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Aesop Rock on Grubstake, stolen gear, and how to get in his barber chair
Aesop Rock leaves the cave. PHOTO BY CHRISSY PIPER. San Francisco resident Ian Bavitz, better known as Aesop Rock, is a hip-hop maverick with a quick tongue and sharp wit. His je ne sais quois...
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Toasting the titan
Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen had to invent unconventional techniques to bring his movie magic to the big screen when he revolutionized the world of fantasy film making in the 1950s and...
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Protesters tell Obama to free Bradley Manning
GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF Led by veterans from Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, supporters of army PFC Bradley Manning protested in some 35 US cities tonight. The protests...
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Single ladies, fake gurus, ponderous authors, and more: new flicks!
Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Kirsten Dunst in 'Bachelorette' PHOTO COURTESY OF RADIUS-TWC Bachelorette A movie called Bachelorette is inevitably going to be accused of riding Bridesmaids' coattails,...
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3D knits, canapes, moving mannequins: Shots from Fashion's Night Out
Shots by Bowerbird Photography Models and mannequins started to blend together. Downtown SF was abuzz with fashion frenzy on Thursday for Fashion's Night Out -- a multi-store extravaganza taking place...
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Endorsement interviews: Norman Yee for D. 7 supervisor
Norman Yee, president of the School Board, is running in the tighly contested race for District 7, one of the most conservative districts in the city. Yee talked about the sorts of things you'd expect...
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Slutwalk's tomorrow! Whatcha not wearing?
Fine, he's asking for it. PHOTO BY NIKKE GADSDEN It's only a year old, but the international Slutwalk movement -- born in Canada when a police officer affirmed that rape could be avoided if women...
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Live Shots: Skill Exchange Launch Party
Photos by Bowerbird Photography Essential life skills surely include knowing how to tie a bow tie, or how to saber champagne. Ok, maybe the second one is more like a glorified party skill, but it's...
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The Performant: PortlanD.I.Y.
The Performant puts a bird on it There’re a lot of ways to while away 72 hours in Portland, Oregon, so I shrewdly place myself in the hands of a capable buddy who knows the ropes and we embark on a...
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Criminal and beyond: Fiona Apple's evolution
Smooth criminal. PHOTO BY LIONEL DELUY You could say Fiona Apple belongs to an endangered species. One of the heavyweights in a lineage of 1990s major-label iconoclasts, dedicated to the conceptual...
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Obama's appeal to SF's divided Left draws mixed reactions
President Barack Obama has a divided political base, as local Democrats who showed up at the Laborers Local 261 hall last night to hear his nomination acceptance speech were immediately reminded by...
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Reinstate Ross! Reinstate Ross!
Ross and Eliana Mirkarimi and son Theo stand with Women Standing with Ross More than l00 women supporters of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi gathered on the City Hall steps Sunday to stand with Ross...
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Endorsement interviews: Julian Davis for D. 5 supervisor
Julian Davis, a candidate in District Five, has lined up some impressive endorsements. He's running to the left of the incumbent, Christina Olague, and talked about "why ordinary people can't live in...
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Target, Walmart, and jobs
New development projects in San Francisco, no matter how bizarre or inappropriate, always round up supporters who talk about jobs. Building housing for multimillionaires on the waterfront? Hey -- it...
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Endorsement interviews: London Breed for D5 supervisor
District 5 candidate London Breed has an amazing life story. She grew up in the Western Addition projects, living with her grandmother at a time when many of the people around her were killed or wound...
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Endorsement interviews: Sandra Fewer for School Board
The San Francisco School Board has long been a fractious crew, with members sharply disagreeing on a lot of issues. They still disagree -- but according to all the board members we've interviewed,...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Oakland's Twin Steps play Rock Make. The long-predictable MTV Music Video Awards aired last week, and I'd venture a guess that many of you didn't tune in, and perhaps an even greater number didn't...
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Endorsement interviews: Jill Wynns for School Board
Jill Wynns has been on the San Francisco school board for 20 years. She knows the system inside and out -- and these days, she's president of the California School Boards Association and had led the...
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SF School Board members are suddenly pals
teachers protest layoffs in March, 2012. UESF photo I'm used to negative campaigning in San Francisco School Board races. Two years ago, much of the effort candidates were putting forward seemed to be...
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Religious Girls want to believe
The East Bay Three. PHOTO BY ALLISON DONLEVY Experimental Oakland band Religious Girls released new album I Want to Believe today (well, technically this morning at midnight) – and it's free for...
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