SF News Barry Bad for Baseball? The question is being discussed in the MSM, the internets, and the shouting yak-fest shows on ESPN. A recent poll on ESPN.com showed that not only do people want him to retire,
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: Music Video Asia So we have a cousin. No, this is not some coy way of referring to the newest -ist site, Austinist(welcome!), we're talking about our actual cousin. Anyways, our cousin plays this game
Arts & Entertainment Piss and Vinegar Only three chances left to see Circo Zero perform at Dance Mission and it is not to be missed. An amalgam of circus, performance art, political commentary, with juxtapositions between angelic virtuosity and
SF News Jef Raskin, RIP The dean of Macintosh design, Jef Raskin, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Saturday in his home of Pacifica. A true visionary, he helped bring computing to the masses by thinking of new and
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Amon Tobin A review by special show correspondent Ginevra. If you'd been listening on Friday night, you'd have heard the sounds of two drum kits, funky bass, plenty of moogs and DJ's to scramble the
SF News SFist Rants: We Want to Drink More and Later Imagine one of those "from the past" montages like thay have on "Cold Case". Some early 90s dance music (maybe Rhythm is a Dancer) plays in the background as a thinner, younger, and
SF News Barry Meets the Press Oh sure, he played the usual cards. He denied ("I don't know Canseco, besides 'hello' and 'good-bye'), stonewalled (a moderator stepped in any time the Grand Jury testimony was mentioned), changed the subject
Arts & Entertainment Dance Review: Facing Mekka [] In restless anticipation we sat staring at the stage, waiting to see the dance performance acclaimed by so many. Yerba Buena Center for rhe Arts Theater was hosting the first of three performances
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City We reckon a good percentage of San Franciso music-lovers will be at Great American Music Hall this week, whether it's at one of the three sold out Arcade Fire shows or Saturday's sold
Arts & Entertainment Any Way You Want It Like a lot of these types of sites, we have no idea what the irony level is- most of the people seem awfully sincere. On the other hand, is there anyway to appreciate
SF News Krissy's year end list 10 things that 2004 brought into my life, in random order Rhythm & Motion Dance Center: Their dance workout program is both fun and exhausting, and they don't laugh at you when you
SF News We Want a Catcher, Not a Belly Scratcher After last season’s spirit-crushing, totally maddening season, Giants’ fans from around the Bay, like kids sitting on Santa’s lap, have all been screaming the same thing: “We want reliever! We want
Arts & Entertainment Believe in Von Iva SFist was blown away by Von Iva when they opened for Metric at the Great American Music Hall in late October. This all-female Bay area-based band doesn't need no stinkin' guitars -- just
SF News Introducing SFist Listens This week SFist Mary Lynn recommends the following as a means of coping if you haven’t yet fled to Canada and are down about four more years of W: "Tragedy" by the
Arts & Entertainment All Saints Day Now, SFist doesn't usually go to modern dance performances (we're never sure when to clap, for one thing), but last year, our yoga class went to the ODC theater to see our yoga
Arts & Entertainment VHS OR BETA? If that question doesn't make you nostalgic, then VHS OR BETA's music will. "We're definitely not a band who's afraid to admit we have influences," says member Craig Pfunder, influences which include Duran
Arts & Entertainment Reno Blue The League of Pissed Off Voters continues with their 40 Parties in 40 Days voter awareness campaign (though we're now only at a fortnight more of parties) with a big Thursday-night bash. The
Arts & Entertainment Mmm...beer... Yep, Germany's most famous tradition that doesn't involve invading France is back for the annual Oktoberfest By The Bay at the Fort Mason Center. Having been to the real Oktoberfest in Munich, we
Arts & Entertainment Going to the Theater Makes You Feel Smarter, We Promise SFist is not above shilling for our friends - Phil Bronstein does it, why shouldn't we? So we'd like to invite you to visit tonight or tomorrow's performance of , written and directed by
Arts & Entertainment I Love(a)Parade The parades in Europe now bring in 50 truckfuls of musicians and over a million ravers, and the organizers decided to bring the rhythms to San Francisco for the Love Parade's debut. A
Arts & Entertainment You Belong Here Some things just go with certain places: clocks with the Swiss, bagels and New York, Arizona and snowbirds. Occasionally you encounter something that claims to be from one place even though it is
SF News Your Boss is Watching Sipping our coffee and doing the morning blog rounds we stumbled on this short item in Gizmodo - it looks like the boss will finally be able to see through your lame "I'm
Arts & Entertainment Sussing Out the Fuss Few bands can believably be compared to Joy Division, the Cure, Duran Duran, and Echo and the Bunnymen. Especially if they are from Las Vegas. Yet The Killers, the newest indie dance sensation,
