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February 10, 2012
Twitter Hates You: Don't Believe It? Ask Roland Martin
Twitter is not your friend. Twitter does not have your back. Twitter is a cold, conniving gossip. Twitter is horrible at keeping secrets. Twitter is an old man who sits on his porch watching everything that goes by and telling everybody what everybody else is doing. Don't get me wrong. It's fun when ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Is Maria Shriver Reconsidering Her Divorce with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Media outlets (yep, including us) lapped up every piece of the sordid divorce between former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver with salacious enthusiasm. Just the same, reporters are curious about recent statements Shriver has made alluding to the fact that she might be hav ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Excuse Me, Sir, Is That a Steak in Your Pants?
Been caught stealing?Steak, premium booze, and electric tools rank 1, 2, and 3 in SFoodie's favorite end-of-year listicle so far: Adweek's list of the top 10 things most likely to be shoplifted this year. Steak? It has apparently been the theft of choice for most of the past decade. In 2007, Sla ... More >>
News
December 7, 2011
The Boy Scouts' Police Problem: Explorers Have Been Sexually Abused by Cops. Should Scouts Share the Blame?
Been caught stealing?Steak, premium booze, and electric tools rank 1, 2, and 3 in SFoodie's favorite end-of-year listicle so far: Adweek's list of the top 10 things most likely to be shoplifted this year. Steak? It has apparently been the theft of choice for most of the past decade. In 2007, Sla ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
How To Deal With Break-Ups Gracefully In the Digital Age
Anna, Your previous advice regarding approaching ladies the right way online landed me a really fun date that turned into about 15 more, but now that we've had an argument or two I'm thinking maybe I should start over. How can I tell when it's time to break up when you're not even really "datin ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
The Stop Online Piracy Act: The Owner of San Francisco's Burning House Records Explains His Support
You've probably heard some rumblings about the Stop Online Piracy Act recently. And in all likelihood -- especially if you watch major news channels like CNN -- it's probably all sounded pretty bad and pretty scary. Casey Shafer owns and runs Burning House Records -- an independent, San Francisco ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
W. Kamau Bell: "Stop Talking Shit About the Occupy Movement"
Me and my socio-political stand-up comedy crew, Laughter Against The Machine, just finished our first national tour. Collectively we went to six Occupations, in New Orleans, Portland, New York, D.C., and San Francisco. And I would like to make a request of you. Stop talking shit about the Occupy Wal ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
A Prodigy's Fall
Me and my socio-political stand-up comedy crew, Laughter Against The Machine, just finished our first national tour. Collectively we went to six Occupations, in New Orleans, Portland, New York, D.C., and San Francisco. And I would like to make a request of you. Stop talking shit about the Occupy Wal ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Anthrax's Scott Ian on Making a Brilliant New Album and Possibly Bringing the Big Four Tour to S.F.
Anthrax, with Scott Ian at the far right. California may have been the epicenter of the emerging thrash-metal scene at the dawn of the 1980s, but the NYC headbangers of Anthrax unquestionably earned their place in the genre's history. As an East Coast counterpart and early ally of Metallica, ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
Why Musicians Matter to the Occupy Movement
It's been over two weeks since the protest in SF's financial district commenced -- prompted by the occupation of Wall Street that started almost a month ago -- and four days since Oakland joined this now apparently worldwide movement. As we all know, Occupy Wall Street was outright ignored by mai ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
"San Francisco" Ice Cream in Korea: Homage, or Ripoff?
Rafael Flores/CNN GoFell & Cole ice cream in Seoul, Korea recreates some of Humphry Slocombe's and Bi-Rite Creamery's flavorsHumphry Slocombe proprietor Jake Godby, or whoever is in charge of the Mission District ice cream shop's Twitter account, is not pleased about a new Seoul, Korea ice cr ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
So Amy Winehouse's Dad Is Crooning at Yoshi's Next Week
Mitch and Amy WinehouseTwo months after the death of troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse, the star's almost-famous father, Mitch, is back on the road with his own project and performing live. He'll be celebrating the release of his debut album -- a collection of jazz standards and gems ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
San Francisco's "Miraculous Mary," Ashley Wyrick, Featured on Anderson Debut Week
Google Ashley WyrickBehold the power of the first name. Oprah, Ellen, make room for Anderson. Anderson Cooper, host of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, kicked off his daytime talk show career this week. His clout landed him a high-profile, full-hour interview on Monday on his New York set with Amy Wi ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Faux-Gras Donuts, Bunny Adoptions, Vegan Cooking Zines, and Protest the Terrible Circus!
