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Chronicle Bitches Out and Doesn't Publish 'Howl'

LastNight: Tool at Bill Graham Civic Includes Jello Biafra, Primus

Marketers, Law Enforcement Fulfill SF Weekly Prediction; Energy Beer Declared Stupid

The Lowbrow Art Sale: Shawn Barber, John John Jesse and Sandi Calistro

The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite food blog posts of Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A nation divided: In perhaps the ultimate act of foodie patriotism, the NY Times food blog went on a 50-state search for dishes containing the fiery condiment sriracha, like the cheesesteak dumplings with sriracha ketchup at Philly's Fireside Ta ... More >>

'Man with Idea' from Idaho Randomly Obtains SF Weekly's Phone Number, Offers Solution for City's Drug, Prostitution Woes

A man named Jack residing in Lewiston, Idaho, this week called the telephone operator and told her, "I need a newspaper because I have an idea and need to tell them some news." Of all the newspapers in all the world, he was given the number for SF Weekly, which he dialed. He then offered to tell us ... More >>

Blue Monkey Used San Francisco as Springboard to World Tour

This is Wilbert, everyone. He's a a three-haired, yellow-bellied, stuffed monkey who started his world travels in San Francisco on May 4, 2008. Since then, he's hit up Paris, Jamaica, New York City, Toronto, Vegas, Tokyo, the Amazon, Rio De Janeiro, China, Greece, Oklahoma, ... More >>

James Beard Award Nominations Announced

Bay Area Takes All Five Nominations for Best Chef in Pacific Region; Boulevard and A 16's Nate Appleman Among Locals Competing For Top PrizesThe prestigious James Beard Awards, given by the James Beard Foundation and often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant and food media industries, announ ... More >>

The Black Crowes interview Maxim couldn't get

Bay Area Takes All Five Nominations for Best Chef in Pacific Region; Boulevard and A 16's Nate Appleman Among Locals Competing For Top PrizesThe prestigious James Beard Awards, given by the James Beard Foundation and often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant and food media industries, announ ... More >>

Roll of the Die - Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deaths

Bay Area Takes All Five Nominations for Best Chef in Pacific Region; Boulevard and A 16's Nate Appleman Among Locals Competing For Top PrizesThe prestigious James Beard Awards, given by the James Beard Foundation and often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant and food media industries, announ ... More >>

On the Rebound

Built to Spill survives some transitional time out

Paying for It

Fury, injustice, humiliation — and humor — in Campo Santo's four-story program

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2005

In Verse

Chronicling the beautiful world

Film Feast

American independent cinema is alive and well at IndieFest

Best Napa Restaurant

Market

Road Scholars

Eating fire, swallowing swords, playing old-timey tunes -- the Yard Dogs offer medicine for the soul. And they'll even work for booze.

Don't Dream It's Over

Psychos is as Gothically improbable and florid with blood as a Tarantino film

Open Your Eyes

A month of public art and community programs

The Song Remains the Same

Jackpot proves that karaoke movies are a bad idea even if you're a hip auteur

The New Year

Newness Ends (Touch and Go)

Goop and Its Pleasures

Blackberry Ginger

Slow as It Goes

Ben Graves

Reel World

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Night Crawler

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Stage

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Letters

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Living Large

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Recordings

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Spying the generation gaffes at MoMo's

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Beat Machine Tour Hits SF Tonight

Waassup: Waajeed​ One of the best things about living in the SF Bay Area--as opposed to say, Bumfu*k, Idaho--is that it's recognized as a cultural center and tastemaking place. Case in point: the Beat Machine tour, a Scion/Turntable Lab-sponsored jaunt through six major cities (including the ... More >>

Boom Riggins

Waassup: Waajeed​ One of the best things about living in the SF Bay Area--as opposed to say, Bumfu*k, Idaho--is that it's recognized as a cultural center and tastemaking place. Case in point: the Beat Machine tour, a Scion/Turntable Lab-sponsored jaunt through six major cities (including the ... More >>

New York Times' YouTube Investigation: Bicyclists Sometimes Run Stop Signs

​The odd media war unfolding in San Francisco -- in which major dailies establish editions here while local periodicals fade away -- advanced in a new direction Friday, with a page A-19 story in the New York City edition of the New York Times titled "San Francisco's Cyclists Facing Backlash for Fl ... More >>

Tomorrow's Indy Spirits Expo Offers a Giddy Trek through the World's Micro Spirits

Andrew St. Clair/FlickrBottle lineup at July's Indy Spirits Expo in New York City.​Like indy movies, indy booze has so infiltrated restaurant bar walls and home liquor cabinets that it might not fit the profile of obscure, exactly. Still, tomorrow's 2009 Indy Spirits Expo at Mighty (119 Utah a ... More >>

Nancy Mary Sage, 1906 Quake Survivor, Dies at 105

Nancy Mary Sage was six months old when The Big One hit in 1906 and destroyed her family​Whenever a survivor of the Great Quake of '06 dies, more of them always seem to turn up after the obituary runs in the San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy Mary Sage died yesterday in Littleton, Colo. at age 105; he ... More >>

