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A PSA For The St. Valentines Day Massacre (a.k.a. the San Francisco Pillow Fight)

by Burstein! on February 11, 2010

photo by Dave Young Every Valentine’s Day, quite literally thousands of people converge on Justin Herman Plaza at 6pm to engage in a mass Pillow Fight wherein faces are pummeled, backs are thwacked, and many a giggles had. However, this fun comes at an awful price. Each year tens of…

Mistletoe Randomly Appears Around San Francisco

by Burstein! on December 20, 2009

guest post by Burstein! photo by Qarly Q Around thirty mischievous merry makers sneaked out in the dead of night on Friday, December 18th, to not-so-covertly install bundles of mistletoe over public spaces where people congregate in San Francisco. In a brief discussion with the mastermind behind this devious plan,…

Noisebridge Year 1: Open Hacker House

by Burstein! on September 30, 2009

guest post by Burstein! The hackerspace Noisebridge is one of San Francisco’s cultural and artistic gems. Its members have contributed a wide variety of art, hacks and local culture. Noisebridge is a space for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning. Noisebridge is also more than a…

A Conversation With Hal Robins

by Burstein! on June 16, 2009

photo by Scott Beale In this special post, Contributing Coleoidea, Burstein, interviews the legendary Hal Robins (aka Dr. Hal) on his talents, arts, and history of involvement in the San Francisco fringe arts. Dr. Hal is truly a cultural treasure with a mind so engaging that there is a live…

Monster By Mail, Summer of the Supervillain

by Burstein! on June 15, 2009

guest post by Burstein! Len Peralta is the Cleveland artist behind “Monster by Mail” is back with “Summer of the Supervillain”, where Len will draw you a sketch of any monster of your choosing for $25. Just give him the name of a monster, like The Dark Master of Business…

The Tamale Lady’s Birthday Party

by Burstein! on June 10, 2009

The Tamale Lady, aka Virginia Ramos, is celebrating her *ahem* not-35th birthday at Zeitgeist on Monday, June 15th from 6 to 8 p.m. Cecil D. Feeder is hosting the party and will be showing his documentary on the life and times of Our Lady of the Tamale. Thanks to Sean…

Journey to the End of the Night: An Interactive Street Game In Oakland by SF0

by Burstein! on June 9, 2009

Journey to the End of the Night is an interactive and free street game that is being produced by SF0. While the rules are a bit more complex, the game is an extended version of tag where the players will try to make it through a series of checkpoints while…

My Milk Toof: A Blog About A Pet Milk Toof

by Burstein! on June 9, 2009

Milk Toof

photo by Inhae Lee My Milk Toof is a photo blog where each post tells a story over 1 to 10 images of two Milk Toofs that happen to reside at Inhae Lee‘s home. When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when I woke…

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