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March 17, 2010
That's My Jam!: Devonwho Keeps the Funk Alive
DevonwhoI don't know about the rest of you, but I'm completely down with the future-boogie/wonky soul thing going on right now. While it's not central to the Los Angeles area--B. Bravo reps San Francisco and artists like Krystal Klear doing the thing out in Europe--many of these producers appear ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Rolling From S.F. to L.A. on Seatless Bicycle Even Stupider Than it Looks
Stand up young man! California laws encourage seatless cycling, discourage seated kind.What could possibly be more inane than a publicity stunt in which an ultra-marathon runner rides from San Francisco to LA on a bicycle with no seat?How about California state legislation passed especially to enabl ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Another Volcanic Ash Travel Casualty: No Gary Numan Shows
With 17,000 flights canceled because of the volcanic ash clouds that traveled from Iceland over much of Europe, UK acts are having a very difficult time making their shows here in the States. It's still unclear when air travel will be able to resume, and in the meantime, more shows have b ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
Liars discover a "Sisterworld" in Los Angeles
With 17,000 flights canceled because of the volcanic ash clouds that traveled from Iceland over much of Europe, UK acts are having a very difficult time making their shows here in the States. It's still unclear when air travel will be able to resume, and in the meantime, more shows have b ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Free Pair of Tickets to Liars/Fol Chen Show Tuesday
LiarsWhen Liars moved back to Los Angeles, the group found inspiration in the ugly side of Hollywood. As Doug Wallen wrote in his profile of the band this issue, Liars' latest record, Sisterworld, "considers how people craft identities for themselves in the fringes of society. Walking through L.A ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
What Does Quesadilla Vendor's Win at L.A.'s Vendy Awards Mean?
Vendy AwardsNina Garcia (she's the one with the trophy).L.A. witnessed its first Vendy Awards over the weekend. Vendys are street-food vendor awards ― New York City has hosted them for the past five years. The scope of L.A.'s six finalists had a familiar shape for anyone who's ever trolled ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Show preview: Glitch Mob
Vendy AwardsNina Garcia (she's the one with the trophy).L.A. witnessed its first Vendy Awards over the weekend. Vendys are street-food vendor awards ― New York City has hosted them for the past five years. The scope of L.A.'s six finalists had a familiar shape for anyone who's ever trolled ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
The Killer of His Daughter's Mother
A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.
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August 13, 2010
Toys That Kill, S.F. Vs. L.A., Indoor Block Party, C*nt Sparrer, and More
C*nt Sparrer plays Laszlo on SundayWell, it's really summer now! Bundle up, grab a hoodie and go check out the many fun and cheap events our chilly city has to offer this weekend. Here's our list of 10 shows, fests and fairs for less than two cups of quality hot cocoa. S.F. vs L.A. @ Levi's Work ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Outstanding in the Field Adds Two More California Dinners
davecobb/FlickrA 2008 Outstanding in the Field dinner at L.A.'s Wattles Farm.In a little food-themed reversal of Manifest Destiny, the 2010 Outstanding in the Field dinner tour has blazed trails all the way to the East Coast, heaping eats on tables in farms, orchards, and vineyards from sea t ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Ten Awesomely Named Food Trucks
Dee F./YelpFood trucks are so popular right now, it's almost harder to find a truck that doesn't serve lunch. The names are getting pretty awesome, too: Kim Jong Grillin' City: Portland Why it's awesomely named: Korean barbecue named after the home country's most notorious oppressor? Ballsy ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Earthquake Fails to Level L.A. -- Man Now Claims It'll Happen Today
