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Bacon Bacon Truck Seeks Customer Help to Fund Second Vehicle

"This is about bacon," says Bacon Bacon founder Jim Angelus in the above video. "This is about you becoming a part of a lot of bacon." Angelus has turned to Kickstarter to ask the public for help. Specifically, he's looking for $25,000 in order to fund a second truck to add to the fleet of meat; hi ... More >>

tUnE-yArDs' New "My Country" Video: Merrill Garbus and the Kids Rock Out

If tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus wasn't touring the country with her pretty-darn-successful band, she would make the raddest third-grade teacher ever. In the new video for "My Country" -- the third single off of last year's mega-lauded w h o k i l l -- Garbus recruits an army of shorties to stand in as ... More >>

Kickstarter Round-Up: Sweet Bar Bakery, Inna Jam, and Sow All Looking for Investors

Kickstarter is an organizational force to be reckoned with. By giving small businesses the power to harness the income of friends, family, and fans through a rewarded-donation system, the website has allowed an impressive share of previously under-the-radar micro-companies to baby step into the big ... More >>

Poitín 1661 Update: Mission Accomplished

​SFoodie raises its cup for former San Francisco bar tender Ashlee Casserly. Last week we dished about her Kickstarter campaign for her authentic Irish white whiskey,1661 Poitín. She reached her goal of raising $40,000 Monday, two hours before the deadline. The grand total is $43,451. Introducing ... More >>

Former S.F. Bartender Tries to Introduce Poitin, Irish White Whiskey, to America

An aspiring distiller and former San Francisco bartender named Ashlee Casserly is trying, via Kickstarter, to introduce an Irish version of moonshine, which is trending high in local bars. Casserly is developing 1661 Poitin, an unaged Irish whiskey made from potatoes or barley, with 40 to 50 percent ... More >>

Sous Beurre Kitchen: Pop-Up's Promising Venture in Permanence

An aspiring distiller and former San Francisco bartender named Ashlee Casserly is trying, via Kickstarter, to introduce an Irish version of moonshine, which is trending high in local bars. Casserly is developing 1661 Poitin, an unaged Irish whiskey made from potatoes or barley, with 40 to 50 percent ... More >>

Breathe Owl Breathe on Its Theatrical Live Shows, New Children's Book, and Natural Inspiration

Many bands that employ gimmicks like costumes, storytelling, and adorable instruments (e.g. melodeon or kazoo) are relegated to the land of twee. But Michigan's Breathe Owl Breathe lacks the cutesy artifice of certain Juno soundtrack singsongers. Perhaps due to the band's incredible musicianship and ... More >>

Marissa Nadler on Funding Records with Kickstarter, Sexism in Music, and Being Shy

"The real Marissa is filled with passion," she says. "I'm fiery, not celestial."​ By CHLOE ROTH Massachusetts-based songwriter Marissa Nadler performs this Sunday, Dec. 18, at Cafe Du Nord with local songstress Emily Jane White. We caught up with Nadler while she was working on a mysterious v ... More >>

Shipping Containers: Not Just for Restaurants Anymore

Hanna Raskin/Seattle WeeklyStockbox Grocers is smaller than most studio apartments.​While design-minded San Franciscans have been making pilgrimages to Hayes Valley to watch Proxy SF's shipping-container complex of restaurants and shops slowly grow -- or at least that's their excuse for returning ... More >>

Music Links: Secret Alley Show This Weekend, a Chat with Bob Mould, and More

via The Owl MagShepard Fairey and Bob Mould in conversation.​ There's a special show at the Secret Alley this weekend featuring local bands Lilac, Melted Toys, Talk Normal, and a special guest. Who is it? A good local band that's getting attention from around the world. [The Bay Bridged] Anot ... More >>

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via The Owl MagShepard Fairey and Bob Mould in conversation.​ There's a special show at the Secret Alley this weekend featuring local bands Lilac, Melted Toys, Talk Normal, and a special guest. Who is it? A good local band that's getting attention from around the world. [The Bay Bridged] Anot ... More >>

The Franchise Episode Six Recap: Searching for Answers

SD Dirk/Flickr​In conception, The Franchise is not a very complicated show -- it tells human interests stories in the context of the Giants season with a healthy dose of insider access. It's built for a large audience, and as such is at its best when it's largely positive. The Giants need to be go ... More >>

Like Free Outdoor Shows? Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival Wants Your Help

MissionMission.orgGood times at Mission Creek's McLaren Park show. ​ We're proceeding under the assumption that your answer to the above question is nothing but a resounding "Hell yes." And having thus agreed that free outdoor shows tend to be wonderful, consider supporting the Mission Creek M ... More >>

