AltWeeklies Wire
Down the Drainnew
Kitchen Sink magazine is the latest victim from the demise of the Independent Press Association.
Tags: media
(Don't) Bite Menew
Tenants at a Skid Row residential hotel owned by the nonprofit charity Mercy Housing California recently filed suit, claiming the place was beset by an "infestation of vermin, rodents, roaches, and insects."
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
01-12-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fuck'd Up Dubnew
Fuckwolf melts vocals, bass lines, drums, and bruised guitar melodies into a warm, echo-y stew with an apocalyptic aftertaste.
Tags: Fuckwolf
Drive-by Reportingnew
A primer for out-of-town journalists flocking to the Pelosi power story.
Image Problemnew
Why have SFPD Chief Heather Fong and Mayor Gavin Newsom pursued an overblown pseudo-scandal when there's so much else on the department's plate?
Sweet Somethingsnew
Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.'s pop valentines.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Albert Hammond Jr.
Oddballersnew
BLVD: the only live band at the rave.
SF Weekly |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: BLVD
Dumb and Dumbernew
The cost of putting together a compilation with all the big hitters might have prevented Hyphy Hitz from ever seeing release -- and that would really be dumb.
Tags: Various Artists, Hyphy Hitz
Take Me Outnew
The Franz Ferdinand singer's compilation of Guardian food columns is a fun read.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
01-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
No Longer Invisiblenew
Vinyl is still a slave to the groove, but Fogshack is a much-needed update thanks to the new guys cracking the whip.
Tags: vinyl, Fogshack Music Vol. 1
Porkmistress Pelosinew

Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders -- takes one to know one.
Tags: 2006elect, Nancy Pelosi
Don't Book 'Emnew
A new San Francisco library program tries to gently ease the homeless problem out the door.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
12-28-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Riding the Fadernew
The cult of Chavez gets another round.