News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Get Lonely

Online social networking is supposedly coming of age. Maybe that's why it's so awkward and lame

• by Mike Connor

How to Lose a Hospital

Sutter Medical Center: Anatomy of a good thing gone . . . away

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

Neil Young finally releases the great live album that never was

• by David Sason

Prognosis

Prog rock isn't dead--it just smells funny

'Lookout' for It

'The Lookout' is one of the most involving dramas of the year

It Girl

Britain's Amy Winehouse is a lot of trouble—and well worth it

• by Gabe Meline

Women in Love

'Anton in Show Business' a bittersweet love letter to the theater

• by David Templeton

Not Anne Frank

MTC's complex 'Good German' chooses high-caliber brain-tickles

• by David Templeton

Gore of Babylon

How 'gorno' cinema became the new staple of American porn

Tough Stuff

SRJC students produce play about the aftermath of an unspeakable crime

• by David Templeton

Wine Tasting

Imagery Estate Winery

• by James Knight

Caffeine World

California's best baristas go shot for shot and take some nasty spills

First Bite

Gohan

• by Carey Sweet

Dining Dilemmas

Chef Dan Barber dishes on a boar of a problem

Morsels

Happy Sourpuss

• by Sara Bir

High Voltage

Son Volt recharge their rock 'n' roll roots

• by Greg Cahill