From Tues. Ecchsaminer, this scooplet on Frank

examiner.com/article/ind..._bodypolitic

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

... Alex Clemens, host of the online news digest SFUsualSuspects.com, is reaping attention for his Barbary Coast Consulting firm after paying San Francisco's most ubiquitous demonstrator, Frank Chu, to carry advertising on the back of his oracular "12 Galaxies" sign. Oakland resident Chu, a local icon who eats free at the Mission bar named after his cryptic campaign (which involves religious attendance at protests around the Bay as well as a plot line having to do with stolen royalties from a film, the CIA and the impeachment of Bill Clinton), was spotted outside City Hall last week with a placard heralding Clemens' shop as "Creative Communication for Ten of the Twelve Galaxies," with the tagline, "Expanding to all 12 galaxies by 2007. Honest." ... "I've been handling phone calls from fans of Frank's for the past few days," Clemens said. "There are a lot of people in San Francisco who consider him iconic." ... And has the work flooded in? Said the circumspect Clemens: "It helps to build our brand."