We’ve all been there. You’re entranced by some wonderful song that you can’t live without, only to buy the album, hunker down to listen, and find it full of duds. Your purchase … sucks.

EDITOR’S NOTES 
There was no better place than the Castro Theatre to watch Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey, which kicked off the 70mm Series on Aug. 11. (Future delights in store: South Pacific and Tron!) The timing wasnt bad either: among the films many viscerally unsettling images (see: bludgeoned animals; HALs omnipresent glowing red eye; an astronaut jerkily struggling for oxygen, then floating

Event Listings 
Events listings are compiled by Duncan Scott Davidson. See Picks, page 24, for information on how to submit items to the listings. Vision and MISperception Canvas Gallery, 1200 Ninth Ave, SF; 504-0060. 7pm, free.

Silicon Valley start-up revs up interest in electric cars with $100,000 roadster 
Who killed the electric car, a summer documentary asks. It turns out it’s alive and well: Tesla Motors of San Carlos has revived interest in the electric car with a new $100,000 roadster.