Email Author Rae Alexandra

2012 Stories by Rae Alexandra

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  How to Get Through SXSW Without Dying

  published Mar 13, 2012

  Yes, music lovers, it's that time of year once more where we pack our party shoes into our well-worn cases and fly off to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest music "conference." (Really, peopler... More >>

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  San Francisco's Top 10 Dessert Pies

  published Mar 12, 2012

  As sweet cities go, San Francisco is definitely up there with the best of them, thanks to bakeries across the city catering to our every sugary whim. We went in search of the greatest dessert pies in ... More >>

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  ABC Announces New Singing Competition; World Sighs

  published Mar 09, 2012

  The last few weeks, we've been DVRing the shit out of the second season of The Voice to ensure we wouldn't miss a second. There is something thoroughly riveting about that show -- partly because of th... More >>

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  The Melvins' Old Van Is for Sale, But Here Are Five Tour Vehicles We'd Much Prefer

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd draw the logos of your favorite bands all over your school booksr Well, one time, Kurt Cobain did that to The Melvins' van, leaving behind a little portra... More >>

• The Ridiculous Glorious Chaos of Celebrity Apprentice

  published Mar 05, 2012

  In all likelihood, one of the most broadly agreed upon opinions in this great, oh-so-divided country of ours is that Donald Trump is a delusional imbecile with the worst (and least convincing) comb-... More >>

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  Why Do Artists' Sales Increase So Much After They Dier

  published Mar 02, 2012

  This week, Whitney Houston became the first female artist to have three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart at one time. In the two and a half weeks following her death, Whitney sold... More >>

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  Top 10 Songs No One Cares That You Know the Lyrics To

  published Feb 29, 2012

  You know who you are. You're that guy who starts bellowing in the middle of the bar while your friends pretend not to be with you. You're that girl who gets over-excited in the middle of Urban Outfitt... More >>

• Live Review, 2/25/12: Archers of Loaf Struggle to Find Momentum at Great American

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Archers of LoafSaturday, Feb. 25, 2012Great American Music HallBetter than: Never seeing Archers of Loaf at all.For Archers of Loaf fans who have loved the North Carolina quartet since 1993's stunning... More >>

• The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

  published Feb 26, 2012

  People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess w... More >>

• The Top Five Weirdest Playboy Appearances By Musicians

  published Feb 24, 2012

  After all those Twitter cries for help and suicide attempts last month, Sinead O'Connor has apparently found a new reason to stay alive: she wants to pose for Playboy before she dies."There's so much ... More >>

• Live Review, 2/22/12: Cursive Is Flawless But Not Thrilling at Great American Music Hall

  published Feb 23, 2012

  CursiveUmeWednesday, Feb. 22, 2012Great American Music HallBetter than: Staying in with a record player and a glass of wine (but only just). Going to see Cursive at the Great American Music Hall tonig... More >>

• Song Fail of the Week: Elle Varner's Vapid "So Fly"

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Earlier this week, we heard a song that stopped us dead in our tracks and made our jaws drop a little bit. Not because it's particularly awesome (musically-speaking, it kind of just sounds like a lady... More >>

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  Dave Mustaine Confirms Idiocy Twice in One Week

  published Feb 17, 2012

  As you may have already heard, a couple of days ago, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine told musicradar.com that he was "hoping that whatever is in the White House next year is a Republican" (he knows politicia... More >>

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  Rocco Katastrophe on Working with Margaret Cho, Emotional Eating, and His Magazine, Original Plumbing

  published Feb 15, 2012

  Ask Rocco Kayiatos, a.k.a. Katastrophe, a.k.a. Rocco Katastophe, what he does for a living and he'll tell you he's a rapper/producer/publisher/entertainer -- all of which is true. Since the 2004 albu... More >>

• Finding worldly humor and compassion in the songs of S.F.'s Bhi Bhiman

  published February 15, 2012

  It might surprise anyone who's heard his booming tenor of a voice, but San Francisco singer-songwriter Bhi Bhiman didn't always want to be a... More >>

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  The Artistry and Lunacy of Missed Connections on Craigslist

  published Feb 13, 2012

  I have a friend who met a long-term boyfriend via the Missed Connections page on Craigslist. Let that sink in for a second.I would now like to emphasize that I am not making this up. I met him. Many t... More >>

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  The Grammys: A Timeline of Madness and Misery

  published Feb 13, 2012

  The 54th Annual Grammy Awards happened yesterday. Which we're sure you know already. If you missed it, however, you may have missed some of the weirdest details. So here, for your convenience, is a ti... More >>

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  Five of Whitney Houston's Greatest Musical Moments

  published Feb 11, 2012

  As the music world continues to reel after the shocking, sudden death of Whitney Houston on Saturday afternoon, at just age 48, we wanted to take a moment to remember her true legacy and pay tribute t... More >>

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  Awkward! The Top Five Most Uncomfortable Grammy Moments

  published Feb 10, 2012

  This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of... More >>

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  An Open Letter to Karl Lagerfeld Re: Calling Adele "Fat"

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Dear Karl,We know you live in a world where protruding bones, malnourishment, and constant critical analysis of the female form is perfectly normal, but we don't like it very much when you step into o... More >>

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  Spike TV Brings Us Ink Master: A Tattoo Travesty

  published Feb 06, 2012

  A friend of mine was recently getting some work done in one of San Francisco's most respected tattoo shops, Skull & Sword, when the conversation turned to new Spike TV reality competition show, In... More >>

• Based on the New Revelations About Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain is Freakin' Amazing

  published Feb 03, 2012

  So, after two years and one month of speculation, and thanks to Maer Roshan's new e-book, Courtney Comes Clean, we just got a few steps closer to finding out why Frances Bean Cobain filed a ... More >>

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  The Top Five Most Bizarre Superbowl Halftime Shows

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Oh, the hallowed and hyped Superbowl halftime show. This Sunday, we will bear witness to the unholy alliance of Madonna, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj performing together, which will be -- well, beyond inte... More >>

• 14 Dumbest Quotes From the Latest Kardashian TV Abomination

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Is anyone out there a fan of reality televisionr Yeah. Us neither. And yet we're hideously addicted to watching any and all shows involving the Kardashian family. This has been bothering us for months... More >>

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  Five Songs That Should Have Been Nominated For an Oscar This Year

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Really, Academyr Only two nominations for Best Original Song this yearr And they're both from children's moviesr Because there were so many songs on your shortlist (39, to precise), and because only s... More >>