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Guinness World Records Ltd.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Concord, Calif., Named One of Country's 10 Best Music Scenes

    The website Livability today compiled a list of the top 10 cities with the best music scenes that aren't New York, L.A., or Nashville. The results were in some ways predictable (Minneapolis, Athens, Ga., and Portland all made it), and in some ways spectacularly weird: Omitted from the list for no ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Drivers Break Guinness World Record with Donuts

    Drivers in Sonoma just might have broken the Guinness Book of World Records for -- of all strange things -- spinning the most donuts yesterday afternoon. News reports detailed the excitement at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma where 75 drivers spun simultaneous donuts for more than15 seconds (how man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Honk for Hannah: British Taxi to Stop in S.F. for World-Record Roadtrip

    ​ You might notice a smashing black taxi cab traversing the streets of San Francisco this week -- but don't even think about trying to hail it. Three Englishmen will be driving Hannah, a 19-year-old British black taxi, through our fair city as part of their journey to make it in the Guinness Book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    An Intergenerational Cookie of Success

    ​Edna's Success of Mountain View bakes from recipes that have been in the family for three generations, all the way back from when company muse Edna Hickman baked for her own Montana eatery. (With its single table, Hickman's Success Cafe was once listed as the Smallest Operating Cafe in the Guinne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Berkeley High Students Set a New World Record for Longest 'Soul Train' Line

    Berkeley High students with their newly won Guinness World Record certificate.​ From the department of educationally awesome: Berkeleyside reports that this past Monday, about 300 Berkeley High School students, faculty, and alumni danced down an after-school Soul Train line -- the arrangemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    S.F Businessman to Swim for 60 Hours Nonstop -- For No Reason

    chlorine on the brain​To the non-athlete, even a five-mile run or swim seems crazy. But here is a guy who can make even ultra marathoners look sane. Jamie Patrick, a die-hard swimmer and owner of Patrick & Co. in San Francisco, is planning to swim 240 miles nonstop across the Sacramento River ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Azul Bartender Wins Cocktail Cup Semifinals

    42BelowSemifinalists in the Cocktail World Cup celebrate Sunday. Winner Michael Callahan is in the black shirt and cap, on the right.​Last Sunday, San Francisco bartender Michael Callahan (Azul) advanced to the finals in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup. He'll join bartenders Nate Wales from La ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Bouncer: At Eddie Rickenbacker's, a motorcycle lover slumbers

    42BelowSemifinalists in the Cocktail World Cup celebrate Sunday. Winner Michael Callahan is in the black shirt and cap, on the right.​Last Sunday, San Francisco bartender Michael Callahan (Azul) advanced to the finals in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup. He'll join bartenders Nate Wales from La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Tour de Fat: Beer-Soaked Bikefest Rolls Saturday

    Brian Yaeger"Remember, this is a bicycle festival with beer, not the other way around." Sure.​What do a 6-foot-tall carrot, Sasquatch, and a gang of nuns on bicycles have in common? Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing's annual lovefest for all things bicycle (and yeah, some beer). The Tour pedals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Ukulele Fans Plan World Record Attempt at Castro Theatre

    Later this month, a bunch of local ukulele strummers will gather at the Castro Theatre with their toys/instruments in an attempt to give San Franciscans what should rightfully be ours: the world record for the largest number of people playing ukuleles and singing together.Currently, the country hold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Skateboarding Bulldog 'Tillman' Heading to San Francisco

    Woof! ​Tillman the world-famous skateboarding bulldog -- the internet sensation who has single-pawedly wasted more American working hours than any creature other than the influenza virus -- is rolling our way. The Guinness Book-certified "fastest skateboarding dog" -- yes, there's competition -- w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Can You Handle It? The Five Spiciest, Hottest Foods in the Country

    schmevely/FlickrDave's Ultimate Insanity Hot Sauce: Be afraid.​You think you like it hot? As spicy foods go mainstream, Americans' tolerance of Scoville heat units has risen. Still, we don't advise trying these foods unless you have an abnormally maniacal pain threshold: 1. Dave's Ultimate In ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2009

    Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice

    schmevely/FlickrDave's Ultimate Insanity Hot Sauce: Be afraid.​You think you like it hot? As spicy foods go mainstream, Americans' tolerance of Scoville heat units has risen. Still, we don't advise trying these foods unless you have an abnormally maniacal pain threshold: 1. Dave's Ultimate In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Guys Make the World's Biggest Meatball, Then Give It to Homeless People to Eat

    Guinness World RecordsUm. Why?​Michael Bauer isn't the only one with a meatball obsession. Congrats to Nonni's Italian Eatery of Concord, N.H., for making the world's biggest specimen last weekend -- it weighed a whopping 222.5 pounds. SFoodie cannot stop looking at the picture of that huge sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Sweet Beat: Edna's Cashew Cookies

     A fabulous hybrid of cake and cookie -- plus generous amounts of whole cashews and cashew buttercream to further reel you in -- equals the kind of cookies you find yourself not wanting to share with anyone. Edna's Success of Mountain View uses a recipe that's been in the family for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia Sued for Copyright Infringement

    wired.comHopefully, Pez won't kill Frosty.Laughing Squid and San Mateo County Times report that the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, which lives in the back of a shop called Computer Spectrum, is being sued for copyright infringement by Connecticut's Pez Candy, Inc.The candy company disputes th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Everybody Gets a Sign!

    wired.comHopefully, Pez won't kill Frosty.Laughing Squid and San Mateo County Times report that the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, which lives in the back of a shop called Computer Spectrum, is being sued for copyright infringement by Connecticut's Pez Candy, Inc.The candy company disputes th ... More >>

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    Deep Freeze

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    Breaker Breaker

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Home Entertainment

    April 2, 2008

    Paging Freaks

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2007

    Thiller Dance Vs. Iraq War Die-In: The Dolores Park Showdown

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Dancing, Outraged Corpses to Converge on Dolores Park Saturday

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Break Guinness Record for 'Thriller' Dance in Dolores Park

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Van Halen in San Jo: Oh, God, the monster stirs

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Cardinal Sin

    DJ Kevvy Kev hosts the longest-running hip hop radio show in the world on Stanford's KZSU -- sans recognition

  • Holiday

    November 23, 2005

    Holiday Gift Guide

    DJ Kevvy Kev hosts the longest-running hip hop radio show in the world on Stanford's KZSU -- sans recognition

  • Culture

    September 14, 2005

    At the Fringe

    Chloe Veltman's roundup of the notable in this year's wacky stage fest

  • Music

    October 27, 2004

    Highly Evolved

    Psychic TV's long-awaited reunion pales in comparison to singer Genesis P-Orridge's odd transformation

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, August 25, 2004

  • Music

    August 18, 2004

    Moonwalk With Me

    Chronicling the breaking of the world record for distance moonwalking, for reasons unknown

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Where Were Pat and Vanna When the Lights Went Out?

    The S.F. taping of Wheel of Fortune goes momentarily dark; Spanganga fades permanently to black

  • Listen Up

    March 17, 2004

    Club Directory

    The S.F. taping of Wheel of Fortune goes momentarily dark; Spanganga fades permanently to black

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Hear This

    Underground-hero-turned-MTV-darling Twista brings his "Slow Jamz" to the Fillmore

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    "Crappy Records"

    Zagat's new "music guide" is absurd, but its "format" offers a "nice way" to review "lame albums."

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2003

    Celluloid Surf

    The Red Vic hangs 10

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Shear Talent

    A San Francisco hairstylist tries to set a Guinness world record

  • Music

    December 26, 2001

    Sound Advice

    The bored, the gothic, and the really flexible

  • Music

    November 28, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    The return of "Stinky's"; crematory arts; girly freak shows

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Darwin Award Qualifying Trials

    Nah, it's just street-luge races. Down De Haro Street. At 70 mph. Well, like we said ...

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    Bad to The Bone

    With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

  • Calendar

    July 21, 1999

    Night Crawler

    With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

  • Dining

    July 7, 1999

    Side Dish

    With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    The Unsinkable Ralph Henke

    A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

  • Music

    August 12, 1998

    House of Tudor

    A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 1998

    Night + Day

    A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

  • Calendar

    December 17, 1997

    This Old House

    A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

  • Music

    April 2, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

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