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The Astral Travels of Van Morrison
A brilliant and mercurial singer revisits perhaps his finest hour, 40 years later
By Scott Foundas
"I believe I've transcended," Van Morrison repeatedly incanted toward the end of the title track from his 1968 album, Astral Weeks, during the second night of a brief November stint at the Hollywood Bowl. Indeed, frequently over the course of those two nights, the famously mercurial, 63-year-old Irish singer-songwriter seemed to trans
Friendster.com creator Jonathan Abrams wants to purge his über-hip dating site of phony profiles. But online "fakesters" are fighting back. Hilariously.
Do you ever get tired of doing the same thing every week? Me too.
So this week I decided to imagine how SF Gov InAction would look if it were written by five of this city's most ... um ... noteworthy ... pundits.
You say "parody," I say "homage." Either way: Enjoy.
Monday, June 29
11 a.m. - Budget & Finance Committee (as written by TIM REDMOND, San Francisco Bay Guardian Managing Editor)
I was driving back from a trip to wine country last week and noticed that there were a lot fewer