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Pay to Play

The son of a world—renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry. The feds say he wanted to get rich quick.

By Martin Kuz

Published: February 7, 2007

The black BMW knifed south on Interstate 5 toward a destination both known and unknown to Daniel David. As a simple matter of geography, he understood where he was headed — a federal...

Matt Smith

Par for the Course

Give away city golf courses? Yet another scheme to take public property and put it into private hands without much oversight.

By Matt Smith

Published: February 7, 2007

I know what some of you are thinking: "Cool, San Francisco has a white Marion Barry." But I urge you to reconsider. To begin with, Gavin Newsom has merely been shown to have slept with a senior...

News

That Is High

Medical marijuana smokers face a 1,000-percent increase in cost of state ID card, which could force its demise

By Eliza Strickland

Published: February 7, 2007

A veteran who said she had Gulf War Syndrome sat next to a woman who complained of damaged disks in her back; an HIV-positive man talked to a woman with a seizure disorder. Potent smoke swirled...

Sucka Free City

Face It

By Will Harper

Published: February 7, 2007

Now that Nancy Pelosi is the face of the Democratic Party, we couldn't help but wonder about ... her face. The 66-year-old grandmother looks perpetually startled, and when she smiles it looks as if...

Sucka Free City

Sounds of Silence

By KATHLEEN RICHARDS

Published: February 7, 2007

When San Francisco conceptual artist Jonathon Keats came up with an idea for an unusual cellphone ringtone, he set up a pitch meeting with John Doffing, CEO of Start Mobile, which specializes in...

Sucka Free City

Ill-Conceived Law

By Eliza Strickland

Published: February 7, 2007

It just got easier for San Franciscans with the sniffles to stay home in bed, slurping orange juice and watching Seinfeld reruns. The paid sick leave ordinance that voters approved in November...

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Week of 2-7-07

Published: February 7, 2007

Justice Contorted Our criminal cover girl: I can't believe you made a news story about Jade-Blue Eclipse and how she has stolen the identity of a dead girl ["A Twisted Tale," Jan. 24]. A...

Music

Producer, Remixer, MC

Oakland triple-threat Trackademicks does it all

By Eric K. Arnold

Published: February 7, 2007

"Everyone's looking for that new, new provocative music. A lot of people are still looking at hip hop. You can't look in the same places." So says Trackademicks, an Oakland resident (and Alameda...

Music

Class Is in Session

Social Studies makes schooling fun

By Dan Strachota

Published: February 7, 2007

Sometimes songs are like jokes: They lose their power when you try to explain them. That's why I'm hesitant to ask Natalia Rogovin, keyboardist and main singer for local quartet Social Studies,...

Music

Satanic Verses

Demon Days offers bright tunes for dark times

By Tamara Palmer

Published: February 7, 2007

Detroiter Carl Craig is not only one of the most popular techno DJs/producers, but he's also an architect of the genre. Under his own name as well as aliases like Paperclip People, Innerzone...

Let's Get Killed

Erratic behavior makes the heart grow fonder

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: February 7, 2007

As a fervent underground music fan, you occasionally give temperamental artists slack in hopes of getting back something extra down the line. Neither Jennifer Herrema nor Ariel Pink are what I'd...

Reviewed

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul (Barsuk)

Nate Cavalieri

Published: February 7, 2007

The problem with the fourth record from Jesse Sykes isn't her ample talents for penning a maudlin phrase or vocalizing thoughts in a breathy, dramatic manner. In fact, her wavering sandpaper alto...

Reviewed

The Affair

Yes Yes to You (Absolutely Kosher)

Mark Keresman

Published: February 7, 2007

As in any field of endeavor, certain cliches arise around women in music. If they're singing rock 'n' roll, those stereotypes include: tuff chick/wild woman out of control, naif/waif, tortured...

Reviewed

Anagram

The Lights Went Up (Scenery)

Dan Strachota

Published: February 7, 2007

Sometimes I'm amazed that there are 20 local knockoff versions of one artist (say, Queen), and not one of another. Where's the Berkeley Gnarls Barkley, the Redding Radiohead, the Healdsburg version...

Reviewed

Flying Canyon

Flying Canyon (Soft Abuse)

Justin F. Farrar

Published: February 7, 2007

Singer-songwriter Cayce Lindner sports a thick gray beard, calls Northern California home, and plucks an acoustic guitar. This means most music writers are gonna describe his new project, Flying...

Reviewed

Various Artists

A Date With John Waters (New Line Records)

Ed Masley

Published: February 7, 2007

He's already had his way with Christmas, but has any holiday come closer to practically begging for a John Waters mixtape than Valentine's Day? OK, not counting Mother's Day. The director delivers...

Hear This

Salsa goes electro with Los Amigos Invisibles

By Mark Keresman, Tamara Palmer, Dave Pehling

Published: February 7, 2007

Alt-country music fans may know him better as the comically gaunt member of Slim Cessna's Auto Club — who serves as deadpan vocal foil to lead singer Slim's cowpunk Baptist preacher — but...

BeatBox

RIP Disco D

Brock Keeling, Tamara Palmer

Published: February 7, 2007

Felix Stallings of Chicago is better known as Felix da Housecat , international jet-setting DJ, pal of Diddy, and creator of deliciously sinister house and electro songs that alternate between...

Eat

A Good Steak Conquers All

Bradley Ogden's newest place offers some excellent food, but watch out for the server, Mr. X

By Meredith Brody

Published: February 7, 2007

The most important component to me of a restaurant is its food, more than its location, decor, or service. I'm happiest, of course, when all four meld into a seamlessly pleasant experience, but...

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Published: February 7, 2007

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats . Amélie: 1754 Polk (at Washington), 292-6916, www.ameliesf.com . Nob Hill . Wine bar, small...