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Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin

stef wrote 5 days ago: Smartass is a pretty straightforward title for a book, no? Kind of gives the impression that its pag … more →

Tags: Books, Songs, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joel Selvin, John Fogerty, sly stone, smartass

Pop Quiz: Devendra Banhart

avaziri wrote 6 days ago: Aidin Vaziri | Since dropping out of the San Francisco Art Institute to start his career as a wander … more →

Tags: Interview, Pop quiz, aidin vaziri, New York, Los Angeles, Devendra Banhart, Northern California, mala, New York City

Laura Mvula, 'Sing to the Moon'

avaziri wrote 1 week ago: Aidin Vaziri | Few of the singers who draw comparisons to Nina Simone really measure up, and we … more →

Tags: Review, aidin vaziri, Green Garden, laura mvula, sing to the moon

The Rolling Stones at Oracle Arena

avaziri wrote 1 week ago: Aidin Vaziri | Nearly two hours into the Rolling Stones concert at Oakland’s Oracle Arena on S … more →

Tags: live, aidin vaziri, Live Review, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Oracle Arena

AIDS 'Patient Zero' was a publicity strategy, scholar writes

4sct wrote 1 week ago: PHILADELPHIA – The 1987 New York Post headline – THE MAN WHO GAVE US AIDS – was ar … more →

Tags: Diversity, Conferences, New York Times, Harvard Medical School, Newsweek

Pop Quiz: Janelle Monáe

avaziri wrote 2 weeks ago: Aidin Vaziri | Of course Janelle Monáe is going to perform with the San Francisco Symphony. The 27-y … more →

Tags: Interview, Pop quiz, aidin vaziri

Pop Quiz: Caitlin Rose

avaziri wrote 2 weeks ago: Aidin Vaziri | Don’t call Caitlin Rose a country artist. “I love country music – j … more →

Tags: Interview, aidin vaziri, Taylor Swift, Caitlin Rose, liz rose, The Stand-In

Iggy and the Stooges, 'Ready to Die'

avaziri wrote 2 weeks ago: Aidin Vaziri | When Iggy Pop brought the Stooges’ “Raw Power”-era guitarist James … more →

Tags: Review, aidin vaziri, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, James Williamson, Ready To Die

From The Parallax Review Vaults / The Movie Defender: The Cell (2000)

Matt Wedge wrote 2 weeks ago: The following review originally was written for The Parallax Review, a film review site of which I w … more →

Tags: The Movie Defender, From the Parallax Review Vaults, The Parallax REview, Roger Ebert, FBI, Chicago Sun-Times, Serial Killers, Bob Graham, The Silence of the Lambs

JACK LONDON - JOHN GRIFFITH - (EE.UU, 1876-1916)

José María Medina wrote 2 weeks ago: JACK LONDON Jack London, probablemente nacido como John Griffith Chaney (12 de enero de 1876 – 22 de … more →

Tags: Espacio literario, IMÁGENES POÉTICAS, Videogames, Gaming, San Francisco, London, Jack London, Call of the Wild, Flora Wellman

Grateful Dead singer Bob Weir collapses on stage1 comment

dp wrote 3 weeks ago: Grateful Dead singer Bob Weir collapses on stage. The SF Gate reported that  Grateful Dead singer Bo … more →

Tags: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, New York, "capitol theatre", Port Chester New York, Furthur, Phil Lesh, jerry garcia, Weir

$3 MILLION RETIREMENT CAP IN OBAMA'S BUDGET WOULD NOT APPLY TO HIM

fuzzysdad01 wrote 3 weeks ago: This is from Breitbarts Big Government.  Just who in the Hell does Obama think he is? It seems Dear … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, obama, Retirement, Social Security, Forbes, 3 million, tax-advantage

Prince at DNA Lounge

avaziri wrote 3 weeks ago: Aidin Vaziri | He reworked classic tracks like “Sometimes It Snows in April” and “ … more →

Tags: live, aidin vaziri, Live Review, 3rd Eye Girl, Prince, Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, dna lounge, San Francisco

Is It Writing? Content Creation? Or Digital Storytelling?

Georgie Craig wrote 3 weeks ago: As I continue to write as a freelancer and not as a newspaper employee, I notice more and more the d … more →

Tags: freelance writer, Marin County, freelance editor, San Francisco Bay Area, Journalism, Writers, digital storytelling, nate thayer, San Rafael

Understaffed San Francisco firefighters rake in OT

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 3 weeks ago: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some San Francisco firefighters are raking in six-figure overtime paychecks bec … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, San Francisco, Firefighter, Board of Supervisors, Fiscal Year, Overtime, tom o'connor

Scalia challenges notion of Constitution as “Living”

California News Service -- Washington, DC wrote 3 weeks ago: By NAOMI NISHIHARA California News Service Washington — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia t … more →

Tags: California News Service, Washington D C, Supreme Court, Justice Scalia

Today's Must Reads

ekadvany wrote 3 weeks ago: Masachusetts abolished the death penalty in 1984 and hasn’t executed anyone since 1947, but Dz … more →

Tags: news 2, AP, bomber, Boston Marathon, Cooper Union, Current Events, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Education, Golden State Warriors

SF police chief wants more cameras after Boston

Cyndee Maxwell wrote 3 weeks ago: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the wake of the Boston bombings, San Francisco’s police chief wants mo … more →

Tags: News, california news, features, BOSTON 2, San Francisco, federal bureau of investigation, Chief of Police, San Francisco City Hall, 2012 world series

San Francisco Sourdough: King of Breads

A Golden Gate State of Mind wrote 3 weeks ago: Ask any visitor to San Francisco what was the most distinctive local foodstuff they tasted during th … more →

Tags: San Francisco, 1906 Earthquake, 1906 earthquake and fire, boudin, boudin bakery, Bread, crab, Earthquakes, Fishermans Wharf


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