Lang-Lang is the antidote to recessions and deaths of classical music. There are only a few others than the Chinese piano superstar who can sell out Davies Symphony hall on a Tuesday evening for a solo recital of Beethoven, Albeniz and Prokofiev, as part of the SF Symphony Great performers series. more ›

After Oakland female rapper Mina Mack was beaten in the doorway of an Oakland recording studio on Monday night, according to CBS 5, "a friend told her that video of the punching and kicking was posted on the Internet via YouTube and then circulated over Twitter." Two women and two men jumped the Mack as she was leaving the studio. more ›

Last week, Mayor Gavin Newsom kicked off a new online communication series on YouTube, ingeniously christened "Mayor Newsom's YouTube Update." Yeah. But it's kinda cool, actually, where in each week Newsom sits down in front of a marble fireplace and talks to SF denizens, saying, "What's up, yo? Here's what I've been up to..." more ›

Two vile girls, ages 12 and 14, in Benica were arrested on Saturday after beating up a classmate, filming the attack, and posted it on YouTube. While we cannot find the video to share, the story is a depressing one. What's more, it's yet another tale of kids who commit violent assaults on other kids while capturing the horrifying act on video. more ›

YouTube character Gay Carrington is, near as we can tell, a stoner transsexual puppet who occasional chimes in to talk to her fans in Old Hollywood-style English about her moods, pets, and experiences. She posted the above "kaleido-vision" video "while resting up" for her next real video, but we think it's positively brilliant. It stars her cat, Christina "Mooks" Carrington, and as far as stoner YouTubery goes, it's the tops. Enjoy. more ›

We don't really think the narration for this new Gav-for-Governor spot is the *strongest* bit of campaign ad copy we've ever heard. And is it wrong to say the whole circular thing ("...that will join the race, that will shake the system, that will change the state Constitution...") reminds us of that late 80s anti-drug ad with the business guy in the toilet going, "So I can work harder, so I can make more money, so I can do more cocaine, so I can work harder..."? more ›

We still love these guys, and they're milking their internet fame for all it's worth. Consider yourselves cleansed. more ›

Good news, music-loving hermits. YouTube announced today that they will live stream this weekend's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival. The live broadcast can be found over at youtube.com/outsidelands beginning Friday, August 28 until Sunday, August 30. The festival coverage will include such notables as that Dave Matthews guy, Jason Mraz, Thievery Corporation, The Dead Weather, Silversun Pickups, Raphael Saadiq, Tenacious D, Cage the Elephant, Atmosphere, and M.I.A. (who should prove most interesting since she doesn't want to be there in the first place.) Also, there's an Outside Lands app available for those of you with iPhones. more ›

Anyone who was around the local music scene in the 90s may remember these guys. Enrique was an SF-based, ironical-satirical pop-rock band in the vein of the B-52s and the Scissor Sisters whose 1996 debut, Cut the Cheese, included this never quite classic track, "Do It in the Dirt." We've got to give them props for costumes and choreography, but the music? Let's just say they might have given the Scissor Sisters a run for their money if only they weren't so, like, on-purpose ironic-bad. Hat tip to Heklina for sharing. more ›

The silence, as it were, will be deafening tonight at Shoreline Amphitheatre after Depeche Mode's abrupt cancellation of their show due to Dave Gahan's exhausted vocal chords. As some small consolation to those fans currently crying into their lunchboxes, we give you this: the slightly pixelated, probably VHS-transferred, official video for "Enjoy the Silence" off 1990's Violator. Ah, how we long for the days when the boys were so young, well-rested, and svelte. more ›

These fine British gents are coming to the Fox Theater in Oakland tomorrow evening, so we thought we'd offer up one of their more popular tracks, "Two Months Off" which was featured on 2002's Beaucoup Fish A Hundred Days Off [Ed. Note: Apologies... we only own two Underworld albums, and we mixed them up and were typing too fast. Jeez, sorry.]. If you're into their brand of rave-y, urgent, melodic electronica, you might also enjoy this live version of the song from 2003 concert in Japan with the full 3-minute intro intact. more ›

Forgive us if you're one of the almost 500,000 who've seen it already... we hadn't, and it was shot in our very own Trader Joe's on Masonic on some guy's Palm Treo. It's a cute little ditty set to the tune of Jobim's "Waters of March," and we especially like the references to the over-small parking lot and the "twelve kinds of of soy milk that all taste the same." But what's that about "a snort, a sniff..."? Is TJ's selling cocaine now? more ›

