I’m currently enjoying “The Eternal,” Sonic Youth’s first independent label record since the 1980’s. It’s great to hear a new record. It’s great to see the influential group supporting (and supported by) the great Matador. So far, so awesome. I’m loving it, well done.
The official release date for “The Eternal” is July June 9th, but [...]
100 Days of Fair and Balanced. Via the Nation.
Fox News calling Obama a Socialist one day at a time.
What: Crappy Journalists Getting It
Who they Are, What’s Being Done to them, by Whom:
(Flickr User: Blue$treak)
Matt Smith from SF Weekly, Called an “unfair, unbalanced, malfeasant journalist,” by a variety of San Francisco publications but most eloquently by SFAppeal
We expect our local reporters to have opinions; that’s what makes them flavorful. And to see Smith write [...]
What: President Obama releases CIA “torture memos.” Outrage on both sides of the aisle.
What People Are Saying:
“Putting Torture Memos to Music” Via Mother Jones
David Limbaugh, Via Townhall.com
The ultimate outrage is the administration’s green light to Congress to prosecute Bush administration officials for these policies, which manifestly prevented terrorist attacks and saved American lives.
Arianna Huffington, The [...]
The Thermals managed to survive the Bush years boy are they excited. Excited enough to jump labels from Sub Pop to Kill Rock Stars, and cut a record that’s a big departure from their critically acclaimed 2006 breakthrough, The Body the Blood the Machine. Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster moved to Portland together in 1998 [...]
Read the story »Saturday’s Impulse Shopping:
Yesterday I was reading a friend’s copy of the Nation, and I started feeling guilty about not subscribing to some of my favorite magazines and thereby contributing to their decline and demise. I browsed their websites determined to spend at least some of my stimulus money propping up quality journalism.
I discovered that, yes, [...]
Art & Copy
Doug Pray reveals the personal and professional stories behind some of the most influential advertising campaigns of our time. (Festival Page)
The Good Life
In taking on the ensemble narrative form, respected Chilean filmmaker Andrés Wood has created a complex and affectionate patchwork of stories about ordinary people struggling to follow their dreams in [...]
What happens if the San Francisco Chronicle dies? Tim Redmond from the SFBG thinks no one will give a shit, but a lot of people are concerned that San Francisco might become the first major US city with no local daily. Luckily, San Francisco also happens to be home to some of the worlds leading [...]
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Watch out! California political veterans!
I took this photo of California AG Jerry Brown and Former SF Mayor Willie Brown talking this morning after the AG’s presser announcing a law suit against Wells Fargo. A political move?
W. Brown was no doubt there covering the story for his current gig “Willie’s World” at the Chronicle. Please note [...]
Offshore Drilling Drilling Protest SF (Flickr)
I went to Interior Secretary Salazar’s San Francisco hearing on offshore drilling to cover the protest outside. From the SFBG:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was welcomed to San Francisco last Thursday by a host of activists dressed as marine creatures, including a few diehards in head-to-toe polar bear [...]
