Microbiology

MRSA-Killing Fogger Invented by Brits: Bloody Good Job

Festive Rainbow Iceberg Spotted in Arctic

Black Fiction's Anthony Marin passes away

The Straight Poop

Human excrement in the parks -- dangerous or just dirty?

Mom-and-Pop Record Stores Not Exactly Cheering Virgin's Demise

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

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The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

We "Really" Love Them

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Art Rolls By

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Falling Tower

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Jack White bros down for an intimate in-store

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Best Place to Buy 45s and 78s

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Best Record Store

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Best DVD Selection

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

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The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

DVD Gift Box

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Readers' Poll

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

The Good Deed

With the help of local music, Rock Ninja! attempts to inspire Haight Street's hippies to choose life

Bugging Out

The feds hold up germ experiments at Los Alamos National Lab

A Question of Risk

Plans for a biodefense "hot lab" at Lawrence Livermore have ecologists, disarmament advocates, and mainstream scientists up in arms

Best Place to Watch Local Professional Athletes

San Francisco's Strip Clubs

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San Francisco's Strip Clubs

The New Defenders

An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?

Shopping & Services Readers' Poll

An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?

The Anthrax Detector No One Wants

In Berkeley, researchers have found a way to identify deadly spores, which could lead to simple, smoke detector-like devices. So why isn't anyone interested?

Pop Philosophy

The other Friends; planned insurrection

House Of Tudor

Danny Cohen; Laughing Squid's Fifth Anniversary Celebration

Lab Rats

UCSF's Stanley Prusiner is a Nobel laureate and superstar of medical research. But employees don't feel safe working for him.

Riff Raff

UCSF's Stanley Prusiner is a Nobel laureate and superstar of medical research. But employees don't feel safe working for him.

Riff Raff

UCSF's Stanley Prusiner is a Nobel laureate and superstar of medical research. But employees don't feel safe working for him.

Last Night: King Khan & the Shrines at Amoeba

King Khan & the Shines Thursday, May 28, 2009 Amoeba Better than: Drinking at Murio's Who needs happy hour when you've got the Sultan of Soul to liven up the end of your work day? King Khan & The Shrines' Thursday early evening in-store at Amoeba was a bigger shot of adrenaline than a d ... More >>

This Afternoon: Elvis Costello at Amoeba

Elvis Costello and Jim LauderdaleMonday, June 22, 2009Amoeba MusicBetter than: Concerts you have to pay for.Sure, it's finally feeling like summer in San Francisco today, but a good couple hundred people skipped work this morning for more reasons than just working on their tan. The line that stretch ... More >>

Hunt Rettig: "New Work"

Elvis Costello and Jim LauderdaleMonday, June 22, 2009Amoeba MusicBetter than: Concerts you have to pay for.Sure, it's finally feeling like summer in San Francisco today, but a good couple hundred people skipped work this morning for more reasons than just working on their tan. The line that stretch ... More >>

"Louise LeBourgeois, Hunt Rettig, and Kim Frohsin"

Elvis Costello and Jim LauderdaleMonday, June 22, 2009Amoeba MusicBetter than: Concerts you have to pay for.Sure, it's finally feeling like summer in San Francisco today, but a good couple hundred people skipped work this morning for more reasons than just working on their tan. The line that stretch ... More >>

Bay Music Linx Roundup: Jay Reatard, Mixtape Swap, Kid Rocker

Jay Reatard (R.I.P.) at Amoeba​This Saturday at the Make-Out Room: Leave a mixtape, take a mixtape [Mission Mission] The art of live rock photography. [The Bay Bridged] Shakedowns at SF music venues: the panel discussion [SF Appeal] Eight year-old ROCKS OUT in Dolores Park [Uptown Almanac ... More >>

Prinz’ Perfect Record

Jay Reatard (R.I.P.) at Amoeba​This Saturday at the Make-Out Room: Leave a mixtape, take a mixtape [Mission Mission] The art of live rock photography. [The Bay Bridged] Shakedowns at SF music venues: the panel discussion [SF Appeal] Eight year-old ROCKS OUT in Dolores Park [Uptown Almanac ... More >>

