"James Frey Is A 'Rockstar Vampire' On Facebook" more ›

We missed SXSW last week, but some of our friends were down there covering the mayhem and brought back some great photos. You can see local photographer and friend of SFist Julie Schuchard get up close and personal with Iggy Pop and The Stooges in this slideshow and see tons of SXSW photos taken by DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio. Also check out a bunch of coverage from our friends at Austinist. more ›

If "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," then the folks over at Bravo's Top Chef sure have some huge brains. Because this season reeks of inconsistency. And it's starting to piss us off. Major, major misstep, Tom, Gale, and co. (Let us state up front: it's only because this show can be, is often, and should always be so freaking good that these missteps get to us). Let's give credit to some of elimination-style reality shows--we've seen episodes of The Apprentice and Rockstar where the judges weren't afraid to make a bold move and eliminate more than one contestant. But never -- NEVER -- have we seen a show like this wimp out and send NOBODY packing. more ›

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SFist had a rock-n-roll weekend that started last Friday night at Varnish for our 2nd birthday party. Not only did DJ Ted of BAGeL Radio rock the house with a few hours of his finest tracks, our friend Nick Tangborn from Jackpine Social Club also brought Mark Eitzel down for a few beers. It was great to meet some readers and the SFist bingo game was a real highlight, especially when one of our partygoers asked if she'd gotten bingo by drinking one of each in a category of cocktails from the drink menu. We like that kind of initiative. more ›

We can't believe that after more than a month of half-assed watching of "Rock Star: Supernova" we've only just now figured out that the contestant named Storm Large is none other than the Storm from Storm and Her Dirty Mouth, a San Francisco band. How dumb are we? It had crossed our minds when we first saw her on the show, and heard her name, that it was awfully odd that there was another female rock singer named "Storm," but we guess we just thought something like "Rock Star" would have been a little beneath the Storm we had seen perform wearing nothing but a merkin during a show at the Filmore in 2000. more ›

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. more ›

There's going to be a second season of CBS's reality TV series "Rock Star," and this time they're searching for a singer to front Supernova, a new supergroup featuring Tommy Lee on drums, Gilby Clarke on guitar and the Bay Area's own Jason Newsted, formerly of Metallica, on bass. more ›

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Grand Theft Auto jacked. more ›

There are video games that are popular with gamers - Counter Strike, Half-Life, Halo - and then there are video games that become cultural phenomena. The audience is drawn not so much by the game itself as to the world or story that the game describes. Who can forget the comic carnage of Mortal Kombat? The crossing of the gender gap by Ms. Pac-Man and Ladybug? The legions of fans of all ages who would almost rather play Madden NFL than actually watch a real football game? more ›

If your weekend was anything like our weekend, you spent three days mewling like a kitten about the heat and canceling all plans to go anywhere at all. Not these four SFSU students -- Gil Hackel (singer-songwriter), Nate Maas (cinema major), Trammell Scruggs (sound engineering major), and Zhenya Warshawsky (literature major) -- who launched and completed their Labor Day Weekend mission -- to ride every single MUNI bus line from end to end. Its name: Operation MuniCon. more ›