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The New Santa Cruz Sound: Myth or Reality?
Six Organs of Admittance and other locally spawned psych bands ponder the imponderable.

News & Views: KPIG Deejay Exodus
Two more popular deejays leave the airwaves following the Freedom-based station corporate cutbacks.

Nūz: Santa Cruz News and Politics
Peace Work: In response to a summer crime wave, citizens and activists march for peace in the neighborhood.

Movie Review: 'The Descent'
Spelunkers get caved on in Neil Marshall's darkly poetic horror flick.

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Mūz: Santa Cruz Media, Music and Arts
Musings on media, music and the arts in Santa Cruz and beyond. The English Beat play the Boardwalk, while the Cabrillo Festival premiers Frans Lanting and Philip Glass' 'Life: A Journey Through Time.'

Music and Nightlife Calendar Picks
Our critics pick this week's most interesting gigs: The Meteors, John 'Broadway' Tucker Band, Smash Mouth, Otis Day & the Knights, Quetzal, Bjorkestra, The Moonlight Cruisers, Rodney Crowell, The Mars Volta, Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali.

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Dining: The Tao of Dharma's
Capitola's vegetarian institution is as satisfying as it is healthy.

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Book Feature: Ed Ricketts
Reflections on the life of Ricketts, the inspiration for 'Doc' in Steinbeck's 'Cannery Row.'

Stage Review: 'As You Like It'
Shakespeare Santa Cruz opens its 25th season with this ageless tale of duality and duplicity in America's deep South.

Letters to the Editor
August 2-9, 2006.