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Rural Cleansing

Large numbers of Northern Californians really, truly believe that the government, the environmentalists, and the U.N. have joined forces in a plot so obvious, yet so subtle, so seemingly benevolent and fundamentally evil, that it can only be called ...

By Jeremy Mullman

Published: October 3, 2001

Leo Bergeron struts into Yreka's Greenhorn Grange Hall like he owns the room: dark-blue jeans, large white cowboy hat, enormous silver "L" belt buckle, repeatedly firing off an index finger...

Mecklin

The Need for More Intelligence

A memo full of liberal interpretation

By John Mecklin

Published: October 3, 2001

This came in the mail today, and I thought I'd share it with you :

Matt Smith

Digital Wage

What a difference a year makes, to the country, and to the New Economy

By Matt Smith

Published: October 3, 2001

The wages of sin is death. -- Romans 6:23 If television images and security measures haven't fully illustrated how connected San Francisco is to America's current troubles, the empty halls of...

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

Finally Returning to Normal? Not So Fast; Democracy in Action; In This Time of Terrible Tragedy, a Nation Mourns for Your Paint Job

By Peter Byrne, Matt Smith

Published: October 3, 2001

Finally Returning to Normal? Not So Fast. Three dozen members of OMI (Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside) Neighbors in Action gathered last Thursday at Temple United Methodist Church to hear...

Night Crawler

Down to the Pond in Ships

At the San Francisco Model Yacht Club, sailors answer the call of the sea on a very small scale

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 3, 2001

There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats ... or with boats. ... In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. -- Kenneth Grahame, author of...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

More on Maher; Striking Back; Assertive. Opinionated. We Bet You're an Aries.; Editor's Note

Published: October 3, 2001

More on Maher A true patriot: Thank you for Jill Stewart's excellent article on the Politically Incorrect statements made by Bill Maher ("Crushing a Contrarian," Stewart, Sept. 26). As...

Music

Globs and Monsters

After 18 years, Crawling With Tarts is still throwing musical elements at the wall to see what sticks

By Glenn Donaldson

Published: October 3, 2001

"There's a music of everyday life for people who are kind of removed from external life in some ways," says Michael Gendreau from his garage in Daly City, which is more avant- Romper Room than...

Music

Various Artists

Ghost World (Shanachie)

By Lawrence Kay

Published: October 3, 2001

Several years back -- around the time of John Hughes and Flashdance -- soundtrack albums lost their link to the movies they accompanied, becoming simple marketing tools for major labels with...

Music

Clinic

Internal Wrangler (Domino)

By George Chen

Published: October 3, 2001

It doesn't matter what Clinic's lead mumbler, Ade Blackburn, is saying on "Second Line," the first single from the U.K. group's debut album, Internal Wrangler . The song, featuring warped guitars,...

Pop Philosophy

Pop Philosophy

The Bulletproof Boat Party -- the dance club that rocks on water is still afloat after 10 years

By Dan Strachota

Published: October 3, 2001

If the boat is a-rockin', don't bother knockin' There's one thing that indie rockers and dance fans can agree on:The number of decent music venues in the Bay Area is frighteningly low. Rock clubs...

House of Tudor

House Of Tudor

Chic global travelers, New York drag kings, and horrific Halloween plays

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 3, 2001

The first installment of San Francisco-based PLANET° Magazine -- designated as issue zero for reasons detailed within -- has been called a work in progress by the editorial staffers, but...

Hear This

Hear This

The Robin Nolan Trio's groovy Gypsy swing

By Sam Prestianni

Published: October 3, 2001

In the early '90s, London six-string slinger Robin Nolan founded an acoustic jazz trio with bassist Paul Meader and percussionist Nema Lopes to perform songs in the Gypsy swing tradition of the...

Eat

Royal High

Koi Palace

By Greg Hugunin

Published: October 3, 2001

Sometimes it's nice to get away from the urban grind, to spend a few weeks in the Greek islands, a few days on the coast, or even a few hours in Daly City. When I first moved to San Francisco, I'd...

Side Dish

Side Dish

Live Free and Dine

By Harry Coverte

Published: October 3, 2001

Eat Out Get ready to make reservations: Thursday, Oct. 11, is national "Windows of Hope Relief Fund" day. Restaurants around the country will join together to benefit both the 70 families who...

Film

Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Protected by a badge, Denzel (finally!) swaggers through L.A.'s mean streets

By Andy Klein

Published: October 3, 2001

This may be a strange time to release a thriller about the dangers of corrupt law enforcement, but Training Day -- with no explosions, no cheap thrills, no international conspiracies -- is about...

Reel World

Reel World

Caveh Zahedi, who is making a video diary of his life, thinks even driving to the bank can be art

By Michael Fox

Published: October 3, 2001

I Am a Camera Back in 1999, Caveh Zahedi took the idea of a video diary to extremes: He filmed one minute of his life every day for a year. Now, I'd go square-dancing with Laura Bush before I'd...

Night&Day;

Talk Is Cheap

"The Hula Show," an evening of Hawaiian story and dance

By Ann Murphy

Published: October 3, 2001

From the sound of it, "The Hula Show" could be a new TV game show in which all the contestants answer questions wearing grass skirts and spinning hula hoops 'round their hips. Fortunately, "The...

Night&Day;

Laugh Factory

"One Hundred & Six Years of Comedy" is a condensed history of comic theater

By Lisa Hom

Published: October 3, 2001

Making people laugh has always been a tough gig, but in the aftermath of a national tragedy, it must seem damn near impossible. Still, the folks at the Eastenders Repertory Company are willing to...

Stuff

The Brave and the Bold

On Sept. 11, the world needed superheroes. They found them not in comic books, but in real life.

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: October 3, 2001

Before he was editor in chief at Marvel Comics -- which, by all rights, makes him the man who tells Spider-Man what he can do with himself and the X-Men where to go -- Joe Quesada illustrated a...