy Lee and DJ Aero ham it up as touring DJs
Memory Full (Hear Music)
Carried Away (Sunshine Drenchy)
They're all runaway juries at the PBIFF
Time Being (Ironworks)
Love (Capitol)
Never Hear the End of It (Yep Roc)
Acoustic (Capitol)
A casino's comin' to Hollywood. It's a big gamble.
Photographs by Harry Benson
With a handful of artists, "classic rock" is not
Round Room (Elektra)
Jerusalem (Artemis/E-Squared)
Where there's a Willis, there's a cult icon who can whup rock's geniuses
Rockin' the Suburbs (Epic)
After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same
The Mad Cat experience Here in My Car
Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image
Schoolhouse Funk: Stage Bands, Lab Bands, and a Toast to the Boogie! (Cali-Tex)
Sound of Water (Sub Pop Records)
Hot Rail (Quarterstick)
Dial: Maceo (What Are Records?)
Magnolia Soundtrack, Central Avenue Sounds, Sheila Nicholls
