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Offensive Line

Numbers guy and Stanford MBA Paraag Marathe has become a scapegoat for the 49ers' failure, but he's really the future of the NFL

By Tommy Craggs

Published: December 28, 2005

Down on the turf of Monster Park, the supposed face of everything wrong with the San Francisco 49ers is hidden behind a pair of Ray-Bans, half-watching as the collection of undervalued assets and...

Matt Smith

Keep It Really Real

Willie Brown acknowledges his cronies fed at the city trough? Now that's funny.

By Matt Smith

Published: December 28, 2005

Did you hear the joke about the comic with a radio talk show called Keeping It Real , whose co-host is political-payola-kingpin Willie Brown? The comedian got things started by riffing on how it's...

Infiltrator

Moonbat Is on the Air

Conservative radio host tries to teach Infiltrator rules of right-wing punditry

By Harmon Leon

Published: December 28, 2005

You have to listen for the love on those right-wing talk radio shows where the hosts end up screaming at their invited guests like an angry child with a broken Xbox on Christmas morning. But there...

Dog Bites

The Chronicles of Ridicule

Only the San Francisco Chronicle makes so many mistakes that it is forced to waste paper partaking in meta-meta-journalism

Overheard by Matt Palmquist

Published: December 28, 2005

Back in October, the Chronicle ran a cheery little piece advertising an event at UC Berkeley, where a trio of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" writers -- who happened to have graduate degrees in...

Music

Party Like It's 2006

On New Year's Eve disappointment waits around every corner, so follow these tips for partying hearty.

By Brock Keeling

Published: December 28, 2005

New Year's Eve is a lot like spending a semester abroad. You're not sure what to expect, and yet you have expectations. You hope that maybe, at last, the night will spark that passionate romance...

Reviewed

Rodd Keith

Saucers in the Sky

By Justin F. Farrar

Published: December 28, 2005

In the early '70s, Rodd Keith was a deadbeat dad who fled his Pentecostal life in Michigan for Hollywood. There, he regularly devoured PCP, claimed he was "God's chosen," and composed hundreds of...

Reviewed

Ryan Adams

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By Rossiter Drake

Published: December 28, 2005

Ryan Adams fans may be feeling a bit overwhelmed. While the former Whiskeytown frontman has bragged about his prolific songwriting binges and the hours of unreleased tracks lining his studio...

Reviewed

31Knots

Talk Like Blood

By Chris Dahlen

Published: December 28, 2005

Like truants and delinquents at military school, the men of 31Knots roar with frustration, but they never lose their discipline. The wiry trio strikes a good balance between emo and math rock, with...

Reviewed

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester

Farewell Aldebaran

By Justin F. Farrar

Published: December 28, 2005

In the late '60s, Warner Bros. formed this subsidiary, Straight Records, in order to release albums by that maestro of scatological art-rock Frank Zappa, as well as an assortment of visionaries and...

OK Then

A&R; Q&A;

Never mind the guys in Wolf Parade, here's an interview with their A&R; guy

By Garrett Kamps

Published: December 28, 2005

Wolf Parade was without question one of 2005's best discoveries. As the latest phenomenon in the seemingly endless procession (pardon the pun) of top-shelf indie rock bands from Montreal, the...

Bouncer

I Wanna Be Adored

In search of recognition at the Argus Lounge

By Katy St. Clair

Published: December 28, 2005

Let us now discuss recognition. The end of the year is a time for it: top 10 lists, thank-you notes, bonuses, gift certificates to Outback Steakhouse, and herpes flare-ups (the gift that keeps on...

Hear This

On New Year's, the Supersuckers prescribe booze and babes; Les Claypool will be serving sandwiches

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published: December 28, 2005

So your New Year's Eve plans to drop acid and watch Dick Clark's face melt on live TV fell through, eh? Fret not, because local loony Les Claypool is bringing his equally brain-fucking...

BeatBox

Tortured Soul makes house music live music; the Soft Pink Truth serves up electro versions of punk and hardcore

By Tamara Palmer

Published: December 28, 2005

House is not typically thought of as organic, live music, but New York's Tortured Soul puts a wrinkle in that notion. The five-year-old trio (John-Christian Urich, Ethan White, and Jason...

Eat

An Ideal Meal

Assemble your own from a buffet of the year's best dishes

By Meredith Brody

Published: December 28, 2005

Since the superb editor Adam Moss took over New York magazine, there's been a cute little addition to the restaurant reviews. Tucked into the box at the end of the piece that contains hours and...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: December 28, 2005

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . Ame: 689 Mission (at Third St., in the St. Regis Hotel), 284-4040, www.amerestaurant.com . South of Market . Seasonal new American....

Film

The Reel Truth

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say, Puh-lease.

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: December 28, 2005

If you go to Rotten Tomatoes, the Web site that compiles more than 100 film critics' reviews each week, you will find at the top of the "Certified Fresh" list a single movie that was the very...

Reps Etc.

Repertory Film Listings

Published: December 28, 2005

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;...

Art

Freeze Frame

Alex Kanevsky's paintings tell a story about how we capture time and truth

By Sharon Mizota

Published: December 28, 2005

Every few decades, painting dies. Thankfully, painters are a resourceful bunch. With the advent of photography in the late 1800s, they abandoned verisimilitude for abstraction. When abstraction...

Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

Published: December 28, 2005

"Beaut Brute." Al Pacino's Scarface would approve. Taro Hattori's latest installation is a gangster's dream décor. The walls are lined with a row of assault rifles painstakingly...

Art

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

Published: December 28, 2005

"Beaut Brute." Al Pacino's Scarface would approve. Taro Hattori's latest installation is a gangster's dream décor. The walls are lined with a row of assault rifles painstakingly...