My Morning Jacket's newest live recording entitled The 2006-2007 New Year’s Eve Skit Picture Disc Skit (Could they pick a longer title?) is available now through the band's website. The recording is from their New Year's Eve performance at the Fillmore last year. If you were there, you would know that it was a "Oregon Trail"-themed performance. (OMG, how cool is that!) But we're curious, how do you pull off an "Oregon Trail"-themed party?... more ›

-- Comedy, Darling: Sleepover!: Mary Van Note hosts a new monthly underground talk and comedy show, where the stand-up is done in pajamas. Cute! Breaking the hymen of this monthly party is gangbang of hardcore comedic talent, featuring Brent Weinbach, Richard Kiss, Candy Churilla, Chris Garcia, and musical guest Jethro Jeremiah. The funny startsd at 8 p.m. at Edinburgh Castle; $8. more ›

For both the New Orleans Saints and the 49ers, this season has suuucked. There's no worse feeling in fandom than unmet expectations. And both of the NFL's gold-helmeted teams have seen the bottom drop out of their dreams for the 2007 season. more ›

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We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We're not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual -Ist lightheartedness - we just wanted to take a moment and recognize those affected last week. more ›

-- All About Eve: Brutal, drunk, rapid-fire dialogue; famous lines ("Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," etc.); and a backstage story told so, so, so well make this '50s film more than just a camp classic. Starring Bette Davis. Screens tonight at 7 p.m. at the Castro Theatre, Castro & Market Streets; $9.50. more ›

Hey, SFist Krissy already told you about this, but we're going to remind! Go to the Benefit to Save Internet Radio at the Bottom of the Hill tonight. Bagel Radio Ted and SoMa FM Elise from SoMa FM are picking the tunes, and a bunch of favorite local bands will play too. 1233 17th St (x Connecticut), 6 p.m., and $3 (but give more). more ›

Los Gatos-based NetFlix has one of the greatest products around, and we give them a lot of leeway despite the company's annoying, ever-present pop-up ads. more ›

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: more ›

Who's that being spotted Hollywood clubbin' with Giants' curveballer Barry Zito? more ›

R.I.P Barbaro. more ›

It's the best American football wknd of the year. The four still-standing franchises slug it out for a slot in the Super Bowl. Awesome. more ›

In our latest episode, we examine the weaknesses that led to the exit of each franchise that was tossed from the playoffs last wknd. Going into last wknd’s action, there were no “complete” teams left – only those who had outweighed their weaknesses enough to advance to the NFL’s Divisional Playoff Round. more ›

You know, we're having trouble rooting for the Saints mainly because it gives an excuse for too many sportswriters and broadcasters to make lazy comparisons between the football team and the city. So everybody feels happy that New Orleans is doing so well and coming back when the reality is far different. more ›

-The Warriors beat the New Orleans/OK City Hornets and on KNBR this morning we heard the word "playoffs" being mentioned in reference to the Warriors this season. We'll let Basektball Chris handle that one, but how many seasons now have the Warriors gone on a run in December/January and had people thinking this might be the year? Let's just say the season ain't official 'til Baron Davis goes down. And Tim Kawakami agrees. Meanwhile, are the Warriors better without J-Rich? more ›

Last Sunday, the 49ers' defense were basically bent into any shape that the New Orleans Saints offense felt like bendin' them into. Want to run? Sure. Want to pass? Sure, as a change of pace. And so it was. And then the game ended. more ›

Lot of sports to talk about, so let's get r' done. -Cal beats Stanford to win the Axe. See what happens when you don't let the Stanford band play? Anyways, Cal played just enough to win and Stanford played well enough to win, but Cal still won. As for Stanford, the Walt Harris death watch begins. more ›

Week 13, and the 49ers go to New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Take this moment to make a donation to a hurricane-related charity. They still need help. The column can wait. more ›

Typhoon Durian battered the Eastern Philippines earlier today, but turned south and missed San Francisco sister city Manila, who's hosting a now-soggy mayor Gavin Newsom and 148 of his best friends this week. Gavin, shelter in place! more ›

Playing like the playoff contender that we all want them to be, the Warriors notched their first significant victory of the season last night, polishing off the tough New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 121-116 at the Oracle.

