Check out Boulevards' Guide to San Francisco

Cover: Gothic Novelty
Jill Tracy's eerie but mellifluous torch songs have finally come of age.

House of Cards: Mark Ewert reads a young starlet's future.

Job Interview: Porn-formance artist Jade-blue Eclipse talks about her work.

Tara's Advice: Soul-sucking squid-faced Venusians.

Frisco Utopia: Hank Hyena axes taxes.

Vive Le Metreon! The Sony Metreon--suburban wonderland or vortex of chi?

One Man's Treasure: Sculptor Jerry Ross Barrish on urbane debris.

Beneficent Beauty: Fools blush in at Benefit Cosmetics.

Concrete Runway: Josh Henderson at Haight & Clayton.

Solar Plexus: The virtues of tanning.

Visual Arts Picks: Reviews of 'A Tale of Three Cities,' exhibits by Jimin Lee and Margaret Killgallen.

Going Postal: Is 'The Minus Man' missing something?

Film Picks: Reviews of 'La Grande Bouffe,' the Out of This World Sci-Fi Festival and 'The Source.'

Not From Concentrate: Oranger colors the big labels green with envy.

Music Picks: Reviews of the latest CDs by Supersuckers, The Blue Hawaiians and L7.

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

Freaks and Geeks: Cartoonist Lynda Barry gets hardbacked with 'Cruddy.'

Book Picks: Reviews of 'Bust Guide to the New Girl Order' and 'Capture the Flag.'