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987476_43.jpgLast week's winner, the SF Weekly. Hey, why is Sucka Free City before the letters this week? Anti-Jewish slurs at Rainbow Grocery. The story behind that weird killing in Hayes Valley you guys got all worked up at us about (blah blah blah, hipsters, blah blah, SFist is racist, blah blah). Cover article: Disbar more lawyers. We are adoring the cautious yet game-for-adventure tone in this Southern Exposure pie delivery service piece! Meredith Brody bills the Weekly for her belly dancer. Hey, SFist Ced liked it! Let's Get Killed on the spate of bands coming in to perform single albums live, including Sonic Youth with Daydream Nation. We find that phenomenon so mysterious. The Bouncer passes along the theory that there are three types of bars in this city: Irish, hipster, and bars with two Asian women behind the bar. Also -- you may have heard the new Weekly web guy is now no longer with the Weekly -- best of luck to you, Matt Stroud! He was super super nice about the Day Around The Baymixup and we were looking forward to getting to know him!

Next up, the Guardian. Clear Channel paid for Carole Migden's billboards. Congrats to G.W. Schultz for winning an investigative reporting award for his articles about Skyline Realty! The Ethics Commission ignored evidence of alleged money laundering at City College. Cover article: Pollution at the Port of Oakland. Free Josh Wolf! (oh yeah, he's already out.) Sonic Reducer, also on Sonic Youth performing Daydream Nation. An MC performing at this weekend's GirlFest. When did "palooza" become a suffix? Eating at the Ritz (sing it like this). And we don't get the burrito reference in L.E. Leone's article at all.

After the jump: The East Bay Express and the San Jose Metro, along with the Weekly of the Week and the running yearly tally.

The East Bay Express: Leland Yee writes a long letter about rigged voting for the UC's pension plan advisory group representatives. Nerd activities! Cover: A dude who makes some crazy-looking boats. Lots of Harry Potter activities this weekend. More on bands performing full albums. The Jewish Film Fest! The reviewer tries very hard to give Herbivore a charitable review. The soda fountain in Elmwood has closed. And this newer small size of I Like Eating takes some getting used to.

And the Metro! Gary Singh walks around downtown San Jose -- again. Minutemen are demonstrating in Campbell. Is Campbell near the Mexican border? A "gangbanger" fashion show at San Jose City Hall. Cover article: Music technology. Hey, did you hear Sonic Youth is performing the full Daydream Nation album this weekend? A Latino-American diner!. And think of a better word to use in food writing besides "ethnic."

Weekly of the Week: Hey, Sonic Youth is playing the whole Daydream Nation album tomorrow Thursday! We're giving it to the SF Weekly for a second week in a row, because all the articles were consistently interesting! Sonic Youth, the death of Hugues de la Plaza, belly dancers, and this Bouncer theory about the bars with two Asian women behind the bar -- we're very intrigued!

YTD count: SF Weekly: 9; SFBG: 8, EBX: 7, Metro: 4.

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