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OMGig Lets You See the Concert as Ruined By Smartphone Videographers

Here's something we can get behind: A cheeky new site that lets those who shoot endless smartphone video at concerts see just how thoroughly they're ruining them for themselves and everyone else. Called OMGig, the minisite lets you turn any live YouTube clip into a chiding demonstration of the idio ... More >>

What to See at Outside Lands: Nine Artists

Two Sisters' Eclectic Brunch Is a Haven with Personality

​Every now and then, you discover a place you're reluctant to recommend even to your close friends, for fear that the precious "hidden gem" quality will be corrupted by noisy patrons and lines gathering at the door. Two Sisters Bar & Books, the new restaurant and watering hole in the heart of ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Naked Is the New Black

Vegan Speed Dating, Puppy Bowl, Mini Corn Dogs, and Hemp Tofu!

​ • You've probably all seen this video of Kristen "I'm a vegetarian because I'm half-rad" Bell sobbing over a sloth on your Facebook feed but now, take the time to watch it! Because it's pretty fucking adorable! She has a panic attack from happiness, which I guess is the best kind of panic atta ... More >>

Good Food Awards Brings a Beer Garden to the Ferry Building

The Good Food Awards is kind of like the Oscars, only a touch less glamorous and a lot more focused on cured meat and pickles. This weekend, awards will be given out in categories such as charcuterie, cheese, coffee, and chocolate. If you ask us, those are a lot more exciting than Best Costume Desig ... More >>

The Jug Shop Ushers in a New Year of Beer Tastings

It's only a few days into 2012, but you've been behaving very well. The New Year diet is working, and tonight you'll be gorging on raw carrot sticks, a handful of unsalted almonds, and a tall glass of water. At the end of the week, celebrate the success of your resolution by breaking it in grand fas ... More >>

Schmendricks Pursues the Brooklyn Bagel

SusanNYC/FlickrBrooklyn bagels: Schmendricks' holy grail.​"As a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn, I've always done the NY bagel snob where I complained and complained and complained," says Adam Kover, one of the cofounders of Schmendricks Bagels, "Until another friend told me to shut up." Kover, ... More >>

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Star Eyes on Causing Trouble, Working with S.F. Artists, and Her "Goth Dubstep Love Song"

​Star Eyes, veteran DJ of fifteen years and first lady of Brooklyn record label Trouble & Bass, has not-so-quietly gained a substantial international following of fans who share her love for teeth-rattling drums and dark melodies. Initially drawn to dance music by her interest in U.K. bass, St ... More >>

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In Print: The Cool Kids Are Happy to Record for Mountain Dew, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: The Cool Kids​The Cool Kids: Chuck Inglish, one half of Chicago's retro-styled rappers the Cool Kids, is speaking about releasing the duo's new album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, through a quasirecord label funded by Mountain Dew, the lurid-colored so ... More >>

Seasunz on Hip-Hop Activism, Spirituality, and Speaking Klingon

​Ashel Eldridge has made the rounds. Otherwise known as Seasunz, Eldridge has emerged as a social and environmental activist, working with groups like Amazon Watch and Project Pink and partnering with Will.i.am to open a youth center in Oakland. And, lest we forget, he also makes music. In ju ... More >>

A Close Shave: How To Use a Straight-Edge Razor Without Killing Yourself

When journalists write tongue-in-cheek, first-person stories in which they participate in some exotic activity, the tendency is to play up one's incredible incompetence at said activity. It's a cloying and cheap practice. So, let me assure you, I am really and truly awful at shaving. As a teen, I sl ... More >>

MP3 Premiere: Spook-Folk From Brooklyn's O'Death, Playing Tomorrow at the Independent

Steven Oberlechner​Long-buzzed-about Brooklyn quintet O'Death is coming to town to prepare us for the gentle passage into pillowy nothingness that awaits us all. Oh, and also for their new album. They have a new album. It's called Outside, and it's coming out in mid-April on Ernest Jenning Record ... More >>

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Brooklyn's Blue Bottle East an Outpost of S.F. Coffee Culture

Alex HochmanBlue Bottle's 10-month-old outpost in Williamsburg gives off a strong whiff of West Coast Third Wave.​Though we'd trekked over 3-foot-high snowdrifts to get inside, one glance around Blue Bottle's Brooklyn outpost and we felt right at home. Multiple slow-dripper setup? Check. Chemi ... More >>

In Print: DMX's Personal Struggles, Our Predictions for Music in 2011, and More

​In SF Weekly's latest print music section:Our cover story on DMX:  Looking at rapper DMX's life is like watching someone punch himself in the face repeatedly. You can easily picture a cherubic angel sitting atop one of the big black guy's shoulders, telling him not to snort that line of coke ... More >>

