Arts & Entertainment How Did We Let This Happen? "Chris first got on our radar a year ago," Rasha Drachkovitch, president and co-founder of 44 Blue, said in a statement. 44 Blue considers Crocker "a rebel character that people will find interesting.
misc Go Guests, Get Gone As you have probably already noticed, we've made some changes around here. Yesterday morning SFist, its publisher Gothamist, and our sister sites unveiled a new option: guest comments are automatically not displayed for
SF News It's Park(ing) Day It's Park(ing) Day, folks. Today's the day REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, thought of taking parking spaces and turning them into public ones by creating fun-sized parks. Now cities all over
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Audiofly: Euroduo (England's Anthony Middleton and Italy's Luca Saporito) throw down here in the states. Expect lots of basslines, techno-ness, and Italian-pop. Music starts at 9 p.m. Mighty,119 Utah (at
Arts & Entertainment Just As You Expected...Pelli Clarke Pelli Wins It Yay! Or boo! Depending on how you feel -- though we personally like it, may it get bigger by the day -- Pelli-Hines' creation will be your new Transbay Terminal. But you already
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Please Mr. Postman We just can't keep Ed down for a day. And we feel sorry for him at this point. Almost. In addition to the nine state felony charges filed against him by La Kamala,
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Bans Meat At The Fillmore Morrissey is coming. And you know what that means? Clever lyrics, melancholia, and no tender morsels of tasty beef. Or chicken. Or even a Hot Pocket. Last month Leah Garchik mentioned that, "word
SF News MUNI Bus Smacks Pedestrian On 24th Street Last Night Last night -- according to fredsharples, who took these shots, found on SFist Contribute -- a pedestrian was (reportedly) hit by a MUNI bus at around 7 p.m. on 24th Street between
SF News Day Around The Bay -- Norman Nsu to return to Redwood City. [ABC7] -- Beth Spotswood writes in real-time about this year's Macy's Passport, with SFist aluma Eve Batey as the Virgil to her Dante. [Chron] --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Evil Dead 2 (1987): Sam Raimi's exquisite sequel to the equally-exquisite Evil Dead, minus any tree-rape. Screens at 7:15p.m., 9:15 at The Red Vic, 1727 Haight (at Cole). --
SF News Even In Sacto They Fear Migden Back On The Roads Just after the Britney Spear/drug test bit, y'all. Also, when did the local news start getting all flippant and cinéma vérité? And in Sacramento, no less! Thanks, Julia, for passing this along
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Delays & (More) Lies District Attorney Kamala Harris opposed the delay, but Superior Court Judge Chuck Haines ruled that Jew's trial will start Oct. 26. That's more than a month away for some good Jew-related trial content.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Bans Rich, Smooth, Satisfying Smoking In Public Spaces Today, the Oakland City Council voted to ban smoking in "ATM lines, parks and other public places," which is smurfy, health-conscious, makes the bitch behind you at the ATM line stops her self-righteous
SF News Mark Leno/Moai Head Separated at Birth: the statuesque Mark Leno and...a statue. Sort of. Work with us here, people. Leno image: Sentinel / Roshani Dhungana
misc Bernal Hill Coyote Roams In our continuing effort to stave off (unfair) pitbull hysteria, we bring you even more (unfair) coyote hysteria. Run! While driving around Bernal Hill on Alamaba Street, SFist reader Katie Spence snapped these
SF News Day Around the Bay -- San Mateo Bridge shuts down, then opens. Ta-da. [Examiner] -- Dan Noyes on Jerry Lucas, the sanity-estranged man who followed a then-pregnant Jill Rabinowitz into her garage, severely beating her with a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Peter Bjorn & John: That damn hipster cum first-dance-at-your-wedding song! Grrr. But if that's your bag, have at it. Show starts tonight at 8 p.m. at the Warfield, 982 Market; $25-$
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #1 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 1. Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time in the West: They have already conquered the #1 spot on
Arts & Entertainment Poop And Pee. For Your Little Blessings. Also, it's a Swedish concoction, which might explain why we found it at a mildly chic Hayes Valley boutique. (HV wouldn't touch the stuff if it were hecho en México.)
Arts & Entertainment Rotten Neighbor: Who Are the Stupidheads In Your Hood? Along the lines of the Sex Offenders Registry -- though not nearly as destructive and fascinating -- we came across Rotten Neighbor, a site that lets you, dear readers, tattle on your neighbors'
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Not enough credit card debt in your life? Top-shelf department store Barneys New York will solve that problem after it opens this week. [Chron] -- Health care for uninsured San Franciscans to
SF News Alcatraz Invitational Swim Behold the 12th Annual Alcatraz Invitational Swim that took place this past weekend, and Matt Cohen captured all of the cold, wet, criminally-insane athletic activity. More images in glorious, vivid color after the
misc Brett Somers Dead Match Game PM panelist, sporter of choice glasses, and Charles Nelson Reilly's fag-hag, Brett Somers, died on Sautrday. And, no, you were wrong in thinking that she was already dead. How dare you!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- New Pornographers: Yay, the New Pornographers! We heart them ever so. Seriously. Heart them yourselves tonight as they perform along with Lavender Diamond and Fancey at 8 p.m. at the Warfield,
