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Bishop Bad Boy

Santa Rosa's charismatic Catholic bishop got busted shaking down a priest for sex. But he had friends in high places -- and they served him well.

By Ron Russell

Published: March 19, 2003

After he was caught exploiting a subordinate priest for sex, G. Patrick Ziemann could have been consigned to a life of ignominy upon stepping down as the Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa in...

Matt Smith

A Gift That Stands Out

John Trani got the graduation present no red-blooded frat boy could refuse: his own Hooters restaurant

By Matt Smith

Published: March 19, 2003

In the annals of gift-giving, certain moments stand alone. In the year 32 B.C., Mark Antony gave Cleopatra the Riviera. In A.D. 36, God gave mankind his only son. And in the spring of 2003,...

Night Crawler

Slow Emotion

At the Walton Derby, the moment means more than winning

By Silke Tudor

Published: March 19, 2003

I am at a cultural disadvantage, but I don't know it yet. (This is a good thing, since I am one of those who prefer to fail discreetly, with as few spectators as possible.) While still happily...

Bay View

Hot News

"The first [Historical Radiation Assessment] was rushed .... We should have ... done a better, more thorough job."

By Lisa Davis

Published: March 19, 2003

Under pressure from community members and regulators to fully investigate toxic contamination at Hunters Point Shipyard, U.S. Navy officials have discovered several new sites that might be...

Dog Bites

Death of a Deli

Mike Cresci just wanted to sell his raviolis. But the old neighborhood never accepted him.

By Lessley Anderson

Published: March 19, 2003

The peach-colored shelves of the Florence Ravioli Factory and Deli in North Beach were nearly bare two Fridays ago. The clean, claylike smell of ravioli dough lingered in the air, though the...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 19, 2003

Published: March 19, 2003

Shorty the Dog vs. Silke the Great (Arf!) Hint: Don't bet on Shorty: Thanks to Silke Tudor for drawing attention to International Quirkyalone Day ["Solitary Refinement," Night Crawler, Feb....

Music

The Voodoo That She Do

Bobi Céspedes casts a Yoruban spell over Afro-Cuban jazz

By Darren Keast

Published: March 19, 2003

No two ways about it, voodoo gets a bad rap. The few cinematic depictions of the religion are heavy on the milky-eyed zombies and blood-soaked priestesses, swooning in the rapture of some pagan...

Reviewed

Supergrass

Life on Other Planets

By Nancy Einhart

Published: March 19, 2003

With its fourth album, Life on Other Planets , Supergrass delivers its most unabashedly fun record yet, forgoing the artsy overtures of its recent past for flashy guitar riffs and cosmic organs....

Reviewed

The Be Good Tanyas

Chinatown

By Lawrence Kay

Published: March 19, 2003

Folk music, perhaps more than any other genre, walks a fine line between the impishly clever and the cloyingly precious. On the first Be Good Tanyas album, 2001's Blue Horse , the Vancouver...

Reviewed

The Industrial Jazz Group

City of Angles

By David Hadbawnik

Published: March 19, 2003

While the Industrial Jazz Group's odd moniker conjures images of Nine Inch Nails with a horn section, the Los Angeles nonet is actually about as "industrial" as Bob Seger. (Just in case, City of...

Reviewed

Virgil Shaw

Still Falling

By Mark Keresman

Published: March 19, 2003

Considering that I was never particularly taken with the Bay Area combo Dieselhed -- not a bad lot, mind you, but a tad too jokey for this writer -- the sophomore release from ex-Hed Virgil Shaw...

House of Tudor

House of Tudor

Love on the rails, adolescent surrealism, and the resurrection of the original Joe Jackson Band

By Silke Tudor

Published: March 19, 2003

Like the Rom, most train-hoppers view the past as a bucket of ashes, open to the whim of interpretation and the coercion of need. While the world's greatest spin doctors (journalists and...

Hear This

Hear This

Detroit's Electric Six fuses state-of-the-'80s funk-wave moves with garage-rock braggadocio

By Mike Rowell

Published: March 19, 2003

"Fire in the disco! Fire in the Taco Bell!" yelps Electric Six vocalist Dick Valentine on the band's current single, a booty-shaking ode to pyromania called "Danger! High Voltage." The blazingly...

Eat

Fumbled Catch

A new fish restaurant on Market could try harder

By Meredith Brody

Published: March 19, 2003

In the bad old days (and they weren't all that long ago), despite the fact that San Francisco is surrounded by water, it was never a sure thing that the fish you would order in a restaurant had any...

Social Grace

Kiss and Tell

How to express fond feelings without mussing your lipstick

By Social Grace

Published: March 19, 2003

Dear Social Grace, I feel more than a little silly asking this question, but what is the proper way to give or receive a social kiss? Do you modify the approach depending on the sex, age, or...

Film

Blood From a Stone

In tracking down a lost author, Mark Moskowitz brings his own literary passion to life on the screen

By Bill Gallo

Published: March 19, 2003

What a strange enterprise, making a movie about reading a book. It's the kind of paradox philosophy students chew over at 3 o'clock in the morning -- and a prospect any Hollywood producer would...

Reel World

Life and Nothing But

Boycott french fries, but don't miss this look at French filmmaking under the Occupation

By Michael Fox

Published: March 19, 2003

With Safe Conduct , a riveting, fact-based look at French filmmaking under the Occupation, director Bertrand Tavernier ( A Sunday in the Country , Round Midnight ) reaffirms his talent for...

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Published: March 19, 2003

Commentary by Gregg Rickman ( greggr1@mindspring.com ). Times compiled from information available Tuesday; it's always advisable to call for confirmation. Price given is standard adult...

Night&Day;

Race Relations

Stepping back into the river of time, with two one-act plays about abolition

By Karen Macklin

Published: March 19, 2003

Despite its title, Edward Bond 's A-A-America! is hardly a bastion of U.S. patriotism. Produced by Crowded Fire Theater Company, this stateside premiere, composed of two one-acts penned by...

Night&Day;

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Published: March 19, 2003

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 You don't need to be bilingual to understand the appeal of "Afropean" duo Les Nubians . Though Hélène and Célia Faussart sing in both French and...