We Read The Weeklies
...all of which we picked up at Oakland's 24 hour newsstand, DeLauer's!
Starting with last week's winner, the Weekly -- a genius Photoshop cover of Matty G. reclining on a Getty-like carpet. So genius it's replacing the picture of the car running over the Weekly box (but only for this week!). Photo credit to Darrick Rainey. Mr. Rainey, we shake your hand in congratulations! This illustrates the cover article on "2004: Gonzalez's First Year As Mayor." Surely you remember Matty G's triumphant inauguration – and the scandal that broke out when he allowed hipsters to marry! And those quotes from the New Yorker Matty profile: "Almost everyone in San Francisco knows a small black child who has been shielded from a hail of bullets by Gonzalez." Ha! SFist Chesh, you'll be pleased by the fastidious font replications seen here, and SFist Jon, we're sure you'll find the Chron columns shown entirely typical. ("Sports: Bruce Jenkins is on vacation"). Ha! You know, after wiping away our tears of laughter, we find that we have nothing more to say about the rest of the paper. Picture of Al-Gore-fat loser Gavin Newsom!!!! Ha!!!! (SFist Jackson, we hope you get home before this issue is yanked from the stands -- it's that good.)
Back to sober, the Guardian. A slew of defensive corrections about last week's coverage of the development freeze in Potrero Hill. There's a protest next Tuesday at 4 pm at City Hall against raising MUNI fares. Annalee Newitz is worked up about the FCC and cable modems. Paul the food critic got a free meal when his chicken was underdone at Foggy Bottom Cafe on Irving and Eighth. Cover article: This year in movies (obscure art-flick edition).
The EBX and the weekly of the week (like you don't already know which one it is) after the jump.
The East Bay Express: Letters they've received from nutjobs all year. No word on whether Bottom Feeder's girlfriend accepted the proposal. This year as envisioned in graphic art. The food cartoonist does a nice strip on eating at better restaurants with your high school pals. This year in crunk. Savage Love: Dan's regrets -- he wishes he'd made it clearer he's against necrophilia, and has decided it's okay to have sex with Republicans again. Also, he only got two entries in the "good, giving, and game" contest (we can't remember for sure but we think it was a "best sport" award for kinky sex).
Weekly of the Week: No need to even ask! Ha! 2004, The Year of Mayoral Triumph! "The Body Politic: Hot Gossip from the Assessor-Recorder's Office!" Ha!! That was the year that was!