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41. Game On

    Roid Rage Returns

    Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii

    By Chris Ward

    Published: September 19, 2007

    In space, no one can hear you scream Jumpin' Jesus, this is one of the greatest games ever! But that doesn't mean you won't try during Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Hardcore...

42. Sucka Free City

    Barry Bonds' Police Bat

    Forget about the home-run ball — what's a bat signed by Barry Bonds worth after it's been smudged by the cops?

    By John Geluardi

    Published: September 19, 2007

    While everyone has been gasping at the money being offered for Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball, a dejected San Francisco resident is calculating his losses on a signed...

43. Music

    The War in Duluth

    Low fights for aesthetic freedom

    By Evan James

    Published: September 19, 2007

    When established musicians deviate from an expected aesthetic, they often polarize audiences. Radiohead released its highly experimental departure Kid A in 2000, for example,...

44. Reviewed

    The Lucksmiths

    Spring a Leak (Matinée)

    By Dan Strachota

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Rarities discs that cobble together singles, compilation tracks, and live cuts tend to be like photo albums. Here's the musician with embarrassing haircuts, here's the artist...

45. Film

    Rocket Men

    Reliving the glory of America's giant leap for mankind

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Four decades ago, the American space program was synonymous with the pinnacle of human achievement. Thirty-eight years later, the program that punched a hole in the heavens...

46. Stagecap

    Sweeney Todd

    New production better fits Sondheim's original vision

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: September 19, 2007

    It was Stephen Sondheim's intention to simply write a dark, witty musical revenge fantasy in the tradition of the Parisian Grand Guignol, famed for its over-the-top graphic...

47. Sucka Free City

    Newsom Snubbed by Democrats

    Even without a major opponent, Mayor Gavin Newsom fails to get a Democratic Club's endorsement

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Amazing scenes were witnessed last week on the evening the Sunset Community Democratic Club held its endorsement meeting. First of all, it wasn't foggy (though it was cold)....

48. Music

    Electronic Evocations

    The Silver Apples ride the sine wave

    By Dave Pehling

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Though not as widely recognized as other New York City mavericks, electronic-rock pioneers the Silver Apples created an otherworldly and influential sound in the late 1960s....

49. Reviewed

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Attack Decay Sustain Release (Interscope Records)

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Simian Mobile Disco apes much of what made the late '80s fertile as well as fetid. On the British duo's full-length debut, James Ford and James Shaw revel in the pure HiNRG and...

50. Letters

    Week of September 19-25, 2007

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Bitters and Sours He was an ambassador: I'd like to publicly congratulate the bartender at the Ambassador for his behavior in his interactions with Ms. St. Clair [Bouncer,...

51. Reviewed

    Oakley Hall

    I'll Follow You (Merge)

    By Justin F. Farrar

    Published: September 19, 2007

    Defining rock music as a common language for the American masses is the stuff of fiction, not the people's actual history, which tells us that rock has always been a fragmented...

52. Stagecap

    Match Play

    Theater Out of Order is proof that DIY performance could benefit from a pro's touch

    By Molly Rhodes

    Published: September 19, 2007

    This production serves as a cautionary tale in making theater without designers. There are several moments in this 45-minute evening of three one-act plays where, if you closed...