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Grab This John Dwyer Book Before It Sells Out

If you’re a fan of all things Oh Sees, check this out: frontman John Dwyer, long a dabbler in the visual arts, has released his first photo book, Vinegar Mirror, with Vacation....

Let’s Activate Idle Buildings

San Francisco’s urban landscape is in serious flux. Just look at the new commercial and residential additions along Market Street or throughout Mission Bay....

You’ll Never Believe What Vacation Is Hiding in Their Basement

Having tour managed a long list of bands (including Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, Black Lips, and Thee Oh Sees), she is tangentially connected to just about everyone on Pitchfork’s crush list....

What’s Up With That Sign on Turk and Larkin?

If Ace of Base had been from San Francisco instead of Sweden, their song “The Sign” would clearly have been an homage to the giant marquee looming above tire shop Kahn and Keville at the corner of Turk and Larkin…...

San Francisco’s Antique Vibrator Museum

With a big paper due, I was feeling chained to my laptop. Between finishing the project and trying to remove the battery stuck inside the metal tube of my vibrator, I was practically hysterical....

This is How Not to Get Your Band a Gig

I’ve been booking bands at a San Francisco live music venue, the Hemlock Tavern, for the past 10 years....

Glazed Look

As a kid, there were a few basic food rules that my mom taught me to follow. Always buy avocados the day you plan to eat them, bite into tomatoes like apples during the summer, and make your cookies with nuts....

Staying Rock ’n’ Roll

When people use the phrase “back in the day” they’re usually talking about some storied and probably poorly remembered and overly glamorized time of their youth when they were baby adults and could therefore party balls while still pursuing their vision of reaching professional and artistic zenith....