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41. Reviewed

    Bon Iver

    For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Bon Iver may mostly be just a dude and a guitar, but don't go thinking singer-songwriter. Justin Vernon's French-named one-man band is much more, thanks to cobwebs of hazy...

42. Let's Get Killed

    SXSW highlights: David Banner, Bon Iva, MGMT, Clockcleaner, and Dark Meat

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 19, 2008

    After spending five days in Austin for SXSW, doing tasks one at a time seems odd. Why eat dinner at a table when you can be scarfing beans and tortillas by the taco truck while...

43. FilmCap

    Under the Same Moon

    By Michelle Orange

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Firing off a deluge of immigrant-hardship vignettes with the thudding consistency of a tennis-ball machine, Under the Same Moon presents a genre somewhat at odds with itself:...

44. Stagecap

    Romeo & Juliet and Other Duets

    By Molly Rhodes

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Longtime theatrical partners Deborah Gwinn and Jim Cave put their own quirky, captivating spin on Ionesco's The Chairs and Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers. With little...

45. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: March 19, 2008

    No Party Poopers Go, Gonzo: Matt Smith hit the nail on the head with his article about Matt Gonzalez ["Gonzo Candidacy," March 5]. Gonzalez will add a needed voice to the...

46. Reviewed

    Born Ruffians

    Red, Yellow & Blue (Warp)

    By Tony Ware

    Published: March 19, 2008

    When it comes to musical simplicity, is there a more perfect, primary triumvirate than guitar, drums, and bass? The guitar flares with warning; the cymbals and snares flash in...

47. Arthouse

    Art House

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Artists' Television Access. # The Revival House Queer Cinema: New series of historical gay and queer film screens Black Lizard (Japan, 1968). Wed., March 19, 8 p.m. $6....

48. Artcap

    Show at Mission 17 Deconstructs Destruction

    By Traci Vogel

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Things fall apart. And if they don't fall apart on their own, we take them apart. How is the human compulsion to deconstruct, deface, and otherwise transform objects and our...

49. Game On

    Fuzzy Fights

    The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Sometimes it's the terrible ideas — say, a TV show about nothing, or stirring corn into your mashed potatoes — that turn out to be genius. Super Smash Bros. landed...

50. Encore

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Chloe Veltman, Molly Rhodes and Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Endgame. Humanity is at the center of Rob Melrose's new production of Samuel Beckett's sepulchral 1957 masterpiece. This is no small achievement when you consider that the play...

51. Hear This

    Ex-Clash Guitarist Mick Jones Rocks Again with Carbon/Silicon

    By Tim Pratt, J. Poet, Mark Keresman and Jonah Bayer

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Your first mental image of a band with a name like Black Moth Super Rainbow might be a group of unicorns, wizards, and trolls pumping out long-winded prog rock for hopelessly...

52. Bouncer

    Where the hell is Bill? He's at Danny Coyle's

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 19, 2008

    A friend of mine who is in her 60s is afraid she might be developing Alzheimer's. She is losing her acuity, her memory, and her train of thought a lot, so she is jumping to the...

53. BeatBox

    Medusa: The Stone-Cold Rapper Is L.A.'s Best-Kept Secret

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 19, 2008

    "World of Drum & Bass" is an annual tour intermingling British DJs and artists with local talent at specialized events. This year, DJs Ivry and Sharp from S.F. club night...