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Restaurateurs Beware: Michael Jackson Could Cost You $40,000

Beware Restaurateurs: Michael Jackson Could Cost You $40,000

HiteshsharmaWe bet this restaurant in Dhaba, India didn't pay license fees​If you own a restaurant, beware Michael Jackson and R. Kelly. Play their music -- or any other copyrighted songs -- in your restaurant or business without the proper license and you can face fines of $10,000 per song. Fo ... More >>

The Pushback Against Food Trucks Goes National

Jeremy Brooks/FlickrThe Curry Up Now line: alarming or promising?​ On Sunday, the New York Times' Kim Severson wrote an op-ed knitting together all the cities where the food-truck backlash is flaring. New York is pushing food trucks out of Midtown, and Seattle and Raleigh, N.C., are considering n ... More >>

Burn One With Creeping Weeds' See Through -- It's Bomb-Ass Shit

​ This Week: Burn one with Creeping Weeds' See Through. ​ Behind the buzz: As rock critic, I'm a firm believer that the less attention you pay the palpitating verbs, lascivious nouns, and come-hither adjectives sent winking past you by publicists, the fewer regrets you'll embrace. For purposes o ... More >>

Newspaper Backs Up Alleged 'Misquote' of Top CA Forensic Scientist

​We reported a few weeks ago on the uproar caused in North Carolina by Jill Spriggs -- chief of the California Department of Justice's Forensic Services Bureau -- when she defended controversial crime-lab practices before a panel of North Carolina legislators. In a brief interview at the time, Spr ... More >>

Top State Forensic Analyst under Fire for Defending Disgraced NC Crime Lab

​The top forensics official at California's Department of Justice has come under attack for public statements defending controversial practices at a crime lab in North Carolina.Jill Spriggs, chief of the DOJ's Bureau of Forensic Services, appeared before a panel of North Carolina legislators a few ... More >>

Local Natives: Worth Staying Up Past Curfew For

Local Natives​Local NativesThe Love LanguageThe Union Line September 22, 2010 @ The Fillmore Better than: Other popular indie boy bands.Last night's crowd at the Fillmore was shockingly underage. Standing in the first three rows, I felt incredibly uncomfortable when I realized I wa ... More >>

At the de Young, a Stunning Work of Recycled Bottle Tops

Courtesy of de Young MuseumEl Anatsui's Hovor II​The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern was the same on the second floor of the de Young M ... More >>

Nothin' Populist About Ticket Prices for Guy Fieri's San Jose Appearance

Broadway South of Raleigh, NC/FlickrFor $150, you'll probably be able to hit him with your underwear.​No dives on this tour. Although Guy Fieri is the Joe the Plumber of the food world, tickets to his Roadshow are urban-elites steep. The only Bay Area appearance for the Guy Fieri Roadshow, pro ... More >>

Five Freaky Food Fests That Make Us Want to Lose It

Remember how freaky it seemed the first time you heard about the garlic ice cream served up every year at the Gilroy Garlic Festival? (It starts today, by the way.) Not sure about you, but we've moved on to a fascination with the truly weird crap cooked up at American food fests. From spring to fa ... More >>

We Win! San Francisco Sells Costliest Business Traveler Food (Or Hosts Most Profligate Business Travelers)

Dr. SeussEighteen bucks for green eggs and ham? You're ripping me off, Sam I Am!San Francisco has become the country's most expensive place for business travelers to eat, according to the New Jersey-based Institute of Management and Administration. "San Francisco has unseated New York City as t ... More >>

Last Night: The Rosebuds at the Independent

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Megafaun

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

R.E.M. and Modest Mouse Perform in Berkeley 5/31

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

Four Wheels Bad!

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

Erratic behavior makes the heart grow fonder

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

Orlando Bloom, Eat Your Heart Out

The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol ... More >>

Craig$list.com

The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.

Merge Records' package tour, New Buffalo's Olivia Newton-John sweetness, and the return (yet again) of American Music Club

The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.

Never a Feckless Eater

Talking to R.W. Apple Jr. about Apple's America over lunch

Five Best Pizza Parlors

Talking to R.W. Apple Jr. about Apple's America over lunch

That's Amore

Pizza parlors

Dawn of a New Day

People say the events of the past two weeks will change us. Here are a couple of places to start.

South to the Future

Coup de Mardi Gras: A North Carolina town turns the world upside down with its carnival of the grotesque

Dog Bites

Golden handshakes, cat scans and tree controversy

Tragic Bus

Dope(s), guns, and urine on the Brian Jonestown Massacre's summer tour

Recycling America

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

The House of Tudor

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels