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Metro Silicon Valley
01.02.08

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News

Panic Shroom
Are mushrooms and human hair the organic, 21st-century answer to toxic disasters like the spill in San Francisco Bay?

News

I Sing of Ron Paul
Willow Glen musician Steve Dore has taken up the outsider candidate's cause-and become a one-man YouTube revolution in the process

The Fly: 01.09.08
Stop the Merc, Next for Nora & Vision Thing

Columns

Silicon Alleys:
When Naglee Met Doobie

Technology News:
Are we creating more content than we can store?

Style:
Reality Check for Resolutions

Events:
Travel author Rick Steves

Sporting Events:
San Jose Stealth

Kids Events:
The Pacifica Quartet

Movies

Review: 'There Will Be Blood'
Paul T. Anderson's hits a gusher with epic tale of oil in California

Review: 'Persepolis'
The graphic novel about an Iranian girl makes a splendid animated feature

Review: 'The Bucket List'
You can't wait for Nicholson and Freeman to kick it

Cult Leader:
The best cult movies of 2007 didn't exist

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Free Reign
The Monterey Jazz Festival presentsits 50th Anniversary Band

Music Picks:
Country Joe McDonald, Warsaw Poland Brothers & Jessica Johnson

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Keep Your Cool
The upgrade of Jesse Ziff Cool's deli in Menlo Park shocked regulars but delivers a fresh, organic experience

5 Things to Love
Food Products You Should Make At Home

Live Feed
2007: The Year Cauliflower Broke

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Dance Preview: Margaret Wingrove Dance Company
Innovative San Jose troupe choreographs 'The Glass Menagerie'

Book Review:
'Black Hole' by Charles Burns

Book Review:
'Young Stalin' by Simon Sebag Montefiore

DVD Review:
'Indie Sex'

DVD Review:
'Madagascar Skin'

DVD Review:
'MI-5, Season 5'

DVD Review:
'The rise and fall of silent comedian Harry Langdon'

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
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