Hear This!

Fri, Jan 20
8:00pm doors 8:30 show
$12 All Ages; No babes in arms

BARBARA BECNEL - Death Penalty Abolitionist - (Barbara Becnel co-
wrote childrens books with crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie"
Williams, who was recently executed after being denied clemency by
Gov. Schwarzenegger).
JELLO BIAFRA -Spoken Word Artist/Musician - (Jello Biafra is the
former lead singer of the seminal punk band The Dead Kennedys. He has
stood for public office twice, once as a candidate for SF Mayor
against Diane Feinstein in 1979, and in 2000 he sought the Green
Party Presidential Nomination ultimately won by Ralph Nader.)
TODD CHRETIEN - California US Senate Candidate - (Todd Chretien is an
organizer with the ISO and the current Green Party candidate for
Senate against Dianne Feinstein. He is running on a peace platform,
"One Million Votes for Peace".)
MATT GONZALEZ - Frm. SF Supervisor - (Matt Gonzalez is the former
Green Party president of the SF Board of Supervisors who narrowly
lost the SF Mayor's race in 2003, winning over 47% fo the vote.)
JACK HIRSCHMAN - San Francisco Poet Laureate - (Jack Hirschman is
SF's new Poet Laureate. He is the author of over 80 books, and has
translated another 60 titles from 11 different languages. He has a
PhD from Indiana University at Bloomington, and has taught at
Dartmouth and UCLA.)
SARAH LIPSON - Green Party School Bd. Member - (Sarah Lipson is a
school teacher who holds the distinction of being the first member of
the Green Party to win a city-wide election in San Francisco. She is
widely regarded as an expert in education matters.)
JONATHAN RICHMAN - Singer / Songwriter / Activist - (Jonathan Richman
is the former lead singer of The Modern Lovers. He is a singer-
songwriter and will be reading from a translation of "Pier Paolo
Pasolini" which is currently being prepared for publication by City
Lights Books.)
DAISY ZAMORA - Nicaraguan Poet - (Daisy Zamora is a military veteran
of the Nicaraguan Revolution who later served as Vice-minister of
Culture under Ernesto Cardenal. Her recent books have been published
by City Lights Books and Curbstone Press.)
KEVIN ZEESE - Maryland US Senate Candidate - (Kevin Zeese is an
Independent candidate for US Senate in Maryland. He is the former
press spokesman for the Nader-Camejo presidential ticket and serves
as president of Common Sense for Drug Policy and as the Director of
Democracy Rising which is devoted to ending the war in Iraq.)
TOM HEYMAN - singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist- (This
Jackpine Social Club artist has toured and recorded with artists of
most every stripe, from John Vanderslice and Alejandro Escovedo to
his current gigs with celebrated Americana artist Chuck Prophet and
the narcotic country band The Court and Spark, to past collaborations
with Okkervil River, David Dondero, Paula Frazier and more.)
ROGUE WAVE, an indie band which plays Lo-Fi, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
has just released their second album "Descended Like Vultures" and
are beginning a world tour in late January.

Venue:

SLIMS
333 11th St @ Folsom
San Francisco
415 255-0333
http://www.slims-sf.com

The closest BART station to Slim's is the Civic Center stop.
It is approximately a 15 minute walk or you can take the #9 bus
which runs down Market St. and stops at the corner of Folsom
& 11th (Slim's is half-way down the block on the left hand side

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