Editorial: The war on sunshine
EDITORIAL The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors joined the war on sunshine May 17 when it rejected four qualified candidates from three organizations who are mandated by the...
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Sipping lattes with the transmale program specialist
Niko Powell's here to educate on transguy sex -- and particularly on where it intersects with gay cruising culture. “People at sex clubs are looking to hook up. It’s usually my safe sex practices that...
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Lee shows his pro-biz chops, but how is his balance?
Mayor Ed Lee has business booming, but can he solve the city's other needs? Mayor Ed Lee is on the roll these days, with a string of recent pro-business successes capped off by today's announcement...
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Party like it's 1986: "Big Fun in the Big Town"
Ladies love cool James! Still from 'Big Fun in the Big Town.' Toward the end of Big Fun in the Big Town (released today and available here), Dutch filmmaker Bram Van Splunteren's love letter to the...
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Julian Davis announces for supervisor in the key battleground district for...
Julian Davis and his mother Margo Davis and his stepfather on City Hall steps before declaring for supervisor. PHOTO BY JEAN DIBBLE Julian Davis, a widely known progressive activist and organizer in...
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Brews and Boontling: Beer fest shots from Anderson Valley
Photographer Allen David sent us these snaps from the May 12 Boonville Beer Festival, good old-fashioned weekend porn if ere we've some. Check them (and his prose below) out to kickstart your next...
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Localized Appreesh: Major Powers & the Lo-Fi Symphony
Major Powers & the Lo-Fi Symphony salute you. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. Behind every San...
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A few problems with Facebook
I'm (clearly) not a stock market analyst or Wall Street Whiz (if I was that smart, how come I'm not rich?), but I have to say, some of the stuff that's coming out about the Facebook IPO makes this...
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SF duo Tidelands returns with even more flugelhorn
Gabriel Montana Leis and Mie Araki know what they're up to. PHOTO BY NELSON BRAZILL We’ve Got a Map boasts the title of experimental folk band Tidelands’ upcoming sophomore album – and do they ever....
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City weighs artificial turf fields in Golden Gate Park
The brightly illuminated artificial turf fields would be adjacent to Ocean Beach. The San Francisco Planning and Recreation & Park commissions will hold a special joint hearing tomorrow (Thurs/24)...
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The Beat: Eclectic events spin heads, shake butts
Slap happy: Lazer Sword Having too many options can prove paralyzing, but sometimes it can be the reason you end up shaking that ass for days on end. This week, much like the wind, I found myself...
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Hej, creativity! 4 bonkers Stockholm art projects
Phenomenal nail art couched in feminist theory? Thanks Sweden (And artist Kakan Hermannson) GUARDIAN PHOTOS BY CAITLIN DONOHUE What creative forms would you expect at the near-ends of the earth? My...
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Vibrators! Aliens! Cops on the edge! New movies are here!
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return in 'Men in Black III.' PHOTO BY WILSON WEBB As we all breathlessly count the days — nay, milliseconds — until the June 1 release of Piranha 3DD, there's still...
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Danzig on Doyle, his fans, Verotik, and that Metallica anniversary
Singer, legend, comic book fan. Glenn Danzig has spawned a cult following with his dark and brooding voice, and the sinisterly seductive imagery of his lyrics. From the early days – some 35 years back...
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The comeback kids: Indie-pop straight poppin'
See Seapony The Bay Area has always been a warm breeding ground for bands and thus a vibrant music scene. Indie-pop is a rock subgenre that has thrived particularly well here. Back in the 1990s,...
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The Performant: Street people
Midnight Mystery Ride and Marshall Weber take it to the streets It’s quarter to midnight, Saturday night in the Tenderloin, and out front a well-known, Geary Street watering hole, a cluster of...
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Live Shots: Spiritualized at the Fillmore
The guy working security at the Fillmore Wednesday night gave all the photographers in the pit the fingers. Two. Letting them know that rather than the usual three songs, they’d only be allowed to...
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$3,000 an hour -- is that fair?
Does anyone really think it's ok for the average CEO to make so much more money than the average worker that a person earning the median income in this country would have to work 244 years to earn...
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Snap Sounds: Buillon
Buillon Love Me Oh Please Love Me EP (Deek) Releasing singles and EPs as Bullion since 2008, laptop-whiz Nathan Jenkins has managed to avoid the generic, cut-and-paste aesthetic that's corralled so...
View ArticleMemorial Day in Rock Rapids, Iowa, circa 1940s to 1950s
(Reprinted by popular demand) When I was growing up in my hometown of Rock Rapids, Iowa, a farming community of 2,800 in the northwest corner of the state, Memorial Day was the official start of...
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