Tag: Bush
Diving into Sespool’s genre-agnostic indie rap
Before Rin Tin Tiger, Westwood & Willow, Pericardium, or the weird-ass Christmas album, he was Sespool—the “SES” coming from his initials, Sean E. Sullivan. The music he released under...
Rediscovering the fantastic music of Akiko Yano
Few forms of exhilaration quite match that of discovering a vital artist who is in fact deep within their story, having created a rich and varied body of work...
Screen Grabs: More new flicks for your streaming pleasure
Welcome to Part 2 of our survey of new streaming releases you might be seeing in theaters at present if sanity weren’t currently prevailing—at least in most places. (Check...
Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal
Nearly every local news outlet led the latest story on former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with some version of this:
BREAKING: Mayor Breed just admitted that she had a...
Fiery flamenco meets rousing gospel in ‘Soul Y Alma’
Since taking the helm of Theatre Flamenco in 2008, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Carola Zertuche has made it her mission to take the traditional Spanish dance form in...
Midge Ure, titan of New Wave, will take your questions now
Midge Ure is willingly doing the two things that most performers dread on his upcoming US tour, which kicks off in the Bay Area this week, Wed/15 at Yoshi's.
The...
Screen Grabs: The (first world) war on Christmas
In years past it’s seemed customary for Christmas to bring some shiny presents for moviegoers—a mainstream comedy or two, probably some Disney opus, maybe a late-arriving “prestige” film, perhaps...
Foreign Correspondent: An open letter to a Trump-supporting friend
I first met Robby Robertson during the 1969 General Electric strike. He was a young, militant worker fighting for a decent contract and social justice. He considered himself a...
Foreign Correspondent: Trump dumps Kurds as the empire crumbles
In less than two weeks, President Donald Trump has managed to create a massive and avoidable crisis in Syria.
By greenlighting the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, Trump’s policy forced...
A ‘Macbeth’ that’s equal parts murder and music
Among the many, many disasters of the Trump regime is its failure to give us a satisfying Lady Macbeth. Granted, Trump himself is no Macbeth—whose triumphs on the battlefields...
