Wow, one show on Monday and twelve on Friday. This week we definitely start off a bit slow, but by the end of the week, we have a ton of choices. more ›

Oh lordy, but Mondays are going to be a crowded night of television. Let's go through tonight's premieres network-by-network, starting with ABC.
more ›

What's the price of a free society? Lunatics running around loose: online threats have lead UC Hastings to shut down, just for today. What are the threats? Who's responsible? We don't know. What we do know is there are a lot of unhappy, unpredictable, desperately fragile folks in the world, some of whom have had the bad luck of being burdened with pain from which it may seem impossible to ever recover; and we can only hope that our compassion for their misfortune is never fully erased by our anger at their deeds. more ›

SFist welcomes its new East Bay commentator: Matthew Newton more ›

The only thing more shocking than Charo consenting to an interview with SFist is that there are people in the world who don't know who she is. For those philistines, here's a quick recap: Charo is a Spanish superstar of song, dance, and guitar, known for her eccentric catchphrase ("coochi coochi"), wild ensembles, a record-setting number of Loveboat guest appearances, and a speech pattern that is unpredictable, frantic, and totally unstoppable. You don't have to be a gay man to love her, but lord knows it doesn't hurt. more ›

In a victory for the Beastie Boys, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today declined to review an earlier decision which upheld a lower-court dismissal of a case brought by James Newton which asked that the Beasties pay licensing fees on both the recording and the underlying composition for a sample of his 1978 "Choir," which was used on Hello Nasty track Pass the Mic. The Beasties had already paid licensing fees for the recording, and the court ruled that: more ›

">Take to the streets? Move to Canada? Secede from the nation? Dedicate yourself to volunteer service? We're exploring our options. more ›

SFist would like to introduce something we think is a very, very first. A while back, we asked for an ombudsman (or public editor, if you will). And boy, did we get one. After dissing the poor guy, we realized he was a careful reader, and we decided that someone who cared enough to spend the time complaining was probably someone we wanted to have around. So we offer Matthew Newton to you as someone to complain to -- someone who shares your hopes and concerns that we will serve The City and environs. So please welcome the first blog ombudsman (Omblogsman? Blogbudsman?) ever. If we're wrong, please correct us, as we could use some advice on how this all works. more ›