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  • Blogs

    January 16, 2013

    Vote for Lil B To Perform at the Grammys -- It's Not Like He Could Make Them Worse

    The Grammy Awards will happen Feb. 10, and since just about anybody can get themselves nominated, the Recording Academy of America has opened up the live performance roster, too. Its new "The Gig of a Lifetime" contest offers a chance for one lucky artist to perform in front of an actual live audie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2013

    UC College Girls Tap Sugar Daddies for Tuition

    UC college chicks don't need daddy to pay for school and all those four-year parties anymore, but what they do need are their sugar daddies. A new study shows that an increasing number of female students from UC Berkeley and UC Davis are tapping sugar daddies for college tuition -- and they have hi ... More >>

  • Film

    October 24, 2012

    "Fun Size": The Teen Comedy That's Not Bad For You

    UC college chicks don't need daddy to pay for school and all those four-year parties anymore, but what they do need are their sugar daddies. A new study shows that an increasing number of female students from UC Berkeley and UC Davis are tapping sugar daddies for college tuition -- and they have hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2012

    Whoa: Lil B Tries Out for Golden State Warriors' D-League Team

    When Lil B tweeted last month that he was going to try out for the Golden State Warriors, it was met with the same skepticism as when he said he was Miley Cyrus or Paris Hilton or Matlock. But our Young Based God actually did it this past Sunday, when he suited up and got on the basketball court at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    Lil B Releases Rock Song "California Boy," Proves He Still Has the Ability to Surprise

    After declaring that he's God, he's gay, he's Justin Bieber, he's Jesus, and he's an NYU lecturer, Berkeley rap provocateur Lil B is now out to try and be something else: a rock 'n' roller. Based God's latest leg-puller is "California Boy," a parodic but somewhat credible acoustic-electric rock son ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    An Open Letter to Bikini Kill: We Still Need You!

    Dear Bikini Kill, Do you have any idea how much we've missed you? We just wanted you to know how thrilled we are to hear that you're launching your own record label -- Bikini Kill Records -- and re-issuing your back catalog on CD (we'd love it if you could do some vinyl too, but one thing at a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    Lil B Releases "Historical" 878-Song Mixtape

    Remember when Lil B dropped that 676-song mixtape early last year? This was back before his historical NYU lecture, before his historical tentative acceptance from many in the mainstream rap world, before I'm Gay? Well, the Based God has upped his game: In a hefty gift to discographers and completis ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Jim Crow Returns: New State Laws Could Take Obama Out This Fall

    Remember when Lil B dropped that 676-song mixtape early last year? This was back before his historical NYU lecture, before his historical tentative acceptance from many in the mainstream rap world, before I'm Gay? Well, the Based God has upped his game: In a hefty gift to discographers and completis ... 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 >>

  • Music

    April 18, 2012

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

    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 13, 2012

    The Top Five Most Important Lessons From Lil B's NYU Lecture

    Props to The Fader, which has carefully transcribed Lil B's 86-minute lecture at NYU on April 11 in order to present a full Based Scripture (you can also listen below). What an act of love and extreme patience it was to note on paper B's patented go-somewhere-else sentences, which rarely conclude ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Tim Sweeney on His Radio Show, Beats in Space, and How He Joined DFA Records

    Tim Sweeney​ Tim Sweeney's DJ and production career started out in his Baltimore basement at the young age of 15. Soon after moving to New York to attend NYU, he began broadcasting his radio show Beats in Space, which brought him notoriety across the airwaves. Now in its 12th year, listeners ... More >>

  • Film

    December 15, 2010

    "All Good Things": Little truth in true-crime story

    Tim Sweeney​ Tim Sweeney's DJ and production career started out in his Baltimore basement at the young age of 15. Soon after moving to New York to attend NYU, he began broadcasting his radio show Beats in Space, which brought him notoriety across the airwaves. Now in its 12th year, listeners ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Riot Grrrls Return

    Dum Dum Girls and the new wave of feminist punk.

