February 9, 2006
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.
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My copy of SF Weekly appeared to be missing Puni.
...yeah, the Weekly this week was missing PUNI, the Apologist, and Matt Smith, along with the other recent emigres, Harmon Leon and Garrett Kamps' OK Then. The DVD and video game columns remained intact, though.
Has Puni quit the weekly?
It was the best thing in it...
When, oh when, will the Guardian quit its pouting and whining about the merger and instead find ways to innovate (and no, that horrid redesign and the Jack Handey-esque "deep thoughts" on the cover don't count.)
Maybe make a site that looks more like the LA Weekly's instead of something outta 1998. Or here's an idea - really loud and wild investigative journalism.
Isn't it funny the Chronicle did the cops story (which although I have some qualms with at least got everyone talking) instead of the supposed Guardian of the Liberals? They're too busy writing bad "lifestyle" articles.
Tick tock tick tock...the counter in the Hatch is counting down and no one at the guardian is there to enter the numbers....tick tock tick tock...
Don't the DVD and Video game columns come directly from the New Times Media Worldwide, Inc. headquarters in Phoenix?
Rita, sorry I failed you this week. Oh, one nitpick, maybe you were just making a joke, but it's the new times which bought village voice, not the other way around.
Yay Ced! Hope you're getting some rest!
So technically, the New Times and the Village Voice merged, and they're now doing business under the name Village Voice Media. I'll clarify that in the text just for you, big Daddy!