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11 Oct 2017

We wanna send you plus one to see Silversun Pickups and Minus the Bear

Silversun Pickups announce new headlining tour dates throughout North America in October and November. The Los Angeles band, fresh off the “Summer Gods” tour with Third Eye Blind, lead singer Brian Aubert said about this tour, which will be their final shows in support of their latest album, Better Nature: “Touring

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10 Oct 2017

SFCentric History: 49ers Founder Died Watching Them Play

Many people say they want to die doing something that they love. 49ers co-owner Anthony J. Morabito did just that, after having first given us our beloved football team. But before we get into all that, let’s meet Tony.

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10 Oct 2017

The Best Art Parties, Street Fests & Shows in San Francisco

There is an explosion of fun, artsy events happening in San Francisco this time of year.  5 weekends of art fairs, artist hosted parties, as well as music and literary themed festivals.   It’s October in SF, so it’s time to get out there and mix it up with thousands of artists, makers, movers and

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09 Oct 2017

Northern Waste: Artist You Should Know

  Guest post by Genie Cartier If you’re like me, you’re tired of living in a world of mediocre rock bands with mumbled lyrics and confusingly popular 80s dad rock cover bands. Meet Northern Waste, the local rock band you didn’t know you were craving! Northern Waste’s unique yet classic style

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09 Oct 2017

This Hacker is Fighting Big Pharma with Open Source Medicine

As our insurance systems seem to swing farther and farther from any kind of sane healthcare reality, it’s old and depressing news that people on the low-end of the income spectrum have little to no recourse. If our government is going to stick it to the majority, maybe the answer

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08 Oct 2017

White Nationalist “Proud Boys” Had a Meet Up in a Mission Bar This Weekend

Apparently 20 or so Proud Boys met up at Southern Pacific Brewing Company for drinks on Friday night. The Proud Boys describe themselves as “pro-Western fraternal organization” which translates to white supremacist frat boys. Jesus, as if frat boys weren’t bad enough, now we have Nazi frat boys. Blech! Anyways I

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06 Oct 2017

A Guide To Having An Emotional Breakdown Anywhere

By: Rachel Fogletto  Perhaps your seasonal depression is kicking in, or you just found out your dog has cancer. Or maybe you’re just a big stupid empath and see a woman in a dish soap commercial with sadness in her eyes. Sometimes you need to cry and it’s usually when

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06 Oct 2017

When You Have to Live With An Ex After You Breakup

By Jonas Barnes  Here’s a little back story about your author and how I settled upon this metropolitan garbage heap known as New York City. See, some years ago, I met a woman and we fell in love in Portland, OR and had a great relationship and decided that our

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