SF News An Alleged MySpace 'Resurgence' Was Fueled Mostly By Ad Fraud The running tech industry joke that is the continued existence of early stage social networking site MySpace just turned into even more of a joke. Once valued at $12 billion, the forgotten MySpace
SF News Adios, MySpace? Myspace, if you remember, once stood as the social media platform for GIFs, autostart, sparkly animation, bands, and misunderstood types with eyeliner. Now, according to Valleywag, it's halfway in the grave. Just two
SF News Facebook and Twitter Considered More Affluent According to a study done by the Nielsen Company, Facebook and Twitter users are wealthier and than their MySpace counterparts living on the other side of the railroad tracks. Computer World notes, "The
SF News Ginger Rapper "Syko Sam" Allegedly Bludgeoned Victims Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III of Castro Valley, the aspiring GANGSTA URBAN HIP-HOP RAP artist known as "Syko Sam" who allegedly killed four people in a small Virginia town (including his wildly naive
misc SFist Interview with Julia Angwin, Author of <i>Stealing MySpace</i> Wall Street Journal Senior Technology Editor Julia Angwin recently took an investigative look at the back-stories of MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, who prior to founding the social networking and glitter-gif
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews... Wallpaper Wallpaper has brought back the 90's and in the best possible way. We imagined the crowd to be in a head-bopping frenzy but, in the short thirty minute set, Rickshaw Stop became a
misc From the SFist Inbox: <del>Buy Our Pants</del> SWF Looking Luring us in with "just the kind of quirky San Francisco event that SFist readers would be interested in," a PR company sent us word today of a zany pre-Valentine's Day activity that's
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Review: The Kids In The Hall in-conversation Delayed due to "teh"-knogical difficulties... sigh...
misc Recurring Neo-Nazi Flair on Stillman Street Disappears. Sort of. Save for the tagging still remaining on Obscura Digital's door--leave them be, racialists!--the Neo-Nazi public art has all but disappeared. Sigh, we hardly knew ye. The culprit of this week's spray paint
misc Comment of the Week: Ode to Tatiana the Tiger Although we can hardly see our computer screen through the hurricane of tears pouring from our eyes, we present to you the following poem of pain for Tatiana the tiger, penned by SFist
misc Mavericks Surf Contest: It's On Twenty-four of the world's most bitchin-ass surfers are waxing up and on their way to Half Moon Bay for the 2008 Mavericks Surf Contest. Shore stars like Shawn Rhodes, Greg Long (San Clemente
misc This Week in Le Rock: Jan 7 - 13 Nash is only playing three other shows in the US - two in New York and one in L.A. You also won't be able to see Nash for a long time. It
misc Tatiana the Tiger's Official MySpace Memorial Page What's more, the page has already garnered some choice testimonials: "THIS TIGER IS 100% innocent. PEOPLE SUCK!!!" -- +AVENGING ANGEL+ "You were my favorite tiger. =( R.I.P." -- Kenna "Prayers & Blessings"
misc Your Pornstar Sex for Tonight is Cancelled Well i aint the best......I aint the worst...A bit shy and kinda a workaholic,Seems Like im good for bout five years of good lovin and Pornstar sex and then things
Arts & Entertainment Don't Forget to Vote in the <i>Bye Bye Busan</i>® Contest! Today is your last chance to enter the contest by submitting a comment with your guess of the date and time the Cosco Busan will eventually sail through the uprights of the Golden
SF News Digging MySpace's New Digs The sexy cats over at ValleyWag have the fresh MySpace office shots that you want. Or not. Formerly the home of LookSmart, the new space will be able to call other fresh, hip,
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #12 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Hutchinson's music walks a fine line between rock, folk-pop, powerpop and sometimes even jazz and funk. We think
Arts & Entertainment Trannyshack's Final Bump? Update: We just asked Heklina if it's true. "Yes, honey!" she replied. "Sometime in spring or early summer [of '08]." So...there you have it. Similar to the club night in question here,
Arts & Entertainment Where's Your Bet Landing? Live 105's team of experts have decided who the top five local bands are: MUD, Element 94, Cast of Thousands, Apside and Maldroid. Do you agree? What do you think of the top
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Nov. 26 - Dec. 2 Wednesday, we are welcoming Faun Fables home from their recent tour in Austria and Switzerland. They will be playing with Australian legend, Daevid Allen (which we here is Faun Fables' dream - Hooray
Arts & Entertainment Sail Away With Frau Blucher "What will Grandma say next?" the press releases asks, and "is she single?" WHAT? And then there is also a section entitled "GRANDPARENT INITIATION." We can't even begin to imagine what a "grandparent
Arts & Entertainment "Dirty Country" Sneak Previews at Yerba Buena Tonight Tonight, for one night only, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be featuring two sneak previews of Dirty Country, a highly entertaining documentary about the underground world of raunchy music, directed by
SF News Facebook (Almost) All Up Inside Your BlackBerry For those of us aimlessly tapping away on our BlackBerries (we just got the new tan gold Pearl, which is ever so pretty if mildly effeminate), Facebook has offered up some mobile social
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
SF News MySpace to Open SF Office This Week What's more, the Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation-owned site plans to hire over 200 new employees, redesign the site, and allow users to add widgets. Fear not MySpace suicide contemplators; you might not have