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Study: Millions Spent on Campaigns For and Against Gay Marriage Totally Pointless

    ​A New York University professor analyzed dozens of ballot measures concerning gay marriage over the last 20 years and came up with one mighty conclusion in a study released today: expensive campaigns for and against legal recognition of gay couples do jack squat to change voters' opinions.The rep ... More >>

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    (100) Days of Summer Movies

    ​A New York University professor analyzed dozens of ballot measures concerning gay marriage over the last 20 years and came up with one mighty conclusion in a study released today: expensive campaigns for and against legal recognition of gay couples do jack squat to change voters' opinions.The rep ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 12, 2010

    Local: Mission Eatery is on a local mission

    ​A New York University professor analyzed dozens of ballot measures concerning gay marriage over the last 20 years and came up with one mighty conclusion in a study released today: expensive campaigns for and against legal recognition of gay couples do jack squat to change voters' opinions.The rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Meet the Craigslist of Sustainable Food Jobs

    sustainablefoodjobs.wordpress.comGet paid, eco-foodies!​Want to parlay your foraging acumen into a gig with benefits? Fixing to get your Master's in Food Studies from NYU and starting to wonder how you're ever going to pay off all those loans? From restaurant jobs and farm work to researcher a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2010

    DJ Tim Sweeney brings "Beats in Space" to S.F.

    sustainablefoodjobs.wordpress.comGet paid, eco-foodies!​Want to parlay your foraging acumen into a gig with benefits? Fixing to get your Master's in Food Studies from NYU and starting to wonder how you're ever going to pay off all those loans? From restaurant jobs and farm work to researcher a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Is This the Gayest Book Ever Written About Food?

    The Gay Cookbook by Chef Lou Rand Hogan   Published: 1965, Sherbourne Press, New York What the hell?: The Boys in the Band meets James Beard -- a self-consciously campy guide to the kitchen, at a time when gays were still mostly closeted. An excerpt from the entry for grinding hamburger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Last Night: The State Reunion at SF Sketchfest

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2008

    Affordable Supermarket Treats?

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    On Comics: File Under 'Phantasmagoric'

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/20

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    Long Live the Wrestle

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Film

    May 7, 2008

    The Favor

      (Photos courtesy Tommy Lau)The State Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, 2009 Eureka Theatre and Herbst Theatre Better than: the Beatles, Jesus, and Pamela Anderson I'm going to jump to the conclusion that you're just like me -- a productive member of society in their mid-to-late 20s, raised ... More >>

  • Film

    April 16, 2008

    Unwelcome Visitor

    Tom McCarthy's preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions.

  • Culture

    January 23, 2008

    It's the Food, Stupid

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Kim Kardashian's Ass, Jessica Sierra's Sextape - The Best and Worst of Sex in 2007

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Best Albums of 2007 — SF Weekly's David Downs

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    AsianWeek story tells readers why they should love black people. Hear that, Kenneth Eng?

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    SF Weekly Proudly Announces Ashley Harrell, Newest Member of the SF Weekly Action Force 5 (ish)

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    LastNight: Interpol at Bill Graham Civic Center

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    CD Review: Northern State -- Can I Keep This Pen?

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Dangermouse and Girl Talk talk Copyright

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    All Shocked Out -- Vice PR is Teh Suck

    Michael Pollan's new book exposes how "nutritionism" has ruined our diets.

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Mixtape Shmixtape

    Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    Bouncer

    The best new club in S.F., Madrone Lounge, is a -- gasp! -- collective art space

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The best new club in S.F., Madrone Lounge, is a -- gasp! -- collective art space

  • Film

    February 4, 2004

    Gettin' Windy in the City

    The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2003

    Night & Day for the week of February 12-18, 2003

    Highlights of the SF Weekly.

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2003

    She's Back

    Performance artist Karen Finley, that "chocolate smeared woman," is back in S.F.

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Pressed fairies, effete torch singers, and highly techy pop acts

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    International Dateline

    How a 24-year-old San Jose woman became a media liaison for Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan

  • Film

    December 19, 2001

    Royal's Screwups

    Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2001

    Crossing the Racial Divide

    A college professor chronicles his childhood as a white kid growing up in the black and Puerto Rican housing projects of New York City

  • Culture

    February 2, 2000

    Stage Capsules

    Give Me Shelter and Love! Valour! Compassion!

  • Music

    April 30, 1997

    Recordings

    Give Me Shelter and Love! Valour! Compassion!

  • Film

    May 24, 1995

    Reel World

    Give Me Shelter and Love! Valour! Compassion!

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