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Here’s your chance to see Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire Perform @ Swedish American Hall!
Sarah Neufeld is a violinist and composer based in Montréal, Canada. Best known as a member of Arcade Fire, she is also a founding member of the acclaimed contemporary instrumental ensemble Bell Orchestre, and most recently as half of an exciting new duo with renowned saxophonist Colin Stetson. Tuesday,

Louis C.K. Calls Trump “Insane Bigot” and “Hitler”
Over the weekend the brilliant comedian Louis C.K. wrote an email calling Donald Trump an “insane bigot” and “Hitler”. He also said the US was turning into “Germany in the 30s”. It’s an interesting letter and Louis makes some sharp and wonderful points, as usual. It actually reminds me of

SF City Worker Refuses to Destroy a Homeless Person’s ‘Tiny Home’
This video just made it my way. In it you see an SF city worker sitting in her car watching as her coworkers tear down someone’s ‘tiny home’ and she refuses to participate. You hear her say “I don’t want no parts of that shit…ain’t none of my shit being

For All Our Friends Who Died Way Too Young
Fletch was the first person my age I knew who died. I was 19 and in college and Sato had called and left a message on our answering machine weeping “Fletch is dead. He died in a car crash” over the telephone lines that stretched from San Diego to Santa

We’ve got the hookup to The Revivalists @ The Independent!
True to their name, The Revivalists lean more heavily on the older styles and warmer sounds of the golden age of rock ‘n roll, but the band isn’t afraid to dabble in electronics and sleight-of-studio when it’s right for the song. The group tends not to bother with questions

This Week’s Interesting News
Stats on US Single Ladies, Porn Data, Millennial Salaries & other interesting stories and commentary from the week

How and Where to Vote in the 2016 Primaries
Inevitably, stories of voters being turned away at the polls pop up each election season. While some of the incidents are related to corruption or abuse of power, many are due to a lack of clear, widespread information about state-specific voting laws. In California, we have a semi-closed primary system.