Cover Story: What's Goin' On?
Why today's pop stars won't give peace a chance.

News: Permanent Pressed
Twenty years on the job? Who you calling a 'temp'?

Public Eye: Did Speaker Herb Wesson spurn Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn's lust for the Health Committee chair?

All That: Rants from Silicon Valley.

Work: GREP, AWK, PS.

Drinking Man's Epic: A Southern writer goes bottoms up in 'Big Bad Love.'

Go to Your Room: Jodie Foster's new thriller is the right kind of punishment.

Rio Grand: Brazilian vocalist Celia Malheiros hits all the right notes.

Def Not Dumb: Indie rap duo Blackalicious causes splash with jump to major label.

Aural Fixation: Jason Newsted finds there is life after Metallica with his new band, EchoBrain.

All Shook Down: Pop waif Alanis Morissette gives voice to grammar-impaired.

Feelin' Sicilian: Palermo is so good, it may even qualify as a religious experience.

History Channeling: Two performances explore the past from new perspectives.