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Oceania

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Australian DJ Anna Lunoe on Moving to L.A., S.F.'s Dirtybird Label, and Laying Down Vocals

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Music

    May 2, 2012

    Mark Sultan: Show Preview

    With a musical career beginning in Australian radio in 2006, DJ/vocalist/producer Anna Lunoe's encyclopedic musical knowledge has helped her become an important figure in the resurgence of disco in the EDM scene, and allowed her to open for artists from Soulwax to Santigold. In 2009, she was the fir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Notye: Five Innovative New Australian Bands That Aren't Gotye

    See also: * Gotye Shows Up To San Francisco Pub Trivia Night, Kicks Everyone's Ass * Australia's Gotye on Taking His Offbeat Pop to the Top of the U.S. Charts With Gotye's arrival, the musically cognizant American populace has begun to give some attention to Australia. This is a fine start, but adv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 1, 2012

    Satellite Nations Welcome

    See also: * Gotye Shows Up To San Francisco Pub Trivia Night, Kicks Everyone's Ass * Australia's Gotye on Taking His Offbeat Pop to the Top of the U.S. Charts With Gotye's arrival, the musically cognizant American populace has begun to give some attention to Australia. This is a fine start, but adv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    De La Paz's Shark Senesac On the End Of Coffee

    ​​In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk with Shark Senesac of De La Paz Coffee.---You're in the process of opening a new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Occupy Melbourne Uses Tent Monsters to Evade Police

    Meanwhile, in Australia, Occupy protesters have come up with a more choreographed way to escape police.

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    East Comes West

    Meanwhile, in Australia, Occupy protesters have come up with a more choreographed way to escape police.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Identify Anthony Bourdain's Mystery Sandwich

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • Music

    July 27, 2011

    Soul Shakedown: Show Preview

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    Seven Brainy Movies for the Summer

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • Music

    May 11, 2011

    The Familiar Charms of Smuggler’s Cove

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • News

    May 11, 2011

    Should There Be Historical Preservation of Deeply Ugly Buildings?

    via yfrog​So as we posted yesterday, No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is in town, tasting some local fair, barhopping, and tweeting about it for our enjoyment. Yesterday, after finishing up a photo shoot, his No Reservations director of photography, Zach Zamboni, had the huge, delicious- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Bouncer Explores the Familiar Charms of Smuggler's Cove, a Tiki Bar

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I suppose the argument could be made that the world needs another tiki bar, especially after the sad demise of the Tonga Room. Cocktail purists will decry the idea as sooo 1990s, but who needs them and their faded Gearhead tattoos, anyway? S.F.'s latest has s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Eating With Family Makes You Skinnier, Eating Sugar Makes You Fatter

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Family meals matter. Healthday reports on a new meta-analysis study that found children who ate with their families tended to be less overweight (and, not coincidentally, less prone ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Who Do You Want to Be Today?

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Family meals matter. Healthday reports on a new meta-analysis study that found children who ate with their families tended to be less overweight (and, not coincidentally, less prone ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Just Boxers — No Briefs

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Family meals matter. Healthday reports on a new meta-analysis study that found children who ate with their families tended to be less overweight (and, not coincidentally, less prone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Miami Horror Thinks American Culture Is Strange, Is Not That Into the '80s

    Miami Horror sheds some light​Everyone's talking about Miami these days, whether it be the electronic show to end all --  Ultra Music Festival -- or how horrible the Miami Heat is playing. Break out of those mundane conversations and introduce your ears to Australian band Miami Horror, k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    The Black Ryder Hasn't Made Any Deals With the Devil -- Yet

    The Black Ryder performs Thursday at Popscene​Having 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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Tonga Room Execution Stayed. Does Anyone Care?

    ​Like smoking at work, camel hair coats and a budget surplus, tiki bars are relics of a bygone era, of when Cesar Chavez Street was called Army, when nobody in San Francisco knew what a bike lane was, and organ meat was nothing more than fodder for the cows that we turned into delicious 15-cent ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Oyster Bay 2010 Sauvignon Blanc

    ​I love the fact that most stores have delegated separate areas for wines from different countries of origin. There are French, Californian, Spanish, and Italian sections, and it's funny how if there's an Australian section, wines from New Zealand are usually ― and somewhat rashly ― thrown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Grub Hollers Cummingitit, Louis' Restaurant Keeps Lease (and Awkward Apostrophe)

