Carl Sagan

Annie Danger: She'll Take Your Body on a Spiritual Journey

Why Do We Share Music?

Today, I opened Spotify for the first time since spring. Waiting in my inbox was a playlist thoughtfully compiled by one of my closest friends. She sent it to me in August. Now, almost 70 days have passed. In that time, we've spoken on the phone nearly every day and met up at least a couple dozen ti ... More >>

Meet Casy & Brian, Sonic Terrorists and Electro-Punk Misfits

Matt Cain: Giants Overpay for Quality

​The news that Giants stalwart right-hander Matt Cain is the new beneficiary of a five-year, $112.5 million contract extension will, inevitably, be greeted by analysis of whether the team overpaid or not. There are three ways to answer that: "Yes"; "yes with explanation"; and "baseball salary numb ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi

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

Getting Lucky

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

Weird Science

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

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.

Heavenly Secrets

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

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

Night+Day

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

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?