Nathan Nayman on the outs?

10.12.06 - 1:52 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

The Committe on JOBS chief may be facing the axe, according to "rumors-a-swirling" reported by Luke Thomas in Fog City Journal. The problem: Nayman is too confrontational, and the downtown forces are sick of getting nothing done.

Dufty's a conservative

10.12.06 - 1:36 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Well, not exactly -- but a fascinating and incredibly detailed analysis of Dufty's voting record, put together by Michael Poremeba in BeyondChron, indicates that he's far more conservative than his district.

And while I'm on ol' BC: I've had a lot of differences with Randy Shaw in the past year, but I must say, Paul Hogarth's coverage of Prop. Read more »

The D6 sleaze reaches high tide

10.12.06 - 1:00 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

For starters, don't the over-funded losers who are attacking Sup. Read more »

Even wrong when right

10.12.06 - 8:41 am | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
Even when the Chronicle gets it right, they get it wrong. Political writers Carla Marinucci and Tom Chorneau scored a great story by discovering that Amos Brown -- the SF pastor and former supervisor -- had been paid $16,000 by the Schwarzenegger campaign prior to deciding to endorse Herr Governor. It was disgraceful and should shred any credibility that Brown had left. Read more »

NOISE: Tarrying, tangling with Long Winters' John Roderick

10.11.06 - 2:48 pm | Music Blogger |

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Guardian contributor Kate Izquierdo recently spoke to Long Winters' John Roderick – and found him to be quite the eloquent, provocative wag. Chalk it up to his Welsh heritage? Here’s the rest of her talk with the man.

Bay Guardian: Rolling Stone recently described you as a “folkie.” Does this come as a surprise to you? Read more »

Pete Wilson's bizarre homophobia

10.11.06 - 11:50 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

This one's out of right field: Pete Wilson, who has a radio show on KGO, announced yesterday afternoon that Sup. Bevan Dufty and his old friend Rebecca Goldfader, should never have had a child. His argument: Since Dufty is gay and Goldfader is a lesbian, their co-parenting arrangement somehow isn't as good as a "traditional" family in which the two parents are sleeping together. Read more »

NOISE: Magic Christian, fer chrissakes

10.11.06 - 9:47 am | Music Blogger |

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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Paul Kopf
To: heidichiao@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:47:44 PM
Subject: Magic Christian Show This Thursday, October 12 @ Red Devil Lounge

Hey there MC people...

Thanks to all who came out to last week's Little Steven Underground show @ The 12 Galaxies..It was such a total blast!!Great to play in SF to a packed crowd..I know Cyril appreciates it. Happily, we get another opportunity to play another cool SF show this coming Thursday, October 12 @ The Red Devil Lounge ( http://www.reddevillounge.com) with Powell St. Read more »

The Village Voice gets lamer

10.11.06 - 8:19 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond
Well, I'm a bit late on this, but Gawker had a great little item on how lame the Voice has become under its new management.

AMERICAN HARDCORE: the complete interview

10.10.06 - 3:20 pm | Cheryl Eddy |

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*The following is an (extremely) expanded version of an interview that appears in this week’s San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Director Paul Rachman and writer Steven Blush collaborated on every aspect of their new music doc, American Hardcore. “This is a two-person operation,” Blush explained as we settled into a booth at a not-very-punk-but-hey-we-were-hungry downtown San Francisco restaurant. Read more »