Con Brio on Playing Soul Music, Needing a Van, and the Serendipity of Craigslist

​After just two years on the San Francisco scene, Con Brio has released a full-length album, performed at Great American Music Hall, and played shows all over the city -- but none of that probably would have happened without a Craigslist ad and some serendipity. Somehow, the members of Con Bri ... More >>

Local Brewing Co. Hopes to Kickstart a Nanobrewery

The gypsy brewers behind Local Brewing Co. are looking to launch a neighborhood watering hole. Regan Long and Sarah Fenson have posted a Kickstarter proposal to ask their fans to help raise at least $69,000 to create a three-barrel brewery and taproom complete with small bites. A celebration for th ... More >>

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The gypsy brewers behind Local Brewing Co. are looking to launch a neighborhood watering hole. Regan Long and Sarah Fenson have posted a Kickstarter proposal to ask their fans to help raise at least $69,000 to create a three-barrel brewery and taproom complete with small bites. A celebration for th ... More >>

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The gypsy brewers behind Local Brewing Co. are looking to launch a neighborhood watering hole. Regan Long and Sarah Fenson have posted a Kickstarter proposal to ask their fans to help raise at least $69,000 to create a three-barrel brewery and taproom complete with small bites. A celebration for th ... More >>

Want German Street Food? Help Kickstart the Guten Brat!

Jorge Mallory​Alameda's Jorge Mallory has a vision to convert his 1957 VW Splitty Kombi Bus into the Guten Brat, a mobile eatery selling bratwurst sandwiches and currywurst. He's got a little less than two weeks left in his Kickstarter campaign, which seeks $10,000 for the renovations, which w ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Jorge Mallory​Alameda's Jorge Mallory has a vision to convert his 1957 VW Splitty Kombi Bus into the Guten Brat, a mobile eatery selling bratwurst sandwiches and currywurst. He's got a little less than two weeks left in his Kickstarter campaign, which seeks $10,000 for the renovations, which w ... More >>

Mr. Lif and Brass Menazeri -- You've Never Heard Anything Like This Radness

​Wildly popular yet uncompromisingly traditional local party-brass band Brass Menazeri got into a jam with Boston's Mr. Lif. The result is so beautiful it changed our brains just to hear a little bit. Brain different now! Different and better. Wonderful brain-changing video after the jump.

Victory and Associates Plead for Your Help in a Way Entirely Contrary to Their Name

Victory and Associates meet the press or face the nation or something​ As they prep their first full-length, the bright, brash young men of Oakland's Victory and Associates are seizing this century's communication technologies to pay for last century's: namely a vinyl release of Th ... More >>

Help S.F. Singer Meklit Hadero Bring Her Music to Ethiopia Next Month

Meklit Hadero​ Ethiopian born, S.F.-based jazz singer Meklit Hadero is planning a big trip to Ethiopia next month to perform for the people of her native country. It's her second such visit, after Hadero designed a similar journey in 2009. Hadero will perform for free in two places in Ethiopia ... More >>

Tequila and Tamales by the Bay: Too Good to Pound

Maria Antonieta SolorzanoThe Whole Tortilla picked up the People's Choice Award.​Around 300 people breezed about the sunny atrium at San Francisco Design Center Sunday, munching tamales and sipping from baby shot glasses of tequila. It was the fifth year of Benchmark Institute's fundraiser Tequila ... More >>

Vesta Flatbread Seeks Kickstarter Funds to Fire Up the Vestamobile

Traci Prendergrast​Vesta Flatbread's Traci Prendergrast has spent the past year selling sandwiches and other fare at various local farmers' markets, fruitlessly searching for the perfect brick-and-mortar space in Oakland. She's now switched directions an decided to take her show on the road. P ... More >>

The Lovemakers' Lisa Light Returns as El Elle; Drops Video for "Astral Plane"

​Before breaking up last year, East Bay electro-pop duo the Lovemakers were among the best-known local bands. Scott Blonde and Lisa Light sung with acerbic sarcasm -- the kind former lovers have for each other -- and mixed rock guitars with dance beats and soaring pop hooks. Lovemakers singles lik ... More >>

Janice Whaley Reimagines the Smiths Catalog A Cappella

​Before breaking up last year, East Bay electro-pop duo the Lovemakers were among the best-known local bands. Scott Blonde and Lisa Light sung with acerbic sarcasm -- the kind former lovers have for each other -- and mixed rock guitars with dance beats and soaring pop hooks. Lovemakers singles lik ... More >>

Friday Night: Michael Musika Casts Spells on Rickshaw Stop

Michael Musika at Rickshaw Stop Friday night.​Michael Musika, Brass Menazerie, Toshio Hirano & DJ Zeljko March 18, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Motor-boating a witch's bosom. The tale goes that Michael Musika was wandering the roads of a far-away land known as Colorado. Suddenly, a coyo ... More >>

