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41. Sucka Free City

    Rants and Graves

    Police take seriously a joke post on Craigslist urging a mass suicide.

    By Lauren Smiley

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Every day, on a little nook of Craigslist known as "Rants and Raves," the miscreants, closet racists, and pranksters of the Bay Area loose their offensive messages in...

42. Film Feature

    Recession Fest

    Less money, fewer hits at midpoint of Sundance 2009.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: January 21, 2009

    What is the shape and size of a human soul? Does it look like a chickpea? A gumdrop? A pet rock? And if you could somehow extract your soul from your body, what would be left?...

43. Reviewed

    Antony and the Johnsons

    The Crying Light (Secretly Canadian)

    By Andrew Stout

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Rock 'n' roll or linguistics? It's hard to say where Antony and the Johnsons' larger contribution lies. Mastermind Antony Hegarty's gift to music is his songbook, which is the...

44. FilmCap

    Outlander

    By Brian Miller

    Published: January 21, 2009

    I miss Arnold Schwarzenegger right about now, and so does this movie. Instead, we have dour, scrawny Jim Caviezel, come down from the cross, as a spaceman who crashes in...

45. Reviewed

    Matt and Kim

    Grand (Fader Label)

    By Jonah Flicker

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Sung to the tune of "Jack and Diane": "A little ditty about Matt and Kim/Two American kids making music in Brooklyn/Matt plays keys, sings snotty and cute/Kim bashes out...

46. Reviewed

    Eagles of Death Metal

    Heart On (Downtown Recordings)

    By Chris Deline

    Published: January 21, 2009

    In a recent Eagles of Death Metal promotional video, singer Jesse "The Devil" Hughes described the current state of his hometown: "Hollywood feels like this opening sequence to...

47. Hear This

    Nobunny to Love

    By Brian Moss

    Published: January 21, 2009

    What's not to love about fluffy animal masks, excessively exposed flesh, and a band spawned from the ashes of an Elvis impersonation gone awry? Leave a little room in that...

48. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for January 21-27

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Artists' Television Access. Good Evening, Folks, We're the Pine Box Boys: Concert film by Dr. Astronaut Body. Fri., Jan. 23, 8 p.m. $6. Welcome to Yanayo: Documentary about...

49. Hear This

    The Crust Rises to the Top

    By Mike Rowell

    Published: January 21, 2009

    In the late '70s, Amebix was one of the first to meld together punk and metal, and has been cited as an influence by such acts as Sepultura and Neurosis. On No Sanctuary, The...

50. Hear This

    Waxing Brazilian

    By Eric K. Arnold

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Curumin's 2005 debut album, Achados e Perdidos, established the Brazilian multi-instrumentalist as a global alt.pop up-and-comer. He fused funk and soul influences into...

51. BeatBox

    The Black Kate Moss

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Thunderheist MC Isis flips a middle finger to rap's misogynistic men spitting rhymes about fat asses by reclaiming their language. She'll tell the ladies to shake it —...

52. BeatBox

    The Boozoo Boogie

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: January 21, 2009

    A decade of singles, albums, and remixes from German duo Boozoo Bajou bears out an educated and passionate intake of dub, soul, hip-hop, downtempo, and various other forms of...

53. BeatBox

    Stranger Than Techno

    By Ron Nachmann

    Published: January 21, 2009

    Events thrown by local crews like [Kontrol] and Dirtybird have revived the techno scene in the Bay Area, and Fiction is putting down its footprint with "Below," a night hosting...

54. Bouncer

    Comfort drinking at Buca di Beppo

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: January 21, 2009

    It's time to talk Paula Deen, y'all. Who better to focus on in these tough economic times than someone who has raised overindulgence to a sacrament? Just as when poor folks...