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  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Mike Daisey's "Truthiness"

    ​This week's episode of This American Life is both fascinating and painful to listen to, as many of the show's best episodes are. I came away from it still enraged at Mike Daisey and his lies, but also a bit sympathetic toward him. The show made it clear, without saying so, that he's dealing with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Breathe Owl Breathe on Its Theatrical Live Shows, New Children's Book, and Natural Inspiration

    Many bands that employ gimmicks like costumes, storytelling, and adorable instruments (e.g. melodeon or kazoo) are relegated to the land of twee. But Michigan's Breathe Owl Breathe lacks the cutesy artifice of certain Juno soundtrack singsongers. Perhaps due to the band's incredible musicianship and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Top 50 Songs To Get High To

    As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

    As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2011

    The Lighter Side of Heavy

    As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 16, 2011

    Muslim Photographer Surveils His Own Life in a Post-9/11 World

    As you might imagine, combing back numbers of my Listen to This While High column and my own vast library for a reasonable stab at the Fifty Stoniest Songs Ever is a labor and hashish intensive experience. Preliminary fossickings unearthed these half-hundred favorites, many of which may seem unfamil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    How To Manage Your iPod Without Looking Like an Idiot or a Crazy Person

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 5, 2011

    January's Literary Events

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    The Lighter Side of Heavy

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2010

    The Power of the Pen -- and Ink

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Apples in Stereo: Show Preview

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Rally to Restore Sanity/March To Keep Fear Alive In San Francisco

    ​The good people at Mission Local have found something for you to do on Oct. 30. Those too busy or broke to head to the nation's capital for the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive can head to a local version scheduled for Civic Center Plaza. And you can al ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    Holy Titclamps, Batman!

    ​The good people at Mission Local have found something for you to do on Oct. 30. Those too busy or broke to head to the nation's capital for the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive can head to a local version scheduled for Civic Center Plaza. And you can al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Speier Not Running for AG, Horde of Upwardly Mobile Pols Staying Put

    Rep. Jackie Speier, seen here with Stephen Colbert, will continue her ride in Washington, D.C. ​Rep. Jackie Speier's newly minted spokesman Nathan Ballard just informed the world that his boss will not be leaving Congress to run for state Attorney General. Congressional seats rarely open -- especi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Phil Bronstein on The Colbert Report: The Engine House is On Fire

    Phil Bronstein, former executive vice president and editor of the Chronicle, now editor at large and newspaper doomsayer, was on The Colbert Report last night. Nothing particularly revelatory was said, which was not a surprise as the quick interviews that take place on the show are not so much an op ... More >>

  • Film

    March 25, 2009

    Monsters vs. Aliens

    In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    S.F. Lawyer Launches Anti-Limbaugh Web Site

    Would you eat McNuggets made from this?"It's time to start calling a chicken a chicken," San Francisco attorney Steve Baughman says of his latest Web endeavor. The chicken in question, it so happens, could probably feed many of the homeless encamped in Golden Gate Park -- that is, if you could ever ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Super Bowl Hot Wings Crisis -- in the Media

    .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Flipping the Bird: Local Airports' Methods of Repelling Winged Obstacles

    If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    Point of (a Great) View

    If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Models from Leonard Nimoy's 'Full Body Project' at Suite Jesus 8/22

    If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    Things in S.F. Turning America Gay

    Was it Gavin? Sourdough bread? We round up the suspects.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2008

    Obama's SF Comments Send Clinton Fishing With Dynamite

    Was it Gavin? Sourdough bread? We round up the suspects.

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2007

    Welcome to MySpace, Whoever You Are

    This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

  • Home Entertainment

    November 15, 2006

    When the Stars Came Out

    This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

  • Home Entertainment

    October 25, 2006

    These Dogs Still Hunt

    This year, it's all about You, so put Yourself out there

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • Summer Guide

    June 28, 2006

    Get Inside!

    Your forecast of the summer's top movies

  • Film

    June 22, 2005

    Cursed

    Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect. Absolutely nothing.

  • Film

    September 15, 2004

    Vote No

    Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  • Music

    August 6, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2003

    Wigging Out

    Amy Sedaris finds a seething cesspool of lucre, lust, and lunacy in Wigfield

  • Culture

    January 2, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

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