Cover: Original Zin
California's big, bold zinfandels make wine drinking fun again.

News: Swerve Verve
Local motorcyclists test their metal on Highway 9.

Bruce Bratton: Should the public get a say on store size in advance?

On the Fritz: Surfing the '50s for images, Don Fritz adds his personal spin to a new show at the San Jose Museum of Art.

Sights and Sounds: Trip-hop pioneer Tricky foregoes dreamy synths to rock hard at the Catalyst.

Notes From the Underground: Top-of-the-heap local punks call it quits after rocking SC for most of the '90s.

Mighty Maus: Art Spiegelman took comics from the underground to the museums.

A La Carte: The chrome shines brilliantly at the remade Denny's.

Bad Monkey: A cozy country life can't live up to a dark and dangerous past in 'B. Monkey.'

Boiling Down Sex: Boredom is the price to pay for mild titillation in scandalous 'Romance.'

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