For Thanksgiving, a true test of the First Amendment
i just received a most appropriate Thanksgiiving message from Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. It is a timely reminder of just how fragile and important our First...
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Live Shots: tUnE-yArDs at the Regency Ballroom
tUnE-yArDs seemed so playful and free on Wednesday at the Regency, like a band of highly skilled children, in particular the ringleader-pied piper of the bunch, Merrill Garbus. Hopping around...
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Zero-calorie pleasures: McSweeney's children's imprint takes over a gallery
There is no better guilty pleasure than children's book art. Calorie-free, family-friendly, welcoming characters. Mixed with the verbaciousness (I made up that word for the occasion) of McSweeney's,...
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In his words: SF Occupier Derek
photo by David Bornfriend We spoke with Derek at Occupy SF on Monday, November 21. He spoke about his Cherokee roots and how he feels like he's been an activist since he was "in the womb."...
View ArticleDick Meister: Newt's wacko 18th century idea
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View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Twice again, the flat tax
Twice again, the flat tax Though Cain has said his flat tax plan would shatter The current code, is Perry's flat tax flatter? <!--break--> Despite the chatter, does it really matter? For both...
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No more introduction needed: Pterodactyl at El Rio
On Saturday night in the cloistered show room at El Rio, Joe Kremer of Pterodactyl passed through the idle crowd to consult the sound guy about his microphone reverb, making a whacking hand gesture to...
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Protesters target UC to demand openness, accountability, and the restoration...
The UC Davis pepper spraying incident and other police abuses have helped galvanize the student movement. UPDATED BELOW -- Protesters with ReFund California and other groups are gathering today...
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The mixtape masters behind Friendzone get by with a little help from...
East Bay producers James Laurence and Dylan Reznick -- also known as Friendzone -- in a blurry mist. If you live in the Bay (or own a computer), you’ve probably heard of Oakland “cloud rap” duo Main...
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What's Jerry Brown afraid of?
I have to wonder -- as I often do, I'm afraid -- just what exactly Gov. Jerry Brown is thinking. He was out of town -- at an undisclosed location -- when the UC Davis pepper spray incident happened,...
View ArticleDick Meister: Jobless in wonderland
By Dick Meister Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website,...
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Localized Appreesh: Symbolick Jews
Oh those Symbolick Jews. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. Each week a band/music-maker with a show, album release, or general good news is...
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Occupy standoffs continue as poll finds public support for the movement
OccupySF, now one of the nation's largest Occupy encampments, could be raided soon. Steven T. Jones As OccupyOakland moves to reoccupy Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza today and the burgeoning OccupySF...
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Guardian editorial: The problem of U.C. police
Guardian graphic by former Guardian art director and cartoonist Louis Dunn. For more Dunn, go to www.louisdunndrawings.com GUARDIAN EDITORIAL Twenty years from now, when people look back on the Occupy...
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Millionaires eyeing Potrero Hill
I hate to harp on this (well, no I don't) but when people tell me that we don't have to worry so much about gentrification these days, that we're living in a different world than the days of the...
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In her words: SF Occupier Kelly
photo by David Bornfriend We spoke with Kelly at Occupy SF on Monday, November 21. Originally from Michigan, she stumbled upon the Occupy camp and has remained for more than a month. Listen to our...
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"The history of America is always up for grabs": Hip-hop intellectual Nelson...
Author Nelson George's new book dives deep into the conspiracy theories behind hip-hop culture. PHOTO BY JELENA VUKOTICH "A lot of people are unaware that there are huge sections of Twitter that are...
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UC Davis: Where real education begins
Madeline Perez, our UC-Davis correspondent, reports this morning (11/30/11) that the tents of occupation are still standing on campus, students are sleeping in them, one professor has a sign on his...
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Style Paige: Sneaking peeks at the studio of Peeko Apparal
Brook Fung, creator of military-ethnic chic line Peeko Apparal. ALL GUARDIAN PHOTO BY PAIGE A. RICKS While browsing through the handmade scarves and mixed stone necklaces on Etsy, I came across Peeko...
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SFBG Radio: Censoring the Internet
Some observers are saying that new Congressional legislation could destroy the Internet as we know it. Johnny and Tim discuss the threats to free speech, what can be done -- and why it will never work...
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