May 9, 2008
Photo by Steve Rhodes
At "Gonzo - Vanity Fair's Reel Relief SFIFF51 Closing Night" festivities. (Hunter S. Thompson never meant for it to be this way!)
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Sarah has a new whipping boy over at Curbed. Intern Andy Wang went to last night's Transbay Terminal meeting that included "a dizzying barrage of downtown skyline simulations;" tittering over the term "downtown mound," which was used to describe the tip of the downtown skyline; comparing the future skyscraper to a faux penis; mentioning the b-word; and much more.
It goes without saying, many SF Dwellers are torn as to whether or not it should go up. Of course. Growth, like getting old, is scary. But check out Curbed's rundown of last night's meeting and decide for yourself. Curbed is "on the scene so you don't have to be."
FASHION/MUSIC: SF Weekly's Hiya Swanhuyser has word that tonight's fashion extravaganza/concert "The Ant Show’s 4th Annual Boxer Rebellion"--featuring rock beats care of Murder of Lilies, the Catholic Comb, and Ghost to Atom--will be the thing to go to tonight. And we agree. She also reveals what it was like to have to sit next to your SFist Editor for almost five years. (The poor thing!) Anyway, tonight's show also boasts the work of designers Improperazzi, Vintage Joy, Mei Lin, Dan Gallagher, and Cara Barnard.
8 p.m. // Red Devil Lounge (1695 Polk) // $7-$10
CLUB: Over in the TL "The Rod" is going down, and in more ways than one. (Har.) Bus Station John spins late 70's/early 80's retro-homo rarities, a wet jockstrap contest takes place at midnight, someone will become pregnant, vomit will spill...you know the drill.
10 p.m. // Deco Lounge (510 Larkin) // $5-$10
FILM: Before she became certifiably insane, Brigitte Bardot held her own in Contempt (Le Mépris), Jean-Luc Godard's tale of a "a screenwriter find[ing] his marriage falling apart as he attempts to get started a film version of the The Odyssey." Watch a pre-hateful Bardot steal the screen in the Castro tonight.
7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. // Castro Theatre (Castro & Market) // $6-$9
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May 9, 2008
Oh my God. KFOG KaBoom. It is here. Well, it's almost here. It's happening this weekend. And if you've never gone to this classic-rock concert, you should. It's a locals-only kind of event, but one you should try at least once. Basically, bands play and there's a fantastic, climactic fireworks show, but somehow it all manages to be very old-school Bay Area. Oh, and Muni will be affected: KFOG KaBoom On Saturday, May 10,...
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Photo by jen_maiser Let's push down the hipsters, the poop virus outbreaks, the Newsoms, and the suicides with a gosh darn stubborn but adorable pup, shall we?...
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At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, SFist received word today about a possible virus outbreak in San Francisco. It's the Norovirus, a common cause of the stomach flu, which is "transmitted by faecally contaminated food or water [Ew! -- SFist] and by person-to-person contact."...
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Little ol' San Francisco made ink in USA Today as part of Mayor Gavin Newsom's clever plan to rule to the state of California. What pressing issue is he tackling this time? Tobacco in drug stores. Specifically, he wants to ban harmful cigs from places like our beloved Walgreens. Newsom, it seems, "proposed an unprecedented city ban on drugstores selling tobacco products, including cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco." "This will be the beginning of...
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(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz Z.O.G....
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We were there through the bitter season--the mud, the rain, the cold, the mid-afternoon sunsets. With dripping, grime-streaked rain gear covering our heels and neckties, we rode our rusting, filthy commuter bikes to the Caltrain station all through the winter, a sweaty, soggy bunch, smelling of mildew and Tri-Flow. And now, with the arrival of the easy, sunny days of spring, you’ve joined us. And we’re happy to see you, really. It’s Bike to Work...
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Oh, the East Coast. It tickles us ever so. Last year Cornell University's Erin Geld wrote something or other about the Cosby's neighborhood as a bastion of coke-fueled cool, and all of the hipsters freaked the fuck out on her via the comment thread on a Gawker post. It seems that Geld trashed Brooklyn and its allegedly (un?)cool scene, so people went batshit. Or something like that. (Being a story about NYC and Ivy...
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A whooping cough outbreak has affected over 20 students at East Bay Waldorf School in El Sobrante, effectively shutting it down. Whooping cough, an illness normally thought of as an infant's, hits its victims with "severe coughing spells that end in a 'whooping' sound when the person breathes in." Ick. School will reopen on Monday, but students can return to class only if they have proof that they are taking antibiotics and are symptom-free....
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Facebook tries to save the children from sexual predators. [Valleywag]The return of Chad Fox. [Stop Touching My Food]"“I engaged in exchanging an image of a minor engaging in sexually explicit activity,” says Ward. [Noyes]Also, Bernie as a priest. [Noyes]SF milks building owner for $50K in billboard violation. [Curbed]The Mission is now so expensive that one must move to...Duboce Triangle? [Mission Mission]Dead whale found under a pier. RIP, little fella. [CBS 5]...
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