Ahhh, crap. During this week’s practice, 49er OLB Manny Lawson tore an ACL and will be out for the 2007 season. This is a mighty blow to the nascent Niner defense, who had been counting on the former first-round pick to lend his 6’5” frame and sprinter’s speed to the linebacking corps this year....

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,......

Special bold-name bands edition. Like it? Hate it? Tell us in the comments. Hailing from our beloved city of Austin, TX, What Made Milwaukee Famous has all the right ingredients for no-need-to-actually-listen-to-them indie cred: a hip home town, a nonsensical phrase for a name, indie stalwart Barsuk as their record label, opening gigs for Arcade Fire and an appearance on "Austin City Limits" (ultra-rare for a then-unsigned band). But we do think you need to......