Help Kickstart A Dope New San Francisco Music Compilation

Another week, another cause to devote your disposable income to. Peter Arko and Robert Khoury, the respective head honchos of venerable local music blogs Ears of the Beholder and See the Leaves, are teaming up to start a compilation series called City Limits Records, where "influential bloggers/mus ... More >>

How to fund your project with online tools in 2011

Another week, another cause to devote your disposable income to. Peter Arko and Robert Khoury, the respective head honchos of venerable local music blogs Ears of the Beholder and See the Leaves, are teaming up to start a compilation series called City Limits Records, where "influential bloggers/mus ... More >>

Suck It, Fiona Ma: S.F. Rave Documentary Coming Soon

Wooo!! Giants!!​At one point there was a lot of gold around these parts. Then for a time there was peace and love and kind bud and all that positivity malarkey. Nowadays, San Francisco sustains itself exclusively on foodism, tech startups, and massive pulsating dance parties held in low reverbera ... More >>

Hip-Hop Word Count: What If You Could Search the Lyrics of 40,000 Hip Hop Songs?

A sample entry.​Tahir Hemphill has launched a Kickstarter fundraising drive for an interesting new project he's working on. It's called the Hip-Hop Word Count, and its aim is to allow you to search through the lyrics of over 40,000 hip-hop songs released between 1979 and the present. But more than ... More >>

Hide The Children: Hunx and His Punx' Seth Bogart and Brande Baugh Want To Start a TV Show

Anyone else find this pic utterly terrifying?​Try to imagine how Seth Bogart might expand his burgeoning cultural empire. He's already the Hunx of Hunx and His Punx, a pop-punk band whose sleazy songs incite shudders from decent people around the country, if not the world. He already runs Down at ... More >>

Tamales Los Mayas Seeks Kickstarter Microloans for Food Cart

Alicia Villanueva has taken to Kickstarter to raise $5,000 to start a mobile cart for her Tamales Los Mayas, a La Cocina-incubated business. The Sinaloa-born entrepreneur seeks help to purchase the cart and cooking equipment, and pay fees for licenses and permits. There are 16 days left to fund Vi ... More >>

Could Crowdsourced Funding Be a Future Solution for Indie Labels?

S.F. band My First Earthquake raised money to record a new album via Kickstarter.​As the music industry scrambles to make labels profitable again in the Web 2.0 era, one recent trend to emerge is the concept of crowdfunded albums -- where fans directly pay artists in advance so the artist can affo ... More >>

A Fire Inside Makes New Bid to Raise Capital for Bakery

A Fire Inside/KickstarterBread's not available from A Fire Inside ― yet.​Nobody said being a vegan baker with an entrepreneurial bent was easy. A month after failing to muster enough microloans via Kickstarter, baker and Millennium cook David Surcamp is trying a new tack for cash to launch a ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

A Fire Inside/KickstarterBread's not available from A Fire Inside ― yet.​Nobody said being a vegan baker with an entrepreneurial bent was easy. A month after failing to muster enough microloans via Kickstarter, baker and Millennium cook David Surcamp is trying a new tack for cash to launch a ... More >>

Folsom Street Fair, Tour De Fat, Springsteen Tribute, Jared Mees & Grown Children, Arts Expo and More

Jared Mees & the Grown Children play The Hemlock this Sunday​ There are so many awesome events this warm weekend in September, the problem won't be what to do, but how to pack it all in. Make the best use of your time, map out a proper schedule and get to it. Here's this week's list of ten th ... More >>

A Fire Inside Seeks Investors (and Hugs) to Launch Vegan Bakery

David Surcamp​A Fire Inside, an underground vegan bakery run by David Surcamp, is soliciting donations via Kickstarter in hopes of opening a brick and mortar location in the East Bay, reports Vegansaurus. Surcamp is looking for a total of $35,000. He's offering some heartfelt thank-you gifts t ... More >>

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David Surcamp​A Fire Inside, an underground vegan bakery run by David Surcamp, is soliciting donations via Kickstarter in hopes of opening a brick and mortar location in the East Bay, reports Vegansaurus. Surcamp is looking for a total of $35,000. He's offering some heartfelt thank-you gifts t ... More >>

Leveraging Synergy Across Multiple Platforms

David Surcamp​A Fire Inside, an underground vegan bakery run by David Surcamp, is soliciting donations via Kickstarter in hopes of opening a brick and mortar location in the East Bay, reports Vegansaurus. Surcamp is looking for a total of $35,000. He's offering some heartfelt thank-you gifts t ... More >>