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Spokes of Destiny 12

The true and tragic tale of SF Weekly's Bike Messenger Dream Team

By Jack Boulware, David Eggers

Published: August 28, 1996

You may look upon the bare, muscular, attractive, and sexy bodies of the SF Weekly Bike Messenger Dream Team and think that, because they're buff and trim and happy and greased down and naked, this...

Letters

Letters

Published: August 28, 1996

Chemical Misprint Jack Boulware's article "The Electric Clearlight Acid Mess" (Aug. 21) was both interesting and informative. I must, however, point out one significant error. I assume the...

News

Monumental Disgrace

Can S.F.'s rusting, weathered statues be restored by purchasing a whole new line of sculpture?

By Malcolm Garcia

Published: August 28, 1996

Like the man begging beside it, the century-old sculpture celebrating America's national pastime is a victim of compassion fatigue. Shrouded in car fumes that swirl around its spot on John F....

News

Dog Bites

By Lisa Davis, Paul D. Kretkowski

Published: August 28, 1996

Divorce, Doctor Style Consumer advocate and presidential candidate Ralph Nader drew first blood last week in the war of the stethoscopes that is scheduled for the November election. A few...

News

Totems Are Taboo

But if the court's crucifixation is overblown, let a thousand icons bloom

By Dirk Olin

Published: August 28, 1996

Three federal judges held last week that the Mount Davidson cross violates California's constitution because the monument's landlord, the city of San Francisco, is not allowed to favor one religion...

Music

Sax Maniacs

The Rova Saxophone Quartet blows hard and dense

By Sam Prestianni

Published: August 28, 1996

"That's the strangest thing I've ever heard," remarked a friend in the dazed aftermath of a live performance by the Rova Saxophone Quartet of Larry Ochs' "The Secret Magritte." The heady work was...

Music

Night Crawler

By Silke Tudor

Published: August 28, 1996

Outside the UC Theater, a line of boisterous but clean-cut kids stretches around the block waiting for the midnight screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. At first glance, there is a...

Music

SF Weekly Picks

By Silke Tudor

Published: August 28, 1996

Wednesday, August 28 Nas How nasty can a rapper be who transforms the wistful chorus from the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" into an epic assault on urban discord? Well, nastiness is not what Nas...

Music

Suspicious Minds

By Sarah Vowell

Published: August 28, 1996

Is there a more Important Question than this: Who has the best hair in the history of rock 'n' roll? Like any red-blooded American girl, I've done my share of flirting -- licked my lips at...

Music

Recordings

By Michael Batty, Jeff Stark

Published: August 28, 1996

Steve Wynn Melting in the Dark (Zero Hour) Low The Curtain Hits the Cast (Vernon Yard Recordings) During bouts of abyss-gazing, many take suck from sad rock songs: four-minute...

Eat

Heat of the Night

At Zinzino, wood-burning oven + thin crusts = fab pizza

By Paul Reidinger

Published: August 28, 1996

You can feel the glow of Zinzino's wood-burning oven just walking past it -- on your way, say, to a table in the heated garden. Along the wall opposite the oven (where flames flare and flicker, as...

Eat

Dish

By Paul Reidinger

Published: August 28, 1996

Salt and Smoke Except for "cigar rooms," smoking in restaurants is pretty much a thing of the past -- and that includes kitchens. Chefs aren't forbidden to smoke; after all, "this is America,"...

Film

Beastly

By Peter Rainer

Published: August 28, 1996

The Island of Dr. Moreau Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, and David Thewlis. To get ready for the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau,...

Night&Day;

Night+Day

By Heather Wisner

Published: August 28, 1996

wednesday august 28 Ring Ding If you're afraid of clowns, steer clear of Clown Alley, and Boss Clown Tom Parish, when Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus parks its big top in the Bay Area...

Halloween

Slap Shots

By Jack Boulware

Published: August 28, 1996

Mothers of Attribution Frank Zappa Utility Muffin Research Kitchen The Afterlife Dear Mr. Zappa, On Aug. 21 my SF Weekly "Slap Shots" column attributed a restroom wall quote --...

Halloween

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Rob Brezsny

Published: August 28, 1996

Aries (March 21-April 19): During my stay on Maui, my normal paranoia levels have declined drastically. Fears I've always taken for granted don't make sense here in paradise. It's a sweet feeling....

Halloween

Unspun

By Phyllis Orrick, Susan Rasky

Published: August 28, 1996

Your Tax Dollars at Work Those hapless folks at the Bureau of Automotive Repair were too dim to figure out that imposing tough new anti-smog regs on unsuspecting California motorists might...

Halloween

The Grid

By George Cothran, Chuck Finnie

Published: August 28, 1996

Officers, Police Thyselves Sgts. Steve Bosshard and John A. Haggett are legendary in criminal defense and police oversight circles. Notoriously legendary. "In my opinion, he's a perfect...

Stage

Aisle Seat

By Deborah Peifer

Published: August 28, 1996

Male Pride, Continued Three weeks ago, I wrote about New Conservatory Theater Center's second annual Pride Season, and the complete absence of women in the program (see "Pride -- For Men Only?"...

Stage

Female Trouble

By Mari Coates

Published: August 28, 1996

Scenes From an Execution Presented by Fifth Floor. Written by Howard Barker. Directed by Kenn Watt. Starring Patricia Silver, Jordan Winer, and Patrick Costigan. At Brava Theater Center, 2789...