Arts and Culture

18 May 2010

This Week’s Local Shows Picks: Best Bang for Your Buck

I went to see Charlotte Gainsbourg at the Palace of Fine Arts a few weeks ago and it was the worst thing I’ve ever laid eyes or ears upon. She stood awkwardly with her hands in her pockets, read all her lyrics (honestly, what’s harder to memorize: monologues that you

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
18 May 2010

Could This Be the End of Facebook?

Ah, Facebook. A vital piece of some 400 million users online lives, the social networking tool that many of us boast to be early-adopters of has taken a quick turn down Creeper Street recently. The past few years of corporate buy-outs and less-than-transparent privacy setting changes has shaken some sense

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
18 May 2010

NYC Giveaway: Corey Dargel & Craig Wedren’s Chamber Pop Music

While the term chamber music is usually used to describe Mozart, Beethoven and our classical music icons, this genre has been creeping its way back into our modern musical lexicon under the guise of “chamber pop”. I used to think I knew every sub genre of indie music there was

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
17 May 2010

“Pay What You Want Week” for God’s Ear at the Ashby Stage

I’m still  in recovery mode after yesterday’s Bay to Breakers madness.  Most of the day is blurry but I do recall trying to break-up a fight and getting knocked on my ass.  At least I think that’s what happened.  For all I know I could’ve just fallen down.  Regardless, I’m

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
17 May 2010

Tour a Porn Studio at the San Francisco Armory

The last time I lived in Los Angeles, I had a brief stint as a tour guide on the Warner Brothers Studio lot.  Although not the most lucrative job, it was pretty interesting leading my flip-flopped charges through a real life dream factory.  Their eyes would dance at the possibility

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
17 May 2010

Housepartyin’ Up In NYC

I recently co-hosted my first large gathering house party in my adult life in where else, but my fairly small Brooklyn apartment.  For reals, I don’t think I’ve hosted a party of that size since maybe college or so (and even then, it doesn’t even really count, in a way),

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
17 May 2010

Guide to Getting Your Park on in Alamo Square

Of course Dolores is the awesomest park to see and be seen in the city, but contrary to popular hipster belief, things exist outside of the Mission. There are parks in other neighborhoods, including mine. Its name is Alamo Square Park. Yes, there are some tourists. Yes, sometimes it’s a

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
17 May 2010

St. Jerome’s in the Lower East Side

I had a roommate when I first moved to New York who occasionally played records here. One night she came to my room and said, “Hey I’m gonna go DJ at this place called St. Jerome’s tonight. Do you wanna come?” When I answered that I was too poor, she

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0