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Cover: You Can Get There From Here
New York may supply the contracts, but SF's new jazz scene has the raw talent.

House of Cards: A left-wing tarot reading.

Tara's Advice: Tara takes on a family affair.

1:15: Gossip columnist C. Silo.

Frisco Utopia: Hank Hyena employs the homeless.

Job Interview: Who says the next Mother Teresa can't be young and beautiful?

Classic Girls: Amber Asylum on fusing classic with the cutting edge.

Blondie Ambition: Blondie's new album proves there's No Exit from the band's rapture.

Music Picks: Reviews of the latest CDs by The Controls, Howie B. and April March.

Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more.

On the Brink: The Hang Gallery offers new space for emerging local artists.

Raising Your Roof: Fira Cosmetics brings stylishness closer to godliness.

Miss Pinkie Shears: The debonair miss gives her fashion advice.

Concrete Runway: Tristan & Chloe at Powell & Post.

Hitchcock's Highs and Lows: A Hitchcock retrospective distinguishes the master's masterworks from the mere works of a master.

Film Picks: Reviews of Carrie, God Said 'Ha!' and Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation.

The Conquest of Cool: Michelle Goldberg discovers that if you can't buy 'hip,' at least you can Rent it.

Darkness at the Edge of Town: 'New American' comfort food from the center of nowhere.

Millennial Fever: Andrei Codrescu's Messiah takes on a bevy of would-be saviors.

Book Picks: Reviews of the latest books by Kevin Baker, Meg Wolitzer and Lee Server.

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