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    January 15, 2013

    The Big Money Behind Silicon Valley's Scumware Industry

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • News

    January 9, 2013

    Rage Against the Machinima: YouTube's Stars Battle Networks

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • Film

    October 31, 2012

    "The Bay": Barry Levinson Aspires to YouTube

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • Film

    October 10, 2012

    "Alex Cross": Tyler Perry Finds a Home in Comedic Action Thriller

    If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2012

    Animal Collective's Deakin and Geologist Talk Miscommunication and Trust Within the Band

    For this week's print feature on Animal Collective, I spoke separately with Brian Weitz (a.k.a. "Geologist") and Josh Dibb ("Deakin"). Both were generous with their time and it was about half-way through the second interview, with Dibb, that I noticed a subtext linking both conversations in a way ne ... More >>

  • Film

    August 22, 2012

    "2016: Obama's America": The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

    For this week's print feature on Animal Collective, I spoke separately with Brian Weitz (a.k.a. "Geologist") and Josh Dibb ("Deakin"). Both were generous with their time and it was about half-way through the second interview, with Dibb, that I noticed a subtext linking both conversations in a way ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2012

    Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Gets Overwhelmed by Two Meetings

    It's not news that Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has not a thing to do up there in Sacramento, a city that he himself has said is boring. But you know what is news: Newsom finally had something to do -- and didn't do it!On Monday, Newsom's morning included showing up to a meeting and casting a vo ... More >>

  • News

    May 16, 2012

    High Hopes: Undefeated Mayfield Puts His Title on the Line

    It's not news that Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has not a thing to do up there in Sacramento, a city that he himself has said is boring. But you know what is news: Newsom finally had something to do -- and didn't do it!On Monday, Newsom's morning included showing up to a meeting and casting a vo ... More >>

  • Film

    April 18, 2012

    "4:44 Last Days on Earth": How We Lived at the End

    It's not news that Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has not a thing to do up there in Sacramento, a city that he himself has said is boring. But you know what is news: Newsom finally had something to do -- and didn't do it!On Monday, Newsom's morning included showing up to a meeting and casting a vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    DJ Thomas Gold on Collaborating with Dirty South and His Upcoming Single "Sing2Me"

    Known for his percussion-heavy progressive house beats, Berlin-based producer Thomas Gold was named the best upcoming DJ/producer of 2011 in DJ Mag by dance music powerhouses Swedish House Mafia, Axwell, Cosmic Gate, and more. Although he has been producing and DJing since 2006, last year saw a bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Signal to Noise: 10 Tracks from Forward-Thinking Local Producers

    San Francisco hasn't exactly been a hotbed of activity for cutting-edge dance music in the past 10 years. The city still has a ways to go, but the past year or so has seen the rise of a crop of producers that are breathing new life into the Bay Area music scene. Here are 10 tracks from local produce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Label Sampler: Dark Entries Records Excavates the Murky, Synth-Driven Past

    Name: Dark Entries Headquarters: San Francisco Owner: Josh Cheon Founded: 2009 Musical focus: Similar to many local label owners, Josh Cheon is reluctant to pigeonhole the types of music that Dark Entries releases. In the few years since its founding, Dark Entries has focused on reissues of unre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi Update: Court Papers Detail "Damage" to Son from Judge's Stay-Away Order

    ​Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife, whom he has been charged with physically abusing, appeared in San Francisco Family Court today asking a judge to allow her husband supervised visits with the couple's son, asserting that a court order barring Mirkarimi from seeing his family is doing "damage" to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    How Not to Kill Your Roommate Over Her Lovey-Dovey Skype Sessions

    ​I'm a freshman in college, staying in the dorms. My roommate and I get along pretty well for the most part, except when it comes to her boyfriend. Don't get me wrong, her boyfriend lives across the country. But they Skype every day, loudly and gushingly, and after a while it really starts to driv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Google Takes on Facebook, But Only a Few Can Actually Use It

