2008 Woodie Awards
Throw riot grrl, old school hip-hop, and a healthy dose of San Francisco's gay club scene into a blender-what do you get? You get Bay Area band Gravy Train!!!! They mix a wonderful combination of hip-hop, punk and new wave to get a sound that is so original that you will either love it to death or hate it.
Has anyone else been wondering what old Chili Palmer's been up to? Ten years ago, it was "Get Shorty." Now, he's living up to his philosophy: "Be Cool." In this hilariously scattered movie, John Travolta returns to the screen to portray the relaxed, level-headed, well-known (now ex-) movie producer Palmer.
I was sandwiched between tw o of my friends in a tiny cement box called the New Langton Arts Theatre, on Folsom Street, in San Francisco. They had no idea I was incredibly out of my mind, although my swaying and unintelligible ramblings should have given me away.
Hello, fellow Skyline students! Welcome back to Book of the Week, the place where I, Kyle Chidester, get to tell you what you should read. In memory of the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, the Skyline View staff agreed I should inform you of his great book, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
In this psychological thriller, Adrian Brody does yet another wonderful job of bringing a character to life: Jack Starks a Gulf War veteran who miraculously survived a bullet to the head. After being sent back to the United States, we find him hitchhiking along the road where he stops to help a young girl and her drunken mother fix their car.
