LIVE MUSIC: Parenthetically named '80s pop outfit Was (Not Was) is known for the song, "Walk the Dinosaur" And that ditty? Went a little something like this: "Open the door, get on the floor/Everybody walk the dinosaur/Boom boom acka-lacka lacka boom." Bring your favorite Gen-Xer to hear them live at Cafe Du Nord. *FILM: Just in time to make you feel less bad about being single on Valentine's Day is Woody Allen's Annie Hall.......

Serialized gem / siren song Tales of the City drew many folks to SF. Well, it brought us here, anyway. And the character of Mary Ann Singleton acted as a temporary stand-in until many of us arrived. To wit: Mary Ann Singleton was twenty-five years old when she saw San Francisco for the first time. She came to the city alone for an eight-day vacation. On the fifth night, she drank three Irish coffees......

We're thrilled to the gills that the dailies are learning about this cool new sex podcasting thing all the kids are doing with their computers. While we loved the SF Bay Guardian's podcasting piece last year, we felt kinda like the Chron needed a pat on the head and a cookie when they ran yet another lame duck piece on sex podcasting last weekend telling us for the second time that our friend Susie......

The creative team behind J.T. Leroy should send James Frey flowers, since his little revelations have given the J. T. Leroy hoax story a sort of also-ran quality. However, we were pleased to see the San Francisco Chronicle finally pick up the story and give it a well-sourced local angle. First up: the local literary Who's Who with regard to who was sucked in: Dave Eggers, Susie Bright, David Wigand, Michael Ray, Michael Chabon......

Ah, nothing like controversy to get the week off to a good start. Susie Bright isn't particularly happy after lending JT her support early on (scroll down for more from Susie in the comments). And Edward Champion reminds us that JT isn't the only one lacking a firm grasp on the line between fact and fiction, with James Frey under the microscope. Municide publishes a response to their own flight of fancy, purportedly from......

Anil Dash shares some timely insights into online communities. Danah Boyd finds herself caught in the middle of the debate over Wikipedia. Tom Foremsi and felow journos sup on Google sushi while their old employers crumble around them. And Jeff Nolan explores some novel theories about Yahoo's purchase of del.icio.us. Headline of the week goes to Edward Champion for "New Podjack City." Eran explores the tenuous connection between The Facebook and The Agency. Google......

Who knew beer and keyboards don't mix? Making her case for membership, Beth Spotswood tells the world that Chandler Bing was sh*tfaced at Otis. With scoops like that, we'll see what we can do to get you in. Speaking of scoops, the Gavster was totally right -- Tucker, Chan and Ratner to make Rush Hour III. And thanks to all the hard work covering the Federline-Spears romance from K-Fed's hometown in the 'No, Jarah......

You think it was rough to live up to your parent's expectations? What if your mom was acclaimed author Anne Rice, and your pop was not quite as famous but still critically lauded Stan Rice? It's enough to make you want to go to med school, to try to master a craft as far from theirs as possible. Fortunately, Christopher Rice isn't nearly the pussy we are. He's made quite a career as both......

With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson moving on to bigger and better things, writers, critics, stoners and other hangers-on are organizing tributes around the country and around the world. But we have a feeling that the only one Hunter himself would have attended would be right here in San Francisco at the Edinburgh Castle Pub. Sure, Jahn Wenner will probably throw some blockbuster event full of literary luminaries in New York, but we all know......

The newly single, and recently more vocal, Gavin Newsom can have his pick of the staff to bring as a date to someone's first anniversary party. Congratulations to all the happy couples who got hitched last year in San Francisco -- especially friends of SFist Ed and Norm up in Silverton, Washington. You guys are such a cute couple. Sorry about the damn state Supreme Court. Such a busy week. Of course we've been......

Okay, it's a little bit of a stretch to call Susie Bright a 'Bay' blogger, unless you're talking about Half Moon Bay, since she lives in Santa Cruz. But she spent many a year as what could only be described as a San Francisco literary impresario and raconteur, so we're calling it close enough for government work. Regardless, there aren't a lot of other blogs that feature musings on the nature of the Brad......