Liz Lindqwister

The holiday season’s biggest musical event has arrived: <a href="https://www.spotify.com/us/wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify Wrapped Day</a>. And, well, it’s been a tough year for music lovers everywhere. 

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<p>The holiday season’s biggest musical event has arrived: <a href="https://www.spotify.com/us/wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify Wrapped Day</a>. And, well, it’s been a tough year for music lovers everywhere. </p>

This year has brought about <a href="https://sfstandard.com/community/hundreds-rally-at-crissy-field-to-oppose-russias-war-against-ukraine/">war in Europe</a>, a <a href="https://time.com/6149800/beijing-2022-covid-19-olympics/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Covid-riddled</a> Winter Olympics, monkeypox, a <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/election-appointment-da-chesa-boudin-recall/">new SF District Attorney</a>, a (still painfully ongoing) <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/speaker-house-congress-democrats-leadership-midterms/">midterm election</a> cycle and, to top it all off, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/business/world-cup-breathes-much-needed-life-into-struggling-san-francisco-venues/">a World Cup</a>. We’re exhausted trying to think of it all.

<p>This year has brought about <a href="https://sfstandard.com/community/hundreds-rally-at-crissy-field-to-oppose-russias-war-against-ukraine/">war in Europe</a>, a <a href="https://time.com/6149800/beijing-2022-covid-19-olympics/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Covid-riddled</a> Winter Olympics, monkeypox, a <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/election-appointment-da-chesa-boudin-recall/">new SF District Attorney</a>, a (still painfully ongoing) <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/speaker-house-congress-democrats-leadership-midterms/">midterm election</a> cycle and, to top it all off, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/business/world-cup-breathes-much-needed-life-into-struggling-san-francisco-venues/">a World Cup</a>. We’re exhausted trying to think of it all.</p>

Turns out, 2022’s upheavals have disrupted many people’s music listening habits—and it <em>shows </em>in this year’s Spotify Wrapped results. Every year the music streaming giant releases personalized data about users’ top streamed songs, artists and genres. Though designed to give users a fun glimpse into their &#8220;<a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-11-30/get-to-know-your-music-listening-personality-from-2022-wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">music listening personality</a>,&#8221; it’s morphed into a new kind of cringefest for music lovers, many of whom share their results on social media. 

<p>Turns out, 2022’s upheavals have disrupted many people’s music listening habits—and it <em>shows </em>in this year’s Spotify Wrapped results. Every year the music streaming giant releases personalized data about users’ top streamed songs, artists and genres. Though designed to give users a fun glimpse into their "<a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-11-30/get-to-know-your-music-listening-personality-from-2022-wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">music listening personality</a>," it’s morphed into a new kind of cringefest for music lovers, many of whom share their results on social media. </p>

<p>Turns out, 2022’s upheavals have disrupted many people’s music listening habits—and it <em>shows </em>in this year’s Spotify Wrapped results. Every year the music streaming giant releases personalized data about users’ top streamed songs, artists and genres. Though designed to give users a fun glimpse into their &#8220;<a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-11-30/get-to-know-your-music-listening-personality-from-2022-wrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">music listening personality</a>,&#8221; it’s morphed into a new kind of cringefest for music lovers, many of whom share their results on social media. </p>

Just take this intrepid reporter, for example. Beyonce’s new album had me wrapped around her finger, clocking in as my second-most-listened-to artist. But Spotify also informed me that I spent over 2,000 minutes—roughly the length of 16 feature films—listening to camp icon and <a href="https://www.spin.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-tribute-appreciation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">certified sweaty-old-rocker Meatloaf’s</a> discography. The music app cheerfully reported that I was truly an “indie softboi” at heart, content to listen to music that makes me feel “vulnerable,” “dramatic” and “bittersweet”.  

<p>Just take this intrepid reporter, for example. Beyonce’s new album had me wrapped around her finger, clocking in as my second-most-listened-to artist. But Spotify also informed me that I spent over 2,000 minutes—roughly the length of 16 feature films—listening to camp icon and <a href="https://www.spin.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-tribute-appreciation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">certified sweaty-old-rocker Meatloaf’s</a> discography. The music app cheerfully reported that I was truly an “indie softboi” at heart, content to listen to music that makes me feel “vulnerable,” “dramatic” and “bittersweet”.  </p>

Didn’t know I was signing up for a therapy session alongside my Spotify subscription.&nbsp;

<p>Didn’t know I was signing up for a therapy session alongside my Spotify subscription.&nbsp;</p>

Maybe brace yourself before you open your Wrapped—your listening patterns may tell you (and your followers) a bit <em>too </em>much about your year.&nbsp;

<p>Maybe brace yourself before you open your Wrapped—your listening patterns may tell you (and your followers) a bit <em>too </em>much about your year.&nbsp;</p>

<strong>Maybe 2022 Just Made You Depressed</strong>


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<h2><strong>Maybe 2022 Just Made You Depressed</strong></h2>

