Cover: Raised Free
Two new memoirs look back at counterculture childhoods.

News: Nüz
Residents protest removal of sign from freeway overpass.

Bruce Bratton: Checking in with Barry Swenson Builder.

Vegas Cool: Steven Soderbergh's remake of 'Ocean's 11' only hints at an era long lost.

Burns and Allen: Ed Burns' 'Sidewalks of New York' pays homage to Woody Allen's technique, not insight.

Postmodern Pop: World fusion meets avant-garde in a dazzling pairing of New Music Works and Estradasphere.

Stiff Upper Lipstick: Hell's Belles rock the girls' side of AC/DC.

Music From the Edge: The other side of George Harrison.

Sights & Sounds: There's no time like the present to start looking back at the year that was.

There's Still Time: Last-minute gift advice for harried shoppers.