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Live Review, 6/9/12: Corrosion of Conformity and Torche Swoop Through Slim's

By ALEE KARIM Corrosion of Conformity Torche Black Cobra Gaza June 9th, 2012 Slim's Better than: Squatter house rock, save for the $5 12-oz beer. In the '90s, the two most significant big-ups available to an underground band were a drubbing via Beavis and Butthead and a "Phil-ing," wherein Phil A ... More >>

Jello Biafra's 'Ultimate Third Rail': Why the Outspoken SF Punk Rocker Abandoned Plans to Play in Israel

Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings for March 23-29, 2011

Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

Making It Happen

Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

Nile Be There

Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

San Francisco Unemployment Numbers Holding at 'Crappy'

Dorothea LangeGood news, pal! It could be worse...​As we've said before, losing by less is the new winning. So, by that measure, San Francisco's just-released unemployment numbers are cause for celebration. Yes, the city's unemployment rate grew from 9.6 percent in June to 9.7 percent last month. ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for July 28-August 3, 2010

Dorothea LangeGood news, pal! It could be worse...​As we've said before, losing by less is the new winning. So, by that measure, San Francisco's just-released unemployment numbers are cause for celebration. Yes, the city's unemployment rate grew from 9.6 percent in June to 9.7 percent last month. ... More >>

Life During Wartime

Dorothea LangeGood news, pal! It could be worse...​As we've said before, losing by less is the new winning. So, by that measure, San Francisco's just-released unemployment numbers are cause for celebration. Yes, the city's unemployment rate grew from 9.6 percent in June to 9.7 percent last month. ... More >>

Labor groups to picket Israeli ship to protest May 31 raid deaths

Not in Oakland you're not...​Bay Area labor groups plan to picket the Israeli container ship, Zim Shenzhen, June 20 when it is scheduled to arrive at 5:30 am in the port of Oakland, said local longshoreman Jack Heyman."South Africa, Norway, Sweden, are going to be following suit," Heyman said. "Th ... More >>

VIDEO: Stalemate in Gaza Resolution Debate Following 10 Hour Hearing

www.sanfranciscosentinel.comPick a side​The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' meeting on Tuesday lasted until Wednesday, at last ending this morning at 12:03 AM. Hundreds of members of the public stood for hours in a City Hall corridor for the opportunity to speak for three minutes each on a con ... More >>

Pick a Side, Any Side: Israel, Palestine-Flag Wavers Gear Up For Rallies, Positive Reinforcement

www.indybay.orgOne or the other​San Francisco's City Hall is rarely a serene place. It's even less so when partisans of the Middle East's sectarian violence shout, sloganeer and wave their respective flags at each other before they head inside and shout, sloganeer (but hopefully leave their flags ... More >>

Supe Puts Self in Bind Over Gaza Flotilla

Anger-monger?​The Board of Supervisors is known for voicing its opinion via nonbinding resolution, a common and longstanding practice for praising and condemning that which goes on far beyond the pale of San Francisco. This is generally panned by most as a waste of time, but not when the Jews are ... More >>

Baylinks: Grease, Hair, and One Fashionable Dog

​Dolores Park is going to get Grease-y. [SFist]Hairy Situation: How important is it for chefs to wear hats? [SFAppeal]Photographic evidence that the Panhandle bike path is a total clusterf@!k at Fell and Masonic. [SF Citizen]

San Francisco Rabbi Michael Lerner's Home Plastered with Menacing Posters

Rabbi Michael Lerner has been posterized...​Rabbi Michael Lerner, the left-leaning spiritual leader of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun congregation and editor of Tikkun magazine, is a man whose picture is on many metaphorical dart boards among what is commonly referred to as the "organized Jewis ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for February 3-9, 2010

Rabbi Michael Lerner has been posterized...​Rabbi Michael Lerner, the left-leaning spiritual leader of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun congregation and editor of Tikkun magazine, is a man whose picture is on many metaphorical dart boards among what is commonly referred to as the "organized Jewis ... More >>

Are the Coen brothers self-hating or just everyone hating?

