Mark Twain: Original Prankster
It’s important to remember the great culture-jammers of the past. And Mark Twain is definitely on the short list. With roots in San Francisco (well,…
The 48 Hour Film Project 2008 in San Francisco
Forget American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, the new contest that matters is between small teams taking on the challenge to write, shoot and…
Neal Stephenson’s Latest Novel Invokes The Long Now
Today The Long Now Foundation announced it will be hosting the launch party for Neal Stephenson‘s new novel Anathem in San Francisco this fall. The…
The Real Tuesday Weld Comes to San Francisco
The Real Tuesday Weld plays this Wednesday (07/16/2008) at Café Du Nord. Years ago, at the late lamented Ideas in Animation series run by Nik…
The Wide World of Weird Speakers
A friend and I at work started talking about weird speakers, so… here’s the results of a couple hours of surfing and gawking. First let’s…
The Long Now Foundation Presents Mechanicrawl
The Long Now Foundation presents Mechanicrawl, an exploration of mechanical marvels which takes place this Saturday, July 12th in San Francisco. Here a video of…
San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Fourth of July Tradition Continues
On Friday, July 4th, the San Francisco Mime Troupe debuts their new show in Dolores Park… RED STATE What if a small town found itself…
A Killer Spam Tale: Farm Sluts (2003)
This is part of an occasional series I’ll be doing of internet-related comedy, highlighting some great perhaps under-appreciated comedy that originated on or deals with…
Pacific Northwest Beware of The Curse of the Goddamned Ship
A crooked ship is sailing north from San Francisco right now, tacking its way across small stages in Oregon and Washington over the next two…
The Onion Makes It Easier Not To Vote
A delicious helping of much-needed political apathy enablement courtesy of fake morning news show Today Now! by The Onion. It eerily replicates that “feel your…