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Hustle & Flow

He can defend and fly with the best of them. But can the rookie straight out of high school stick in the NBA?

By Martin Kuz

Published: March 8, 2006

Seven seconds remain in the second quarter of a game against Portland when Golden State guard Derek Fisher clanks a three-pointer. A Trail Blazers forward snags the rebound and passes to teammate...

Matt Smith

The Free Press

When do gifts to journalists turn into a conflict of interest? When a New York Times writer gets his computer repaired.

By Matt Smith

Published: March 8, 2006

I was working on my laptop last week when it suddenly appeared: the dreaded spinning pinwheel of death. It's a multicolored rotating ball that signifies one's Apple computer has momentarily frozen....

Matt Smith

Missed Connection

The multiuse Transbay Terminal project may have shrunk into a really expensive bus station

By Matt Smith

Published: March 8, 2006

To hear AC Transit President Greg Harper tell it, Mayor Gavin Newsom and his underlings are cooking up a conspiracy to commit chicanery on the city's behalf. "They look at it as if they can just...

News

Not for Sale by Owner

Visitacion Valley might have its dream transit village in a few years, if only Ingersoll-Rand will get out of the way

By Ryan Blitstein

Published: March 8, 2006

In San Francisco's poorer neighborhoods, when most folks hear the word "developer," their ears perk up, and impromptu armies of residents form to fight against gentrification and to protect their...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Published: March 8, 2006

Slogan Cheering and Jeering Takes one to know one: SF Weekly and Ms. Hegranes seem to employ some of the same tactics as we social marketeers when presenting the "Sloganeering" article...

Music

Hocus-Pocus

With its somber sophomore record, Elefant shows its sleight of hand

By Jonathan Garrett

Published: March 8, 2006

Honesty and rock 'n' roll have always enjoyed an uneasy truce. For every group that bleeds sincerity there's another that revels in absurdity. Elefant, fronted by the purposely flamboyant Diego...

Music

A Star Is Born

Strange things happen when actors sing

By Kristyn Pomranz

Published: March 8, 2006

In the wake of Jamie Foxx's Billboard -chart-topping Unpredictable and Sex and the City hunk John Corbett's solo album, it's easy to forget where the actor-turned-singer phenomenon truly...

Music

Hairy Hippies Rule

Stephen McBean makes love, war, and Mountaintops

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: March 8, 2006

It doesn't take a club full of forest nymphs in potato sacks to understand that the earth-rocking neo-hippie has gained prominence in the modern music world. The loose rhythms and languid melodies...

Music

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Nardwuar the Human Serviette's new DVD.

By Dan Strachota

Published: March 8, 2006

Long before Ali G, there was Nardwuar the Human Serviette, a very peculiar Vancouver DJ and musician who peppered interview subjects with oddball questions in a squeaky, adenoidal voice, all the...

Music

Burning Down the House

The Spinto Band sparks a buzz brush-fire

By Maya Kroth

Published: March 8, 2006

At a time when Modest Mouse has a song in the Top 40 and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah sells out whole tours in mere minutes, it's clear that indie-rock singers with odd vocal inflections are...

Reviewed

Latrice

Illuminate

By Tamara Palmer

Published: March 8, 2006

San Francisco's Latrice Barnett isn't the typical house music diva: She is a multi-instrumentalist who has played bass in funk bands and on tracks by Oakland hip hop crew Hieroglyphics. For her...

Reviewed

Ghostigital

In Cod We Trust

By Mark Keresman

Published: March 8, 2006

Ghostigital is more a concept than a literal band. At its core are ex-Sugarcubes vocalist Einar Örn and digital/tape-delay wizard Curver, plus several contributors (including underground hip...

Reviewed

Public Enemy Featuring Paris

Rebirth of a Nation

By Mosi Reeves

Published: March 8, 2006

Rebirth of a Nation is a return to form for Public Enemy in unexpected ways. It's something of a chop session led by the Bay Area rapper Paris -- whose trademark deep, rippling bass grooves...

Reviewed

Dir en grey

Withering to Death

By Dave Pehling

Published: March 8, 2006

Japanese musical exports armed with experimental hard rock or punk sounds usually have strong ties to their native underground scene. Not so with gothic industrial-metalers Dir en grey. Formed in...

Reviewed

Chicago Underground Duo

In Praise of Shadows

By Mosi Reeves

Published: March 8, 2006

Nearly a decade ago, trumpeter Rob Mazurek's Chicago Underground project sought to bring avant-garde jazz to the mainstream via the Windy City's Thrill Jockey Records, then one of the country's...

Hear This

Smash your head on the noise rock; Another! Big! Buzz! Band!

By Maya Kroth, Jennifer Maerz, Dan Strachota

Published: March 8, 2006

Drum 'n' bass means something different in the noise-rock world than in the electronic world. This disparity is especially true when discussing San Francisco's boulder-weight Burmese , a...

BeatBox

She blinded me with Dirty South science; Mess around with old soul and the Castro

By Tamara Palmer, Brock Keeling

Published: March 8, 2006

For well over a decade, U.K. expatriate Thomas "Dolby" Robertson has been a trailblazer in bringing music to the Internet (which would sound sort of absurd if it wasn't the truth). He also...

Eat

The French Quarter

Two restaurants from the same part of the world colonize Mission District corners

By Meredith Brody

Published: March 8, 2006

Despite its promising provenance (based on the book by Anthony Bourdain, created by Darren " Sex and the City " Star, and starring a host of cute guys), Kitchen Confidential , the Fox television...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: March 8, 2006

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . (415) Asian Restaurant & Lounge: 415 Presidio (at Sacramento), 409-0400. Pacific Heights . Pan-Asian, sushi. Be My Guest Thai...

Film

Nowhere Man

What happens when a person forgets who he is? Like, really forgets?

By Melissa Levine

Published: March 8, 2006

The brain is a beguiling thing. One evening, you're talking to a friend on the phone. Sometime later, you find yourself in a subway car, passing through an urban landscape. You don't recognize the...