The freaky little Fotomat that's changing SF nightlife
Plus: Cabaret Voltaire's 50-year prophecy, Cole Swensen swerves in 'Veer,' Yerba Buena Gardens Festival goes off
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Today's headlines:
The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife
By John-Paul Shiver
Party crew program audio have transformed a tiny kiosk near the top of Haight Street into a brilliant online radio station
50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire sound prophetic as ever
By Joshua Rotter
'Our reasons for being paranoid were only partly paranoid' say proto-industrial UK group, now on grand farewell tour.
Cole Swensen’s ‘Veer’ swerves towards the limits of language
By Lou Fancher
Poems that dare to go into the minds of crows, up tree trunks, or daringly close to the sun.
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival opened with a salsa bang
By Marke B.
Tasty Taiwanese American Festival and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.
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