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SAT-SUN 10/9-10
What could be better than a childhood dream come true? Plenty of popular movies -- including the Harry Potter and Spy Kids franchises -- are based on the...
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The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets. Director Robert Wilson's "pop opera" deals with a German clerk who makes a pact with a diabolical Black Rider for seven...
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The whole girl-with-a-guitar genre is like your first "A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle" bumper sticker: Its overt earnestness is initially very empowering...
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"I'm not for sale. I'm fucking love. I give it away." So says Anton Newcombe, the raging megalomaniac who heads the Brian Jonestown Massacre, an underground rock band...
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SUN 10/10
Is there still room in the world for wailing trombones, sultry chanteuses, and trumpet sections so hot they make you want to jump and holler? Though the big-band...
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Every time I hear a snippet of composer Alban Berg's atonal opera Wozzeck I get this feeling that's a combination of searing pain in my left temple, nausea, and an odd...
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The 27th Mill Valley Film Festival is, as always, the little film festival that can, an ambitious schedule in a modest setting. Its heralded releases include Bill Condon's...
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ONGOING 10/8-11/20
Like most theatergoers, you're probably accustomed to a strict narrative and a well-defined plotline; perhaps you're used to seeing plays that take place...
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If it weren't for the between-song banter at Frog Eyes shows, you'd think singer/ guitarist Carey Mercer was a pretty fucked-up dude. It's during these conversation breaks...
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Commentary by Gregg Rickman (greggr1@mindspring.com). Times compiled from information available Tuesday; it's always advisable to call for confirmation. Price given is...
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ONGOING 10/6-31
It's possible that Dubya's great-ancestors were rose enthusiasts, or perhaps they once dabbled in the mulberry trade. Whatever the derivation of the...
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OK, we get it: Cake isn't just a novelty act with an irony-spewing, speak-singing frontman. That title went to Soul Coughing, which promptly disappeared in the late '90s as...
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I am so freaked out right now. It's not even funny. My palms are sweating, my mind is racing. What if they don't pull through? What if they don't pull it together, get the job...
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"Nope, didn't see it," said a 20-year-old guy from S.F. State about the presidential debate last Thursday. "But I'm voting for Kerry no matter what."
His hair was gelled --...
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Old Crow Medicine Show is not your average bluegrass band. While the high-lonesome vocals and fleet-fingered string-pickin' suggest a Southern-fried musical education, the...
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With the relentlessly violent, vaguely political, and occasionally homophobic rhymes of lyricist Vinnie Paz and the minor-chord, string-saturated beats of producer Stoupe...
