misc Power Outages?! Is anyone else's power going out every five to ten minutes today? Annoying. So far we have reports from One Market, Harrison/Fourth Street, UCSF Mission/Bay, parts of the Financial District --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Chilidog": Italo, "nu/no wave," (?) and disco sounds abound at the Transfer's Tuesday weekly dance party named after a most vile, vile act. (We’re sorry, but you will have to look
SF News Hillary's SF HQ, Boobs We went over to take some photos of Hillary-whipped worker bees, but as of noontime today, the place seem closed -- or rather, the door was accidentally locked or no one came to
Arts & Entertainment Kangaroo-Based Shoes (and More) Banned...for Now Viva (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) filed the suit against the makers of the aggressively-colored sports shoes, claiming that they "oppose kangaroo products because...hunters mistakenly shoot endangered species" while going after the
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Jarring tale about employees wearing flip-flops and shorts to work? Or story about famous writers reading to employees at Google headquaters? You decide. [Chron] -- Making a buck out of lice-topped children.
SF News Note to MUNI: Tokyo Commuter Alarm Clock Reader and contributor Ted, who sent this to us, argues that if MUNI was tied to it, it would "be spinning backward and forward and grinding and whining non-stop, until it died." Which?
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Tegan & Sara: identical twins cum awesome rock songstresses with questionable haircuts play tonight in the Mission. Show starts at 8 p.m., Brava Theater, 2789 24th St.; tickets are $25. --
Arts & Entertainment CPDRC Rep. Company Improves Whoopi Goldberg Vehicle Last week Filipino CPDRC Inmates’ astounding version of "Thriller" zipped past us, and thank God it did. But looking over their oeuvre, they also have something SF-relevant (well, aside from the fact that
misc Week Around The -ists This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Temporary victory is ours: Giants 8, Brewers 0. [Chron, Examiner] -- Four people -- Contra Costa County Fire Protection Captain Matt Burton, Fire Engineer Scott Desmond, Delbert Moore, and Gayle Moore --
Arts & Entertainment Heels = Nourishment: l'Art on Geary Sidewalk While waiting for the bus, we came across this vibrantly red statement, "If you walk in 5" heels, you [shouldn't] have to pay for your meals!" Huh. A few restless 38-Geary anticipators were
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Treat or Trick!: Ack, it's Halloween in July! SFShenanigans invite you to hand out candy at the Civic Center BART station tonight (at the platform closest to the Embarcadero.) Why? Just...because.
SF News Day Around the Bay -- 4.2 tremor slightly moves the Bay Area, donuts. [Chron, Yahoo, Examiner, FCJ] -- Ron Russell on Chron business writer David Lazarus' new LA Times gig. [The Snitch] -- One Rincon Hill
Arts & Entertainment To Ski or Not to Ski: Craigslist Code Cracked While it's no longer the biggest secret that on Craigslist, and elsewhere on l'Internet, the hapless verb "to ski" has become synonymous with "to do fresh, energizing, powdery lines of flake." In order
SF News Vertigo-Inducing Views From One Rincon Since it's bound to open soon and we'll certainly never be able to step foot inside of the million dollar-plus apartments in SF's new and phallic-y One Rincon Hill -- biggest apartment building
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Blow-Up": DJ Jefrodisiac and Emily Betty’s "indie-pop-disco-noir" (noir?) monthly dance club brings out hipsters of every ilk. But that doesn’t mean that you still can’t have a good time.
misc Get a Job Take, for example: - Clarity Administrator (Sounds life coach-y, job title-wise, but we promise you that it's not.) [Zenex Partners] - Video Software Engineer [NVIDIA] - Geotechnical Engineer [Cinci Engineering] - Controller [Iconma]
misc Because We're Six-Years-Old and It's Friday: the Washlet Yeah. It's a toilet seat that "make[s] you cleaner and more refreshed than you ever felt before." That is to say, it warmly washes (and dries!) your sphincter and crotchal areas to
Arts & Entertainment In A Strange Twist: Frameline Needs Volunteers for Up Your Alley Described as a “smaller version of the Folsom Street Fair,” which is true, it’s really known for being a more filthy one. So, if you’re not afraid of seeing unsheathed genitalia,
SF News Day Around the Bay -- PSA of the day: never forget your BDSM safeword, kids. [Chron] -- Alt-Weekly Death Watch returns. Yikes is right! [AWDW] -- Matthew S. Bajko says the gays and their bills are drawing
SF News Garbage Lady Takes On Lockout: the Video You've heard mythic tales about her heroism told in hushed tones around the campfire, you've read about her, you may very well have dreamed about her. Now see her rampage in all of
Arts & Entertainment For Sale: Ego-Sized Cutout of Mel Gibson We want this. We want this bad. We want this now. Then again, who wouldn't want an oversized cardboard cutout of la Gibson looking a tad fey? [insert drunk-driving, anti-Semitic, or Catholic joke
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Joan Osbourne: She's famous (or just known for) her one-hit confection "One of Us," but her first effort was an overall amazing album. At least as far as the Liz Phairian ouvre
misc Dykes On Bikes Win Hair-Pulling Trademark Battle Dyke on Bikes -- the women who kickoff the annual Pride Parades and Dyke March by riding on their mechanical clitorises, with mammary glands fluttering to and fro -- have won the right
Arts & Entertainment Propaganda III: an Anti-American 4th of July Review Zombie Time has a chortle-worthy review of the Propaganda III art show -- a not-so-mildly anti-capitalist (and surprisingly anti-Semitic) exhibit -- which was held at, where else? The always-chic Bambuddha Lounge! You know,
