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1. Feature
Sanctuary Sellout
By Lauren Smiley Published: November 18, 2009If you were to compile a list of threats to San Francisco's public safety, Oscar Martinez probably wouldn't make the cut. The quiet 15-year-old soccer player with a peach-fuzz...
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2. Music
Neon Indian’s warm, retro glow
By Doug Wallen Published: November 18, 2009Mapping out a universe of spongy synth leads and canned beats, Texas tinkerer Alan Palomo has managed an offbeat triumph in Psychic Chasms, the debut of Neon Indian, his...
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3. Eat
Saison: Haute cuisine in the country
By Matthew Stafford Published: November 18, 2009At Saison, Joshua Skenes' celebration of 21st-century haute cuisine, the whole notion of fine dining is upended. Sure, the kitchen assembles Osetra caviar, lobster sashimi,...
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4. Film
New Orleans is breeding ground for Nicolas Cage's Bad Lieutenant
By J. Hoberman Published: November 18, 2009The joke's on someone in Werner Herzog's awkwardly titled Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Possibly Abel Ferrara, who, exploding in fury when he learned that the...
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5. Night&Day
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
By Ella Taylor Published: November 18, 2009Other than a few tasty tidbits, like the fact that he wrote Joseph McCarthy's will while still a young family attorney, there’s not much fresh news about William Kunstler...
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Afghan Star
By Ella Taylor Published: November 18, 2009If you think it’s impossible to underestimate the cultural significance of American Idol, go see British filmmaker Havana Marking’s documentary about its Afghani...
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It's a Family Affair
By Doug Wallen Published: November 18, 2009Boasting a drummer in his early teens and the unusual name he dreamed up, Seattle five-piece Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band has enough quirks to reference most of indie rock. The...
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Room for Dessert
By Michael Leaverton Published: November 18, 2009We all owe an apology to restaurant pastry chefs: Once their turn arrives, too many of us have already spent our appetites, or saved just enough to accept a spoonful of poached...
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Have Yourself a Campy Little Christmas
By Evan James Published: November 18, 2009The holidays can be a rough time! The wolf is at the door, or perhaps already in the living room gnawing contentedly on your leg as you dab at your tear-filled eyes with...
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Run Like a Child
By Michael Leaverton Published: November 18, 2009Many people who never exercise change their habits in the days after Thanksgiving — hope springs eternal. Instead of doing eight pushups and collapsing in front of the...
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Rock 'Bots
By Tony Ware Published: November 18, 2009Some bands kick up so much racket, you feel like your hair is being whipped by a gale-force wind. Vancouver's Japandroids, a guitar-drums duo going strong after a couple of...
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Tropic of Kuchar
By Michael Fox Published: November 18, 2009The influential filmmaker George Kuchar first won a fringe following decades ago with his pioneering aesthetic of low-budget kitsch and bad-taste Hollywood homage. After...
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Not Disoriented
By Hiya Swanhuyser Published: November 18, 2009Who’s the biggest diva at ReOrient, the 10-year-old Middle Eastern theater festival? The monthlong fest of short plays features some sweepingly grand talent among its many...
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The Hills
By Michael Leaverton Published: November 18, 2009“Sing-A-Long Sound of Music” — the words strike fear into certain people, who assume, quite rightfully, that they will be stuck in a theater filled with The...
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Rees' Pieces
By Hiya Swanhuyser Published: November 18, 2009Joe Rees is a complex man; we know this because his two main media are neon tubes and punk video. At the art exhibition "Transformer," both are on display for the first time in...
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A Life More Ordinary
By Michael Fox Published: November 18, 2009Movies about losers — ahem, underachievers — comprise a delicious yet underrated genre. In films like Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Big Lebowski, Five Easy Pieces,...
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Hallowed Be His Name-O
By Hiya Swanhuyser Published: November 18, 2009A long time ago, like nearly five years ago, a Mission District bar changed hands. It was crammed with crap at the time, and the new owners threw out most of the crap, which...
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Early Thanks
By Hiya Swanhuyser Published: November 18, 2009"Giving thanks to the Creator for our continued resistance and survival" is a big part of the annual Indigenous People's Alcatraz Sunrise Gathering. For example, follow these...
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Buggin' Out
By Hiya Swanhuyser Published: November 18, 2009What can we tell you about bugs and Cirque du Soleil that you don't already know? Bugs: They jump around, eat eat eat, suck flowers, and wear colors that don't normally go...
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Bubblicious
By Michael Leaverton Published: November 18, 2009Of the three things that children inherently love -- bubbles, balloons, and DJ Lance Rock of Nick Jr.’s Yo Gabba Gabba — bubbles are weirdly elusive. It’s not...
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The Eyes of the Hurricane She's been called the female Manny Pacquiao. But can Ana Julaton make people care about women's boxing?
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Turning the Tables Police have made a number of arrests and seizures of DJ equipment at underground parties and clubs. Is it enforcement or harassment?
