NOISE: Malkmus mender

01.03.07 - 6:55 pm | Music Blogger |

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OK, I have to say one of my fondest straight-outta-Stockton moments had to be the time when, on stage at the Fillmore, Stephen Malkmus gave a shout out to his family in the audience - and the restaurant they just patronized: Benihana. Did I hallucinate that or what?

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Married, not harried. Read more »

NOISE: "Tennessee, you've been good to me"

01.03.07 - 5:10 pm | Cheryl Eddy |

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I first encounted Mindy Smith on VH-1 Country, of all places -- it was a video for her cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" (with the divine Ms. P providing backing vocals), which matched Smith's unfussy, dulcet voice with a mournful, almost eerie arrangement. Read more »

NOISE: Trainwreck Riders lick those "Christmas Time Blues"?

01.03.07 - 4:04 pm | Music Blogger |

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Trainwreck Riders are stoked now - they have a new video for their song, "Christmas Time Blues," and now we're telling all y'all about it.

The official story is the SF band and Goldies winners hit the streets of the city last month with a Super-8 camera and a bag full of costumes that they dug up from their basements. Read more »

She's a Pakistani tranny, Johnnies

01.03.07 - 2:52 pm | Marke B. |

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Tranny of the Year (so far): The New York Times just published an article on Ali Saleem, better known to Pakistani prime time viewers as Begum Nawazish Ali, hostess of the wildly popular (at least among more secular Karachi residents) “Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali.” A self-described transvestite who poses as a "flirty, teasing widow" who's obsessed with glamor and subtle political commentary, she somehow gets away with some amazing taboo-breaking she-ite on her weekly talk show Read more »

Will the McClatchy sale of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune bring Manhattanization to Minneapolis?

01.03.07 - 1:46 pm | Bruce Brugmann |

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By Bruce B. Brugmann (B3)

Well, well. There's more of an odor to the McClatchy sale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune to a New York private equity firm than was originally reported. (See previous blogs.)

The Star Tribune reported coyly on Dec. Read more »

There she goes

01.03.07 - 1:40 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Luke Thomas had the scoop first, and now SF Gate is reporting that indeed Annemarie Conroy has -- as the report puts it -- "resigned" from her $250,000 a year job in emergency services.

Of course, she really had no choice -- the supes had eliminated the position weeks ago.

Heads up, Speaker Pelosi

01.03.07 - 1:08 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Cindy Sheehan is already upstaging the House Democrats and pushing the antiwar movement to play a greater role in the new Democratic Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going to have to deal with this sooner or later.

For now, I can't even get Pelosi's office to tell me if she'll make a statement in support of Josh Wolf

Earthlink/Google, here we come

01.03.07 - 10:46 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

The Ex reports this morning that Mayor Newsom claims he's just "seconds away" from cutting a deal with Google and Earthlink to provide free WiFi in the city. Read more »

Holy homo penumbras, Fagman

01.03.07 - 10:34 am | Marke B. |

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Somebody call the gay circus -- Rimling Bros and Barndoor Bailey are a-comin' to town. Rainbows! Rainbows! Rainbows!

It's a whole spectrum of tacky fruit flavor down on 18th Street in the Castro, with the new ... wait for it .... wait for it ... 18th Street Bar. Extra points for the sign's tres delish font. Did they cut the letters out of felt themselves? How many Glue Sticks were used? Read more »