Many Spotify users took to Twitter to bemoan their depressing Wrapped results, and what it would say about their mood this year. Some worried that anxious spells from earlier months would ruin their listening patterns—others just knew that their daily dose of Heavy Rain Sleepy ASMR Sounds would skew their “Most Listened To” lists.&nbsp;

<p>Many Spotify users took to Twitter to bemoan their depressing Wrapped results, and what it would say about their mood this year. Some worried that anxious spells from earlier months would ruin their listening patterns—others just knew that their daily dose of Heavy Rain Sleepy ASMR Sounds would skew their “Most Listened To” lists.&nbsp;</p>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">it’s almost that special time of year &lt;3 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpotifyWrapped?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpotifyWrapped</a> <a href="https://t.co/WL5rZSc0om">pic.twitter.com/WL5rZSc0om</a></p>&mdash; ★ yas ★ (@yasminesummanx) <a href="https://twitter.com/yasminesummanx/status/1597202810579615744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">before spotify wrapped comes out, y’all gotta realize that i went through approximately 20 personality changes and am not responsible for whatever song i looped for seven hours</p>&mdash; bags by clairo (@smolproblem) <a href="https://twitter.com/smolproblem/status/1592910110787276801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<strong>Your Music Might Tell You You’re Gay</strong>


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Be careful if you listened to hours of FLETCHER, Phoebe Bridgers, Lady Gaga or Sam Smith—you may have just outed yourself to your followers.&nbsp;

<p>Be careful if you listened to hours of FLETCHER, Phoebe Bridgers, Lady Gaga or Sam Smith—you may have just outed yourself to your followers.&nbsp;</p>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my Spotify wrapped: <a href="https://t.co/6XXmTKCoAe">pic.twitter.com/6XXmTKCoAe</a></p>&mdash; marc (@msnetik) <a href="https://twitter.com/msnetik/status/1597356357203607552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<strong>You Might Be a Lil Basic, And That’s OK</strong>


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<h2><strong>You Might Be a Lil Basic, And That’s OK</strong></h2>

Listening to Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo or Doja Cat won’t get you any hipster points either; these artists dominated the “Top Tracks of 2022 USA” and millions of users’ Wrapped everywhere.&nbsp;

<p>Listening to Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo or Doja Cat won’t get you any hipster points either; these artists dominated the “Top Tracks of 2022 USA” and millions of users’ Wrapped everywhere.&nbsp;</p>

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And San Franciscans who made it to Outside Lands in August will be happy to see artists from this year’s lineup crack <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/11/30/most-popular-music-of-2022-bad-bunny-dominates-spotify-pandora-and-apple-music-charts/?sh=76a3467e302f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify’s Best Hit Songs of 2022</a>: SZA, Jack Harlow, Post Malone and Oliver Tree, just to name a few. 

<p>And San Franciscans who made it to Outside Lands in August will be happy to see artists from this year’s lineup crack <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/11/30/most-popular-music-of-2022-bad-bunny-dominates-spotify-pandora-and-apple-music-charts/?sh=76a3467e302f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify’s Best Hit Songs of 2022</a>: SZA, Jack Harlow, Post Malone and Oliver Tree, just to name a few. </p>

Kennedy Grant and Hayden Ferrell embrace during SZA’s performance at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Friday, August 5, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif. | Camille Cohen/The Standard


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<strong>Blondie Pop Artist Stays Winning</strong>


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<h2><strong>Blondie Pop Artist Stays Winning</strong></h2>

Taylor Nation helped <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/01/taylor-swift-becomes-first-musician-to-claim-entire-top-10-on-billboard-hot-100#:~:text=Taylor%20Swift-,Taylor%20Swift%20becomes%20first%20musician%20to%20claim,10%20on%20Billboard%20Hot%20100&amp;text=Taylor%20Swift%20scored%20a%2010,from%20her%20latest%20album%2C%20Midnights." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ms. Swift claim all top 10 spots</a> on the Billboard Hot 100—and most Spotify Swifties prepped for Taylor to top their charts. The pop star released her highly-anticipated 12th album, <em>Midnights, </em>this year<em>. </em>

<p>Taylor Nation helped <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/01/taylor-swift-becomes-first-musician-to-claim-entire-top-10-on-billboard-hot-100#:~:text=Taylor%20Swift-,Taylor%20Swift%20becomes%20first%20musician%20to%20claim,10%20on%20Billboard%20Hot%20100&amp;text=Taylor%20Swift%20scored%20a%2010,from%20her%20latest%20album%2C%20Midnights." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ms. Swift claim all top 10 spots</a> on the Billboard Hot 100—and most Spotify Swifties prepped for Taylor to top their charts. The pop star released her highly-anticipated 12th album, <em>Midnights, </em>this year<em>. </em></p>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pretending to be shocked when I open my Spotify Wrapped and see my top artist <a href="https://t.co/v4W5vAKEIt">pic.twitter.com/v4W5vAKEIt</a></p>&mdash; Erin (@swiftbunnies) <a href="https://twitter.com/swiftbunnies/status/1597411058691768321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<h2><strong>Sucks to Suck, Apple</strong></h2>

If you’re an Apple Music user, you’re out of luck. Apple Music’s “Wrapped” equivalent was <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23486187/apple-music-replay-spotify-wrapped-bad" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">widely panned by critics and users alike</a>. Better luck next time, fruit app. 

