SF News Ralph Nader Slams Obama as an "Uncle Tom," Manages to Shock Fox News Fox News anchor Shepard Smith interviewed crazy old man Ralph Nader the other night, chatting about, among other things, labeling President elect Barack Obama an "Uncle Tom." Really. A terse Smith tsk-tsk'd Nader,
misc Gentrify: Displacement Made Easy Those of you who find this quasi-tongue-in-cheek map amusing are, most likely, the same folks who aid and abet gentrification -- i.e., those who find rather droll. But seeing as how we'd
Arts & Entertainment Poorly Written Propositions Unveiled By Evan James Proposition A14 This proposition is not only so haughtily written and bitchy that it will lower the self-esteem of voters and give them a complex, it will also, by allowing
SF News Outside Lands Hilarity Edited Boo! After we posted about "Oliver Clothezoff, visiting from New York" at the Outside Lands festival, the Chronicle went and edited it to read, "A visitor from New York..." (Pft, you guys are
SF News Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar's obit in the Vallejo Times-Herald, which if you recall was shockingly brutal, we got to the bottom of it all. Turns out Aguilar's obit
misc R.I.P., <del>Bitch</del> Dolores Aguilar Warms the heart, doesn't it? Above obit found in the Times-Herald Napa/Sonoma. Oh, and be sure to read the guestbook here. (Thanks Jameth!) UPDATE I: Cruel obit page pulled late Sunday afternoon.
misc Behold Dimitri the Stud/Stalker Sent to some bodyshot-partying Marina chick, Dimitri's desperate voicemails had us at "Greek," and "maybe you were abused in childhood." Swoon. (Update: here's an article about said stalker Dimitri, via our swell sister
Arts & Entertainment Women, Yogurt, and Pooping: a Love Story If you haven't been to comedy club as of late, you might be curious about the overabundance of women-and-yogurt commercials. Well, here's a delightful look at the attempts to get females to consume
misc Berkeley + <i>Daily Show</i> Segment = Hee In case you missed The Daily Show last night-- not that any member of the self-respecting Bay Area intelligentsia would dare to admit missing a second of sparkling political satire -- check out
SF News Dame Fires Gun in Holding Area After SFPD Botch Search This is rich. The San Francisco Police Department are now having to investigate their own brethren. It appears that last Saturday morning, SFPD missed finding a firearm on a female suspect being booked
Arts & Entertainment Painting, Exercising, and Blending Drinks With a <del>Stripper</del> Burlesque Dancer And then things like this make us fall in like-like with Los Angeles all over again. This brings up a good point, what happened to intriguing public access shows in San Francisco? Although
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Brian Regan What's your take on the comedy scene in the Bay Area? I don't live in the Bay Area, but I when i see Bay Area people slip on banana peels, I laugh my
SF News Calling Into Question Double Decker Bus Aesthetics Let's face it, underneath all of our progressive thinking and alleged altruism, we're a vain city. Thank God. After all, we are Californians nestled in a land of impossible waistlines and beauty. That
SF News Really, What Was He Thinking? Many, many people want to know just what, pray tell, goes on inside the mind of Barry Bonds. Or maybe just a handful do. Who's to say? And much like the fog-laced hills
Arts & Entertainment As Good As His Word: P.T. Anderson's <i>There Will Be Blood</i> SFist Grace checks out a sneak peek of the new P.T. Anderson movie, There Will Be Blood. There will also be: greed, husksterism, rage, isolation and open-handed brawls. The Castro Theatre recently
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #9 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: Download: "Tick Tick Boom" and "Try It Again" For more info on other CD releases, take the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: Mike Birbiglia Here at SFist we like to think of ourselves as givers. We give. You take. Again and again. So here you go, we're doing our part. We've got a pair of tickets for
SF News More On That Crazy Sean Penn Story A little birdie sent us an e-mail concerning the story about Sean Penn's recent desire to wade into the wonderful world of SF politics. According to said birdie, Madonna’s ex was watching
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews András Schiff Someone told us a story of a famous pianist who believed in bringing culture to the people, and went to a factory in Italy to give a lecture in front of a piano.
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City Last Thursday night we went to Bimbo's to see Stereo Total at the behest of a good friend. We'd never seen the duo before but they charmed us with their energy, humor, zesty
SF News New Auto Shop Takes Green Pretty Seriously Wired Magazine has an interesting feature piece on what we believe to be one of those "only in San Francisco" kinda businesses: a mechanic who not only specializes in hybrids, but attempts to
SF News American Football Spectacular Remembers Bill Walsh Yesterday, the gentleman who came to be called The Genius passed away from leukemia at the age of 75. The importance of Bill Walsh to San Francisco sports, and the whole of the
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For A San Franciscan Our recent "3 Questions" subjects have included Megan Marrone, Kevin Rose, Phil Bronstein, and the founders of Yelp -- all pretty darned high-profile people. However, as compelling as we find those folks, our
Arts & Entertainment Let's All Go To The Movies: Local Virtues We are always going to tell you to see Other Cinema. You can set your watch to it, we promise. This week’s Incredibly Strange Music program is packed with punk rock/bad
