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Zola Jesus, Shabazz Palaces, and more at Creators Project
Along with all the epic-sized Lite-Brites and wing-flapping guardian angels at Creators Project this weekend in soggy Fort Mason, there also was plenty of super bass-heavy, heart-pumping,...
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SXSW Music Day 4: Nneka, Balkan Beat Box, Jimmy Cliff
During my last day in Austin SXSW reached critical mass. This year St. Patrick's Day happened to coincide with the big Saturday blowout, and as I made my way downtown the revelry was in full effect....
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Join vets at City Hall today to mark nine years in Iraq
We're out of Iraq, but for some vets, life will never be the same. PHOTO VIA USMILITARY.COM Lest we forget, today marks the ninth anniversary of the start of our war in Iraq. If you plan on passing by...
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Entering the pixels at the Creators Project
Zigelbaum and Coelho's "Six-Forty by Four-Eighty" let users play with pixels like a Lite-Brite. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE The computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, and...
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Mirkarimi sentenced, absent drama
Photo by Luke Thomas, Fog City Journal The drama that hordes of reporters were waiting for didn't happen. District Attorney George Gascon's threat to "bring up" at Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's sentencing...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Contraception is the big issue
Contraception (of all things) Republicans are bashing birth control, As candidates far-rightward scurry. The voters haven't heard such talk in years. We're going backward in a hurry. Calvin Trillin:...
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The food (truck) fight heats up
Sup. Scott Wiener and public-school parent and advocate Dana Woldow are flinging dueling opinion pieces back and forth over the food-truck issue -- and it's getting hot. Here's the background: San...
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Club bouncers and FBI spies keep us safe from the terrorists
Boo! The post-9/11 hysteria over terrorist threats continues to the day, taking many forms. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is poised to give final approval tomorrow (Tues/20) to limitations on...
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Artists still puzzling over destruction of international exchange mural
A spate of graffiti ruined the Alabama and 17th Street mural created by US and Indonesian artists. PHOTO COLLAGE BY KEVIN MONTGOMERY VIA UPTOWN ALMANAC In 2003, artists from a San Francisco-Indonesia...
View ArticleEditorial: Mayor Lee: Ease off Mirkarimi and help stop the foreclosure crisis
And so the downtown gang (Willie Brown/Rose Pak, PG&E, the Chamber, the big developers et al) used Ed Lee to outmaneuver the progressives and roll Lee into the job of "interim mayor" on condition...
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Threats from mayor and neighbor in evolving Mirkarimi saga
The media circus that surrounds Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi could be dragged out if Mayor Ed Lee files official misconduct charges Luke Thomas In Old West and pulp fiction stories, it’s usually the sheriff...
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Localized Appreesh: Doe Eye
High priestess of range. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. Doe Eye, aka Maryam Qudus, is perhaps the...
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Things you should be doing to avoid eviction
Don't be a sad box -- do what you can to avoid eviction. PHOTO BY ANTON TANG Did everyone read Friday's Wall Street Journal home trends piece on the romance between wealthy tech workers and the...
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Teacher's Union unhappy with SF school chief process
UESF teachers rally against layoffs March 16 (photo from uesf.org) Key Tray from the United Educators of San Francisco called me to comment on my description of the outgoing and incoming school...
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Mayor Lee ousts Sheriff Mirkarimi
Mayor Lee makes the announcement, flanked interim Sheriff Vicki Hennessey and City Attorney Dennis Herrera Luke Thomas San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee temporarily removed Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from office...
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Supervisors hope to halt foreclosures with new resolution
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER D. COOK John Avalos introduced a resolution today urging support for homeowners facing foreclosure in San Francisco. The resolution calls for several actions, including suspending...
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Street Threads: Look of the Day
Today's look: Kayla, New Montgomery and Mission Tell us about your look: "My fashion is inspired by my grandmother because she gives me all her old things."
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7 spots for wine and wi-fi
With baristas who give decent wine recommendations, Coffee Shop is our kind of cafe. PHOTO VIA FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS Are those cubicle walls closing in? For those of us who prefer to pair our work...
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Where Jean Paul Gaultier should go out this week
JPG by Pierre et Gilles, 1990 Revered French bad-boy designer Jean Paul Gaultier is in town for the unveiling of a neat-looking "enfant terrible" retrospective of his work at the de Young. (Will there...
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