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    January 15, 2013

    The Big Money Behind Silicon Valley's Scumware Industry

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • News

    January 9, 2013

    Rage Against the Machinima: YouTube's Stars Battle Networks

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2013

    AT&T Park Makes it on Instagram's Top 10 List of Most Popular Photographed Spots

    Last year, we told you about how AT&T Park was one of the most "checked-in" spots on Facebook. Not only do people love watching the Giants kick ass there, but they apparently can't help themselves from documenting it as well. Instagram this week released its list of the top 10 most photographed lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    Amazon's Cloud Fails Yet Again, Taking Down Netflix

    Forget Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' clumsy public utterances, which turned so many of his customers against the company. And forget the modest price increase that sent even more of them in the direction of competitors or even pirate sites. Hastings' biggest mistake might turn out to be signing on 100 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2012

    S.S. Coachella: A Nail-Decorating Master Class with Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss

    [Editor's note: As you've probably heard, massive So-Cal music festival Coachella is going on its first cruise this winter, featuring Pulp, James Murphy, and Sleigh Bells, among other acts. Liz Tracy, music editor of our sister paper in Broward County, Fl., is aboard the S.S. Coachella , so we'll be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    2 Chainz Practices His 'Tru' Religion at The Warfield, 12/16/12

    2 Chainz Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Ratchetness at home. At one point in the middle of his second consecutive sold-out show at The Warfield, the Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz turned his set into a sermon and preached the values of the lessons he was giving on his B.O.A.T.S. Tour (sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Top Five Local Chefs to Follow on Instagram

    The photo-sharing social network Instagram has just widened its addicting potential by making member profiles visible on the Internet instead of only via mobile apps. This means that we can enjoy widescreen food porn from some of San Francisco's leading tech-savvy chefs. These are the top five who c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2012

    "No, You're Boring": 1058 Hoagie Lashes Out Against This Week's Review

    When you write criticism for a living, it's your job to dish out the bad along with the good. I had high hopes for 1058 Hoagie, the new sandwich shop from Adam Mesnick, the owner of the excellent Deli Board, but when I reviewed it this week in the paper I found some of the new hoagies to be lacking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2012

    No Cell Phones, No Problem at Love Will Fix It

    Love Will Fix It The Hot Spot Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 Better than: Watching your night unfold via Instagram. In the latest edition of club-related technophobia, cell phones have grown increasingly under fire. It wasn't but a couple weeks ago that Francois Kevorkian publicly mused on his Facebook p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Two Local Pumpkin Beers To Get You Excited About Fall

    With Halloween right around the corner, the season of the pumpkin is upon us. Pumpkin patches have popped up overnight, cute sugar pie pumpkins sit alongside their strictly ornamental gourd brethren at the Farmers Markets, and pictures of your kids playing in corn mazes and on hay bales clog our Ins ... More >>

  • Film

    September 26, 2012

    "Hotel Transylvania": A Comic Dracula Still Kills

    With Halloween right around the corner, the season of the pumpkin is upon us. Pumpkin patches have popped up overnight, cute sugar pie pumpkins sit alongside their strictly ornamental gourd brethren at the Farmers Markets, and pictures of your kids playing in corn mazes and on hay bales clog our Ins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Basil Strawberry Shortcake, Animal Hugs, and the Nanny Cooks Vegan!

    ​Guys, I don't care what you say, I love Fran Drescher. The Nanny is a quality program. That's why I'm very pleased to hear she's gone vegan! Diet-wise at least. Below, check out good Fran making hummus. I'm hoping this is the beginning of her own vegan cooking show! Genius idea, right? I know.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Who Was the Hooded Man Standing Behind Alex Smith During NBC's Post-Game Interview?

    It was one of the greatest videobombs in Internet history. There he stood, bundled under a grey hoodie, inches behind Alex Smith and Michael Crabtree, solemnly nodding in agreement as the quarterback explained to NBC's Michele Tafoya that the 49ers need to take the season one game at a time, a natio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Brett Olson: Family Continues Search for East Bay Student Missing Since Sunday

    A Lafayette family and community continue their search for Brett Olson after he disappeared while tubing down the Sacramento River over Labor Day Weekend.Brett Olson, 20, a rising Junior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, was last seen around 1 p.m. Sunday when he arrived at Beer Can Beach along the Sacra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2012

    On Jack White's Crusade Against Social Media at Live Shows

    Well, hello! Let's talk about social media at live shows, shall we? IPhones, Twitter, Instagram: I'm all for them. Jack White, on the other hand? He is not. White has taken to posting signs at shows telling his fans that the use of Twitter and Facebook is "strictly prohibited" during his set. (No w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2012

    Planet B

    Well, hello! Let's talk about social media at live shows, shall we? IPhones, Twitter, Instagram: I'm all for them. Jack White, on the other hand? He is not. White has taken to posting signs at shows telling his fans that the use of Twitter and Facebook is "strictly prohibited" during his set. (No w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2012

    Become a Hipster Pop-Up in 10 Easy Steps

    San Francisco is the king of hipster pop-ups. And we love it. Here's what you need to do to throw your fedora in the ring: 1. Put an egg on it: You can slap that free-range, olive-oil-fried egg on everything from burgers to bimbimbap. Eggs come from chickens, chickens are birds, and birds are painf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2012

    Skate-Punk Outfit Fidlar on Why House Shows Are More Fun, What Its Name Means, and Why It Could Have Only Come From L.A.

    With Fidlar's juvenile lyrics, pro-party sloganeering, considerable punk rock chops, and commitment to DIY ethic, the L.A. foursome has garnered a deserved buzz. Only, the band doesn't seem to care. Its members primary concerns are the next house party performance and their means of delivering unbri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2012

    Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem": Trying to Work 'Outside,' But With Nothing New to Say

    [Editor's note: The Upsetter is a new weekly column exploring music news and pop history from a perspective that is both bewitched and bothered. Here, Andrew Stout will explode the old clichés of rock journalism to make room for some new ones.] In 1995, Brian Eno took a break from Photoshopping wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2012

    Sierra LaMar Disturbing Facebook Message Is a Hoax

    Police have been investigating an alarming Facebook message that someone claiming to be 15-year-old Sierra LaMar posted just before midnight on Monday. The Facebook update, which police have confirmed is a hoax, had an Instagram photo of the missing teen with the following message:"please call polic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Lorenzo Jimenez: Man Recalls Brother's Murder Outside Mission Bar

    Last Friday, 29-year-old Jaime Jimenez had dropped his little brother, Lorenzo, off at the train station in Sacramento so he could make it to San Francisco, where he worked as a bouncer for the Roaring 20's strip club in North Beach. It was the last time Jaime would see him."I told him I loved him a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2012

    Thinner MacBook Pro, iOS6, and a Smarter Siri Revealed at Apple's WWDC

    Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference kicked off today at the Moscone Center. Here's a brief rundown on some of the highlights from the first day that are sure to get your iHearts pumping. The next generation of Apple notebooks  New versions of the MacBook Air (starting at $1,199), and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Another Poll Shows Marijuana Legalization Has Overwhelming Support

    If only President Barack Obama was marijuana, then he'd win reelection by a landslide.Marijuana legalization enjoys a 20-point advantage in the polls among American adults, according to a recent survey Rasmussen Reports. Fifty-six percent of Americans polled support the notion of marijuana being tax ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    IamSu! on KILT, Getting an Invite From E-40, and Why He Wants Lil B to do an "Up" Remix

    E-40's "Function" is blowing up the Bay. It's a slap-happy track that also happens to feature a cameo verse from Richmond rapper IamSu!, who dropped his freebie KILT mixtape last week. So with Iamsu!'s buzz building, we checked in with the 22-year-old to talk about learning to produce under Trackade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Seeking a Path to Riches

    Oh, good. More "sharing." The mobile social-app company Path (yes, the one that found itself in the middle a big privacy controversy not long ago) announced on Monday that it had landed another $30 million in venture financing from some top-tier firms, making its total valuation $250 million. Hey, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Outside Lands 2012 Lineup: Seven Artists We're Damn Sure Will Be On It

    Yes, yes, the world's atwitter with Coachella at the moment, but that will be over before you know it. The next big thing for California music fans to look forward to is S.F.'s own Outside Lands, which will be looking to follow up the roundly lauded proceedings of last year with a lineup worthy of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Roach Gigz's Producer CLoz Used to Sell Beats for $10

    CLoz sold his first beat for $10. That less-than-whopping fee came about as the East Bay producer was clawing his way up into the local hip-hop scene. Since then, Cloz has steadily built up an impressive body of beats, most of them hooked around rousing synth lines and synapse-sizzling snares; he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Panty Party on Powell Street

    ​There's something kind of ironic (and idiotic) about stripping down so you can get free clothes.But all around the globe, people are doing just that. The first 100 participants who line up outside of Desigual on Powell Street on Friday morning with nothing on but their lingerie will get to shop f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Live Review, 1/21/12: The Theophilus London Variety Show Comes to Mezzanine

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2012

    Low-Grade Brilliance

    Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    In-Ear Monitors: A Post-Christmas Buyer's Guide to Making Your Music Sound Better

    The Bowers & Wilkins C5 will make your iPhone sound great.​ It's after Christmas, and you're flush with gift certificates and $5 checks from Grandma. Still, you never received the present that hits all the right notes for on-the-go listening. No matter your post-holiday budget, it's possible ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Foodspotting App Shows the World What You Ate

    ​Most startups have an "elevator pitch," a short one-liner or phrase that explains what they do. I can think of several for Foodspotting: Yelp 2.0, Instagram for meals, FourSquare for food, or a foodie social network. Foodspotting is a free smartphone app that lets you take a picture of your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Taste the Smug: Feeling Fine at an Outside Lands Pairing Event

    Hard times at an Outside Lands pairing event.​ It wasn't until my second glass of Chardonnay, while remembering my drive to Scribe Winery in the Prius, taking Instagram photographs of beautiful scenery on my iPhone, and savoring Korean BBQ from Namu, that I was reminded of the South Park episo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Here's What Would Happen if You Remade Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" in S.F. Today

    Angry Birds on the iPad. Does this look familiar?​ We can say with near-total confidence that Jello Biafra will hate the people in this video. You tech-employed, indie-pop loving Twitter users might just love it, though. This none-too-subtle advertisement for a new wireless speaker is a music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Tom Waits No Longer To Be Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Instagram username TomWaitsForNoMan (Wait, is that headline confusing? "No longer" modifies the verb "waits," not the compound adjective "to be inducted." Sorry if that seemed sensationalistic. But while we're on the subject of names that parse as verbs, consider the difficulty of writing a snappy h ... More >>

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