Rachel Swan
Bio:
Rachel Swan is the music editor at the East Bay Express, and a recovering Luddite. She has also written for Film Quarterly, Vibe, Bitch, Jazziz, and The Best Sex Writing of 2010. Just sayin'.
Rachel Swan is the music editor at the East Bay Express, and a recovering Luddite. She has also written for Film Quarterly, Vibe, Bitch, Jazziz, and The Best Sex Writing of 2010. Just sayin'.
- Blogs, Seven Days, May 17, 2011
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Post-Rapture Looting, Anyone?
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Apr 13, 2011
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Punks Versus Hipsters: The Battle Royale
How the East Bay Rats got two Oakland subcultures into the boxing ring.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Mar 9, 2011
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The Demise of Kitty's
How one fight put Emeryville's main dance club in peril.
- Blogs, Seven Days, Feb 1, 2011
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Body Found in Canal, Description Matches That of 4-Year-Old Juliani Cardenas
- Music, Dec 29, 2010
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Becoming Oona
Despite her hippie pedigree, Oona Garthwaite's music is rooted in excess.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Sep 16, 2009
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An Inside Job
Members of the 9/11 "Truth" movement are typically disparaged as crackpots. In fact, they're actually wonks.
- Blogs, Culture Spy, May 3, 2012
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"Quiet Storm" Brand May Dissolve in Wake of KBLX Sale
- Music, Apr 4, 2012
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Churn and Burn at the Young Musicians Program
A venerable UC Berkeley youth program appears to be violating its union contract.
- Blogs, Seven Days, Jan 5, 2012
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Occupy Oakland Activist May Face Three Strikes
- News, Feature, Nov 30, 2011
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Sex by Numbers
Polyamory has gone from being a fringe scene to a veritable subculture. But can having multiple partners ever be widely accepted?
- Blogs, Seven Days, Oct 25, 2011
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Alameda Labor Council Decries Eviction of Occupy Oakland Demonstrators
- Blogs, Seven Days, Oct 7, 2011
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Occupy Wall Street Hits Oakland on Monday
- Music, Dec 30, 2009
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Bay Area Albums of the Decade
Idiots, vultures, and motorcycle clubs were among the decade's best music to emerge from the area.
- Blogs, Culture Spy, Aug 1, 2012
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Updated: More Shake-Ups as Recall Effort Stalled at KPFA
- Music, May 30, 2012
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Speaking Tango with Trio Garufa
A San Francisco trio re-envisions traditional tango.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Nov 2, 2011
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Hope and Doubt for Actors Ensemble
The small community group may cast a bid to stay in its current home.
- News, Nov 9, 2011
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How the Black Bloc Occupied Oakland
Can the movement be sustainable if it won't condemn violence?
- Blogs, Seven Days, Oct 25, 2011
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Nurses Jump on Quan for Response to Occupy Oakland, Too
- Blogs, Seven Days, Oct 21, 2011
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Occupy Oakland Has a New Way to Communicate with the City
- Blogs, Seven Days, Sep 22, 2011
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Nurses Strike at Kaiser and Sutter Hospitals Today
