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Out of the Shadow

The DJ who works out of S.F. has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique. Find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by a local hyphy sound.

By Eric K. Arnold

Published: September 13, 2006

Getting a face-to-face interview with DJ Shadow is, well, a somewhat shadowy pursuit. Weeks of tersely worded e-mail communiques with his New York City-based publicist finally resulted in a...

Matt Smith

Dopey Bid

A close, unflattering look at San Francisco's prospective Olympic Games dance partner

By Matt Smith

Published: September 13, 2006

It's fair to say our mayor has taken up with sleazy types in the past. Secretive moneybags behind favored development deals, and behind campaign hit pieces, are a couple that come to mind. Recent...

The Apologist

I Spy a Scandal

Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard is reeling, under investigation for invading the privacy of journalists and its own board members. Do you see a way out for the computing giant?

By Matt Palmquist

Published: September 13, 2006

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer last week opened an investigation into Hewlett-Packard, charging that its inquiry into press leaks of confidential information violated the privacy rights...

Sucka Free City

Hemp and Housing

By CATHERINE REED

Published: September 13, 2006

Last month my husband and I trekked from sunny Potrero Hill north to Solfest, not a medieval holiday but a conference organized by Real Goods in Hopland, to become informed about solar power,...

Sucka Free City

Clamor Shots

By Ron Russell

Published: September 13, 2006

What happens when an edgy, lefty quarterly magazine of culture and politics takes aim at one of America's hottest, hippest, most socially conscious purveyors of casual clothing? In this case,...

Sucka Free City

Drawing Restraint

By Frances Reade

Published: September 13, 2006

"I wish we'd smoked pot," one art student whispered to his companion as the class of San Francisco Art Institute grad students filed into the back entrance of SFMOMA last week. The class (and one...

Letters

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Published: September 13, 2006

Criminal Distinction Illegality makes it spicier: Ryan Blitstein's feature story "Writing His Future" [Sept. 6] includes the sentence " ... says Saber, painter of the largest work of spray...

Music

Share the Love

Two massive electronic music events, one small spotlight

By Tamara Palmer

Published: September 13, 2006

According to the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, business and leisure travelers are responsible for bringing more than $6.3 billion into San Francisco each year. Those polled cited...

Music

Lips Like Sugar

Honeycut sweetens soul-pop

By Toph One

Published: September 13, 2006

Much like Stonesthrow in Los Angeles, San Francisco's Quannum Projects is sailing into uncharted waters with its current releases. Both labels were once thought of as primarily all about hip hop...

Music

Never Mind the Oxygen Tanks, Here's Guns N' Roses

Five excuses to see Axl Rose's new band

By NEIL SHAH

Published: September 13, 2006

You're the type of person who gives someone a second chance (and a third, and a fourth). Many of you were probably traumatized by Axl's catastrophic (in his own words) appearance at the 2002 MTV...

Music

Diva Dumbdown

By Garrett Kamps

Published: September 13, 2006

Xtina, Paris, Jessica, and Beyonce have all just released records. Are you up to speed on your pop pabulum? 1) A "Freakum Dress" is: a) A song on Beyonce's new album b) Something Bill...

Let's Get Killed

Killing your idols and your enemies

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: September 13, 2006

At this point in the history of musical one-upmanship, it's no surprise that even respected artists can be catty motherfuckers when they feel someone's shaking their precious status perch. As the...

Reviewed

Motion Man

Pablito's Way

By Jonah Flicker

Published: September 13, 2006

From the dramatic opening strains of "Down for the Fight," where Motion Man exuberantly raps, "I live for this hip hop, I'm about to die for this hip hop," it's evident that the Bay Area MC's...

Reviewed

Ratatat

Classics

By Garrett Kamps

Published: September 13, 2006

One of these dudes is the touring guitarist for Dashboard Confessional. How kooky is that? Not as kooky as the jams you're gonna find on this record! The two boys in Ratatat go their own way, and...

Reviewed

The Nice Boys

The Nice Boys

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: September 13, 2006

The word "nice" is a milquetoast descriptor, conjuring images of scooting your way through life with a lot of pipsqueaked "Excuse me"s. Of course, there's the Guns N' Roses treatise on the subject,...

Bouncer

Guinea pigs are the new buffalo wings

By Katy St. Clair

Published: September 13, 2006

There are currently eight guinea pigs living in my house, the piercing squeaks from which would give even Krzysztof Penderecki pause. They reproduced, you see, as rodents are wont to do, and before...

Hear This

Payback's a cinch

By Nate Cavalleri, Jonah Flicker

Published: September 13, 2006

Bands come and bands go, and sometimes after they go, their members return in entirely new shapes. Singer Matt Suggs, formerly of lo-fi indie rockers Butterglory, has recruited parts of the...

BeatBox

Zion-I get "Paid" again

By Eric K. Arnold, Tamara Palmer, Johnathan Zwickel

Published: September 13, 2006

Influential industrial act Nitzer Ebb outsnarled one-time tourmates Depeche Mode in terms of intensity and groove, but it never had the same crossover success as its compatriots. Singer/shouter...

Eat

Feels Like Home to Me

More than a tasty pastry, the Bar Tartine is urbane, witty, and fits in nicely

By Meredith Brody

Published: September 13, 2006

Sometimes a place opens and from day one it's a hit; it fits into the landscape as if it had always been there. Just such a success was and is the iconic San Francisco bakery-cafe Tartine, beloved...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: September 13, 2006

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats @ sfweekly.com . Aslam's Rasoi: 1037 Valencia (between 21st and 22nd sts.), 695-0599, www.aslamsrasoi.com . Mission . Indian and Pakistani....