Chrysler has announced that its 2009 model-year cars will be have a wireless communication option called uconnect. Made up of Bluetooth hands-free, hard-drive based media, GPS and, most interestingly, the ability to turn your car into a WiFi hotspot, uconnect will be available on most Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles starting in August.

uconnect Phone uses integrated microphones to act as a handsfree kit for a Bluetooth-linked cellphone; new for 2009 is phonebook syncronization for up to 1,000 contacts, which can be browsed and dialled via voice command. Certain models will also allow iPod connectivity through the system. uconnect Tunes uses a 30GB hard-drive to store music, photos and...

The acts will appear in the VOODOO EXPERIENCE’s three distinct performance areas--Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival--on six stages each of which highlights a unique side of the personality of New Orleans.

The line-up (as of June 20) is as follows: R.E.M.; Stone Temple Pilots; Nine Inch Nails; Erykah Badu; Dashboard...

With a summer of big sports events here in San Diego County (the U.S. Open) and in China (the Olympic Games), the Fair’s 2008 theme is “Summer of Sports,” a celebration of sports and athletes in San Diego County and around the world. The theme will be reflected in a newly created exhibit presented by Jeffrey Scott Fine Magnetics. The exhibit will be located in the Summer of Sports Exhibit building, just west of the O’Brien Gate, and in games and activities throughout the Fairgrounds. Both traditional and nontraditional sports will be celebrated. A different sport will be highlighted each day in the exhibit with interactive games and demonstrations,...

To celebrate its history and future, Street Scene is preparing to be better than ever with an all-ages celebration set in the streets of East Village and adjacent to Petco Park.
The location offers an unprecedented level of ease in parking and Trolley access, while centralizing the festivities in an uninterrupted venue at the heart of downtown. This setting enhances the feeling that Street Scene is San Diego's ultimate summer block party.

Here's the Line-up:

Beck

The Black Crowes

The National

Spoon

Justice

TV on The Radio

Atmosphere

Sound Tribe Sector 9

Cat Power

Teagan & Sara

Michael Franti & Spearhead

Hot Chip

The New Pornographers

X

Vampire Weekend

The Hives

Cold War Kids

Ghostland Observatory

Eagles of Death Metal

Spiritualized

Antibalas

The Mother Hips

Man Man

Tokyo...

DATATRON & LADYROCK?...nice

I want to see them.

Check this out. In what can only be the largest ever assemblage of viral video stars, Weezer has managed to round up an incredible guest cast for its new "Pork and Beans" video, a teaser for the band's upcoming red album -- titled "Weezer" again, which comes out June 3.

With a chorus that goes, "I'm gonna do the things that I wanna do/I ain't got a thing to prove to you," the song is a meditation on what's cool and why it's probably not worth doing it to get ahead. Certainly the viral stars in the video didn't win their seven minutes of...

A radio revolution

To the crew of a dozen or so hipsters behind the 2-year-old X1FM Network (www.x1fmradio.com), an Internet radio station and content provider, “terrestrial” is a dirty word.

“What we wanted to do from the beginning is completely revamp the business model used by terrestrial stations,” says X1FM spokesperson Javier Leyva.

Last week, Leyva, sporting a curly faux-hawk, gave CityBeat a tour of X1FM’s chic National City office, which doesn’t contain the foosball and ping-pong tables the dot-coms of the late ’90s were famous for but does boast a similar youthful energy. Just as many...