AltWeeklies Wire
Vampire Weekend Dials Up '80s Nostalgianew
It's too early to tell whether the band will survive adolescence, though it's certainly bought some time with its ascending bass lines, squirmy guitar refrains, staccato string arrangements, and endearingly monotone vocals.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Yeasayer Trots Along Unexpected Musical Pathsnew
The Brooklyn band has managed to engage even the most cynical of indie veterans with its escapist realm filled with an uncompromisingly authentic helping of psychedelic guitar noodling, hypnotic pop vocals, and worldly percussion that's as reminiscent of Carlos Santana as it is of Animal Collective or the Cure.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Fred Miketa |
01-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yeasayer
Marvin Gaye's Everlasting Sublimenew
Breakup and concept albums may be part of the central tenets of rockism, but Marvin Gaye combined the two to produce Here, My Dear that trumps both modern music history and his personal specificities of time and place.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kandia Crazy Horse |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear
You Can Judge This Book by its Covernew
This catalogue of what United Kingdom censors called video nasties proves visually and verbally lively. And for a book bathed in blood and drawn to depressing and despairing expressions of murder such as the infamous Maniac (1980), Nightmare USA is surprisingly and endearingly warmhearted.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
01-23-2008 |
Nonfiction
W. Kamau Bell Takes His Swing at Racismnew
W. Kamau Bell plays against type and comes with not only the insights you wish you had spewed first but also the wit, centered on the issues of race that he's been grappling with since childhood.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-23-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Saving Food From Too Much Saltnew
There is hope if you've added too much salt to a dish or store-bought food is too salty out of the jar.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
01-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Using Biodiesel is Win-Win Situationnew
The newly established SFGreasecycle picks up used fats, oils, and grease at no charge from wherever people are willing to spare them. The list currently comprises mostly eateries, but also households, high schools, a synagogue, and museums. By the beginning of 2010 it aims to collect 100,000 gallons of grease per month.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biodiesel
Maybe All Clones Should be Labelednew
Some are debating whether they will eat cloned meat, but do they know a fertility researcher and a biotech company investor are busy cloning themselves?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-23-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Daily Life in Sao Paulo is Anything but Dullnew
Director Chico Teixiera is best known for his documentaries -- his first film was the doc Favelas -- and his first narrative feature speaks to the honest and intimate way he is able to convey the life of an urban, middle-class Brazilian family.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jennique Mason |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
New Database Could Make it Tougher to Track Illegal Spendingnew
San Francisco's recent move to a privatized electronic campaign finance database will make it more difficult to track amendments to reports on political spending, a change that has caused a conflict between top-level staffers at the Ethics Commission.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
01-23-2008 |
Politics
Return of Blog Anxietynew
Instead of taking the Metafilter ethos mainstream, many blogs are leaving it behind.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-16-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Messy Marv at Largenew
After a year in jail for gun possession, the Bay Area rapper hits the ground running.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Messy Marv
Iran Speedboat 'Crisis': The New Gulf of Tonkin?new
I had this eerie feeling last week as news reports began to come in of a naval engagement in the Strait of Hormuz. It was starting to feel like 1964.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
01-16-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Iran
Will Ralph Nader Run Again in '08?new
At the Green Party debate, he told us that if powerful institutional forces collude to limit that party's nominee's access to the ballot, as he charges they did in 2004, he might run to highlight the need for greater political participation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
01-16-2008 |
Politics
Lesk's Lawnew
Content outruns storage because humans store things capriciously and illogically.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-09-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
