SF News SFist Tech Labs: Deconstructing a Burgeoning Internet Phenomenon Apple Fires Employee For Having a Sense of Humor Apple once again shows how it "thinks different" by firing one of its customer service representatives for doing just that! An employee was fired
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Rules of Dating</i> The pervy teacher, Lee (played by Lee Yu-rim) is part clumsy lothario and part relentless sexual predator whose creepiness is only mitigated by his over-riding goofiness. In one scene he drunkenly looks at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Tonight Don't get us wrong. We totally dug "The Sopranos," but we must have suffered from some severe, Uncle Junior-level memory loss in the two years since the last season ended. We were...confused,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Losing Our Religion Is it only coincidence that both these plays with religious themes close on the last day of Lent? Well, some do think of theater as church, but these would be some of the
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Yokai Daisenso</i> We acknowledge that it's a good movie, and that the violence isn't completely gratuitous. It makes a solid point about the objectification of women and the consequences of treating people as means to
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Paco Romane Catch Paco's show at the Makeout Room the last Wed. of the month.
Arts & Entertainment All The Subtlety of Roller Disco, Plus the Nuance of Scott Baio Last Friday, roller films were the theme, with , Roller Boogie (one of the many missteps in the management of Linda Blair's career) and the aborted foetus that is Skatetown USA (which marks the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Naked Babies at SF Sketchfest It turns out Corddry isn’t the only famous or semi-famous member of Naked Babies. Also part of the group is Brian Huskey, one of the Snarking Heads on VH-1's "Best Week Ever.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Cole Stratton We should have asked him what he did to attract performers from Mr. Show, The Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Stella, The State, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, and The Upright
misc Win Passes To See <i>Going Shopping</i>! Our friends at Larsen Associates love SFist readers! They've given us passes for the run of engagement of , which opened yesterday at the Opera Plaza cinema. Holly (Victoria Foyt), is a successful clothing
SF News R.I.P., Pat Morita Best known for his role as Mr. Miyagi in , Pat Morita passed away yesterday at his home in Las Vegas. A look at his bio, however, makes it clear that Morita was much
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Something for Everyone What do Holocaust dramas, hip hop and weddings have to do with each other? Nothing, but we've got all of them crammed into a mere weekend. and Brundibar at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Just
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: The Funny This Week Not to sound like a broken record, but have you been watching "Arrested Development"?! Ok, fine, you haven't been able to watch it for the past month because it hasn't been on. But
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Your Pre-Halloween Party Hey, the party's not till Monday, so check out some crazy characters hitting SF stages this weekend. Sure, go ahead and dress up: They've got bandits, Hollywood stars, a boy that looks like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: The Second Annual Bush Going Away Party The Second Annual George Bush Going Away Party comedy event on Saturday showed the difficulties in political humor. Especially political humor in San Franciso, where saying "Bush sucks" is greeted with the same
Arts & Entertainment The 2nd Annual George Bush Going Away Party This Saturday night is the 2nd Annual George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy. The first one was held about this time last year in an attempt to raise money
Arts & Entertainment Todd Barry Back in San Francisco Friend of the 'ists Todd Barry is back for another stand up stint here in SF as part of a west coast tour. Last time we saw the show, we fell in love
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jantine B. Jantine B does. Apparently such inborn knowledge leads to a love of radio, roller skates, Emperor Norton, and weed. Maybe also a lifelong fear of falling off this peninsula into the Pacific when
Arts & Entertainment Serenity Now, Insanity Later "The screening is overbooked," hollered a media rep to a long line in the lobby. We'd estimate that about 200 people were waiting with free-sneak-peek passes; without blogger credentials, they were made to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV This Week - Part Two Don't worry. We're confused too. Let's just look at what tonight has to offer. First off is NBC's "My Name is Earl," which premieres at 9 p.m. Despite Jason Lee's disturbing affiliation
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: The Italian Girl in Algiers. The San Francisco Opera opened its season last Saturday and picked up right where it left off last time we visited. , just like Cosi fan Tutti, is another joyful and energetic opera, another
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Fringe Festival Reviews #2-4 Like we said before, you never really quite know what you’re going to get at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. But last night we did a marathon Fringe, seeing three shows between
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Fringe Festival Review #1: <I>Show Me Where it Hurts</I> Thursday night was night number two of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The Exit Café, Fringe headquarters, wasn't very busy, but they had the beer and free pretzels ready (you can eat and
Arts & Entertainment Go Nuts This Weekend Have we ever mentioned how much we love the Primitive Screwheads? Our infatuation began when we attended their final performance of , and we've been slavering to see what they'd do next. They'd mentioned
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The "I'm Not Going to Burning Man" Edition at Impact Theatre Yes, as in Nicky Hilton. You know, the one that's always upstaged by her big sister Paris? Well, this time she takes center stage in Elizabeth Meriwether's comedy. A hit
