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Alex Smith's Giants Cap: $15,000 Fine Could Have Been Much Worse

Yesterday, 49ers whipping boy-turned-golden boy Alex Smith revealed the National Football League nearly whipped its share of gold out of him. He was fined $15,000 for wearing a San Francisco Giants cap during postgame interviews, a move that dates back to last season -- and, yes, warmed the hearts o ... More >>

Artistic Liberals Give Pro-Life Billboard in Bernal Heights a Political Makeover

Bernal Heights is well-known for its rabble-rousing and artistic abilities (remember the life-size drawings of Brian Wilson that popped up through the quirky hamlet?) The fun folks over there are also known for getting their point across. As first spotted by Bernalwood, some "hackers" saw this ... More >>

Neck Beards, Yea or Nae?

Brain Wilson Is Bowling, Martin Mack's Is Back, and Radio Africa & Kitchen Readies to Open

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. S.F.'s favorite bearded pitcher is ditching his orange cleats for some bowling shoes. Inside Scoop reports Brian Wilson is now a partner/owner of Lucky Strike. While there are 21 locations of the bowling ... More >>

Bernal Heights Jogger Braves Chilly Weather in Bikini

While the latest news coming out of Occupy Oakland has kept most of us informed and captivated, a less newsworthy, yet arguably more stimulating story is arousing neighbors in Bernal Heights. The quirky pocket neighborhood known for its eerie painted pentagrams and residential Brian Wilson graffiti, ... More >>

Tech Mogul Sean Parker Says He Should Be Pitied by the 99 Percent

Sean Parker​The Occupy protesters might think they have it bad. Dealing with latrine-like encampments, tear-gas assaults, and general derision from the nation's economic and political elite is no walk in the park. But Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker has news for them: His life is pretty tou ... More >>

MC Hammer Lines Up for Ed Lee in Ridiculous Music Video Featuring Ashkon, Will.i.am, Brian Wilson, and Willie Brown

Because only Ed Lee will restore Hammer's supply of apple butter. Or something.​ Well, "Too legit to quit" was a perfect out-of-the-box slogan for mayoral candidate Ed Lee, and apparently Bay Area rapper MC Hammer was happy to lend it to him. Hammer himself appears in this ridiculously cheesy ... More >>

Brian Wilson is the New Face of Virtual Events

​Brian Wilson excels at plenty of things -- he knows how to both shock and entertain while maintaining his credibility. Which is why he might just be the perfect public speaker. ON24, a virtual event and webcasting S.F. company, has announced that Wilson (sans the machine) will be the first athlet ... More >>

Eight Rock 'n' Roll Poop Bombs: Exploring Pop Music and Shit

Dookie​Three of my sons have reached the age where they've begun exhibiting the symptoms of chronic privy mouth. Shakespeare relished a good poop quip every now and then (see Henry V). Ditto for Marquis de Sade and Geoffrey Chaucer. Graffiti from the buried Roman city of Pompeii featured humor ... More >>

A Liquid Preview of Jasper's Corner Tap

Lou BustamanteKevein Diedrich, bar manager at Jasper's Corner Tap​Jasper's Corner Tap, the gastropub project in the hotel section west of Union Square, opens tonight with an impressive list of beverages. The tavern will feature 18 cocktails, 18 beers and six wines on tap. We were able to get ... More >>

Brian Wilson's Spandex Tuxedo Makes Us Feel Things We've Never Felt Before

San Francisco's resident weirdo Brian Wilson outdid himself tonight when he strolled down the red carpet on his way into the ESPYs in a outrageous spandex tuxedo. We never knew there was such an outfit! Normal?​

The Undertones Blow Out The Amps At SF Popfest 2011

Romana MachadoThe Undertones​SF Popfest: The Undertones The Mantles Melted Toys The Smittens May 27th, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Sitting at home on a cold May night with your Raspberries mp3s and all the Debby Boone albums you can burn. Ricki Lee Jones was playing at Davies Hall, whic ... More >>

