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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

SOPA Might Be Bad Policy, but It's Not Censorship

​If you're reading this, chances are that you regularly consume media online. And if you regularly consume media online, you're almost certainly seeing and reading more today than you know what to do with about the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). ... More >>

Wikipedia: Should it Go Dark to Protest the Stop Online Privacy Act?

​Should Wikipedia shut itself down to protest the bizarrely clueless anti-piracy measures Congress is considering? As with many things about Wikipedia (such as whether an encyclopedia that anybody can edit is a good idea), it's not an easy question to answer. Would it even be effective? It's har ... More >>

Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian Add New Show to Sold-Out S.F. Run Next Week

(k.) Marin/Wikimedia​ After selling out two back-to-back shows at the Independent, the double bill of Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian announced earlier this week that they will perform a third show at the Rickshaw Stop. The hype magnets of 2010 and 2009, respectively, both well-known for their high- ... More >>

S.F. Rising: House of Bagels' Marble Rye

Jonathan KauffmanMarble rye from House of Bagels.​ S.F. Rising is a weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Marble Rye Source: House of Bagels, 5030 Geary (at 15th Ave.), 752-6000Price: $7.35 for a half-loaf Toast-appropriateness: 1/10

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Will Close Its Doors in S.F. (Exit Through the Gift Shop, Please)

​And you will know by the trail of tearful tattooed chin-scratchers down Divisadero next month that the 12-year saga of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is coming to an end. The Oakland enigma-core ensemble has announced three final California dates, culminating in an April 10th performance at the Indepe ... More >>

Ever Wonder What a Musical Interpretation of Pi Sounds Like?

Wikipedia/ProlineserverIn anticipation of March 14th, which is international Pi day (or the ides of March, if you're a Shakespeare fiend), one ambitious nerd/musician by the name of Michael John Blake​ decided to transpose the first 32 digits of Pi to the musical scales for notes and chords, ... More >>

Was Mogwai Based Before Lil B Was Based?

No, not that kind.​Scotland's dignified linear noise factory Mogwai has released the tracklisting for its forthcoming seventh studio album, which you may have mistaken for a David Shrigley print hanging in the punk rock section at the coolest record store you've never been to: Hardcore Will Never ... More >>

Oidon's Champon, the Un-Tonkotsu

Luis ChongDespite appearances, champon, a noodle soup with roots in Nagasaki, bears little relation to tonkotsu ramen.​Thursday, December 23, 2010 Luis Chong​Cold, wet days call for hearty comfort dishes. One of our favorites is a popular noodle soup from Nagasaki, Japan, called champo ... More >>

It's a Trip

Luis ChongDespite appearances, champon, a noodle soup with roots in Nagasaki, bears little relation to tonkotsu ramen.​Thursday, December 23, 2010 Luis Chong​Cold, wet days call for hearty comfort dishes. One of our favorites is a popular noodle soup from Nagasaki, Japan, called champo ... More >>

What It Really Really Wants

Luis ChongDespite appearances, champon, a noodle soup with roots in Nagasaki, bears little relation to tonkotsu ramen.​Thursday, December 23, 2010 Luis Chong​Cold, wet days call for hearty comfort dishes. One of our favorites is a popular noodle soup from Nagasaki, Japan, called champo ... More >>

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasies: Raunchy Album Covers That Didn't Make It

(Complete scene here.)All-around entertainer Kanye West announced the other day that his forthcoming album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, would come bundled with five different album covers. The only one we've seen so far is a painting by New York-based art-weirdo George Condo that depicts a n ... More >>

Four More Movies About Tech Moguls That We Want to See

​Thanks to The Social Network, tech is hot! And sexy -- meow. And whenever anything is hot and sexy, Hollywood mauls it until it's bleeding and dying from liver failure in an El Segundo psych ward. But that's a few years off! Right now tech movies are getting a little of the "ol' treatment," if yo ... More >>

Free Download: Adult Swim's Righteous Metal Compilation

​In their ongoing colonization of the fertile realms beyond the province of television, the indefatigable content-providers of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block -- in partnership with Scion's weirdly savvy marketing team -- have seen fit to drop another bomb on the internet. Enter Met ... More >>

Bouncer: At the Lone Palm, mulling Prop. 8 and dead German tourists

​In their ongoing colonization of the fertile realms beyond the province of television, the indefatigable content-providers of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block -- in partnership with Scion's weirdly savvy marketing team -- have seen fit to drop another bomb on the internet. Enter Met ... More >>

Edible Zoo: Awesome Food Animals

Thisiswhyyourefat.com​You're not supposed to play with your food, but if you can make cool animals like these with your butter, cheese, and what-not, we definitely approve. Slowly but surely, Bacon Turtle wins the race. wackyarchives.com​Apple Butterfly flies away before you can get yo ... More >>

