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Zion I

Hip hop's hope for uniting the underground and the streets

By Ross Viator

Published: October 19, 2005

On a warm Indian summer night, I wind my way through East Oakland's Jingle Town neighborhood and pull into Studio 880, a labyrinthine complex that's home to a video editing company, a graphic...

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Parchman Farm

Mining San Francisco's psych-rock past to forge a bright new future

By Justin F. Farrar

Published: October 19, 2005

A Bud draft will cost you six fucking dollars at Conversations, the thoroughly unspectacular cocktail lounge tucked inside the Holiday Inn on Eighth Street between Market and Mission, not that this...

Feature

Rogue Wave

A grown-up indie-pop band emerges with a stunning sophomore album

By Katy St. Clair

Published: October 19, 2005

The Mama Buzz Cafe is the queen bee of Oakland's young underground art scene, an amber-glowing pocket in a long row of sketchy Oakland storefronts at the more run-down end of Telegraph Avenue. To...

Matt Smith

S.F. Hosing Authority

City government promised Katrina victims a haven, then it gave some of them the shaft

By Matt Smith

Published: October 19, 2005

Restaurant cook Tyra Huntley remembers waking up the morning after Hurricane Katrina, relieved to find the rains had stopped, the strong winds were dying down, and her children -- Tashara, John,...

The Apologist

Marina Dreaming

Is the revamped Polk Street an example of urban renewal, or another trendy spot for yuppies? Take quiz, find out!

By Matt Palmquist

Published: October 19, 2005

The lower Polk Street neighborhood has long been one of San Francisco's hippest -- and grittiest -- nightlife areas. The array of seedy dive bars tended to attract a colorful clientele -- plenty of...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Published: October 19, 2005

Moms Versus Tom What about thumb wrestling?: [Supervisor Tom] Ammiano might be playing a bigger role in the "Reefer-Ra" war than it first appears ["Reeferzilla Meets NIMBY-Ra," Matt Smith,...

Music

Jimi Eat World Saxophone Quartet

Why it makes perfect sense to find a jazz troupe playing Hendrix

By Sam Prestianni

Published: October 19, 2005

It's no wonder Jimi Hendrix killed himself with excess. His mercurial rise to fame and its debilitating pressures proved to be more than he could handle. At root, the legendary '60s guitarist seems...

Department of What The Fuck?

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post- O.C. universe

By Maya Kroth

Published: October 19, 2005

Last Chrismukkah, an entire generation did a double take when The O.C. 's resident indie geek, Seth Cohen, uttered the words "Death Cab for Cutie" on network television during prime time. A year...

Reviewed

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

Sam Machkovech

Published: October 19, 2005

In 2002, Broken Social Scene didn't have much to prove. Most members of the Toronto collective were already playing in other Canadian indie bands (Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think), and because...

Reviewed

Various Artists

Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack

By Maya Kroth

Published: October 19, 2005

I haven't played video games since, like, 1984, when it was all about freeway-hopping frogs and the Atari 2600, not Angelina Jolie in hot pants and deadbeat boyfriends fondling their joysticks....

Reviewed

Calexico/Iron & Wine

In the Reins

By Sam Prestianni

Published: October 19, 2005

This DIY release of In the Reins makes it official: Lite rock is the new indie cool. The seven-song collaboration between Tucson's sun-baked rootsy virtuosos Calexico, a borderland backing band...

Reviewed

Neo Camerata

Travels

By Mark Keresman

Published: October 19, 2005

Like the Kronos Quartet, Neo Camerata is a Bay Area- based chamber music ensemble ("small group," in rock lingo). And like Kronos, NC presents itself not in formal duds, but as a well-dressed...

Reviewed

Andy Bell

Electric Blue

By Tamara Palmer

Published: October 19, 2005

The synth-pop legends of Erasure can still sell out a week of shows in San Francisco or New York as swiftly as they did in their early-'90s heyday. But lead singer Andy Bell has apparently been...

OK Then

OK Then, Music Awards!

The biggest party thrown in celebration of local music all year

By Garrett Kamps

Published: October 19, 2005

In the marketing world -- in the world of those $600 cell phones you can text-message Bolivia on and offices that come complete with pingpong tables and fridges full of vitaminwater -- people like...

Bouncer

Do It Again, My Friend

Find out who's having the Best Day Ever at the bar in the Hyatt Regency

By Katy St. Clair

Published: October 19, 2005

Last week I had such a pleasant day, which I will refer to as "Joe's Dream Day." Joe is one of my favorite developmentally disabled clients. He is in his 60s, of Hispanic descent, and a bit on the...

Hear This

Chewy Marzolo's b-day and bands, Heavy Trash's wretched rock, and the return of goth pinups Bauhaus

By Tamara Palmer, Sam Prestianni

Published: October 19, 2005

Chewy Marzolo has to be one of the most versatile percussionists working in San Francisco. He's been a fixture in the rock scene here for nearly 20 years, beginning in the late '80s with hardcore...

BeatBox

Twenty-one DJs raise money for Katrina, Studio Z hosts "Castle: The Ultimate House," and "Non-Stop Bhangra" lives up to its name

By Tamara Palmer

Published: October 19, 2005

For almost two months, the Bay Area music scene has shown its concern and support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina with a steady stream of benefits and parties. Out here in earthquakeland, we...

Eat

Cinema Chow

Discovering the delights of DeLessio while searching for a good sandwich to take to a movie

By Meredith Brody

Published: October 19, 2005

"I love my cigar," Groucho famously told a couple on his quiz show who had 22 children, "but I take it out of my mouth once in a while." Well, I love to eat, but I find it helps to stop doing it...

Dish Enchanted

Heart and Soul

A Southern standby helps bring buzz back to the revitalized Octavia Boulevard

By Bonnie Wach

Published: October 19, 2005

This recent string of natural disasters has got me thinking about the enduring nature of places. Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods -- they have a funny way of blowing into town and wiping...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: October 19, 2005

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . Andrew Jaeger's House of Seafood & Jazz: 300 Columbus (at Broadway), 781-8222. North Beach . New Orleans Creole. Café de...