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February 12, 2009
Mayor, Board President's Payroll Tax Plans are Different; Supes Notified Via Press Release
It turns out the mayor does have a device for communicating with David Chiu. It's called a press release.Yesterday we wrote about how Mayor Gavin Newsom announced at the San Francisco Business Times breakfast that he was proposing an overhaul of the city's payroll tax -- which came as news to Board ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2008
Charo says "Cuchi Cuchi" to flamenco
It turns out the mayor does have a device for communicating with David Chiu. It's called a press release.Yesterday we wrote about how Mayor Gavin Newsom announced at the San Francisco Business Times breakfast that he was proposing an overhaul of the city's payroll tax -- which came as news to Board ... More >>
Music
February 8, 2006
Misc. Reviews
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave.
Music
November 9, 2005
Journalism 101
Dear Reactionaries: If you think the New Times merger spells trouble for local music, read this column
Music
August 31, 2005
Misc. Reviews
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This Week: The Dick Cavett Show -- Rock Icons DVD.
Best of San Francisco
May 11, 2005
Best Popcorn Vendor
If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This Week: The Dick Cavett Show -- Rock Icons DVD.
Calendar
December 8, 2004
A New Lease on Life
This Wonderful Life isn't about saving a bank -- or Christmas
News
December 8, 2004
Can Light Stay Afloat?
POINT REYES -- Can Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Mitchell keep his small, renowned, and cash-starved newspaper going? It's a question...
Holiday
November 19, 2003
Shops and Gifts
POINT REYES -- Can Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Mitchell keep his small, renowned, and cash-starved newspaper going? It's a question...
Dining
October 8, 2003
Hat Trick
Intelligent, satisfying French food that's also quite a bargain
News
August 13, 2003
A River Doesn't Run Through It
In the heart of the urban jungle, and angler's oasis
Film
February 5, 2003
American Hot Wax
Spending tens of thousands of dollars on a doc about song-poems. Who's obsessed?
News
April 19, 2000
That Was the Wit That Was
Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes
News
June 17, 1998
Thirty-two years of Satan in popular culture
Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes
News
March 5, 1997
Taking Howard Stern Seriously
Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes
Calendar
April 5, 1995
Slap Shots
Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes
Blogs
June 5, 2009
Again? Gunn High School Students' Moth-Like Attraction to Caltrain Tracks Has Grown Surreal
We're living through the "interesting times" of the apocryphal malevolent Chinese proverb when folks' first reaction to hearing that Caltrain plans on raising fees while cutting services is "thank God!" The fewer trains running on the tracks, the fewer Gunn High students can end their brief lives be ... More >>
News
August 26, 2009
The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi
We're living through the "interesting times" of the apocryphal malevolent Chinese proverb when folks' first reaction to hearing that Caltrain plans on raising fees while cutting services is "thank God!" The fewer trains running on the tracks, the fewer Gunn High students can end their brief lives be ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2009
Welcome Back, Gavin: Newsom Bows Out of Governor's Race
Audrey Fukuman, based on original illustration by @yiyingluGavin Newsom and the Bay Bridge came up short this weekIf you see a tall, handsome man with slicked-back hair wandering forlornly through the city on Halloween, it may not be a denizen dressed as Gavin Newsom. It may be the real thing. Th ... More >>
Film
June 9, 2010
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" — getting old isn't for sissies
Audrey Fukuman, based on original illustration by @yiyingluGavin Newsom and the Bay Bridge came up short this weekIf you see a tall, handsome man with slicked-back hair wandering forlornly through the city on Halloween, it may not be a denizen dressed as Gavin Newsom. It may be the real thing. Th ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
'I Quit': A List of Unique Exits
At the beginning of last week, erstwhile flight attendant Steven Slater profanely quit his job, grabbed a couple of cold ones, and slid down the plane's inflatable ramp into American folklore. At the end of last week, promising 49ers running back Glen Coffee abruptly walked away from football, os ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2011
So Long, Jack LaLanne
For Bay Area natives of a certain age, Jack LaLanne doing deep knee bends is enshrined alongside Charley and Humphrey or the KOFY dogs in the pantheon of childhood nostalgia. LaLanne, who did for the fitness industry what Eli Whitney did for cotton gins, died yesterday at age 96. The "Godfa ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Brian Wilson Channels Popeye on George Lopez (Video)
After a local idiot challenged Giants bullpen ace Brian Wilson to a boxing match, we posited the question: How much Wilson is too much Wilson? We haven't reached that point yet, it would seem. As much as we're conditioned to grit our teeth as athletes attempt to behave like showbiz stars, we just ca ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2011
Friday at Noise Pop: Kid Koala Plays Records That Tell Us How To Dance To Them at Mighty
Matt SeufererKid KoalaKid Koala DJ Swayzee Jel J HouseFebruary 25, 2011@ MightyBetter than: An evening of mediocre music from DJs with good names. I arrive around 9:30 p.m. at a very sparsely populated Mighty, wonder why I don't go to Mighty more, and then remember that I don't like to dance. J Hou ... More >>
News
January 25, 2012
Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson and the Rabid Right
Matt SeufererKid KoalaKid Koala DJ Swayzee Jel J HouseFebruary 25, 2011@ MightyBetter than: An evening of mediocre music from DJs with good names. I arrive around 9:30 p.m. at a very sparsely populated Mighty, wonder why I don't go to Mighty more, and then remember that I don't like to dance. J Hou ... More >>