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Superstar Avatar

A real-world game of life and lust at the social frontier

By Silke Tudor

Published: March 31, 2004

It was to be my last Folsom Street Fair , my last parade of pale, splotchy buttocks framed by leather chaps, my last glut of latex nurses and tight-lipped leather boys sweating in the noonday sun,...

Matt Smith

Save Bitchen Science!

Forget about cures for HIV and leukemia. Give us robo-warriors and high-tech Jesus boots.

By Matt Smith

Published: March 31, 2004

Science, at its most boring, reveals transcendent truths about a changing world. Dull researchers spend entire lives seeking pure knowledge, and produce minute advances in our understanding of...

Dog Bites

Sprung

A Manila-folder galleon, catered edamame at camp, and a Q&A; with Dr. Beer: It must be spring

Overheard by Matt Palmquist

Published: March 31, 2004

Can you feel it, San Francisco? The weather's getting warmer, the sun is lasting longer, and spring is officially upon us. As Dog Bites enjoyed another glorious weekend in the city, trying to keep...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Published: March 31, 2004

Of Sluggers and Steroids Are you a racist if you criticize Barry Bonds?: Thanks to Matt Smith for his article on Barry Bonds ["Little Fish, Big Fish," March 17]. I've been mildly astounded...

Music

Mad Genius

Two guys, their two dozen personalities, and Madvillainy, an instant contender for hip hop album of the year

By Sam Chennault

Published: March 31, 2004

Sitting across from me at the Ramada Inn bar on Ninth and Market, the legendary MC Daniel Dumile -- aka Zevlove X, or MF Doom, or King Geedorah, or Victor Vaughn -- looks like a complete stranger....

Music

The Insiders Take It Out

The SFJAZZ Collective may be great, but is it good enough to tackle Ornette Coleman?

By Sam Prestianni

Published: March 31, 2004

Joshua Redman's five-year stint as artistic director for SFJAZZ's spring season has turned out to be a sweet gig. Not only does the celebrated saxophonist now have the clout to book an...

Reviewed

Louie Vega

Elements of Life

By Tamara Palmer

Published: March 31, 2004

Louie Vega's musical journey to maturity has been an extensive tour of self-discovery. Vega broke out as a teenage DJ in the Bronx Latin-freestyle scene of the '80s (notably remixing the classic...

Reviewed

Xiu Xiu

Fabulous Muscles

By Garrett Kamps

Published: March 31, 2004

The first thing you hear when you put on Fabulous Muscles , the third full-length from Oakland's Xiu Xiu, is a couple of giggly synths burbling over skittish drumming. It sounds like tweaky circus...

OK Then

A Star Is Torn

Lamenting Joanna Newsom and crying over Kris Kristofferson at SXSW

By Garrett Kamps

Published: March 31, 2004

Hold your breath and close your eyes: This is a column about South by Southwest. Before you go wiping your ass with this page, though, hear this: I assure you this will not be another blow-by-blow,...

House of Tudor

House of Tudor

Celebrate the Holy Fool at the St. Stupid's Day Parade, and foolishness with Les Sans Culottes

By Silke Tudor

Published: March 31, 2004

Prepare the squeaky eggs and squirting noses, ready the wheeled persimmons and winged luffas. All Fools' Day is upon us, and a fine time it is. Still unclaimed by commerce and unreformed by...

Hear This

Hear This

A bite-sized installment of the large (and no doubt geek-laden) celebration of synth

By Tamara Palmer

Published: March 31, 2004

It's tough to imagine the modern musical world had Robert Moog not invented his analog synthesizers, which celebrate their 50th birthday this year. Moog's machines offered computerized...

BeatBox

BeatBox

Get "crunk" with DJs who love risqué content as much as they do booming bass

By Tamara Palmer

Published: March 31, 2004

Producer Li'l Jon gets Usher crunk'd with the current pop hit "Yeah!" But local monthly club night "Whoride!" promises something even stranger than the smooth R&B; singer adopting the dirty...

Eat

The Way We Eat Now

From tapas to takeout: an odyssey through the new grazing

By Meredith Brody

Published: March 31, 2004

I used to wish I'd been invited to a banquet M.F.K. Fisher wrote about, typical of the Victorian era (indeed, one served to Queen Victoria herself): "... two services -- the first consisting of...

Social Grace

A Slippery Slope

When you dish dirt, you get a little bit dirty yourself

By Social Grace

Published: March 31, 2004

Dear Social Grace, I have a "How do you two know each other?" type of etiquette question for you. I've been very close friends with a young gentleman for at least three years now. We had been...

Film

Kill Wil

Lone Scherfig yanks our chains with a darkly comic meditation on love and suicide

By Bill Gallo

Published: March 31, 2004

Suicide made merry. Brotherly devotion tinged with carnal deceit. Personal tragedy transformed by malicious humor. These are some of the oil-and-water notions advanced by Lone Scherfig's Wilbur ,...

Film

Crouching Forward, Hidden Goalie

Stephen Chow's kung fu soccer spoof is fun, sort of

By Melissa Levine

Published: March 31, 2004

If you've seen a movie at a Landmark theater in the past year or so, you've probably enjoyed the trailer for Shaolin Soccer . Over a lilting Asian flute that morphs into pounding percussion,...

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Published: March 31, 2004

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 admission;...

Night&Day;

R.I.P. JMJ

A hip hop happening in honor of the late, lamented Jam Master Jay

By Hiya Swanhuyser

Published: March 31, 2004

He'll be remembered for his positive attitude, his incredible musical skill, and, of course, his Adidas. But we don't mean to sound flip. Run-D.M.C. DJ Jam Master Jay was shot two years ago in his...

Night&Day;

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Published: March 31, 2004

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Many artists take their creative inspiration from verdant landscapes, starry skies, or hot-looking naked people. But local painter Mary Snowden's stimuli are decidedly...

Night&Day;

Bamboo Nation

Hawaiian-print shirts, flaming cocktails -- who can resist the Tiki Bar Crawl?

By Jane Tunks

Published: March 31, 2004

The resurgence of tiki culture fulfills many needs. It gives enthusiasts an excuse to wear vintage Hawaiian-print shirts, indulge in early-'60s nostalgia, and quench their insatiable desire for...