Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung The curse of Nelly's "Hot in Herre": since that summer in 2002 when the song came out, every time somebody says, "man, it's hot in here", there's a decent chance
SF News Cops Drag Feet Over New Nightclub Legislation Last year, Mayor Newsom and Supervisor Maxwell introduced legislation aimed at reforming the nightclub industry. Apparently, not much has been accomplished since then. Back in 2003, the Entertainment Commission was formed in order
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Busy-ish week last week: Glass Candy, Dan Deacon, Vivian Girls... this week, we'll see Thao Nguyen on Thursday and Van the Man on Saturday (by the way, we wonder who
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
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung The slogan of this week, music-wise, should be AM PM's: Too Much Good Stuff. Except it's actually good stuff, not like, nasty hot dogs, fake cheese and dessicated Slim Jims.
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Golden State Warrior Stephen Jackson is having his burfday partay on Friday at Mezzanine and you're invited... for $40. Snoop D O double G will be performing! Man. Snoop a
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Random music musings to start off the week: of all the days of the week, does Saturday have the best songs about it (Sam Cooke, Chicago, the Cure, Elton, Bowie)
SF News SFist Tonight FILM: A pre-bloat Val Kilmer shines in 1980s teen comedy Real Genius. You remember, it's the one where (SPOILER ALERT) laser energy hi-jinks result in a massive volume of popcorn popping. Good stuff.
SF News SF Entertainment Commission Wants More Control SF Entertainment Commission, the mafia-like overlord of entertainment permits, wants more control over San Francisco nightclubs. This time, though, they want club owners to take more responsibility for the trash that lingers outside
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung What's going on this week in the world of Bay Area music? We'll be checking out Cut Copy and Matt & Kim on Thursday and the Moscow-born, Alaskan-raised and Brooklyn-based
SF News Tonga Room No More? While the news is a few weeks old, it stings fresh as this morning's rain. See, word has it that the new plan to turn part of Nob Hill's Fairmont Hotel (which, oh
SF News DNA Lounge Being Singled Out by California ABC? According to an angry missive from the fine folks over at SoMa's DNA Lounge, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is trying to put them permanently out of business. It seems the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Head over to "Special Disco Version" to get your tight groove on. Psycho-disco players Hercules & Love Affair ease you into the night, while LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney keeping you dancing 'til
Arts & Entertainment Where to Watch the Returns Here are just a few election night parties going on, each of them screening the results live. And more. Much more. We'll update this list throughout the day. Check back for more if
Arts & Entertainment Farewell, 12 Galaxies It is done. 12 Galaxies, the Mission club named after mentally unfit local color Frank Chu and that sign he carries, came to end this past weekend. Local indie rock outfits StitchCraft and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: This evening's club night over at Pink (oh, by the way, do hit Bar Bambino before going over! It's just next-door and the area's best new restaurant, in our opinion) called "Buffet"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FIESTA, FOREVER: Cinco de Mayo is a holiday honoring "an initial victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín over French forces in the Battle of Puebla," according to Wikipedia. And
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Photo from Thunderheist CLUB: Those zany and offensive Vice Magazine kids are back in town this evening to pour vodka down your throat, shove blow up your nose, and have you up until
SF News Remember: Save Hole In the Wall Meeting Happens at 5 p.m. Today Want to help save Hole in the Wall Saloon from the spindly claws of old Mrs. Crabtree? Of course you do. It takes place soon, so head over to City Hall now, folks.
Arts & Entertainment New Earworm Mashup: "Together as One" Local mash-up prodigy, DJ Earworm, has a new mash up. It is, for lack of a better word, phenomenal. He seamlessly splices together U2's "One," Beatles' "Come Together," Diana (Call Her Miss) Ross'
SF News To Help Curb Violence, Newsom Proposes Nightclub Reform With nightclubs like Jelly's, Whisper, and 715 Harrison playing host to fatal mischief over the past few months, yesterday Mayor Newsom and Police Chief Heather Fong went on the offense against SF nightlife.
misc SF Nightlife Violence Summit Violence at SF nightclubs has been all the rage this year - all nine days, that is - and now a summit is being held this month in order to curb the violent
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After Warriors 103 Kings 96- Yawn, another day, another Warriors win. And when was the last time somebody said anything like that? The Warriors had to earn this game as they were down by
SF News What Becomes a Yoshi's Most? If you didn't know, San Francisco has the most cheery pockmark on its record: the "Negro removal" period. During this time historic buildings were torn down and black Western Addition residents were shooed
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After Jazz 117 Warriors 96- Overture/curtain, lights/This is it, the night of nights/No more rehearsing and hearsing our parts/We know every part by heart/Overture, curtain, lights /This is it,
