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Justin Vivian Bond talks Occupy Wall Street, the power of language, and the...
Justin Vivian Bond performs PHOTO BY MICHAEL DOUCETTE When Justin Vivian Bond was a little kid, v (more about that unique pronoun below) confidently wore Iced Watermelon lipstick to school and,...
View ArticleWill shutting down two businesses really 'clean up' the Tenderloin?
It was noon on the Jan. 30 when I broke the news to 24-year-old Amer Mousa that the City of San Francisco was filing a civil suit to shut down Walid Abdulrahman, his friend and owner of the Razan Deli...
View ArticleGuardian editorial: The DA and mayoral corruption
EDITORIAL The indictments of two executives of an airport shuttle company on charges of laundering campaign money are, in themselves, a rarity and something to celebrate: the district attorney of...
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Snap Sounds: Young Magic
YOUNG MAGIC MELT(CARPARK) Hearing a band being described as "tribal electronic" gives me a headache, but Young Magic actually pulls it off on its debut full-length, Melt. This New York-via-Australia...
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The 'ruination' of Peter Gleick
Oooh, sfgate has dropped climate scientist Peter Gleick's column on the City Brights section of the site. Harsh, man; I guess that's enough to "damage, if not ruin" the reputation of one of the...
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Die Antwoord's athletic use of the F-word
When South African hip-hop duo Die Antwoord played "Fok Juule Naaiers," the first single off latest album Ten$ion -- the track that opened the group's Noise Pop gig last night at the Regency Ballroom...
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Cursive gets candid during Noise Pop
Tears, booze, sex, pain, martyrdom, regret. Against my better judgment, I was singing along with the band. I was singing carefully, with my eyes closed and likely a smile creeping up in the corners of...
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Why do evictions continue despite widespread banking fraud?
Protesters demand an end to foreclsosures for profit on Jan. 14 PHOTO BY DIEGO GLUSBERG Do you think a groundbreaking report – showing that 84 percent of foreclosures in San Francisco over the last...
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6 great author readings in the next 12 days
Your guides to the reams (from books on Parisian childbearing to day-walking demons) wanna read to you this week. PHOTO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Opt for a night sans sloppy drunks, covers, reality TV, or...
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Motion could cripple case against Mirkarimi if granted
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's attorney is seeking to prevent jurors from hearing key evidence in the case. Evie Pit The domestic violence case against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi could be dealt a crippling blow...
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Snap Sounds: Islands
ISLANDSA SLEEP & A FORGETTING(ANT-) Nick Thorburn started constructing A Sleep & A Forgetting alone, on a piano, while processing a painful breakup. His soul-exposing lyrics carry questions...
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5 reasons to attend this weekend's online porn convention
Potential screenshot from the Adult Virtual Convention. Looks like the gender ratio is better than the flesh and blood version. Looking for a reason to spend this unseasonably warm weekend hovering...
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After Pressure from Occupy Bernal, Wells Fargo execs fly across country to...
Alberto Del Rio speaks at an Occupy Bernal press conference Feb. 14 IMAGE VIA OCCUPY BERNAL MEDIA People facing eviction and foreclosure often report hardly being given the time of day by banks and...
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Live Shots: Grimes, Born Gold, oOoOO, and Yalls at Rickshaw Stop
Cecil Frena described the lineup at Rickshaw Stop last night simply as "weird music." He should know. Performing with his synth-fueled electronic dance trio, Born Gold (formerly Gobble Gobble,) Frena...
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Bounce to this: Rusty Lazer does Mardi Gras
750 people have shown up for concerts by the symphonic village in Rusty Lazer's NOLA sideyard. Due to health problems, Big Freedia had to cancel her and Rusty Lazer's Noise Pop gig at Public Works...
View ArticleDick Meister: The IWW Legacy
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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From California to Ethiopia with Allah-Las and the Budos Band
If you could handpick its most redeeming qualities and inhabitants from any time period in the past half century, Los Angeles could actually be a rather magical place. Pluck the psychedelic guitar...
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What's wrong with the America's Cup deal? A lot
Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE DANIEL Let’s start out with a premise that even Larry Ellison’s minions have come to accept: The race is happening here. Too late now to move it to another city. Worst-case...
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Have conservatives hijacked the Small Business Commission?
The hearing Luke O'Brien called to second-guess the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan is featured on his advocacy group's website. Is the Small Business Commission really advocating for small businesses, or...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Romney unconcerned about the poor
Romney says he's not concerned about the poor "The remark about the poor immediately became catalogued in a growing list of awkward comments by Mr. Romney." --The New York Times His profile's divine....
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