SF News Whew, That Was Fun 9:30 Update: Things seem to be settling down. We're going to move the bulk of this post behind a jump. The only really big news at the moment is that there's a
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #7 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Win a free copy of Nicole Atkin's debut album release, Neptune City after the jump. Download: "War Torn"
SF News Today: Gav's State of the City Address Same here, Gavin! But just who isn't excited about "Live with Regis and Kelly's" 3-D Halloween episode?! The Examiner lavishes Gavin with praise today, just hours before his annual State of the City
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Girls soccer coach suspended after mooning (i.e.., "exposing his buttocks to" [hee]) his opponents. [SFGate] -- Niners' Nolan stands by his QB, Alex Smith. Aw. Also, "at least the Niners didn't
misc What-ever: Hyphens Pulled Earlier this month, the newest (and truncated) version of the OED got rid of many cherished hyphens. The editor, Angus Stevenson, "eliminated some 16,000 hyphens from the sixth edition," according to a
Arts & Entertainment Examining Today's <em>Examiner</em> Headline On our way to Subway Whole Foods for lunch this afternoon, we noticed this headline in today's Examiner. And we must say: we love it. The paper is finally living up to its
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Grilled Cheese Invitational : What's better than a grilled cheese sandwich? Nothing, that's what. (Our apologies go out to all and any lactose-intolerant readers. You live a life of heartache we can only
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Laura Gibson: We'd hate to genre-ize her lovely sounds, but neo-folk songstress Gibson -- who uses such tools as trumpet, viola, and musical saw in addition to her sublime vocal cords-- sings
Arts & Entertainment Tonight: Sex & Song (& Talk) "A must for music lovers, musical comedy lovers, and in fact lovers of any sort," claims the Center for Sex & Culture about tonight's "Sex & Song". And, really, don't they deserve your
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Sia @ Fillmore 10/25/07 If you fell in love with Sia when you were bawling your eyes out about the Fisher family then Thursday's night concert is for you. Sia, our favorite Australian pop singer, is coming
SF News Sweltering Bullshit Heat Looks like we might be stuck/blessed with this weather for most of the week.
SF News SoCal Ablaze Whether you like it or not, SoCal is a part of us. So, this one is going out to our lower half: stay safe, San Diego and SoCal. Fueled by disgusting, freakishly warm
SF News Robin Wright Penn In San Anselmo We always love it when Drew Altizer sends over his latest A-list pictures for us to peruse! Here's a memento of Drew's trip up to the North Bay last week, to San Anselmo
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Plumpjack caves in to Lights Out SF. [CurbedSF] -- Oh snap! "...if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown
misc Finally, An Alternative to Clubbing Baby Seals Bay Area polluters (that's all of us, kids) are responsible for contaminating the Bay with such nasty toxic materials as sewage, flame retardants, and Teflon. Mother seals who eat contaminated fish, pass the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Interiors (1978): Woody Allen's tribute to Ingmar Bergman seems to have gotten lost in the fold over time (it came out between Annie Hall and Manhattan), but it really is one of
SF News Heh: Stephen Colbert Runs for Prez So...there you have it. Go wild with your self-conscious guffawing, Embarcadero Theater audience types!
SF News Assholes Want to Clean Your Carpet Update: Oh damn! The video's not working. It's a compilation of all the various calls we've gotten. We'll try re-uploading it when we get home from work. If you're like everyone else on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: New Yorker Writer Alex Ross So Alex Ross has a new book out, , which covers the history of 20th century music in his trademark accessible-musicological style, and he'll be in town to promote the book this week. Ross
SF News The Return of Ask a Muni Security Guy How people used to get trained at security: We used to put them through a minimum of 40 hour orientation / training to include: -- uniform issuance, locker issuance, etc. -- the MUNI system
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Black Francis: Hefty former lead signer of the Pixies gets the Gen Xers up on their feet tonight, along with Eastern Conference Champions, starting at 9:30 p.m. at Cafe Du
misc Kicking It at Barbary Lane Senior Communities What the hell? We're no where near 40 yet. So why are we receiving the following flyer in our mailbox for assisted independent retirement living? Still, we love the idea of queer-littered retirement
SF News RIP: Enrico Banducci Owner of the now-closed hungry i -- which booked such talent as Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Mort Sahl, Bill Cosby, and the Kingston Trio, to name a few -- and the beloved Enrico's,
Arts & Entertainment Ossi Bond of Johnossi Show is at 8 at the Independent. Tickets are $15 After Party starts at 10:30 at the Poleng Lounge 1752 Fulton Street Best show you've ever played and what made it great?
Arts & Entertainment DocFest: <i>Eat At Bill's: Life In The Monterey Market</i> Now this is why we love DocFest so much! is a completely charming love letter to the famed local organic Monterey Market in Berkeley and its perpetually-cheery (and perpetually-free-sample-eating) owner Bill Fujimoto. The
