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Home Is Where the Tent Is
The high cost and low availability of housing in the valley has made some folks live on the edge -- of town, that is.

News: Gilroy's Porn Posse
Those South Valley Bible thumpers are at it again, and this time they're saving little children from the indecencies of the county's library system.

Sour Notes: Mercury News locks Hispanic press out of Mariachi Festival.

Barnacle Bill the Smutty Sailor: Mars-mania continues with Richard von Busack's secret history behind the nickname of one Martian rock.

A Doll's House: The tiniest house on the tiniest lot still carries a sizable price tag--the cost of an address in a genteel historical neighborhood.

Public Eye: The Odd Couple.

Polis Report: If walls could speak.

Scaling Back: Dream With the Fishes resurrects the cinematic freedom of the early '70s. Plus, Richard von Busack talks to director Finn Taylor.

Feline Dancing: Communities aren't missed until they're gone in When the Cat's Away.

Dressed to Kill: Le Samourai is a formal, deliberate study in crime and punishment.

String Things: The Dave Matthews Band proves you don't have to be in Kansas to like violins.

This Is Their Music: Rykodisc reissues two CDs by Galaxie 500.

Back to the Country: Dale Watson, Chris Wall, the Derailers and Don Walser keep the true spirit of hard-core C&W alive.

Sloan of the Mounties: Canada's Sloan is twice removed from the U.S. rock scene.

Fortune and Men's Ears: Alto man Sonny Fortune reveals his 'Thoughts' on new album, From Now On.

Making Waves: San Francisco's three Mermen know that we'll hear neo-surf music again.

Beat Street: Is Smashmouth the real thing?

Throwing Smoke: Caribbean music and Texas-style ribs keep the joint jumping at Waves Smokehouse and Saloon.

By the Dock of the Bay: Francisco Goldman's sailors never get to leave their port.