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No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

By Martin Kuz

Published: July 12, 2006

A wave of catchphrases and exclamation points washes up on one corner of Third Street and Palou Avenue. "Unconditional Amnesty for All!" "Black & Brown Unite!" "Free Mumia!" "Abolish the Racist...

Matt Smith

I Wish I'd Written That

Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

By Matt Smith

Published: July 12, 2006

A week ago last Monday, I rode down the elevator with a thin, short-haired reporter who wore a long-sleeved T-shirt, cotton pants, and a battered pair of cycling shoes. We were exiting a Downtown...

News

Off of Site, Out of Mind

A preacher and S.F. developers promised 20 affordable town homes in Bayview by Christmas 2003. Many families are still waiting.

By Ryan Blitstein

Published: July 12, 2006

What Gary Evans wants now, after years of promises and paperwork, are the keys to his house. In 2002, Evans and his wife Diane were approved for a town home in Bayview Hope Housing, a...

Sucka Free City

Welcome to the Neighborhood

By Frances Reade

Published: July 12, 2006

The nightclub Mighty is billing itself as "a hidden gem in the emerging So-MissPo district" — "SoMiss-Po" being a contraction of SOMA, Mission, and Potrero that has "emerged" as a district...

Sucka Free City

Hippie Puppy Chow

By Tamara Palmer

Published: July 12, 2006

Raw food restaurants usually get a bad rap for serving food that's artful but less than filling. An exception is Alive! in the Marina, which offers vegetarian morsels as substantial as they are...

Sucka Free City

Shelve This!

By Ben Westhoff

Published: July 12, 2006

James Chaffee hates the freaking San Francisco public library system. He thinks its collection sucks. Nothing gets his blood boiling like people who donate money to the group that raises funds for...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Published: July 12, 2006

In Al We Trust Too late to get smart: Matt Smith's article on environmental issues had some real truths in it about our pathetic attempts, both locally and nationally, to "save the planet."...

Music

Future-Funk Overlords

Gnarls Barkley test the One Ring theory

By Tony Ware

Published: July 12, 2006

Gnarls Barkley's debut single "Crazy" hit the Internet in late 2005 and was officially released in the U.K. last spring, reigning at No. 1 for nine weeks. The song — a honeyed, high-strung...

Music

An Open Letter to the Jaded Sonic Youth (Ex-) Fan

It's time to get Ripped

By Jonah Flicker

Published: July 12, 2006

Dear fading daydream nation, I know where you're at. You're fed up with Sonic Youth. You think the band has gone soft. You miss the signature guitar rave-ups of yesteryear. You're not feeling...

Music

Misc. Reviews

Heavy Metal Med Tent

By Frances Reade

Published: July 12, 2006

Rock Medicine has been tending to rock 'n' roll's side effects for 31 years. The all-volunteer outfit, an arm of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, initially formed to minister to acid casualties at...

Music

Shifty Kids

Playing detective with the Rakes

By Jonathan Zwickel

Published: July 12, 2006

Listening to Capture/Release, the full-length debut of Brit bonhomie quartet the Rakes, it's hard to nail down the band's M.O. Arty, fashionable post-punk? Literate, bookish noir rock?...

Let's Get Killed

Cosmic Wonder

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: July 12, 2006

Last month, the New York Times dropped heavy praise on a loosely framed sample of music hitting what one of my friends calls "the third ear." Writer Will Hermes heralded the freak-folk,...

Reviewed

Awol One 2MEX and Life Rexall

The War of Art ... Are $martyr

By Chris Ziegler

Published: July 12, 2006

Shape Shifter Awol One is maybe the most loved/hated MC in Southern California — hip hop's Forrest Gump or Crocus Behemoth, depending on which side of the slash you're on. War of Art finds...

Reviewed

Kid Beyond

Amplivate

By Jonathan Zwickel

Published: July 12, 2006

When I was 11 years old, quarantined at home with chicken pox, I learned a simple, important lesson: Watching Fourth of July fireworks on TV isn't nearly as ooh-ahh-inspiring as getting the full...

Reviewed

Mike Therieau

Living From a Suitcase (Well Worn Records)

By Nate Cavalieri

Published: July 12, 2006

The most exciting moments of Mike Therieau's debut collection come when the Oakland-based singer — a vet of The Loved Ones and Dave Gleason's Wasted Days — channels the ghosts of Muscle...

Hear This

Tenacious Trainwrecks and punk rock Spit-wads

By Mark Keresman, Jennifer Maerz, Sam Prestianni

Published: July 12, 2006

Seattle-via-Michigan punks the Spits have long been considered the Northwest's blue-collar DIY darlings. Lead by the wry Wood brothers (Sean and Erin), the band is rabble-rousing ready as it...

BeatBox

Viva la France dance

By Brock Keeling, Jennifer Maerz

Published: July 12, 2006

Small Sails don't just create ambient electronic soundtracks; they perform them with correlating cinematic footage for the full audio-visual experience. The Portland four-piece dreams up twee...

Eat

Nabe Faves

When you're in the mood for eating — rather than fine dining — we've got three new neighborhood ethnic spots for you

By Meredith Brody

Published: July 12, 2006

On a recent special edition of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations devoted to the baroque cuisine of Chef Ferran Adria at his El Bulli restaurant in Spain, Adria asked Bourdain if he was a diner or...

Eat

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: July 12, 2006

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . Ate: 995 North Point (at Polk), 409-6915. Russian Hill . Mediterranean fusion. Cha-Ya: 762 Valencia (at 19th St.), 252-7825....

Film

Turkish Delight

Crossing the Bridge explores music where East meets West

By Bill Gallo

Published: July 12, 2006

The strategically crucial Eurasian city now called Istanbul (population: 13 million, and growing by 700,000 a year) has had its share of upheaval over the centuries. It was conquered by Alexander...