<p>If you’re an Apple Music user, you’re out of luck. Apple Music’s “Wrapped” equivalent was <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23486187/apple-music-replay-spotify-wrapped-bad" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">widely panned by critics and users alike</a>. Better luck next time, fruit app. </p>

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It’s Spotify Wrapped day, but has your Wrapped been crapped by a rough 2022?

Richard von Busack

Hollywood has long been in love with San Francisco: just over the past five years, the city has served as the backdrop for numerous big-budget superhero flicks—including <em>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Twelve Rings</em>, and the <em>Venom</em> and <em>Ant Man </em>franchises. For further proof of SF’s current cultural clout, look to the small screen: Hulu’s <em>Woke </em>and <em>Devs</em>, and <em>Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist</em> were all set here. And let’s not forget A24’s prestige arthouse drama, <em>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</em>.

<p>Hollywood has long been in love with San Francisco: just over the past five years, the city has served as the backdrop for numerous big-budget superhero flicks—including <em>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Twelve Rings</em>, and the <em>Venom</em> and <em>Ant Man </em>franchises. For further proof of SF’s current cultural clout, look to the small screen: Hulu’s <em>Woke </em>and <em>Devs</em>, and <em>Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist</em> were all set here. And let’s not forget A24’s prestige arthouse drama, <em>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</em>.</p>

This weekend marks the debut of the long-awaited fourth installment in <em>The Matrix</em> series, featuring a <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Matrix-4-filming-buildings-drone-sf-sansome-15089439.php">death-defying scene</a> shot high above the Financial District. <em>The Matrix Resurrections</em> will make its American premiere at The Castro Theater tonight, Saturday, Dec. 18. A number of <a href="https://sfstandard.com/this-weekend-ugly-sweaters-son-of-paper-a-matrix-marathon-and-more/">lower-profile parties</a>—including a <em>Matrix </em>marathon at Manny’s, and silent disco at Freeborn Designs on Castro Street—have been organized for those who didn’t make the ultra exclusive red carpet guest list.

<p>This weekend marks the debut of the long-awaited fourth installment in <em>The Matrix</em> series, featuring a <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Matrix-4-filming-buildings-drone-sf-sansome-15089439.php">death-defying scene</a> shot high above the Financial District. <em>The Matrix Resurrections</em> will make its American premiere at The Castro Theater tonight, Saturday, Dec. 18. A number of <a href="https://sfstandard.com/this-weekend-ugly-sweaters-son-of-paper-a-matrix-marathon-and-more/">lower-profile parties</a>—including a <em>Matrix </em>marathon at Manny’s, and silent disco at Freeborn Designs on Castro Street—have been organized for those who didn’t make the ultra exclusive red carpet guest list.</p>

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Movies and TV production are big money-makers for the city, and the San Francisco Film Commission <a href="https://sfstandard.com/san-francisco-eyes-more-movie-television-productions-to-boost-local-recovery/">told The Standard</a> in June that it’s hoping business will ramp up after a pandemic lull. Among the more recent productions: Showtime series <em>Super Pumped</em>, which tells the story of Uber and it’s frenetic co-founder, Travis Kalanick, debuts in February.

<p>Movies and TV production are big money-makers for the city, and the San Francisco Film Commission <a href="https://sfstandard.com/san-francisco-eyes-more-movie-television-productions-to-boost-local-recovery/">told The Standard</a> in June that it’s hoping business will ramp up after a pandemic lull. Among the more recent productions: Showtime series <em>Super Pumped</em>, which tells the story of Uber and it’s frenetic co-founder, Travis Kalanick, debuts in February.</p>

In anticipation of this weekend’s Matrix events, we looked back at the many roles the city has played on the silver screen over the years. While the crooked streets and steep hills make for great chase sequences, and the city’s pure beauty has obvious appeal, it’s SF’s place in the collective cultural imagination–home of the beats, the hippies, the tech industry and one of the most gripping cold cases in true crime–that has sparked Hollywood’s imagination.

<p>In anticipation of this weekend’s Matrix events, we looked back at the many roles the city has played on the silver screen over the years. While the crooked streets and steep hills make for great chase sequences, and the city’s pure beauty has obvious appeal, it’s SF’s place in the collective cultural imagination–home of the beats, the hippies, the tech industry and one of the most gripping cold cases in true crime–that has sparked Hollywood’s imagination.</p>

<strong>San Francisco as Femme Fatale</strong>


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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jvQwwHQNY"><strong>Vertigo</strong></a><br>Everyone looks better in the fog. In Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1958 noir masterpiece, falling in love is as lethal as falling off a building. Jimmy Stewart co-stars with Kim Novak.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jvQwwHQNY"><strong>Vertigo</strong></a><br>Everyone looks better in the fog. In Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1958 noir masterpiece, falling in love is as lethal as falling off a building. Jimmy Stewart co-stars with Kim Novak.</p>

