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Health & Wellness
Restorative Yoga Therapy and Massage
Combining your trips to your yoga studio and massage therapist seems like the ideal kind of fusion. After all, physicians have been touting the stress-combating and corrective benefits of yoga for years, and recent studies that reveal massage’s curative effects on both stress and chronic pain have made the requisite spa trip way more than frivolous pampering. Now, harried San Franciscans can get their yoga on and take in a bit of bodywork, or simply do one of either, at Prasadana. More
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Movies
From a Familiar Playbook
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Forgive me if I approached The Express with something less than breathless enthusiasm. The age of inspirational (and, some might argue, interchangeable) sports dramas has produced the stories of the first all-black starting five to win the NCAA basketball championship (Glory Road) and a coach who famously benched his entire squad for getting bad grades (Coach Carter), to name two. Next up: Former Syracuse running back and two-time All-American Ernie Davis, whose groundbreaking collegiate career began the season after his predecessor, Jim Brown, signed with the Cleveland Browns. More
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Movies
The Art of Deception
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Oscar season is officially upon us with the release of Ridley Scott’s latest effort, Body of Lies. This intense spy thriller is headed by two box office heavyweights, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. DiCaprio plays top CIA operative Roger Ferris who works in the most dangerous terrorist hotbeds in the world. Pulling his strings back home is Ed Hoffman (Crowe) whose motives and methodology put his top operative in hot water time and again. Trust is a double edged sword in this world where being on the wrong edge can easily put you in a body bag. More
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Restaurants
Modern Takes on Seafood Can’t Beat The Classics
Seafood has been a quiet but growing trend of late. To name just a few variations on this theme, there is the upscale new Waterbar on the Embarcadero, the shack-style Woodhouse Fish Company (soon to open its second location on Fillmore) and Fish (in Sausalito), the sustainably-focused Fish and Farm (in the Theater District), raw takes at Bar Crudo (soon to move to the Divisadero corridor), and the newly opened Nettie's Crab Shack (in the old Palmetto spot on Union). More
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Music
SF’s Children of Darkness
After performing behind its debut EP Into A New Mausoleum for more than a year and a half, Veil Veil Vanish is preparing for a self-imposed sabbatical from the stage to hone several new songs that will be recorded for an LP. But first, the San Francisco-based quartet performs a handful of Bay Area shows, including a headlining spot at a special Halloween-themed Popscene gig on October 30th. The show also serves as a record release party for The Cure -- one of the band’s most apparent influences. Singer/guitarist Kevin Tecon spoke with SF Station during a phone interview. More
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Clubs
Last Night, A DJ Saved My Life
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is a weekly profile to give readers a further glimpse into the lives of Bay Area DJs. With so much local talent, it’s hard to ignore the wide array of DJs and their eclectic styles. See what they sound like without headphones on, and as always, support your local DJ. More
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Sports & Recreation
Funner Than Fun
As evidenced by reality TV shows like Life of Ryan and Rob and Big, as well as the proliferation of skate company ads plastered everywhere including MUNI buses, it’s pretty obvious that the skateboarding industry has changed drastically from its beginnings to mainstream commercialdom. Though many have started skating hoping to achieve fame and fortune, there are still people in it for the unadulterated love of skateboarding. Local company YOURSeLF Skateboarding Co. was created for the latter. More
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Galleries
Youth, Imagination and Transformation
The new exhibition at indie arts space Intersection for the Arts predictably foregoes gallery gambits and examines the power of public art to create communal transformation. The concept of public art, at least in the art world, has largely been confined to high-brow ideas of site-specific installations meant to evoke eyebrow-raised reactions. More
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Music
Released on 4AD, 10/7/08
A lot of things can happen in an NYU dorm room. Grab yourself a couple of fresh-faced teenagers, a vast and ever-expanding metropolis, and a lack of overall guidance coupled with the egotistical invincibility of a young, eager mind. Though, if you happen to be Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen, in lieu of the typical academic and social roommate rivalry and middle of the night oh so alone panic attacks, you begin a musical romance that not only outlasts your college days but also, for your second performance, lands you on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Not too shabby. More
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Music
Released on Deaf Dumb and Blind, 9/9/08
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Contrary to what the name invokes, this group is not from Japan and they’re not a duo. The group is comprised of Brighton, UK’s David Best (vocals, guitar), Steve Lewis (synths), Matt Hainsby (bass) and Lee Adams (drums). The group are self-proclaimed fans of 70s Krautrock groups and 80s synth-based bands. More
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