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21. Night&Day

    Flamenco Navidad

    By Bonner Odell

    Published: December 12, 2007

    If you're feeling the holiday-induced urge to throw a little yuletide gathering but haven't gotten a single response to your Fred Claus movie party evite, allow us to recommend...

22. Night&Day

    Whiskery Goodness

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Albanians have almost as many words for mustache as Eskimos have for snow (fshes means drooping with bristly hairs, holl means thin, dirs ur means the newly sprouted fur of an...

23. Night&Day

    They Don't Really

    By John Garmon

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Formed in Tucson in 1988 by a group of high school friends, the Supersuckers moved to Seattle (based on a coin-flip) a couple years before grunge could be found in JC Penney...

24. Night&Day

    Classy Caroling

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: December 12, 2007

    We were raised in a spiritual tradition other than Catholic. (Is there a name for "In this family, we worship trees, but not very energetically?") Still, we love churches and...

25. Night&Day

    Scared Straight

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: December 12, 2007

    In 2005, the A.C.T. reworked A Christmas Carol, and we understand you might have questions: Is Tiny Tim an adorable little cripple? Is Scrooge like an evil Jean-Luc Picard? Are...

26. Stage

    TheatreWorks gives Shakespeare a hippie makeover in Twelfth Night

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: December 12, 2007

    If I thought I could have gotten away with it, I would have devoted my entire column this week to extolling the virtues of Patrick Alparone's legs. Thrillingly encased in...

27. Matt Smith

    Unhealthy Union

    Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

    By Matt Smith

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Rarely do I find myself wishing the best for a journalistic competitor. But I'm hoping that an early obituary on California health care reform, run inside the B section of last...

28. Reviewed

    Saga of the Simian Samurai

    Saga of the Simian Samurai Threshold Recordings

    By Jonah Flicker

    Published: December 12, 2007

    The teaming up of venerated MCs with esteemed producers has reaped fantastic results over the past few years. From Kool Keith and Dan the Automator's Dr. Octagon project to...

29. Music

    The infamy rollercoaster that is R. Kelly's life

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Six Flags execs should be envious of all the twists, turns, surges, and plunges that have taken place in the five years since R. Kelly caught multiple child pornography...

30. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: December 12, 2007

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Bar Johnny: 2209 Polk (at Vallejo), 268-0140. Marina. Small plates and cocktails. Bar...

31. Film

    Legend Has It

    That old 'last man on Earth' setup? It really works.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: December 12, 2007

    There are two momentous performances in the Darwinian horror fable I Am Legend. One is by the movie's star, Will Smith — but more about him in a minute. The other is by...

32. Game On

    Almost Famous

    It's never been easier to start your own (fake) band.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: December 12, 2007

    At a Guitar Hero tournament a few months back, one kid complained to me that Expert Mode is too easy. Then he demonstrated the game's secret Hyper Speed mode. My pupils nearly...

33. Sucka Free City

    Ron Paul supporters mistakenly 'hijack' unsanctioned Republican event

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Those in the YouTube crowd may have seen the clip of supporters of fringe Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (dubbed "Paultards" by Wonkette) inundating a recent San...

34. Reviewed

    Tom Middleton

    Lifetracks Six Degrees

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: December 12, 2007

    After working with the likes of Bebel Gilberto and Global Communications, Tom Middleton strikes out on his own with Lifetracks, his solo debut that draws inspiration from...

35. Music

    The most egregious holiday money grabs in music history

    By Ryan Foley

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Indie-rocker Sufjan Stevens is akin to the bell-ringing charity man you sidestep while entering the neighborhood drugstore: holiday perennial, purveyor of a sound that's an...

36. Film

    Knocked Up

    Teen pregnancy, hilarious and sweet, in the indie-licious Juno

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Juno marks the second film for director Jason Reitman and the first for screenwriter Diablo Cody, author of the Pussy Ranch blog, which, surprisingly, has very little to do...

37. Stagecap

    Cirque du Soleil's Kooza is its best show in years

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: December 12, 2007

    The last few Cirque du Soleil touring shows (Dralion, Varekai, Corteo) were so slick and so mass-marketed to general audiences that the action under the blue and yellow tent...

38. Sucka Free City

    Barry Bonds' new lawyer Allen Ruby was a wrestler

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: December 12, 2007

    Amid countless cameras and sign-waving fans with nowhere better to be on a working day, a woman wearing only a leaf of lettuce over her tomatoes handed out Vegan sandwiches at...

39. Let's Get Killed

    Hesher battles, Anti-Feminism, and Village People singalongs: gifts that keep on giving

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: December 12, 2007

    There's a big calendar on the front window of the downtown Old Navy store. I know its sole purpose is to pressure procrastinators like myself into getting our holiday shopping...

40. DVDish

    Killer Climax

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: December 12, 2007

    The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) The final installment in the Bourne-again trilogy is the one in which the CIA assassin's true identity is revealed. It's the origin story in...