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Jan. 8 - Jan.
14, 2004• Vol 38, No. 15
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Presenting
the 2003 Off-Guard Awards
Our
annual tribute to the dumbest, the worst, and the silliest of
the year past.
By
Linda Ehrlich and Tim Redmond
In
this issue
Editorial:
Newsom's first priority
Editorial:
Nader shouldn't run
Opinion:
Newsom the gentrifier
Caged
dove
Prominent Bay Area activist imprisoned in Israel for protesting
“apartheid wall”
By
Camille T. Taiara
The
Russian front
Fight to reduce California's fossil fuel dependence has wide implications
By
Matthew Hirsch
Charity?
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on care for the poor
By
A.C. Thompson
Swearing
in and sounding off
By
Steven T. Jones
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Neighborhood
Business:
Singles
scene
A new Excelsior record store provides a haven for reggae
DJs.
By
Kimberly Chun
Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business
scene.
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Being
There
Trier time
By Diane Goldberg
alt.sex.column
By Andrea Nemerson
Double
Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo
Flat
Earth By Lynn Rapoport
Techsploitation
By Annalee Newitz
Hall
monitor
Alerts
Dine
Avenue Thai
By
Paul Reidinger
Without
Reservations
Soup kitchen
By
Paul Reidinger
Cheap
Eats
The king and I
By
Dan Leone
Table
Ready
Fruitcakes and ale
By
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Bottle
Rockets
Santa's mug shots
Matt
Markovich
Meatless
Ode to (chocolate) joy
By
Miriam Wolf
Take
That
Pork politics
By
Gabriel Roth
The
Food Snoop
Down on the shrimp farm
By
Masha Gutkin
Well
Done
By
Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe
DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more...
The
Blender
Music:
Return of the white noise supremacists
Truth, lies, Da Capo's Best Music Writing series, and the white
man's burden.
By Jeff Chang
Music:
Bed, math, and beyond
Sacramento producer Chachi Jones bends circuits and rules.
By Peter Nicholson
Film:
‘X’ marks the spot
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa mesmer-eyes
a Cure.
By Johnny Ray Huston
Film:
Fearless heart
Steve Earle documentary Just an American Boy is a chronicle
of bravery.
By Dennis Harvey
Film:
Critic's Choice - Berlin and Beyond Film Festival
By
David Fear
Stage:
Soviet drama
Restaging history with The Death of Meyerhold.
By Robert Avila
Art:
Critic's Choice - ‘Robert Gutierrez: TerrainMonger’
and ‘Jonathan Tucker: Casting Stones'
By
Lindsey Westbrook
Sonic
Reducer
By Kimberly Chun
Tiger
on beat By
Patrick Macias
Plus
One By
Vivian Host
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