This man, whose name we believe is Bob, grew up in Vallejo and moved to San Francisco in 1979 to pursue his dreams of being a postal clerk and (possibly) becoming a liberated gay man. Bob now curates this awkward site of internet oddities, and appears quite put off by things like Roseanne Barr and bestiality. Rather than write his memoirs, Bob is vlogging them, and this 9-minute bit of YouTubery is a fine example of why oral histories are sometimes a bit more ramble-y than written ones. He describes the horrors of his first apartment -- a room in the cockroach infested SRO known as the Civic Center Hotel, which still stands today at Market and 12th Street -- and one has to wonder what irresistible joys this town had to offer which kept Bob living this "nightmare" for six straight months rather than at home with mom in Vallejo. more ›

The trio comprising twin brothers and a Japanese girl one of them once dated known as Blonde Redhead is playing their second and last show tonight at The Independent (get tickets here), and for your afternoon palate cleanser we offer you this swell live footage of the band playing one of our favorite songs from the early aughts, "In Particular." more ›

We don't know how we missed this for an entire week, but we have to give props to College Humor. This is some true, musical theater awesomeness. We especially love the riff on "Maria" at around 2:00, which is, of course, "Pandora." more ›

It's spreading, in that virus-y way, and we figured you might as well catch it from us. Consider it your afternoon palate cleanser. There must be a few of you who enjoy mineral water, the Sugarhill Gang and CGI-enhanced roller-dancing babies, right? more ›

Internet-famous gay Jeffery Self, of the comedy duo The VGL Gay Boys (link semi-NSFW), brings his one-man show about the woes of gay dating and Craigslist hookups "My Life on the Craigslist" to San Francisco, starting this evening at the New Conservatory Theatre (25 Van Ness). The show has played Off-Broadway in New York and elsewhere, and will be at the NCTC through Pride weekend, June 27th. Self, along with comedy partner Cole Escola, will soon be starring in their own variety show on Logo called Jeffery and Cole Casserole. more ›

In this hilarious new video from Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian (a.k.a. LA-based comedienne Deven Green who was responsible for those voice-over spoofs of Brenda Dickson you may have seen/heard round the internet a couple years back), Betty provides a rapid-fire rundown of the many bizarre ways "marriage" is defined in the Old Testament, along with much funny animation of concubines and rapists. more ›

Good morning! We came across this just-uploaded segment on San Francisco Bay windsurfing from Good Morning America in 1981 and thought we'd share. It was shot off of Fillmore Street, Redwood Shores Estates and Sausalito and features some groovy smooth jazz and windsurfing enthusiast Mark Buzzard. more ›

LA-based drag queen Jackie Beat, who was recently up here for Lip Service at the Castro, just made these three spoof ads of those Corn Refiners Commercials in which one mother gives another mother some 'tude because she's giving her kids fruit punch with high-fructose corn syrup in it, and the response is "it's fine in moderation." Anyway, we enjoy drag queen humorists and hope you do too. (Hat tip to The Sword -- link semi-NSFW.) more ›

It's sort of like a miniature circus act. We think this video was shot recently on someone's phone, as Greg Pike brought his troupe of three up Powell Street, but we can't be sure. You can read more about him, and his animal friends, here. more ›

This dude Michael Gregory has done what we always strive to do: make the news a little less BORING for all you folks out there who have learned to demand a little wit and rhythm with your gay marriage and pirate news reports. Ah, the wonders of AutoTune -- even Katie Couric and Hillary Clinton can sound like Akon. (Thanks to The Sword - link semi-NSFW, and very gay.) more ›

In a majorly unexciting development, YouTube has struck a deal with several studios to offer full-length movies and television shows on its platform. YouTube parent Google is hoping this will bring a new era of higher quality ads to YouTube, but don't expect to be seeing Benjamin Button or The Watchmen anytime soon. The deal so far only covers existing content partners who will start by offering up some of the oldest shit in their catalog -- Lionsgate, for instance, will be offering up episodes of Alf, which for all its stoner/cult appeal might not have been our first choice. more ›

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* San Francisco vs. St. Louis
Sunday, December 21, 2008. 10:00 AM, PST.
Week 16
The Interim Battle

Remember when battles between the 49ers and Rams would be cataclysmic offensive showdowns to determine ownership of the NFC West?

Yeah, those days are gone for now. more ›

"'Classical' music does not need gimmicks OR marketers/managers," hrumphs an SFGate commenter. more ›

Following on the heels of other YouTube stars such as Chris Crocker and the Chocolate Rain guy, Mayor Gavin Newsom continues to harness the awesome power of the world wide web via a nifty new YouTube page. (New-ish, anyway. It says he joined in October.) more ›

The people pushing Prop 8 have their heads so far up their asses they've turned into mobius strips. more ›

Several students also said Lista was caught up in an episode last year involving links on his YouTube video-sharing account. more ›