San Francisco Bay Guardian

Most folks do one thing for a living and are happy that way. I'm not. I need a lot of challenges that change all the time. I have a lot of different occupations, acting , playing music , writing and talk … More »Talk Radio's Funny Secret

Today on the 101 headed home from gym, I saw a 2010 GMC SUV with the bumper stickers "Who Is John Galt?" and "I Love Capitalism" on the back. More »Mind Boggling

No issue in America has had as abrupt a public opinion turn as gay rights . Once a third rail that could never be touched by politicians lest the juggernaut of America's homophobes land on them, gay rights … More »Phobic Phatheads

Bridge north of Seattle on the 5 collapsed into river. No fatalities, all of the people that ended up in the Skagit accounted for--good news among the bad. More »Unsafe At Anywhere

Even as Sup. John Avalos continues to be raked over the coals by San Francisco Examiner columnist Melissa Griffin for his so-called “ peacocking, disrespectful demeanor ” and “ flexible hate speech standards … More »Da Mayor, local hire advocate

With purple lightning bolts of electricity jagging toward one another in a steel cage center-stage, powerful pipes that reverberated through the pavilion and rippled out onto the sea, and a fuzzy Snow … More »Björk plays the part of stunning mad scientist at the Craneway Pavilion

The San Francisco Democratic Party has voted to oppose the 8 Washington project and to endorse the ballot measure that would halt it. More »Democrats reject 8 Washington

As has become almost rote in the wake of these events, both sides in this battle are already fully engaged. I don't mean the British military and local terrorists. More »Enough Already

Now that a judge in New York has ruled that Airbnb is illegal there , a model that violates city tenant laws and state law, that should put pressure on the San Francisco-based company to finally stop snubbing … More »Airbnb is still snubbing SF, even after a NY judge rules it illegal there

As he has a boatload of cash and 100% name recognition, he will be a force to be reckoned with. Plus, his main opponent, Christine Quinn has serious personal issues of her own . New York politics and politicians … More »Weiner Rises!

The San Francisco Entertainment Commission last night voted to restrict the hours, sound limits, and other operating conditions for Brick & Mortar Music Hall -- the Mission Street live music venue that … More »Sanctioned for sound violations, club owner fires ethics charge back at Entertainment Commission

More than a year ago, in his rundown on “top substances that have influenced music,” promoter-DJ Marco De La Vega said this: “I...raid my own medicine cabinet, take a couple Vicodin, and listen to a stack … More »Dark side of the Dude

Emotions ran high at San Francisco State University on May 21, where a group of activists held a rally decrying police officers’ excessive use of force in an incident that occurred last Thursday, May 16. … More »Activists’ zine documents violent arrests at SF State

The nightmarish aftermath of the Moore, Oklahoma EF-5 tornado is in rebuilding and rebounding mode . People are digging out of the mess. Survivors located. Businesses re-opening. More »For No God's Sake

I took this gig a week ago---multiple posts a week, basically a news-based version of what I did for the SFBG in the 90's. It's already kicking my ass, as the old "PISSED" columns were once a week and … More »Week One

Years ago, in the middle of the boom in nuclear power plants, we used to say, only half in jest, the private utilities would never accept solar energy because you can't put a meter on the sun. Turns out … More »PG&E can't survive solar energy

COCKTAILS In San Francisco, there's a bar for practically every situation. Feeling high-class yet mysterious? Bourbon and Branch is right up your alley. Colorful and trendy? More »Friendly spirits

THEATER Audience members entering the drill court of the Mission Armory and climbing the bleachers to their seats do so amid the buzzing drone of Highland music and an eager swarm of searchlights, all … More »Tour of duty

MUSIC "Tastemaker" is a word that gets thrown around enough to be meaningless. More »Talkin' loud

MUSIC Can you even recall your first run-in with the mythic, boundary-less creature that is Björk? More »Björkphilia

FILM Noah Baumbach isn't exactly known for romance and bright-eyed optimism. Co-writing 2009's Fantastic Mr. Fox with director Wes Anderson is maybe the closest to "whimsy" as he's ever come; his own features … More »Let's dance

05.21.13 - 8:44 pm | Marke B. | SUPER EGO What good is freedom if we don't toss a wig on it? More »MEM.DAY

DANCE For all of the hype about the communicative power of social media, the energy that flows from one body to another has yet to be beat. Dancers know that. That's why they keep searching for new ways … More »Growth potential