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Illustration by Jesse Lenz.
When you've turned nothing into something once already, you tend to feel you can do it again. You have faith that your luck will turn. Perhaps...
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While Geographer's Mike Deni isn't given to pretense, he's been known to wax a little philosophical from time to time. One such pearl of wisdom: "You never want to accomplish...
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Standing across the street from i-Skewers, trying to decide whether you should even be going to a restaurant named i-Skewers, you'll probably notice a trio of hairnets peeking...
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In Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tilda Swinton lives out an urban bohemian's worst nightmare. Forced to give up her independence (and downtown loft) when a...
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We read about BarBot 2012 online a few weeks ago and immediately sent the organizers a “radical clarity” question: “So, at this event, robots are serving...
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Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You’ll Go! was something we often turned to as we entered new stages in life. However, we realize things don’t always work as Dr....
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San Francisco experienced such a population boom during the Gold Rush that it had to physically expand using landfill created atop the scuttled, docked ships of stranded...
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The physiological reaction of a zebra running for its life, after being ripped open by a lion, is shockingly similar to that of humans when we contemplate mortality -- or...
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In late 2010 we attended a reading we’ll never forget. We didn’t know it, but a madman was about to take the stage. Except he didn’t take the stage. He...
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When we first heard Terry Riley’s “In C,” our minds left us -- all those instruments, in all those minutes, all galloping after that C. We’d always...
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When Dan Akerson joined the General Motors Board of Directors in 2009, GM was being propped up by about $42 billion in federal money. By the time he became CEO in 2010, the...
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Lust, love, depression, delusions of grandeur -- this is the stuff of cringe-inducing adolescent memories. As we mature, many of us purge the journals, photos, and ornately...
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With the Six-Word Memoir publishing juggernaut, Larry Smith of Smith Magazine discovered a lot of stories need only six words. Here’s ours: “Who’s farting in...
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Freaks is a campy feature film about love and deception set within a community of carnival sideshow stars. It was released in 1932 with appropriately hysterical taglines:...
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We’d love to know what Jaap Blonk thinks of The Artist, the old-fashioned silent charmer that seduced Academy Awards voters. The improvisation-oriented Dutch performer...
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Hippies loved the Volkswagen van. It represented rebellion and counterculture. Yet one afternoon we sat behind a VW van -- on a bicycle, at a stop light -- that spit out more...
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Purim is the Jewish holiday that’s often celebrated by donning crazy costumes and consuming insane amounts of wine. So it’s ripe for parody. The Hub at the Jewish...
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The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival doesn’t mess around when it comes to opening-night parties. After the world premiere of White Frog, travel...
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Plato was among many to observe that art imitates reality. He also was among many who’ve advocated that art -- especially poetry and drama -- should be severely censored...
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Last year Revok, a member of the graffiti crew MSK, was arrested and sentenced to 180 days for failure to pay for property damage when his work was on display at the Museum of...
