Have your listening habits changed from 2009 to 2019? Following the trend of comparing 2009 to 2019, I’ve created a playlist that documents Bay Area bands from the past 10 years. It will compare the bands I was listening to when I started writing about the Bay Area music scene

At the risk, or guarantee, of sounding like an asshole, I’ve gotten so spoiled by press passes that I can no longer purchase tickets to things. So, when the passes don’t come through, I gotta go to FREE shows. Here are a couple happening this week: Wednesday’s Rumble party at

What happens when a bunch of street food carts and trucks join forces?  LOTS of eating, obviously, at an awesome FREE event tonight at the Fort Mason Center! Off the Grid is kind of like Thanksgiving — it brings together people from the same family with many differences and eccentricities