There's a 100 percent chance San Francisco will be hit by a quake -- in 1906The proprietor of a pseudoscientific quake prediction website who claimed a 98 percent chance Los Angeles would be hit with a 7.0 magnitude quake yesterday -- which didn't happen -- is now pledging a 97 percent chance it' ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
Check Out Local Natives' Jawesome "Wide Eyes" Video
Yes, that is a shark stalking a human in a parking lot.Why do I keep thinking Local Natives are from San Francisco instead of Los Angeles? If I were in Chicago or Butte, MN, would I think they were from there based solely on the "Local"? And just what kind of perverse things are going on in the a ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Investors From Mumbai, Houston, L.A., Behind $2.33B purchase of State Buildings
Meet the new landlordThe California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Daedelus: Show Preview
Meet the new landlordThe California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
The Black Ryder Hasn't Made Any Deals With the Devil -- Yet
The Black Ryder performs Thursday at PopsceneHaving recently toured the U.S. with The Cult -- almost immediately after moving to Los Angeles -- Australian-born outfit The Black Ryder will play its first-ever West Coast headlining show this Thursday at Popscene. Multi-instrumentalists and vocalis ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Phantom Kicks, the Actors, and Sunbeam Rd. at Rickshaw Stop
The Actors. All photos by Romana MachadoPhantom Kicks The Actors Sunbeam Rd. December 1, 2010 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: I expected. Wednesday night live music has traditionally so little to commend itself that acts thank people just for showing up -- even if it's raining barrels, and ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
No Age Talks All Ages Venues, Substitute Teaching, and How To Be a Vegan on Tour
No Age is guitarist Randy Randall (left) and drummer Dean Allen SpuntOne pleasure of interviewing touring bands over the phone is getting to talk to them from random places. When we spoke to No Age's Randy Randall, he was standing outside a Flying J truck stop somewhere between Boise and Salt Lak ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Sure, 'Chairman Bao' Is Punny, But Who Gets the Credit?
Mel B./YelpIt's fun until somebody gets sued.Our favorite morsel from the Web. Mobile Cuisine Magazine is floating an online poll, for what it's calling the punniest food truck name. There are 10 nominees, culled coast to coast, including L.A.'s Grill Em All, Miami's Miso Hungry, and Baltimo ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Paris Surf Minstrels La Femme Talk Censored Cover Art and American Adventures
Contrary to what you might quite reasonably expect, Parisian post-surf-rock outfit La Femme is, well, not very feminine at all. Besides a variable cast of sultry chanteuses, the group comprises three to four vaguely shadowy young Frenchmen who, to hear them tell it, spend most of their time in a ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Music Links: Drake Thinks SJ is LA, Local Xmas Tunes, Devo Spotted on Bart
www.octobersveryown.netHe don't know L.A. from S.J.Canadian rapper Drake calls a San Jose audience "L.A.", audience boos. [The Mercury News]A thorough rounding-up of new local and non-local Christmas songs. [The Bay Bridged]
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December 22, 2010
Film director Sofia Coppola's journey to "Somewhere"
www.octobersveryown.netHe don't know L.A. from S.J.Canadian rapper Drake calls a San Jose audience "L.A.", audience boos. [The Mercury News]A thorough rounding-up of new local and non-local Christmas songs. [The Bay Bridged]
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December 30, 2010
U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.
