Metro Santa Cruz
November 16-23, 2005

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News

Shut Up and Pose
Despite Suicide Girls' lofty claims to the contrary, sometimes a porn site is just a porn site.

News

Nūz
Guerrilla Rail Trail Mystery; Notes From the Armchair; You Got Served; Creepy Crime; Crow Pie.


Columns

Car Culture
The air bag is, of course, a brilliant invention. Sure, sure, a few kids die every year from suffocating after an air bag discharges--but they shouldn't have been sitting in the front seat anyway.

Movies

Ringer Of Fire
Cash is king in sentimental but irresistible biopic of country star with Joaquin Phoenix as the man in black.

Dragon Season
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': going whole Hogwarts.

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Music & Clubs

Standard Deviation
America's Radiohead? Roots-rock saviors? The Standard sound like neither, but don't tell critics that.

The Gift
Upcoming performances celebrate the Santa Cruz arrival of two new Steinway grand pianos.

The Rock Show
U2 perfects the art of arena rock.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Restaurants

Belle of the Ball
More than just a restaurant, Bocci's Cellar is a joyous celebration with food.

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