Pitchfork has a rich article Fugazi's Joe Lally having thousands of dollars worth of equipment stolen from his touring van while it was parked on Valencia Street. Overnight.

Fugazi's Joe Lally and Philly's Capillary Action were enjoying a nice stop over in San Francisco following a shared gig on their current tour when tragedy struck. November 16, between the hours of 3-10 a.m. on the corner of Valencia Street and Clinton Park, someone broke into their shared tour van and grabbed a few things without asking permission first. And they were:

- Roland KC350 Amp with bent corner
- Yamaha S03 Keyboard with cracked side
- Alesis QS7 Keyboard
- Sharp VLNZ50U MiniDV Recorder with 3" Color LCD Screen (you'll find footage from a November 15 show in Palo Alto inside)
- Samsonite brown suitcase

Look, people, if you absolutely must steal, don't take the broken gear of a notoriously generous dude.

Where to begin, where to begin. First, getting your stuff stolen sucks, period. If any of you have any information on the whereabouts of Lally's cracked and bent musical equipment, contact his tour mates Capillary Action at this address. Second, "if you absolutely must steal, don't take the broken gear of a notoriously generous dude?" How was the hamburglar supposed to know that this was the equipment of a dude of generosity? Things like this happen to good people no matter the purity of their souls. (Come close, we want to let you in on a little secret: straight white guys who happen to have leftist politics are unusually shocked when they discover that they, too, are not untouchable. Just like their brethren over on the right. Shhh, don't tell them we said that.) But we hear what you're saying.

Again, if you have any info on Joe Lally's stuff, contact these guys.

-- Aaah! Rosebud: This re-telling of Citizen Kane involves a "an evil sled, competitive curlers, an aspiring diva, and soul-devouring zombies." See, if Wells had jus incorporated those things into Kane, he might have won the Best Picture Oscar. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom (at Eighth Street); $20-$25.

-- Squaretape, Little Yellow Perfect, and Downtown Harvest: Local synth-rock band, Little Yellow Perfect; Squaretape, whose latest album features cheerleading brats, Cock-Ts; and the Philly-based Downtown Harvest (we promise you that they're not Christian rock, not that that's a bad thing, but we're just saying) rock the floor boards tonight ion the 'Loin. Show starts at 9 p.m. at Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk; $7-$10.

-- Lizz Winstead: The co-creator and former head writer for The Daily Show returns to political stand-up (careful, we are very sensitive over here) tonight. Bruce Cherry and Jason Downs also perform. Shows start at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Punchline, 444 Battery; $20.50.

-- The Somnambulants: DJs Ibex and Venus in Furs spin before and after The Somnambulants' live set, celebrating the release of their latest effort, Paper Trail. Music starts at 8 p.m. at Space Gallery, 1141 Polk; $8.

This is all part of the autobiographical-supporting First Person Arts' Sixth Annual Memoir-Writing Contest, and this year's theme this year is "Objects of My Affections." You can send in either a Short Memoir (up to 3000 words) or a Short Short Memoir (up to 500 words), and the winner gets published in the Philadelphia City Paper and a free trip to Philly for the First Person Festival in November.

The judges are pretty top-notch too -- the guy who edits "Modern Love," that cringe-inducing overly-personal personal column in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times, and three book editors from publishing houses that specialize in memoirs.

The rules to enter are here -- good luck! Bring home the prize for the Bay Area!

On Tuesday, Gavin cut the ribbon on the city's very first commercial B20 biodiesel refueling station. B20 fuel is fuel made up of 20% biomass, 75% diesel, and 5% tomato juice and the biomass is made up mainly of leftover restaurant grease. Right now, about 39% of the city's transportation is able to use B20 and Gavin hopes soon all the city's transportation will run on B20. This announcement has gone over so well even Beyond Chron (Beyond Chron!) said nice things about it.

Sadly, the station will not be for us regular drivers and will be used only by the cities fleet of diesel vehicles. If you want to start using the B20 blend, you can go to the San Francisco BioFuels Cooperative (SFBC), People’s Fuel, and Berkeley's Biofuel Oasis. Or, you can just get your ride pimped up.

Tonight, learn about graffiti street artists as SF360 Film+Club returns to Mezzanine to celebrate the URB Next 100 Issue with a screening of Doug Pray’s film, Infamy. The film is an
intense journey into the dangerous lives and obsessed minds of six of America’s most prolific graffiti artists. Doug Pray (“Hype!” and “Scratch”) teamed up with writer, publisher, and graffiti guru Roger Gastman, to make a movie that takes you deep into the world of street legends Saber, Toomer, Jase, Claw, Earsnot, and Enem. After the film, the intriguingly named Chicago DJ Flosstradamus will perform, with Vin Sol opening. Doors at 7 pm, film starts at 7:30 pm, music starts at 10 pm. Damrak Gin will providing free gin drinks for the first hour. How sweet is that?. Tickets to the film are $8, but you can email info@sf360.org for $5 tickets. If you show up for the concert only, tickets will be $10. SF360 Film+Club is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, Mezzanine and Rehab. This event is sponsored by SFWeekly, 7x7 and Damrak. SF360 Film+Club is a monthly series, and past events have featured Next: A Primer on Urban Painting, Wholphin (we have it at home & it's seriously funny) and Colma: The Musical.

