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The French Dispatch is an Art Nerd’s Dream
The French Dispatch is an art nerd’s dream, every type of fine art and artist was used in the making of this film, which moves and sounds like an international magazine, and if you’re a francophile, you are in for a treat. As one expects from Wes Anderson, the costumes,

“I Might Buy a Boat” – The Top 100 Songs of 2021
Our official 2021 playlist, “I Might Buy A Boat” is here! Dedicated BAS followers might recall this massive playlist we put together two years ago chronicling a decade’s worth of standout songs. That project was a tremendous amount of fun and since then, our panel of passionate music nerds has

In 1987, 14 Great Minds Predicted the Future. What Did They Get Right?
I set out for groceries, but I found myself at The Magazine. The Magazine is a longstanding shop in the SF Tenderloin stocked with vintage magazines, ephemera, and erotica. It has been a purveyor of all manner of smut, art, and insight since 1973. Earlier this week, I made an

It’s Not Your Imagination. Customers Are Worse Than Ever
It’s not easy working in a restaurant these days. In fact, it’s difficult working practically any customer service job because it seems that customers now are more insufferable than ever. The number of viral videos of customer meltdowns is a good indication that more and more customers are “losing it”

SF Castro’s “Hope for the World Cure” Mural Severely Defaced
“The Hope for the World Cure” mural in the San Francisco Castro district was defaced with a broad stretch of lettered graffiti in late December 2021. The mural, located at the corner of Market and 16th street, was unveiled in 1998 to honor the lives of those lost to the

Silicon Valley’s Scapegoat: Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes Faces Guilty Verdict
“This is what happens when you work to change things,” Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes said in a CNBC TV interview in 2015. “First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, and then all of a sudden you change the world.” Once hailed as the “world’s youngest self-made female billionaire,”

Vigils for Democracy are Happening Around the US on the Anniversary of the Jan 6th Insurrection
We are just a few days away from the one year anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection. You know that attempted coup that the GOP is pretending was actually just some “patriots” checking out the capital. If you’re as disgusted as you should be, you can channel that feeling by