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Feature
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
Published: November 4, 2009
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline. He knew it was going to be a big fire, because there was no wind that morning and...
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Music
Gift of Gab’s talent sidetracks his solo missions
By Doug Wallen
Published: November 4, 2009
It's been five years since Oakland rapper Gift of Gab made his solo debut with 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up, but the wait for a follow-up has made the time feel much...
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Eat
Yu-Zen and the art of sushi
By Meredith Brody
Published: November 4, 2009
You can find the state induced by a recent meal at Yu-Zen, a modest but charming Japanese restaurant in the outermost Outer Richmond, in its name. The calm succession of...
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Film
Got Your Goat: Clooney's latest lacks humor
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 4, 2009
Historical cataclysm produces conspiratorial thinking: Germany's loss in World War I, the JFK assassination, and 9/11 are all naturally understood as the stuff of unimaginable...
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Night&Day
Moon
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 4, 2009
Moon is a modest science fiction film with major aspirations. The tale of a lonely spaceman might have made an excellent Twilight Zone episode, but Moon’s premise is even...
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Night&Day
In the Loop
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 4, 2009
This deliriously foul-mouthed political satire is set sometime between 2002 and the day after tomorrow; hard to say, given that the country with which U.S. and U.K. pols want...
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Night&Day
Visual Acoustics
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 4, 2009
Just about everyone in Eric Bricker's festschrift seems to love Julius Shulman, including (adorably) the unstoppable old gent himself. What's not to like? Ninety-three years...
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Books
Erotic City: How S.F. went from prudish to porn capital
By Jonathan Kiefer
Published: November 4, 2009
In obvious ways, and in ways less obvious, sex shapes city living. That's true in all cities, of course, but in San Francisco — well, come on, it's San Francisco. "Yet,...
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Matt Smith
Once a joke, SFPD is actually solving murders these days
By Matt Smith
Published: November 4, 2009
On the night of Aug. 5, inspectors at San Francisco's homicide detail got a call about a Pontiac Aztek abandoned on Terry Francois Boulevard, a two-lane street that runs along...
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Music
Blues Control’s sonic hypnosis
By Andy Beta
Published: November 4, 2009
In terms of cringeworthy musical clichés, stating that "the blues" is a state of mind ranks near the top of the list. Thankfully, Queens-based duo Blues Control gets...
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Fresh Eats
New Restaurants
Published: November 4, 2009
A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Acme Burgerhaus: 559 Divisadero (at Hayes), 346-3212. Western Addition....
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Film
A Christmas Carol : Dickens in CGI
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 4, 2009
It's not hard to see how the director of Forrest Gump would be thought a good fit to adapt the dearly beloved (and much lampooned) Charles Dickens tale that has survived nearly...
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Bookcap
November Book Events: Howard Junker, Joshua Clover, Lierre Keith, and William S. Burroughs
By Jonathan Kiefer
Published: November 4, 2009
Monday, Nov. 9 If the name Howard Junker sounds at all familiar, it's probably because he edits ZYZZYVA, the reliably good and deliberately provincial West Coast literary...
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Sucka Free City
Police say new biker club in town is Hells Angels affiliate
By Lauren Smiley
Published: November 4, 2009
On any Thursday night, dozens of dudes on Harleys descend on a 10th Street SOMA clubhouse painted red and black. Their leather vests and jackets are emblazoned with diabolic...
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Music
What Devo can teach us about the death of the album
By Andrew Stout
Published: November 4, 2009
Vinyl is an unusually stunted medium. It hasn't grown much beyond Brian Wilson's quaint ambition nearly 45 years ago to record an entire LP — the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds...
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Encore
Also Playing
Our critics weigh in on local theater
By Chris Jensen, Nathaniel Eaton and Will Harper
Published: November 4, 2009
First Day of School. In Billy Aronson's raucous comedy — making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse — well-to-do parents attend to their six-year-old children's...
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Sucka Free City
Europe and S.F. vie for the affections of Mr. Kitty
By Peter Jamison
Published: November 4, 2009
Ordinances that boldly go where no liberal legislation has gone before are a hallowed convention of San Francisco government, and as SF Weekly went to press, the latest in a...
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Sucka Free City
List: The Chronicle looks on the bright side
By Benjamin Wachs
Published: November 4, 2009
Last week, San Francisco Chronicle executives said they were "pleased" after learning that the paper's circulation has dropped 26 percent in six months. What else are Chron...
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Let's Get Killed
The Dutchess and the Duke break hearts on acoustic strings
By Jennifer Maerz
Published: November 4, 2009
Breakups can be brutal, but the worst part is the dread before the expected split. Once you're single, your slate is nearly clean. It's when you haven't yet left the comforts...
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Film
Flick in a Box
Constrained and restrained, Richard Kelly's latest is a hollow package.
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 4, 2009
The secret is out. Warner Bros. waited to unwrap The Box until two days before its opening because, compared to its madcap predecessors — the psychotic Holden Caulfield...
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