We Read The Weeklies
Last week's winner, the SF Weekly. What, no Apologist this week? We have a confession to make -- we've been writing an "Are you an Apologist for SFist?" column in our head for ages! ("Do you think she really reads the Weeklies every week? a) With the number of comments they get, they should rename it "WHO reads We Read The Weeklies." b) Sure -- why else would you brag about staying informed about the latest public power issues? c) Hey, at least when she's writing that, she's not putting up those asinine Animal Reports."). Harmon Leon goes to Amber Frey's Learning Annex class. Cover article: anti-Muslim discrimination in local schools. OK Then interviews local music blogger Matt Ness. And Liz Phair, self-hating.
The Guardian: Tim Redmond on (you guessed it) public power! A.C. Thompson: did you know parolees are required to live in the county where they got arrested when they get out? Why? Annalee Newitz cracks open some fantasy novels. Cover: SFist Interview alum Steve Jones on his Burning Man project with the Flaming Lotus Girls. The sex columnist on cutting off that strip that holds your tongue in (the frenulum). And Sonic Reducer goes to Ozzfest.
After the jump, the EBX and the pick of the week. (Apologist answer d: "I picked something this week; wanna see?")
The East Bay Express: Someone writes a letter taking umbrage at an article calling Third Eye Blind a one-hit wonder. "They had four top 20 hits!" Oh yeah, that "Can I GRADUATE!" song, a highlight of the 90s. Take Cal's "The Dangers of Drinking" test! Cover article: a weird left-wing conference about religion, sponsored by Tikkun. And the New Pornographers' album is coming out! (it is not 'gayer than eight guys blowing nine guys.'").
Pick of the week: Everything seemed very short this week. Is everyone in the alternaweekly biz heading out for vacation soon? We'll give it to the Guardian, because the sex columnist's story about ripping her frenulum was pretty lurid. Lurid!