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Dead Parrot
High atop the masthead of San Francisco Focus resides the name of one Mark K. Powelson, a former Berkeley Barb radical who now occupies the...
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Observed in Noe Valley's Streetlight Records lingering over Alan Parsons Project CDs: San Francisco Chronicle columnist Phil Matier. Although he appeared tempted by the...
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Touring the razed homeless camps in Golden Gate Park after the SFPD's crackdown on illegal encampments, Mayor Frank Jordan uncovered a dirty little secret: Homeless people...
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Done Deal
I have great respect for Roberta Achtenberg ("Achtenberg's Third Act," Aug. 30). Her intelligence, integrity, and dedication are exemplary. However, I cannot let...
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Hey, Everybody: Readers often accuse me of selecting letters for their shock value. Nothing could be further from the truth. The most outlandish letters I receive, the...
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Behold the Renaissance Cleavage Faire!
"Reach down, cup thyself firmly," instructs the clerk to his customer, a blond woman in her early 20s. "Lift upwards and to your...
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She is not shy. This is part of the whole thing, you see, the lack of shyness in Tatiana Estrada. Tatiana Estrada used to be first lady of Elks Lodge No. 3, which is right...
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Three black beasts glide down 11th Street, taking their own sweet time. Badass red and yellow flames emblazon each sleek body; the lines are smooth, rounded, sinister --...
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Cherry Garcia Lives!
The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia may have died, but the Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor named in his honor -- Cherry Garcia -- lives on. According to...
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In telling the story of a friendship between two young Frenchwomen, Mina Tannenbaum tells the story of all friendships. A friendship is a living thing that reflects the...
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wednesday
september 6
Pagan Invasion As the author of a column on zines for the Village Voice, Pagan Kennedy has trumpeted the joys of superduper homemade publications...
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Henry IV, Part One, which chronicles a period of rebellion and unrest in medieval England, is a play edgy with anticipation. It's about waiting and planning, about promises...
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This list of Chronicle/Examiner parking offenders was compiled on Aug. 18 and 22. All cars were parked at expired meters or in restricted zones for more than two hours and...
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R.I.P.
Last week, former Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison died of cancer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 53. Along with Lou Reed, John Cale, and Mo Tucker, he...
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Vietnam may be about to drown in a tsunami of Coke, but its great export to these shores -- an ancient Asian cuisine overlaid with French sophistication -- is safely...
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For proof positive that looks can kill, search no further than Susanne Ofteringer's Nico-Icon. Chronicling the downward spiral of the German fashion model-cum-Velvet...
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Song and Dance
Anima Mundi Dance Company's Deep North, the first in a series called "Choreographers in Collaboration" at Center for the Arts, has been canceled. The show...
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Remember the Village People? Those of us over 30 no doubt recall their double-entendre anthems from disco's heyday; younger folks were probably exposed to their costumed...
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Hooray for Violence
In 1994, the nonpartisan Washington group Center for Media and Public Affairs studied a single 18-hour day of television programming and found 2,605...
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By Tim Kenneally, Mike Rowell, Paul Tullis and James Sullivan Published:
September 6, 1995
Alice Donut
Pure Acid Park
(Alternative Tentacles)
Vocalist Tomas Antona and his Alice Donut cohorts have never made particularly effective poster children for Mental...
