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SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Message to Newsom: Quit Attacking Me!

By John Geluardi

Published: March 5, 2008

Aaron Peskin walks into North Beach's legendary Caffe Trieste, wearing a natty olive suit and acting like he owns the place. Seven years after the neighborhood preservationist was elected to the...

Matt Smith

Gonzalez/Nader Hysteria

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

By Matt Smith

Published: March 5, 2008

In 1846, hard-drinking, red-eyed wildman Ezekiel "Stuttering Zeke" Merritt helped roust a few neighbors from their settlements in the upper Sacramento River Valley. They marched to the Bay Area...

Sucka Free City

San Francisco Patrol Special Police: Rent-a-Cops With Guns

By Ron Russell

Published: March 5, 2008

Back in November, Jonathan Rodgers was fresh off the streets and living in a single-room-occupancy hotel near Civic Center, courtesy of a city-sponsored program for the homeless. Although he says...

Sucka Free City

First Offender Prostitution Program Punishes Victimless Crime

By Benjamin Wachs

Published: March 5, 2008

San Francisco's First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP) has been copied in more than a dozen municipalities nationwide. But Supervisor Jake McGoldrick says we may need to make sure our own...

Sucka Free City

New Planning Director's Beau, Lance Farber, Sought by Washington Health Officials

By Ashley Harrell

Published: March 5, 2008

Unless you've been comatose for a week, you've probably heard that Lance Farber, the chiropractor and (ex-?) boyfriend of planning director John Rahaim, has been jailed after starting a fire in...

Letters

SF Weekly Letters

Published: March 5, 2008

Don-ward Spiral USF fouls out: Thank you, thank you, thank you! As a native and lifelong USF fan, and alum ('89), I have been frustrated with this current administration to the point of...

Reviewed

Why?

Alopecia (Anticon)

By Ben Westhoff

Published: March 5, 2008

The press release for Alopecia claims that Why? ringleader Yoni Wolf was inspired "as much by MF Doom and Lil' Wayne as J. Newsom and Big Dylan." I don't hear any of that, although the disc...

Music

Bing Ji Ling: from ice cream funk to tasty soul

By Ezra Gale

Published: March 5, 2008

The band onstage on this wet February night sticks out from the parade of earnest singer-songwriters who normally grace Rockwood Music Hall on New York's Lower East Side. The loose-knit four-piece...

Music

Bay Area Picks for SXSW

Edited By Jennifer Maerz

Published: March 5, 2008

South by Southwest is again upon us, which means the Bay Area's musicians, rappers, DJs, and experimentalists are filling up their gas tanks and heading south. Our loss is Austin's gain, though,...

Reviewed

Atlas Sound

Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky)

By Doug Wallen

Published: March 5, 2008

Before his powerhouse band Deerhunter went on hiatus last fall, Bradford Cox had already retreated into his bedroom to craft his solo debut as Atlas Sound. Even though he's assembled a band to...

Music

Janet takes control: Ms. Nasty is back in PVC chic

By Carol Cooper

Published: March 5, 2008

Sure, Madonna repeatedly toyed with BDSM in her videos, but she never publicly admitted to breast and genital piercings like Janet Jackson did. So, in case you weren't tipped off from the Velvet...

Reviewed

New Thrill Parade

Slumber in Colorland (Wonder Quest)

By John Garmon

Published: March 5, 2008

Although local act New Thrill Parade enjoys flaunting the "goth" tag, its music hardly conjures visions of languid youths seducing one another over a Sisters of Mercy soundtrack. Rather, the group...

Music

Round and Round: Boredoms perfect audience participation

By Mike Rowell

Published: March 5, 2008

On the numerically auspicious date of July 7, 2007, what may have been history's most elaborate drum circle took place in a park at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Organized by renowned Japanese...

Music

Other Minds music fest pushes aural limits

By Sam Prestianni

Published: March 5, 2008

In its mission statement, the San Francisco–based Other Minds organization proclaims its commitment "to the encouragement and propagation of contemporary music in all its forms." This is a...

Let's Get Killed

Girls Rock! hits nerves of the teen psyche variety

By Jennifer Maerz

Published: March 5, 2008

I'd like to think gender dynamics enter my work sphere as rarely as holiday bonuses do. I'm not a "female" music critic, just a music critic. I'm not keeping any quotas on boy acts vs. girl acts...

Bouncer

Eavesdropping Once Again: the codependents at Basil

By Katy St. Clair

Published: March 5, 2008

If there's gonna be sports on TV in a bar — and let's face it, there always is — then I can hope that it will at least be hockey. It's the only sport that really makes sense to me. A...

Hear This

Jeremy Jay: spare songs spotlight teen-idol vocals

By Ernest Barteldes, Doug Wallen, J. Pace

Published: March 5, 2008

With his colorful costumes, boogie-piano style, and distinctive growl, Dr. John embodies the spirit of his native New Orleans wherever he goes. The Louisiana Music Hall of Famer came to...

BeatBox

The truth hurts: Brother Ali should try his hand at failure

By Tamara Palmer, Peter Madsen

Published: March 5, 2008

Reaching the age of 15 is such a mammoth achievement in clubland that local promoters Spundae are planning two nights of festivities to celebrate. Spundae has championed the full spectrum of...

Eat

Chinese Import

The best (and cheapest) Shanghai-style food

By Meredith Brody

Published: March 5, 2008

San Francisco has a deserved reputation for excellent Asian restaurants, but a void was felt when the Shanghai-style restaurant Fountain Court on Clement closed, famed for its exquisite soup...

Fresh Eats

New Restaurants

Published: March 5, 2008

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats . Bar888: 888 Howard (at Fifth St., in the Intercontinental Hotel), 616-6566. SOMA . Grappa and...