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A Gem of a Caper

Bags of jewels stolen. Two brothers in custody. The store owner implicated. Who done it?

By Martin Kuz

Published: April 26, 2006

Someone or something inside Lang Fine Estate Jewelers tripped an alarm at 11:17 p.m. Police officers responded and peered into the darkened showroom. It looked empty, undisturbed. They left....

Matt Smith

Bank of Indifference

Just try getting a little sympathy for a disabled woman when some dollars are at stake

By Matt Smith

Published: April 26, 2006

Kathy Brown, 63, a legally blind, wheelchair-borne former Richmond District shopkeeper, is not ordinarily one to complain. "Talk to me, dear," she said last week, when I interrupted a doctor's...

The Apologist

Ready to Rumble

It's the 100-year anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. Are you a fan of all the hoopla? Take our quiz and see.

By Matt Palmquist

Published: April 26, 2006

Have you heard? The great San Francisco earthquake hit at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, and the past several weeks have seen the city "celebrate" the centennial anniversary with a mixture...

Sucka Free City

Ask a Track Bike!

By Ephraim the Track Bike

Published: April 26, 2006

Hi everyone! Welcome to my tri-weekly advice column, wherein I answer loyal readers' questions about the anomalous habits of San Francisco's track-bike-riding hipster cognoscenti. Three weeks ago I...

Sucka Free City

Methodist Acting

By Matt Smith

Published: April 26, 2006

When gay families from San Francisco and elsewhere lined up outside the White House lawn last week to participate in the president's annual Easter egg hunt, hundreds of newspapers picked up the...

Sucka Free City

I Was an Online Mother, Part 3

By Chris Dahlen

Published: April 26, 2006

Editor's Note: On March 27 Chris Dahlen became pregnant. In this three-part series, we follow his story. Incidentally, Dahlen's story takes place within the "multiverse" Second Life , a massively...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Published: April 26, 2006

Drivers Wanted Oh, let's just have a drive-through museum: I can't tell you how much I disagree with Matt Smith's assessment of Saturday closure and the reasons why institutions in Golden...

Music

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

By Andy Beta

Published: April 26, 2006

TV on the Radio was initially swept into the general hype for the revitalized New York rock scene, but the band quickly scaled to its forefront. Punctuated by a devastating a capella cover of the...

Music

Slice 'n' Dice

Coldcut reexamines its roots

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published: April 26, 2006

At the outset of their music career, nearly 20 years ago, Jonathan More and Matt Black — the now-fortysomething Londoners collectively known as Coldcut — were all about mainstream...

Music

Let's Get Physical

Bus Station John spins rare vinyl into golden opportunities

By Brock Keeling

Published: April 26, 2006

"You can be a mess here," DJ Bus Station John says as the bartender serves up another round at Aunt Charlie's Lounge. Having helped revive the sleazy and sexually charged gay club scene in San...

Music

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Voices From the Frontline

By Nate Cavalieri

Published: April 26, 2006

"Any sins that I committed, I have to answer to God," raps Anthony Alvin Hodge, the 22-year-old Marine corporal who rhymes as Amp. Out of context, Hodge's sentiment is a near cliche of tough-guy...

Let's Get Killed

Gettin' hooked in a Flash

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: April 26, 2006

Goddamn this never-ending winter. I'm so ready for spring to break sloppy loose on this city like a teenager after a tequila-shooting contest. In the words of The Flash Express , "Let's rock this...

Reviewed

Mates of State

Bring It Back

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published: April 26, 2006

Nick & Jessica, Eminem & Kim, Lindsay & whomever ... jeepers, isn't there one celebrity couple around that can keep their shit together for the long haul? Oh right, there's Connecticut lovebirds...

Reviewed

Sunset Rubdown

Shut Up I Am Dreaming

By Garrett Kamps

Published: April 26, 2006

In a perfect world, side projects would be judged independent of project-projects. But this ain't a perfect world, so Spencer Krug's Sunset Rubdown is just going to have to deal with living in the...

Reviewed

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Show Your Bones

By EVERETT TRUE

Published: April 26, 2006

It's been four years since the explosion of sex and stamina and noise and growling guitars that was Fever to Tell burst out of the art lofts of Williamsburg. Four years of touring, of breakdowns,...

Bouncer

Keep your bumper stickers off my lifestyle

By Katy St. Clair

Published: April 26, 2006

I have some great ideas for bumper stickers. First, there is my George Bush-themed line. Picture if you will the familiar "W" sticker on the backs of Hummers in Marin. Make one just like that, only...

Hear This

Love is blind

By Adam Bregman, Chris Coomey, Michele Laudig, Jennifer Maerz

Published: April 26, 2006

This past year and a half has felt like a new dawn for extreme vocal histrionics, as indie acts like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Spinto Band showcase frontmen tweaking and torturing their knotted...

BeatBox

Dhamaal celebrates lucky number seven

By Tamara Palmer, Eric K. Arnold

Published: April 26, 2006

Since moving to San Francisco in 2002, one-man-band the Genie (AKA Luis Monterrosa) has collaborated with like-minded, difficult-to-pin-down singers, DJs, MCs, and producers who blur the...

Eat

Au Bon Coin

A welcoming French restaurant that feels like a few hours in Paris

By Meredith Brody

Published: April 26, 2006

There are a few days a year that, as the saying goes, I don't even think about going out to eat, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day being the two that first spring to mind. (Special Valentine's Day...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: April 26, 2006

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . Abigail's Bakery and Cafe: 2120 Greenwich (at Fillmore), 929-8889. Marina . California bistro, brunch. Amina's Pizzeria: 655...