    ​On Tuesday, Google launched a new social networking project, Google , which may bring some serious competition to Facebook. At first, the company only invited an select posse of tech insiders to test it out, but then on Wednesday users were allowed to invite any of their friends. As the exclusive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    S.F. Producers DJG, Dials, and Jus Wan on the Local Bass Music Scene and Their New Compilation

    ​ There really is something in the water here. At least that's what it seems like, judging by the number of San Francisco electronic music producers touring across the Atlantic and releasing tracks on U.K. and European labels. Dubstep and bass-driven club music producers have been especially p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2011

    Green Is the New Hot

    ​ There really is something in the water here. At least that's what it seems like, judging by the number of San Francisco electronic music producers touring across the Atlantic and releasing tracks on U.K. and European labels. Dubstep and bass-driven club music producers have been especially p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Sohaib Athar, IT Consultant, Tweets Osama Bin Laden's Assassination As It Happens

    ​Meet Sohaib Athar. Until very recently, he's quietly used Twitter to tell about his life as an IT consultant living in Pakistan under the name @ReallyVirtual. On early Sunday morning, however, he seemingly (and unknowingly) Tweeted the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, as it happened, in Abbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Wikileaks' Julian Assange and NYT's Bill Keller Trade Barbs at UC Berkeley

    Matt Smith Assange via skype ​Julian Assange is a paranoid, misguided, smelly bag lady -- not an open government hero. And New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller? Well, he is a cynical dissembler interested more in covering his own ass than telling the truth.A couple hundred journalists, incl ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2011

    Pirate Cat Radio Walks the Plank

    'Ownership Dispute' Leads Founder to Scuttle Station

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Pirate Cat Radio Sinks Following 'Ownership Dispute'

    Arrrrgh. These be difficult times for pirate radio. ​At Pirate Cat Radio, every day is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sadly, however, since Feb. 13, every day at Pirate Cat Radio has essentially been Don't Talk At All Day. Moments after DJs at the station broached the query of who, exactly, owns Pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Should I Defriend My Ex on Facebook?

    What are the rules for negotiating a breakup on Facebook?

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Wine and Awe at Omnivore

    Gil Riego Jr./SFoodie​Terry Theise: Reading Between the Wines Where: Omnivore Books on Food, 3885a Cesar Chavez (at Church), 282-4712 When: Thu., Jan. 20, 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: In Reading Between the Wines (University of California Press, $24.95), Terry Theise argues that wine o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Chevron 'Dirty Tricks' Operative Diego Borja Targeted by Ecuador

    Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Mojowijo Lets Users Turn Their Wii Remotes Into Vibrators for Virtual Sex

    ​Virtual sex, along with flying cars and spandex body suits, are one of the staples of the future oft-predicted by science fiction movies. (Demolition Man, anyone?) And thanks to an enterprising company called Mojowijo that turns Wii remotes into vibrators, we may all be one step closer to having ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2010

    Trash Man

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Glee's Dianna Agron Directs New Thao Video

    Local pop songwriter Thao Nguyen of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down started collaborating with Glee's Dianna Agron over Skype, where they bonded over a shared passion for "singing and dancing." The result of those laptop chats is a video--featuring a lot of energetic lip syncing by a variet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    The Clickable Clit: A New Cybersex Web Column

    Local pop songwriter Thao Nguyen of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down started collaborating with Glee's Dianna Agron over Skype, where they bonded over a shared passion for "singing and dancing." The result of those laptop chats is a video--featuring a lot of energetic lip syncing by a variet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2007

    Clinton, Cows, and Mexifornia: Bay Area News Headlines 8-17-07

    Local pop songwriter Thao Nguyen of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down started collaborating with Glee's Dianna Agron over Skype, where they bonded over a shared passion for "singing and dancing." The result of those laptop chats is a video--featuring a lot of energetic lip syncing by a variet ... More >>

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