Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: TransGeneration It would be easy to associate the subjects of the documentary with the people in other docs about self-reinvention -- the realness-craving drag kids of Paris is Burning, for example, or the folks
SF News Yeeeeeeeaaaaargh! Whatever you might have thought about Howard Dean when he was running for president, you gotta admit that he's been hi-LA-rious!!! as the chair of the Democratic National Committee! Saying Republicans have never
SF News Your San Francisco Giants: Those Were the Days Maybe it's because we're back to work after a long weekend, but SFist has taken to getting nostalgic for those glory days of yore- last week. Ahh, last week, what a week that
SF News Your San Francisco Giants Beat L.A.! When the Giants signed Benitez, the thinking was that a closer stabilizes things in the bullpen. Everyone knows their roles and so everyone can concentrate on doing what they need to do-- bullpen
Arts & Entertainment Wheeeeeeee3 If E3 is the sort of thing you care about, you've probably already gorged yourself on more coverage than you can even possibly remember. Last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles was
SF News The Huffington Roast Okay, we're going to go ahead and put our two cents in on this, while scrupulously avoiding actually linking to it -- we will, however, link to the LA Weekly's Nikki Finke's thoughts
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Nic Harcourt There are approximately 3300 Bay Area Dwellers who listen to subscribe to an LA radio station. While SFist has our own beef with local radio, we were a little curious about what makes
SF News Et Tu, BART First MUNI announced they wanted to raise fares. Then Caltrain hopped on board the fare raising train (ha! we made a pun). And now BART. Why, raising fares is the new black. Thanks
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jennifer Gentle Luckily, Marco Fasolo from Italy’s Jennifer Gentle (on Sub Pop) couldn’t have been nicer about the persistent fuzz on the line. We caught up with Marco as the band was heading
SF News Your 2005 Giants: Six Down, <strike>154</strike> 156 to Go Considering that the Giants are missing their two biggest bats and have suffered through a couple of ugly bullpen metltdowns in the last few games, they've got to be pretty pleased with their
Arts & Entertainment Congratulations, Chron! Sure, we mock the Chronicle all the time -- but we mock because we love! So let us extend a hearty back-slap of congratulations to our main bastion of the Mainstream Media out
SF News The Warriors Come Out To Play. No, Really How hot have the Warriors been? Since Baron Davis was acquired, they have: - Beaten Minnesota, Sacramento, Phoenix, the Knicks, and 76ers - Have the best record of any California basketball team since
SF News Supremes To Decide On Grokster Later This Spring Well, oral arguments in the MGM v. Grokster case concluded yesterday, and the reports from the scene conclude that the justices were very pointed in their questioning of the plaintiff, MGM. Reading different
Arts & Entertainment On The Road with The Ditty Bops The Ditty Bops are Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald, two modern LA twenty-somethings celebrating yesteryear with their self-titled debut album [listen here]. Both their record and their live show are a must-hear, featuring
SF News Gropinator 2: Judgment Day A British reporter's claims that Arnold Schwarzenegger first sexually assaulted her, then libeled her in the press when she told the LA Times about the incident, survived a first round of review by
Arts & Entertainment A Cultural Exchange (of Fluids) We're baffled by the party's omission of any local professional pervert (NSFW) and burlesque performers, not to mention the near-total heterosexuality of the event -- fer pete's sake, by SF standards, this event's
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Earlimart Afternoon shows at the Bottom of the Hill, like Saturday's Earlimart Noise Pop show, are so excellent -- the buses are running, the sun is out, you don't have to worry the whole
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Luna Park Snark Gawker's all hot and bothered that Luna Park, the Valencia street eatery which expanded to hell-ay, is now making the move to the loisaida. That's right, it will soon join uber-good Katz's Delicatessen
misc The Essefficist! The Essefficist! The Essefficist! So without further adieu, let's hear from Carnal Carl: I hope you can help me with my recent moral quandary. There is a charming young woman who goes to grad school in the
Arts & Entertainment Neck Face SFist loves us some writers. And by writers, we mean "bombers," "graffitos," "vandals,", "artists," what have you. One in particular caught our eye on our travels around the city -- that inimitable man
SF News Armageddon It What with the tsunami and the upcoming inaguration, disaster scenarios are all the rage. To help calm down an unsettled world, the German Reinsurance company, Munich Re, has come out with a list
misc They're Just Big Boned While both SF and LA were on the "Fittest" list, our fine city was close to the best at #4, while the City of Angels was a mere, pitiful #21. San Jose whupped
Arts & Entertainment Learn the Secrets from People So Successful, They're Teaching Screenwriting Online Some of you aren't happy with San Francisco. You're the type who grew up here, maybe, or came here for college from some small town, and now you feel that you're getting a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: The Eternal Search for True Love For further proof that some people never learn, be sure to tune into the two-hour premiere of The Bachelorette tonight at 9:00pm on ABC. Jen Schefft returns to the reality TV dating
