We Read The Weeklies
Last week's two-peat winner, the Guardian: Angry, angry about the Village Voice's buyout of merger with the New Times. Gavin Newsom -- in the pocket of the business community elites? Say it ain't so! Arlene Ackerman, bristling at public review? Say it ain't so! Annalee Newitz went to a Nick Denton party. Cover article: We're talkin' LO, LO, LO, L-O-V-E, LO, LO, LO. (Will Ashlee Simpson ever go away? That song's kinda catchy, though.) That teensy little restaurant on the corner of 18th and Mission, which is now Burmese food. Hey guys, when you roll over "cheap eats" on the homepage, it still says "Dan" Leone.) And hey, the sex columnist moved to the back! (the back of the weekly, that is.)
The Metro: Radio radio. Something about a Neolithic goddess. Cover article: The science of pick-up artists. Jerk chicken. The Police tribute band Stung in Redwood City. Hyphy, the West Coast answer to crunk. The Asian Excellence Awards in Secret Asian Man. Hey, we totally had a good time watching those! C'mon, they were sponsored by XO!
The East Bay Express: Berkeley scientists researching the difference between dominant laughs and submissive ones (submissive laughs are when you laugh when you're being embarrassed). Cover article: Afghani correspondent Fariba Nawa. Korean noodle shops in Oakland. RIP, Grandaddy. Man, we are loving the new Rob Harvilla column Cred Sheet: we'd pay money to see M.I.A. doing the Lisa Loeb #1 Single gig in 2013. The new column title "Haters Stand Up" is brilliant too.
Next up, the Weekly: Whither thou, Current TV? Cover article: Please help find Jerry Tang -- some back story. Did you know the world's longest running hip-hop show is on the Stanford radio station? Us neither. No Meredith -- we're celebrating Ced's incipient new arrival! And Dan Savage hates text messaging abbrevations. Does it seem like Dan Savage is turning into Generation X's Andy Rooney or what? And SFist Eve, enjoy what love actually is, rather than pine for what it could or should be!
Weekly of the Week: Jerry Tang beats out (but just barely) Ackerman/Newsom schadenfreunde to give the pick to the SF Weekly. On the music side, Harvilla's Cred Sheet and the Metro's hyphy article post strong showings as well.