If you’re unaware of Scraper Bikes, it’s basically a homegrown scene in the Bay Area/Oakland where kids modify the hell outta their bikes. The most fundamental mod is to affix tin foil to the wheels so they look like chromed out car rims, as well as copious spray painting and other alterations. While sometimes mocked […]

Sleepy Sun, the fuzzed out, neo-psychedelic rock band from San Francisco (actually, from parts of California far-flung), is resuscitating a sound that hasn’t been quite the same since the transitional mid-70s, when peace signs were no longer cool, tie dye was forced to the back of the closet to make room for leathers and steel, […]

To some people today is a very special day, a day to play hookie and take in the wonders of nature. To celebrate this “most important day of the year for San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury District,” San Francisco’s True presents the 4/20 pack. Highlights for 2010 include a new and improved “spice” grinder, a blunt […]

Formerly the lead designer behind the B:Son line, San Francisco’s Brandon Scott has forged forth alone and launched his own B:SCOTT brand, embodying the fusion of Japanese and German aesthetics. There’s a lot to like about B:SCOTT’s spring collection, given its classic pieces embellished with just a touch of original flair. Traditional items like cardigans […]

If you ever sit back perusing this site and wonder to yourself, “Self, I wonder what kind of music this bizarre Mr. Mundt enjoys on his downtime?” Well if I were there next to you I’d pull over an ottoman, smile knowingly, and in a comforting voice I would begin to tell you a story. […]

IF you lived anywhere in the UK, telling you who Annie Mac is would be as redundant as telling you who…well…I guess there is no one in America comparable, because we simply don’t have the same affinity for DJs and radio as they do in the land of trainers and crumpets. There, BBC Radio 1 […]

Hard to imagine this is from 1981. David Cole of the San Francisco Examiner must feel like Nostradamus when watching this on his iPhone, patiently waiting in line to pick up his unemployment check. “We’re not in it to make money – we’re probably not going to lose a lot, but we aren’t going to […]

I’m one of those guys that doesn’t even like to drive automatic, so you’d think that the idea of a driverless car would send me running to the hills, shrieking like Heidi Montag in a Costa Rican jungle. Not necessarily true — industrial design team Mike + Maaike have come up with the Autonomobile (ATNMBL), […]