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Carl Sagan

  • News

    May 31, 1995

    One World, Under Gorby

    Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

  • Calendar

    July 26, 1995

    REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

    Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

  • Calendar

    April 24, 1996

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

  • Music Awards

    October 19, 2005

    Award Show Guide

    Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2005

    Getting Lucky

    Spill salt, break mirrors, and cross your fingers at the Superstition Obstacle Course

  • Music

    December 29, 2004

    Weird Science

    Laptop glitch, experimental video, copious booze -- meet the audiovisual SWAT team that is Sagan

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    Gonick's Comic Creation

    From his Potrero Hill studio, Larry Gonick is telling the history of the universe in a series of ... comic books. And behold, they were good.

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Heavenly Secrets

    How the NASA researchers who inspired the film Contact outfoxed Congress and continued the search for intelligent aliens

  • News

    July 30, 1997

    Recycling America

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • Calendar

    March 19, 1997

    Night+Day

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • Calendar

    January 22, 1997

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • News

    August 26, 2009

    The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Behind the Beat with Altair Nouveau

    ​Altair Nouveau is a bit of a nomad and a vagabond. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, producer Brandon Mitchell only came down to stay in San Francisco for a small time before recently deciding to pick up and move on to New York. He's made his mark, however, playing tasteful, classic DJ sets thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Blood and Sunshine

    Geno Valle​Like peanut butter and jelly, and chips and salsa, it's fun putting complimentary elements together. Blood and Sunshine are no exception. Combing their backgrounds of shoegaze and electronica, the duo of Joseph Macrino (vocals, guitar, Omnichord) and James Brennan (vocals, synth, machi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    A 2010 Playlist for Outer Space (Update on Carl Sagan's '77 List)

    New York's Vulture blog recently posted a link to the music Carl Sagan helped provide for robotic probes Voyager 1 and 2 back in the early days of space exploration. According to Lapham's Quarterly, Sagan was part of a curatorial crew that etched a soundtrack perfect for galaxy viewing into a "12-in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    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 >>

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