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| This Week |
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| March 21-27, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Smoke on the Water: Freshly grown from the garlic fields and outlet malls of Gilroy, Salmon wins a fervent following with a fury of rap and rock. The band talks about life on the edge of the frying pan and the fire. |
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| Election Special | ||||||||||||||||||||
| It's Pat!: An interview with this decade's weirdest working-class hero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballot Stuff: A local run through City Council, State Senate and Assembly races. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Lacking Initiatives: Lions and lawyers and earthquakes, oh my! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Here, Kitty: Prop. 197, the mountain lion initiative, has fur flying between trophy hunters and environmentalists, and a big-game hunter explains the thrill of the chase to writer Ami Chen Mills. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaiser's Rx RIP: The granddaddy of HMOs may consolidate and leave Santa Teresa a far drive from a hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Eye: A frilly underwear scandal lands San Jose's Fairmont Hotel on the supermarket tabloid map. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polis Report: Take a hard right. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts & Entertainment |
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| Movies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cinematic Rays: In The Apu Trilogy, Indian director Satyajit Ray induces us to love life while spelling out clearly the price of such a love. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Muslim Eros: A Tunisian boy takes a peek behind the veil in Halfaouine. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Remake Wrongs: Diabolique is a half- hearted revision of the original French thriller. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spanish Flower: A more refined Pedro Almodovar styles Flower of My Secret into a smart date movie. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Echoing Pain: Love hurts--just ask Echobelly. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Back in Black: Tempered by tragedy, Patti Smith makes poetry out of rock. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Drum Thing Special: An unbroken beat connects African percussionists Olatunji and Babatunde. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Devoted Diva: Yolanda Adams spreads the pop gospel. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat Street: Riot grrrls, De La Soul, and a free Tibet concert. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves: San Jose Rep plays with the Rosensweig women. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Menu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Treat: Menlo Park's Carpaccio satisfies with its freshly prepared Italian recipes. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bargain Bites: Hawaiian soul food served up in Los Gatos at Bentos California. | ||||||||||||||||||||