Remembering Farrell's, the Ice Cream Parlors That Gave Us the Zoo

Farrell's​We miss the dearly departed Farrell's, an ice cream parlor which boasted of 130 locations in the '70s and '80s. We don't pine for the turn of the last century costumes (though that facial hair in the pic above is definitely cool again) or the pomp and circumstance of songs, bells, wh ... More >>

Ammonium Phosphate, Which Sickened 12 Workers in S.F., Considered 'Non-Toxic'

WikipediaKeep this stuff out of your eyes, folks​This morning, SF Weekly reported on the "white powder" that sickened a dozen workers at the Pier 96 recycling facility and sent one to the hospital. While the term "white powder" evokes the very worst post-9/11 memories, the white powder in question ... More >>

Nemeth: Show Preview

WikipediaKeep this stuff out of your eyes, folks​This morning, SF Weekly reported on the "white powder" that sickened a dozen workers at the Pier 96 recycling facility and sent one to the hospital. While the term "white powder" evokes the very worst post-9/11 memories, the white powder in question ... More >>

Sierra Club Sues EPA For Not Enforcing Clean Air Act

Trouble in paradise?​Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court in San Francisco, asserting the EPA did not adequately enforce provisions of the Clean Air Act.The lawsuit, filed yesterday by the Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardian ... More >>

Where Do San Francisco's Firefighters Live?

​Coeur D'alene? Really?Not long ago, SF Weekly played with a data application the Bay Citizen created regarding where the city's employees live. It turns out, a number of city workers -- including more than a few firefighters -- live in far-off realms such as Placer County, Los Angeles, or even Sa ... More >>

Rapping Weatherman Nick Kosir Quits on San Francisco

The Rapping Weatherman is M.I.A.​Not long ago, SF Weekly reported that KRON-TV had gone and hired Nick "The Rapping Weatherman" Kosir -- but wouldn't let him rap. It turns out, however, that Kosir's tenure in San Francisco was not unlike a summer storm: It was brief, tempestuous, and left everyone ... More >>

Cocktober Surprise: An Indecent Urinal Proposal

It's okay! Andrew Miller is married! ​The Week In GayThe biggest news this week is the new term I learned: Cocktober!  Isn't that terrific?  How have I lived on this planet for multiple decades without ever referring to this month as Cocktober??It's adorable, I tell you. And you'll never ... More >>

Brian Erb Found Dead in Idaho

Brian Erb in happier days​The friends and family of Brian Erb, who put out the hue and cry when the Concord man went missing earlier this month, have had their worst fears realized. The 33-year-old married father of two was found dead Friday in a lodge in the far northern Idaho town of Sandpoint.

Love and BASE Jumping: Q &A With Bob Ash, Fiance of Bay Area BASE Jumping Victim, Shannon Dean

Shannon Dean, BASE jumper​In 2006, Bob Ash witnessed his fiance Shannon Dean fall to her death off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, one of the only legal places to jump in the country. The two had lived together in San Mateo; Dean was 35 years old, Ash 42. The Chronicle covered Dean's deat ... More >>

Rapping Weatherman Resurfaces (VIDEO)

He's baaaaaack!​You don't need a weatherman to tell you today is looking glorious. You don't need a rapping weatherman -- well, ever. Be that as it may, readers may recall how local TV station and numerology casualty KRON last year saw fit to hire Nick Kosir, the Rapping Weatherman. First, KRON ge ... More >>

Top 6 Movie Parodies in Music Videos (Thanks, Foo Fighters)

Remember the quietly xenophobic, right-wing propaganda movie that was Falling Down? The one where Michael Douglas has a meltdown in Los Angeles and goes on a mini-rampage (against mostly immigrants) in his white shirt and horn-rimmed specs? The movie was extraordinarily silly on a number of levels, ... More >>

Vegan Drag Queen Cooking Shows, Wool Free Winter Coat Pop-up in the Mission, & Cookies!

​ • You know how nobody in San Francisco has any style? Well, this weekend you can attempt to buy some! Vaute Couture is bringing its cute-ass wool-free winter coats of sexiness to a pop-up shop at VegNews' offices in the Mission! You'll get to try on Vaute's brand-new 2011 collection of smart ... More >>

Fog Harbor Fish House Cooks Sustainable Fish For the Masses

Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)​Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>

Terri Weissinger, Sonoma Woman, Trapped at SFO for Eight Days Thanks to Baggage Fees

​You thought your trip to the airport was a nightmare. Terri Weissinger, a native of Sonoma County, truly experienced a new kind of flying fiasco. Broke and tired of the Northern California expenses, Weissinger was looking for a fresh start; she booked a one-way ticket to Idaho through Orbitz.com. ... More >>

Did California Democrats Rig the Redistricting Process?

The term 'gerrymander' originated with this 1812 political cartoon​The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, formed by a 2010 ballot initiative, was supposed to drain the drawing of Congressional districts of the political influence that has poisoned it for decades. California Democrats -- ... More >>