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  • Blogs

    January 7, 2013

    Ridiculous Websites Claim S.F. Doesn't Lead the Country in Brewing or General Booziness

    So we do understand that, statistically speaking, San Francisco can't be the best at everything food- and drink-wise (even though it totally is), and also that complaining about silly Internet lists is like complaining about philandering politicians or high gas prices -- these things will happen no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Charles J. Dowd, Retired S.F. Firefighter, Disappears After Boarding Amtrak Train

    Authorities are looking for Charles J. Dowd, a San Mateo resident and former San Francisco firefighter, who mysteriously vanished after he boarded an Amtrak train in the East Bay earlier this week. Dowd, 69, boarded a train in Emeryville on Wednesday morning with plans to change trains in Chicago on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2012

    Worst New Song of the Week: Karmin's "Hello"

    Man. When we heard that really ironically-titled new 3OH!3 song ("You're Gonna Love This"), we were like "Wow. Nothing could ever be more inane and vacuous than this auto-tuned piece of shit." But then we heard the new Karmin song, "Hello," and decided it should be the first in our new Worst Song of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    San Franciscans Eat Healthier Than Almost Everyone Else in the Nation

    The only thing worse than being no. 2 is coming in second place to our frenemy, New York City. Alas, San Francisco has fallen one place short of being no. 1 when it comes to healthy eating. But no reason to wallow in a pint of Ben & Jerry's just yet; we're still way healthier than your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    San Franciscans Apparently Eat More Healthfully Than Almost Anywhere in the Nation

    The only thing worse than being no. 2 is coming in second place to our frenemy, New York City. Alas, San Francisco has fallen one place short of being no. 1 when it comes to healthy eating. But no reason to wallow in a pint of Ben & Jerry's just yet; we're still way healthier ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    How To Not Piss Off Tyga at His S.F. Show

    Los Angeles rapper Tyga's March 19 concert in Omaha, Nebraska didn't end well -- after the show, there was a shootout. The rapper told XXL that a local act was mad because Tyga wouldn't let the group open up for him on the spur of the moment, and that the locals started throwing debris on the stage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    S.F.'s Eux Autres: '60s Pop-Rock with Love to France

    By J POET For most of the past 20 years, indie bands pretended the '60s never happened. Today the sounds of the Summer of Love are back in a big way, albeit with a modern spin that will keep old hippies from getting too wistful. San Francisco trio Eux Autres (say ooz-oh-tra) has been playing retro- ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2011

    List: Why Burning Man Sold Out Early This Year

    By J POET For most of the past 20 years, indie bands pretended the '60s never happened. Today the sounds of the Summer of Love are back in a big way, albeit with a modern spin that will keep old hippies from getting too wistful. San Francisco trio Eux Autres (say ooz-oh-tra) has been playing retro- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Nebraska Farmers Get Rich, Georgia Farmers Learn Immigrants Work Hard

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Farming as a lucrative endeavor? Time has an odd, interesting story about how rising food and biofuel prices have Nebraska farmers making money, despite the recession. "Want to Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Big 4 Tour: Are More U.S. Dates Likely for Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth?

    Richard HaickWide-eyed Kirk Hammet, coming soon to a major city near you?​ Pretty much since the moment we heard about the Big 4 tour, we've been wanting to see it hit the U.S. Interstate system. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax have played dates all over Europe, so when they announced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Jewel Thieves, Accused of 'Brazen' S.F. Burglary, Nabbed ... in Nebraska

    We're not in Kansas anymore​Cops finally caught up with some local jewelry thieves as they cruised along Interstate 80 -- in the middle of Nebraska. The tale begins on the 300 block of 29th Avenue -- a quiet residential block near upscale Sea Cliff. Jewel thieves plotted what police are calling a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Hey Lazybones Musicians! Record An Album This Month!

