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November 28, 2011
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 >>
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November 16, 2011
Sweet Genius Is Pretty Much the Most Ridiculous Thing on the Food Network
Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what is going on with televised cooking. This week: Sweet Genius, a one-hour show about lollipops and death, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. Oh, hell. It's come to this. The Food Network sees pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel with his evil bal ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, UC Hikers Jailed in Iran, Set Free
freethehikers.orgShaneThe last two University of California jailed hikers have reportedly hopped a flight out of Tehran and are en route to America. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who were convicted this year in Iran for spying on behalf of the United States, were seen by reporters leaving Evin pri ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
A Director Offside
freethehikers.orgShaneThe last two University of California jailed hikers have reportedly hopped a flight out of Tehran and are en route to America. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who were convicted this year in Iran for spying on behalf of the United States, were seen by reporters leaving Evin pri ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Jewish Woman Sues UC Berkeley Over Campus Assault by Member of Palestinian Student Group
A weapon of mass destruction?Even on a culturally diverse campus like UC Berkeley, tensions between Israel and Palestinians run deep. A 20-year-old Jewish student has hired San Francisco attorneys to defend her claim that another student belonging to the Students For Justice in Palestine assaulte ... More >>
Film
February 2, 2011
"The Time That Remains": A pointillist portrait of Israeli Arabs
A weapon of mass destruction?Even on a culturally diverse campus like UC Berkeley, tensions between Israel and Palestinians run deep. A 20-year-old Jewish student has hired San Francisco attorneys to defend her claim that another student belonging to the Students For Justice in Palestine assaulte ... More >>
Culture
January 19, 2011
Various: "Volume 14: Middle East": Art Review
A weapon of mass destruction?Even on a culturally diverse campus like UC Berkeley, tensions between Israel and Palestinians run deep. A 20-year-old Jewish student has hired San Francisco attorneys to defend her claim that another student belonging to the Students For Justice in Palestine assaulte ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Have a Jelly Doughnut for Hanukkah
Israel Kosher Meat's sufganiyah, $2.Israel Kosher Meat, Poultry & Deli is a Russian Jewish deli in the Outer Richmond that wears its age as unabashedly as it does its faith. While the shelves are sparsely stocked and the front window needs a good scrubbing, Yelpers love the place for its ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Matisyahu Talks Keeping Kosher, Observing Shabbat on Tour
Beau GrealyShabbat is a Jewish tradition when friends and family come together every Friday night and Saturday to relax and reflect as the workweek recedes. Some Jews are more observant than others: where there's one Jew eating a double bacon cheeseburger (totally unkosher), there's another who ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Thursday's Pick: Hypernova at Thee Parkside
Jeffrey GrossmanHypernovaThe Action DesignHypernovaThe Yellow DogsThee Parkside9 p.m., $8Indie rock has become so washed out in recent years that it's a challenge just to stay awake through many songs, never mind whole albums. Through the Chaos, the full-length debut by Hypernova, is a thrilling ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Pick a Side, Any Side: Israel, Palestine-Flag Wavers Gear Up For Rallies, Positive Reinforcement
www.indybay.orgOne or the otherSan 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 >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Last Night: Mumford & Sons, The Middle East at Slim's
Mumford & Sons The Middle East Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Slim's Better Than: "Liquid Velvety Nothingness" ...which was one concertgoer's choice expression for describing the high from weed and peyote --something I know nothing about. But this rock 'n' roll fan at last night's show assured me o ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2010
Support the Troops ― Send Them French Army Rations
Our favorite morsels from the Web. Baby killers, freedom fighters: Don's ask us to figure out the morality of soldiering. What we do know is that armies run on their stomachs, and that stomachs from different armies have different expectations about how to fill them. For this Memorial Day, we thoug ... More >>
Culture
May 19, 2010
War games: Soldiers reenact life and death in Iraq and Afghanistan
Our favorite morsels from the Web. Baby killers, freedom fighters: Don's ask us to figure out the morality of soldiering. What we do know is that armies run on their stomachs, and that stomachs from different armies have different expectations about how to fill them. For this Memorial Day, we thoug ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
War Photographers
Our favorite morsels from the Web. Baby killers, freedom fighters: Don's ask us to figure out the morality of soldiering. What we do know is that armies run on their stomachs, and that stomachs from different armies have different expectations about how to fill them. For this Memorial Day, we thoug ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
The Subtle Joys of Sherith Israel, City's Oldest Temple
'Charmed and impressed...'Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Metal from the Middle East
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Screening Rights
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
The I Rock War
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
"One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran"
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
The Hurt Locker
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
The Wedding Song
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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September 30, 2009
Baghdad by the Bay
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Masters of Puppets
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Rock the Shul
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Iran So Far Away
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
Film
July 8, 2009
As unconventional as the warfare it depicts, The Hurt Locker is a ticking time bomb of a movie
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
The Hurt Locker
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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June 3, 2009
The Sound and the …
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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January 28, 2009
Iran Away
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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December 24, 2008
Antarctica
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
Making Waves
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Iran Through the Lens
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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August 20, 2008
Resistance Is Fertile
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 16, 2008
60 and Counting
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
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July 2, 2008
My Father, My Lord
Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>
Dining
June 4, 2008
Mack the Kunafa
New tastes from the Middle East.
Music
January 30, 2008
Vallejo Rapper Soldier Hard Brings Home Iraq's Harsh Realities
New tastes from the Middle East.
Culture
January 16, 2008
reOrient
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
January 2, 2008
Insurgent General's Report
New tastes from the Middle East.
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October 17, 2007
Dispatches from the Street
New tastes from the Middle East.
Dining
October 25, 2006
Maykadeh, Not War
North Beach's Persian outpost charms with calm and chelo
Culture
November 23, 2005
ReOrient 2005
A series of six plays on Middle East themes succeeds when it uses humor
Music
June 15, 2005
Sublime Frequencies
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February 9, 2005
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