What we're listening to: Third Eye Blind, The Lounge Lizards.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 11, 2004 ;     518 words ......in Antioch, Calif. ___ Band: The Lounge Lizards. Album: The Lounge Lizards. How I discovered them: I love director Jim Jarmusch, who used the Lounge Lizards' sax player, John Lurie, as an...in Concord, Calif. ___ Visit the Contra Costa Times on the Web at ...

Austin Lounge Lizards Create Standards of Parody

NPR Morning Edition;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 The Austin Lounge Lizards went through a list of names...BOB EDWARDS: A typical Austin Lounge Lizards song blends five parts country...those who haven't met the Austin Lounge Lizards, the band members are- CONRAD...

Contra Costa, Calif., Court Aims to Help Persons in Legal Quandaries.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ...By Claire Booth, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight...can't afford billable hours, the Contra Costa Superior Court has launched two...themselves in court last year, said Contra Costa Superior Court's Sherna Deamer...

Lounge Lizards' long labor

The Boston Globe;  November 28, 1991 ;     665 words ......yet, saxophonist John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards are still laboring in the United States...Unfortunately." Formed in 1979, the Lounge Lizards suggested a cross between a jazz group...the best of the year. Lurie and the Lounge Lizards return to Nightstage for shows Wednesday...

Contra Costa County, Calif., Administrator Sees Hardships from Proposed...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 4, 2003 ;     654 words ...By Peter Felsenfeld, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight...Tribune Business News Feb. 4--Some Contra Costa workers would probably lose their...many other hardships would befall Contra Costa residents under Gov. Gray Davis...

California Bank Hope to Cash in on Past.(Originated from Contra Costa...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 7, 1997 ;     514 words ......you bank on nostalgia? The Bank of Contra Costa's former owners think so. Looking to...its return to the lucrative Central Contra Costa County market. Learner intends to set up the Contra Costa Banking Center at the same prime downtown...

Contra Costa County Ranks High in California Rural Land Lost to...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ...By Sandy Kleffman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 3--Contra Costa ranks fourth among California counties...Department of Conservation reveals that Contra Costa lost 4,798 acres of crop and grazing...

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ISSUES AGENDA FOR MARCH 11...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors issued...retirement for his services as the Contra Costa County Veterans Service Officer...Agreement/Contribution Agreement with East Contra Costa Regional Fee and Financing Authority...

CORRECTION: Contra Costa County, Calif., Tightens Rules on Tobacco...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 22, 2003 ;     587 words ...By Peter Felsenfeld, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22--Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., has...move the following updated one. Contra Costa County, Calif., Tightens Rules on...

Profile: John Lurie has worked with his band The Lounge Lizards, written...

NPR All Things Considered;  September 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Lurie has worked with his band The Lounge Lizards, written music for commercials and...using an 800 number. His band, The Lounge Lizards, was 10 years old then, and Lurie was...Soundbite of music performed by The Lounge Lizards) BOILEN: This song's called Yak from...

Contra Costa, Calif., Blames County for Cost of Enforcing Clean Water...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 20, 2002 ;     537 words ...By Peter Felsenfeld, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight...expected $300 million yearly cost, Contra Costa officials are blaming Santa Clara...considering tightening regulations for Contra Costa to create a level playing field...

Contra Costa, Calif., Newspapers Names Online Chief.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 25, 2002 ;     414 words ...Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder...general manager of online operations for Contra Costa Newspapers. The move is something of a homecoming for Cartwright, who ran Contra Costa Newspapers' Web site, HotCoCo, starting...

Various round tables on local TV until Nov. 7: CONTRA COSTA COUNTY:...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  October 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Lisa Vorderbrueggen Oct. 20--Contra Costa County voters have the opportunity to...mayoral races, Mount Diablo and West Contra Costa school boards, the Discovery Bay Community...financing of campaigns; and Measure L, Contra Costa's urban limit line measure. Moderated...

FOR LOUNGE LIZARDS, A LEAP FROM 'FAKE JAZZ' TO RICH FUSION

The Boston Globe;  December 7, 1990 ;     339 words ...There was a time when the Lounge Lizards called their music fake jazz. They mixed and matched from...yet moved with logic, humor and purpose. Do not fear. The Lounge Lizards are still oh-so-hip. But the best news is that their music...

Officials tour hospitals to improve care: CONTRA COSTA: Little Hoover...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  September 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the Little Hoover Commission toured Contra Costa health facilities Monday as part of...early next year. The members came to Contra Costa to look at several innovative programs...hopes to adopt some elements of the Contra Costa plan, said Jean Fraser, chief executive...