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Gifted: The Poor Bastard's SF Almanac
Give the gift of a knowledgeable, if broke, 2012 to a loved one. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE Hey, Slingshot Organizer gang. Yeah youse, the well-planned anarchists in the corner. Stephen Kovacic...
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Live Shots: Main Attrakionz and G-Side at Independent
Despite all the local and national attention Oakland's “Best Duo Ever” Main Attrakionz has been receiving lately, the Independent was less populated than I expected last Tuesday night. It was an...
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Period Piece: Green and Gilbert Streets sense
Green Street circa 1927, named for a fraudulent Talbot Green. PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Guardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city street-by-street in the slow week...
View ArticleKeith Olberman to NY Mayor Bloomberg: Resign!
With a link to the video of Keith Olberaman's scathing commentary on Current TV on Bloomberg's raid on Occupy New York I have been watching Keith Olberman for years, as a tv sports reporter, the...
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PG&E could be gone in five years
There's a new map of solar-power cost projections that estimates that San Franciscans could replace PG&E power with local distributed solar as early as 2017. Sfist reported on the map today -- and...
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Period Piece: Laguna and McAllister Streets sense
Near present-day Fort Mason, Washerwoman's Lagoon sat, well-used by laundry day San Francisans. PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Guardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city...
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Nite Trax: DJ Pickpocket's top 11 parties of 2011
Watch your pockets ... Wily DJ Pickpocket of the invaluable roving Donuts parties -- which combine forward-thinking, often experimental live acts with crazy-fun dancing and DJs, plus donuts! -- offers...
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Louis Dunn: Was Iraq worth it?
Guardian illustration by Louis Dunn Lead paragraph in the lead story in Thursday's New York Times (12/29/11): "BAGHDAD--The Obama administration is moving ahead with the sale of nearly $11 billion...
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Cunt Sparrer is heading to San Francisco for New Year’s Eve Eve
Cunt Sparrer made a stop at Esta Noche last time it was in town. Guardian photo by Emily Savage It starts off in your basic living room, two girls laughing then launching into a sweet, stripped down...
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Nite Trax: Comedowns are for losers! New Year's Day parties
Not the way to spend the first day of the last year ever. You know what happens if you stop, don't you? The New Year's Eve hangover catches up with you. So why not just power through until Monday...
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12 arrested in raid of occupied Oakland home
A crowd gathers outside the foreclosed home on 10th Street in West Oakland Guardian photo by Shawn Gaynor There were 12 arrests in West Oakland today, Dec. 29, after police raided a foreclosed home on...
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Following court ruling, SF Redevelopment seeks a "legislative fix"
Redevelopment agencies were dealt a statewide hit after a unanimous ruling Dec. 29 by the California Supreme Court decided not only that lawmakers had the ability to terminate the agencies, but that...
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Nite Trax: EPS1 of Blaktoniks rings it in
Local soultronica astronaut EPS1 (aka Edd Dee Pee) of the Bay's rad Blaktroniks project drops this neo-sexy, chills-up mix in anticipation of his upcoming New Year's Eve party in San Francisco. This...
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The Performant: Tripp hop nation
Going balls out for Berlin-style ping-pong with American Tripps The only thing lacking is a haze of cigarette smoke curling over the lone ping-pong table bogarting the cosy dance floor of Project One....
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Period Piece: Palou Avenue
Francisco Palou presides over a wedding celebration. PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Guardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city street-by-street in the slow week...
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Live Shots: Mara Hruby at Yoshi's Oakland
The nice thing about playing a major stage in your hometown is that you can count on support from old friends. On the other hand, it also means that those same people can shout out whatever they want...
View ArticleOff to Pompei's Grotto for our 25th annual New Year's Eve dinner
In a couple of hours, Jean and I will be going to the delightful Fisherman's Wharf restaurant we have frequented for the past quarter century on New Year's Eve. Twenty-five or so years ago, we...
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The GOP and class warfare
Every political consultant knows that words like "together" and "unite" play well with voters. That's why you hear them so much on the campaign trail, from races for local office to presidential...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Deadline poet on Rick Perry and Tim Tebow
Rick Perry Compares Himself to Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow So Perry is fond of debates now, He's calling himself in these rumbles An Iowa caucus Tebow-- Except for how he fumbles. (Calvin...
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Hot sexy events: January 4-11
A trans reality show? Bet your binders... I had to share this link, because I think it just might be the first time I've heard of a reality TV series improving the lives of the subjects it covers. And...
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