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a9YU1SVbSE"><strong>The Maltese Falcon</strong></a><br>This 1941 classic—along with <em>High Sierra</em>, also from 1941—is often considered Humphrey Bogart’s breakout role. There’s still a plaque near the Tunnel Top bar on the Stockton overpass, marking the spot where Miles Archer died… and, incidentally, spoiling the story.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a9YU1SVbSE"><strong>The Maltese Falcon</strong></a><br>This 1941 classic—along with <em>High Sierra</em>, also from 1941—is often considered Humphrey Bogart’s breakout role. There’s still a plaque near the Tunnel Top bar on the Stockton overpass, marking the spot where Miles Archer died… and, incidentally, spoiling the story.</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3lW5UKsbP4"><strong>The Lady From Shanghai</strong></a><br>Sadly, no monument marks the Playland-By-The-Beach hall of mirrors that Orson Welles’ heroic sailor barely escaped in<em> The Lady from Shanghai</em> (1947). All that’s there now are chilly-looking apartments and the Ocean Beach Safeway.&nbsp;

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3lW5UKsbP4"><strong>The Lady From Shanghai</strong></a><br>Sadly, no monument marks the Playland-By-The-Beach hall of mirrors that Orson Welles’ heroic sailor barely escaped in<em> The Lady from Shanghai</em> (1947). All that’s there now are chilly-looking apartments and the Ocean Beach Safeway.&nbsp;</p>

<strong>San Francisco as Outlaw Haven&nbsp;</strong>


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<h3><strong>San Francisco as Outlaw Haven&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVJ1NsXW1EQ"><strong>Experiment in Terror</strong></a><br>Blake Edwards’ insidious thriller <em>Experiment in Terror</em> (1962) has a finale in the newly opened Candlestick Park during a Dodgers-Giants game. The psycho (<em>Wild Wild West</em>’s Ross Martin) runs amuck because the cops’ hands are tied.&nbsp;

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVJ1NsXW1EQ"><strong>Experiment in Terror</strong></a><br>Blake Edwards’ insidious thriller <em>Experiment in Terror</em> (1962) has a finale in the newly opened Candlestick Park during a Dodgers-Giants game. The psycho (<em>Wild Wild West</em>’s Ross Martin) runs amuck because the cops’ hands are tied.&nbsp;</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mE6ba3qj8"><strong>Dirty Harry</strong></a><br>Clint Eastwood faces off against a similar villain in <em>Dirty Harry</em> (1971). Don Siegel returned to his muse by the Bay to help this project, which enjoyed a four-sequel run and inspired one of the most iconic lines in cinema. Do you know it? Well, do you, punk?

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mE6ba3qj8"><strong>Dirty Harry</strong></a><br>Clint Eastwood faces off against a similar villain in <em>Dirty Harry</em> (1971). Don Siegel returned to his muse by the Bay to help this project, which enjoyed a four-sequel run and inspired one of the most iconic lines in cinema. Do you know it? Well, do you, punk?</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o"><strong>Bullitt</strong></a><br>The streets of San Francisco aren’t exactly built for speed—which, by Hollywood logic, means they are tailor made for white-knuckled car chases. The motorized ski-jumping never stops in Steve McQueen’s <em>Bullitt</em> (1968). Honorable mention goes to Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy’s <em>48 Hours </em>(1982) and <em>Another 48 Hours </em>(1990).

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o"><strong>Bullitt</strong></a><br>The streets of San Francisco aren’t exactly built for speed—which, by Hollywood logic, means they are tailor made for white-knuckled car chases. The motorized ski-jumping never stops in Steve McQueen’s <em>Bullitt</em> (1968). Honorable mention goes to Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy’s <em>48 Hours </em>(1982) and <em>Another 48 Hours </em>(1990).</p>

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNncHPl1UXg"><strong>Zodiac</strong></a><br>A few years before Jake Gyllenhaal (allegedly) made off with Taylor Swift’s scarf, he starred alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the last great color film noir shot in San Francisco—David Fincher’s paranoid, cat-and-mouse thriller, <em>Zodiac </em>(2007).

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNncHPl1UXg"><strong>Zodiac</strong></a><br>A few years before Jake Gyllenhaal (allegedly) made off with Taylor Swift’s scarf, he starred alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the last great color film noir shot in San Francisco—David Fincher’s paranoid, cat-and-mouse thriller, <em>Zodiac </em>(2007).</p>

<strong>San Francisco as Zany Left Coast Locale</strong>


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<h3><strong>San Francisco as Zany Left Coast Locale</strong></h3>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0W_Mby3xY">P<strong>sych-Out</strong></a><br>In the 1960s, SF was considered a bizarro mecca. There was a certain attempt, limited by film budgets, to capture the youth explosion here. One particularly odd highlight is the berserk<em> Psych-Out</em> (1968).

