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Summer Music Guide 2004

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InterPersonals: Silicon Valley's matchmaker

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Best of Silicon Valley 2004

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Bars and Clubs 2005

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For the Week of
September 7-13, 2005

Cover Story: South Bay Riot:
How San Jose became the capital of skate-punk subculture.

Dew Action Sports Tour Issue:
Everything you need to know about the Dew Action Sports Tour.
Intro
Skate Parks
Glossary
Sports Tour Schedule

News: Spy Hunter:
A South Bay legislator is trying to jam the emerging use of RFID technology for personal tracking.

The Fly: Jungle George v. Garbagemayor.

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Silicon Alleys: Hitting Rock Bottom.

Techsploits: Connect the Dots.

Rev: Keep On Truckin': Technically, I can only drive trucks with two axles, and I certainly can't haul hazardous materials, but I'm still mighty proud.

Giants' Steps: It's been a topsy-turvy year for high-profile professional baseball teams locally, but life has been more certain down on the farm for the San Jose Giants.

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Bought and Sold: Art gets an extreme makeover at WORKS show.

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Garbo at 100: The Stanford Theatre revives five by the enigmatic star Greta Garbo.

The Big Kvetch: 'The Talent Given Us' is a Wagnerian drama about a transcontinental family struggle.

Thorny: 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' attempts adult horror but relies on too much kid stuff.

Guardian Angel: James M. Cain meets Frank Tashlin in 'El Crimen Perfecto,' a feverish comedy about murder.

Subordinate Claws: The culprit in 'An Unfinished Life' is a predictable screenplay, but let us now praise famous bears.

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Sorrow Floats: If there's any city that can bounce back from disaster, it's New Orleans.

Sonic Tinfoil: Why noise, why now?

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Book Box: 'Lunar Park' by Bret Easton Ellis; 'Food in Painting: From the Renaissance To the Present' by Kenneth Bendiner.

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Vung Tau Wows: San Jose institution has a great story—and great food.

Silicon Veggie: Pets or Meat?

5 Things to Love: Great Falafel Restaurants.

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Of Ghosts and Guns: San Jose Rep dramatizes the haunting life of remodeling queen and gun heiress Sarah Winchester.


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