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Subterranean Rush Hour Blues: Behind the Soundtrack to Your Commutenew

A profile piece on the street musicians San Francisco commuters pass everyday.
SF Weekly  |  Joe Eskenazi, Kate Conger and Rachel Swan  |  12-19-2013  |  Culture

Hipster or Homeless?new

"Hipster or Homeless" creator Parker Ruhstaller, a self-proclaimed Internet addict, chats about his viral baby and some of his favorite hipster things.
SF Weekly  |  Stephanie Echeveste  |  07-01-2011  |  Culture

Tommy Hall, an Originator of Acid Rock in the '60s, is Still Psychedelicnew

For many of his 66 years, Hall has been pursuing intellectual enlightenment through acid. He began that quest in the mid-'60s with the 13th Floor Elevators.
SF Weekly  |  Jennifer Maerz  |  02-18-2009  |  Culture

Gay Porn Star Michael Brandon Vows Comebacknew

To the fans of the beloved San Franciscan gay porn star with a 10-inch cock named Monster, a stubborn crystal meth addiction, and pending drug charges against him: Fear not. If all goes well, he could avoid prison and be back in porn by next year.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  12-10-2008  |  Culture

The Rise and Fall of Michael Brandonnew

The gay porn star goes from meth addict to antidrug poster boy and, tragically, back to meth addict.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  10-03-2008  |  Culture

Counting Down the Top Eccentrics of San Francisconew

Even as huge swaths of San Francisco are gentrified in a trend the Chris Daly camp warns will price out the very people who gave the city its flavor, these folks are holding on (one of them BARTs in each day from the East Bay), reminding us that no matter how many high-rise condos go up in the city, we won't turn into Orange County anytime soon.
SF Weekly  |  Lauren Smiley  |  07-02-2008  |  Culture

Meet the Rosenthalsnew

One six-story warehouse in San Francisco is home to two generations of art stars: filmmaker/musician Henry S. Rosenthal, his wife, Carlota Anderson, and their kids George and Lou Lou of the band Lou Lou and the Guitarfish.
SF Weekly  |  Jennifer Maerz  |  05-08-2008  |  Culture

Au Revoir, Addisnew

Is Paul Addis -- the man accused of prematurely igniting the Burning Man -- a genius, a crazy man, or both?
SF Weekly  |  Will Harper  |  01-02-2008  |  Culture

Slacker Guys and Striver Girlsnew

When lazy men become projects for career women.
SF Weekly  |  Mary Spicuzza  |  11-15-2007  |  Culture

The Angry Moped Gangs of San Francisconew

What happens when one reporter dares to penetrate the inner circles of post-track-bike hipsters.
SF Weekly  |  Lauren Smiley  |  11-08-2007  |  Culture

Baby Boomers: They Hoped to Die Before They Got Oldnew

But they lied, and now they're dragging the whole country down.
SF Weekly  |  Martin Kuz  |  05-02-2007  |  Culture

A Belief That Games Can Do Much More than Entertainnew

Jane McGonigal wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems.
SF Weekly  |  Eliza Strickland  |  04-18-2007  |  Culture

Burnt Mannew

One of the founders of Burning Man is suing and makes a case for opening up the cultish event to more subversive fun.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  01-30-2007  |  Culture

Whose Haight?new

Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future.
SF Weekly  |  Eliza Strickland  |  09-25-2006  |  Culture

Dieter Gone Wildnew

How hard could it be to break into the porn industry with a pitch for pornographic bowling?
SF Weekly  |  Harmon Leon  |  01-18-2006  |  Culture

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