Brian Wilson Boosts the Air Force with Scholarship

So good on and off the field ​While you were out cooking hot dogs and pounding cheap beers to celebrate the three-day weekend, Brian Wilson, the Giants relief pitcher, observed Memorial Day by establishing the largest Air Force scholarship in history. Wilson set up The Michael Wilson Scholarship i ... More >>

Brian Wilson Is the Newest Addition at SF Zoo

via twitter@sfzooBrian Wilson wants his treat​How much Brian Wilson is too much Brian Wilson? Apparently, there is no such thing. The San Francisco Zoo announced that it has a new hippo -- and it named him Brian Wilson. There is reportedly no resemblance between the bearded relief pitcher and the ... More >>

Taking Stoned Delight in Phil Spector's Wall of Sound

​ This week's joint: Wall of Sound: The Very Best of Phil Spector 1961-1966 ​ Behind the buzz: News from the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is usually weird enough sans dope, but the fact that the Hall took until last Wednesday to admit Darlene Love is downright surreal. A finalist since 2009, Lov ... More >>

Brian Wilson Gets His Own Web Site

Growing beard, growing fame​As we've already stated before there is seemingly no end in sight to the Brian Wilson frenzy that's captivated fans everywhere. Recently, the Giants relief pitcher was featured on the Tonight Show, donning a yachting cap with a pipe in his mouth, where he talked about g ... More >>

Brian Wilson Channels Popeye on George Lopez (Video)

After a local idiot challenged Giants bullpen ace Brian Wilson to a boxing match, we posited the question: How much Wilson is too much Wilson? We haven't reached that point yet, it would seem. As much as we're conditioned to grit our teeth as athletes attempt to behave like showbiz stars, we just ca ... More >>

Five Great Reissues from Last Year That You Haven't Heard Yet

2010 continued 2009's heavy schedule of reissues, with release of spruced-up editions of Exile on Main St. and the Apple Records catalog being flogged as mainstream news items. Geezer rockers of course take this as definitive proof that today's music sucks. Premature post-postmods like Patton Oswal ... More >>

San Francisco's Political Winners and Losers

Once again, San Francicans gave Gavin what he wanted...​With all of San Francisco's races decided, there's no excuse to not weigh in on who shat and who was shat upon in this electoral season. Other than the fact that San Francisco politics, like radium, slowly kills you over time by rotting your ... More >>

The Machine Meets The Terminator

In which the Governator asks Brian Wilson to be on his Brain Trust​We noted earlier that even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who grew up in an era before baseball expanded past the Mississippi (and to Austria) -- is hip to "The Machine." Schwarzenegger is also our favorite political user of Twitpic ... More >>

How to Piss Off Phillies Fans: With a Cheesesteak from Gorilla Barbeque

Alex HochmanSmoked brisket gives Gorilla's cheesesteaks rare flavor.​Tastykakes suck. Remind any Phillies fans of that fact and any Game Five elation could quickly turn to bitter rage. Want to really make them get all Phanatic on you? Head down to Pacifica's Gorilla Barbeque. For starters, the ... More >>

Last Night: Roky Erickson and Okkervil River at the Fillmore

​Roky Erickson and Okkervil River Thursday, March 20, 2010 The Fillmore Better than: Scraping the carpet for that tab you might've dropped several years ago. Roky Erickson spent last night on stage at the Fillmore, backed by a rocking Okkervil River and an enthusiastic crowd, who cheered and sang ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Metallica's Hetfield Hospitalized, Spinal Tap Rolls On

Metallica.comTime to Turn the Page? Metallica's James Hetfield New Music Express has reported that that Metallica's James Hetfield was hospitalized for "a stomach bug and dehydration," forcing a cancellation of a March 8 Stockholm show .This latest health-related incident parallels a similar incid ... More >>

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William Hung is back, and here's what the artists whose songs he covered on his new CD have to say about it

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