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Feb. 25 - Mar. 2, 2004 Vol 38, No. 22
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The
last days of Gary Murphy
He
was a felonious biker and a doting dad. He'd done prison
time, then cleaned up his life. Why can't the cops find his murderer?
By A.C Thompson
In
this issue
Editorial:
A civil rights landmark
Editorial:
Nader's foolish campaign
Editorial:
SFUSD's missing kids
Opinion:
Ten for Kucinich
tommy
alvicolli mecca
SFUSD's
secret?
San Francisco schools are improving in many areas, but quietly
rising dropout numbers are a cause for concern
By
Tali Woodward
Fangs
unload the Ex
Exactly what its conservative new owner will do with the paper
remains unclear
By
Tali Woodward
Whose
mission?
Two visions for housing split nonprofit
By
Rachel Brahinsky
Broken
pledge
Library votes to fund tracking system before promised hearing
By
Matthew Hirsch
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Neighborhood
Business:
Safe,
clean, mean?
Neighborhood groups try to keep homeless out of Dolores
Park.
By
George Schulz
Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business
scene.
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Being
There
Bars of the Mother Lode
by danny palmerlee
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
The art of the pizza
By
Paul Reidinger
Without
Reservations
The names project
By
Paul Reidinger
Cheap
Eats
A general theory of love
By
Dan Leone
Table
Ready
Black cherry
By
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Bottle
Rockets
Why rye?
Matt
Markovich
Meatless
Mad about you
By
Miriam Wolf
Take
That
The razor's edge
By
Gabriel Roth
The
Food Snoop
The tongue, by a nose
By
Masha Gutkin
Well
Done
By
Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe
DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more...
The
Blender
This
week in Lit:
Flapdoodle
Read
only
By Paul Reidinger
Some
rights reserved
How
alternative copyright licensing could revolutionize indie publishing
By Annalee Newitz
Chronicle
of a boom untold
Hunting
for the great dot-com novel
By Helena Echlin
Location,
location, location
A
new book reveals the art of maps
By Sharon Mizota
Book
reviews:
American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush
By
Paul Reidinger
Headless
By
Charlie Anders
A
Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture
By
Joel Schalit
1001
Movies You Must See Before You Die
By
Cheryl Eddy
Film:
Around the block
Palestinian
filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad takes to the road twice.
By Johnny Ray Huston
Film:
Hell on Earth
Mel Gibson does penance with the slo-mo suffering of The Passion
of the Christ.
By Dennis Harvey
Film:
Critic's Choice - Blind Shaft
Mine your own business
By David Fear
Film:
Critic's Choice -Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Two words: guilty pleasure
By Lynn Rapoport
Music:
Roar of the crowd
A quiet band and a restless audience prove there's more to music
than what's played by the band.
By Ken Taylor
Music:
Beyond control
Actionslacks or British Sea Power? A minor booking conflict affords
the writer an opportunity to go autobiographical.
By Duncan Scott Davidson
Music:
Noise Pop - Where to go
Stage:
Wilson world
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre stages a top-notch production of
August Wilsons King Hedley II.
By Robert Avila
Stage:
Critic's Choice - Fellow Travelers Performance Group
By Glen Helfand
Dance:
Downtown and up
ODC/San Francisco returns with style and power.
By Rita Felciano
Sonic
Reducer
By Kimberly Chun
Tiger
on beat By
Patrick Macias
Plus
One By
Vivian Host
Wandering
eye By
Glen Helfand
Press
play
See
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Script
Doctor
Grooves
Local
Grooves
2nd
time around
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Void
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