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Cooking From Scratch to Success
It's Saturday morning at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market. Amidst the sea of local produce and meat purveyors, one booth in particular has become the darling of them all, just two months after its introduction to the market. Walk into La Cocina's booth, and you will find unique and delicious prepared foods that range from South African meat puffs to homemade plantain chips to Brazilian honey cakes.
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An Englishman in SF
London's Whitey is coming to town and he's bringing a gang of musicians with him to recreate the solo-produced tunes from his debut dance-friendly album The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train and his forthcoming album Great Shakes, which should start to slowly infiltrate the United States near the end of the year. Whitey, who will perform at Mezzanine on April 6th, spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from Los Angeles, where he was getting acclimated to the United States prior to the start of his tour.
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SF Station Blows It Up
Being on the road for two weeks is never fun but at least I get to go to interesting shows and the Peaches, Presets show was most definitely one. As always the crazy bi-atch rocked the crowd with hit after hit performing with a full band. If you've never seen a Peaches show then let me tell you her fans are crazier than her. At one point a kid jumped on stage and dropped his pants then preceded to shake his junk all over the place.
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Released on Clickpop Records, 10/17/06
Raucous and frank, The Trucks self-titled debut album barrels along with 13 tracks that are infused with a distinctively frustrated female flavor not completely dissimilar from the Donnas and to a lesser extent, Hole. These young women from Bellingham, Washington admittedly have a certain air of frustration that gives an edge to some of the tracks and the subject matter explored is not completely disinteresting, but it's likely better efforts lie ahead for the Trucks.
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Crime Drama Scores
Most moviegoers and television viewers will recognize twenty-six year old actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt from his supporting role in "3rd Rock from the Sun". Post-television, Gordon-Levitt took some time off, briefly went to college, but rather than return to television or mainstream films, decided to go the indie route, seeking out and winning demanding roles portraying complex, emotionally disturbed, haunted young men.
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The Boys Bring It
At first glance Blades of Glory looks like unsophisticated drivel. And, essentially it is. But it is also very, very funny. The point is it KNOWS what it is and accepts it with relish. If you want good old fashioned laughs, then this is the movie for you.
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The Future's So Bright...
Lewis is a thirteen-year old orphan with a passion for inventing things. One would think Lewis' creativity and intelligence would draw countless prospective parents to him. If only this was the case. After meeting countless prospective parents and logging more fruitless interviews than a room full of the recently downsized, Lewis (voiced by Daniel Hansen), elects to focus his energies on creating a machine that will help him remember his birth mother and win the science fair in the process. As is usually the case, such fateful decisions open the doors to a remarkable adventure.
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There is No Truth
Despite all of the news coverage of death, atrocity, and tragedy coming out of Iraq, the war often seems surreal and distant. Director Philip Haas (Angels and Insects) does something remarkable in bringing the war to the big screen in The Situation. Filmed exclusively in Iraq, one truly does get a vivid sense of just how dire "the situation" has become.
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Sweet Dreams are Made of...Miette Confiserie Candy
The organic cakes, the sweet Parisian macaroons and the silky pots de crème weren't enough. Caitlin Williams and Meg Ray are now tempting our sweet tooth with a new store full of chocolates covered in silver metallic wrappers and candy from the four corners of the world.
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Exotification by Decoupage
One of the key themes explored by this modest show of pieces by local Asian American artists it that of Asians themselves as the object of a fetish. Walk down the street anywhere in San Francisco or the Bay Area , and you'll spot several instances of what are uncharitably referred to as "rice kings" (or queens) -- tall, handsome and rich white guys with Asian girlfriends (or boyfriends). This phenomena does excite strange emotions in otherwise fair-minded people...
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Is it Harder to Get a Job at Wal-Mart or Get into Harvard?
Find the pattern: Amherst = Fred. Mt. Holyoke= Velma, Hampshire College = Shaggy. University of Massachusetts = Scooby, Smith College = Daphne. Yes, they are all Massachusetts colleges whose personalities are attributed to a particular Scooby Doo character. If you are nodding your head in recognition, chances are you are either applying to college or have a potential humanoid who is jumping into the applicant pool as we speak.
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