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Bouncer Considers the Originality of Original Joe's

"Project X": Empty Hedonism for High-Schoolers

San Francisco to Pasadena on Public Transit: SF Weekly Inspires Epic Bus Journey

Think of it as a guidebook...​In June, your humble narrator traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles via public transportation. This journey, as explained in the ensuing cover story, was undertaken for the same reason George Mallory sought to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." Mallory's ... More >>

"A Pornography of Grief: Stories": Queer Performance Artist Revels in the Grim

Think of it as a guidebook...​In June, your humble narrator traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles via public transportation. This journey, as explained in the ensuing cover story, was undertaken for the same reason George Mallory sought to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." Mallory's ... More >>

San Francisco MS-13 Gang Wasn't Violent Enough for Edwin Ramos, Witness Says

Accused murderer of the Bologna family jumped into a more violent clique in Richmond, witness testifies. One attorney alleges Bologna murders could have been prevented had federal agents deported Ramos when they first knew about his crimes.Edwin Ramos wasn't indicted with the 24 alleged MS-13 gangst ... More >>

The 8 Sexiest Men on TV Cooking Shows

Producers of food TV don't just care if a guy can cook ― most stars of cooking shows these days have to be hot enough to make viewers' plasmas sweat. Behold, SFoodie's countdown of the eight sexiest male chefs currently taking up space on our DVRs, dudes with the power to sear our tenderloins with ... More >>

California Has a Budget -- Only 100 Days Late

The lady and the bear have been waiting a long time...​Following an all-night session of wheeling and dealing -- and a record 100-day impasse -- the state senate moments ago approved a budget for California. Details on the budget -- and the most recent impasse -- are forthcoming; it closes a $19 b ... More >>

The "No Sex" Sign Guy: What Happened to Subtlety?

​Just feet from a gay pride flag flapping in the breeze, Owen Dias squats on the fire hydrant five days a week like Dorothy landed in Oz. In a city renowned for free love, the first topless club, and a mayor beloved despite his adulterous sex scandal, a man with a "No Unlawful Sex" sign is mostly ... More >>

This Year's Mill Valley Film Festival is Screening Five Movies About Food

Good RiverUrban idyll: HomeGrown chronicles a Pasadena family's life off the grid.​Maybe Julie & Julia whetted your appetite for movies that feature food and cooking. Maybe Food, Inc. roused your anti-agribiz ire. Or maybe, like SFoodie, you've always been the kind of toothpick that sought out ... More >>

San Francisco Motorcycle Club Elects First Female President

Leader of the pack: Madam President Tegan Hetzel-Dobbins ​On a recent Saturday night, we donned a leather jacket and boots and crashed the 105th anniversary party of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (SFMC). We maneuvered between the dozens of hogs parked outside the 19th and Folsom clubhouse in t ... More >>

SF Weekly Bugs Library To House Giants-Related Exhibit. Good News! It Was Already On Its Way.

Jon Leonoudakis prior to 'The Earthquake Game' in 1989​Earlier this month, SF Weekly noticed a sports-centric exhibit commemorating the Giants-Dodgers rivalry being shown in enemy territory at the Burbank Public Library. We vowed to hit up the San Francisco Public and wheedle them into hosting thi ... More >>

23 Ways to Stray

Jon Leonoudakis prior to 'The Earthquake Game' in 1989​Earlier this month, SF Weekly noticed a sports-centric exhibit commemorating the Giants-Dodgers rivalry being shown in enemy territory at the Burbank Public Library. We vowed to hit up the San Francisco Public and wheedle them into hosting thi ... More >>

Isolation drills at Celia's

Jon Leonoudakis prior to 'The Earthquake Game' in 1989​Earlier this month, SF Weekly noticed a sports-centric exhibit commemorating the Giants-Dodgers rivalry being shown in enemy territory at the Burbank Public Library. We vowed to hit up the San Francisco Public and wheedle them into hosting thi ... More >>

All That and a Bag of Nuts: Your Emerald Bowl Slideshow

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

SF's Top Eccentrics - Owen Dias a.k.a. Powell Street's No Sex Guy

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

Putting Sickly Dogs to Sleep: From Bouncer’s Canine to Hillary’s Campaign

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

Van Halen live: Diamond Dave is back! As Dr. Teeth!

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

The Best Art Prints on the Web: Creep Machine's Josh Curates His Top 5 of the Week

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

Singer-Songwriter Joe Henry Captures Civilians at GAMH

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

The Best Art Prints on the Web: Creep Machine's Josh Curates His Top 5 of the Week

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

The Artists Behind Michael Jackson, Sigur Ros and God of War -- A curated tour by Creep Machine's Josh

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

All-American pride at the student union Pub

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

Pop operas

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

The Flunk-Out

Rumor Has It ... this Graduate tribute deserves no honors

Remote Controlled

Will a new generation of curbside sensors end our parking problems -- or help the government monitor our every move?

Miles Davis

'Round About Midnight -- Legacy Edition

A Grown-Up Restaurant

Sophisticated and delicious fare in a chic city setting

Bouncer

Journey inside the mind of Janis Joplin and Bob Marley as Bouncer gets "Crucial."

Crowning Glory

With Earthtones, Oakland hip-hoppers the Crown City Rockers deliver on the promise of their energetic live show

Obsession Junction

Fishing with Morgan Spurlock, survivor of the 30-day McDonald's diet

Half Great

Kill Bill's missing something -- like, oh, a proper ending

Eating at the Flea

There are bargains in comestibles as well as collectibles to be had at these Sunday markets

Museum of Food

Bringing the galleries of Copia alive, French-style

To Die For

Mick Jagger transforms Andy Garcia into The Man From Elysian Fields

Letters to the Editor

Week of July 17, 2002

Sex and the Special Bus

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Silver Anniversary

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Karen Morley: Still Sexy After All These Blacklisted Years

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Riff Raff

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Back in the Saddle

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

The Dude's Big Score

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Night Crawler

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Stage

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

Planet Wars

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Night+Day

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Night+Day

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Letters

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Slap Shots

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but