FBI to Wikipedia: Quit Using Our Seal

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law...​The FBI recently contacted the San Francisco offices of Wikipedia -- but it wasn't a call about national secrets or terrorism or interstate crime rings or anything like that. It turns out the Feds don't want Wikipedia to use the official FBI seal -- the one no ... More >>

How the Soup Was Made

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law...​The FBI recently contacted the San Francisco offices of Wikipedia -- but it wasn't a call about national secrets or terrorism or interstate crime rings or anything like that. It turns out the Feds don't want Wikipedia to use the official FBI seal -- the one no ... More >>

Introducing Faloodeh, a Dessert Older Than Jesus

Tamara PalmerFaloodeh has been around since before the Common Era.​Faloodeh is older than San Francisco, and even older than Jesus -- about 400 years older, posits Wikipedia. The traditional Persian dessert of frozen vermicelli noodles, corn starch, sorbet or shaved ice flavored with lime and ... More >>

I Got Your Funding Right Here

Tamara PalmerFaloodeh has been around since before the Common Era.​Faloodeh is older than San Francisco, and even older than Jesus -- about 400 years older, posits Wikipedia. The traditional Persian dessert of frozen vermicelli noodles, corn starch, sorbet or shaved ice flavored with lime and ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Egg Cream from Miller's East Coast Deli

T. Palmer​If like us, you grew up here and are of a certain age, at some point in your life you've probably wondered what the heck an egg cream is . These days, you don't have to go all the way to New York to get a good answer to the question, only as far as Miller's East Coast Deli (1725 Polk at ... More >>

Chronic City: Feds Lighten Up On Medical Marijuana Just As L.A. Tightens The Screws

Photo by Rotbuche, Wikimedia CommonsLet my people grow.​In a stunning bit of role reversal, law enforcement officials in dispensary-heavy Los Angeles County are gearing up for a massive mobilization against hundreds of pot shops even while the Obama administration backs away from the federal gover ... More >>

Olivia Munn: A Follow Up Post

Via Wikipedia CommonsOlivia Munn​A rumor* has been circulating on the interwind that Olivia Munn (recently written about here) was leaving or had left G4's Attack of the Show. I have found no evidence to corroborate this piece of gossip despite an exhaustive, minute long search on the Googles. I e ... More >>

A Handful of Tasty, Greek Mumbo Jumbo, and Liquid Price Busters: A Foodie Day Planner

​Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Let's do lunch: Watch today's televised Giants game against Houston with something altogether more delicious in your hand than the clicker. SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody suggests the house-cured pastrami on New York rye with artisan Gruyere, pickled vegetables, a ... More >>

Dried-Out Bacon? Nope, It's Bacon Jerky

We'll never understand why certain things weren't invented at the same time: the telephone and the answering machine, for example, or TiVo and TV. That thought occured to us when we learned that bacon jerky has just been unleashed upon an eager world. Hello! Bacon and jerky are two of the earliest ... More >>

The Shaming of Monifa the Gorilla

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Point of (a Great) View

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Localvore: Bay Area Cravings of the Now

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Sex columnist Violet Blue tries to restrain online foes

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

The Curious Case of SF Neighborhood Names

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Wikipedia Idiots Respond en Masse in SF Weekly Letters

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Shhhh, It's a "Secret Cafe!"

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Wikipedia Idiots - Why Crowd Wisdom is Oxymoronic

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Wikipedia Idiots: The Edit Wars of San Francisco

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Lif Off

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Good Golly, Miss Molly!

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Google Unleashes 'Knol' Project, Media Smells Tech Blood

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

On the Download

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

SFoodie: Homemade Wonton Soup

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

SFoodie: Homemade Wonton Soup

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

SFoodie: Lentil Soup with Braised Ham Hock

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

SFoodie: Lentil Soup with Braised Ham Hock

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Hammond B3 master Reuben Wilson Jams the Beastie Boys

This gorilla's mother not only raised him, but continues to dress him.As you may have read in the morning's San Francisco Chronicle, the baby gorilla whose mother gave it a big "fuck you" is doing quite well, and needs a name. It can't be just any name though. It has to be of African origin, ... More >>

Definition-Defying Display

North Beach Jazz Festival splits the genre wide open

The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture

By Andrew Keen (Doubleday, $22.95)

Into the Jargonosphere! Top 10 Cyberslang Terms

By Andrew Keen (Doubleday, $22.95)

Aunt Charlie's Tubesteak Tenderloin

By Andrew Keen (Doubleday, $22.95)

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.

Getting Lucky

Spill salt, break mirrors, and cross your fingers at the Superstition Obstacle Course