Archive for the ‘Editorial’ Category
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Story by Rachel Swan
Indie rocker Conan Neutron has colorful ways of describing George W. Bush’s former Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove. He offered a few examples over beers at the Uptown Nightclub: “Master of lies and manipulation.” “A man with blood on his hands.” “Shameless tactician.” “Lying salesman.” “Gandalf behind the scenes.” “Unconscionable, soulless asshole.” That’s only the beginning. Neutron also faults Rove for “all these wars that we’re still embroiled in, our economy being screwed, and gay marriage being used as a wedge issue.” Then there’s that “porcine face,” which, according to Neutron, resists even the softest lighting or the finest airbrushing techniques….Read More
Tags: berkeley, conan neutron, east bay express, google bomb, joseph schell, karl rove, oakland, rachel swan, San francisco
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
An impressive crowd of self-proclaimed Star Trek nerds beamed up to this year’s Star Trek Convention, held over the weekend at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis Hotel. Day one had a sparser — but definitely no less nerdy — turnout as most devoted fans had come to see Sir Patrick Stewart and William Shatner banter it up together on Sunday. But those who skipped out for Saturday’s events missed some of the best costumes of the weekend, prepared especially for the costume contest. Here are a few characters and highlights from the convention. By Anna McCarthy-Read More….
Here are the best pics of the convention.
Enjoy.
Tags: 2010, anna mccarthy, joseph schell, San francisco, san francisco weekly, star trek
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Snuffed Out
by Anna McCarthy
Massive layoffs, internal conflict, and decreasing morale have all contributed to a less effective arson unit.
The Felton Street fire looked suspicious from the start. The two-story house in the Portola District that went up in flames in the early hours of Feb. 5, 2009, had no electricity. Plus, it was vacant. Vacant houses with no electricity typically don’t spontaneously combust. Continued
Tags: anna mccarthy, arson department, elmer carr, erika lockhart, fire department, george alboff, joseph schell, portrait, San francisco, san francisco weekly
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
By Anna McCarthy-www.sfweekly.com
Although birthday cake was available upstairs, it was clear that last night’s sold-out crowd didn’t come to the Fillmore for the dessert — they came for Cake. The show was birthday bash for Bill Graham, San Francisco’s legendary music promoter who would have been 79 this year had he not passed away in 1991 after a tragic helicopter crash. Proceeds from the concert went to the Bill Graham Foundation, which provides grants for music, the arts, and education. Continued
Tags: anna mccarthy, Cake, San francisco, sf weekly, the fillmore
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Monday, January 11th, 2010

Transit riders of all sorts from around the world, including those on San Francisco’s BART and Muni, took part in a “no pants subway ride” Sunday. The event first began in New York in 2002 and has now spread to 44 transit systems in 16 countries. For Sunday afternoon entertainment i hustled around the Muni and BART taking pics of scantily clad urbanites. Check out the pics below
Tags: DIY, joseph schell, no pants, no pants subway ride, San francisco, sf weekly
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

East Bay Express Cover shot 12/16
Mid December i had the privilege of shooting the cover of the East Bay Express (along with several of the feature story photos) located in the Bay Area’s Oakland. The story compared and contrasted the waves of coffee movements since the 1950’s and spotlighted several East Bay coffee shops, Berkeley’s Local 123 and Oakland’s SubRosa.
Here’s the story on the East Bay Express site.
I’ve included the rest of the photos from the photo shoot below.
Tags: bay area, berkeley, coffee, east bay express, joseph schell, oakland, third wave
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The annual SF Bike Expo took place this week at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. A day of cyclo-cross racing, mountain bike dirt jump competition, bike fashion show and many vendors selling their wares made for quite the cycling enthusiast event.
The cyclo-cross course wound around the massive Cow Palace property, up and down hills, through mazes or dirt and even through one of the buildings to give the riders the ultimate variety of terrains. The mountain bike dirt jump competition, featuring a variety of pro’s, took off from the side of a good sized hill and continued through 3 massive jumps to provide an awesome aerial spectacle. Check out the pics below.
Shot for SF Weekly
Tags: 2009, aerial, cow palace, cyclo-cross, joseph schell, jumping, jumping competition, mountain bike, San francisco, sf bike expo, sf weekly
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

The Car Was Their Art Show shot for East Bay Express
Tags: 2009, east bay express, joseph schell, rachel swan, San francisco
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

2009 SF Cannabis Cup Photos Taken for SF Weekly
Tags: 2009, joseph schell, San francisco
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

SF Holiday Chocolate Show
Theses were shot for SF Weekly. Here’s a link to the slide show.
Tags: 2009, chocolate, holiday, joseph schell, San francisco
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