AltWeeklies Wire
Life Unguardednew
Time to rally round The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson's accursed comedy and the film of the year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Edward E. Crouse |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Head of the Classnew
Almodóvar's latest film is a lurid, contrived, gratuitously sexy (especially homo-sexy) thriller with a smirk on its face and a cigarette holder sinking hot ash into the shag carpet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Flight or Frightnew
Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio capture the conflicted prime of Howard Hughes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
Homeless Vets a Living Reminder of War's Effectsnew
Consider this astounding statistic from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: the number of people who served during Vietnam and are now homeless actually exceeds the number who were killed in the conflict. In San Francisco there are 2,400 to 3,000 homeless vets.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
12-15-2004 |
War
State of the Artnew
As Burning Man approaches its 20th year of celebrating free expression in the Nevada desert, hundreds of artists are staging a revolt that goes to the soul of the mega-event.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
12-08-2004 |
Art
Strength in Differencesnew
And now, music fans, relax and welcome to the "Sound of Strange America." We don't have a particular sound in the Bay Area – we've got dozens of them.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tompkins |
12-01-2004 |
Music
Everybody Say 'Yeah'new
What is the San Francisco Sound?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-01-2004 |
Music
Welcome to the Dollhousenew
Strung out on poppets, puppets, and Seed of Chucky. It's the perfect double-bill match for the equally unholy Team America: World Police.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
Shopping Like It's 1999new
The bubble has long since burst, but local e-tailers still make shopping in your skivvies a breeze.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Reet Rana |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
All-Star Castingnew
How silicone and creativity can lead to some amazing handmade holiday gifts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Godar |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
George's Justicesnew
Bush appointees to the Supreme Court are likely to be radical righties. But how many? And how far would they go?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
11-18-2004 |
Commentary
A Blue Statenew
Young artists from San Francisco and Los Angeles are well represented at the Orange County Museum's California Biennial. A thematically related traveling exhibit, "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art," encompasses an even broader geographic and psychological range.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
11-10-2004 |
Art
This is Popnew
A new Trojan Records box set reframes the history of reggae.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jeff Chang |
11-10-2004 |
Reviews
Ladies Firstnew
Culling from the history of dyke music, electro-punk band Lesbians on Ecstasy are talkin' 'bout a dance-floor revolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
11-10-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gavin the Scapegoatnew
Democratic leaders are pointing the finger at San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom for the impact gay marriage supposedly had on the election. But the city's high-profile leader suggests Democrats need to continue making bold moves.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
