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-- Toshio Hirano: Local country music star -- alongside his trusty bassist, Kenan O'Brien -- croons tonight at 9 p.m. at Amnesia; free.

Friend of SFist Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp's CEO and co-founder, just shot us this note: "Guns drawn in front of Yelp office..."

(Tony's trips to dangerous countries).

--Another shooting in District 5. And a man robbed at gunpoint in the Sunset.

Re: commotion at New Montgomery and Mission earlier today

Some organization we've never heard of and could probably care the less about, the American Institute of Architects, put together a list of the Top 25 Bestest Buildings in San Francisco. Look for attendant show on VH-1 featuring snarky comments from Hal Sparks, Ian Michael Black, and Rachel Harris.

Ah yes, the weekend. Finally! It's been a hectic week-- earthquakes, landslides, the whole Kenneth Eng fiasco, those purple latex gloves-- where will it all end? We don't know but we could sure use a drink and a good old fashioned shindig-- too bad that most of the Noise Pop shows have sold out. We've put together a list of runner-ups for the weekend in the city. Sure, its not Ted Leo, Cake or The Donnas, but you can get just as drunk for half the price. Here's a rundown of the haps:

We know that SFist has been a bit snarky about Congressional candidate Krissy Keefer, so we'd like to make amends by promoting a great event presented by Dance Mission, an organization that Ms. Keefer co-founded. Manifesti-val is Dance Brigade's three week long Festival of Dance and Social Change. Tonight, catch by E.P.I taph, an evening of new, cutting-edge, political works. From transgendered housewives to beatboxing aliens, from underworld angels to "Triple Blooded Threats," this goes down at Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street across from the 24th St BART Station) at 8pm.

-- Market @ New Montgomery

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column that a few San Francisco stores are closing. They include the Disney Store (good riddance), Torrefazione Italia (yay! More Starbucks!) and the Rand McNally store on Market & New Montgomery. We know, we haven't been the ones who've been big on the saving old buildings and stores, but the closing of Rand McNally makes us sad.

At the corner of Market and New Montgomery this afternoon, we spied a large sign reading, "#%*&! IF YOU HATE TAXES! UP WITH FREEDOM!" And we're a little confused. What exactly are those swear-symbols masking? "F**k if you hate taxes"? "S**t if you hate taxes"? Or perhaps a somewhat milder "Ass if you hate taxes"? (SFist's self-imposed no-curse-words rule makes it somewhat awkward a subject to explore here.) Perhaps due to our own pre-existing mindset, we initially assumed that it was a compound swear, "Assf**k if you hate taxes," which makes the sign's second sentence seem smuttily euphamistic.

We said we were gonna make it, and we did, and it was pretty awesome. We're going to suggest that if SFist Interviewee Olivia Ongpin throws a party, do your best to make it out. Three top DJs in two top venues, and even some top artists painting during the party. The best part was the roving bands of scenesters migrating from event to event, turning the corner of Minna and New Montgomery into part of the party. Check out some pics after the jump.

We were simply dumbstruck by how gigantic the crowd was - it just kept coming...and coming...and coming. The best bit came when the head of the procession passed by the strikers at The Palace Hotel on New Montgomery. For a couple of minutes, the giant crowd paused in the street and joined the shouts of the workers - oh, those uppity San Francisco liberals; they've never met a protest they didn't like. But joking aside, it was pretty remarkable to see a small 20-person strike line swell its numbers fifty-fold within a matter of moments. In case there was any doubt, the strikers want contracts, they want them now, and a crowd of 1,000 people think that they should get just that. The march was organized by International Answer, which keeps itself plenty busy 'round these parts and would be very pleased to have your support.

You might want to express your support for our city's striking laborers with just the big smile and the thumbs-up for the next few days -- the police have started fining people who honk in support of picket lines -- but only if the picket lines are in the financial district.