We Read The Weeklies
Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: Matt Smith on defrauding the retarded. Chris Daly thinks the SFSOS flyer about him is funny. Cover article: graffiti artist Vulcan. Win a free copy of season 2 of the American Office. Meredith eats outside. Vashti Bunyan, the Silver Jews, and the Headphone Festival.
Next up, the Guardian. Hey, Vashti Bunyan and the Silver Jews again! Tim Redmond had a nice time at the Sue Bierman memorial, but didn't mention that Willie Brown wigged out at it. Scarlet Harlot writes an editorial about strippers that we don't really get. Where's Gavin Newsom? Cover: the annual "stories the media didn't cover" issue. Where's public power on this list, huh? Or the Gavin Newsom/Sofia Milos saga, come to think of it? Marke B had a good time at Fame!. It's been 13 years of Emily The Strange. And SFist Eve's horoscope: she's a daytime soap called "Foundations."
The East Bay and South Bay after the jump, along with the Weekly of the Week!
The East Bay Express: The dream cartoonist illustrates winning a plaque in heaven. Yipes, a lot of mistakes in the Art Murmur story last week. A trifecta of brilliance in the Bottom Feeder, with an Asian fetish Fulbright groper, wackiness in the Berkeley ballot book, and a rumble with the Berkeley Daily Planet. Go Bottom Feeder! Hoarders support meeting. Cover article: how the drug diversion programs of Prop 39 are going in Contra Costa. Really interesting! Plus -- we had to include the picture they used of "10 years on meth" in this post, because it's so Lisa Simpson without braces! We feel slightly disappointed there's no coverage of Vashti Bunyan or the Silver Jews in this issue. Taiwanese food in Fremont. I Like Eating's back! Hyphy camping, and why isn't MTV playing local hip hop anthem "Vans"?
And the Metro: Gary Singh toured the San Jose Elks Lodge. The Fly tells of Little Frank of the eponymous Bar and Grill in Milpitas is suing the police for harassing him, along with an erection joke for bringing sports back to SJ. Meth addict serving a life sentence under three strikes tells his harrowing tale. Hey, did you see that picture up there of "10 years on meth"? That picture is so awesome. Cover article: 9/11 conspiracy (oh, sorry, we meant "non"-conspiracy) theories. Cool, a pizza place named after Tony Soprano in San Jose. Help the Metro's vegetarian columnist go vegan. Tossing the Dew Tour insert. Matisyahu: what's the deal? And Starbucks has pretty decent music.
Weekly of the Week: EBX! You gotta go with the folks who gave you the "10 Years On Meth" picture. We're going to start taking pictures of ourselves now, so we can do the "10 Years On SFist" photomontage too.