Arts and Culture
I came. I saw. I got the Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich.
After countless months of unquantifiable turmoil, incomprehensible existential dread, and a level of abandonment I have never felt before (I am a child of divorce), the Popeyes original and spicy chicken sandwich was back. “You bastards,” I whispered when I saw the Twitter post announcing the sandwich would be back
Hubba Hubba Revue’s “Video Games!” is Almost Here!
GRAB YOUR JOYSTICK & get ready to level-up, ‘cuz San Francisco’s *world-famous* BURLESQUE & variety show is bringing you a heart-stopping showcase of high-scoring TEASE! FRIDAY, November 8th — Hubba Hubba Revue’s VIDEO GAMES! TICKETS! https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2019/11-08.html COME SEE… Banbury Cross (Berlin) Anngela Burt (Portland) Jon Dutch (Portland) Marina Mars (Las
Oakland is First City to Decriminalize Peyote, DMT and Most Other Psychedelics
When word broke in June that Oakland had become the second city in America to decriminalize magic mushrooms, there was one major bit of news that was overlooked by most people: Oakland was the first city in America to decriminalize nearly ALL psychedelics! That’s right, as Tryp Journal reported back in
Punk Cops, French Film Noir, and DIY Jasons in SF
Even if you’re too late to get a ticket to the Alamo Drafthouse (or even the Roxie) screenings of “Greener Grass,” there are still worthy film options available this month. Straight off the Mill Valley Film Festival, Bay Area viewers can soon see “Frankie,” “The Irishman,” and “Knives Out.” Or
5 Previous-Gen Games that Make Me Wonder Where the F*** It All Went Wrong
by Xan HolBrook It seems that, from eye-watering price tags to greasy gambling mechanics to endless bloody social controversies, the games industry is heading for the inaugural Queen’s Award for Most Ironically Christened Shitshow. Well, if Brexit can happen… Aging pillocks like me with a mortgage, job and girlfriend, who
We’re Living Through the Golden Age of Yellow Journalism
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner. I don’t know about you, but I’m burned out. I spend so much time absorbing the constant barrage of information that bombards me from my computer and phone that I feel totally drained. I have some of my
The Good Halloween Parties Happening in SF
Halloween is a holiday tailor-made for San Franciscans. It’s a celebration that gives adults a perfectly good excuse to wear costumes and go to several nights of parties, with the added bonus of making the conservatives nervous. Just because SF has the lowest percentage of kids of any major U.S.