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City Attorney Dennis Herrera Calls for Stricter Federal Regulations on Energy Drinks

There is less waiting these days. Cross the country in six hours. Exchange correspondence within seconds. Buy the new Jordan's with a click from the couch. The few stretches of waiting -- 20 seconds on the elevator, three minutes at the taco truck, an hour at the DMV -- turn into stretches, via sm ... More >>

Leonard Cohen Performs Marathon Show at the Paramount, 3/3/13

Leonard Cohen Sunday, March 3, 2013 The Paramount Theatre Better than: Four 20-year-olds put together. It's doubtful that any aspiring musicians think to themselves, "I want to be the best performer in the world when I'm 78." And yet, last night's performance by Leonard Cohen makes concerts put on ... More >>

Coffee with 40x Caffeine: Drugs for Breakfast

50 ml does of Funranium Labs' "Black Blood of the Earth"​Thanks to the potent combination of radioactivity and government grants, the Bay Area has more than our share of mad scientists. And now, one of them has done something really useful: he created coffee with 40 times the caffeine of regul ... More >>

Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle Drop a Surprise Late-Night Show on Oakland

Lauryn Hill at the New Parish last night.​Lauryn HillDave ChappelleApril 13, 2011 (Actually April 14)@ The New Parish, OaklandBetter than: A good night's sleepWhen the news hit Twitter Wednesday afternoon, it seemed like a prank: Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle had announced a last-minute show at t ... More >>

Bouncer: Visiting fantasy worlds at the Sausage Factory

Over the Weekend: Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, Ganglians at Bottom of the Hill

Surfer Blood​Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, GangliansApril 2, 2010Bottom of the HillBetter than: Most bands that have been together for only 11 months.Being in a brand-new, mega-buzz-band like Surfer Blood seems like a tough blessing. Sure, the group's shows, like Friday's at Bottom of the Hill, ... More >>

Sparks Outlawed? Now You Can Make It at Home

Back in December 2008, MillerCoors voluntarily removed caffeine, taurine, guarana, and ginseng from energy drink Sparks, due in part to pressure from San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Hipsters everywhere lost their collective shit. The overly sweet malt liquor/energy drink hybrid saturated ... More >>

Music? What Music? Outside Lands Was All About Eating

Doug Zimmerman Rockin' eats at Outside Lands: Maverick's pulled pork sandwich.​SFoodie sister blog All Shook Down trailed the three-day musical movements of the Outside Lands Festival this weekend, and by the sounds of it, our sonic reporters didn't make too much time for eating. That's no ... More >>

San Francisco Street Food Top Ten

Meet the Spartans Lazy, Unfunny

French Kicks

Ed Banger keeps Paris churning

The Little Animation Company That COULD

After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success

Love Stinks

A warm, fuzzy roundup of depressing anti-Valentine's Day anthems

Controlling Castro

Don't you just love the new, gated, police-heavy Halloween party in the Castro? Quiz yourself and find out.

All-In

A brash Iranian-American wins $1.4 million at poker -- and knows his lucky streak has just started

Fishing the Mainstream

Ish Monroe has edge, style, and PR savvy. ESPN thinks he's exactly what the white world of professional bass fishing needs.

A Duty to Hack

Adrian Lamo, the 22-year-old "homeless hacker" famous for raiding New York Times computers, pursues his vision of public service by cracking another major corporate network. It's a crime, of course. It's also what he was born to do.

House of Tudor

Electroclashers, grotesque miscreations, and flying imbeciles

A Play in a Day

The DayTrippers specialize in writing, rehearsing, and performing their Fringe Festival productions in 24 hours

Darwin Award Qualifying Trials

Nah, it's just street-luge races. Down De Haro Street. At 70 mph. Well, like we said ...