Cover: Clutter Busters
Deconstructing our acquisitive human nature.

News: Usual Suspects
Planned November transit measure hits a political roadblock.

Feeling Lucky?: The joys of sharing the pot.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Life Over Art: One-time bad boy Lewis Nordan on the mathematics of writerly failure, the myth of the tortured artist, and the new film 'Wonder Boys.'

Movie Talk: Local Film discussion groups bring Hollywood down to Earth.

Rare Bloom: 'Judy Berlin' is everything that 'Magnolia' wanted to be.

Tibetan Goals: Even Buddhist monks get a kick out of soccer in 'The Cup.'

3's Company: Pat Metheny brings new trio to LBC.

Jazz Notes: A spring fling of new jazz CDs.

Get Jazzed: Complete program notes on the San Francisco Jazz Festival's spring season.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Survivor's Tale: Incest wreaks emotional ruin in 'How I Learned to Drive.'

Time Travel: 'The Global Soul' is a fast-paced tour.

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