• There are over 1,000 food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States EVERY year. At least, from 2008 forward, when the Centers for Disease Control began compiling the data. Fucking disgraceful. This is what happens when you have an "oversight" agency that's in bed with the people it's ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
You Don't Have to Be Skinny to Be Healthy? Listen Up, Foodies
Perhaps you can have your cake, eat it, and, um, have some more: CNN reports on two newly published studies that argue obesity is not automatically a prescription for death. The studies looked at the mortality rates for people with a high enough body mass index (BMI) to be considered obese. They di ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Stay Up Late: tUnE-yArDs To Make TV Debut on Today's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs: Now safe for TV! Not every TV appearance warrants a note, but this one sure does: tUnE-yArDs, the Oakland-based art-pop project of one supremely talented lady by the name of Merril Garbus, will make its late night TV debut tonight. This is but the latest in a bre ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Ignoring the '10 Famous Dishes' List at Yuet Lee
W. Blake GrayYuet Lee's shrimp with scrambled egg rice plate, $6.50Rice Plate Journal is a yearlong project to canvas Chinatown, block by block, discovering the good, the bad, and the hopelessly mediocre. Maximum entrée price: $10. (Thanks to Caroline Chen for additional reporting.) Anyone unfa ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
CNN's Amber Lyon Leads the Media's Paranoia Over Underage Sex Trafficking
Stuck in traffic Last week, Village Voice Media challenged the science behind data that says the underage prostitution industry is growing. We called media outlets out on relying on bogus arguments and junk science to stoke fear and panic about underage sex trafficking.Don't get us wrong, we admi ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Lloyd Fishback, San Francisco Nudist, Stars as Congressman Anthony Weiner on Jay Leno
By Francisco BarradasLloyd Fishback, right, has been getting attention in San Francisco for awhile. Lloyd Fishback is a must-see San Francisco tourist attraction that's as impressive as Coit Tower -- just much more phallic. On many afternoons, Fishback will strip down to nothing but a cock ring a ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Portrait of the Artist Living in a Parking Lot
By Francisco BarradasLloyd Fishback, right, has been getting attention in San Francisco for awhile. Lloyd Fishback is a must-see San Francisco tourist attraction that's as impressive as Coit Tower -- just much more phallic. On many afternoons, Fishback will strip down to nothing but a cock ring a ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
SFGate.com Readers Are Crazy Old Men
Avid Sfgate.com readerIf you've ever been reading SF Gate comments and had the image of a old man sitting on a porch wearing long pajamas and brandishing a shotgun, well, you've got some data to back you up now.According to a new report published by Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
No, Twitter Hasn't Replaced CNN
It's become perfectly predictable: Every time there's a major news event, people spend several days talking about how Twitter and Facebook are replacing traditional news organizations -- the (sigh) "MSM." Even if the word "replacing" isn't used, that's often the implicationIn the present case -- ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2011
I Heart Abbottabad Keychains, Mugs, Neckties Now Available on Amazon.com
The guy who made this tie deserves a reward.Did the CIA miss something? News reports have cited unnamed intelligence officials saying that they've only recently stumbled upon rumors that Osama bin Laden had been holed up in a luxury residence in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and not -- as had been assume ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Cute Roullete, Outlawing Battery Cages, and Vegan Waffle Parties
SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Introducing Cute Roulette! It's Chat Roulette but instead some guys wang-dang-doodle, you see an adorable kitten. I call bullshit! • CNN's coverage of those jerks bashing in calves heads with pickaxes is ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
The Lighter Side of Heavy
SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Introducing Cute Roulette! It's Chat Roulette but instead some guys wang-dang-doodle, you see an adorable kitten. I call bullshit! • CNN's coverage of those jerks bashing in calves heads with pickaxes is ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2011
Chocolate Industry Abuses, Relieved Critics, and Old Whisky
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Bad chocolate. The CNN Freedom Project, a year-long initiative looking into slavery and human trafficking around the world, recently interviewed U. Roberto Romano, one of the ... More >>
News
March 23, 2011
Wall of Shame
CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.
