Occupy and Castlewood Workers to join up for “perhaps the biggest and most...
Organizers hope for a big turnout Feb. 25 for the latest protest in a two-year saga to demand a better contract. Food service workers at Castlewood Country Club were put on lockout on Feb. 25, 2010...
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Promising newish acts at Noise Pop 2012: Surf Club and FIDLAR
He asked if there were drink tickets. The bartender nodded, saying that the band could have wine now, and then beers on stage. Neither of those options would work for Stockton’s Surf Club, whose...
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Video admitted in Mirkarimi trial
A videotape and related statements that the prosecution said was critical to the domestic violence case against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will be admitted at a trial set to begin Feb. 28, Judge Garrett...
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Noise Pop Roundup 1: Shannon and the Clams, Die Antwoord, Glass Candy,...
Shannon and the Clams' Shannon Shaw and Cody Blanchard, post popping noise at Cafe Du Nord, Thu/23. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE May I first say thanks to Noise Pop for bringing a sense of...
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I came, I saw, I glittered: Monthly live sex show debuts in the Mission
The ladies of the first night of Cum and Glitter's sex and swank. PHOTO BY NED MAYHEM The only other time I had been to a live sex show was in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. The thing was crude...
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Muralation: Swoon's wheatepaste is reborn, in color this time
Swoon's new piece at 24th Street and Hampshire is gonna be real pretty. Swoon's work has been haunting me. On a recent trip to DJ Rusty Lazer's house in New Orleans it was there, bedecking a rundown...
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Noise Pop Roundup 2: Cursive, Budos Band, Emily Jane White, DRMS, Atlas Sound
Bradford Cox, aka Atlas Sound, has a moment at Bimbo's. PHOTO BY CHRIS STEVENS My personal strategy for Noise Pop 2012 was to pack in as diverse a personal schedule as possible, taking into account...
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Snap Sounds: Void
VOIDSESSIONS 81-83(DISCHORD) Void was hardcore in a blender. It was loud, frantic, messy, and fast as hell. A brief yet seminal (there's that word again) punk act, formed in 1979 D.C., Void was known...
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Dramatic change in the America's Cup deal
Mayor Ed Lee has announced dramatic changes in the deal for the America's Cup race, essentially eliminating the massive real-estate development contract with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Under the new...
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Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers score a standing ovation at...
The Latin jazz pianist takes a seat. PHOTO BY KEVIN LEE Last week, Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés demonstrated a shared skill set with San Francisco 49er tight end Vernon Davis. Both are impressively big...
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Live Shots: Bowie beatification at Stardust Sunday
We made a point to sleep in late on Sunday morning to make sure we made it to church. Services started at 9:30 p.m. that evening, so we had to be sure to get our beauty sleep before putting on our...
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Cole Hardware pleads guilty in SFPUC scam
We at the Guardian have long celebrated small businesses as more beneficial to San Francisco than large corporations, which often extract wealth from the community and use it for competitive advantage...
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Localized Appreesh: The Shants
Beautiful was the Shants. PHOTO BY SHANNON CLAIRE/B SIDE IMAGES Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com....
View ArticleGuardian editorial: SF should go after mortgage criminals
EDITORIAL The mortgage crisis in San Francisco isn't just devastating to homeowners and to the southeast neighborhoods where foreclosures are most common — it's clear evidence that lenders and their...
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Sorting out the America's Cup re-do
I have to say this for Mayor Ed Lee: He's not so stubborn or egotistical. He's willing to listen. And when something really, really doesn't make sense, he's willing to let it slide. Not like Gavin...
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Image Comic Expo showcases new stars and the old guard
Comic cons serve a variety of functions. They can be press junkets, costume parties, swap meets, social retreats, even museums. Comics writer Warren Ellis has a habit of referring to San Diego’s huge...
View ArticleNathaniel Blumberg: Everyone needs a mentor like this
My favorite obituary on Nathaniel Blumberg, the journalism icon who died on Valentine's Day in Kalispell, Montana, is the one he wrote himself (link below). My next favorite was the remembrance...
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Talking with "We Need to Talk About Kevin" director Lynne Ramsay
Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories As I sat in a hallway at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, waiting for director Lynne Ramsay to finish a photo shoot with We Need to Talk About Kevin...
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Son burn: "We Need to Talk About Kevin" review
Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories It's inevitable — whenever a seemingly preventable tragedy occurs, there's public outcry to the tune of "How could this happen?" (Exhibit A: recent events in...
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Mourning the death of an underground gay party: Mr. Black in SF
Once upon a time in New York City, on the intersection of Broadway and Bleecker, there used to be a club where the lights never shone. In the cavernous dark, Marc Jacobs’ Black Book of desperate,...
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