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April 13, 2012
One Direction: After Ignoring so Many Brit Boy Bands, Why Does America Like These Twerps?
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>
Music
April 11, 2012
SBTRKT: Show Preview
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
DJ Kaos
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
When Less Really Is More
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Maayan Nidam: Show Preview
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, chances are high that you found yourself confused and aghast last weekend, when the show's musical guest turned out to be British boy-band sensation One Direction. The band members grinned their way through two songs -- one of which, incidentally, d ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Rocky's Frybread in the Mission on Friday. Plus, Ping Pong!
What: Berlin-style ping pong Christmas Eve party! Where: Project One When: Friday, Dec. 23, 9 p.m to 2 a.m. Cost: $5 The rundown: According to Mission Mission, this is the last American Tripps party this year, and you'd be an idiot to miss it. An idiot! Plus, see that part on the flyer about ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
The Trappist Brings Belgian Holidays to Oakland
Did you know that in Belgium, people leave mugs of rich holiday ale for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve? Actually, we made that up. But it surely sounds plausible. Enjoying "Kerstbier" seems to be an annual national pastime, culminating in a world-renowned festival that boasts upwards of 150 w ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
This Friday: Liège Waffles, Made to Order
What: Liège Waffle Party! Where: Duboce Park Cafe When: Fri., December 16, 2-6 p.m. Cost: $5.50 The rundown: Liège waffles, named after the place of origination, a town in Eastern Belgium, are a richer, denser, and sweeter than the average waffle. Invented by the chef of an 18th centur ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Signal to Noise: Five Hot Dance Cuts From Local Producers
With all the music floating around the Internet, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that there are a ton of talented local producers. This week's edition of Signal to Noise is riffing off that theme, with five tracks from Bay Area-related artists that produce in such diverse fields as house, U ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Plaid on Its New Album, the Persistent Influence of Detroit Techno, and How to Not Repeat Yourself Musically After 20 Years
Plaid: Never a duo to get caught in a box. British electronic duo Plaid, made up of Ed Handley and Andy Turner, has been navigating the digital obliques of melodically askew, syncopated beats since 1991. This Friday, it will bring the music of its new album, Scintilli -- Plaid's first non-sou ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Britney and Rihanna Debut New Videos -- and Anti-English Sentiments
This week, both Rihanna and Britney Spears debuted gritty videos for their latest singles. In Rihanna's "We Found Love", we see the singer exploring sex, drugs, and horrible apartments. In Britney's "Criminal," we see her slapped in the face by a dude, shot at by cops, and naked in a shower with ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Deconstructing Adele's Sanity-Preserving Video for "Someone Like You"
It's humiliating to be imparted a thuddingly obvious life lesson by an individual 14 years your junior. They've circumvented the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. In the new video for her massive hit "Someone Like You" (at 7.9 million YouTube views and counting), English soul singer Adele t ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Beauty Turned Inside Out
It's humiliating to be imparted a thuddingly obvious life lesson by an individual 14 years your junior. They've circumvented the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. In the new video for her massive hit "Someone Like You" (at 7.9 million YouTube views and counting), English soul singer Adele t ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Enjoy Belgian Waffles Two Ways at Bloem 'n Sugar
Luis ChongBloem's Very Berry Belgian waffle The WaffleMania truck popularized the dense and chewy Liege waffles, which are great. But sometimes SFoodie craves the other Belgian waffles, the light and crispy rectangles from Brussels -- they've got deep pockets that no Eggo can match. So we wer ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
How to Get Backstage After the Show