Saturday is Record Store Day: Limited-Edition Releases, Rare In-Stores

  Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

Concert preview: Fat Freddy's Drop

  Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

Four Things We Learned From This Vid of Groove Armada's Trip to Amoeba

Andy Cato of Groove Armada in Amoeba SF​You learn a lot about a person by following them around a record store -- especially one as big as Amoeba San Francisco. The mother of all local disc dealers just posted this video of the pleasant chaps from British electronic duo Groove Armada cruising the ... More >>

Surrender to Self-Preservation

Andy Cato of Groove Armada in Amoeba SF​You learn a lot about a person by following them around a record store -- especially one as big as Amoeba San Francisco. The mother of all local disc dealers just posted this video of the pleasant chaps from British electronic duo Groove Armada cruising the ... More >>

On the Oblivious Joy of A Muni Ride Home From Amoeba Music

​He sat there, legs crossed, large yellow bag splayed open on the empty seat next to him -- last night, on the inbound 6 Parnassus, around 8:20 p.m. -- and engaged in what must be a frequent ritual for San Francisco music lovers.The old man pulled smaller yellow paper bags out of one large plastic ... More >>

Tonight: Free Dengue Fever Concert and Vietnamese Popup

Dengue Fever/Rice Paper Scissors Where: Amoeba Records, 1855 Haight (at Stanyan), 831-1200 When: Tues., April 26, 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free concert; food items priced individually The rundown: Hey, cheapskates: Queue up tonight for a low-cost music and food pairing that's sure to be a win. From 6 to 7, C ... More >>

Flogging Molly Starts a Guinness-Fueled Sonic Riot at Amoeba S.F. (Photos)

Richard HaickFlogging Molly at Amoeba Music in S.F. yesterday​ Flogging Molly Amoeba Music, San Francisco June 2, 2011 We all know how much those free early evening/late afternoon shows at Amoeba rule. And yesterday, the Irish folk-punk dynamo known as Flogging Molly took to that small blue s ... More >>

How to Navigate S.F.'s Record Stores (Without Crying)

You're new to San Francisco. Or maybe you're not. Either way, we have a ton of awesome record stores that are quintessentially San Franciscan (read: weird) and navigating them isn't always the easiest thing in the world. You're just buying music, right? Wrong! Here's a guide to the finest purveyors ... More >>

SF's Drinking Water May Be Unsafe for Those with HIV/AIDS

You're new to San Francisco. Or maybe you're not. Either way, we have a ton of awesome record stores that are quintessentially San Franciscan (read: weird) and navigating them isn't always the easiest thing in the world. You're just buying music, right? Wrong! Here's a guide to the finest purveyors ... More >>

Sept. 13 Is Officially Jimi Hendrix-Winterland Day in San Francisco

​Need another reason that San Francisco is awesome? The San Francisco Board of Supervisors just proclaimed Sept. 13, 2011, to be Jimi Hendrix Winterland Day in honor of six concerts Hendrix performed at S.F.'s historic (and now long gone) Winterland Ballroom in October 1968. Okay, so Hendrix ... More >>

Daniel Patterson on Copenhagen's MAD Foodcamp: International Glamor, Hyperlocal Foods

Daniel Patterson.​Daniel Patterson, chef-owner of Coi, is freshly back from last week's MAD Foodcamp in Copenhagen, at which he presented a history of beets. The two-day symposium was organized by René Redzepi, chef of Noma, which has been celebrated for its intricate experimentation of nati ... More >>

San Francisco's Table Scraps Make Healthier Wines

Allan Henderson via Flickr ... tastes like fine wine ​San Francisco residents may have groaned when the city passed mandatory composting laws in 2009, but now they might be sighing in relaxation as they sip wines grown on soil enriched with their city-mandated table scraps. A record amount of San ... More >>

DJ Shadow Goes Shopping for Inspiration at Amoeba

Allan Henderson via Flickr ... tastes like fine wine ​San Francisco residents may have groaned when the city passed mandatory composting laws in 2009, but now they might be sighing in relaxation as they sip wines grown on soil enriched with their city-mandated table scraps. A record amount of San ... More >>

Watch: A Day in the Life KMEL's Record-Buying, Star-Discovering DJ Amen

DJ Amen at Amoeba​ Ever wonder what a day in the life of a local radio DJ is like? Well now you can know: Bay Area hip-hop website Thizzler on the Roof recently put together this short clip that follows KMEL's DJ Amen around for a day -- starting at Amoeba, heading to Papalote, and ending at a ... More >>