Blogs
March 18, 2011
This Just In: The U.S. House of Representatives Hates NPR
National Public Radio is good. Very good. They entertain us with such shows as This American Life, inform us with Morning Edition, and drop some musical knowledge on All Songs Considered. But the United States House of Representatives doesn't feel the same way: today it voted to cut off government f ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
Today: Order the Quail at Nombe, Help Japan's Quake Relief
Angela W./YelpNombe's chicken wings, a previous donation vehicle.Another restaurant raising money for Japan quake relief: Nombe. Actually, Nombe started collecting donations last Saturday, day after the first full day of news about the tragedy broke over CNN. Co-owner Mari Takahashi says the ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
ICHI Donating Part of Tonight's Proceeds to Japanese Earthquake Relief
CNNGrounded ship in the port of Hitachinaka in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture.The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Japan late last night has been felt here, too ― in Bernal Heights. ICHI Sushi's Erin Archuleta tells SFoodie the restaurant is accepting Red Cross donations tonight, p ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
Cupcakes for Choice, Drinks for Dogs, and Gumbo for Mardi Gras!
SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Pissed about Congress-approved federal funding cuts for Planned Parenthood? I am because it's total bullshit. In response, we're doing some culinary activism in the form of a delicious bake sale at this Sunday' ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Dear Apple, Please Don't Make Us Pay More for Better-Sounding Music Downloads
Okay, but in high-quality audio at no extra cost?Apparently getting hip to the idea that people who still pay money for music might want it to sound good, Apple is considering offering higher-quality audio files in the iTunes store.This alone would be great news -- we're frustrated that the store ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'
Coming after cousin GeriThis edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
San Diego Cops Sued For Bringing TV Crews Along To Arrest Woman
The offending footage...Our cover story this week dissected how the San Francisco police department teamed up with truTV's "Bait Car" to film a car theft sting here in San Francisco. Some of the people caught in the sting told SF Weekly they're flirting with the idea of suing the police or the TV ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
The Lighter Side of Heavy
The offending footage...Our cover story this week dissected how the San Francisco police department teamed up with truTV's "Bait Car" to film a car theft sting here in San Francisco. Some of the people caught in the sting told SF Weekly they're flirting with the idea of suing the police or the TV ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Michael Savage Sues Talk Radio Network Over 'Indentured Servitude'
Michael Savage is an angry man. Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage is trying to dump Talk Radio Network, but claims in a federal lawsuit that the radio syndicate is not taking to the split nicely, threatening him with a $4 million lawsuit for breaking his contract. Meanwhile, Talk Radio ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Globetrotting DJ Maga Bo Recorded Goats in Sudan; Cleared the 'Floor in Zanzibar
Maga BoMost of us spend our days planted in a cubicle fantasizing about beaches, historic monuments, and maybe seeing a penguin in its natural habitat. That latest jealousy comes from a conversation with musician, producer, composer, sound engineer -- and non-desk-bound frequent traveler -- DJ Ma ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2010
The Year in Gay, 2010 Edition
What a year it wasWho Will Be The Uppity Fag Of The Year?Let's face it -- this was a messy, messy year for the gays. Much of the news was good, ultimately, but shit dragged on! There were three major federal trials (four, technically -- but two were sorta merged in Massachusetts), promises ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
The Gay Gratitude List
Oh happy day...The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>
Dining
November 17, 2010
Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news
Oh happy day...The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>
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This Train Is Your Train
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