Build your TV! As the FCC and the entertainment biz get ready to end home
recording as we know it, a bunch of radical geeks are working on a solution or
two. By Annalee Newitz
Art: The Buddha of suburbia In his
latest series on the American middle class, Leisure, photographer Bill Owens looks
back at the way we raged. By Glen Helfand
Film:
In the Army now Digital diary Gunner Palace remixes the war in
Iraq. By Susan Gerhard
Theater:
Torture untangled Lost Tennessee Williams social protest
play Not about Nightingales finds a young playwright feeling his powers.
By Robert Avila
Dance:
Hot in here The topic of global warming finds its footing at ODC Dance.
By Rita Felciano
Noise:
This punk's not dead The continuing saga of Bruce Lose/Loose, survivor
of S.F.'s genius, not-quite-generic Flipper. By Will
York
Noise: Spidey powers More
than a decade since their demise and still growing in reputation, Slint remain
dark, pretty, and inaccessible. By George Chen
Noise:
Young god A brief encounter with Slint's David Pajo.
By Kimberly Chun
Noise: Swann's
way Easy does it when it comes to disappearing soul sister Bettye Swann.
By Kimberly Chun
Noise: No tears The next stage for the Bay Area's antiheroes of electronic rock, Tuxedomoon.
By Matthew Lake