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10 Reasons Why TMZ is Good for American Media and Culture
Over the past four years I’ve crept slowly into the jagged womb of information that is entertainment journalism. I started out writing for posh, niche and somewhat pretentious arts and culture magazines and online media outlets, writing about music, sex and feminism. I somehow over time became a serious entertainment

The Hong Kong Protests: What US Idealists Can Learn from the Brave People Under the Umbrella
Last week, I spoke about the People’s Climate March and my disdain for corporate sponsored parties disguised as demonstrations. Lest I be viewed as nothing more than a cranky naysayer, I want to highlight a protest movement with real vision and brilliant tactics. Hopefully some of the idealists here in

Win a Pair of Tix to the Escape Music Fest feat. Girl Talk, Moby, Yeasayer and More
The Escape Music Festival will be taking place October 11 + 12 at Governors Beach Club on Governor’s Island in New York. A first year festival, the 2-day series features a stellar lineup which includes Girl Talk, Moby, Placebo, Yeasayer, Mayer Hawthorne, The Joy Formidable, Ra Ra Riot, The Crystal Method, STRFKER,

Visit These Wonderful Urban Wineries in San Francisco, Oakland, NYC and Portland
This guest post is by Charlotte Chipperfield, founder of The Wine Key DogPatch WineWorks in SF As city dwellers, we often have good intentions of visiting the beautiful wine country that surrounds our great cities but may get caught up in a cup of Stumptown, Four Barrel or the ever so addictive

Yemeni’s Restaurant in The Tenderloin, a Tea Partier’s Outrage
Eat cheap Halal food at Yemeni’s I’d bet the left side of my brain that your garden variety Tea Partying dip stick wouldn’t know Yemen from He-Man. Still, the likelihood of Yemeni’s restaurant existing in one of those crazzzzzy red states, serving as it does strictly halal food from the

Win Tickets to see Blitzen Trapper @ The Independent SF!
Tracks like “Thirsty Man” speak of love in a Dylan-esque fashion where Earley reveals”love like rain falls in the wasteland and slips thru the fingers – for love is a thing thatcannot be held, only felt and released” Check out Blitzen Trapper at the Indy SF on Tuesday, October

Win Tickets to see Sondre Lerche @ The Independent SF!
Lerche has always written about love, but never in such a primal, sexual way. Lerche’s well-proven melodic instincts are sharper than ever, but he’s moved from the brain to the body, from the soulful to the physical. Enter our giveaway to see him on Thursday, October 9, 2014