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Sucka Free City
San Francisco Patrol Special Police: Rent-a-Cops With Guns
By Ron Russell
Published: March 5, 2008
Back in November, Jonathan Rodgers was fresh off the streets and living in a single-room-occupancy hotel near Civic Center, courtesy of a city-sponsored program for the...
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Music
Other Minds music fest pushes aural limits
By Sam Prestianni
Published: March 5, 2008
In its mission statement, the San Francisco–based Other Minds organization proclaims its commitment "to the encouragement and propagation of contemporary music in all its...
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DVDish
Oscar-Starved
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Published: March 5, 2008
Into the Wild (Paramount) Sean Penn waited a good decade before adapting Jon Krakauer's book about Chris McCandless, who graduated college in 1990, then disappeared into the...
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Sucka Free City
First Offender Prostitution Program Punishes Victimless Crime
By Benjamin Wachs
Published: March 5, 2008
San Francisco's First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP) has been copied in more than a dozen municipalities nationwide. But Supervisor Jake McGoldrick says we may need to...
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Let's Get Killed
Girls Rock! hits nerves of the teen psyche variety
By Jennifer Maerz
Published: March 5, 2008
I'd like to think gender dynamics enter my work sphere as rarely as holiday bonuses do. I'm not a "female" music critic, just a music critic. I'm not keeping any quotas on boy...
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Stagecap
A Secret for Next Sunday
Intriguing elements still don't add up to a compelling storyline.
By Nathaniel Eaton
Published: March 5, 2008
Set in Chicago in 1991, with flashbacks to 1950s Alabama, Charles Johnson's play is about two African-American couples who share a dark past that prevents them from returning...
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Sucka Free City
New Planning Director's Beau, Lance Farber, Sought by Washington Health Officials
By Ashley Harrell
Published: March 5, 2008
Unless you've been comatose for a week, you've probably heard that Lance Farber, the chiropractor and (ex-?) boyfriend of planning director John Rahaim, has been jailed after...
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What Else Is New?
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:
Published: March 5, 2008
Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series (Classic Media) Army of the Dead (Maverick) Arranged (Film Movement) Ben 10: The Complete Season 3 (Turner) Billy Wilder Film...
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Stagecap
Wakefield; or Hello, Sophia
Playwright Brian Thorstenson's script picks up where Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story left off
By Molly Rhodes
Published: March 5, 2008
Central Works Theater Ensemble and playwright Brian Thorstenson bring out the best in each other in this elegant 70-minute production about how to reignite a marriage thought...
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Letters
SF Weekly Letters
Published: March 5, 2008
Don-ward Spiral USF fouls out: Thank you, thank you, thank you! As a native and lifelong USF fan, and alum ('89), I have been frustrated with this current administration to...
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Bouncer
Eavesdropping Once Again: the codependents at Basil
By Katy St. Clair
Published: March 5, 2008
If there's gonna be sports on TV in a bar — and let's face it, there always is — then I can hope that it will at least be hockey. It's the only sport that really...
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Hear This
Jeremy Jay: spare songs spotlight teen-idol vocals
By Ernest Barteldes, Doug Wallen and J. Pace
Published: March 5, 2008
With his colorful costumes, boogie-piano style, and distinctive growl, Dr. John embodies the spirit of his native New Orleans wherever he goes. The Louisiana Music Hall of...
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BeatBox
The truth hurts: Brother Ali should try his hand at failure
By Tamara Palmer and Peter Madsen
Published: March 5, 2008
Reaching the age of 15 is such a mammoth achievement in clubland that local promoters Spundae are planning two nights of festivities to celebrate. Spundae has championed the...
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Arthouse
Art House
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: March 5, 2008
Artists' Television Access. Sabreteeth vs. Turkish Star Wars: live freeform soundtracking of infamous cinematic rip-off. Fri., March 7, 8 p.m. $5. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.),...
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