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May 12 - May 18, 2004• Vol 38, No. 33

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Reality check
Cultural Odyssey has been taking it to the world for 25 years.
By J.H. Tompkins

• news & culture

 

In this issue

Editorial: Renne's first blunder

Editorial: The privatization path

Editorial: The pedmount disaster

Opinion: Remembering Thom Gunn
by brian bouldrey

Cops vs. community
The Bayview under siege. Another questionable police shooting. Tensions around the SFPD just keep getting worse.
By Steven T. Jones, Sitara Nieves, and Lee Hubbard

The road to nowhere
Alternative fuels like hydrogen may be a boon for the auto industry, but don't expect them to save the planet.
By Matthew Hirsch

Bike to Work Day
Thurs/20, features "energizer stations" around town with free coffee, treats, and encouragement. For a list of energizer station locations, times, and other information, go to www.sfbike.org. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition sponsors the Bike to Work Night Party with live music, 8 p.m., DNA, 375 Eleventh St., S.F. $10 for members, free with a membership.
(415) 431-BIKE.

The Iraq death toll

Shutdown authority
Daly leads effort by the air district to shut down Hunters Point power plant
By Matthew Hirsch

Obituary: Bill Anderson, 1928-2004
By Sarah Creider

Planning pawns
Will pay-to-play politics persist in Newsom's Planning Department? All signs point to yes
By Rachel Brahin
sky

On the rack
Clear Channel gets another stranglehold on S.F. media
By Dave Kiml

Neighborhood Business:

Getting screwed
Polk Street hardware retailers show two sides of small-business practices.
By Joanna Currier

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Being There
Streetwise in Bangkok
By Emily Schneider

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

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Dine
Wild blue yonder

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Au bon cork

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Leave no marble behind

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Brainiac
By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Core values

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Eating tall
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
By Giorgio

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
'M' is for M.F.K.

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
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...

The Blender

• a & e

 


Film: Achilles' heel
Don't hate Troy because Brad Pitt is beautiful.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: The doc is in
A salty sea and lots of pepper shake up this year's S.F. DocFest.
By Cheryl Eddy

Film: Critic's Choice - 'The Twilight Samurai'
By the sword
By David Kim

Music: Breakbeats catch religion
Carlos Mena’s Hip-Hop Meditations takes the hip-hop generation on an inward journey.
By Jeff Chang

Music: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Alternative Music Festival
By the sword
By David Kim

Stage: Fun work
Galumpha gallop triumphantly across Project Artaud's stage.
By Rita Felciano

Stage: Critic's Choice - Randee Paufve and Paufve Dance
By Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Around around Everyday'
By Clark Buckner

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Wandering eye By Glen Helfand

Full Circle: Post-deadline
By Kimberly Chun

Full Circle: Know-it-all
By Derk Richardson

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

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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 war and racism: There's a word missing in the Iraq debate. 05.12.04
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
HUD — and beyond: The United States needs a comprehensive new urban agenda. 04.28.04
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
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
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.