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Double Duchess is back, and this time they've brought Kelly Osbourne
Double Duchess say "Happy Friday, kiddos."PHOTO BY SHOT IN THE CITY PHOTOGRAPHYIs the drab Friday weather outside getting you down as you gear up for a weekend full of leather- and whip-filled...
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VOTE NOW! BEST OF THE BAY 2014 READERS POLL IS HERE
Our 40th annual Best of the Bay issue is coming Oct. 15! This year's theme is Dia de los Muertos, in celebration of true Bay Area spirit.Read more »
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Airbnb says it will collect and pay local taxes in SF. Really.
In the wake of this week’s contentious hearing on legislation to legalize and regulate short-term housing rentals in San Francisco, where Airbnb was chastised for snubbing the city on collecting and...
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Facebook talks delayed, drag queens plan to sass social media into the 21st...
PHOTO COURTESY OF HEKLINAA cadre of drag queens, LGBT rights supporters and politicos trekked in their glamorous best to Facebook HQ today, to negotiate the reinstatement of Facebook profiles for those...
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Hockey! Drums! Pianos! And TRASHY MOVIES! Passions ruled TIFF 2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from an epic Toronto International Film Festival. Read his first installment here.Despite...
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Folsom Special: Guerrilla Queer Bar returns as leather "Pop-Up"
Guerilla days: GQB takes over the Marina in 2000.Picture it: the Marina, 2000, a club called Trap Door playing goofy throwback hip-hop, shirty dudes and "woo" girls playing the heter-mating game with...
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Folsom Special: Zbörnak wants to rock your "Dikpix"
"Expect glitter, expect Twitter (don't expect Twitter), expect foul language and talking about dicks, expect body dysmorphia, but like in the opposite direction. The greatest expectation, however,...
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TIFF 2014: Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence'
The Look of SilencePHOTO COURTESY OF TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!News broke earlier this week that Joshua...
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The intern behind an epic blunder: Docs illuminate Asiana fake pilots’ names...
The embarrassing KTVU news segment became an instant YouTube hit.Remember when a July 2013 KTVU-TV news broadcast went viral and caused jaws to drop because the anchorwoman read out fake, offensive...
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Head First: On "dysfunction," freaking out, and my huge, THC-fueled orgasms
I have very little experience with marijuana — mostly because I’m from a small, East Coast town where such a substance is referred to as “the Devil’s lettuce.” So when Mathew Gerson, founder and...
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Dave Chappelle kept me up until 5am this morning and I'm still trying to...
This is Dave Chappelle on a night that was not last night, because I followed the rules and did not take photos.The first time I saw Dave Chappelle perform live was 10 years and three months ago, in a...
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Questions of the week: Who is the walrus? And who is Liam Neeson gonna take...
The SF Silent Film Festival's "Silent Autumn" includes a restored version of 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SF SILENT FILM FESTIVALIf Jesse Hawthorne Ficks' ongoing Pixel...
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Lawsuit alleges Lee campaign accepted illegal donations from undercover agent
By Max CherneyMayor Ed Lee has been named in a civil lawsuit that alleges he conspired to accept bribes in the form of illegal campaign contributions from an undercover FBI agent involved in the...
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TIFF 2014: Foreign favorites, part one
Timothy Spall in Mr. TurnerPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!** Working steadily for over 40 years,...
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Double Duchess is back, and this time they've brought Kelly Osbourne
Double Duchess say "Happy Friday, kiddos."PHOTO BY SHOT IN THE CITY PHOTOGRAPHYIs the drab Friday weather outside getting you down as you gear up for a weekend full of leather- and whip-filled...
View ArticleFranklin Delano Roosevelt: His 1932 speech to the Commonwealth Club previewed...
By Bruce B. Brugmann Ken Burns' documentary on the Roosevelts, broadcast last week by KQED, was a stunning achievement and the best work Burns has done. It previewed key elements of the New Deal and...
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VOTE NOW! BEST OF THE BAY 2014 READERS POLL IS HERE
Our 40th annual Best of the Bay issue is coming Oct. 15! This year's theme is Dia de los Muertos, in celebration of true Bay Area spirit.Read more »
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TIFF 2014: Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence'
The Look of SilencePHOTO COURTESY OF TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!News broke earlier this week that Joshua...
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The intern behind an epic blunder: Docs illuminate Asiana fake pilots’ names...
The embarrassing KTVU news segment became an instant YouTube hit.Remember when a July 2013 KTVU-TV news broadcast went viral and caused jaws to drop because the anchorwoman read out fake, offensive...
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Head First: On "dysfunction," freaking out, and my huge, THC-fueled orgasms
I have very little experience with marijuana — mostly because I’m from a small, East Coast town where such a substance is referred to as “the Devil’s lettuce.” So when Mathew Gerson, founder and...
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