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Live Shots: Death Grips at Slim's
When I first saw Sacramento's Death Grips— about a year or so ago at 1015 Folsom — they had to work especially hard. The room was half full and Stefan Burnett made up the difference, jumping down into...
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Could we really fix Prop. 13?
Is the Howard Jarvis Era really ending?Is it really possible? Could California be on the path to repair the damage of Prop. 13? Would Jerry go along?You wouldn't think so -- it's been talked about for...
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Nite Trax: Tormenta Tropical whips up 5 years of cumbia madness
Shawn Reynaldo and oro11, fresh-faced from 2008Five years ago the local nightlife scene was broadening its scope in a multitude of awe-inspiring musical directions, from contemporary Afrobeat and baile...
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Honk if you love movies! New releases and rep programs
'In the Family''s Chip (Sebastian Brodziak) and Joey (Patrick Wang)tian Brodziak) and Joey (Patrick Wang) PHOTO COURTESY IN THE FAMIf this week's openings seem a little thin, it's because all of the...
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Did SF prosecutors subpoena protesters' account information from Twitter?
A group calling itself the Anti-Colonial Anti-Capitalist 19 (ACAC19), representing 19 demonstrators who were arrested Oct. 6 in downtown San Francisco during a Columbus Day protest that devolved into a...
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Next level: this weekend's SF Youth Arts Summit takes SOMArts
Youth speaks out and gets creative at the Summit.San Francisco’s next great designer, sculptor, or filmmaker could possibly be in attendance this Sat/8 at the second annual San Francisco Youth Arts...
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Why the anti-leaks bill is so scary
Sen. Ron Wyden is the only one stopping a very bad anti-leaks billIf a bill that is now before the US Senate were in place in 2005, none of us would know about the CIA's secret offshore prisons....
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2012: Don't call it the Apocalypse
John Mayor Jenkins has written extensively on the 2012 alignment, work he believes is being misrepresented.There's been growing media coverage of the widely anticipated 12/21/2012 date– which marks the...
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The Supreme Court and same-sex marriage
IN 2004, the battle began ....Keep in mind that I'm not a lawyer and the news just broke. But it seems unlikely to me that the US Supreme Court would have taken up two key cases involving same-sex...
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Lots of statements getting issued on the Supreme Court's decision, reflecting both the desire of many elected officials to weigh in on this momentus event and some interesting differences in...
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Live Shots: Drag Queens on Ice (with the SF Bulls!)
They twirled, twisted, leapt, and also sometimes fell, on their very well-padded booties. Glitter dusted the smooth rink, as the drag queens took the ice.<!--break-->Fun for the whole family,...
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The Performant: Poetry in motion
"You Need to Read Poetry" and "Ragged Wing" take flightAgainst the back curtain of the stage, empty save a couple of small platforms, a mysterious tree, represented by a rainbow of colored scarves,...
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Live Shots: Santigold at the Fox Theater
Santigold was barely a full song into her sold-out performance at the Fox Theater Wednesday night when she began to stoke the lovefest with her Bay Area fans. "You know you're my favorite place to...
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Nite Trax: Ana Sia, back on home court
For those of you who haven't been listening: Ana Sia is kind of a big deal. One of those quaintly San Francisco nightlife things -- you blink for a hot minute, and someone familiar on the scene blows...
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Look out for fracking (and how to stop it)
There's enough oil (maybe) under Central California to make petro companies vastly rich, and to keep people driving around in their carbon-spewing private cars for many years to come. Only problem is...
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Hot sexy events: An end to violence, and a beginning of pantlessness
Before we get to the week in Bay Area sex events, here is something you will want to be aware of: the ingenious ad campaign perpetuated by Baltimore activists from Force: Upsetting Rape Culture, who...
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About that dog Charlie
Nothing like a dog story to captivate a city that has so much else going on. And while there are (sadly) dogs euthanized in this city fairly often, mostly because they're unadoptable or found to be...
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Antwon's Top 10 Rap Jamz of 2012
Antwon dug Chippy Nonstop's "Money Dance."For our annual Year in Music issue, I asked local musicians, rappers, producers, and music writers sound off on the year's best songs, album releases, shows –...
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Heroic shorties return! "The Hobbit" and more new movies
The wiz: Ian McKellan in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"Photo by James FisherOne more week until Hollywood unleashes a mighty flood of new films, in honor of noted multiplex fan Baby Jesus. This...
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On the Om Front: MC Yogi's Ghandi connection
Whaddup, yoga?You know yoga has arrived when yoga teachers are up at the mic giving a TED talk.This past October, the Bay Area’s very own yoga teacher-rapper-extraordinaire MC Yogi took the stage at...
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