Rabbi Michael Lerner has been posterized...​Rabbi Michael Lerner, the left-leaning spiritual leader of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun congregation and editor of Tikkun magazine, is a man whose picture is on many metaphorical dart boards among what is commonly referred to as the "organized Jewis ... More >>

Rock the Shul

Rabbi Michael Lerner has been posterized...​Rabbi Michael Lerner, the left-leaning spiritual leader of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun congregation and editor of Tikkun magazine, is a man whose picture is on many metaphorical dart boards among what is commonly referred to as the "organized Jewis ... More >>

Snacktion: Buttons and Bows from Marsha's Marvelous

Name: Buttons and Bows Pasta SaladBrand: Marsha's MarvelousOrigin: South San FranciscoFound at: Other Avenues (3930 Judah at 45th Ave.)Cost: $3.89Ingredients: Semolina pasta, canola and olive oil, bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, balsamic vinegar, green onions, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, ... More >>

The Wire: San Francisco's Orthodox Jews Rejoice, as They Can Now Legally Schlep Their Children On Sabbath

Stacey PalevskyRabbi Joshua Strulowitz of San Francisco's Orthodox Adath Israel watches as Supervisor Carmen Chu and Police Chief Heather Fong sign papers granting Jews the right to carry objects on the Sabbath. The chances are exactly 100 percent neither Chu nor Fong ever thought they'd be called u ... More >>

San Francisco's Employment Report: Things Could Be Much Shittier!

Dorothea Lange, San Francisco, 1933 -- from the SFMOMA collectionBack to the future?In a case of debating whether the glass is half full or half empty -- but, upon further analysis, realizing the glass contains something nasty -- the state's Employment Development Department this morning released th ... More >>

The Economist: Obama Better Watch Out -- Medea Benjamin Is Pissed!

Medea Benjamin, kingmakerThe British, it seems, know San Franciscans better than we know ourselves. Wanna make a miniseries out of Tales of the City? Hire a British director and star. Wanna know where to tool around in town? Read the Telegraph. Wanna gauge the political power of local figures? Read ... More >>

Pro-Palestinians Co-Opt (Vandalize) Israeli Propaganda

 The description of the suspected vandal: A male in a red bodysuit with portrait of a spider on his chest...A little while ago we wrote about the Clear Channel "Visit Israel" billboards along Highway 101, with their breezy Israeli girls strutting above the motto "Different From t ... More >>

Chronicle Cans Firebrand Columnist Robert Scheer -- And He's 'Pissed Off'

Robert Scheer doesn't take it too badly when newspapers let him go -- it's happened before. He just wishes they'd be honest about why they're doing it. The veteran lefty journalist's departure from the San Francisco Chronicle's opinion section was announced in print Wednesday -- and Scheer isn't buy ... More >>

The Nobody's Business Diner

By Meredith Brody How does this menu sound to you: tomato basil soup, market pasta salad, salad du jour, organic spinach salad, Philly cheesesteaks, roasted local veggie melts, organic baked French fries, steamed organic broccoli, organic pears? Or this one: zucchini bread, French dip au jus, roas ... More >>

Last Night: David Dondero and Rademacher at the Knockout

(David Dondero)David Dondero/RademacherSunday, January 4, 2009The KnockoutWords and photos by Jonathan KieferBetter Than: Admitting the weekend, and the holiday, and another year of your unproductive life, is over.As Sunday night crept toward Monday morning and another crap-job working week loomed, ... More >>

Slow Food on Film Festival Screening: Strawberry Fields

(David Dondero)David Dondero/RademacherSunday, January 4, 2009The KnockoutWords and photos by Jonathan KieferBetter Than: Admitting the weekend, and the holiday, and another year of your unproductive life, is over.As Sunday night crept toward Monday morning and another crap-job working week loomed, ... More >>

More Phone Pranks

(David Dondero)David Dondero/RademacherSunday, January 4, 2009The KnockoutWords and photos by Jonathan KieferBetter Than: Admitting the weekend, and the holiday, and another year of your unproductive life, is over.As Sunday night crept toward Monday morning and another crap-job working week loomed, ... More >>

Disturbing the Peace

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

Repertory Film Listings

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

Repertory Film Listings

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

Prenuptual Aggrievement

Meet the Parents goes Middle East in Only Human

No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Reps Etc.

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Artbeat

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Reps Etc.

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Guns, God, and Land

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Comics From the Front

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

Reps Etc.

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

Reps Etc.

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

Reps Etc.

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

Reps Etc.

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

All Quiet on the Western Front

At local indie houses: Anti-Bush docs and, uh, "Sing-Along West Side Story"

Letter From the Middle East

David Hare evokes a whole region through one man

Reps Etc.

David Hare evokes a whole region through one man

A Smuggler's Tale

A Berkeley woman's efforts to deliver banned medicines and other goods to Iraq arouses federal ire

Reps Etc.

A Berkeley woman's efforts to deliver banned medicines and other goods to Iraq arouses federal ire

Night & Day

A Berkeley woman's efforts to deliver banned medicines and other goods to Iraq arouses federal ire