Let's look back at a week in which no site in the -ist network adopted anyone from Africa... more ›

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Sometimes we discuss the possibility of spending a night in the W hotel. It's no more than 2 miles from our house but the allure of their perfectly comfortable beds beckons to us from memories of happy nights we slept at the Ws in Seattle and San Diego. We fondly recall how Zoë at the W in New Orleans saved us many times from the dreadful food at the conference centre opposite, a fact which recently caused us to wonder why we had resolutely decided to never give the restaurant at San Francisco's W a chance. The answer to the question was clear to us. Only tourists eat at W hotels, don't they? Why on earth should we play and pay at being tourists in our own town? more ›

SFist interviews Brendan Benson more ›

It was just last year that we made our pick of the week, and we still don't regret it. OK, we do a little, because while the movie is a great specimen of the genre throughout, the end left us very "meh." Another year brings us Saw II, and we're already not interested. more ›

With the baseball season over, we are now faced with this big question: now what do we do with ourselves? -Bay Area bound refugees from Hurricane Katrina are discovering something about the Bay Area: it's friggin expensive here. FEMA gives families a little over $2000 a month to get by until they get resettled either elsewhere or back in New Orleans and as we all know, $2000 a month in the Bay Area doesn't get you very far. Especially if you have a family. And that's not the only problem. In a quote we find awfully scary for various reasons, one of the evacuees said he was looking at a place in West Oakland, but didn't want to move there because, among other things, the "schools weren’t good." Considering Louisiana is well known as a poor, backwards-ass state, what does that say about the schools in Oakland? -In response to the increasingly controversial controversy over TIC conversions and Ellis Act evictions, Gavin has announced that he will form a task force to look into it and got Aaron Peskin to help out. We're not experts on housing policy, but we think we can save a whole bunch of time and money with this solution to the issue: build more housing. more ›

Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian: Still angry about Hetch Hetchy! Mandatory retirements at the Chron. A shopping center at Piers 27-31? Cover article: animal research at UCSF. (two upsetting sidebars here (monkeys) and here (dogs)). Is it a good idea for autistics to mock non-autistics by calling them "neurotypical"? (This is like when the group of geeks would say "you're normal!" to the other kids in school.) Taquerias in strange places. And the Lit section, which we skipped. The SF Weekly: Yet another article about mandatory retirements at the Chron! Leaking like the New Orleans levees! Cover article: Harmon Leon terrorizes pro-abstinence people! The part where he wore the short-shorts and made suggestive comments the whole day ("mmmm, threesome") is truly brilliant. Oyster eatoff next Tuesday! Books about the 1906 earthquake. Meredith Brody waxes on and on and on about New Orleans. Take it, SFist Ced! Should you or your deaf cousin pay for the sign-language interpreter at your wedding? (Aw, hell to the no! It was not just suggested by the relatives that they just not invite the deaf cousin!) Free Bluegrass Festival this weekend. And the Bouncer reflects on the big questions of life at that bar next door to El Rio's. The East Bay Express, the Metro, and the pick of the week, after the jump. more ›

Covering your entertainment scene for the rest of the work week! Tonight, Go check out Neil Strauss reading from his new book on picking up women, "The Game," and learn how you too can have Courtney Love crash on your couch for an indefinite period of time! 7:30 p.m. at the Marina Books Inc. (of course). Thursday, it's tiki night at the Make-Out Room! Hula dancing, tiki carving, tiki movies, and tiki art for sale. Polynesian merriment will abound! and Friday: fans of contemporary opera can whet their Doctor Atomic appetite and check out the premiere of the Oakland Opera's performance of La Belle et la Bete by Philip Glass. The opera's based on the Cocteau film, and the Oakland Opera is staging it as a circus performance. Grab some chicken and waffles after the show! more ›

Even though this column’s supposed to be about the bars of San Francisco, given the unbelievably tragic events of the last couple of weeks, we simply must pay due respect to the drinkin’-est city this side of Bavaria. Of course we're talkin' bout New Orleans. Things may look bad now, but we know that you’ll rise again and take back your rightful place at the throne of Fat Tuesday’s mayhem. more ›

San Francisco's a city of immigrants -- how many people do you know who actually grew up here? -- and our lovely vintage F-line is no exception. The refurbished trolley cars on the F hail from Boston, Philadelphia, England, Italy, and, notably, New Orleans; and starting tomorrow, the New Orleans trolley (that's the one with the sign that says "A Streetcar Named Desire") will be carrying a torch for its hometown. Actually, it'll be carrying a banner, reading "help the people of my hometown," with contact info for the Red Cross. The idea was started by friend of SFist and geeky transit enthusiast Jamision, who brought the idea to Supervisor Bevan Dufty. Bevan liked the idea and forwarded it to Stuart Sunshine, the interim head of Muni, and after some public prodding, a plan to encourage donations went ahead. Muni also just acquired an additional vintage New Orleans trolley (that one not in running condition); it's nice to see SF welcoming Nola's displaced residents, be they human or mechanical. And don't forget to give. more ›