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Lost Boys of Summer: Some Ex-Ballplayers Seek Help From MLB

Nicki Minaj's Chicken Wing Necklace, and 10 Other Crazy Musical Accessories

Oh, look at that. Nicki Minaj just emerged with a chicken wing around her neck that had been painted hot pink and dressed up like a necklace, and called it fashion. Hot! ... Or not, depending on your perspective. Regardless, in Minaj's avian-slaughtering honour, we'd like to take a look back at 10 o ... More >>

You Know You Love it: 7 Best Chain Restaurants in S.F. Bay Area

We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.

If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

R.I.P Slipknot's Paul Gray

On Monday, Slipknot's bassist Paul Gray, aka No. 2 or "The Pig" was found dead in a hotel room in suburban Iowa. The nu metal band famous for their growling vocals and concealed identities, showed up unmasked to a Des Moines press conference last night to express their loss: In the video, frontm ... More >>

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

SF Weekly Letters

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

Last Night: Tobias Wolff at the SF LGBT Community Center

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

Step Away from the DeLillo

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

The Bay Guardian’s Hands-On News Approach?

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

The Smoking Gun

A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF

Apathy to the Rescue

How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

Vlad the Mad

The hardest-working angry young russian comic in town

Independent Thinking

Two new high-class local venues. Bruce Springsteen concerts. Sounds like the work of Clear Channel. But it's not.

Lee Way

The public career path of Andrew Lee explains a lot about what's wrong with Willie Brown's style of politics and governance

Boys' Band

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

How Legends Are Born

It pains us to award the Columbia Journalism Review its very own dart.

Rapper's Delight

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

From Schlubs to Sharks

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

Solitary Man

Tom Armstrong gave up on punk rock -- and Iowa -- for honky-tonk

Riff Raff

Tom Armstrong gave up on punk rock -- and Iowa -- for honky-tonk

Navel Maneuvers

If Adam and Eve moved to Northern California, they'd probably note on the first day that the balmy weather, inspiring vistas, and mellow vibesreminded them of Eden. On the second day, they'd pick up a copy of "Common Ground" and enroll in a self-help cour