Wheelin' and dealin'
As the borders blur between the street art scene and the museum world, a critic considers the ollies popped and champagne sloshed for skater-artists such as Neck Face and Simon Evans. By Glen Helfand
Neck Face is not a crackhead
Surviving face skids and ducking fans from NYC to Tokyo, Neck Face becomes the new art-world target By Lori Spears
New sensation
SECA Art Award winner Simon Evans keeps his head. By Lori Spears
Film: Sundowner Commercialism overtakes creativity at the Sundance Film Festival.
By Dennis Harvey
Film: Indie jones Quirky, paranoid, teeming with diva-rific dysfunction the San Francisco Independent Film Festival makes its best showing to date.
By Cheryl Eddy
Theater: Out of place Guillermo Verdecchia traces the psychic borders of Latino identity and social reality in TheatreFIRST's Fronteras Americanas.
By Robert Avila
Noise: Wasted youth
Looking back at the subtle strains and quiet angst of Young Marble Giants. By Ken Taylor
Noise: Pieces of her
When backing tracks are the norm in genres ranging from pop to hip-hop, why hate Ashlee Simpson? By Jimmy Draper
Noise: Pick of the litter
Give em enough axe bow down to newly relocated Orthrelm, Octis, and now Flying Luttenbachers guitar czar Mick Barr. By Will York