Photo by Andy Sternberg/LAist A posthumous tribute wall dedicated to singer/songwriter Elliot Smith sat defaced by graffiti for months on end -- LAist said enough, so did the fans and city council.SFist was surprised to learn that chronic presidential candidate Ralph Nader picked former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez as his running mate.Phillyist explored the possibilities of green cleaning.In the latest edition of Reel Toronto, a bi-weekly feature looking at films shot in Toronto......

Tonight's Fall premieres contain only one show we'll actually be watching (see above). But let's start with some of the shows we won't be watching. CBS has moved the James Woods law drama "Shark" from Thursdays to Sundays and it debuts in its new slot tonight at 10 p.m. We watched the first few episodes of the show last year, and decided, since we aren't big James Woods fans, the show had nothing else......

American sports fans, do you know what you're missing right now? -- the magical, the legendary, the completely captivating Tour de France. Yup. In fact, the Tour has already reached its first rest day after eight straight days of racing.

Let's face it: for cycling fans, the Tour is the pure Nirvana. Thanks to the Versus (formerly OLN) network, US fans (all 12 of them) of skinny tires, incredible bike handling, and human suffering can watch cycling every day for three straight weeks. It just doesn't get any better than this. It's like the NCAA tournament, the US Open, the NFL playoffs, the NBA Finals, and the World Series all rolled in to one. Every night -- every goddamn night -- cycling fans can kick back in their recliners (or on their stationary trainers), drink in the international flavor, and let the joy of cycling wash over them. Every night! For three straight weeks!

If we may be permitted to step out of subjective first-person plural for a moment: I've had a lovely time hanging out at Isotope and writing comic book reviews for SFist for the last year and a half, and it's very fondly that I'll be devoting this last post to some of my favorite books from that time. But this won't be a re-review of those titles; instead, I'd like to wander away from......

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....

Remember the nineties? Back when nobody knew Scott Weiland was a big junkie, but wondered why every single that Stone Temple Pilots came out with sounded like a song recorded by Nirvana or Pearl Jam? When the Internet was going to change the world for, the, uh, better? When Microsoft Windows was actually a useful operating system, and our major worry was whether or not Bill Clinton could keep his penis out of the mouths......

SFist is thankful that San Francisco has the greatest live music venues in the country, despite the bad news SFist Isaac gave us about the closure of seminal Lower Haight club The Top. If you're looking for an excuse to get away from visiting relatives, or a fantastic place to take them for some entertainment, read on for our suggestions. Tonight you can get your punk rock served up stadium-style with hometown boys Green Day......

The indelible "Polly Jean Harvey" rocked "the Great American Music Hall" Thursday night. The sold-out show was a must see for PJ fans, who have only dreamt of seeing her in such a small and intimate setting--and with no opening act! Ms. Polly arrived onstage in a bright yellow dress (with her name embroidered on the back), and pink stillettos. The dress marked this burst of sunshine's entrance with rousing applause by the salivating......