San Francisco in the 90s

Edinburgh Castle Literary Pub

A personal history of San Francisco's legendary literary incubator

Oct 15 •

32 Years of Satan

Three decades of Satan in popular culture

Sep 17 •

The 1980s were the heyday of slacker Day Jobs. This was one of mine.

Sep 3 •

Requiem for a Church Supreme

After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

Aug 20 •

The Foghat Chronicles

A joke post of fake liner notes leads to an unlikely 14-year correspondence with members of the ’70s band Foghat

Aug 13 •

The CompuDoc Never Sleeps

From the anthology “The Dreams I Dreamt: Letters to San Francisco”

Jul 30 •

Hinckle, Hinckle, Little Star

There are two joys in life—making things and breaking things—and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

Jul 16 •

How to Stalk, Kill, and Cook a California Wild Pig

Jul 9 •

Death Is Shakin’ on Shakedown Street

The Haight-Ashbury district, on the night Jerry Garcia died

Jun 21 •

Behold the Renaissance Cleavage Faire!

Behind the scenes of the old-school Ren Faire in Marin County, California

Jun 7 •

One Degree of Separation

Behind the scenes at a book signing for Gennifer Flowers

May 31 •

Three Days of the Porsche

How a sports car turned me into an asshole

May 24 •

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