If only someone would tow this thing to Des MoinesBy Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
L.A. Food Truck Becomes Setting for Porn Flick
Our favorite morsel from the blogs. First it was banking ads, now it's porn. Blogs from HuffPo to L.A. Times' Daily Dish were all over yesterday's news about food trucks reaching an important cultural threshold: becoming a setting for adult films. Cal Vista and Cheeky Monkey's The Flying Pin ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Hear This While Smug: Robotanists' "Exiled State of Mind"
Sigh.File this one under that latent San Francisco-Los Angeles rivalry where we're all like, "yeah, L.A. is cool but I can't imagine living there" and people in Los Angeles are like, "wait, San Franwhat?" It's not that future-shock quartet Robotanists are on our side of the issue, per se, because ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Eat Real Fest Announces 2011 Date, Expands to Los Angeles
Joseph Schell/SFoodieBrace yourselves for this, L.A.The third annual installment of Oakland's Eat Real Fest moves from August to September this year. Jack London Square once again plays host to the festivities, which celebrate food crafting, sustainable sourcing, and mobile food, scheduled fo ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Odd Future Is Finally Coming to S.F. -- And Soon
Big news for you fans of the new, the prolific, and the emphatically profane.Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (that's Odd Future for short), the 10-odd-member underage L.A. rap collective whose Quaalude beats and pretty much reprehensible lyrics light up the online hypo-sphere like a formaldehyde ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Examiner's Phil Anschutz Dumps Money into California Politics -- Except San Francisco
No money for you, chumps.San Francisco Examiner owner Phil Anschutz, his companies, and his employees, donated $92,582 to 30 California politicians between 2003 and 2009, according to campaign finance filings compiled by Anschutz's competitor, Bay Area News Group.But the railroad, telecommunicati ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
No Age, Grass Widow, and Rank/Xerox Bring the Ruckus at the Rickshaw
Joseph SchellNo Age at Rickshaw Stop Saturday. No AgeGrass WidowRank/XeroxCrazy Band February 26, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Standing still at Best Coast/Wavves. I have a thing for drummers who sing. There's something about it that triggers endorphins: this is a multitasking musician, bo ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
Get High With Mutaytor Today, Even if Burning Man Is Months Away
Listen to this while high: Mutaytor's Unconditional Love (The Westerfield Sessions). Behind the buzz: Though born in Nevada's Black Rock desert at Burning Man and world-HQ'd in an obscure Los Angeles warehouse, Mutaytor is San Franciscan almost by default. L.A.'s Burning Man scene is sexy ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
J*Davey and Blu Make Mischief And/Or Sense at 330 Ritch
Def SoundJ*DaveyBluDef Soul@ 330 RitchThursday, March 10, 2011Better than: A late-night spelling bee. San Francisco came out last night to party in good faith -- to get down, make noise, say Yeeaaayyuh, the usual -- but the partying spirit was damped, at least in my case, by an hour and fifteen ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
'I'm Always Writing the Menu as a Poem': An Interview with Dominique Crenn
Dominique Crenn was born in France but has been working in American restaurants for nigh on two decades. As I was finishing up this week's review of Atelier Crenn, I talked to Crenn about her experience opening a restaurant in Indonesia, the farm she works with, and the meaning of the restaurant' ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Mixtape of the Day: Ghostly International's TED Compilation, "Music For Ideas"
What's the craziest idea you've had lately? Covering your cat in Yves Klein-blue paint and letting it frolic on your boss's couch? Deep-frying a beet? Going to see Battle Los Angeles completely sober? Microloans for pirates? Exciting times. The University of Michigan held a TED symposium ov ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Bryan Stow Update: More Details on Suspects Released
Suspect 1 Today, Los Angeles police gave us a few more specifics on the two men responsible for severely beating Bryan Stow for being a Giants fan.The first suspect is described as a bald Hispanic man, between 20 and 25-years-old. He has a mustache and a goatee and was wearing a Dodgers jersey, d ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Win Tickets to See Dominant Legs This Wednesday at the Rickshaw Stop
We will be so lonely and forlorn if you do not come see us plaaaaaySan Francisco blogstraordinaire Ears of the Beholder is putting on a show this Wednesday night at the Rickshaw Stop, featuring the post-Tracy Chapman pop jangle of Dominant Legs, the brand new neo-funk stylings of Dirty Ghosts, an ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
In Transit: From S.F. to L.A. via Public Transportation
We will be so lonely and forlorn if you do not come see us plaaaaaySan Francisco blogstraordinaire Ears of the Beholder is putting on a show this Wednesday night at the Rickshaw Stop, featuring the post-Tracy Chapman pop jangle of Dominant Legs, the brand new neo-funk stylings of Dirty Ghosts, an ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
