AltWeeklies Wire
A Silver-Lined Screen?new
What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater?
Dieter Gone Wildnew
How hard could it be to break into the porn industry with a pitch for pornographic bowling?
Please, In Our Backyardnew
San Francisco needs increased housing density as a way to protect the poorest residents and get them out of the ghetto.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-18-2006 |
Commentary
Tilting at Political Windmillsnew
San Francisco attorney Paul Melbostad continues relentlessly trying to prove campaign finance violations involving Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher and political consigliere Jim Sutton.
Levada's Secretnew
As he prepares to be deposed next week, former San Francisco Archbishop William Levada may have to come clean about a priestly child molester he protected in Portland.
House of the Accusednew
When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.
Tags: Catholic Church, church sex abuse
A&R Q&Anew
Forget the guys in Wolf Parade, here's an interview with their A&R guy, Stuart.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doing It Yourselfnew
ReadyMade magazine presents a handsome DIY bible for those interested in becoming a notoriously trash-reclaiming do-it-yourselfer.
SF Weekly |
Hiya Swanhuyser |
01-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
In the Stacksnew
Despite the gains in online research, libraries remain special and important places.
The Chronicles of Ridiculenew
Only the San Francisco Chronicle makes so many mistakes that it is forced to waste paper partaking in meta-meta-journalism.
Moonbat Is On the Airnew
Michigan conservative radio host helps shed light on the rules of right-wing punditry.
Keep It Really Realnew
Former San Francisco mayor and payola kingpin Willie Brown co-hosts a new talk-radio show with lefty comedian Will Durst, Keeping It Real with Will and Willie, with endless oppportunities for comedic stupidity.
Offensive Linenew
Numbers guy and Stanford MBA Paraag Marathe has become a scapegoat for the 49ers' failure, but he's really the future of the NFL.
Pretty Rowdy in Pinknew
San Francisco leftist gadfly Medea Benjamin, and the anti-war women's group she co-founded called Code Pink, ironically has members of the passionate right seeing red in defense of their proclaimed enemy: Democrat Hillary Clinton.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-29-2005 |
Commentary
The Price Is Variablenew
In other businesses -- wine, for example -- price can skyrocket according to quality, scarcity, demand, and dozens of other factors, yet we expect all music to cost the same amount. Does that make sense? After all, not all music is created equal.
