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1. Feature

   Wikipedia Idiots: The Edit Wars of San Francisco

   By Mary Spicuzza

   Published: February 13, 2008

   It can take just one sentence — if not one word — to start a war on Wikipedia. One recent war of words on the "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" — known...

2. Reviewed

   Sia

   Some People Have Real Problems (Monkey Puzzle Records)

   By Jess Scott

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Sia, a contributing vocalist for British electronica artists like Jamiroquai and Zero 7, recently released her third studio effort, Some People Have Real Problems. True to the...

3. Music

   American Music Club's San Francisco Fixation

   By Mark Sanders

   Published: February 13, 2008

   It's a natural assumption: Mark Eitzel, frontman for perennial underdogs American Music Club, sings a lot about San Francisco. Therefore, he must love San Francisco. The dour,...

4. Hear This

   San Francisco's Impalers Pursue the Groovy Over the Gritty

   By Doug Wallen, John Graham, Andy Tennille and Sam Prestianni

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Next month's Midnight Boom is the third album from London duo the Kills, whose seedy, deconstructive blues have a sensual cool most bands can only wish for. Built around...

5. Eat

   Inner Richmond's Troya Takes Turkish Up a Notch

   By Robert Lauriston

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Turkish cuisine is one of the most sophisticated and diverse in the world. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire included Greece, the Balkans, Romania, Armenia, the bulk of the...

6. Film

   The Media Is a Mess Age in George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

   By Nathan Lee

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Fleet-footed corpses are, from a physiological point of view, complete bullshit. "If you run that fast, your ankles will snap off," says Jason Creed (Josh Close) to fellow film...

7. Night&Day

   O Olivia

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Considering Shakespeare never got to cast a girl in the role, Olivia Hussey may have been the best Juliet ever. She looked the way everyone seemed to have imagined the...

8. Night&Day

   Incarceration Nation

   By Silke Tudor

   Published: February 13, 2008

   Imprisonment is part of the American experience. With the decline of farming, mining, and manufacturing, prisons represent a rare growth industry in the heartland: We have...

9. Night&Day

   At Home on the Edge

   By Bonner Odell

   Published: February 13, 2008

   "Experimental" is a favorite term in the dance world, one too many dance-goers have learned to equate with "amateur." So when Kunst-Stoff, a company of highly trained dancers...

10. Night&Day

    Razor Sharp

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 13, 2008

    It's the opposite of a chick flick: Tony Kelly's play Blade to the Heat is a manly thing, brought to you in sweaty realtime. It's got no chick appeal, (although women like it...

11. Night&Day

    Do I Look Like Him?

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 13, 2008

    Plenty of people conduct a lifelong search for their missing father. In this country, sometimes it seems like about half of us are wondering where that deadbeat went. So in...

12. Night&Day

    Gilb Answers

    By Alejandro Perez

    Published: February 13, 2008

    Dagoberto Gilb is gregarious and genuine, a built but not quite imposing figure with a big smile. He could easily pass as a writing instructor moonlighting as a carpenter on...

13. Night&Day

    Good Luck, Philippe!

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: February 13, 2008

    On Oscar night, the appearance of the Best Live Action Shorts category typically prompts a range of responses from viewers, from the simple "Huh" to "Who wants another beer?"...

14. Night&Day

    Stop Whining

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 13, 2008

    It's not a stylish event, per se. It originates at the Cloverdale Citrus Fair, so you know the organizers aren't exactly image-conscious. The affiliated Web site,...

15. Night&Day

    Rainbow Bears

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: February 13, 2008

    In recognition of co-director Steve Zavattero, Heather Marx Gallery now goes by the name Marx and Zavattero. Its inaugural exhibit under the new name, perhaps commenting on a...

16. Night&Day

    Everybody Into the Pool

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: February 13, 2008

    Writers' conferences basically print money, luring hopeful authors into slick hotel rooms to simultaneously fuel and smash their dreams, usually in the course of a single panel...

17. Night&Day

    Show Some Love

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: February 13, 2008

    Hamburger Eyes, which champions documentary-style portraits of everyday people (especially those taking big juicy bites out of life), is no longer just a ridiculously addictive...

18. Night&Day

    Dildo Juggler! Dildo Juggler!

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: February 13, 2008

    While April Fool's Day is San Francisco's most emblematic holiday, Valentine's Day is often our most triumphant. No other city in America is better able to peel the Hallmark...

19. Night&Day

    What Does That "F" Stand For?

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 13, 2008

    This was once comedian Ali Mafi's intro line: "America's only gay, fat, Muslim stand-up comic! Join me as I live what might be the most liberal life in history!" Funny, yes,...

20. Night&Day

    The Roaring Whenevers

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: February 13, 2008

    Tango La Melodia is a Gypsy jazz band and a sharp-dressed shard of a theater company. Its new production, written and designed especially for Valentine's weekend and the tiny...