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Showdown time for Twitter/Tenderloin tax break
The tax exclusion zone has grown huge with little explanation why. After months of backroom deals to enlarge the tax giveaway zone – which I detail in this week's Guardian, based on my review of...
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5 Things: March 15, 2011
Vegan colcannon for St. Paddy's -- or is that ST. PETA's? >>1. (PARTY) HELP FOR JAPAN SF's nightlife community is already pulling out the fundraiser stops for Japan. First up: Thursday night's...
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American Idol: First bad vote
Karen: What were they thinking? What's the matter -- nobody but Steven Tyler celebrates St. Patrick's day? Jennifer must have some sort of green outfit she could wear. But no: Other than Steven's...
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SxSW Music Diary: Day 2
Got a late start and biked downtown in the Texas heat, straight to a loft party featuring Brasileira MC Zuzuka Poderosa. She was spitting out her Funk Carioca lyrics on top of beats being mastered...
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Live Review: Warpaint at The Independent, 3/16
The anticipation was brewing: even before the the ladies of Warpaint took the stage at the Independent, a guy standing at front and center passed out. His muscle failure could have been a product of...
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Gamer: does the dismal "Homefront" have a silver lining?
Can Homefront’s failures inspire change in the game industry? I’m almost reluctant to add to the media blitz that first-person shooter Homefront (now available) was and is getting. Even with low...
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Enjoy Saturday’s extreme Super Worm moon
The Internet is buzzing with rumors that this month’s extreme SuperMoon might have caused last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Pacific Ocean. But folks at the Farmer’s Alamanac note...
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Rand Paul's baby talk
Last week, Rand Paul (R-KY) -- man, there's a double entendre just waiting to happen -- went shithouse ballistic (pun intended) over what he sees as one of the most pressing issue in the nation today...
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Kids, drinking and smoking
I don't know why this hit me today, but it did. I was at the corner store on Potrero Hill, looking at a sign I see every day and ignore every day, reminding patrons that nobody under 21 can buy...
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5 Things: March 18, 2011
It's funny what the damp will grow, given a nice tin of human ash >>ANTIQUING IN THE DAMP This rainy weekend may be the perfect time to check out Hayes Valley's new curiousity shop, Reliquary,...
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Party Radar: Happy birthday, sexy Lexy
Gosh and begora, I know you're hungovah -- from all that St. Paddy's Day grog or whatever. Don't worry, you'll feel better by Saturday, just in time to celebrate the Lexington Club's 14th anniversary,...
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SFBG Radio: Good news from Wisconsin -- maybe
A judge in Wisconsin has tossed out the governor's anti-labor law -- but does that just mean the Republicans are going to go back and do it again? And what's going on in Michigan, where the governor...
View ArticleJaded activist attends rally in Madison
Jess Brownell is a freelance writer living in Milwaukee. So here you are, 75 years old, tired, bitter, after many years of political semi-activism deeply cynical about that process (and most others as...
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Imagine evacuating New York
My brother lives a few miles upwind (usually) of the Indian Point nuclear plant on the Hudson River, north of New York City. He called me this morning to ask if we were worried about radiation hitting...
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SxSW Music Diary: Day 3
As we walked through downtown Austin we ran into Red and Green of Peelander-Z, the outrageously festooned Japanese punk band. They sweetly obliged a snapshot and then continued on their way. Just...
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SxSW Music Diary: Day 4
Big Boi and the hipster girls. Mirissa Neff Last day in Austin. The hot daytime ticket was the MOG.com party at Mohawk. That meant getting there early and committing the entire afternoon... but the...
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Step-step-shamrock-step: Swing Goth takes a Paddy's turn
Nathaniel Johnstone Band swings a sexy beat at the Steam Punktrick's dance dance revolution PHOTO BY EMILY APPELBAUM Pretty much the only problem with mixing swing dancing and post-punk music – and...
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If we hadn't gone to war in Iraq
This is nothing new, but at a time when every state and local government is scrambling for spare change, it's worth thinking about what what we could have done with the Iraq war money. For example: We...
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Is the California GOP done?
New GOP chief Tom Del Beccaro: Is the party still serious? The folks at CalBuzz -- veteran political reporters who know their shit -- thing the CAGOP is teetering on the brink of irrelevance: Like a...
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SFBG Radio: What if we stopped shopping?
Today, Johnny offers a fascinating idea. The GOP in Arizona has been forced to back down on some of its worst immigration policies -- purely because of the economic impact. What if the 26 million or...
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