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 The Economist. Well, two out of three ain't bad. The Economist still qualifies as one of the world's great magazines (other than its antediluvian practice of not affixing bylines to articles). So it w
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The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, rock and electronic music.
The good news is that there are at least some artists out there that understand that the gimmick is only the first step in the door and that talent must follow. Today, we
Friendster.com creator Jonathan Abrams wants to purge his über-hip dating site of phony profiles. But online "fakesters" are fighting back. Hilariously.
The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for "the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun" has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go Go takes over SOMArts with three nights of rock shows (headliners include Girl in a Coma, Katastrophe, Hunx & His Punx, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Mirah), afterparties at the Lexington and Thee Parkside, and a film segment featuring everything from music videos to porn shorts. More info at Homo a Go G
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