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Five black men strode into the Ingleside Police Station at 9:40 p.m. on Aug. 29, 1971. Sgt. John Young, who worked at a desk near the station's visitor window, stepped toward...
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Local promoters of dubstep, the latest mutation of underground U.K. dance music, seem to engage in similar anxious pre-show rituals. Having taken the plunge with a lineup of a...
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It happens at every party I've ever been to in any city I've ever lived in or visited. As soon as I answer "I'm a restaurant critic" to the inevitable "And what do you do?"...
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Do artists see more than ordinary people? That's what my high school art teacher thought. So, apparently, does Nicole Kidman — or at least that's the way she plays Diane...
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Too much modern musical theater seems hellbent on parodying itself or gorging on current events. The smug lampooning, the cheeky, rapid-fire show-tune rants miming political...
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Theater groups are always fretting about how to make Shakespeare relevant. Fearing that plots peopled with long-dead Scottish thanes and Egyptian queens (not to mention iambic...
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Forbidden Planet (Warner Bros.)
Long available as faded discount product, Fred McLeod Wilcox's 1956 masterpiece -- the movie without which Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001, and,...
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The Census Bureau doesn't compile stats on this sort of stuff, but we think this town must rank near the top when it comes to the number of gadflies per capita. Maybe it's...
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For all its trumpeted let's-all-get-together-and-fuck-shit-up egalitarian spirit, a lot of early London punk spewed out in a geyser of misdirected testosterone. Some of the...
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A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mailfresheats.
The Alembic: 1725 Haight (between Cole and Shrader), 666-0822, www.alembicbar.com....
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Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater from Eric Schlosser's 2001 best-selling exposé of the McDonald's conspiracy, is an anti-commercial. It's designed to kill...
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Killing My Lobster has traditionally sung balls-out musical numbers to end each of its sketch comedy shows, so now these Mission District hipster poster children have decided...
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Final Fantasy is to role-playing games as the Yankees are to baseball.
The series -- now almost 20 years old -- practically redefined the genre with Final Fantasy VII on the...
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Others may call it charity or philanthropy, but one entrepreneur looked at San Franciscans' penchant for giving away money and called it a business opportunity. Behold:...
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1) Match the erstwhile retiree, i.e. Jigga and Stallone, to his middle name: A. Corey
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2) To which upcoming project did Coldplay's Chris Martin make the biggest...
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By all rights, 2002's Die Another Day should have been and could have been the final James Bond film. It was packaged like a cynical, weary best-of concert coughed up by an...
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Here's a postmodern, urban fairy tale about the subtle entwining of lovers' neuroses, the comforting and constricting circle of family, and the intoxicating promise of love's...
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Brothers of the Head (IFC)
Cary Grant: The Franchise Collection (Universal)
CSI: The Complete Sixth Season (Paramount)
Cream: Royal Albert Hall (Rhino)
49 Up (First...
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Judge William Alsup is known as one of the most efficient judges in San Francisco's federal court. He bustles into the courtroom, robes flapping, and keeps arguments trotting...
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When the Pound SF allegedly closed its doors for good after a final show on Oct. 22nd because of the club's pending eviction by the San Francisco Port Authority (as reported on...
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