| | | NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster BY GRAHAM RAYMAN  In January 2009, a tantalizing and disturbing comment materialized on an Internet bulletin board about an expensive and controversial Bloomberg administration project to automate the city's payroll system, known as CityTime. The anonymous author alleged that the project was hopelessly corrupt and out of control and had been for years. The writer, who claimed to have been employed on the project, went on to name three people he alleged were responsible for that corruption. The commenter accused a consultant, Mark Mazer, of being "the most crooked person on the team," and said consultant Scott Berger was building a home in Florida at city expense. "Mark Mazer and Scott had ONLY one main in... more >>
| | | | | | Mavis Staples Is for the Children BY AMY LINDEN  Mavis Staples digs her some younger men, but she'd rather lead them to the studio than the bedroom. "I think it really makes for a good record when you get a young head and an old person together," says the Staple Singers veteran (and self-described "golden girl") of You Are Not Alone, her new full-length collaboration with fellow Chicagoan and Wilco boss Jeff Tweedy. A rousing compendium of old-... more >> | | | | | | | | Caliu Thinks Small BY ROBERT SIETSEMA  Next to wine bars, the most popular category for start-up restaurants the past few years has been tapas bars, and the two have lots in common. Offering small morsels of food at inflated prices, both manage to make alcohol the center of attention. Drinkers like it, but then so do foodies, because, in their concentrated goodness, the petite plates often feature big flavors. The modest portions coul... more >> | | | | | | | | Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet: Superhero Slob BY J. HOBERMAN  Only inertia will bring people to Michel Gondry’s 3-D spectacle, The Green Hornet. Opening amid persistent negative buzz in the mid-January dead zone, this long-germinating prospective franchise, based on a character that first saturated the nation’s radio waves in 1939, seems pretty much DOA—although in the absence of any competition, it’s a likely magnet for loose cash. Rath... more >> | | | | | | | | Blind Items! Blind Items! Blind Items! BY MICHAEL MUSTO  Which rock-star survivor is in a relationship with that weird lady mainly because she helps hook him up with younger women? Which Oscar-nominated Brit with a large penis is basically a leather queen who cuts quite a swath in his head-to-toe biker drag? Which enduring TV star is a big lesbian, the public love of her life having actually been a closeted queen who routinely hired hustlers? Which sup... more >> | | | | | | | | 'Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures'—A MOMA Film Fest Without Any Popcorn BY R. C. BAKER  Considering the velocity of our digital age, it can seem an eternity to hold a smile for the few seconds a friend might fiddle with iPhone settings before taking your picture. Now imagine it's the '60s, and you're staring into a 16mm Bolex for three minutes straight while 100-foot reels of silent black-and-white film clack through the shutter. In 1963, as Andy Warhol's notoriety for painting Cam... more >> | | | | | | Runnin' Scared ? President Obama addressed the nation in a memorial event for the Tucson shooting victims last night with a speech promoting discourse that heals, not wounds. He also announced that he'd just be... Fork in the Road Last night unveiled the winner of the Next Big Small Brand, the second annual contest designed for local, small food-related companies to help them make it to the big time (the winner receives ... La Daily Musto Says she: "The Olympic skater Sarah Hughes was at 230 Fifth for Johnny Weir's book party with her new boyfriend ANDREW GIULIANI. Gasp." Double gasp. ... Sound of the City Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Brooklyn bass duo Sub Swara will scramble your insides with low-end by any means necessary. Their mu... Corporate SF Weekly today settled the below-cost pricing lawsuit filed against it in 2004 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The agreement, under which the parties have resolved and settled their differen... | | | | |
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