Arts & Entertainment As Mashable, Facebook, and Intel Back Out, Talk Turns to SXSW Maybe Getting Canceled South By Southwest 2020 may become the next high-profile casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on people's event calendars as more companies say they're backing out of the event which is supposed to kick off next week.
SF News Facebook Users Report Over A Million 'Violations' Every Day With over 1.5 billion users, Facebook is a teeming digital place. And so it is perhaps unsurprising that it teems with posts that piss other users off. This fact, which likely comports
SF News SXSW Creates Stir By Demanding Panelist Remove Hijab Thennnnn I was given the wrong ID! From now on my name is Tamir & I work for Time Warner Inc #SXSW2016 pic.twitter.com/TE3jJR16P6— Ibtihaj Muhammad (@IbtihajMuhammad) March 12, 2016 Another
Arts & Entertainment Win A Trip To That Big Tech Festival in Austin Win a trip to everyone's favorite tech festival. This March, one lucky winner and a friend will have the opportunity to attend the festival-that-cannot-be-named in style, get VIP access to the coolest parties,
SF News Burning Question Answered: Is Train's 'Hey, Soul Sister' About Fellatio? While down in Austin for South by Southwest last week, noted San Francisco fans Train checked in with VH1's tuner blog to shed some light on their upcoming album California 37. (And their
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Takeru Kobayashi Eats 13 Grilled Cheeses In 1 Minute Good heavens, that's a lot of American cheese! Incomparable hot dog swallower Takeru Kobayashi showed up at dippy SXSW this weekend to chow down on 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in 1 minute. Looks
SF News Follow SXSW at Austinist Want to follow what's going on at South by Southwest? Then, please, head over to Austinist, our sister site smack-dab in the center all the action at the annual music and technology conference.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photos: SXSW 2010 Photos by Yoni Mekuria and Kim Zylker of epicsauce We are back and 40% recovered from the land of Lonestars, queso dip, free schwag and live music. The 2010 SXSW absolutely blew us
SF News Day Around the Bay Caught on tape: drunk Dolores Park guy...stealing our heart. [SFBG] Cyclist deaths on rise. [Left in SF] Bay Area nurses prepare to stage a 10-day walkout. [SJ Merc] Uncultured Yelpers love $1
misc Bagel Radio Could Use A Hand Ordinarily at this time Ted's gearing up for South by Southwest, where he would be grinning from ear to ear, seeing the bands you'll be listening to next year, tracking down people for
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Mar 3 - 9 Wednesday night is when things get real exciting. Division Day, who released their debut album, Beartrap Island on Eenie Meenie Records (Scissors for Lefty, Wallpaper, Great Northern) at the end of last year
misc Week Around the -ists A posthumous tribute wall dedicated to singer/songwriter Elliot Smith sat defaced by graffiti for months on end -- LAist said enough, so did the fans and city council. SFist was surprised to
misc Contest: Grand Ole Party @ Bottom of the Hill Grand Ole Party, Sugar and Gold and The Chop Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107) Doors: 7:30pm/Show: 8:00pm $10 GET TICKETS
misc Interview: Jeff Ross What is the best thing about Indie Fest? Having filmgoers get to meet filmmakers and talk movies. What are some standout movies this year? One of my personal favorites is POP SKULL, this
misc Week Around the -Ists LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that "godless," "atheist," and "commie"
misc Around The -Ists Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we
misc Craigslist Encounters: Can I Get A Witness? We would be lying if we said that the Craigslist community section is anything but a good-ol' hodgepodge. There are nearly no off-limit topics and much of the free-form discussion is devoid of
Arts & Entertainment The Headlight's Erin Fein's Guide to Champaign-Urbana Erin Fein, keyboardist and singer of Headlights, submitted to the interview process mid tour. If you haven’t heard of Headlights yet, don’t sweat it. They just have one EP out right
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Starts Today We're wishing Noise Pop a happy birthday today, as San Francisco's indie-est music festival kicks off its 14th year. The all-festival badges are sold out, as are tickets to some of the biggest
SF News -Ist-A-Palooza Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival
Arts & Entertainment SFist at SXSW Given the staggering variety of music and mayhem going on at all times, it's impossible for any one person to have the same SXSW experience. So here is ours, in words and photos.
Arts & Entertainment SXSW: You Will Never Find a More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany As far as we know, SFists Jackson and Krissy continue their tear though Austin, Texas at SXSW, but who the hell knows? We haven't heard from Krissy since yesterday (which might be an
Arts & Entertainment SXSW Keeps On Keeping On In music: Austinist got a hot tip that Morrissey is out and about. Mutaytor is playing two sets this Friday, "come creatively!" (hee) In film: Hotly anticipated is screening today at 4, we're
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Blog Pulse All anyone can talk about is the snow, snow, snow. (OK, those last two are actually tagged as "hail," but you get the point and the pics are pretty.) In our eyes, all
