We Read The Weeklies
Last week's winner: SF Weekly. Ignore all other news and read the cover article about Dog and Order! So rad, we read it twice! Follow our latest crush (auf wiedersehein, Chris Daly -- sorry), Officer Bill Herndon, as he presides over three cases in Dog Court. You know what's awesome? They call cases appealed to regular court "habeas canis." Awesome. (But why no mention of Animal Cops SF, covering the exact same material?) You can't run an article this awesome all the time, it diminishes everything else that appears in the paper by comparison: Matt Smith on raising parking fees, Harmon Leon works in pr0n. Savage Love: transgender person tells friend, accidental barebacking, girl should dump inconsiderate boyfriend. (Hey, if you love Dan Savage and his weekly The Stranger, check out Seattlest's weeklies coverage!)
The East Bay Express. Sadly, no articles about San Francisco Dog Court. (We love you, Officer Herndon!) Cover article: We're all going to die in a big earthquake in the next 30 years!!! Aaaaaaaaugh! (Part 1 of 2). Food reviews: An African-American Hebrew biblically-inspired vegan restaurant in Oakland. Music: Queer Oakland hip-hop.
The Guardian's Noise Pop coverage, the Metro on poetry slams, and the prestigious Weekly of the Week awards, after the jump.
The The Guardian. Local politics: Editor Tim Redmond gets invited on right-wing talk shows to talk smack about Pelosi. And grrr! Why won't the Asian Art Museum tell the Guardian about its new caterers? Annalee Newitz on chipping students. Paul Reidinger doesn't like to see low-riders when he goes out to eat -- because there is nothing more appetizing than asscrack. Miriam Wolf is having a hard time making vegetarian marshmallows. Cover articles: Noise Pop! Winsome harpist Joanna Newsom gives an interview (twang twang twang) and an overview of who's coming to town (hey, Ted Leo -- and Earlimart!). Hey, remember Hooray for Anything? Because nostalgia is in, he throws us a wank of the week (scroll to the 13th) from last week's MUNI fares column.
And the Metro. Go South Bay! Angry letters about Amy Alkon, hater. What happened with San Jose State's poorly-attended football game and drumline halftime show for the local African-American community? The woman wingman. The death of the hockey season – sad. Cover article: teen slam poetry. A show at the San Jose Museum of Art where an artist dressed up like Nancy Drew and solved mysteries. The Ashlee and Jessica Simpson family: the 21st century's traveling vaudeville clan?
Weekly of the Week: Dog Court, yay!! Register the San Francisco Weekly Vicious and Dangerous for this week! (Though the Guardian puts up a strong fight with the excellent Noise Pop coverage, and the earthquake article is good to scare yourself into not eating all the canned food you were going to put in your survival kit.)