Somalia

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Michael Scott Moore, Former SF Weekly Writer, Kidnapped by Somali Pirates

​Michael Scott Moore, who previously worked as a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airport when 15 m ... More >>

Ann Coulter and Her Awful Comments About Occupy

Shut up, already!​If we can credit Ann Coulter with anything, it's giving people new reasons to despise her -- and that's being polite. She proved her ability to stir up a white-hot hatred among people again when she went on San Francisco's KSFO this morning where she talked about her new book and ... More >>

R.I.P. Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex Singer and Punk Pioneer

Fabrizio RamoneR.I.P. Poly Styrene​ Legendary punk pioneer and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, born Marianne Elliott Said, passed away last night from breast cancer at the age of 53. In an unfortunate coincidence with the passing last week of TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith, her new solo al ... More >>

Oh Cancer, Up Yours: Appreciating Poly Styrene

​ A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>

Friday Night: Roger Waters Turns The Wall Into A Rallying Cry at Oracle Arena

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

Don't worry, America. San Francisco knows what's best for you

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

"The Expendables": Sly, Dolph, Jason, Jet, and friends get nostalgically brutal

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

All Shook Down: A cross-section of the festival schedule

Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

Arrrrgh! Exclusive E-mail Revealing Overlooked Details of Somali Pirate Drama Falls into Our Hands

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

Chron 2.0

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

A Bounteous Bunch

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

Suffer the Little Muslims

A look at the appalling discrimination against Middle Eastern students countenanced by Bay Area public schools

Paper Machine

Another weapon of war: propaganda

Graffiti to Gallery

Andrew Schoultz, the mural artist who's making it big in the gallery by refusing to leave the street behind

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

Night Crawler

Past Perfect

Slap Shots

Past Perfect