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2012 Stories by Tamara Palmer

• I Love That City

  published May 16, 2012

  San Francisco's largest electronic dance music festival will now take place in Mountain View. Seeking to capitalize on dance music's massive... More >>

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  Tracy Morgan Talks About Suffering for Comedy -- and Telephonic Impregnation

  published May 23, 2012

  NBC recently announced that the next (and seventh) season of its marquee sitcom 30 Rock will be the series' swan song, which will effectively set Tracy Morgan loose into an even wilder wild. But Jord... More >>

• I Love That City: An S.F. Mega-Rave Moves to Shoreline

  published May 23, 2012

  San Francisco's largest electronic dance music festival will now take place in Mountain View. Seeking to capitalize on dance music's... More >>

• Large Professor: Show Preview

  published May 23, 2012

  Even in a vinyl-friendly city such as San Francisco, most club nights are propelled by DJs spinning CDs or playing songs through laptops. Not... More >>

• Greens Celebrates Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Anniversary Via Cookie

  published May 21, 2012

  Greens executive chef/owner Annie Somerville collaborated with her pastry chef Sandi Sumaylo to create an official commemorative cookie commissioned by Fort Mason Center for the Golden Gate Bridge's 7... More >>

• Kreayshawn Drops Video for "Breakfast" (ft. 2 Chainz), Announces Debut Album Release Date

  published May 21, 2012

  It's been almost a year to the day since Kreayshawn set YouTube aflame with her ridiculously successful "Gucci Gucci" video, and after a period of relative recorded silence, the Oakland-bred video dir... More >>

• 'Others Day

  published May 9, 2012

  Before there was the Lilith Fair, there was Lilith, a women’s theater collective based in San Francisco led by Terry Baum. The 2011 mayoral... More >>

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  West of Pecos Brings Quirky Old West Fare to The Mission

  published May 16, 2012

  West of Pecos (550 Valencia) opened May 15 in the completely transformed Bombay Bazar space. The former Indian ice cream parlor and market would have never conceived of a Texas longhorn skull as the c... More >>

• Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup: Deltron 3030, E-40, Zion I, and Too $hort Rep the Bay

  published May 16, 2012

  Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala), Zion I and the Grouch, and the powerhouse duo of E-40 and Too $hort are the local names representing the Bay Area... More >>

• Five Lessons Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator Can Teach Real Tyrants

  published May 15, 2012

  After slaying international audiences with his Ali G and Borat characters, Sacha Baron Cohen's latest feature film The Dictator finds him in a new role as Admiral General Aladeen, the surprisingly lov... More >>

• Nora's Patisserie: Presidential-Worthy Cookies in The City of Repose

  published May 15, 2012

  One might not expect to find pastries from a chef trained by a former White House toque in a City of Repose, but that's part of what makes the Bay Area food scene always surprising. Nora's Patisserie... More >>

• Learn the J12, a New Bay Area Hip-Hop Dance Anyone Can Do

  published May 11, 2012

  J12, a 19-year-old DJ from Oakland, has started a viral video craze with a dance he invented and posted online earlier this year called, immodestly enough, the J12. Welded to the bassline of "Slow Dow... More >>

• What’s Behind the Curtain

  published May 2, 2012

  Wayne Brady fronted his own ABC talk show for several years in the early aughts, and he is now the modern-day incarnation of Monty Hall, fronting... More >>

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  S.F.'s The Candy Store Creates Limited Line for Target

  published May 10, 2012

  The Candy Store (1507 Vallejo at Polk) is one of five regional retailers selected from around the country to create limited edition products as part of the newly launched collection of goods at The Sh... More >>

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  Live Review, 5/8/12: The Weeknd Shyly Seduces at the Fillmore

  published May 09, 2012

  The Weeknd May 8, 2012 The Fillmore Better than: Cuddling up to Soundcloud. "San Francisco, I want to hear you scream!" This repeated command was one of the few things the Toronto-bred singer Abel ... More >>

• Our Ultimate Mash-Up Mother's Day Meal in San Francisco

  published May 08, 2012

  Like Valentine's Day and Easter before it, Mother's Day can be a particularly annoying holiday for us food blogger worker bees. The endless pap of press releases touting how kind the restaurant indust... More >>

• Imbibe Well and Support Education at A Taste of Potrero

  published May 08, 2012

  What:A Taste of Potrero Where: SOMArts When: Thursday, May 10, 6 to 10 p.m. Cost: $75-$150 The Rundown: The annual fundraiser for Daniel Webster Elementary has become more of a culinary destinati... More >>

• DeLessio's Ugly But Effective Take and Bake Chocolate Chip

  published May 07, 2012

  DeLessio Market is the latest local business to offer its chocolate chip cookie dough in addition to finished cookies. Priced by weight ($8.95/pound), each slab is meant to be sliced into eight to 10 ... More >>

• Celebrate James Brown's Birthday at These Two S.F. Parties

  published May 04, 2012

  The next two weekends in San Francisco feature parties in tribute to the late James Brown, who would have turned 79 on May 3. The entertainer had a long history performing for multiple generations in ... More >>

• Broadcasting From a Backyard, It's Local Talk Show Oakland Nights ... Live!!!

  published May 04, 2012

  Los Angeles may have its share of free tickets to talk show tapings, but Oakland's got a cooler and more intimate freebie. Every first Saturday of the month, people bring blankets and crowd into the t... More >>

• Bacon Bacon Truck Seeks Customer Help to Fund Second Vehicle

  published May 04, 2012

  "This is about bacon," says Bacon Bacon founder Jim Angelus in the above video. "This is about you becoming a part of a lot of bacon." Angelus has turned to Kickstarter to ask the public for help. Sp... More >>

• See The Tower of Pork and Other Delights at Chris Cosentino's Los Angeles Eatery PIGG

  published May 03, 2012

  While Southern California's Umami Burger opened its first Bay Area location in San Francisco in 2011 and has signed a lease on a second spot in Oakland, it has also developed a new and broader concept... More >>

• Award-Winning Bluntedness

  published April 18, 2012

  When Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J and DJ Paul took home an Oscar in 2006 for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp," from the film soundtrack Hustle & Flow,... More >>

• Teens Cover Prostitution, Parental Infidelity, Cancer -- and Hope: Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Finals

  published May 02, 2012

  It was a huge mistake to forget to bring tissues to the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Grand Slam Finals over the weekend at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. Expectations of being dazzled by the stunning w... More >>

• Blowing Up J.J.

  published April 11, 2012

  Jimmie Walker began his career in stand-up comedy more than 40 years ago. His first gigs were in front of the infamously judgmental... More >>