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The DA's Svengali

Earlier this year, the District Attorney's Office was flirting with farce. Then Terence Hallinan called in David Millstein.

By Chuck Finnie

Published: September 4, 1996

When his widely respected chief assistant prosecutor, Marla Miller, bailed out last May, new San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan was reeling. The former boxer looked as if he...

News

Dog Bites

By Gordon Young, Tom McNichol, Phyllis Orrick

Published: September 4, 1996

Halfway House Party It's deja vu all over again for Potrero Hill neighborhood activists who want to keep the population at a local halfway house from nearly doubling. The facilty at 1234...

Letters

Letters

Published: September 4, 1996

Home Alone After reading Dave Eggers' article "Home Is Where the Art Is, Unfortunately" (Art, Aug. 28), it was immediately obvious that the only thing of value in his critique of the Tony Labat...

News

Skirting an Issue

First came the tunic; then the kilt; and now, with a new men's movement that doesn't care who wears the pants in their families, the J. Crew mini

By Laurel Wellman

Published: September 4, 1996

As Michael saunters through a Marina coffeehouse, a boothful of tourists stop their conversation. They look, look away, and look again. One man seems to want to say something but develops an...

Music

Battle Hymns

Bouncers vs. fans as Slayer pounds the Troc: A field log

By Jeff Stark

Published: September 4, 1996

8-24-96 1830 hours The Enemy Two hours before the doors open, the Trocadero's sidewalk is awash with the great unwashed as Slayer fans line up for the multiplatinum metalheads'...

Music

Suspicious Minds

By Sarah Vowell

Published: September 4, 1996

The immortal question Who has the best hair in the history of rock 'n' roll? Part 2: Jim DeRogatis, author of Kaleidoscope Eyes: Psychedelic Rock From the '60s to the '90s: "Forty years of...

Music

Samples

By Jeff Stark

Published: September 4, 1996

Why Oakland When cutting through the gossip and hot-air speculation the corporate music world calls news, it's always wise to err on the side of skepticism. Deals fall apart, labels dump...

Music

SF Weekly Picks

By Silke Tudor

Published: September 4, 1996

Wednesday, September 4 Angelique Kidjo With a muscular dancer's build and a shorn head, Kidjo radiates an unquestionable strength. It's the kind of down-to-earth power that comes out of inner...

Music

Night Crawler

By Silke Tudor

Published: September 4, 1996

When James Gabbert bought KOFY TV 20 back in 1980, there was no Nick at Night, Bravo, or E! In fact there was barely cable television at all, and after midnight on Sunday the public stations went...

Eat

A Little Night Music

Cole Valley's Zazie is a simple cafe by day, a chic bistro after sunset

By Paul Reidinger

Published: September 4, 1996

A harpist and a guitarist plucked their way through a Bach fugue -- a musical double helix, crisply baroque -- as we were seated one Sunday evening at Zazie. The live music at many dinner places...

Eat

Dish

By Paul Reidinger

Published: September 4, 1996

Small Potatoes Many chefs dream of opening that little corner bistro with a stylishly homey touch -- a place small enough to reflect their own idiosyncrasies. But in restauranting as in so many...

Film

A Tree Grows in L.A.

By Michael Sragow

Published: September 4, 1996

The Big Squeeze Directed by Marcus De Leon. Starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Danny Nucci, and Luca Bercovici. Despite their burgeoning cultural clout, American independent films...

Night&Day;

Night+Day

By Heather Wisner

Published: September 4, 1996

wednesday september 4 Acts of Cruelty Writer/performer Sten Rudstr¯m celebrates the 100th birthday of late theater maverick Antonin Artaud with Theater of Cruelty, a dance-theater ensemble...

Halloween

The Grid

By George Cothran, Chuck Finnie

Published: September 4, 1996

Rangoon Squad Under S.F. law, no city contracts may be struck with companies doing business with the brutal military dictatorship of Myanmar (formerly Burma). So why is the city poised to cut a...

Halloween

Unspun

By Phyllis Orrick, Susan Rasky

Published: September 4, 1996

Where the Rubbers Meet the Road With all the artily and artfully posed body parts splashed around even mainstream print advertising and TV, it's easy to forget the suggestive power of a few...

Halloween

Slap Shots

By Jack Boulware

Published: September 4, 1996

The Shortest Show on Earth Bus-stop advertisements have touted her likeness for weeks -- "Only Chance This Century! Relive the Dream of Flight!" Tonight she is here at the Cow Palace -- Airiana...

Halloween

Savage Love

Published: September 4, 1996

Hey, Faggot: I want someone to spank me. The problem is, I'm a straight, happily married guy who doesn't want sex on the side, just the punishment. My wife is aware of my desires but chooses not to...

Halloween

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Rob Brezsny

Published: September 4, 1996

Aries (March 21-April 19): To achieve the proper levels of humility and compassion necessary for total success this week, you should consider imitating Mother Teresa. You could, for instance, clean...