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...established heritage. Particularly notable is "The Sad Side of Town," co-written with Bakersfield hit-maker Buck Owens with whom Yoakam sang on his 1988 No. 1 hit, "Streets of Bakersfield." And the momentous accordion passage of "Alright, I'm Wrong" sweetly complements Yoakam's sinuous croon. B -Yan Fang...
...reveals Chamber's youthful wisdom with lyrics such as "It hurts down here 'cos we're running out of beer/But we're all gonna die someday." Throughout, however, her vibrant voice retains a fresh, distinctive sound that, while not immediately irresistible, is soulfully unrefined and remarkably vibrant. A- -Yan Fang...
Kahn, who has never run for office, is a tough target for Barr, whose fang-baring campaign style is hard to use against a man with no record to attack. Describing himself as a conservative to the right of Clinton and Al Gore, Kahn supports gun rights--a litmus test in his district. And he can paint Barr as a man devoted to faraway causes. Kahn has made a lot of the fact that in the same fortnight Barr was chastising a Texas military base for holding a "Wiccan" service, one that a constituent complained promoted witchcraft, the local Lockheed...
...Would a Fang Examiner be anything like a serious rival to the Chronicle? Fang admits he would cut publication of the paper in the Bay Area outside San Francisco--and give the city a local community paper instead. "You can't be all things to all people," he says. "Hearst's challenge is to create a world-class Chronicle. My challenge is to build an Examiner that's going to be unabashedly San Franciscan." But publishing daily is a costly enterprise. Experts believe it will take around $50 million a year to turn the Examiner into a morning publication...
Whether or not the Fang deal is blocked, it's the worst of times for Examiner employees. "Boy, have our failings been shoved in our face lately," wrote Examiner columnist Rob Morse after spending three days in the courtroom listening to embarrassing revelations like the horse trading with Brown. "The San Francisco Examiner is dying, and it can't even die with dignity." William Randolph Hearst, who once dubbed his paper "the monarch of the dailies," would probably agree...