Turkey Day Treat: The Morning Benders' Excuses (The Golden Filter Remix)'

​Hear this while high: The Morning Benders' "Excuses (The Golden Filter Remix)" courtesy of Gorilla vs. Bear. Behind the buzz: Berkeleyites transplanted to the no-neck wilds of Brooklyn, The Morning Benders scored in '08 with an impressive debut full-length Talking Through Tin Cans ... More >>

Leland Yee To Announce Mayoral Run

Jim HerdLeland Yee, seen here with a werewolf campaigning against Prop. B, aspires to Room 200​Folks at political consultant Jim Stearns' office are playing coy, but let's be realistic: Sen. Leland Yee isn't "making an announcement" at the Department of Elections today to lecture the media on the ... More >>

There Are Only Three SF Bands on the 2011 SXSW List So Far -- And You've Probably Heard All of Them

​Put this in your still-illicit pipe and smoke it: The early list of bands invited to perform at SXSW 2011 came out this week, and San Francisco's music scene isn't well represented.There are only three S.F. artists invited so far -- John Vanderslice, Dredg, and Mark Eitzel.All of them are already ... More >>

How to Be a Tech Company for Halloween

​ Forget the Zuckerberg mask -- be a whole damn tech company for Halloween. Here's how. Apple How to dress: Wear all white with silver shoes. Limit your ports: No pockets, no fly. Your hair should be seamless.   How to scare people: Jailbreak your pants.   The night's over when: You call ... More >>

Get Into Cumbia's Roots, Then Get Into a Cumbia Party

'The Roots of Chicha 2'​Thankfully, San Francisco's party scene is as vibrantly and eclectically cultured as its residents. Otherwise, we wouldn't have many of our most interesting nightlife activities. Case in point: The Roots of Chicha 2 album release party at Elbo Room. Hosted by the ... More >>

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An Open Letter from Blue Bottle to the Dolores Park Community

Blue Bottle Coffee Co.Rendering of Blue Bottle's proposed coffee trailer and its site in Dolores Park.​Organizers of tonight's community meeting at Dolores Park Church to discuss Rec and Park's vendor plans for Dolores Park are finalizing the final agenda. And while representatives of would-be ... More >>

Exploring the Jewish influence on black American music

Oneohtrix Point Never Isn't Interested in the Dancefloor

Oneohtrix Point NeverOften, when one thinks of the phrase "electronic music," images of bombastic raves, fist-pumping DJs, knob-twiddlers behind laptops, and similar clichés are conjured up along with memories of deafening bass timbres, hard-hitting beats, and various warped sound effects from the ... More >>

Should Authorities Ease Regulations on Small, Local Food Vendors?

Jesse Friedman/FlickrShould sellers at events like the SF Underground Market be exempt form normal licensing regulations?​Our favorite morsels from the Web. The LA Times Monday picked up AP writer Dinesh Ramde's report on licensing restrictions easing for small food vendors in Maine and Wisco ... More >>

What To Do? Wednesday's Pick: Japanther at Hemlock Tavern

​If you're in the mood for a sweaty dance party, Japanther's romping about at the Hemlock tonight, playing pepped-up hooks off their new album Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream. Gone is the experimental racket of yore as the Brooklyn rockers have moved in favor of more pop-punk singalongs and simple drums. ... More >>

Baylinks: Fake Eviction Notices, Tragedy, & BYOB

​Random dude who hates garage sale signs dishes out bogus eviction notices. [SF Citizen]Vintage newspaper article recalls 144-year-old S.F. tragedy in gory detail. [SFist]Now that's what we call a mobile home. (PIC) [Spots Unknown]Your Foursquare Day events in San Francisco. [4sq Day]A truck and M ... More >>

A Dripper Bar Grows in Brooklyn

Return Home/FlickrApparently the siphon is a child's toy compared to the slow dripper.​Today, the New York Times reports that Oakland-based Blue Bottle Coffee is opening a roaster and cafe this week in Brooklyn (Williamsburg, to be exact). Followers of owner James Freeman's tweets have been notici ... More >>

That's My Jam! L-Vis 1990 Remixed by Kingdom

Kingdom crafts a Mad Decent remix​L-Vis 1990's United Groove EP, released on Philly's Mad Decent label last summer, was recently given a remix treatment many times over on the United Groove Remixes EP. The release debuted January 19, and features six new re-workings of the UK producer's title tr ... More >>

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