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Aug. 20-26, 2003 • Vol 37, No. 47


Our movie year
Harvey Pekar and family face the film version of American Splendor.
By Miriam Wolf

The cranky 'American'
Splendor in the aisles.
By Johnny Ray Huston

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Web Exclusive: Writers connect big East Coast blackout to deregulation, anti-public power forces and the 'Dim Bulb in the White House'

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In this issue

Editorial: Blackout lessons for S.F.

Editorial: Reject the condo library

Editorial: Don't kill IRV

Opinion: Screaming for change
By Nicolas Gattig

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

Police politics
SFPD leadership and autonomy hinges on this fall's election.
By Savannah Blackwell

Let them eat books
Pro-development forces battle community interests over Glen Park branch library, condominium
By Matthew Hirsch

Pot and the people
S.F. voters urged the city to grow medical marijuana, but officials are leery of confronting the federal government
By Alex Posorske

Another local Muslim gets the Ashcroft treatment
By A.C. Thompson

The money pit
t's received tens of millions of dollars and the earnest attention of government and community groups. So why is Sixth Street still such a mess?
By Camper English

Thanatophilia
The grim reaper goes pop
By Gabriel Roth

being there by jeremy russell

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

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Dine
A sea story

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Answered prayers

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Caribbophilia

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Cold comfort

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Hangin'

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Quorn-fed?

By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Papa don't fish

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
Stick it

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

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Film: In like Flynn
Robin Hood returns, lewd and droll.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice -‘And Now Ladies and Gentlemen’
Lelouch redux
By David Fear

Music: Party harder
Running with Andrew W.K. and discovering the meaning of the universe.
By Mike McGuirk

Music: No boy's toys
This one’s for Northern State’s suburban, college-educated, girlie white homies.
By Jimmy Draper

Music: Critic's Choice - Raphael Saadiq
By J.H. Tompkins

Stage: Let us prey
Justice in Cal Shakes' Measure for Measure has a ghostly echo in today's world.
By Robert Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice -Robert Henry Johnson
By Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice -'La Machina'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Last Exit By Derk Richardson

The Litterbox By John O'Neill

Liner notes By Lynn Rapoport

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix



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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
The politics of money: Media coverage magnifies the power of campaign cash
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Opening up government contracts: The Bush administration is considering putting key federal records on the Web.
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

The two faces of George Bush in Africa: He wants to fight AIDS – but only if it doesn't hurt the drug companies.
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
All the world's a cinema: Outdoor film, celluloid and supper, bar movies, and more.