These days, being backstage at a show usually involves little more than watching a pile of people obsess about food, try to locate the nearest shower, and -- most importantly -- get venue Wi-Fi to work. Behind The Music-style rock 'n' roll hedonism is a rarity these days, but if you're still o ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Crapping Your Pants for Art: Bompas and Parr's 'Dirt Banquet'
stevecadman/FlickrLondon's Crossness sewage-pumping station, site of the April 2 event.Jonathan Kauffman's recent review of Atelier Crenn, a restaurant shaped by chef Dominique Crenn's notion of "poetic culinaria," brought up again the question of food as art. Is the aim of a restaurant meal ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
France's Revolver on Learning English From the Beatles, and Why It's Tough to Cover Elliott Smith
Revolver Maybe America isn't ready for Revolver. Or maybe Revolver isn't ready for America -- after all, its Myspace page is still partially in French. This Paris trio sounds like what would happen if Franz Ferdinand was on Saddle Creek Records, replacing bass guitar with cello to create a d ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Glen Park Mother Duped, Wires $2,800 to Spain to Help 'Son'
So much love under one roofA woman's motherhood was truly tested this week when she was duped into sending cash across the globe, thinking her son was in trouble. A San Francisco woman living in Glen Park received a call from a man who said he was in Spain. The man told the woman that autho ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Saturday Report: Where to Go on Day 2 of Beer Week
bittermelon/FlickrSo many beers, so few hours.Saturday, Feb. 12 It's Day Two. The gloves are off, and the beer beckons. If you're not venturing to Hayward for the 11th Annual Double IPA Festival, local options abound. Ease into your weekend Saturday with an afternoon happy hour of exc ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Tonight: Paris on the Tongue
Gil Riego Jr./SFoodieElizabeth Bard and Lunch in Paris: A Love Story Where: Omnivore Books, 3885a Cesar Chavez (at Church), 282-4712 When: 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: SFoodie overheard some flashy types at Sunday's Stag Dining event, boo-hooing about not getting to visit France this ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
In the Good Old Days
Gil Riego Jr./SFoodieElizabeth Bard and Lunch in Paris: A Love Story Where: Omnivore Books, 3885a Cesar Chavez (at Church), 282-4712 When: 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: SFoodie overheard some flashy types at Sunday's Stag Dining event, boo-hooing about not getting to visit France this ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Audiovisual Hallucination
Gil Riego Jr./SFoodieElizabeth Bard and Lunch in Paris: A Love Story Where: Omnivore Books, 3885a Cesar Chavez (at Church), 282-4712 When: 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: SFoodie overheard some flashy types at Sunday's Stag Dining event, boo-hooing about not getting to visit France this ... More >>
Music
December 15, 2010
Tricky the Wanderer
Tricky won't stay put — musically or physically
Blogs
December 1, 2010
A Reminder: You Will Not Be Seeing Einstürzende Neubauten in S.F. This Weekend
Perhaps you would be wary of issuing visas to these youngsters as wellBad news for fans of the sound of collapsing new buildings: West Berlin experimental noise stalwart Einstürzende Neubauten (which is German for "collapsing new buildings") has had to cancel its 30th anniversary tour of th ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
San Francycle: How SF's Impending Bikeshare Will Work
Bikesharing: crazy, right? The expense, the hills, the repairs, the theft -- it seems like it would never, in a million years, work. Except it does, in plenty of cities from Montreal to Budapest to Washington, D.C. And it's getting a little embarrassing that San Francisco isn't one of them. ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Win Tickets to See Chapterhouse at Mezzanine on Saturday
Chapterhouse looking very '90sWho knows why, but this has been the year for reunions. Throughout 2010, we've seen some of early emo's finest, the forefathers of stoner metal, alt-rock radio favorites, a handful of obscure bands, and even a few truly old-school names reconvene for 'just ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Tour de Fat: Beer-Soaked Bikefest Rolls Saturday
Brian Yaeger"Remember, this is a bicycle festival with beer, not the other way around." Sure.What do a 6-foot-tall carrot, Sasquatch, and a gang of nuns on bicycles have in common? Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing's annual lovefest for all things bicycle (and yeah, some beer). The Tour pedals ... More >>
Music
September 22, 2010
The xx takes a victory-lap tour of the U.S.
