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Guardian-Examiner Headlines We'd Like to Read

We're thinking the same thing most readers are about this potential union between the historically conservative Examiner and the left-leaning Bay Guardian ... what the hell?We can only imagine what kind of headlines we might get out of this seemingly incompatible marriage. What happens when you ... More >>

No Tickets? Nine Ways You Can Still Get Into Burning Man 2012

Whatever else history might say of the Burning Man Ticket Fiasco of 2012, it offers the community that puts on the festival one more brute lesson in market economics. For attendees at the longtime countercultural arts festival held annually in the desert near Reno, news that four-fifths of the ticke ... More >>

Great Expectations of Indulgence

How To Be a Loudmouth Rapper and Get Away with it, Featuring TOPR

​In case you haven't heard, TOPR is an S.F. underground rapper with a rage problem, beloved by hip-hoppers and punks the nation over. In the midst of working on his seventh full-length, Afterlife Of The Party, as well as fronting a thrash-punk band on the side, he's here to share with us the ... More >>

This is Why Everyone Shopping at Trader Joe's Hates You

zyzzyva/FlickrFace it, the sad truth of your existence.​Once an annual pre-Burning Man stop for cheap vodka, Cabernet, and Trek Mix, Trader Joe's is now a weekly essential ― seriously, who can survive without Mandarin orange chicken, chocolate-covered espresso beans, or processed enchiladas? ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Burning Man 2010: A Freakishly Cold Fish Barrel for Cops?

Taymar Richard Gillmore​"Hell," as P.B. Shelley wanly admitted, "is a city very much like London," but it's hard to imagine this simile gaining much traction at this year's Burning Man. The theme for the 2010 installment of the gigantic annual art party held in the Nevada desert was "Metropolis: ... More >>

Baylinks: Bakery Stabbing, Burning Man, Breathalyzers

free-press-release.com​Because New Yorkers own more e-readers than us, they are more "hip" and "literate"  [SF Gate]Man who stabbed bakery customers is sentenced for life [SF Examiner]Hewlett-Packard's shares drop amid sexual harassment scandal [CS5]

Bay Links: Bike Polo, Curry Boyzz, & Burning Man (Already)

Polo shirts, yes, bike polo no?​Bike polo crackdown in Dolores Park.  [Mission Mission]Oh, dang. Burning Man 2010 tickets on sale now. Wasn't it just yesterday you were washing dust out of your furry underwear? [Laughing Squid]Fear not, those who fear change: Stow Lake Boat House to remain ba ... More >>

Truth Squads

Weekly Ink: What Flavor Is Your Tattoo? And Can We Get Extra Sprinkles?

Yum!​San Franciscans like to express themselves: Burning Man, anyone? It's no more unusual to spy a tattoo on a stroller-pushing mom than on a garbage can-perched ex-con. Does San Francisco have more tattoos than people? Quite possibly.Every week we'll accost a (mostly) willing victim and grill th ... More >>

Copy Cat: Balenciaga knocks Off S.F. Designer. Here Are Some Other Local Looks They Might Like.

High-end fashion label Balenciaga is accused of ripping off the designs of (now defunct) San Francisco-based leather jacket makers East West Musical Instruments. (We know, the name is confusing.) East West sold to the likes of Janis Joplin and other rockers, and originals can fetch thousands of doll ... More >>

Black Rock City or Bust: Help Send Magic Curry Man to Burning Man

Magic Curry Man wants to serve the playa.The mobility of the infamous Magic Curry Kart is really rather limited, and Magic Curry Man needs your help to get it out to Burning Man's Black Rock City in August. He'll be in front of Sports Basement (1590 Bryant at 15th St.) tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. ... More >>

How to Be Polite on Muni

Homegrown Tomatoes v. Injustice

Not the Last One

Dude Who Torched Burning Man Effigy Pleads No Contest to Firework Possesion

Burning Man's 'Big Rig Jig' Artist Nails It on 1st Try — A Q&A

Chicken Man

Somebody out there thinks joke mayoral candidate Chicken John Rinaldi ain't funny

Beat Box

S.F. gives a big ol' "Funk You" to Burning Man

Chicken John's mayoral campaign qualifies for public funds

Psycho Mail #1

Loyd Family Players, Langhorne Slim, Karpov -- ASD's Live Music Picks for July 13

LastNight: Flamethrowers Dance Dance Revolution = DDI

Letters to the Editor

Week of 1-31-07

Oddballers

BLVD: the only live band at the rave

Pick Up on This

New artist alert: Glitch Mob

PT's Legacy

The circus rolls into town, awakening the inner child in all of us

Head-Scratcher

Robbie D.'s perplexing pageantry

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Nov. 24, 2004

No Bedtime Story

Playwright Mary Zimmerman's next splash

This Is Burning Man

Arguably the best prose ever written about the 18-year-old festival

House of Tudor

Decent Liverpudlian pop, arcade games a-plenty, and a new take on Burning Man.

At Your Service

"Geisha" is a voyeur's delight

Populist in Green Tights

Steal from the rich? Omigod!

Morph You

Trading clothes and matching beats

No Sleep Till Indio

Road trip to Coachella

Letters to the Editor

God and Science; Potshot or Put-on? You Decide.; Dancing Around the Issue

Night & Day

Letters

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Night Crawler

Doo Doo Doo, Da Da Da Da

Riff Raff

Riff Raff

Slap Shots

Samples

Samples