Subject: United States

• Nude Muppets Eye-Rape Childhood in SF

  August 13, 2007

• Britney, Britney, Britney

  September 10, 2007

• Chemical Brothers Tom Interview: 'Drugs Are Bad' Mmkay

  September 28, 2007

• CD Review: David Bowie -- The Buddha of Suburbia

  October 25, 2007

• Absinthe in SF -- Ass-tasting frog liquor now legal, says Ex

  November 26, 2007

• Keep Those Nasty Bits Squeaky Clean: USA300 Wants You!

  January 15, 2008

• Cell Phone Calls from Airplanes - Texters Get Backup

  January 25, 2008

• First the Matzo, Now the Rice

  April 25, 2008

• A Big Win for LGBTQ Rights!

  May 15, 2008

• Cheap Wines That Don't Suck: 2007 Čitluk Kameno

  Dolcestilnova via FlickrMostar: Gaining new cred in the U.S. as a wine capital?If the last time you heard "Bosnia Herzegovina" was on CNN back in the '90s, it's time to tune back in. This formerly war-torn region produces beautiful and affordable wines, many of which are now being imported to the U.S. The most prevalent white grape in the region is Žilavka, which makes up 90 percent of this week's cheap wine (Bena, a blending grape, accounts for the other 10 percent). It comes from Mostar, the

  June 1, 2009

• Last Night: Glay at the Fillmore

  August 13, 2008

• The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

  Our favorite food blog posts of Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A nation divided: In perhaps the ultimate act of foodie patriotism, the NY Times food blog went on a 50-state search for dishes containing the fiery condiment sriracha, like the cheesesteak dumplings with sriracha ketchup at Philly's Fireside Tavern. Problem is, red states seem to have an aversion to the red stuff: Thirteen states are apparently sririracha free, including Arkansas, Kentucky, and Idaho. WTF, America? Well put: Ideas in Food'

  May 19, 2009

• Interview: Dir en grey's Shinya

  By Kirsty Evans Late on a cold November afternoon I had the opportunity to sit down with Dir en grey drummer Shinya (pictured) for a quick interview a few hours before their show at The Regency Center. Since I had been told to expect the guitar duo rather than the usually reclusive drummer the following interview isn't quite as targeted as I would have liked, but Shinya turned out to be more talkative than previously advertised and we managed to cover a fair amount of ground. An odd man, perhap

  December 11, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and i

  December 31, 2008

• Swineherdopolis: America's Healthiest Eaters, San Franciscans Depend on Porcine Tourists for Survival

  San Francisco faces a crippling existential crisis now that it's been revealed in the December Self magazine that we're the healthiest eaters in America.In an article titled "Best Bodies," the magazine notes that "the real San Francisco treat isn't rice, but fruit; residents eat 52 servings a month, more than anywhere else we looked."Moreover, the city "is bursting with organic-food companies, farmers markets and food co-ops, delivering fresh, seasonal produce."What the Self article didn't menti

  January 6, 2009

• Flipping the Bird: Local Airports' Methods of Repelling Winged Obstacles

  If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body exists) claims that bird-to-plane collisions cost the civil and military aviation industries $600 million annually and have resulted in 219 fatalities in the past 20 years.Some "fun" facts from the B

  January 16, 2009

• Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell

  As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has driven investors hoping to compete against Slim's companies out of Mexico. But news accounts haven't yet described the precise methods by which he has used his influence over government officials to grow

  January 19, 2009

• Everyone Hypes the San Francisco Rubik's Cube Competition -- But No One Prints the Results!

  After watching George W. Bush fly off in that helicopter, we feel compelled to say something he apparently never did -- we made a mistake. Like every Bay Area publication, we plugged the International Rubik's Cube Competition that was held on Sunday at the Exploratorium. The Chronicle even wrote two preview articles. But like the Chron and every other Bay Area paper -- believe us, we've looked -- no one followed up and reported who won the damn thing. A lack of stick-to-itiveness is particularly

  January 21, 2009

• Wine Label War: EU vs. USA

  "Champagne" is usually a bad sign on a bottle of California sparkling wine, anyway.

  March 13, 2009

• Del the Funky Homosapien Records Stimulus Address

  Funkin for free: Del Taking a cue from President Obama, our own beloved Hiero hero Del the Funky Homosapien  has recorded his own stimulus address. "As we all know, funk is depleting rapidly in America," he says, describing the current musical and cultural crisis affecting this country. "There's a lot of people out here who want to take your funk and use it for their own evil means. For all of you who have been waiting, listening to hip-hop, and been frustrated because of its lack of funk

  March 20, 2009

• Guantánamo's Last Days

  America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

  February 25, 2009

• Hot! Horny! Wasted! Teens!