Brian Yaeger"Remember, this is a bicycle festival with beer, not the other way around." Sure.What do a 6-foot-tall carrot, Sasquatch, and a gang of nuns on bicycles have in common? Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing's annual lovefest for all things bicycle (and yeah, some beer). The Tour pedals ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Jug Shop Lines Up Two Sweet Little Sour Beer Tastings
Brett L./FlickrThe sour beer sessions run Aug. 20 and 27.Unless you've been living in a lagering cave in the Czech Republic (or the Midwest), or just traveled here from the turn of this century, sour beers are all the rage. Just ask the Paper of Record. In case you couldn't make Stone Brewery ... More >>
Culture
June 16, 2010
Forever de Young: Masterworks from the d'Orsay still evoke strong emotions
Brett L./FlickrThe sour beer sessions run Aug. 20 and 27.Unless you've been living in a lagering cave in the Czech Republic (or the Midwest), or just traveled here from the turn of this century, sour beers are all the rage. Just ask the Paper of Record. In case you couldn't make Stone Brewery ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
A World Cup Song, This Time For England
Ricky Martin said, "Go, go go, ale, ale, ale." And England replied, "Fine, but please stop singing, because we have a game to win." England decided to pass on an official World Cup song this year, dismissing it as too much of a distraction. There's some logic to this. England won the competition in ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
U.S.-England World Cup Opener Free at AT&T Park
He'll be there... Those who prefer to take in the world's greatest sporting event drunk outside instead of drunk inside are in luck. AT&T Park will host a free screening of the Saturday, June 12 World Cup opener between the United States and England. Doors open at 10 a.m. and kickoff is at 11 ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Our Blind Tasting of Pale Ales Reveals Wide Disparity
Brian YaegerThe lineup.For this month's blind beer-tasting, we're not going beyond the pale ― we're going right to it. Made with lightly roasted malts, pale ales originated in England as a mellow alternative to dark mild and porter ales. They might have been invented in Burton-on-Trent, Eng ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Africa Abroad
Brian YaegerThe lineup.For this month's blind beer-tasting, we're not going beyond the pale ― we're going right to it. Made with lightly roasted malts, pale ales originated in England as a mellow alternative to dark mild and porter ales. They might have been invented in Burton-on-Trent, Eng ... More >>
Music
April 21, 2010
Club preview: Bonobo
Brian YaegerThe lineup.For this month's blind beer-tasting, we're not going beyond the pale ― we're going right to it. Made with lightly roasted malts, pale ales originated in England as a mellow alternative to dark mild and porter ales. They might have been invented in Burton-on-Trent, Eng ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Weekend Party Preview: Beats from Brazil, the UK, & Our Dark Past
JokerThis weekend bass music and dubstep are represented in full force with a party going on until five in the morning. The sounds of minimal techno come here all the way from Brazil. Then there's a bit of throwback nostalgia with some old-school hip-hop and funk, and a dismally fun night of dark ... More >>
Music
March 3, 2010
Shackleton, Eskmo, and EPROM
JokerThis weekend bass music and dubstep are represented in full force with a party going on until five in the morning. The sounds of minimal techno come here all the way from Brazil. Then there's a bit of throwback nostalgia with some old-school hip-hop and funk, and a dismally fun night of dark ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Dutch Crunch: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner
J. BirdsallFully accessorized.Weds., Feb. 10, 2010 Amsterdam's falafel stands proved the spark for Gail Lillian's peripatetic truck, which splits its time between Emeryville and Potrero Flats. Liba's übercrunchy falafel are mostly textural, craggy, brown-crusted bits not much bigger than exp ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Local Frequency: Bay Area Artist Q&A w/ General Elektriks
Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
La Vie en Rosé
Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>
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November 12, 2008
Wolfgang’s Slideshow
Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Ich Bin Ein Californian
Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Mad As A Wet Haine
Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>
Dining
July 30, 2008
High Time in Low Country
Belgian food and an epic beer list work in tandem.
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January 2, 2008
The Great Beyond
Belgian food and an epic beer list work in tandem.
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July 18, 2007
It's a Big House
Belgian food and an epic beer list work in tandem.
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July 18, 2007
Bike Rodeo Clowns
Belgian food and an epic beer list work in tandem.
Dining
June 29, 2005
Red Square Meals
Urges awakened by a trip to Russia are satisfied locally at the Cinderella Bakery and Café
Dining
February 19, 2003
Berlin by the Bay
Fine German fare sandwiched between two viewings of the fine German photographs of August Sander
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