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LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

Dead Meadow Announce Tour Dates and New Album

Xiu Xiu To Release "New Women as Lovers Double LP" and 2008 Tour

Radiohead Tour Dates Leave Out SF

Dengue Fever Plays Independent in April

Oakland Non-Profit Sold Illegal Drugs

Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

Roller Girls Play Dirty

Del and Devin

Drawn Together

Why the surging popularity of yaoi — graphic boy-on-boy comics — might be the source of the genre's downfall

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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Three Day Stubble

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The Figshta Diaries!

Palin's Palm: What Pearls of Wisdom Lie Within?

It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

Ex-Supe Candidate Spanjian Says She'd Have Quit Even if She Were Front-Runner

We're not in District 8 anymore, Toto...​When Laura Spanjian drops out of a contest, she certainly goes whole hog. Yesterday we reported that not only is the longtime city politico exiting the race for District 8 supervisor, she's also exiting San Francisco. Spanjian will next month take over as t ... More >>

It's Your Petite Friday Morning News Quiz -- With a Prize

Sorry, the other pictures would have given away the answers​It's even more simple than the answer to the question, "Is Gavin Newsom gonna run for lieutenant governor?" Answer the five questions correctly, send me the answers here, and you win a little prize. Comprende? 1. Who is Deborah J. Madden? ... More >>

A Hopey, Changey Day on the Diamond

Sorry, the other pictures would have given away the answers​It's even more simple than the answer to the question, "Is Gavin Newsom gonna run for lieutenant governor?" Answer the five questions correctly, send me the answers here, and you win a little prize. Comprende? 1. Who is Deborah J. Madden? ... More >>

Scalpel! is a Camped-Out, Crowd-Pleasing Hit at Brava

Emily McGowan, Cindy Goldfield, & Arturo Galster ​If you're looking for a way to honor the legacy of Designing Women star Dixie Carter (she passed away in Houston on April 10), you could do worse than spend an evening with the ladies currently on stage at Brava Theater Center. Brava's ... More >>

Everything Dandy For Giants in World of Fashion, Too

First, the bad news...​Without a doubt, the San Francisco Giants' top sartorial story of the young season has been utilityman Eugenio Velez taking the field last week outfitted in a jersey reading "San Francicso." More than any bullshit orbiting around Janet Jackson's ta-tas, this truly was a ward ... More >>

'Where Can I Get Tex-Mex Food?'

Houston PressBeef Enchiladas From Larry's (in Houston): Real Tex-Mex​This week's reader question comes from E.T., who moved to the Bay Area from Houston a few years ago:I totally have a question, but after three and a half years of asking it, I'm beginning to suspect that the answer is "no." Is th ... More >>

Life-Fi

Houston PressBeef Enchiladas From Larry's (in Houston): Real Tex-Mex​This week's reader question comes from E.T., who moved to the Bay Area from Houston a few years ago:I totally have a question, but after three and a half years of asking it, I'm beginning to suspect that the answer is "no." Is th ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10: Gastronomic Adventures, Free Comics, Electro-disco Noiseniks

Clipd Beaks​Were those glorious super-warm days of last weekend simply a tease? Are we doomed to a more traditional mid-season S.F. weekend of half-sunny, half-windy days? Well I hate to say it fellow park-dwellers, but if you don't like the weather in our oft-overcast city, perhaps you are in the ... More >>

Film is a battlefield

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

Brian Wilson's Orange Shoes, and Baseball's Worst Fashion Faux-Pas

Brian -- you shouldn't have! ​Yesterday, San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson -- a man with about three pounds worth of tattoo ink coursing through his veins and a haircut befitting a Blink-182 roadie -- came under fire from the league office. The objection: Wilson's traffic cone-orange shoes ... More >>

"Middle Men": Luke Wilson brings hardcore porn to the masses

Brian -- you shouldn't have! ​Yesterday, San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson -- a man with about three pounds worth of tattoo ink coursing through his veins and a haircut befitting a Blink-182 roadie -- came under fire from the league office. The objection: Wilson's traffic cone-orange shoes ... More >>

The On Land Experimental Music Festival: What's Burning Man, Anyway?

​From this evening through the weekend, Café du Nord and its upstairs annex the Swedish American Hall are hosting the On Land festival, a dazzling array of ambient, psychedelic, improvisational, and straight-up noise performances. Much of the lineup testifies to the Bay Area's vibrant experimenta ... More >>

Investors From Mumbai, Houston, L.A., Behind $2.33B purchase of State Buildings

Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

If It’s Too Loud ...

Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

Just Deserts

Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

Vandals Get Two Free Hours of Parking When They Break Meters

Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

Message Machine

Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

Terry Helbling's Tenderloin Flat Full of $200K in Stolen Art

Motorists, start your sledgehammers!​Vandals who break meters will get rewarded with two hours of free parking under a new system being installed this spring, sf.streetsblog.org reports. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, vandals are breaking between 240 and 450 parking meters ea ... More >>

Bevan Dufty: Is He Making a Comeback in the Mayor's Race?

Looking for money in all the right places​Just last month, Bevan Dufty admitted that his mayoral campaign was foundering; he dropped his pledge to hit-up only local donors and has since been taking red-eye flights back-and-forth to the nation's capital.  And now we know why.In his effort to r ... More >>

Bevan Dufty Brings in the Big Bucks

Money is good, but votes are better​Earlier this month, SF Weekly first reported that Bevan Dufty was officially rebuilding his beleaguered mayoral campaign. When it came to raising cash, Dufty knew he was in a bad position. At the time, he challenged us to call back in a month, promising that he ... More >>

Ritual Takes Sixth Place in National Barista Contest

Ritual Coffee RoastersRitual barista Kevin Bohlin, left, and Ben Kaminsky, Director of Quality Control.​There may be no ticker-tape parade through the FiDi, but Ritual Coffee Roasters just made San Francisco proud at the United States Barista Championship in Houston this weekend. Cutely, the i ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee: City Will Shield Some Illegal Immigrant Youth from Deportation

Supervisor Campos after his law policy passed two years ago. Now it will be enforced - for some. ​Mayor Ed Lee announced Tuesday that he will begin implementing the city's controversial Sanctuary City law, only reporting illegal immigrant youth to federal immigration authorities if they have been ... More >>

International Peloton Skips S.F. for First Time in Decade

No Shaven-legged, 2-percent-body-fat Europeans allowed!​For the first time in 10 years, the international professional bicycle-racing circuit will bypass San Francisco, while today's stage three of America's biggest cycling event, the Tour of California, is skipping the city with a jaunt from Aubu ... 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 >>

San Francisco Isn't Just Slutty, It's Also Dirty

Well at least we have great coffee​Last week, we told you about how slutty San Franciscans are, maintaining an average of 30 partners. But apparently, we aren't just dirty-minded. According to a new travel survey, our fair city is trashy, too.San Francisco ranked No. 12 on the list of dirtiest urb ... More >>

Fiona Ma Demands State Boycott of Southwest Airlines After Pilot's Rant About 'Gays and Grannies'

Fiona Ma is not taking shit from Southwest​Assemblywoman Fiona Ma isn't going to stand for trash-talking. The San Francisco Democrat slammed Southwest Airlines today, asking her fellow lawmakers to stop flying Southwest after a pilot was busted for bashing gays, women, and overweight people via a ... More >>

DVR Alert: S.F.'s LIBA Falafel Features on the Cooking Channel Tonight

Luis ChongLIBA Falafel owner Gail Lillian.​Set those recorders: San Francisco food truck LIBA Falafel will be featured on the Cooking Channel series Eat St. tonight alongside Portland's Garden State Cart, Seattle's Skillet Street Food, and Houston's Oh My! Pocket Pies. The episode premieres at ... More >>

No Fireworks For You, San Francisco!

Our buddies in HoustonUSA! USA! USA! ​Somewhere in the primordial id of every American lurks a deranged teenage boy. He likes blowing things up. And that means he loves the Fourth of July -- and since he is us, so do we. Large-scale fireworks shows all tend to blend into one; like Barack Obama spe ... More >>

Five Reasons San Franciscans Have No Style

San Franciscans might be total sluts, but we definitely do not attract our partners based on the way we dress. According to GQ magazine, San Francisco ranked No. 20 on the list of the worst-dressed cities in America. It seems like a head scratcher to us, considering we are No. 1 in so many other way ... More >>

Plaid on Its New Album, the Persistent Influence of Detroit Techno, and How to Not Repeat Yourself Musically After 20 Years

Plaid: Never a duo to get caught in a box.​ British electronic duo Plaid, made up of Ed Handley and Andy Turner, has been navigating the digital obliques of melodically askew, syncopated beats since 1991. This Friday, it will bring the music of its new album, Scintilli -- Plaid's first non-sou ... More >>

V-Nasty Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates Due to Probation Issues

V-Nasty: Not performing next week at Slim's.​ If anyone still thinks that Kreayshawn associate, Gucci Mane collaborator, and Oakland A's fan V-Nasty was just fronting about her rough-and-tumble background and years spent in and out of juvie and jail, this should shut them up: V-Nasty just canc ... More >>

Jeremy Lin Latest One Who Got Away from Warriors

Had 'em and lost 'em​The Golden State Warriors' transcendent moments have resonated so strongly because the team's status quo is unmitigated failure. Failure has built up atop failure, creating a rich loam with which to grow more failure. The franchise that traded Robert Parrish and the draft pick ... More >>