Arts and Culture

22 Oct 2009

Love Grenades at CMJ Oct 23 & 24

Consider this an addendum to Kiley’s guide to this year’s CMJ Festival, because Liz Wight, aka Love Grenades, whom the LA Weekly called “scorching” and “seductive”, is making her New York debut this weekend! Download her newest Tom Tom Club-inspired track, “Genius of Fun” here, and be sure to check

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21 Oct 2009

Events for the 5 Senses

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses.  And they are all FREE or almost FREE! 1st Sense, TASTE: Get your taste buds going!  Go to an event at SF’s Omnivore Books, learn how to

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21 Oct 2009

Now, Where Are They? Troop Beverly Hills

To avoid the ugly legal fallout that would doubtless be the result  of any sort of copyrite infringement, I have cleverly come up with an alternative title for this post! Because of the overwhelming enthusiasm  caused by my Babysitters Club post, (there was none), I decided to do it again

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21 Oct 2009

CMJ Shows Worth Spending a Few Bucks On

As I watched a group of three vaguely-European twenty somethings wrangle their luggage and musical instruments in hardcases, I thought “Oh yeah, CMJ is this week.” They could be in town with musical instruments this week by pure coincidence, but I doubt it. This week, pretty much every show in

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21 Oct 2009

Five Signs You May Need a Vacation

Residents of San Francisco often refer to the city as a “bubble.” You know, a big civil-rights-loving-wastoid-environmentalist-organic bubble. It’s easy to get acclimated to this place and forget that not every city embraces trannies and public nudity, if not copulation. The other day while deciding what to get for lunch,

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20 Oct 2009

FREE Rock n’ Roll at Norwood: Madison South!

Madison South, whose name sounds equally at home as a reality-series title, will deliver some rock n’roll with a southern accent (and purdy hair) for all of the sub Mason-Dixon transplants and fans at the Norwood. If for nothing else, check out the ‘œdiscreet’ 4-story townhouse on 14th street that

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20 Oct 2009

FREE Weezer Show in San Francisco!!

Holy shit!  Break out your cardigan and horn-rimmed glasses…oh wait, you’re probably already wearing them, you dirty hipster scum.  My dear friend Aaron just hipped me to the fact that there is a FREE Weezer show tomorrow (Wednesday) night at The Regency.  Apparently this is a Myspace Secret show, which

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20 Oct 2009

FREE CPR Classes, Yoga Classes, Fitness Classes, Biking Events/Classes/Swaps, and more @ Sports Basement

I babysat for two little girls during college.  The 4 year-old was kind of an asshole (can you say that about a kid?), but the toddler was pretty cool.  Anyway, one day the mom asked me if I knew CPR and Heimlich maneuver, in particular the methods designed for toddlers. 

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