  New research about young military recruits who smoke, drink, and screw too much.

  January 14, 2009

• Hitsville, by the Numbers

  December 24, 2008

• SF Weekly Letters: Web Extra

  December 10, 2008

• Border Crossers

  Long rap sheet? No problem. Transgender Latina hookers in S.F. are successfully fighting deportation by asking for asylum.

  November 26, 2008

• Filth and Wisdom

  October 22, 2008

• The American Dream's $700 billion price tag

  October 8, 2008

• Fresh from the Border

  July 9, 2008

• Work Eats Home shorts set in the office

  July 2, 2008

• For Whom the Bridge Tolls

  Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

  May 14, 2008

• Rapper Dizzee Rascal Hopes Third Time Is the American Charm

  May 14, 2008

• ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports on Socialist Holiday

  March 12, 2008

• West Coast Dockworkers Dispute Could Paralyze U.S. Economy

  February 6, 2008

• Election, Stage Left

  Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  January 9, 2008

• Leno's Hemp Screen

  Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

  September 12, 2007

• Pollution Absolution

  A company is dumping questionable materials into the ocean so that you can buy forgiveness in the form of carbon credits

  July 18, 2007

• Nate Appleman Weighs In on A16's Pizza Being Named One of the Nation's 25 Best

  Disinfected via Flickr The chef had a hunch something was upNate Appleman's certification by the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association as a pizzaiolo (one of a very few practicing the art in the US) paid off big time when A16's romana pie was named one of the 25 best in the US by GQ's Alan Richman. "It made me very happy," Appleman told SFoodie, "especially because he told us he didn't like anchovies -- whole anchovies -- on pizzas, or whole olives. When he was here he had three or four p

  May 21, 2009

• Sleep Dealer

  June 17, 2009

• Mail Call: Contraceptives! Champagne! Weekend. Planned.

  Hey kids, it's time for another exciting installment of Mail Call, where your friendly Editorial Assistant (that's me!) gives you glimpse into the totally bizarre promotional materials that make their way to the SF Weekly offices and onto my desk. This particular piece of swag was sent to our Managing Editor, Will Harper, but I intercepted the package because the vague exterior labeling ("Women's health information") really called out to me. The package was from Berkeley-based Mayar Laboratories

  June 17, 2009

• Last Night: US Air Guitar Championships at The Independent

  Anna McCarthyBeardo Weirdo shreds an air solo.The US Air Guitar ChampionshipsSat, June 27, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: The Real Guitar Awards.They came, they air shredded, they conquered. In the world of air guitar, high kicks, spandex, and bodily fluids floweth like water -- and everyone knows Skynrd's Freebird solo by heart. It's a booze saturated, rock-powered, pants-stuffing, crime-inducing, go-big-or-go-home kind of world. And when all of the air-rockers and their fans gather in one pla

  June 28, 2009

• Walk On By

  July 8, 2009

• WTF, USA?

  July 29, 2009

• Pace Yourself

  September 9, 2009

• Chronic City: Marijuana Arrests Drop For First Time Since 2002

  The November CoalitionDrug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif.​Marijuana arrests in the United States declined in 2008 -- the first such drop since 2002 -- according to figures released by the FBI today.According to the just-released Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. law enforcement made 847,863 arrests on marijuana charges, 89 percent of which were for simple possession, not sale or manufacture. More Americans were arrested for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined. During

  September 14, 2009

• Chronic City: The Results Are In -- Medical Marijuana Works

  julianayrs.comYou can't argue with results.​"There's no proof that medical marijuana works. It needs more study. There's only anecdotal evidence. It doesn't treat specific conditions. People just want to get high." Every cannabis advocate and medical marijuana patient has run into these arguments, threadbare as they are in 2009. Even from professionals who should know better -- such as many medical doctors -- the same tired arguments come up again and again.As baffling as it may be, just liste

  September 15, 2009

• Cowboy Coffey

  September 23, 2009

• Baghdad by the Bay

  September 30, 2009

• Why You Should Hear Andrew Coe Talk About Bad Chinese Food Tonight at Omnivore Books

  Ankou/FlickrChop suey, America's gateway dish.​Apparently, we have some New York City bohos to thank (or curse) for the birth of chop suey, the slippery Americanized dish that still shows up at many of the approximately 40,000 Chinese restaurants around the country. Chop suey, a "mixed pieces" hodgepodge of meat cooked quickly with veggies and doused with cornstarch-thickened sauce, has its detractors, and rightly so. But history suggests it single-handedly helped grow America's interest i

  October 8, 2009

• Cinema Mon Amour

  October 21, 2009

• In the Loop

  November 4, 2009