Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung "What does it look like when the concert industry exhales in relief? Tens of thousands of illuminated cellphones, swaying in the night." ... you know those times at big concerts when
SF News Oracle to Purchase Sun for $7.4 Billion Doing what IBM failed to do earlier this month, Oracle will purchase computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems for around $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of cash, 9.50
SF News Moz Cancels Paramount Show According to SF Weekly music scribe Gordie Young, an increasingly plump Morrissey canceled Saturday's show at the Paramount Theatre "due to illness." And his fans, who are already known for teetering on the
misc Photo du Jour 390 Dear God, make it stop. The hellish weather will subside by Wednesday, with a slight chance of rain by Friday.
SF News SFist Blotter SOMA/SUNDAY: The Endup, the famous SOMA nightclub that used to be a bastion of decadence before turning sour over the last few yearssour, played host to a stabbing on Sunday. According to
SF News <em>Rolling Stone</em> Leaves San Francisco Conceived in San Francisco 42 years ago, the publisher of Rolling Stone has decided to close its cozy SF office at 1700 Montgomery due to cutbacks. Founded by Jann Wenner way back when,
SF News Day Around the Bay "Tracy's precious angel" mourned. [SFGate, Mercury News] Have you seen this Peninsula teen? [CBS 5] Cal brats beat back Panda. [Daily Clog] Muni blow job. No, the other kind. [Oopsie Daisy] Muni ass
SF News John Madden Retires John Madden, the guy some of you know only from commercials or Frank Caliendo impressions, is actually a big-time sports announcer. Today, Madden callled it quits. The legendary Raiders coach-turned-football announcer explained his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: It ain't the way he wanted it. He could handle things. He was smart! Not like everybody said... like dumb. He was smart and John Cazale deserves your respect. So, why not
SF News SF Press Secretary Nathan Ballard Makes Excellent Pot Joke Say what you will about San Francisco Gavin Newsom, the real star of the show is his press secretary Nathan Ballard. When Newsom ends his reign as mayor, Ballard is the one we're
SF News Ed Jew Sentencing Postponed All set to receive a sentence from the state of California, in addition to the 5-plus years former SF Supervisor Ed Jew was handed in federal court earlier this month, today's hearing was
SF News Rent a Goat Unless you're Chardonnay from The Love of Ray J, who eschews the smooth, tangy taste of chèvre, you might be interested in renting a goat. But where can you find one of these
Arts & Entertainment What Happened to the SNIFF Paintings? by Lisa Hix The beauty and frustration of the art of tagging is how completely democratic it is. In the world of graffiti, art is temporary, and whoever can put down a few
SF News New York Governor Introduces Gay Marriage Bill Take note, California: the Governor of New York introducing legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. "There is clearly a problem in that those individuals who are gay or lesbian who would live in a
SF News Day Around the Bay First Valencia Street ilk, now Woody Allen. Have you no shame, American Apparel? [SFGate] Boat got stuck under a bridge, which is almost as exciting as it sounds. [CBS 5] Chris Colin just
SF News Get Ready for Your Close Up: Muni to Install Cameras SFist loves cameras. Public, private, wherever, whenever -- we want them up, we want them rolling. So, we were tickled exuberant after hearing that San Francisco transit officials plan to install continuously-running cameras
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Fleet Foxes and Blitzen Trapper @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung When discussing West Coast locales with the audience, Fleet Foxes frontman and Seattleite Robin Pecknold jokingly said, "... everybody from Seattle hates us". Excuse me? Baking powder? Your humble SFist correspondent,
Arts & Entertainment Buy This: <em>San Francisco Street Art</em> by Lisa Hix Photographer Steve Rotman, with the help of designer and photographer Chris Brennan, have put together a whole book of these awesome public artworks, San Francisco Street Art, which was just
SF News Cantu Murder Suspect Swallowed Knife Blades Before Arrest In a murder case that's getting increasingly odd, Melissa Huckaby, who was charged with the rape and murder of Sandra Cantu, reportedly tried to kill herself just days before her arrest by swallowing
misc What Is the Jejune Institute? by Lisa Hix Found throughout San Francisco and the East Bay, the photocopied images bear an uncomfortable resemblance to pictures of Klansmen, but the delightfully Amelie-esque text is hard to resist: WHO ARE
SF News Day Around the Bay What do do when your pet gets cancer. [SFGate] Confused Cal students want to ban Panda Express from campus. [Daily Clog] Check out The Groove Merchant on Haight. [What I'm Seeing] You've heard
