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Sucka Free City
By Peter Jamison
Is it safe to say that the Richmond District has become the preferred launching ground of academics with a taste for politics? Following the recent terming-out of former...
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Haymaker! (Yep Roc)
By Mark Keresman
Like Uncle Tupelo and the Mekons, the Gourds play gorgeously ramshackle, rootsy rock 'n' roll with a surfeit of heart and style. On Haymaker! the Texas quintet evokes early...
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Feature
By Robb Walsh
Crassostrea virginica (C. virginica)
Common names: Eastern oyster, Atlantic oyster, Gulf oyster, Blue Point, Malpeque
This is the great American oyster, the species that occurs...
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Reviewed
The Takeover (Gold Dust Media)
By Jonah Flicker
"This system does not work for us, so we must take this system over." The statement of intent that opens Zion I's new album rings true both politically and musically. Since...
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Sucka Free City
By SF Weekly Staff
A mayoral spokesman recently explained that Gavin Newsom needed to be at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, because it's where he gets his "innovative...
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Reviewed
Strange Toys (Talking House)
By Sam Prestianni
On her second solo album, former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeanrenaud aims "to become an ensemble of players, though playing all the parts myself." Thus, Strange Toys often relies...
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Letters
Stop the Narco-Nomad
Don't pity the fool: This is regarding Peter Jamison's article, "Their Daily Bread" [Feature, 2/4]. I live in the Tenderloin at Turk and Leavenworth. I...
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Hear This
By Sam Prestianni
The Master Musicians of Jajouka are the rock stars of Morocco. They've lived for generations in a remote village in the foothills of the Rif mountains, part of a caste whose...
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Arthouse
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Artists' Television Access. Nothing But a Man:Michael Roemer's 1964 feature about racism. Thu., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890,...
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Hear This
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Led by drummer Damon Che, the mostly instrumental Pittsburgh band Don Caballero got its start in 1991 playing an especially knotty, roiling, metallic brand of post-rock. For...
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Hear This
By Doug Wallen
What is it about Swedes that helps them sound on the verge of tears so often? Pixie of the moment Lykke Li is no exception, even as she confidently bounces through the...
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BeatBox
By Dave Pehling
Traditional sounds from the Middle East and India have long been alluring sample fodder for electronic artists, but few modern acts can boast the kind of cultural pedigree held...
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BeatBox
By Ron Nachmann
In the 21 years since Bob Mould broke up the highly influential punk band Hüsker Dü, his career has been snugly mapped to the alt age. First he generated quality...
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Bouncer
By Katy St. Clair
When you travel on public transit every day, you begin to memorize all the advertising campaigns on the sides of the buses and streetcars. It's like a shitty top 40 song you...
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