Arts & Entertainment There Are 'Get Lucky' Condoms Now Durex Condoms has launched a timely promotion of their product in cooperation with Daft Punk: 'Get Lucky' branded rubbers. The condoms come in packaging that features the mega-popular summer jam cover art were
Arts & Entertainment Why Is There a Piano On Top of Bernal Hill? Someone decided to dump an upright piano on top of Bernal Hill, and though we can't attest to how in or out of tune it is, people have been playing it. BrokeAss Stuart's
Arts & Entertainment Prancercise Lady Prances Her Way Into John Mayer Video, Our Hearts We're not sure if this is brilliant viral marketing on the part of John Mayer, or whether Prancercise LLC genius Joanna Rohrback came up with this idea. But behold this new music video
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Watch Music Videos 20 Bands Raced To Make Under 48 Hours ( By Angela Zimmerman) Consider this challenge: This past weekend, 20 filmmakers and 20 bands set out on a mad-dash throughout San Francisco and beyond to create music videos for Music Video Race. They
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Capital Cities Covers 'Holiday' Besides "Get Lucky," our other favorite anthem of Summer 2013 is Capital Cities' "Safe and Sound." Today we bring you a fun electro cover they did a while back of Madonna's "Holiday." The
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Get Lucky' Through the Ages We know, we know... We just posted a "Get Lucky" cover (a pretty terrific a capella one) yesterday, but in case you hadn't noticed, the Internet, the radio, and Internet radio are all
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Get Neefy' Earlier we brought you the acoustic version of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" by Atlas Genius, but 24-year-old Oliver has done them one better, doing this Petra Haden-style, one-man a capella "mouthstep" version, complete
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Devo Devo performed at Golden Gate Park on Saturday during the Guinness Oyster & Music Festival. Gerard Livernois snapped this shot of the '80s new wave band in action.
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Music Festival 2013 Lineup Announced The roster for this year's 2013 Treasure Island Music Festival was announced today. Included in this year's lineup are Beck and (as SFist already pointed out yesterday) Animal Collective, just to name a
Arts & Entertainment Animal Collective, Poolside At Treasure Island Music Festival 2013 (Probably) Tomorrow morning, the annual Treasure Island Music Festival announces their much-anticipated lineup. But today, TIMF offers fans a hint for what's to come: Animal Collective. TIMF has been releasing subtle clues via Instagram
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: Lights Down Low Turns 7! Let's give it up for Richie Panic, shall we? Mr. Panic, local DJ of note, has been dishing out his monthly Lights Down Low for masses at Mezzanine. And now it's time to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Destiny's Child's 'Bug-a-Boo' By I.VII.I.IX. Here's a pretty chill remix of the 1999 Destiny's Child hit, "Bug-a-Boo" by Oakland-based I.VII.I.IX. (pronounced one seven one nine). For those not in the know, it's a song about
Arts & Entertainment THE HORROR: Nonprofit Wants To Rename Jerry Garcia Amphitheater In what might be a perfect storm of San Francisco headbutting: Deadheads and neighborhood groups are ready to square off against a non-profit organization and the Rec and Parks Department over the naming
Arts & Entertainment Popular Circuit DJ Peter Rauhofer Dies Peter Rauhofer, a name known to many who have attended big club parties, listened to a remix of a pop song, or gone to a gay circuit event in the last decade and
Arts & Entertainment Go Hear This Tonight: The 2 Bears Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and the Raf Daddy created one of the greatest albums in our library (next to Taylor Swift's Red, of course) when they came together as the 2 Bears to
Arts & Entertainment Music Video Filmed In The Mission Is Downright Delightful Our pals at Mission Mission bring your attention to this video called "1988 Girls" by a band called Futurecop!. It features a slew of San Francisconess, most notably the Mission neighborhood. Enjoy. [Michael
Arts & Entertainment Jazz Hands: Sutton Foster To Inaugurate Michael Feinstein's New S.F. Cabaret Out of the ashes of the Rrazz Room rises a new cabaret, one that will whet the appetites of show queens throughout the land. Helmed by Michael Feinstein (who, by the way, was
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Tickets Go On Sale Today At Noon This year's Outside Lands lineup might include Bernadette Peters, Angela Lansbury, Blaque, a sprig of thyme, doorknobs, and the letter "M." Or not. We wouldn't know. They have yet to announce this year's
Arts & Entertainment Video: This Head-Bobbing Sea Lion Has Better Rhythm Than You Have you ever yearned to see a California sea lion groove to "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys? Well, want no more. Ronan, a 4-year-old sea lion rescued from Highway 1 in San Luis
Arts & Entertainment Breaking: S.F. Symphony Musicians Go On Strike After a rather tone-deaf protest at San Francisco City Hall yesterday -- where, while donning L.A. Dodgers hats, a quartet performed in front of a Giants cap on the dirty floor --
Arts & Entertainment BottleRock Napa Valley: Should You Go? Sandwiched between Booneville Beer Fest (May 4) and Bay to Breakers (May 19) on our already packed May drinking calendar, BottleRock is a festival that fits music, drinking, being out in the sun
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: Pansy Division At El Rio Pansy Division, they're back! Jumping on the national radar when they opened for Green Day back in the day, Pansy Division forged their own road and diehard fanbase. And with good reason; they
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down Free Show Locally-based talent Thao Nguyen and her band the Get Down Stay Down have an indie sound that NPR's All Songs considered called “insanely infectious [and] utterly charming," and SPIN describes as "offbeat, upbeat,
Arts & Entertainment Marissa Mayer Calls Yahoo's On-Hold Music 'Garbage' While on hold during a fourth-quarter-earnings conference call, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer complained about her company's on-hold music, not realizing her mic was on. According to the NY Post (bible of accuracy), Mayer
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' Let's face it: none of us thinks about Dave Grohl nearly enough. But the former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman is at it again, this time as the director of a newly
