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The Revolution is Canceled

How the grand plan for district elections could backfire

By Matt Isaacs

Published: August 30, 2000

The August sun is still warm in the early evening when the guests arrive at the little get-together on Russian Hill. Jonee Levy and her husband, Harvey Hacker, have asked a dozen or so of their...

Matt Smith

March Madness

Demonstrating may soothe the psyche, but it won't save San Francisco's arts scene

By Matt Smith

Published: August 30, 2000

"My father called last weekend with a pleasant bit of news. He had been at the hospital visiting his old friend Earl Armantraut, a World War II conscientious objector and comrade in arms in...

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

Some see a Starck-designed hotel as progress.

As told to Laurel Wellman

Published: August 30, 2000

Last Call Late last week, when one Erika Lenkert sent us an invitation to a sort of drink-in at the Clift Hotel's Redwood Room to protest the remodeling of the bar by its new owner, we...

Bay View

Scene Not Heard

Could there be a silver lining to the mass eviction of musicians from Downtown Rehearsal?

By Dan Strachota

Published: August 30, 2000

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling," Chicken Little sang, as he strapped on his Stratocaster and turned the volume up to 11. The Aug. 8 eviction notice served to the tenants of Downtown...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Letters from August 30, 2000

Published: August 30, 2000

No Sympathy for the Devils As if they don't feel bad enough already: Another story about a bunch of greedy people who got screwed by an unscrupulous friend ("ValleyBoy.Scam," Aug. 16)....

Music

Love Machine

A boy and his Casio set up shop in Heartbreak Hotel

By Dan Strachota

Published: August 30, 2000

It's the summer of 1997. The indie scene is abuzz about a self-published zine called Wyatt Riot . Over two issues, the crudely handwritten rag has explored a slightly alarming (and thoroughly...

Music

Easy Does It

Italian cinematic obscurities inspire a groovy new club vibe

By Alex Baker

Published: August 30, 2000

hen people think of Italian music, they often flash on Dean Martin crooning "That's Amore." That may be because they haven't heard of Right Tempo Records. Over the past seven years, the Italian...

Music

Bad Livers

Blood & Mood
(Sugar Hill)

By Scott Cooper

Published: August 30, 2000

In the late '70s some music was classified as punk because of its angst-ridden, distorted aesthetic and its attitude of radical rebellion. Today, bands filed under punk are little more than...

House of Tudor

House Of Tudor

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

By Silke Tudor

Published: August 30, 2000

In the mid-1950s, Ramblin' Jack Elliott busked his way across Europe, outfitted in a Stetson hat, cowboy boots, and a pair of worn Levi's, the true personification of the American cowboy singer. In...

Hear This

Hear This

Saxophonist John Tchicai offers free jazz

By Sam Prestianni

Published: August 30, 2000

Veteran saxophonist John Tchicai is an excellent example of the old tenet that most improvisers only sound as good as the company they keep. In the early '60s, the Copenhagen-born Tchicai moved to...

Eat

Umbrella Drinks

Trader Vic’s

By Matthew Stafford

Published: August 30, 2000

I was preparing for an evening of gulping and masticating when I happened to notice that I was putting on a necktie. Since I've donned a tie on fewer than half a dozen occasions during my dozen...

Eat

Hairballs

Glas Kat Supper Club

By Greg Hugunin

Published: August 30, 2000

The great thing about reviewing restaurants in San Francisco is that I get to take friends along, each with his or her own likes, dislikes, and all-consuming passions when it comes to the citywide...

Side Dish

Side Dish

Sno-Drift, Hall of Fame and Cain Vineyard and Winery

By Harry Coverte

Published: August 30, 2000

Brrrr Just in time for all those dot-com Christmas parties, there's Sno-Drift, San Francisco's very own ski lodge, alpine dining room, and club, all under one roof. With a "snow bank" back bar,...

Social Grace

Title Trouble

Restaurant etiquette

By Social Grace

Published: August 30, 2000

Dear Social Grace, It is my habit to call people "sir" and "ma'am," but I understand now that "sir" and "ma'am" are wrong when speaking to a food server. What should you say to get a food...

Film

Jaws: The Revenge

Amanda Peet chews up her brainless suitors by the bushel in Whipped

By Luke Y. Thompson

Published: August 30, 2000

Amanda Peet has some really large teeth. Seriously. Even given the fact that it's in vogue for hot, young, would-be sex symbols to have a set of brightly polished choppers prominent for all to see...

Film

Peace at a Price

Taking on the subject of the Irish Troubles, Titanic Town runs into some troubles of its own

By Andy Klein

Published: August 30, 2000

Whatever one might believe about the past centuries of English oppression of the Irish, one thing is sure: No matter how raw a deal they've gotten in real life, the Irish haven't been shortchanged...

Reel World

Reel World

Lady in the Lake and Lethal Weapon 4

By Michael Fox

Published: August 30, 2000

Lady in the Lake The best filmmakers you've never heard of, S.F. State alums David Siegel and Scott McGehee, are encamped at Saul Zaentz's Fantasy Studios editing their new feature, The Deep...

Night&Day;

Good Fortune

Fortune Cookies II

By Katherine Brown

Published: August 30, 2000

Good FortuneIn an age in which the alphabet of American independent music sometimes seems to stretch only from Athens to Austin, not too many people are touting the San Francisco scene....

Night&Day;

On Being Sincere

Adam Levy Trio and The Cordials

By Julie Feinstein

Published: August 30, 2000

On Being Sincere Sweeping generalizations are dangerous in any situation, but it does seem to hold true that, generally, jazzmen (and jazzwomen) are good people, more so than rock musicians, or...

Stage

Reading Aloud

Annie Proulx passes Word for Word's storytelling test

By Michael Scott Moore

Published: August 30, 2000

In her relatively short fiction career, Annie Proulx has been lauded by international critics, laureled with awards from the Pulitzer to the National Book, and anthologized in the Best American...