misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers As is the custom around these parts, we would like to take a moment to thank this weeks' advertisers on SFist. NY Times Home Delivery, with 50% off home delivery. Cazadores, the one
SF News Match Game PM? Or SF Mayoral Debate? Before last night's much more important Zombie Attack, there was some sort of mayoral debate at some bookish building. A debate consisting of Mayor Gavin Newsom, possible contender Quintin Mecke, and slew of
Arts & Entertainment Economics 101 with the SF Bay Guardian's Steven T. Jones This reading list is the result of a conversation that started innocently enough on the SFBG's blogs, in a post about homelessness in Golden Gate Park and, tangentially, the Spanish American War. When
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Tim Redmond says the Navy is the gayest armed services branch. Well, sure. Cars are worse than homeless people, says a letter writer. Halloween will suuuuuck. A
SF News Zombie Attack & Containment Operation Tonight Beware: staring tonight at precisely 7:30 p.m. the undead will gather around the Double L Gyratory Undead Attractor and wreak havoc around the city. Might you be one of them? Horrors!
Arts & Entertainment Anesthesia: Brain Numbing with Non-Sense Take tonight. There’s a cool concert at Herbst Theater, presented by Other Minds, an organization devoted to new music: Dennis Russell Davies and his partner, Maki Namekawa, playing music for two pianos
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Behold! The Infinity apartment! [Curbed SF] -- Welcome Wikipedia to SF with a slew of wacky neighbors and a joint taped to their door, won't you? [Examiner] -- Missing cyclist, James Bronstein,
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?
SF News Draconid Meteor Shower -- What the Rainclouds Don't Want You to See! Although it's supposed to rain tonight, maybe baby Jesus will create a precious miracle for us San Franciscans, clearing the skies in order to view tonight's meteor shower. Alas, we doubt it. Still,
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #4 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. The Kin - Rise and Fall: The Kin, comprised of Australian brothers Issac and Thorry Koren, delivers
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Have you seen this man? (Also, we think that we have that same shirt in our closet. Yipes!) [Chron] -- Meet Jose Alfredo and Olga Contreras, parents teetering on the brink of
Arts & Entertainment Beirut's Jason Poranski Jason Poranski (he’s in the red t-shirt) plays guitar, ukulele, and mandolin in Beirut and was kind enough to answer some questions for us about the band and tour. Why the name
Arts & Entertainment Appomattox The most powerful moments are written for the chorus: the aforementioned opening women choir, for instance. But Glass also recycles We’re tenting tonight, a song of the era, to intense dramatic effect.
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We'd like to take a brief moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Cazadores, because it's got a deer head! Stylized Sculpture, starting next Friday at the Asian Art Museum. Walk for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews András Schiff Someone told us a story of a famous pianist who believed in bringing culture to the people, and went to a factory in Italy to give a lecture in front of a piano.
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City - R.I.P. R.I.P. When The Lights Go Down In The City November 2004 - September 2007 It was SFist's first editor Jackson West who asked me to write a music column back in
SF News Michael Savage Gets Official Frowny Face From SF Supes With Ed Jew out of the picture for now, the SF Board of Supes wasted little time in unanimously approving a resolution tsk-tsking The Savage Nation host Michael Savage for his "[l]et
Arts & Entertainment SF Works: Pot Trimmer Well, hello. Please meet Evan Roberts, a swell chap and one of SFist's newest contributors. A most stellar documentarian, he graduated from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and has been heard on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Tease-O-Rama Meet 'N' Greet: Before the sluts of the weekend-long burlesque convention Tease-O-Rama have you sporting erections via cheeky performances, come meet them for an intimate night of, um, conversation. Also, '60s,
Arts & Entertainment Tales Of Mere Existence "I COULDN'T THINK OF AN IDEA FOR A CARTOON TODAY..." "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni R. Yilmaz Esq HEY! I'll be selling books at the SF Zine Fest Friday & Saturday. Friday, October 5 from 2:00pm - 8:00pm Saturday, October
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors?
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Some very sad news: former SFist editor, writer, and gem of an all-around guy, Jeremy Nisen, switched addresses for now. Aw. But never fear, you can still catch his brilliance over at
SF News Rotten Neighbor's Naming-Names Hilarity As we mentioned before, we love us some Rotten Neighbor. And we recently found a couple of brief but choice testimonials on it. Behold: But we would love to see SF's section explode,
SF News Teen Killed in Early Morning Tenderloin Shooting This makes this the ∞th murder in SF and the Bay Area this year so far. Read more about the shooting here.
