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1. Matt Smith

   Leno's Hemp Screen

   Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

   By Matt Smith

   Published: September 12, 2007

   In 2000, between the March launch of Vividence.com at a poshed-up Exploratorium and the November bankruptcy of Pets.com, it was possible most weeks to attend serious-minded...

2. Sucka Free City

   Muni Chief's "Quiet Time"

   Nat Ford to staff: Don't talk to me!

   By John Geluardi

   Published: September 12, 2007

   In the 18 months since Nathaniel "Nat" Ford took over the top spot at the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, he has earned a reputation for behaving a bit like a rock star, or...

3. Feature

   Gimme Indie Rock!

   Local promoters take a big risk to give S.F. a music fest that will restore the city's cool cred

   By Jennifer Maerz

   Published: September 12, 2007

   Kevin Arnold and Jordan Kurland stroll into 500 Club, a Mission dive bar, on a recent August weekday. The pair lean against the counter, weighing their options. "I should order...

4. Sidebar

   Treasure Island Booty

   A Guide to Getting Shipwrecked This Weekend

   Published: September 12, 2007

   Treasure Island Music Festival runs Saturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16 from 11:30 a.m. until the last band leaves the stage around 10 p.m. The event boasts two stages...

5. Bouncer

   A Rye Wit

   Bouncer obsesses over obsessions at Rye on Geary St.

   By Katy St. Clair

   Published: September 12, 2007

   Autism is getting tons of attention these days. That's partly because so many children are being diagnosed with it, but also because it's just a really fascinating disorder....

6. Music

   The Donnas' Bitchin' Party

   SF's ladies lose the major label and regain the rock

   By Dan Strachota

   Published: September 12, 2007

   The rumor going around is that, after recording two albums for Atlantic Records, the Donnas were dropped from the label. The reality is far different. "We had an option to...

7. Reviewed

   High on Fire

   Death Is This Communion (Relapse)

   By Michael Alan Goldberg

   Published: September 12, 2007

   Already regarded as one of modern metal's most face-meltingly fantastic bands, High on Fire further solidifies its reputation with Death is This Communion, the Oakland trio's...

8. Eat

   Mexico DF Dominates

   The wonderful food trumps everything else at Mexico DF

   By Meredith Brody

   Published: September 12, 2007

   This is a list of the things I'm not nuts about at my new favorite restaurant: the noise level, with contributions from both the buzzing patrons and the insistent canned...

9. Fresh Eats

   Fresh Eats

   Published: September 12, 2007

   A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Bossa Nova: 139 Eighth St. (at Minna), 558-8004. SOMA. Brazilian. Breezy's: 409 Gough...

10. Film

    Eastern Promises: Still Cronenberg

    An accessible narrative belies something much darker, and stranger, in Eastern Promises

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: September 12, 2007

    I've said it before and hope to again: David Cronenberg is the most provocative, original, and consistently excellent North American director of his generation. From Videodrome...

11. Reps Etc.

    Repertory Film Listing

    Published: September 12, 2007

    BALBOA 3630 Balboa (at 38th Avenue), 221-8484, www.balboamovies.com. This great neighborhood house shows films of all sorts. $8.50. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Get your fistful...

12. Night&Day

    Turn Out the Lights

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Autograph-hungry groupies may wait outside the stage doors of Broadway theaters for Julia Roberts or Kevin Spacey to emerge, but playgoers rarely think about what happens to...

13. Night&Day

    The Beautiful Bald Head

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Many remember Sinead O'Connor's infamous appearance on Saturday Night Live during which she ripped up a photo of the Pope. That performance inspired boycotts and stunts like...

14. Night&Day

    The Marketplace to Be

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: September 12, 2007

    For us, it's all about Alvon Johnson. The blues singer and guitarist was an original member of the Coasters, the "Clown Princes of Rock 'n' Roll" in the 1950s. His is the deep...

15. Night&Day

    Come Together

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: September 12, 2007

    When was the last time you were surprised to find yourself in tears? It's a rare experience to weep unexpectedly: One minute you're sitting there thinking, "This movie is...

16. Night&Day

    Light Rock Show

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Pioneering light artist Anthony McCall's You and I, Horizontal consists of a beam of light shining through a small, dark room, casting geometric arcs and lines that slowly...

17. Night&Day

    Reading Series Showdown

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Opium Magazine's Literary Death Match, begun in New York by Todd Zuniga and Elizabeth Koch and now an S.F. staple, pits writers against one another to read and be judged on...

18. Night&Day

    Happy Birthday, Herzog

    By Michael Fox

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Werner Herzog has never been what you would call the retiring type. The peripatetic German director marked his 65th birthday last week not with a cake or a nap or a round of...

19. Night&Day

    How Things Work

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Everyday items such as doilies, dog hair, buttons, and couches don’t normally make it into an artist’s toolkit. But at the group show “Don’t Try This At Home: A Group...

20. Night&Day

    Around the Horn

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: September 12, 2007

    Old sportswriters like to say syrupy stuff like “the dance of baseball.” Now you can also say it and not feel like you’re 86 years old or Billy Crystal. Pastime, a dance...