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Jamba Liar

One of California's best Cajun chefs goes on the lam after a Bay Area con game is busted

By Lisa Davis

Published: October 27, 1999

Gumbo is a complicated creation. The holy grail of Louisiana cooking, a steaming bowl of this magic liquid is sheer Cajun rapture. Yet, every batch is slightly different; the elaborate layers of...

Feature

The Doctor, the Transsexual, the Bed-Shooting and the Lawsuit

The stormy relationship between a transitioning transsexual and a well-known sex counselor raises questions about the growing field of sexology

By Joel P. Engardio

Published: October 27, 1999

Tonight, all Toni Choate wants to do is spend a quiet evening at home, watch a little TV, and, if she's lucky, catch up with her teenage daughter. Tomorrow, the single mom will have to start work,...

Mecklin

Mecklin

Blank Slate

By John Mecklin

Published: October 27, 1999

Before Election Day slipped by, I thought it important to remind San Franciscans of all the compelling reasons to re-elect Terence Hallinan as district attorney: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)...

Bay View

They Make Our Heads Hurt

We plow through the high-tech mags, so you don't have to

By Jack Boulware

Published: October 27, 1999

Browse through any newsrack in San Francisco, and the new breed of high-tech business/lifestyle magazines catches your eye. These so-called Bibles of the New Economy boast so much advertising that...

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

Legoland Solves All Your Problems

By Laurel Wellman

Published: October 27, 1999

Timing is indeed everything, and there's nothing like being able to take credit, late in October, for a massive new housing/ office/retail development. Especially when you're up for re-election in...

Night Crawler

Night Crawler

16 Reasons to Produce Next Year's Wammies

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 27, 1999

16 Reasons to Produce Next Year's Wammies 1) Patsy Cline puts the "cunt" back in country within the first five minutes of the awards ceremony. 2) Mongoloid and Plan 9 arrive in full...

South to the Future

South to the Future

Pressing Patent Suit May Backfire on Amazon.com

By South to the Future

Published: October 27, 1999

October 27, 1999 NEW YORK -- In what might be the most bizarre marketing stunt of the dot com era, the mammoth bookstore chain Barnes and Noble apparently tricked rival Amazon.com into a...

Music

Pulling Up Roots

Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

By Ezra Gale

Published: October 27, 1999

I'm moving to Europe because I want to be close to Africa," says pianist Omar Sosa over the phone from a Paris hotel room. The Cuban-born Sosa is in the midst of a European tour supporting his...

Music

Meet Virginia

From the slums of Brazil, Virginia Rodrigues has emerged as one of the world's most enchanting voices

By Mark Athitakis

Published: October 27, 1999

These days, it's no different for 34-year-old Virginia Rodrigues than for any other international celebrity. The fame, the concerts, the glowing press, the people in her hometown who once ignored...

Riff Raff

Riff Raff

Ghost Story

By Mark Athitakis

Published: October 27, 1999

Ghost Story Supposedly, the Great American Music Hall is haunted. Paul Cacciotti, the venue's accountant, recalls an experience he had a year and a half ago. "I was in the men's bathroom,...

Record

Review

Brad Mehldau's Elegiac Cycle

By Sam Prestianni

Published: October 27, 1999

Brad Mehldau Elegiac Cycle (Warner Bros.) Throughout the '90s, the institutions of jazz have largely prized technical proficiency and an obliging attitude over individual vision. So we've...

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Review

Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet's Dracula

By Stacey Kors

Published: October 27, 1999

Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet Dracula (Nonesuch) Darkly mysterious in his long black cape, Bela Lugosi stands on the staircase, cocks his head slightly, and utters the immortal lines:...

House of Tudor

House Of Tudor

Les Nubians, Andrea Parker, Stereo Total, House of Horror, and Cloyne Court Haunted Hotel

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 27, 1999

While the Bordeaux-based Les Nubians toss out Public Enemy and Arrested Development as influences, it's no accident that the only "tribute" song on their sultry creation Princess Nubiennes is...

Hear This

Hear This

Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio

By Sam Prestianni

Published: October 27, 1999

Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio Dave Douglas is top dog of a new breed of jazz cats. A horn-playing paradox, he doesn't draw lines between mainstream and avant-garde. Consequently, he's gained...

Eat

Livin' La Dolce Vita

By Matthew Stafford

Published: October 27, 1999

The curmudgeon celebrated his birthday last week with a dozen of his closest friends, and I was the designated restaurant-picker. "Well," I said, "I know a lot of restaurants that annoy the guy."...

Eat

Panem et Circenses

By Paul Adams

Published: October 27, 1999

3 Ring is, yes, a circus-themed restaurant, recently opened in the space vacated by Val 21. It seems to get more than its share of the accidental crowd -- the "Ooh, haven't seen this place...

Side Dish

Side Dish

Special Sauce, Dear Michael, Leviathan, Sold Upstream, A League of Their Own, and Royal Flush

By Harry Coverte

Published: October 27, 1999

Special Sauce No, that wasn't a couple of old drag queens being filmed flipping burgers at Hamburger Mary's. Jacques Pepin and Julia Child (she's a favorite of cross-dressers the world over) put...

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

John Warren and Unconditional Theatre

By Barry Levine

Published: October 27, 1999

Raise your hand if you remember the Greensboro Massacre of '79. Me neither. Now, how about the Iranian Hostage Crisis? Aha. And therein lies a powerfully clear, if overly simplified,...

Film

Violins in Danger

By Andy Klein

Published: October 27, 1999

Wes Craven -- purveyor of fine horror movies, including A Nightmare on Elm Street , Wes Craven's New Nightmare , and the Scream trilogy -- has apparently decided to go "legit." And with...

Reel World

Reel World

Tin Cup, Pull My Daisy, and Next Stop, Wonderland

By Michael Fox

Published: October 27, 1999

Tin Cup Pumpkins are everywhere, children are chattering about their costumes, and the Sundance Watch has begun. When we checked in with San Francisco producer/directors Scott McGehee and David...