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Magic, madness, witches, and holdin' on to that feeeeeling: new movies!
This photo really says it all, amirite? 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' opens tomorrow.Photo by Ben GlassThe newly-renamed CAAMfest (the film festival formerly known as the San Francisco...
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Live Shots: The Hush Sound at Great American Music Hall
I was introduced to the Hush Sound in high school, when a girlfriend burned "Like Vines” onto a mix CD for me. It was love at first listen. The awkward, adorably fumbling song structures and whimsical...
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Those infuriating private buses
Photo from Thetenssf.comPeople in the Mission continue to get more and more angry with the private tech-company buses clogging streets and filling up Muni stops; here's a great photo of two of the...
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Live Shots: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, fornicating turtles, and one Dixie...
Photos and words by Bowerbird Photography Immersing oneself in the SXSW 2013 musical experience feels akin to getting deep fried in a small tub of hot oil, crammed with sundry other dancing meats. The...
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SEIU 1021 employees authorize strike as its clash with the city goes to...
SEIU Local 1021 won a good city contract last year using a show of force and solidarity in City Hall and the streets.Joseph SchellService Employees International Union Local 1021, which represents most...
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The FBI and Occupy
A federal judge will decide March 15 whether to dismiss a lawsuit by the ACLU and the Bay Guardian seeking access to FBI records showing the agency’s involvement with the Occupy movement.As if often...
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Bone, on: Here's the week in sex events
No need to eat that thumb girl, Gold Club's got multiple St. Patty's buffets Sun/17. Internet flame wars, naked people in Berkeley, fativism, shamrock-spangled stripper heels. Oh yep, that's this week...
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Live Shots: Rich Kidd, Young Galaxy, tween angst, and barbecue at SXSW, Day 3
Photos and words by Bowerbird Photography The surrealists employed a method of drawing called the exquisite corpse, where an artist would create an image on a section of paper, fold it back to conceal...
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MUNI switchbacks disproportionately affect low-income and outlying areas
Nearly one third of all switchbacks recorded citywide in January affected the T Third Carroll Ave. station in the Bayview.Screenshot from Google Street ViewMUNI switchbacks may be on the decline...
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CPMC deal gets warm welcome despite some shortcomings
Mediator Lou Giraudo (at podium) announced the deal between CPMC and city officials on March 5.Mike KoozminEven though the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the term sheet for the California...
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Should bars be open until 4 am?
State Sen. Mark Leno is introducing a bill that would allow (not require, allow) cities to designate areas where bars could stay open and serve alcohol until 4 am. It's not going to lead to a rampage...
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Author (and former strip-club DJ) Dee Simon talks 'Play Something Dancy'
Former SF resident Dee Simon wrote a very funny, very raunchy book of short stories about his experiences spinning tunes at local strip clubs; it's called Play Something Dancy. Clearly I had to talk to...
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Reports of new director appointment at SF arts museums follow critical NYT piece
The NYT included a quote from a Fine Arts Museums trustee suggesting Board of Trustees President Dede Wilsey is "in control."A report in the New York Times this past weekend highlighted troubles at the...
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Alt-folk singer Michelle Shocked goes on homophobic rant, Yoshi's says she...
Shocked at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, 2007.PHOTO BY SIGMUND/CREATIVE COMMONS.What is going on with Michelle Shocked? The Texas alt-folk singer-songwriter, formerly known as a leftist-feminist relic of...
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Pizza delivery drones?
Could a drone really prevent a pizza from sliding around in the box during flight?Well, this is intriguing. According to an event announcement for an upcoming talk this Wednesday, there are some...
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Last gasp ends the sordid Mirkarimi saga
The arm-grab that Madison reported to police set off a feeding frenzy that engulfed Mirkarimi.Luke Thomas/Fog City JournalA San Francisco judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Sheriff Ross...
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Acclaimed director Sally Potter on redheads, the 1960s, and 'Ginger and Rosa'
Growing pains: Rosa (Alice Englert) and Ginger (Elle Fanning)Courtesy A24 FilmsIt's the 1960s, nuclear war is a real possibility, and nuclear-family war is an absolute certainty, at least in the London...
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A decade later, troubling questions about war and democracy remain
Guardian cover from March 2003.Ten years ago, during my second week working here at the Guardian, San Franciscans rose up to protest the Iraq War and shut down the city. Five years ago, I revisited...
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There was no rape episode on 'Leave It To Beaver'
Those widdle wascals!I'll tell you how not to start your morning: like I did. I crushed my soul catching up on the Stuebenville rape case. While still in bed. Really dumb.Seriously, do not read the...
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The lies of war
I was listening to Democracy Now this morning, and the introduction to a segment on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War started out with such an honest, accurate, straightforward statement that I...
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