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0W_Mby3xY">P<strong>sych-Out</strong></a><br>In the 1960s, SF was considered a bizarro mecca. There was a certain attempt, limited by film budgets, to capture the youth explosion here. One particularly odd highlight is the berserk<em> Psych-Out</em> (1968).</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3euGQ7-brs4"><strong>Mrs. Doubtfire</strong></a><br>Back in 1993, San Francisco may have been the only city in America where you could convincingly tell the tale of a drag queen nanny without the police getting involved. This is also the kind of film that likely could never be made today, though director Chris Columbus <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/film/mrs-doubtfire-director-confirms-existence-of-r-rated-version-2904905">recently revealed</a> there is an R-rated cut of Mrs. Doubtfire floating around.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3euGQ7-brs4"><strong>Mrs. Doubtfire</strong></a><br>Back in 1993, San Francisco may have been the only city in America where you could convincingly tell the tale of a drag queen nanny without the police getting involved. This is also the kind of film that likely could never be made today, though director Chris Columbus <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/film/mrs-doubtfire-director-confirms-existence-of-r-rated-version-2904905">recently revealed</a> there is an R-rated cut of Mrs. Doubtfire floating around.</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9VGoP8xnI"><strong>George of the Jungle</strong></a><br>In this slapstick comedy of manners, Brendan Fraser plays the titular George who can’t quite figure out how to fit in among the blue-blooded San Francisco family of Ursula Stanhope—even with the help of his talking gorilla sidekick, voiced by John Cleese.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9VGoP8xnI"><strong>George of the Jungle</strong></a><br>In this slapstick comedy of manners, Brendan Fraser plays the titular George who can’t quite figure out how to fit in among the blue-blooded San Francisco family of Ursula Stanhope—even with the help of his talking gorilla sidekick, voiced by John Cleese.</p>

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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+up+doc+movie+trailer&amp;oq=what%27s+up+doc+movie+trailer&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0i512j69i57.6095j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_bh69YbL-LceutQba779417"><strong>What’s Up Doc?</strong></a><br>Motor-mouthed Barbra Streisand is the crackpot sweetheart in <em>What’s Up Doc?</em> (1972) which has its share of car-mayhem, and a gag of glaziers trying to get a picture window across a busy street.

<p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+up+doc+movie+trailer&amp;oq=what%27s+up+doc+movie+trailer&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0i512j69i57.6095j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_bh69YbL-LceutQba779417"><strong>What’s Up Doc?</strong></a><br>Motor-mouthed Barbra Streisand is the crackpot sweetheart in <em>What’s Up Doc?</em> (1972) which has its share of car-mayhem, and a gag of glaziers trying to get a picture window across a busy street.</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmPnmebKBw"><strong>Skidoo</strong></a><br>LSD is a prominent plot point in this 1968 film. Featuring an eclectic cast—Jackie Gleason! Harry Nilson! Groucho Marx!—it is by far, the weirdest movie ever made in this city.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmPnmebKBw"><strong>Skidoo</strong></a><br>LSD is a prominent plot point in this 1968 film. Featuring an eclectic cast—Jackie Gleason! Harry Nilson! Groucho Marx!—it is by far, the weirdest movie ever made in this city.</p>

<strong>San Francisco as Last Line of Defense</strong>


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<h3><strong>San Francisco as Last Line of Defense</strong></h3>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I63XGBqRsmw"><strong>A View to Kill</strong></a><br>The second-worst James Bond movie, 1985’s <em>A View to a Kill</em>, finds 007 fighting greedy blimp-Nazis atop the Golden Gate Bridge. Grace Jones and Christopher Walken star as the baddies.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I63XGBqRsmw"><strong>A View to Kill</strong></a><br>The second-worst James Bond movie, 1985’s <em>A View to a Kill</em>, finds 007 fighting greedy blimp-Nazis atop the Golden Gate Bridge. Grace Jones and Christopher Walken star as the baddies.</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WftBIQWhk"><strong>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</strong></a><br>Though <em>Rise </em>(2011) may be the least of Apes<em> </em>reboots—James Franco just can’t hold a candle to Gary Oldman or Woody Harrelson—it does feature an epic fight scene on the Golden Gate Bridge. Spoiler alert, it culminates in an airborne gorilla taking out an SFPD helicopter.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WftBIQWhk"><strong>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</strong></a><br>Though <em>Rise </em>(2011) may be the least of Apes<em> </em>reboots—James Franco just can’t hold a candle to Gary Oldman or Woody Harrelson—it does feature an epic fight scene on the Golden Gate Bridge. Spoiler alert, it culminates in an airborne gorilla taking out an SFPD helicopter.</p>

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTi2wMGJDU"><strong>X-Men: The Last Stand</strong></a><br>The bridge is once again torn to shreds by the sometimes good, but often bad, Magneto and his army of angry mutants in <em>X-Men: The Last Stand</em> (2006).&nbsp;

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTi2wMGJDU"><strong>X-Men: The Last Stand</strong></a><br>The bridge is once again torn to shreds by the sometimes good, but often bad, Magneto and his army of angry mutants in <em>X-Men: The Last Stand</em> (2006).&nbsp;</p>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_0dlmSq7I"><strong>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</strong></a><br>Perhaps the worst threat the city has ever faced: The aliens that captured the hearts and minds of humanity, in what may be the best non-Hitchcock picture ever made in San Francisco—Phil Kaufman’s 1978 version of <em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</em>. The original novel was written in and about Mill Valley; a grim satire of the Bay Area’s long-standing tendency to fall for human-potential cults.

