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  • Calendar

    March 21, 2012

    Ani DiFranco

    Ani DiFranco on Rush Limbaugh, Protest Songs, and Being a Mom

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Ani DiFranco on Rush Limbaugh, Protest Songs, and Being a Mom

    ​If you thought Ani DiFranco has mellowed out and gone away just because she got all jazzy, became a mom, and won a Grammy for Best Recording Package, then you haven't heard ¿Which Side Are You On?, her best and most politically-charged album in many a year. In conversation she's no less artfully ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    Grass-Fed Sounds

    ​If you thought Ani DiFranco has mellowed out and gone away just because she got all jazzy, became a mom, and won a Grammy for Best Recording Package, then you haven't heard ¿Which Side Are You On?, her best and most politically-charged album in many a year. In conversation she's no less artfully ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    This Whole 'Food Desert' Thing? Maybe That's Not the Problem

    apdesign / ShutterstockActually, it's not quite like this.​For the past decade or so, there's been a big push to identify "food deserts" -- low-income neighborhoods and even cities that don't have ready access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Plant markets in those deserts, the thinking has gone, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Film

    June 15, 2011

    "The Last Mountain": Documentary Confirms That Coal Mining Is Pretty Crappy

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Is There Something Ironic About Buying Vinyl Online?

    We use our newest gadgets to buy some of our lowest-tech gear.​ A colleague today raised this question: Is it ironic, or weird, or even funny, to buy vinyl -- analog music -- online? The issue was prompted by the news of Vinyl Dreams, a new online-only record store started by Michelangelo Bat ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2011

    Big Coal's Black Heart

    We use our newest gadgets to buy some of our lowest-tech gear.​ A colleague today raised this question: Is it ironic, or weird, or even funny, to buy vinyl -- analog music -- online? The issue was prompted by the news of Vinyl Dreams, a new online-only record store started by Michelangelo Bat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    R.I.P. Hazel Dickens, American Legend, Feminist Folk Singer, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fixture

    Jay BlakesbergHazel Dickens with Dolly Parton and Warren Hellman​Hazel Dickens, a bluegrass singer who played every Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival since the free event began in 2001, died today at age 75.Described by the Washington Post as "a living legend of American music," Dickens use ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Terminal People

    The closure of the Transbay Terminal was a chance to help some of the city’s most hardcore homeless. But many didn’t want help, and others couldn’t be helped.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Immigrants Not Taking Your Job, Study Claims

    No excuses! ​People who hate immigrants often hang their rhetorical hat on the argument that immigrants are stealing jobs from and depressing wages for people born here. Yet a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco blows that theory apart.Immigr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2009

    Truth Squads

    No excuses! ​People who hate immigrants often hang their rhetorical hat on the argument that immigrants are stealing jobs from and depressing wages for people born here. Yet a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco blows that theory apart.Immigr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Five Freaky Food Fests That Make Us Want to Lose It

    Remember how freaky it seemed the first time you heard about the garlic ice cream served up every year at the Gilroy Garlic Festival? (It starts today, by the way.) Not sure about you, but we've moved on to a fascination with the truly weird crap cooked up at American food fests. From spring to fa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    East of Eden

    Remember how freaky it seemed the first time you heard about the garlic ice cream served up every year at the Gilroy Garlic Festival? (It starts today, by the way.) Not sure about you, but we've moved on to a fascination with the truly weird crap cooked up at American food fests. From spring to fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Top 10 Country Records of 2008

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Last Night: Tift Merritt at the Great American Music Hall

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 6, 2008

    Also Playing

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 30, 2008

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    July 18, 2007
  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Attorney Privilege

    The state bar is supposed to punish dishonest attorneys. Instead, it too often coddles them

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2007

    Legislating Newsom's Attendance. And Calling Him A Bitch.

    The state bar is supposed to punish dishonest attorneys. Instead, it too often coddles them

  • Film

    June 27, 2007

    Past Action Hero

    Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old

  • Music

    June 13, 2007

    Global Beat Junkies

    Gang Gang Dance embrace Bollywood and Chinatown

  • Music

    April 25, 2007

    Country Crossroads

    The Avett Brothers keep their roots complex

  • Music

    April 11, 2007

    Kings of Leon

    Because of the Times (RCA)

  • Culture

    April 4, 2007

    Face the Music

    Cabaret provides lots of energy, but not much story

  • Home Entertainment

    March 7, 2007

    Booger and Borat. You Likes?

    Cabaret provides lots of energy, but not much story

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Cell Phoney

    Making phone calls from jail, Harley Mike allegedly helped three prisoners escape and conned parole agents, sheriff's deputies, and judges.

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    Department of What the Fuck?

    What convicted felons Lil' Kim and Martha Stewart have in common

  • Film

    May 4, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    What convicted felons Lil' Kim and Martha Stewart have in common

  • Dining

    May 12, 2004

    Obsession Junction

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

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    You Grab the Monkey; We'll Bring the Knife

    Monkey Knife Fight is everywhere, but what -- oh what -- does it mean?

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    The Revolutionary Test for Lung Cancer

    ... the medical establishment doesn’t want you to have. Yet.

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Looking for God at Berkeley

    A provocative theory called "intelligent design" claims evolution is hogwash. But it's not the usual religious zealots leading the latest attack on Darwin. It's scientists and professors at Cal.

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    Night Crawler

    The Voice of Sarah

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    Those Who Dared

    Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

  • Film

    February 17, 1999

    Coal Miner's Son

    Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

  • Calendar

    September 13, 1995

    Night+Day

    Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

  • Calendar

    July 5, 1995

    REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

    Why the three San Francisco music scene vets who make up Virginia Dare have happily retired to home and hearth

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