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Zagat Names State Bird Provisions and Mission Chinese "Hottest Restaurants in the World"

Well, well, well, it seems that the hype for hometown favorites State Bird Provisions and Mission Chinese Food isn't going to stop with the new year. Zagat just published a list of the "The 10 Hottest Restaurants in the World," and both SBP and MCF (the New York iteration, but still) are on it, at n ... More >>

Stand Aside, Rudolph

OMGig Lets You See the Concert as Ruined By Smartphone Videographers

Here's something we can get behind: A cheeky new site that lets those who shoot endless smartphone video at concerts see just how thoroughly they're ruining them for themselves and everyone else. Called OMGig, the minisite lets you turn any live YouTube clip into a chiding demonstration of the idio ... More >>

Star Chefs April Bloomfield and Marcus Samuelsson Headline Omnivore Books Dinners

Omnivore Books on Food is San Francisco's one-stop shop for culinary literature and celebrity chef readings/sightings, and next month owner Celia Sack is kicking it up a notch with two collaborative dinner events featuring acclaimed New York chefs Marcus Samuelsson and April Bloomfield at Oakland's ... More >>

"Oslo, August 31st": All the Sad Young Literary Norwegians

Innovation Inundation

The Internet Kills Babies

This is the most ridiculous thing I have read in the past week. Given that I've been reading a lot about Congress and Mitt Romney, that's really saying something. The argument, by Andrew Keen, basically (and despite Keen's ass-covering caveats) blames the Internet for Anders Behring Breivik's murder ... More >>

Q&A: Waters on Alaskan Fishing Boats, Norwegian Inspiration, and Why San Francisco Is the Best

When local folk-rock outfit Port O'Brien disbanded in 2010 after years of relentless touring, frontman Van Pierszalowski needed to clear his head. So, naturally, he headed to Norway, which promised both the isolation necessary to reboot, and the budding romance necessary to write a batch of compelli ... More >>

Tonight: Psych-Soul Outfit Harry and the Hit Men Perform the 1967 Stax Revue Concert Live

In 1967, iconic Memphis soul label Stax took some of its best artists -- Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, and more -- on a tour of Europe. The trip put a racially integrated band and some of the era's most feverish black R&B singers in front of mostly staid audiences that had nev ... More >>

The Jug Shop Ushers in a New Year of Beer Tastings

It's only a few days into 2012, but you've been behaving very well. The New Year diet is working, and tonight you'll be gorging on raw carrot sticks, a handful of unsalted almonds, and a tall glass of water. At the end of the week, celebrate the success of your resolution by breaking it in grand fas ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings Dec. 28-Jan. 3

Norway's Butter Crisis Is Actually Hilarious, Thanks to This Video

Apparently American comedians are getting lots of material out of Norway's butter products crisis, because a lack of butter is something Americans find hilarious. You can't turn on Comedy Central and not see Dane Cook cutting Norway a new one about their lack of pussycat cakes. Well, Norway's not g ... More >>

Dada Life on Following the Money, Staying Energetic, and Why They Can't Eat Barbecue Before a Gig

​ If Andrew W.K. has an equivalent in electronic music, it might just be the boys of Dada Life. Swedish producers Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom are known best for their love of bananas, champagne, and, more importantly, distinctive electro bangers with names "Happy Violence" and "Kick Out ... More >>

Architecture In Helsinki Moves Deep into Electro-Pop at the Fillmore

Architecture in Helsinki played the Fillmore last night. ​ Architecture In Helsinki Dom The Sandwitches Nov. 3, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: George Michael's stylist in the '80s. When the members of Architecture in Helsinki situated themselves behind three keyboards and only one acoustic d ... More >>

The Field's Axel Willner On Superlong Loops and Cooking as a Recipe Slave

Axel Willner, the Field​Berlin-based Swede Axel Willner has spent the last six years exploring elongated ambiance and saturated contrast. Producing as the Field, he dwells in the pockets where melodic digital shards teeter creatively in and out of time with live, loping krautrock-influenced gr ... More >>

The Danes Start Taxing Fatty Foods

​Denmark, which is basically San Francisco's idealized version of itself except with too many white people, has become the first country in the world to tax high-fat foods. According to ABC News, the new tax works out to $2.90 per kilogram on all foods with more than 2.3 percent saturated fat -- ... More >>

Yes, They Can

Outsiders Look at U.S. Racism

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 >>

Morrissey Defends Oslo-KFC Comparison, World Gives Him the Finger

via Flickr​List of things you don't want to say onstage: "Hello, New York!" when you're in Boston; "How about them Dodgers?" when you're in San Francisco; and "The tragedy is Norway was way less serious than the way fast food chains operate every day" when you're pretty much anywhere. Alas, ... More >>

Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive

Rotten Sound on the Future of Metal, Grindcore Vs. Crust Punk, and the Joys of Napalm Death

Mira BornProbably not the most comfy angle from which to have a bunch of grindcore dudes looking at you.​According to a Google search I did about a minute ago, Finland's primary exports include timber, paper products, and meteorological equipment. Assuming that there's some validity to that list, ... More >>

A Postcard from the Future

Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.

Scandinavian Muslim in America

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Tuesday's Pick: 'Alcoholocaust: Stump the Wizard'

The Wizard hates to lose.​On any given Tuesday, Alcoholocaust provides a boozy chance to recharge old memory centers while simultaneously (and paradoxically) killing a few brain cells: cheap Tecate in fist, you can challenge yourself to recall which vintage metal or classic punk track you're heari ... More >>

Twitter Scores All-Time High During World Cup Final

What's Spanish for 'Tweet'?​There are no stats on how many of the tweets simply said, "Goooooaaaaalllll"!But, during the last 15 minutes of Sunday's World Cup final, Twitterers set a new record -- a sustained 2,000 tweets per second, the San Francisco-based company has announced.

Robot Wars

Week in Gay: Carrie Prejean to Wed 'Jesus in Cleats'

Her prince has come!​On Thursday, members of the LGBT media were invited to participate in some kind of weird press conference at the White House. Was it a show of good faith (this is a first for queer journalists) or just another attempt to appear attentive? An administration official named Melod ... More >>

Naked in Denmark

Salumi Platter at Barbacco and Perbacco

Guinnessgrrl/Flickr​As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.

Theater Review: "John Gabriel Borkman" at Aurora Theatre

Ruining the Suits

Don’t Just Watch

Track of the Day: Beach House's Springtime Soundtrack

Jason Nocito​Last weekend was a beachy one in San Francisco. It finally felt like spring with all that sunshine, the Mavericks surf competition took over a couple bars and many conversations, and fun parties at surfy shops Mollusk and General Store Saturday night only added to the sandy lifestyle ... More >>

Filipino Folklore

Stitch of Software

Great Danes

We Got the Beats

Norwegian death metal doc aims high(brow) on Until the Light Takes Us

Fuck Vampires

O’Horten

The Outer Limits

By The Light of the Moon

Mother Polka

The Sounds of Sweden

Weather or Not

Poets Invade S.F.

Noises Off

The triumphant revival of Michael Frayn's 20-year-old London hit