misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "San Francisco Polyphony" by György Ligeti Off the tops of our heads, we can't think of too many classical/chamber pieces written in honor of our fair city. This one, 1973's "San Francisco Polyphony," is by Hungarian-born composer György
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Two Months Off" by Underworld 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
misc Unauthorized Trader Joe's Commercial 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.
Arts & Entertainment Get Free Tix To An Advance Screening of <i>Julie & Julia</i> For the lucky ones of you who happen to have Citi Visa Signature credit cards in your wallets, you can go to this Fandango page here to get a free pass, good for
Arts & Entertainment Video of Diane DiPrima Reading a Poem in the 70s San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane DiPrima -- who is co-hosting the San Francisco International Poetry Festival that kicks off tonight with a party on Jack Kerouac Alley in North Beach -- provides us
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Alice in Wonderland' Teaser & Pics UPDATE: Disney's apparently got their panties in a bunch about the leak of this teaser ONE WHOLE DAY EARLY, and a lot of the embeddables have been yanked down. If this one--our second
Arts & Entertainment The Pains of Being Pure At Heart: Giveaway! Your afternoon palate cleanser today -- "Everything With You" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- comes along with a GIVEAWAY!! Yes, these spunky kids with an ear for late 80s
misc Really Bad Wax Figure Likenesses We're not sure there is such a thing as a *good* wax figure, but we're sure the people at the Fisherman's Wharf Wax Museum would like us to think so. In any event,
Arts & Entertainment Live Musical Interlude: Blonde Redhead's "In Particular" 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
misc Evian's Roller Babies 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
