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TUES 11/2
Two weeks ago, the Dog Bites column ran a series of threats from random people who insisted they'd leave the country if Bush keeps his spot in the Oval Office. It...
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By Kevin Starr
Alfred A. Knopf (2004), $35
Kevin Starr is our own Dr. Gibbons (though more prolific), chronicling California's rise and fall and rise in seven volumes (and...
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On a Tuesday night two weeks ago, Arlene Ackerman, San Francisco's superintendent of schools, parked herself squarely in the middle of a horseshoe-shaped table, peered over...
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Talib Kweli is one of the most compelling voices in hip hop, and it isn't because he's an oasis of high-minded political thought in a desert of materialism, misogyny, and PC...
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It takes mighty big stones to name your horror movie Saw, knowing full well that that's popular fan-slang for Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a movie worshipped by...
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WED-SAT 10/27-30
Ancient Europeans believed that the souls of the dead returned to walk the Earth at Halloween time, so perhaps you'll see a spectral shade this week if you...
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In the decade before Nirvana made it safe (and commercially viable) to rock alternatively, the underground music world sporadically coughed up "quirky" bands like R.E.M. or...
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When was the last time you saw Paul Giamatti? And when the film ended, did you realize how much you would miss him? It was just last year that Giamatti played the hilariously...
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SAT 10/30
Halloween just wouldn't seem right without a catalog of our darkest misdeeds. Thankfully, the OnSix Gallery puts depravity back where it belongs with its latest...
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"Force yourself to breathe." So begins Menomena's I Am the Fun Blame Monster! It's a prophetic lyric fragment considering the confusingly perfect nine songs that are about to...
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Those familiar with the films of David Gordon Green (George Washington, All the Real Girls) likely have one big question about his latest feature, Undertow: Is there more of a...
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THURS 10/28
It's somewhat of a cliché for actors, whether they're stage- or screen-bound, to ask themselves, "Do I have what it takes to direct?" Good question....
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For many, it's hard to understand how the shrill-voiced, clinically bipolar, and often childlike songwriter Daniel Johnston found himself with a double-album tribute that...
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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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21st Annual Womyn's Ritual and Spiritual Dance: Well, the fact that the oh-so-subversive word "Womyn" is in the title should tell you all you need to know. But in case you...
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One big misconception of comets, the solar variety, is that they are made of fiery gas. Actually, comets are composed mainly of ice. Another misconception is that comets...
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Once upon a time -- Sept. 10 and 11, 1999, to be exact -- Minneapolis' Mark Mallman sat behind his electric piano and played a pop song for 26.2 hours straight alongside a...
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Billed as "a dance party for regime change," "Beats vs. Bush" will benefit the advocacy group MoveOn.org. The night will do anything but stand still musically, with a dozen...
