Male lingerie: The proof is in the panties
Lingerie has long been a lady thing. Lots of lace, ribbons and girly details ideally made to display womanly humps and lumps. Dudes can easily purchase a pair of Vicky’s panties to pretty up their...
View ArticleLive Shots: Caitlin Rose at Cafe du Nord, 4/7/11
To be honest, I could have cared less who the Cafe Du Nord headliners were that night. I was there for only one reason: to see the opener, Nashville-born singer Caitlin Rose. I found Caitlin Rose's...
View ArticleSinisterism and lost hills: The Slow Poisoner joins forces with Fantomas in...
The Slow Poisoner, masked. Jim Ferreira In conjunction with the continuing "Fantomas by the Bay" series presented by City Lights, the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France, and the...
View ArticleAmerican Idol: The Pia shocker
Pia: You wuz robbed When I first saw that Jacob was in the bottom three, I wondered: Did the hard-core Christian vote fail to turn out in a crucial election? Did his on-camera (much hyped) decision to...
View ArticleWill Muni youth passes be saved?
A popular and successful program that gave free group bus passes to summer programs for kids is up for renewal -- but nobody knows if Muni officials will approve it. The Summer Youth Group Pass...
View ArticleSFBG Radio: Parents gone wild
In today's episode, Johhny takes a break from budget politics to talk about crazy parents and youth sports. Imagine: Johnny Angel, peaceful soccer dad. Next, the minivan. Listen after the...
View ArticleRepublicans favor unemployment
I like the chart that the Economic Policy Institute has put out on the value of spending vs. tax cuts, but one of the critical points is deep in the report: The GOP budget plans in Washington would...
View ArticleiPod voyeur: YACHT looks into the future of the past
The future has potential to be totally fun. Eco-friendly flying cars, new friends from outer space and moon parties sound like a great way to spend the year 3000, but these are only amateur,...
View ArticleBloggers sue over $315 m HuffPo deal
The Guardian UK has some great quotes in its story about how Arianna Huffington, her website and AOL have been slapped with a $105 million class action suit. The suit was brought by a bunch of...
View ArticleAvalos for mayor? He's talking about it
The San Francisco mayor’s race is taking a new twist: Sup. John Avalos -- one of the best, most consistent and productive progressives on the board -- is looking at running. Avalos told me he wasn’t...
View ArticleThe Performant: Here be pirates
Joining the saltwater chorus at the monthly Chantey Sing at Fisherman's Wharf Landlubbers arise. San Franciscans of the not long-distant past were a sea-faring folk, and you don’t have to scratch the...
View ArticleHererra decries "the real outrage" of PG&E delay
A Guardian map of PG&E underground gas lines SFBG The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) considered whether or not to accept a deal with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) at its...
View ArticleEditorial: Link pension reform to tax reform (Second in a series on pension...
Mayor Ed Lee has released a draft set of proposals for pension reform, and union leaders continue to meet with financier Warren Hellman to try to craft an alternative. Meanwhile, Public Defender Jeff...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin, Deadline Poet
A Bare-Bones Analysis of Tim Pawlenty's Candidacy The news from Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty Is Tim Pawlenty's in New Hampshire plenty. He hopes to win in '12, '16, or '20 But that's not likely, say the...
View ArticlePower struggle divides backers of the Twitter tax break
OEWD's Amy Cohen (left) with Jennifer Matz and Tenderloin power broker Randy Shaw at a March 23 hearing on the legislation. Luke Thomas As the Board of Supervisors prepares to give final approval...
View ArticleMa's bill would make it harder to resist big city trash
Assemblymember Fiona Ma has thrown another curve ball at San Francisco’s already hotly contested plan to dispose trash in Yuba County: Ma recently introduced AB 1178 which would authorize a local...
View ArticleSnap Sounds: Jessica 6
JESSICA 6"White Horse" and "Fun Girl"(Peacefrog) Siren of the dance floor Nomi Ruiz is looking and sounding even better outside of Hercules and Love Affair; in fact, depending on the petty commercial...
View ArticleTaxes, Tech, and Talking Back to the Man
Justin Rose This issue’s story on the destructive fallacies pushed by advocates of supply-side economics -- “The failed experiment” by David Cay Johnston, the country’s top tax policy journalist, a...
View ArticleLive Shots: Queens of the Stone Age, Fox Theater, 4/11/11
Racing up and down the pavement on Telegraph Avenue, the scalpers were grinding hard outside the Fox Theater on Monday night, perhaps with an inkling that the venue might not be standing by the time...
View ArticleThe Eagle flies? -- property disputes, protests, and the uncertain future of...
Members of the queer community rally outside City Hall. PHOTO BY EMILY APPELBAUM The commendation presented this afternoon by Supervisor Jane Kim to The Eagle Tavern recognizing 30 outstanding years...
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