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Street Shuffle

Gavin Newsom's push to move the "chronic" homeless into supportive housing has made him the darling of the Bush administration's homelessness czar. But is there enough money to make it work?

By Ron Russell

Published: June 16, 2004

There's a hint of triumph in his voice when Eric Jaye, who coined the term "Care Not Cash," talks about the homelessness initiative credited with getting Gavin Newsom elected as San Francisco's...

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Finding His Niche

Steve Bingham, a famously exonerated ex-fugitive who advocates for the poor, helps lead the charge against Care Not Cash

By Ron Russell

Published: June 16, 2004

It's Monday afternoon and Steve Bingham is already worried about the way his busy week is shaping up. "You see this stack of papers," he says, pointing to the Spartan desk in his cubbyhole office...

Matt Smith

Tower Inferno

Mayor Newsom aids a developer at the apparent expense of the Transbay Terminal project, raising a question: Is the new boss just like the old boss?

By Matt Smith

Published: June 16, 2004

You may already have read about a public tug of war between a developer who wants to build a downtown condominium tower and a governmental entity that's planning the nearly $3 billion redevelopment...

Night Crawler

Voilà – the Magic Castle

Where only magicians – and their special friends – are allowed

By Silke Tudor

Published: June 16, 2004

Despite the well-manicured bushes and steep driveway, the pale Victorian cupolas can be seen from Franklin Boulevard, framed by palm trees, rising against the foot of the Hollywood hills. At night,...

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

We're thankful Café Gratitude is so easy to mock. Also: The Examiner is hiring!

Overheard by Matt Palmquist

Published: June 16, 2004

Someone Get Milton Bradley on the Phone Like mothers who move their fine china to a top shelf when a toddler comes to play, our friends often keep the things most sacred to them far, far away...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Published: June 16, 2004

Against Balls We're sorry for being such a bunch of dicks: I am compelled to object to your use of the word "balls" -- as in testicles -- to suggest strength, wit, and courage, as you did...

Music

Sonny's Days

In which we meet a donkey, some crows, and Sonny Smith, who is not a folk singer

By Nate Cavalieri

Published: June 16, 2004

We're in a stark, cheap motel room with a view of the desert, a place with faded blue plaster walls and a vibrating bed with a quarter slot. The scratchy soundtrack -- a Bakersfield-country guitar...

Music

The No-Sin Zone

Kaskade's Mormon faith doesn't prevent him from being one of the most in-demand house DJs around

By Michael Roberts

Published: June 16, 2004

Ryan Raddon, who records under the name Kaskade, isn't a typical superstar DJ. For one thing, he schedules a late-May interview for 9 a.m., a time when most in-demand turntable manipulators are...

Reviewed

Crushed Velvet: Velvet Revolver

Contraband

By Paxil Rose

Published: June 16, 2004

Dear Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Here is my treatment for a future advertisement: We start with a close-up of a hot, butter-coated FRYING PAN. There is NO SOUND. We see two hands crack a...

Reviewed

Beastie Boys

To the 5 Boroughs

By Sam Chennault

Published: June 16, 2004

After a six-year hiatus, the Beastie Boys return with To the 5 Boroughs and alternately position themselves as pop-culture bottom feeders and political pedants. While anti-Bush screeds "That's It...

Reviewed

Various Artists

Shanti Project Collection 3

By Charlie Amter

Published: June 16, 2004

Here is a golden opportunity for frequent downloaders to atone for past sins. As it did with the first two collections in this series, Badman Recordings is giving a portion of the sales from this...

Reviewed

The Helio Sequence

Love and Distance

By Rachel Devitt

Published: June 16, 2004

The whole of Love and Distance , the third full-length album from Portland-based two-man outfit the Helio Sequence, smacks of church. The opening track, "Harmonica Song," with its electronic bass...

Reviewed

Secret Machines

Now Here Is Nowhere

By Abigail Clouseau

Published: June 16, 2004

Under an outdoor party tent at this year's SXSW, the Secret Machines played way longer than their allotted set time. The stage manager didn't have the heart to stop them though, because he knew it...

Reviewed

Bad Religion

The Empire Strikes First

By Nate Cavalieri

Published: June 16, 2004

Notable tele-psychiatrist Dr. Phil McGraw asserts that we all have destructive emotional characteristics in our personalities, which he calls "bad spirits." Below are some of Dr. Phil's "bad...

Reviewed

Architecture in Helsinki

Fingers Crossed

By Dan Strachota

Published: June 16, 2004

Take a high school band from suburban Australia, lock it in a recording studio with records by Belle & Sebastian, Brigitte Bardot, and the Beach Boys, then give its members only sugary snacks to...

Reviewed

Passage

The Forcefield Kids

By Rachel Devitt

Published: June 16, 2004

At times, The Forcefield Kids , the first solo album from Passage, wanders dangerously close to the inaccessibility that has plagued so many an Anticon release: some cerebral yet sterile...

OK Then

Booty Count

Which is the sexier video: "Toxic" or "Hot for Teacher"?

By Garrett Kamps

Published: June 16, 2004

Click on link to view pdf.

House of Tudor

House of Tudor

If you think that poo isn't sexy, you haven't heard Kitten on the Keys sing about hers.

By Silke Tudor

Published: June 16, 2004

Cute, kicky, irrepressible, irresistible, licentious, lewd, dizzy, delightful -- that's Kitten on the Keys . It's been a couple of years since the Lollies' utterly go-going-gone-are-her-panties...

Hear This

Hear This

Featuring a conversation between Jakob and Bob Dylan, and a few words about Nick Drake

By Dan Strachota

Published: June 16, 2004

Bob: "Look, son, by the time I was your age I had already released a ton of records and toured the world a million times." Jakob: "Yeah, Dad, but things are different now. I tried to follow in...

BeatBox

BeatBox

Get to "Wrasslin'" at Powerhouse, experience the "Deep House Project" at Wish, and sing the Tenderloft's swan song at "Dishonorable Discharge"

By Nate Cavalieri/Brock Keeling

Published: June 16, 2004

Now that lurid sex acts have been (sort of) banned in the backroom of Powerhouse (as well as at all other SOMA bars after a recent bust at My Place), the venue's "Wrasslin'" night is the next...