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_0dlmSq7I"><strong>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</strong></a><br>Perhaps the worst threat the city has ever faced: The aliens that captured the hearts and minds of humanity, in what may be the best non-Hitchcock picture ever made in San Francisco—Phil Kaufman’s 1978 version of <em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</em>. The original novel was written in and about Mill Valley; a grim satire of the Bay Area’s long-standing tendency to fall for human-potential cults.</p>

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Supervisor Ahsha Safaí has confirmed City Hall’s worst-kept secret, telling The Standard that he is weighing a challenge to Mayor London Breed in next year’s election due to a sense that San Francisco is failing to make progress on <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/housing-development/">housing</a>, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/public-health/homelessness/">homelessness</a> and <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/criminal-justice/">public safety</a>.

<p>Supervisor Ahsha Safaí has confirmed City Hall’s worst-kept secret, telling The Standard that he is weighing a challenge to Mayor London Breed in next year’s election due to a sense that San Francisco is failing to make progress on <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/housing-development/">housing</a>, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/public-health/homelessness/">homelessness</a> and <a href="https://sfstandard.com/category/criminal-justice/">public safety</a>.</p>

Safaí, who represents District 11 and neighborhoods that include the Excelsior and Ingleside, said he has been having conversations about a potential run and intends to make a decision by early this summer.

<p>Safaí, who represents District 11 and neighborhoods that include the Excelsior and Ingleside, said he has been having conversations about a potential run and intends to make a decision by early this summer.</p>

“The city right now is in crisis, and I’m having a lot of people—on a daily basis—talk about the future of the city,” Safaí said. “Are we headed in the right direction? I think overwhelmingly people are saying, ‘No, we’re not.’”&nbsp;

<p>“The city right now is in crisis, and I’m having a lot of people—on a daily basis—talk about the future of the city,” Safaí said. “Are we headed in the right direction? I think overwhelmingly people are saying, ‘No, we’re not.’”&nbsp;</p>

“I&#8217;m going to spend the next few months talking to people and continuing to talk to people as we work our way through this budget [cycle].”

<p>“I'm going to spend the next few months talking to people and continuing to talk to people as we work our way through this budget [cycle].”</p>

<p>“I&#8217;m going to spend the next few months talking to people and continuing to talk to people as we work our way through this budget [cycle].”</p>

San Francisco’s budget must be finalized by June, and negotiations between the Mayor’s Office and supervisors are expected to grow contentious in the months to come.&nbsp;

<p>San Francisco’s budget must be finalized by June, and negotiations between the Mayor’s Office and supervisors are expected to grow contentious in the months to come.&nbsp;</p>

But, in many ways, the fight has already begun.

<p>But, in many ways, the fight has already begun.</p>

More than a dozen sources within City Hall and working in local political campaigns told The Standard that Safaí’s actions over the last year have clearly signaled his intent to challenge Breed’s reelection.&nbsp;

<p>More than a dozen sources within City Hall and working in local political campaigns told The Standard that Safaí’s actions over the last year have clearly signaled his intent to challenge Breed’s reelection.&nbsp;</p>

London Breed, seen during her time as acting mayor and president of the Board of Supervisors, talks with Supervisor Ahsha Safai at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 23, 2018. | Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images


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More complex are the reasons why he would go from an ally of the mayor’s agenda to a potential challenger. The question local politicos are asking is whether Safaí has the coalition to mount a credible challenge, and whether the political winds could turn on Breed between now and November 2024.

<p>More complex are the reasons why he would go from an ally of the mayor’s agenda to a potential challenger. The question local politicos are asking is whether Safaí has the coalition to mount a credible challenge, and whether the political winds could turn on Breed between now and November 2024.</p>

It isn’t unusual for a supervisor to exploit policy differences with the Mayor’s Office, or to size up opportunities for the future. But the break between Safaí and the mayor has been unusually swift.&nbsp;

<p>It isn’t unusual for a supervisor to exploit policy differences with the Mayor’s Office, or to size up opportunities for the future. But the break between Safaí and the mayor has been unusually swift.&nbsp;</p>

Safaí, 50, has been on the board for more than six years, and while he has acted as a swing vote at times, he has consistently sided with Breed on most votes since she became mayor. But signs of distance came into view last year when Safaí advanced Proposition C, a successful ballot measure that created a new commission overseeing the city’s homelessness response.

