Subject: Ben Fong-Torres

• The All-Mandel Team or How to Staff One Great San Francisco Newspaper

  March 1, 1995

• Samples

  May 24, 1995

• Our guide to readings, spoken word, and other literary events

  May 31, 2006

• Protest Song

  What Are Words For?

  June 1, 2005

• Chinatown's Blowout

  February 16, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  February 18, 2004

• As the "Sparrow" Flies

  Ma vie en film

  December 17, 2003

• They Called Me Frank

  July 16, 2003

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of November 27, 2002

  November 27, 2002

• Listen to the Movie

  Almost Famous rings in your ears -- and heart -- long after it's over

  September 13, 2000

• House Of Tudor

  August 2, 2000

• Riff Raff

  November 11, 1998

• SFO3 1996

  July 24, 1996

• Night+Day

  January 10, 1996

• Never Can Say Goodbye

  Michael Jackson in 1987 I'm not trying to be cynical or morbid here, but Michael Jackson's death was the best thing to happen to him in years. In death, Michael lives on forever. He has now joined the ancestors, among them musical icons like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, and Fela Kuti. I appreciated the VH1 tributes which showed his greatest moments over and over (gotta love that amazing moonwalk during the Motown 25th Anniversary, not to mention his gravi

  June 29, 2009

• Energy 92 Sold to New Owners

  ​Yesterday, Chron radio columnist Ben Fong-Torres reported that Energy 92 (KNGY) has been sold. As far as I know, the station was the only major commercial station in this market to actively target gay and lesbian listeners with its programming. It was a bit of an anomaly in the world of commercial radio with a playlist based around electronic dance music and club hits rather than Top 40 songs. Though it played its share of songs by Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga,, Energy also broadcast undergr

  August 10, 2009

• Writers with Drinks

  September 30, 2009