Windsurf @ Amnesia on FridayNot all summer music fests require sizable chunks of your paycheck. This weekend, two budget music shindigs blanket San Francisco, championing alternatives to both mainstream music and mainstream admission prices. San Francisco's Doomed and Homo a Go Go are just two of 10 recommendations we have for running around the city without running down your bank account.San Francisco's Doomed (Fri-Sun)"'San Francisco's doomed,' O.G. proto-punks Crime sang, 'I need me some k
Photo by Shauna Regan www.shaunaregan.comAlland Byallo (see Sunday)The weekend's here. Time to pull out all the stops without pulling out all the cash. Our picks for time off on the cheap below.Involved, Socially @ Triple Base Gallery (Friday) "Triple Base's 'Involved, Socially' uses video installation, shadowplay, photography, and T-shirts to investigate the artist's process as a collaborative one. The wormholes start to form with stuff like Christine Wong Yap's mail-trading exhibit-within a
paul79uf/FlickrImagine the possibilities.We'll have to wait and see if the latest fatty food from the State Fair of Texas -- deep-fried butter -- ever becomes the subject of a food eating contest in the Joey Chestnut style. Chances are that watching anyone eat a deep-fried butter stick may make viewers feel icky, amused, nauseated, and fascinated, all in one fell swoop.
Yesterday, fair organizers named deep-fried butter as one of eight finalists for food competitions at the fair's annua
Jean SmartIt's not like you toss hunks of butter into a Fry Daddy.The announcement last month by organizers of the State Fair of Texas that deep-fried butter would be an entry for the category of best food caused a lot of folks to wonder how -- and why -- the butter bombs were created in the first place. A recent NPR Health blog post explains the myths and mystery of Abel Gonzales, who bears the title Deep Fried Genius. Gonzales serves up 100 percent deep-fried pure whipped butter wrapped