<p>Safaí, 50, has been on the board for more than six years, and while he has acted as a swing vote at times, he has consistently sided with Breed on most votes since she became mayor. But signs of distance came into view last year when Safaí advanced Proposition C, a successful ballot measure that created a new commission overseeing the city’s homelessness response. </p>

Breed didn’t actively oppose the measure until it went on the ballot, and by then, it was too late.

<p>Breed didn’t actively oppose the measure until it went on the ballot, and by then, it was too late.</p>

“I think any mayor doesn&#8217;t like to see any diminution of executive branch power,” said Aaron Peskin, who serves as president of the Board of Supervisors.&nbsp;

<p>“I think any mayor doesn't like to see any diminution of executive branch power,” said Aaron Peskin, who serves as president of the Board of Supervisors.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“I think any mayor doesn&#8217;t like to see any diminution of executive branch power,” said Aaron Peskin, who serves as president of the Board of Supervisors.&nbsp;</p>

Since the election, the Mayor’s Office has bristled over Prop. C and the perception that a new commission will improve conditions on the street. Not helping matters, Breed made an unforced error in nominating <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/mayors-homelessness-pick-vikrum-aiyer-burned-bridges-federal-agency/">Vikrum Aiyer</a> to be a commissioner, who bowed out of consideration after his unethical past behavior received scrutiny.

<p>Since the election, the Mayor’s Office has bristled over Prop. C and the perception that a new commission will improve conditions on the street. Not helping matters, Breed made an unforced error in nominating <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/mayors-homelessness-pick-vikrum-aiyer-burned-bridges-federal-agency/">Vikrum Aiyer</a> to be a commissioner, who bowed out of consideration after his unethical past behavior received scrutiny.</p>

Since the board’s new session began in January, Safaí has been on a tear in co-sponsoring his colleagues’ legislation. The perception amongst some on the board is that Safaí sidles in to take credit for others’ ideas and has a tendency to chase issues that will result in headlines.

<p>Since the board’s new session began in January, Safaí has been on a tear in co-sponsoring his colleagues’ legislation. The perception amongst some on the board is that Safaí sidles in to take credit for others’ ideas and has a tendency to chase issues that will result in headlines. </p>

His attempt to boost&nbsp;<a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/supervisors-pass-police-overtime-bill-hear-qualms-over-shelter-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">police overtime funding</a>&nbsp;on top of the mayor&#8217;s $25 million proposal, which was negotiated with supervisors, elicited eye-rolls from colleagues.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Despite the alleged peacocking, he’s also credited with being a savvy political operator who knows how to read a room.

<p>His attempt to boost&nbsp;<a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/supervisors-pass-police-overtime-bill-hear-qualms-over-shelter-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">police overtime funding</a>&nbsp;on top of the mayor's $25 million proposal, which was negotiated with supervisors, elicited eye-rolls from colleagues.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Despite the alleged peacocking, he’s also credited with being a savvy political operator who knows how to read a room.</p>

<p>His attempt to boost&nbsp;<a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/supervisors-pass-police-overtime-bill-hear-qualms-over-shelter-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">police overtime funding</a>&nbsp;on top of the mayor&#8217;s $25 million proposal, which was negotiated with supervisors, elicited eye-rolls from colleagues.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Despite the alleged peacocking, he’s also credited with being a savvy political operator who knows how to read a room.</p>

Supervisor Ahsha Safai speaks to Supervisor Shamann Walton during a Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco on July 19, 2022. | Juliana Yamada/The Standard


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“I was baffled when I first heard this rumor [of Safaí running], because I don’t see Ahsha as someone who has the ability to assemble a winning coalition—especially absent help from the mayor,” said Jason McDaniel, an associate professor of political science at San Francisco State University. “I could imagine him being a winning citywide candidate if he was trying to woo the mayor’s coalition.”

<p>“I was baffled when I first heard this rumor [of Safaí running], because I don’t see Ahsha as someone who has the ability to assemble a winning coalition—especially absent help from the mayor,” said Jason McDaniel, an associate professor of political science at San Francisco State University. “I could imagine him being a winning citywide candidate if he was trying to woo the mayor’s coalition.”</p>


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Restless Voters</h2>


As voters increasingly voice dissatisfaction with the city, Breed’s popularity has taken a hit. A <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/san-francisco-standard-voter-poll-fall-2022/">fall 2022 poll by The Standard</a> showed Breed’s approval rating underwater, with almost two-thirds disapproving of her job performance.&nbsp;

<p>As voters increasingly voice dissatisfaction with the city, Breed’s popularity has taken a hit. A <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/san-francisco-standard-voter-poll-fall-2022/">fall 2022 poll by The Standard</a> showed Breed’s approval rating underwater, with almost two-thirds disapproving of her job performance.&nbsp;</p>

Approval numbers notwithstanding, Breed is still seen as a formidable political candidate due to her charisma and ready acknowledgement that the city is failing in its mission. In <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/city-hall/mayor-announces-crackdown-on-tenderloin-crime-in-fiery-press-conference/">exasperated press conferences</a> highlighting the city’s problems, Breed has cultivated an image that she’s on the case, even if progress appears slow.

