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Live shots: Modest Mouse sweat it out at the Masonic
Modest Mouse at the Masonic Sept. 26. Photos by Emily Sevin.Modest Mouse got hot and heavy at the Masonic Sept. 26, and we were there to catch them in all their sweaty glory. Mimicking Birds (first...
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Chiu's Airbnb legislation, still a controversial mess, moves to full board
Will Airbnb sink David Chiu's reputation as a effective legislator who can find good compromises?Board of Supervisors President David Chiu’s reputation for forging decent compromises is being severely...
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Luxy! The dating app for the 1 percent is NOT a prank
Who ever said online dating had anything to do with love?I got a press release announcing a new app yesterday that immediately set off my “hoax” radar. Not only is Luxy not a prank, but actual people...
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Two-fer Tuesday: New music videos from Cathedrals and The Stone Foxes
Because nothing showcases the breadth of music being made in the Bay Area better than some chilled-out electro R&B followed by a driving blues-rock sprint of a song: Here are the latest music...
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Ralph Nader writes a letter to Rep. John Boehner
September 22, 2014Dear Speaker Boehner,While millions of hardworking Americans are working more and more for less and less, you and your House of Representatives seem to have no problem working less...
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Drag queens win, Facebook says "real name" changes coming
IMAGE COURTESY SISTER ROMAPut on your six-inch pumps and throw some glitter, the drag queens have won. After the newest round of negotiations with Facebook today, the social-media giant bowed to...
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The Aislers Set reunion welcomed with open arms, nostalgia at The Chapel
The Aislers Set at The Chapel Sept. 28By Rebecca HuvalAfter an 11-year hiatus, dream-pop lovables The Aislers Set played to a sold-out room swooning with nostalgia at The Chapel Sunday...
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Festival-sized doses of art, food, and technology at Portland's TBA fest
Noise artist Tim Hecker showered TBA attendees with sound.Photo by Tsuyoshi SuzukiAs the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) presented the 12th iteration of the Time-Based Art Festival...
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Chuck Prophet on glam rock, his new record, and how the Castro is turning...
Chuck Prophet hits the Makeout Room tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday nights at 7:30pm, then Hardly Strictly on Sunday afternoon.Chuck Prophet's been around the San Francisco music scene long enough to...
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Social Distortion digs up its roots
Social Distortion plays HSB Sat/4 at 4:45pm at the Towers of Gold Stage.PHOTO COURTESY EPITAPH RECORDSAlthough they got their start in the fast and loud world of the southern California punk rock scene...
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Head First: Explosive Sexual Healing hurts so ... good?
I’ve got a lot of repressed issues, and I came to San Francisco to try to get them resolved. But I never imagined a possible solution to my problems would be to have some guy finger me while his wife...
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Mill Valley, 'Gone Girl,' and TWO flicks featuring Satan: yep, must be time...
Rosamund Pike plays "Amazing Amy" in David Fincher's thriller Gone Girl.Photo by Merrick MortonThe 37th annual Mill Valley Film Festival opened last night and runs through October 12 at all the big...
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Live shots: A hot and sticky Hardly Strictly
In keeping with Hardly Strictly weekend weather of years gone by, this past weekend's weather was the most summerlike the Bay Area's seen all year. Ooo-weee, it was hot out there.While you're chugging...
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Opponents seek changes in Airbnb legislation before big hearing
The broad and diverse coalition opposing Sup. David Chiu’s legislation to legalize and regulate Airbnb and other short-term housing rental companies — which the Board of Supervisors will consider...
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Big soda explodes on SF, gives $7.7 million to fight beverage tax
If the soda tax proponents brought a supersoaker to the November ballot showdown, the soda industry brought a tsunami. New campaign finance reports filed today [Mon/6] show the soda industry gave $7.7...
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Find your fangs: Total Trashfest is upon us
Hunx doin' his thing as Gayracula.PHOTO COURTESY TOTAL TRASHFESTI can already envision the sound of Shannon Shaw's voice singing Metallica's "Enter Sandman," and it's music to my ears. The James...
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SF supervisors vote to legalize and regulate Airbnb's short-term rentals
We started writing about Airbnb's illegal business model in our May 2012 cover story, "The problem with the sharing economy."The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today approved controversial...
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What’s the difference between David C. and David C.?
The Bay Guardian news staff has been meeting with a host of politicians and local movers and shakers recently, to help inform our decisionmaking on the Endorsements issue for the upcoming November...
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Join the Bay Guardian for a community forum on housing and transportation
Fed up with the current state of housing and transit in our city?So are we. In collaboration with the San Francisco Transit Riders Union, the Bay Guardian will host a community forum tomorrow [Thu/9]...
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Why and how we endorsed what we did
As I sort through the barrage of positive and negative feedback to the election endorsements that we published today— which included some tough calls that have surprised some of our progressive allies...
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