LA Beats SF in Food Fight, Oakland Feeds Kids for Free This Summer
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Oh, yeah? Sunset magazine has just posted a online feature that tries to ignite civil war between Los Angeles and San Francisco by challenging San Francisco's Josh Sens and LA Wee ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Glitch Mob: Show Preview
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Oh, yeah? Sunset magazine has just posted a online feature that tries to ignite civil war between Los Angeles and San Francisco by challenging San Francisco's Josh Sens and LA Wee ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Time to Get High with Voxhaul Broadcast's Timing Is Everything
Listen to this while high: Voxhaul Broadcast's Timing is Everything Behind the buzz: These Orange County brats hit L.A.'s Silverlake rock scene a couple of years back and the buzz was reaching apiary pitch as I departed for the calmer pastures of the Bay Area. Online spoor indicate ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
DJ Morse Code on Quitting Teaching to a Become a Pro DJ, and His New Project, Pools
While it is the hope of every novice schoolteacher that their hard work in the classroom will eventually land them a job as a Hollywood club DJ, few are actually able to pull off the transition. In 2006, at the crossroads of his two careers, San Francisco native DJ Morse Code decided to become a ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Catch SF Weekly Staff Writer Joe Eskenazi on L.A. Public Radio Tonight
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa personally congratulates Joe Eskenazi on his succesful transit odyssey.On the off chance you find yourself in Los Angeles and listening to the lower end of the FM band, SF Weekly staff writer Joe Eskenazi will be on LA's KCRW, 88.9, talking to Warren Olney, ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa personally congratulates Joe Eskenazi on his succesful transit odyssey.On the off chance you find yourself in Los Angeles and listening to the lower end of the FM band, SF Weekly staff writer Joe Eskenazi will be on LA's KCRW, 88.9, talking to Warren Olney, ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Hot Water Is Everything, A Food Insult, Lucky 11, and the Dog Days
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Yesterday we shared that the Hawaiian restaurant Hukilau was closed on Tuesday by the Department of Public Health for reported health hazards. Apparently the owners got to work sprucing the place up, and ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
DJ Excel on His Mixtape History, and Why Top 40 Clubs Suck
Philly-born DJ Excel started his DJ/musical career at just 11 years old and later sold mixtapes in high school. A turntabilist at heart, he became the founder of the Skratch Makaniks crew of DJs known for their legitimate turntable skills and ability to rock any club. Having moved to L.A.19 ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Hey FDA: Pick On Big Food Producers, Not Little Ones
Genaro Molina/Los Angeles TimesDanielle Fetzer and Steven Pociunas, volunteers at Rawesome Foods in Venice, after the store was raidedAfter a year-long investigation, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration joined state and local authorities yesterday to bust owners of a small Venic ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Bacon Gives You Diabetes and Cheese Is Killing the Planet!
• Have you seen these (not actually) hilarious Velveeta ads that try to fool people into thinking that Velveeta Cheesy Skillets aren't made of processed food-product and chemical death? First off, I don't want anyone to ever complain about vegans having a sad or gross diet again. Glass hous ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Bodies Shipped from S.F. to Latin America Take a Road Trip
• Have you seen these (not actually) hilarious Velveeta ads that try to fool people into thinking that Velveeta Cheesy Skillets aren't made of processed food-product and chemical death? First off, I don't want anyone to ever complain about vegans having a sad or gross diet again. Glass hous ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Popular L.A. Vietnamese Food Truck in Town for Two Nights Only
What: Phamish Pop-up! Where: Seesaw When: November 11 and 12, seatings 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Cost: $35 The rundown: Popular Los Angeles-based Vietnamese food truck, Phamish, rolls into San Francisco. They'll park at Hayes Valley's Seesaw, and serve up a four-course feast for two nights only. Th ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Freestyle Fellowship: Show Preview
What: Phamish Pop-up! Where: Seesaw When: November 11 and 12, seatings 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Cost: $35 The rundown: Popular Los Angeles-based Vietnamese food truck, Phamish, rolls into San Francisco. They'll park at Hayes Valley's Seesaw, and serve up a four-course feast for two nights only. Th ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Nombe's New Lunch Special: Beef Ramen
Luis ChongBeef Ramen lunch special at Nombe on Mission Street. Last week, Nombe Restaurant added lunch service, featuring a unique beef ramen from their new chef Noriyuki Sugie. This ramen is also the star of Nombe's Dine About Town lunch offer -- beef ramen, mini donburi and choice of drink: J ... More >>
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