<p>Approval numbers notwithstanding, Breed is still seen as a formidable political candidate due to her charisma and ready acknowledgement that the city is failing in its mission. In <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/city-hall/mayor-announces-crackdown-on-tenderloin-crime-in-fiery-press-conference/">exasperated press conferences</a> highlighting the city’s problems, Breed has cultivated an image that she’s on the case, even if progress appears slow.</p>

Plus, polling shows that the Board of Supervisors is held in even lower regard than the mayor.&nbsp;

<p>Plus, polling shows that the Board of Supervisors is held in even lower regard than the mayor.&nbsp;</p>

For someone like Safaí to unseat the mayor would require cobbling together a coalition that extends beyond the organized labor groups that have supported Safaí throughout his political career.&nbsp;

<p>For someone like Safaí to unseat the mayor would require cobbling together a coalition that extends beyond the organized labor groups that have supported Safaí throughout his political career.&nbsp;</p>

At the moment, Breed’s camp seems unconcerned.

<p>At the moment, Breed’s camp seems unconcerned.</p>

“The mayor shared her vision for the city in both broad strokes and great detail in her <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/sf-mayor-london-breed-state-of-the-city-speech-2023/">State of the City address</a> in February,” said Maggie Muir, the mayor’s political consultant. “She laid out a road map for getting more police on the street, holding fentanyl dealers accountable for what they’re doing to our city, revitalizing Downtown and building homes for San Franciscans more quickly.&nbsp;

<p>“The mayor shared her vision for the city in both broad strokes and great detail in her <a href="https://sfstandard.com/politics/sf-mayor-london-breed-state-of-the-city-speech-2023/">State of the City address</a> in February,” said Maggie Muir, the mayor’s political consultant. “She laid out a road map for getting more police on the street, holding fentanyl dealers accountable for what they’re doing to our city, revitalizing Downtown and building homes for San Franciscans more quickly.&nbsp;</p>

“If Supervisor Safaí has a different plan, let’s see it. In the meantime, I don&#8217;t think most people in his district, let alone citywide, know who he is.”

<p>“If Supervisor Safaí has a different plan, let’s see it. In the meantime, I don't think most people in his district, let alone citywide, know who he is.”</p>

<p>“If Supervisor Safaí has a different plan, let’s see it. In the meantime, I don&#8217;t think most people in his district, let alone citywide, know who he is.”</p>

A grand introduction to voters can likely wait, as Safaí will first need to secure the backing of institutional players to fund a multimillion-dollar campaign against an incumbent.&nbsp;

<p>A grand introduction to voters can likely wait, as Safaí will first need to secure the backing of institutional players to fund a multimillion-dollar campaign against an incumbent.&nbsp;</p>

Supervisor Ahsha Safaí (right) greets Supervisor Catherine Stefani in front of City Hall on Nov. 16, 2021. | Camille Cohen/The Standard


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No endorsements loom larger for Safaí than organized labor. Thanks to his background as a small building developer, Safaí has strong ties with the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, and also has a close relationship with the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) city chapter Local 87.

<p>No endorsements loom larger for Safaí than organized labor. Thanks to his background as a small building developer, Safaí has strong ties with the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, and also has a close relationship with the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) city chapter Local 87.</p>

A dispute between building and trade unions and Mayor Breed over her support for modular housing built by the <a href="https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/bay-area-labor-schism-boils-over-as-unions-spar-over-state-housing-bill/">carpenters union</a>’s Factory OS shop on Mare Island—essentially a one-stop-shop that keeps costs down but cuts out unions other than carpenters—could become a sticking point.

<p>A dispute between building and trade unions and Mayor Breed over her support for modular housing built by the <a href="https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/bay-area-labor-schism-boils-over-as-unions-spar-over-state-housing-bill/">carpenters union</a>’s Factory OS shop on Mare Island—essentially a one-stop-shop that keeps costs down but cuts out unions other than carpenters—could become a sticking point.</p>

City Hall insiders and campaign experts reached for this story suggested Safaí would need to build a coalition that also includes nurses and teachers, and perhaps even progressives.

<p>City Hall insiders and campaign experts reached for this story suggested Safaí would need to build a coalition that also includes nurses and teachers, and perhaps even progressives.</p>

“A lot of things go into a campaign, particularly a citywide mayoral campaign, and a united house of labor would be a factor,” Peskin said. “But a divided house of labor? Not so much.”

<p>“A lot of things go into a campaign, particularly a citywide mayoral campaign, and a united house of labor would be a factor,” Peskin said. “But a divided house of labor? Not so much.”</p>


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Risky Play</h2>


The recent <a href="http://e">defeat of Chicago’s now-former mayor Lori Lightfoot</a>, also a Black woman who was running a city known for its cutthroat political climate, could be seen as a cautionary tale for Mayor Breed.&nbsp;

<p>The recent <a href="http://e">defeat of Chicago’s now-former mayor Lori Lightfoot</a>, also a Black woman who was running a city known for its cutthroat political climate, could be seen as a cautionary tale for Mayor Breed.&nbsp;</p>

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