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21. Matt Smith

    Blogos-Free

    Since the paper is called the Examiner, shouldn't it take a closer look at what's going up on its Web site, and pay for it?

    By Matt Smith

    Published: December 5, 2007

    My neighbor across the street, who not long ago bought one of those near-million-dollar S.F. condos that are popular nowadays, has a business plan for getting even richer. He...

22. Sucka Free City

    Cooking with Gas

    By Alastair Bland

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Advocates of renewable energy, opponents of "oil wars," and environmentalists of all denominations had reason to cheer last week when Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the...

23. Sucka Free City

    15 Ways Gavin Could Have Lost the Election

    By Joe Eskenazi and Benjamin Wachs

    Published: December 5, 2007

    15. Actually enforced drug laws 14. Guest-hosted for Rush Limbaugh 13. Pardoned Ed Jew 12. Dissed Liza Minnelli and/or Melissa Etheridge 11. Kicked the homeless out of...

24. Feature

    My Tunes: Kelenna Azubuike

    Warrior and music lover

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: December 5, 2007

    In his spare time, Kelenna Azubuike has a hobby: He makes beats. "Yeah, I make music just for fun on my computer. I've been doing it for a while and I've gotten pretty good at...

25. Sucka Free City

    Better Than N.Y.!

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Rudy Giuliani's new campaign ad calls New York "America's most liberal city" — which means he's definitely lost the San Francisco vote. Come on, man — what's your...

26. Feature

    My Tunes: DeeJay Schmeejay

    The antidote to mainstream music

    By Evan James

    Published: December 5, 2007

    While we've all spent plenty of time spinning the dial through the radio stations in San Francisco and finding nothing but the lethargic murmuring of Britney, KUSF often...

27. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The (Too-) Open Sea We prefer "Yellowstones of the Briny Blue": John Geluardi captures the essence of the problem of the thousands of large ships inside the bay ["The Shipping...

28. Music

    Renaissance Man

    Wu-Tang producer RZA's balancing act

    By Eric K. Arnold

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Rapper, producer, actor, composer, martial-arts enthusiast, chess aficionado, author, businessman — RZA wears many hats, all of which fit. It's hard to think of a more...

29. Feature

    My Tunes: Orlando Cepeda

    Musical Hall of Famer

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Orlando Cepeda is at bat with the bases jammed/Orlando Cepeda with a wham! bam!/He hit a grand slam/In the very first inning/But it’s only the beginning. — Danny Kaye, “The...

30. Reviewed

    Wu-Tang Clan

    8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Wu-Tang Clan's fifth album comes at a time of group strife. Ghostface Killah and Raekwon have laid into ringleader and beatmaker RZA for the album's creative direction; calling...

31. Feature

    My Tunes: Juanita More!

    Drag queen, She-J, and nightlife entertainer

    By Evan James

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Between hosting and DJing at an ever-changing handful of nightlife events at gay bars throughout the city and coming up with fresh performance numbers, local drag mainstay...

32. Feature

    My Tunes: Lyrics Born

    Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

    By Eric K. Arnold

    Published: December 5, 2007

    For Tom Shimura, aka Lyrics Born, his top personal musical highlight of 2007 was finishing his second solo album, Everywhere at Once (which hits stores next March)....

33. Music

    The Bookish Bunch

    Vampire Weekend's shaky smart-aleck stand

    By John Vettese

    Published: December 5, 2007

    You can be guaranteed three things in reading about Vampire Weekend. First, there will be a mention of esoteric references in the nascent Brooklyn quartet's lyrics and song...

34. Reviewed

    Various

    I'm Not There (Columbia)

    By Dan Strachota

    Published: December 5, 2007

    There was a time when covering Bob Dylan was downright easy. The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, the Turtles, and even William Shatner put their distinctive spins on the legend's tunes....

35. Feature

    My Tunes: Kronos Quartet

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: December 5, 2007

    San Francisco's world-renowned Kronos Quartet has charted an impressive course around the globe, commissioning more than 600 works — and releasing more than 45 records...

36. Reviewed

    Prefuse 73

    Preparations/Interregnums (Warp)

    By Tony Ware

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The production work of Scott Herren began as a study in diametric personalities. The Brooklyn- and Atlanta-based producer emerged full-force in 2000 under the aliases Delarosa...

37. Feature

    My Tunes: Beth Lisick

    When words and music are needed.

    By Dan Strachota

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Beth Lisick's career has been nothing if not idiosyncratic. Before hitting the national spotlight in 2005 with her hilarious memoir Everybody Into the Pool, the East Bay native...

38. Music

    Piano Posse

    Tori Amos looks back on her multiple personalities

    By D.X. Ferris

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Tori Amos is now on tour supporting American Doll Posse, her best CD in years. It's the piano-playing singer-songwriter's 10th studio album — if you count the record she...

39. Let's Get Killed

    Best CDs of 2007

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: December 5, 2007

    I'm really not ready for 2007 to end. Any year that starts out in January with garage-punk great Jay Reatard smashing a clock with his face at the Hemlock is gonna be one for...

40. Hear This

    Hear This

    By J. Pace, Will Harper, Ryan Foley, Mark Keresman and Ezra Gale

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Film School has found its niche preserving the shoegazer aesthetic. The band recognizes that great pop songs sound much better when obscured by a mess of ear-splitting guitars....