    ​Welcome to February, the runt of months. Just four weeks until March -- four boring, bitter weeks of Valentines and Presidents and groundhogs and Sri Lankan independence. Thanksgiving and Christmas and National Novel Writing Month are all more than half the year away. If only there was a way to u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Standing Up for Bullies, Taking the Rest of the Beef Out of 'Taco Meat'

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Uh, did you know that if you live in S.F., you can get a free spay or neuter at the SFSPCA for your dog or cat during the month of February? TRUE FACT. So if any of you are running around with companion animals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Local Mission Eatery's Harvest Dinners Feature Stuff the Chef Grew in Lodi

    John BirdsallRecent salad of beets and green tomatoes at Local Mission Eatery.​Just about every chef in town yearns to cook food with a close connection to the field, though usually that means cultivating connections with wholesale produce dealers. For Local Mission Eatery's Jake Des Voignes, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    California Faces Interstate Lawsuit -- If Voters Don't Pass Prop. 23

    Don't touch that greenhouse gas, warn out-of-state attorneys general...​If California voters don't pass Proposition 23 -- which would pull the rug out from under the state's 2006 law limiting greenhouse gas emissions -- a gang of out-of-state attorneys general have threatened to file suit against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Slow's 'Margherita'

    John BirdsallHeirloom tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil on "puffed flat bread" ($5).​Monday, August 16, 2010 Kyle Anderson isn't the first chef to be gobsmacked by Bay Area farmers' markets. He might, however, be the first to chuck an exec chef gig in Omaha, Neb., to wangle access to produce th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Guardian Editors Would Benefit from Prop. 13 Legislation They Endorsed

    It's always nice to get in the game early and pull up the ladder after you...​On Nov. 3, 2003 the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Warren Buffett in which the Nebraska billionaire explained his negative view of California's Proposition 13, the 1978 law that limits property tax assessmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Falling in Love Again with Butchers

    Claudine/FlickrDo you have one of these?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Meat-isans: As a culture, we've portrayed butchers as scary, we've thought of them as sexy. Today at Civil Eats, Kathryn Quanbeck makes an argument for butchers as necessary, even as they're seriously endangered. Qua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Got Stress? List of Most and Least 'Stressed' Counties Updated -- S.F. Makes Neither.

    Dorothea LangeYes, San Francisco's economic 'stress levels' have been worse...​If you needed a statistical analysis to back up your gut feeling, here it is: San Francisco ain't such a bad place to be. At least that's what the Associated Press' Economic Stress Index reported on Monday. The index -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Jocks Vs. Nerds: Former College QB Sues NCAA, Videogame Company Over Use of Athletes' Names and Likenesses

    Those videogame nerds stole your likeness, Ogre... The plot of many a 3 a.m.-caliber movie has featured the put-upon nerd matriculating to vast wealth in the computer industry -- while the bullying quarterback peaks before age 22. Yet in San Francisco Federal Court you could call it "Revenge of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2008

    Feeling a little bit country at Pissed Off Pete's

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Cowboy Up: 'Hottest Senate Candidate' Inspires Sudden S.F. Interest in Nebraska Politics

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Films on Location

    The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    Tuesday Night: The Faint at the Grand Ballroom

    The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    He Can Laugh About It

    The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

    Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

  • Music

    June 27, 2007

    Two Gallants

    The Scenery of Farewell (Saddle Creek)

  • Film

    December 13, 2006

    A League of His Own

    Nick Nolte knows a thing or two about getting old

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Death gets reanimated in the hands of Gob Iron

    Nick Nolte knows a thing or two about getting old

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    Spent

    A Broadway schmaltzfest spawns a big-screen travesty

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Kees to the City

    The mysterious obsession with Weldon Kees, poet, polymath, and icon of San Francisco bohemianism

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    I Ain't No Holocaust Girl

    Shuffleboard at the El Rio and why calling your boss a Nazi is passé

  • Dining

    November 17, 2004

    Whining and Dining

    An intriguing wine list and excellent tapas are perfect after Sideways

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, July 7, 2004

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, May 5, 2004

  • Culture

    April 21, 2004

    My Ántonia

    Willa Cather would not have been happy with this adaptation of her novel

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Toy Story

    The "Make Your Own Dildo" kit -- plus airport shuttles, zine geeks, and reform school for dogs

  • Music

    February 20, 2002

    Desaparecidos

    Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Rubble With a Mortgage

    What could be worse than a devasting earthquake in the Bay Area? The day after, when we all realize that no one is covered by insurance.

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • Dining

    November 17, 1999

    Battle Sushi

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • Film

    July 21, 1999

    Spite in the Heartland

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • Culture

    September 9, 1998

    Stage

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1998

    Night + Day

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • Calendar

    October 8, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • News

    May 7, 1997

    Letters

    Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

  • News

    December 25, 1996

    How Sweet It Is

    A brisk taste-test of S.F.'s worst cigars

  • Music

    December 6, 1995

    The Grapes of Wrath

    Bruce Springsteen reinvents himself as working-class hero

  • Calendar

    August 16, 1995

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Bruce Springsteen reinvents himself as working-class hero

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