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Archived Articles from L&BH Weekly through April 26, 2008

Entries Tagged as 'Issue 8'

THOUGHTS ECLIPSE FEELINGS

February 20th, 2008 tony mims · No Comments

I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Wednesday, when the Moon at 1¬∞ Virgo will be opposite the Sun at 1¬∞ Pisces, creating this month?Äôs Full Moon and total lunar eclipse. This month?Äôs lunar eclipse and full Moon energy [...]

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Tags: Columns · Issue 8 · Metaphysical Muse · Volume 5

My daddy was Bill Hawkins

February 20th, 2008 maria vrobel · No Comments

AlfroSolo Theatre Company presents the San Francisco premiere of the award-winning one-man show “Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins, In Search of My Father,” written and performed by W. Allen Taylor, from Feb. 14 to March 2, 2008. Photo credit: Averie D. Cohen Most families have secrets or skeletons in the closet. Some families have important connections [...]

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Tags: Issue 8 · Reviews · Volume 5

Sonny’s Blues at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre

February 20th, 2008 jeanne powell · No Comments

Da’Mon Vann and Peter Macon in “Sonny’s Blues.” Photo by Clayton Lord. An exhilarating theatre experience, Sonny’s Blues is the latest production of the Word for Word Performing Arts Company, in association with the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Performances continue through March 2nd, 2008. “Sonny’s Blues” was written by James Baldwin, America’s native son, novelist and [...]

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Tags: Issue 8 · Reviews · Volume 5

WELCOME TO ELECTRICRAZYLAND

February 20th, 2008 dave tilton · No Comments

A quick glance at the songlist on the back cover of ?ÄúWelcome to Electricrazyland?Äù by The Craig Easley ?ÄòXperiment might allow a potential listener to expect a recording of Jimi Hendrix-inspired rock music. Titles like ?Äú?Ķand the gods went crazy,?Äù ?ÄúWelcome to ElectriCrazyland,?Äù and ?ÄúVoodoo Rider?Äù more than hint at Hendrix songs like ?Äú?Ķand the [...]

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Tags: CD Reviews · Issue 8 · Reviews · Volume 5

Handyman???s Ad #12

February 20th, 2008 peter bray · No Comments

Every apartment house in town needs a handyman around. If the manager?Äôs out of town, if the owner?Äôs not around, the tenants in the street will be calling you. If there?Äôs a leak in 402 they?Äôll be calling you. If there?Äôs a squeak in 202 they?Äôll be calling you. If the lady in 101 can?Äôt [...]

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Tags: Features · Issue 8 · Poem of the Day · Volume 5

DEMONCRAZY DERBY

February 19th, 2008 charles frederickson · No Comments

Poeartry by Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote Hoarse race strep deep throat     Putrefactive septic grating sore lo        Badverteasement messages aloe massaging egos           Off-track bettor or worse tri(per)fecta           Hallohaha Obamama surf?Äôs up Dude        Also-ran soaking defeat sucking lozenges     Now I lei me downhearted Hillary grass skirting hip-hop hula-ti-da Lone Star [...]

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Tags: Features · Issue 8 · Poem of the Day · Volume 5

Mother, Edith, at 98

February 15th, 2008 michael johnson · No Comments

in a nursing home blinded with macular degeneration. I come to you, blurred eyes, crystal mind, countenance of grace. as yesterday’s winds I have consumed you and taken you away. “Where did God disappear to?” You murmured over and over again like running water or low voices in prayer: “Oh, there He is, angel of [...]

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Tags: Features · Issue 8 · Poem of the Day

CORAL

February 14th, 2008 charles frederickson · No Comments

Southern Cross emitting hopeful rays      Silvery tinsel aurora australis afterglow          Gold Coast spawning red coral              Calcerous skeletons high-spirited reefer madness > > > > > > > > > Sun major regenerative energy source      Earth tilting elliptical orbit axis          Circadian clockwork regulates daily rhythms              All-too-predictable 7/11 rotations open 24 [...]

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Tags: Features · Issue 8 · Poem of the Day · Volume 5