Metro Silicon Valley
October 12, 2005

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News

Gag Orders
Are Silicon Valley companies helping China crack down on dissent?

News

Plight of the Iguana
Local business owners say landlords stepped over the line playing hardball on downtown space.

Silicon Valley News Notes
Danielle Martell shakes up the Palo Alto City Council race.

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Tripping Through Silicon Valley.

Technology News
Meme War.

Car Culture
In the past couple years, a ragtag group of EVers has also held month-long vigils in Sacramento to stop Ford from taking people's leased electric vehicles.

Movies

The Bloom Fades
Orlando and Kirsten can't keep Cameron Crowe's 'Elizabethtown' afloat.

Scoundrel Time
'Good Night, and Good Luck' re-creates the story of how Edward R. Murrow gave McCarthy the boot.

War Kids
'Innocent Voices' examines the children who grew up as soldiers in El Salvador.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Chairman M.I.A.
You can't spell 'mania' without M.I.A.

Get Over Yourself
Tender rock star egos crave the validation (and big bucks) that a solo career affords.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Restaurants

Coming Soontofu
Omogari will help you brush up on your culinary vocab before Korean food gets big.

Live Feed
Know Before You Go.

5 Things to Love
Bubble Tea Shops.

BOOK A RESERVATION    FIND A REVIEW

The Arts

Mammary Man
A new biography of soft-core exploitation director Russ Meyer gives the king of rack & roll an overdue tribute.

Out Of the Tragic Ashes
Phaedra and a flaming bird take flight at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley.

On Your Marks
MACLA's 'Can Control' displays graffiti's artistic side.

Wit and Worlds of Words
Teatro Visión and Herbert Sigüenza conjure up the spirit of the great Mexican film comedian ¡Cantinflas!

Book Box
Woken Furies, by Richard Morgan; Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley; Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary by Henry Hitchings.