As for Infamy, the film is supposed to be funny and brutally honest. The artists in the film reveal why they are so willing to risk everything to spray paint their cities with "tags," “throwups,” and full-color murals. Meet Joe "The Graffiti Guerilla" Connolly, a notorious “buffer” who paints out graffiti on his neighborhood’s walls with a vengeance matched only by those who vandalized them. From the streets of the South Bronx to the solitude of a San Francisco tunnel, from high atop a Hollywood billboard to North Philadelphia for a lesson in "Philly-style tags," from the Mexican border to a Cleveland train yard, Infamy probably won't analyze or glorify graffiti, but instead bring it to life.

Mezzanine is at 444 Jessie Street @ Mint, SF. Phone: 415-625-8880

Going into last wknd’s action, there were no “complete” teams left – only those who had outweighed their weaknesses enough to advance to the NFL’s Divisional Playoff Round.

* Indianapolis vs Baltimore

Baltimore’s ball-control running game could get no headway against the uber-maligned Indy run defense. I mean seriously, the Ravens only rushed their battering ram RB Jamal Lewis 13 times? Bad call, coach.

Both sides threw two interceptions, but only one side controlled the ground. Thusly did the Colts advance past the #1 NFL defense.

* Philadelphia vs New Orleans

Part of the reason New Orleans' offense was #1 for the 2006 NFL regular season was due to its balance. Were a defense to load the line of scrimmage to stop the run, the Saints could pass. If the D dropped more men into coverage, Coach Payton could hammer up the middle with Deuce. Balance and adaptability equal points. Usually.

The opposite of this is the Philly offense. Mustachioed Philly Head Coach Andy Reid's offensive style is a form of the West Coast offense grown wild in the backyard. Folks forget that Bill Walsh's original West Coast Offense relied upon threat of the run to set up the pass. Reid's unpruned style uses the pass to set up the pass. Then they pass some more. The run is used only as a change-of-pace, and when it comes, as it did for a long TD in this game, it's a surprise to opposing defenses.

Not having a run game has tons of attendant problems: short-yardage plays become an ordeal, and it's far harder to kill the clock when the clock needs to be killed.

As the final drives went up and down the field, the Saints could rely on the run, while Philly to go pass.

Stumbled across two ideas while walking through the Powell cable car area.

First up, no. Just no.

Yes, Jeff was good. He is good. It is hard to watch him now making the same sort of gutty on-the-run improvisational plays in a green jersey for Philly.

As we recall, T.O. did make a huge difference on the field when he was a Niner. He was good. He was a rising star.

Then he soured, and became a relentless douche. Began believing his own wacky logic. He believed that regular sorts of contracts and common sense and rules didn't apply to him. Now that he's a Dallas Cowboy, it makes him all the more reprehensible. Enjoy the rest of the playoffs from home, jerk.

And J.J. Stokes. Oh, J.J. -- your level of bust-ed-ness is one of the few things that make the current hapless RT Kwame Harris look like a good draft day decision. In the textbook under "squandered potential," there is a photo of Stokes sporting #83 for the 49ers.

Dear sweet baby Jesus, how many times were we galvanized into shouting towards the television screen because of the lackadaisical #83?

"Fight for the ball! Fight for the ball!" would be a common refrain. Timid fool, you weren't worth trading up the draft ladder for.

(Of course, an added irony is that Stokes obtained a Super Bowl ring for riding the bench for the 2003 New England Patriots. Expletive.)

"Big Three," hmm? Naw. More like a Scrappy One. And a coupla negatives.

Roberts has achieved God-head status in New England as the man who started the 'Sox rally during the '04 playoffs against the Yankees and gets a little love from stat-heads for his decent OBP and speed. Whatever. If he's so good, why is it he goes from team to team to team every year? We see him as just a glorified Calvin Murray and we all know how great that worked out. As for Richie, we loved the dude (he was our favorite Giant during the glory years) and he plays a multitude of positions but he doesn't exactly make our heart go pitter-patter in non-nostalgic ways. Loretta is one of those guys who puts up decent numbers and plays a decent game and could be a decent pickup except for the fact he had a crummy season last year. He is also 35.