SF News GooTube vs. Viacom the Sequel First Viacom didn't want its stuff on YouTube. Then it did. Now, once again, it doesn't. So some poor schmos at YouTube are looking at missing the Super Bowl as they have to
Arts & Entertainment Assessor-Recorder Swearing In SFist Jim stopped by the swearing-in for San Francisco assessor-recorder (and buzzed-about mayoral possibility?) Phil Ting last night and snapped these pictures for us. Yes, that is a subdued-looking Gavin Newsom, hiding in
SF News Hey, Teacher...Leave Those Kids Alone Nice. So what happened was that when she was told she should leave, the school took her kids and put them in the library to give her time to grab her stuff. Instead
SF News SFist on TV And the best part? Now that we've managed not to embarrass ourselves too much on the radio, you get to see if we can survive going on TV and not completely embarrass ourselves.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Buzz About 'Meth Coffee' Gets Your Trimethyldioxypurist Off His Ass Hey, folks. It's been a while. Accordingly, we should probably reprint our mission statement: Or something like that. Your Trimethyldioxypurist has been very happy with his coffee-related life; we're utilizing our good brewer,
misc Week in -Ists Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by
SF News The Yale Choral Group Story At Yale First the good news. In the grand tradition of show biz, the show went on and the choir group was able to continue on in their West Coast tour. That's why they were
SF News Political Junkie: Gav Gets Mad As we've mentioned, better watch this clip (or upload it to YouTube) before ABC 7 takes it down -- media hound Dan Noyes from the "I Team" (we think the I stands for
Arts & Entertainment Bloggers 1, KSFO 0 It's looking like Spocko the Blogger's little stunt he pulled on KSFO is working. Both Bank of America and MasterCard pulled either all of their advertising or some of their advertising from KSFO.
SF News Political Junkie: Thin Veneer Of Something Sulky, sulky -- Gavin Newsom was sober and mad after yesterday's Board of Supervisors inaugural ceremony, which the Chronicle tactfully described as having a "tone of political contentiousness running just beneath a veneer
Arts & Entertainment Netroots Powers, Activate! Now that Netroots have slowed down on the Tauscher hating, they've moved onto another subject to which their ire is drawn, KSFO. One of the diarists on Daily Kos is telling the story
Arts & Entertainment Tonight at Eleven: A Sad Reflection on Today's Society Among the questions asked while leaning conspiratorially forward: "Is this a sad reflection on today's society?" Why, yes, Jean, it is. In fact, we feel that everything about today's society reflects sadly on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Krissy's Top 10 Albums of 2006 I'm so used to using the royal "we" when I write for SFist that it feels really strange writing "I" - sort of like driving on the left side of the street. And
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews Kasper Hauser's <em>SkyMaul</em> So what kinds of items have the Hauser gang come up with? Well, how's about Medical Test Results Fortunes Cookies. Or a Transforkshire Terrier ("this incredible kids' toy transforms from a dog to
Arts & Entertainment Monopoly This whole thing started when the San Jose Mercury put itself up for sale, or it's overlords Knight Ridder did. In swept MediaNews, who bought it from McClatchy Newspapers who owned the Mercury
SF News Tauscher Gets Tut-Tutted The trouble started for her a couple of weeks ago when the President tried doing some outreach to out-and-proud Democratic moderates and so invited a few over for tea. One of the Democrats
Arts & Entertainment Goodbye, Leslie Harpold Leslie Harpold has died. A writer, designer, editor, and web pioneer of prodigious skill, she was 40. Why did Leslie Harpold matter? To those who never met her, it was because she "was
SF News Ganging Up on GooTube So here's how the story goes: plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks put together some new web gizmo that quickly becomes one of those things everyone loves. Plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks quickly make a lot
SF News Mayoral Race Poll Now that Gavin has stopped playing coy and moved ahead with his re-election plans, the question is who will step up to run against Mr. 80% Approval Ratings? It's the parlor game anyone
Arts & Entertainment SFist on the Radio Again The show we'll be on is Irene McGee Show on 106.9 FREE FM. Apparently we're supposed to help co-host and show off our expertise on all things media and San Francisco. As
Arts & Entertainment A Mighty Shearer It's difficult to categorize Shearer's art because he's done radio (KRCW), TV (Jack Benny, SNL, Politically Incorrect, Ellen, Friends, Murphy Brown), movies (This is Spinal Tap, For Your Consideration, Abbott and Costello, A
SF News Godspeed, James Kim This is not a post we're happy to be writing, and probably not a post you're happy to be reading either. As everyone knows by now, the autopsy of James Kim was inconclusive
SF News The Kim Family Story Our thoughts, sympathy, and condolences at SFist go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of James Kim. We weren't the only ones following the story -- SFGate reports that the story has
Arts & Entertainment It Will Do For Now Our cartoonist, Lev, goes multi-media this time around as he turns one of his comics into an animated cartoon.
misc College Football: Didn't see this one coming It's official down on The Farm. In a story that we broke more than two months ago, ESPN.com and others are reporting that Stanford has fired head football coach Walt Harris. Hate
