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41. Sucka Free City

    Eric Mar's students say he's easy like Sunday morning

    By Peter Jamison

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

42. Reviewed

    The Gourds

    Haymaker! (Yep Roc)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

43. Feature

    Oyster species guide

    By Robb Walsh

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

44. Reviewed

    Zion I

    The Takeover (Gold Dust Media)

    By Jonah Flicker

    Published: February 11, 2009

    "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...

45. Sucka Free City

    The Idea List

    By SF Weekly Staff

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

46. Reviewed

    Joan Jeanrenaud

    Strange Toys (Talking House)

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

47. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

48. Hear This

    Something Good Will Come to Yoshi's

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

49. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for February 11-17

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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,...

50. Hear This

    Dynamic Don

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

51. Hear This

    We Lykke

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

52. BeatBox

    Ancient Future

    By Dave Pehling

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

53. BeatBox

    Breaking the Mould

    By Ron Nachmann

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...

54. Bouncer

    Underwear Night at 440 Castro

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: February 11, 2009

    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...