UCSF Welcomes 28,000 Pound Scanner

02.21.07 - 10:18 am | sfbg |

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By Cara Cutter

Whether you agree with coach Jimmy Dugan’s facetious comment in “A League of Their Own” that the brain is simply “the lump that’s three feet above your ass,” or take the more reverent view that it is the most extraordinary and complex creation in the universe, there is little doubt that the human brain is a subject of great interest to all of us. As the organ that orchestrates the symphony of our consciousness, it dictates our motions and emotions, our passions and purposes, and has garnered much public attention. President George W. Read more »

Sagacious and audacious: Kiyoshi Kurosawa talks about Letters From Iwo Jima

02.20.07 - 2:02 pm | Johnny Ray Huston |

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The Academy Awards lumber toward us, and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima is up for some big ones. In this week's Guardian, Taro Goto, Assistant Director of the fast approaching San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, writes about the reactions to Eastwood's film in Japan. Goto also recently interviewed the director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure; the Japanese version of Pulse; Bright Future) about Eastwood. Read more »

Guess who supports term limits?

02.20.07 - 1:53 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

I've never been a big fan of legislative term limits. Sending legislators packing after a few years shifts to much power to the lobbyists and the executive branch. Read more »

Getcher steaming hot Valentine's Day get-your-hate-off bake-off right here...

02.20.07 - 11:24 am | Music Blogger |

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Guardian film intern Matt Sussman reports on the best Valentine's Day party idea ever:

Contrary to popular belief Valentine's Day is not for lovers. It's really for the haters.

Nothing brings folk together like seething negativity, and nothing hardens hearts more than the perceived enjoyment of those "fortunate enough" to be in the throes of romantic bliss. The only sweetness encountered at the "Valentine's Can Fuck Off Bake Off" -- an annual house party/ baking competition -- was chocolate and lots of it. Read more »

Make your own toothpaste in Iowa, shave your armpits in San Francisco

02.19.07 - 1:27 pm | Cheryl Eddy |

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Tonight's episode of ABC's Wife Swap pits Iowa farm family the Haigwoods (apocalypse-fixated and obsessed with raw food, they even eat raw meat; the kids are home-schooled and spend all day working on the farm; they don't clean their home because they think germs are helpful -- and that manure can cure cancer) and San Francisco sophisticates the Hess-Webbs (neat freaks who eat out several times a week and put great emphasis on their clothing and appearance).

Naturally, the sparks (essential in Wife Swap, which tee Read more »

NOISE: Tunnel fun... still time?

02.18.07 - 5:42 pm | Music Blogger |

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Hint to the funsters who want to end the gorg day with tunes: If you're round the Golden Gate Bridge, check out the Tunnel Show of the Marin Headlands, which started at 3 p.m. today, Feb. 18.

Inside an old army barracks tunnel, there will be performances by Living Breathing Music, Hector Zapana, Ship Snowblink, Okay, and a classical Indian ensemble organized by Charles Lloyd.

Fox reports, Fox decides

02.16.07 - 11:02 pm | Amanda Witherell |

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by Amanda Witherell

Last week we ran a story about a comic book called Addicted to War that's been donated to San Francisco high schools. The book was written by a Johns Hopkins professor named Joel Andreas, and illustrates some of the less understood international conflicts the US has perpetrated. It's completely unlike anything I studied in high school. Read more »

Fox reports, Fox decides

02.16.07 - 9:36 pm | Amanda Witherell |

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by Amanda Witherell

Wolf needs a Shield, and so do you

02.16.07 - 4:59 pm | Sarah Phelan |

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By Sarah Phelan

With the Chronicle reporters off the hook, what's going to happen to jailed freelancer Josh Wolf? News that a mediator has been brought in is a ray of hope. But people should not forget that Wolf's credentials as a journalist have been repeatedly challenged, and even mocked, by the US Attorney's Office. What's particularly disturbing is that all this is going down against a backdrop of increased media consolidation. How many journalists have full time jobs? How many photographers? How many can even afford to make journalism their full -time job? Read more »

NOISE: Keep it together, K.I.T., then break it down

02.16.07 - 4:30 pm | Music Blogger |

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Insane show alert - K.I.T. breaks out a new record on UK label Upset the Rhythm, Broken Voyage, alongside labelmates Death Sentence: Panda!, who are celebrating Festival of Ghosts. Be there or regret it bitterly, punker; the two bands perform tonight, Feb. 16, 8 p.m., with Holy Mountain free skronk combo Zdrastvootie and Kreamy 'Lectricsaanta at Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia, SF. It's all ages so whoop it up, kids.