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| May 23-29, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shuttlebucks: Amid Coke experiments, and the weird science of privatization, it's worth wondering whether the next flag to be planted in space may be atop an orbiting Hilton. Whether NASA gets a piece of the action may depend upon "brilliant pebbles" and death rays. |
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| Also, check out Metroactive's Summer Guide '96 for a complete calendar of sizzling south bay events during the next three months. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nobody's Business: The latest in a long trail of evicted Pavilion merchants say their landlord and the Redevelopment Agency led them down the garden path, and they'll prove it in court. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Eye: The wacky world of telecom deregulation left Peninsulites hanging, while a shocking Salvation Army luncheon served up everything from soup to nuts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polis Report: Advertising's in the toilet. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Movies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cold Warrior: Tom Cruise attempts the impossible. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chilly Scenes: Cold Fever is full of Iceland's eccentrics. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Horsing Around: The French epic, The Horseman on the Roof, aims for old-fashioned Hollywood gloss. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Way of the Whigs: The Afghan Whigs prove that the smaller the club, the bigger the show. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Sun Ra Also Rises: Local label explores the jazz avant-garde from Evan Parker and Beth Custer to a new Sun Ra tribute. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Box Populi: Box Set revisits the bliss and love era. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat Street: Popular DJ night crosses South First; King Raffi moves to right side of dial. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Audiofile: The latest CDs by Jonny Polonsky, Dreadformation, Oasis, and the Gufs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Books | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Spice in the Melting Pot: Asian-American novelist Gus Lee talks about his multicultural thriller Tiger's Tail. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wages of Poetry: Clemens Starck brings a craftsman's care to the hard labor of poetry. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Art | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nudes and Notions: Alan Miller defies Puritans while Jerome Witkin questions true believers at Spratt Gallery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Menu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Main Event: Eulipia has returned to the North American repertoire with some serious ideas about no-nonsense food, long on updated grill classics, sensuous seafoods and hearty appetizers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vegging Out: Exploring Pasand and the exotic cuisine of South India. | ||||||||||||||||||||