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.In the "It's about time" category of restaurant openings (cf: Bar Agricole), Urban Daddy SF announces the arrival of Grub (758 Valencia, at 18th St., 431-4782) on Friday. The pitch: Upscale din ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Growing Popcorn Shoots

    Tamara Palmer​The Sprout People of San Francisco have an impressive online business selling everything you need to sprout seeds, beans, nuts, and grains, and a cool YouTube channel demonstrating just how easy it is to make these nutritious snacks. Geeking out on the site, we learned that popco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Tonga Room Happy Hour: All-You-Can-Eat Tiki Kitsch

    Zemistor/FlickrLava bowl for four ― the bar's fairly extensive happy hour spread offers its share of deep-fried, sweet-and-sour landmines.​The place: Tonga Room, 950 Mason (at California, in the Fairmont Hotel), 772-5278 The hours: Wed.-Fri., 5-7 p.m. The deals: All-you-can-eat $10 buffet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Kill the Frogs Before It's Too Late: Message to San Francisco

    Go ahead, punk: Make my day.​Killer frogs lurk in the dark waters of Golden Gate Park's Lily Pond, awaiting the moment when a visiting youngster totes a few tadpoles home to Auburn and lets them loose in a stream -- thus threatening aquatic ecosystems in the Sacramento River Delta and beyond.Notwi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Sweet-Talks Transbay Terminal Homeless Into Housing

    It's hard to tell who's using whom....​Before the crowds arrived for the last tours of the creaky Transbay Terminal Friday, Mayor Gavin Newsom showed up for his own private walk through ("private" in mayor's terms means followed by his spokesman Tony Winnicker, staffers, Chron reporters and us). A ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    Concert preview: Fat Freddy's Drop

    It's hard to tell who's using whom....​Before the crowds arrived for the last tours of the creaky Transbay Terminal Friday, Mayor Gavin Newsom showed up for his own private walk through ("private" in mayor's terms means followed by his spokesman Tony Winnicker, staffers, Chron reporters and us). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Your Tonga Room News Roundup: What Does It All Mean?

    Doug Letterman/Flickr​It seems odd that the Fairmont wants to close the Tonga Room just as neo-neo-tiki is blowing up in artisan-cocktail circles. (Today, for instance, the New York Times reported on the opening of yet another rum bar.) Though it has been a while since we've been to a birthday par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    The Tonga Room -- Historical or Hysterical?

    You and I are passing through history. But the Tonga Room? It is history.​The term "only in San Francisco" is overused. That's a given. But, honestly, in how many cities would one open the paper to read about a brewing preservation battle between developers and tiki bar enthusiasts -- with the cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Baylinks: Tonga Room, Bus Parties, & Bleeding Eyes

    We like, we like to party.​When your bus gets delayed you can pout or you can throw a party. [Muni Diaries]Are you between the ages of 12 and 23? Do you love civic duty? Have we got the non-paying gig for you. [Richmond District]Did somebody bomb Duboce Park? [haighteration]Site hawking San Franci ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2010

    Slumberland Records Anniversary

    We like, we like to party.​When your bus gets delayed you can pout or you can throw a party. [Muni Diaries]Are you between the ages of 12 and 23? Do you love civic duty? Have we got the non-paying gig for you. [Richmond District]Did somebody bomb Duboce Park? [haighteration]Site hawking San Franci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Track of the Day: Surf City, A Post-SXSW Favorite

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    En Garde!

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2009

    Curried Favors

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2009

    Cheap Thrills

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Hey, Watch the Suit!

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Pixel Flicks

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    The Black Balloon

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2009

    The 23rd Annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2008

    Music from Big Pink

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Ms. Most Likely to Suck Ten Cocks

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Rated X-static

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    Spit or Swallow

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 30, 2008

    Pants on Fire

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    Celluloid Tricks and Treats

    Now that I'm back in San Francisco, thinking about just one band at a time, I plan on spending the week re-highlighting my favorite acts from the big SXSW weekend. I heard some truly awesome music that I'd hate to see buried in a deluge of Austin wrap-up posts. Surf City topped my list of new disc ... More >>

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    The Dramatists

    The Drones restlessly mine betrayal

  • Dining

    November 6, 2002

    Stormy Weather

    Tonga Room

  • Dining

    September 20, 2000

    Mixed Up

    Ninna

  • Dining

    January 12, 2000

    Around the World in 1,000 Years

    LuLu

  • Dining

    September 1, 1999

    Leftovers

    Our Mutual Funds

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