The Rainbow Connection
The SFist’s Sarah L. has a first-hand report of the first Survival Research Labs show in ten years. If the name sounds familiar, that’s because none other than William T. Vollmann chronicled the SRL’s...
View ArticleGet Shitfaced for a Good Cause
Much to my regret, I won’t be able to make this. But Jackson West reminds me of tonight’s opportunity to drink booze to contribute to Josh Wolf’s campaign. House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery Street, 7...
View ArticleThe Golden Gate Bridge: Where Would You Like to Leap to Your Death Today?
Bizarre location-based infograph. (via SF Metro)
View ArticleIndieshock
Annalee Newitz has coined the term “chainshock” to depict one’s reaction when “a store you once thought independent is now part of a chain.” However, I’d like to put forth an opposing term:...
View ArticleSan Franciso Fringe Festival
As a man who has volunteered his services in the past for various Fringe plays and who even wrote and directed one (and who is, in fact, working on another), it would be unconscionable of me not to...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Andy Ross
Dear Andy: Thank you for surrendering Cody’s to a corporation. I’m sure that Yohan, Inc., with its concentration on distributing foreign books and magazines, has the experience and the niche interest...
View ArticleOn the Other Hand, “Litterers” Will Be Arrested More Frequently
San Francisco Chronicle: “Famously tolerant San Francisco could become an even friendlier place for pot smokers if the Board of Supervisors passes legislation that proclaims most marijuana violations...
View ArticleScore One for My Neighborhood
Dan Rhodes says his favorite bookstore is the Booksmith. (via 3AM Magazine)
View ArticlePutting the Black in Black Oak Books
I’ve quibbled about Black Oak Books before, but Barking Kitten offers another reason why the term “indieshock” applies: The staff is willfully ignorant about the latest offerings from Margaret Atwood...
View ArticleThe Problem with MUNI
For those looking for fresh content, I have a guest editorial at the SFist today. I assure all readers that I have considerably fewer follicles than the photo Eve dug up.
View ArticleBartender Bobby Cook Dead
Robert “Bobby” Cook, the owner of the fantastic Owl Tree bar, has passed away. The Owl Tree, if you haven’t been there, is a fantastic bar loaded with all manner of owl memorabilia. Cook was as much of...
View ArticleWitold Rybczynski: Chickenhead of the Month
Journalistically speaking, Witold Rybczynski is like a paunchy, loutish drunk guzzling MGD at a dive that was cool in 1995 but that’s gone steadily downhill, incapable of citing specific examples...
View ArticleKeep Castro Halloween Going
During Halloween, for those who don’t live in San Francisco, the Castro transforms into a fantastic affair that is held every Halloween: sort of a mini-Mardi Gras in which everybody crowds into the...
View ArticleAnd the Ghost of Steve McQueen Retreats to Nob Hill
Enrico’s has closed. It’s time for Bullitt fans to mourn.
View ArticleGeek Challenge
I’m surprised that nobody has developed a script which merges this this topographical map of San Francisco with Google Maps. Come on, software developers and Web 2.0 tinkerers, I challenge you to come...
View ArticleLitigious Eating in San Francisco
What do you get when you cross DVD Verdict with Chowhound? What else? Fud Court!
View ArticleTeo Kridech, My Hero
San Francisco Chronicle: “The posts ‘nearly killed my business,’ said Kridech, a native of France who has worked in the food industry for 25 years and spent $150,000 revamping the Senses space....
View ArticleGray Lady Slams San Franciscans with Base Generalization
New York Times: “Most plastic grocery bags are made from polyethylene, which is derived from oil, which is considered by many San Franciscans to be the root of most of the world’s problems, from $4...
View Article73 New Galaxies Revealed by Frank Chiu
Tito uncovers the terrifying news. There are now 85 galaxies instead of twelve. I assure you. My move to New York had nothing to do with this.
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