Music
Rock Schlock: Beset by boring bands and manipulative PR-happy magazines, today's rock critics have been defanged.
Last Calls: New Agenda club set to open on San Jose's South First Street; JJ's Blues Downtown closes.
Beat Street: Chris Esparza, ex-impressario of the Ajax Lounge, speaks.
Gospel Gale: Daryl Coley opts for a sacred sound.
Picture Imperfect: The music outstrips the slide show at the SJ symphony.
Movies
Casino: Scorsese gambles on Vegas--and like the town, itself, overdoes it.
Also Reviewed:
The Crossing Guard: Jack Nicholson in a forceful drama that jay-walks around the usual Hollywood contrivances.
Stalingrad: German-made film glosses over Nazi crimes.
Books
Father of the Bribe: Greed swamps a simple, moral Moroccan man in Tahar Ben Jelloun's Corruption.
Performance
Fiesta Navidad: Mexican Heritage Corporation brings traditions of Christmas in Mexico to life in musical production this Sunday, Dec. 3.
Dining
Vegging Out: The hunt for a good veggie burger.
