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Party Crashers 08

Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

By John Geluardi

Published: April 30, 2008

Independent vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez sits attentively in the front row of UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium, waiting for an introduction to 400 political science students who...

Matt Smith

Union, Heal Thyself

Will a lobbyist for a local healthcare union extend a bill proven bad for patients' health?

Published: April 30, 2008

In February, Sal Rosselli, leader of the Service Employees International Union's local healthcare affiliate, roiled the U.S. labor movement by going public with his misgivings about a lobbying...

Sucka Free City

Bob Weir's cutoffs not going to Grateful Dead archive

By Andy Tennille

Published: April 30, 2008

Backstage passes, concert posters, old stage props, and fan mail were all the buzz at a press conference last week at the Fillmore Auditorium. San Francisco psychedelic rock pioneers and Rock 'n'...

Sucka Free City

Most Maddening

Who's more annoying: Danielle Steel or Muni? Vote now.

Published: April 30, 2008

There was a big upset in the Final Four in the contest to be named San Francisco's Most Maddening person or entity: For some reason, our online readers hate Danielle Steel a lot more than they...

Letters

SF Weekly Letters

Published: April 30, 2008

All About Bernie Missing Ward: I miss Bernie Ward [" The Race to Replace Bernie Ward on KGO ," Sucka Free City, 4/16], who has been a great presence on KGO and done more for the station...

Sucka Free City

Senate aides ignore leader, don't help Migden

By Benjamin Wachs

Published: April 30, 2008

Yet another sign that state Senator Carole Migden's re-election campaign resembles a ship wrecked by a train: Several Democratic legislative aides in the Capitol apparently didn't want to spend...

Reviewed

The Heavy

Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (Counter)

By Dave Pehling

Published: April 30, 2008

Throwback R&B; acts on both sides of the Atlantic have struck gold by mining the classic sounds of James Brown, Motown, and Aretha Franklin, but few have touched on the fuzzed-out end of the soul...

Music

Berlin techno producer Ellen Allien steers to innerspace

By Tony Ware

Published: April 30, 2008

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 abruptly offered sizable options for euphoric electronic music fans. Formerly grayed-out factories-turned-clubs played host to a flush of activity. Warehouse...

Hear This

Colin Meloy’s heartfelt approach is Donovan-esque

By Mark Keresman

Published: April 30, 2008

Live performance skills separate the truly talented from those just getting by in a studio or band context. Take Colin Meloy , frontman with the Decemberists, for example. His album Sings Live!...

Reviewed

Peter Morén

The Last Tycoon(Wichita/Quarterstick)

By Jonah Flicker

Published: April 30, 2008

It's hard to keep a frontman happy. Today's lead singers often harbor dreams of going it alone once they gain success with their bands, from Steve Perry to Gwen Stefani to Thom Yorke. Add to this...

Music

The Morning Benders: love gone wrong in three minutes or less

By Evan James

Published: April 30, 2008

Popular music often succeeds to the extent that it seduces listeners into tapping their toes to a three-minute story about a universal human experience. In the case of an artiste like Gwen...

Hear This

David Karsten Daniels Strikes Gold

By Doug Wallen

Published: April 30, 2008

When a singer-songwriter gets signed to England's adventurous Fat Cat label, you can bet that artist means business. So it was that Seattle's charismatic David Karsten Daniels knocked the socks...

Reviewed

Devon Williams

Carefree (Ba Da Bing)

By John Garmon

Published: April 30, 2008

Devon Williams' debut album, Carefree , evokes '60s girl groups like the Shirelles and the Ronettes and songwriting teams like Goffin/-King and Barry/Greenwich. You know, the kind of music where...

Music

Cruising the bargain bins with Vetiver’s Andy Cabic

By Andy Tennille

Published: April 30, 2008

"I'm in here pretty often, as you might guess," says Andy Cabic, leaning back against a stack of reggae albums at Amoeba Music and laughing like a man who has spent a little too much time combing...

BeatBox

Diamond Dave

By Tamara Palmer

Published: April 30, 2008

Dave Nada is the inventive DJ, remixer, and masher-upper behind the provocatively named T&A; Records. He possesses a flair for blending rock anthems with the relentlessly booty-shaking beats that...

Music

Native American healer cures Testament

By D.X. Ferris

Published: April 30, 2008

San Francisco's Testament is one of the highest-ranked thrash bands in the world by metal fans. Filled with spirits, prophecies, and demons, the riff-roaring kings' music and story are also better...

BeatBox

Heartfelt Attack

By Tamara Palmer

Published: April 30, 2008

New York rapper Keith Murray could've become more than an underground legend had it not been for his penchant for landing on the wrong side of the law. "Hardcore, I live out my metaphors," he...

Bouncer

Reborn at Harry Denton's Starlight Room

By Katy St. Clair

Published: April 30, 2008

Lately I've been having strange dreams where I am either reborn or am amid death and dying. In the "reborn" situations, I travel down a shaft and emerge as a little baby. The death themes are more...

Eat

Fish Story

A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

By Meredith Brody

Published: April 30, 2008

The importance of pleasing or dramatic views with your dinner is debatable. One school of thought is that all the attention should be put on the plate. But there's no denying that a lovely...

Fresh Eats

New Restaurants

Published: April 30, 2008

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats . 330 Ritch: 330 Ritch (at Brannan), 541-9574, www.330ritch.com . SOMA . Bar snacks and tapas....