Bay Area Reporter confirms that Backstreet Boys, one-time boy band phenoms famous for wanting it that way, will perform at this year's SF Pride Party on June 27 at Civic Center. Already scheduled to croon at two concerts at the Warfield during the same week , BSB will make a pit stop for the gays. more ›

Hi, this is Jon and I'll be your new editor. Some of you might know me as the reactionary one, others of you might know me as the unsophisticated one, but most of you know me as the non-Rita one. I usually write about sports and politics with the occasional rant and review thrown in for good measure. As for where I sit on all the great social and cultural questions of the age, in an effort to show editorial transparency, I will admit that I go Christina over Britney, N'Sync over the Backstreet Boys, young Elvis over fat Elvis, Nirvana over Pearl Jam, the LoTR trilogy over the Star Wars trilogy, like both the English and American " the Office" equally, and think cats and dogs should just get along. Oh, and my favorite Beatle is John. more ›

If you have any understanding of San Francisco politics, or San Francisco at all, you have to have noticed that basically everything in this city breaks down to a battle between the "Downtown Business Interests" and that of the "Progessive Community." This is the Hatfield vs the McCoys, the Republicans vs. Democrats, the Backstreet Boys vs. N'Sync that splits our fair city. But who exactly are the "Downtown Business Interests" and the "Progessive community?" What do they believe in and what do they think of the other side? And what do they want out of this city and how do they hope to achieve it? Well, after the break, SFist breaks it all down for ya. more ›