Music
Another promise, another scene
Another packaged lie to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
-- "Uprising" by Muse (86.7 million views; Oct '09 upload date)
The
rock trio from an English seaside resort town is known for its lively
shows, operatic lyrics, and guitar solos. It's battled Celine Dion
(successfully) and purposefully kept itself without an American
distribution label for several years. The album containing this song won a Grammy for best rock album. See Muse perform on a rotating central stage at Oracle Arena on December 15, with Phantogram opening.
Previous
songs: Down to the River to Pray (Alison Krauss); Three Rounds and a
Sound (Blind Pilot); Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band); The Story (Brandi
Carlile); Lucky One (Pure Bathing Culture); Easy Way Out (Gotye); Hell
or High Water (William Elliott Whitmore); Hymn #101 (Joe Pug); Midnight
City (M83); So American (Portugal. The Man); Carry On (Fun.);
Remembrance (Balmorhea); Miss Atomic Bomb (The Killers); Take a Walk
(Passion Pit); Closer (Tegan and Sara); It's Time (Imagine Dragons);
Higher (Matt Nathanson); Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second (STRFKR);
So Many Details (Toro Y Moi); Ho Hey (Lumineers); Winter Winds (Mumford
& Sons); Wanted (Hunter Hayes); Levels (Avicii); The A Team (Ed
Sheeran); Hold On (Alabama Shakes); Don't You Worry Child (Swedish House
Mafia); Lonely Boy (The Black Keys); It's a War (Blackbird, Blackbird);
Man on Fire (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros); Big Girl (Mika);
Step (Vampire Weekend); All of Me (Tanlines); King and Lionheart (Of
Monsters and Men); Celestica (Crystal Castles); Angels (The xx); Out of
My League (Fitz & the Tantrums); If I Know You (The Presets); Dumb
Disco Ideas (Holy Ghost!); Even If I Could (Rachael Yamagata); Tired
Eyes (The Trophy Fire); Knock Knock (Band of Horses); Around the Block
(Pretty Lights); Brave (Sara Bareilles); Same Love (Macklemore + Ryan
Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert); Safe and Sound (Capital Cities);
All-American Boy (Steve Grand); Entertainment (Phoenix); Your Drums,
Your Love (AlunaGeorge); Garden (Lost in the Trees); Royals (Lorde); The
Mother We Share (Chvrches); High School Lover (Cayuca); She Keeps Me
Warm (Mary Lambert); Dyin' Bedmaker (Andrew Bird); Zombies (Radiation
City); Bitter Rivals (Sleigh Bells); Tall Tall Shadow (Basia Bulat);
Sunday (Crocodiles); Pompeii (Bastille); Breezeblocks (Alt-J); Sweater
Weather (The Neighbourhood); Hurricane (MS MR); Trojans (Atlas Genius);
Animals (Martin Garrix); Promising Actress (John Vanderslice and
Magik*Magik Orchestra); Lightning Bolt (Jake Bugg); San Francisco (The
Mowgli's); The High Road (Broken Bells); Call Me in a Day (La Luz); I
Can't Go for That (Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers); Black Night (The
Dodos); I Learned the Hard Way (Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings); The
Robots (Kraftwerk); We Can Make the World Stop (The Glitch Mob); The
Truth Don't Stop (Dr. Dog); & It Was U (How to Dress Well);
Heartbeats (The Knife); Alive (Empire of the Sun); Holding on to You
(twenty-one pilots); Tessellate (Tokyo Police Club); After Hours (We Are
Scientists); It's Not True (William Fitzsimmons); Dance with Me (Ra Ra
Riot); Inhaler (Foals); Will Do (TV on the Radio); A Few Honest Words
(Ben Sollee); Higher Than the Clouds (Anuhea); Taking Chances (Sharon
Van Etten); Sad Song (Au Revoir Simone); Keep Your Head Up (Andy
Grammer); Zapata Se Queda (Lila Downs); Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
(Rufus Wainwright); Alexandra (Hamilton Leithauser); Latch (Disclosure,
feat. Sam Smith); Clarity (Zedd feat. Foxes); Wonder Why (Vetiver);
Jubel (Klingande); World Without Tears (Lucinda Williams); Talk Is Cheap
(Chet Faker); You Cheated Me (Martha Wainwright); Beggin' for Thread
(Banks); Elevate (St. Lucia); Speed of Sound (Alzara & Brother
Spellbinder); You're Not the One (Sky Ferreira); My Silver Lining (First
Aid Kit); Never Catch Me (Flying Lotus); Devils (Say Hi); Seasons -
Waiting on You (Future Islands); Riptide (Vance Joy); Get Low (Dillon
Francis feat DJ Snake); Collide (Laidback Luke feat Project 46 and
Collin McLoughlin); Christmas Miracle (WestJet); Budapest (George Ezra);
Rich Kids (Judah and the Lion); Now We Can See (The Thermals); Kites
(Geographer); Demon Dance (Surfer Blood); Odessa (Caribou); Home - Leave
the Lights On (Field Report); Unbound (Cathedrals); Bridges (Broods);
Wraith Pinned to the Mist (of Montreal); Papaoutai
(Stromae); Who Needs You (The Orwells); Blank Space (Taylor Swift);
High Road (Mastodon); Worlds Apart (Seven Lions, feat. Kerli); O
Valencia! (The Decemberists); The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (Asleep
at the Wheel); Paradise (Wild Nothing); September Fields (Frazey Ford);
I Wanna Get Better (Bleachers); I'm Gonna Show You Crazy (Bebe Rexha);
She Looks So Perfect (5 Seconds of Summer); Take Me to Church (Hozier);
Bohemian Rhapsody (Jake Shimabukuro); Since U Been Gone (Kelly
Clarkson); Aloha `Oe (Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom); Feel It All (Tokio
Hotel); In This Diary (The Ataris); Back to Me (The Frail); Gooey (Glass
Animals); Red Eyes (The War on Drugs); I Will Never Let You Down (Rita
Ora); Boys Latin (Panda Bear); This Tornado Loves You (Neko Case); Nancy
From Now On (Father John Misty); Thrash Unreal (Against Me!); Chelsea
Dagger (The Fratellis); I Believe in a Thing Called Love (The Darkness);
Love Don't Go (The Family Crest); Jungle (X Ambassadors); Sedona
(Houndsmouth); Hypnotic (Zella Day); Inhaler (Foals); Bright (Echosmith); Ruby Soho (Rancid).
Food
Taqueria San Jose
3433 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94601
(510) 533-5748
Yelp - 4 stars (98 reviews)
Like
its sister location under a freeway overpass in San Rafael, the
portions are very sizable, reasonably priced, and fresh. The chips and
salsa bar will lead you to take home some of your main entree, whether a
carne asada burrito or fish taco.
Previous
San Francisco picks: Radius; Limon Rotisserie; Art's Cafe; Little Star
Pizza; Yamo; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Humphry Slocombe; Tu Lan; Foreign
Cinema; Zanze's Cheesecake; San Tung; Katana-Ya; A La Turca; Boxing
Room; Frances; Saigon Sandwich; Brenda's French Soul Food; Park Tavern;
Broken Record; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Curry Up Now; Yasukochi's Sweet
Stop; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Firefly; Red Door Cafe;
L'Ardoise Bistro; Pluto's; My Tofu House; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous;
Walzwerk; Good Luck Dim Sum; Amber India; Sotto Mare; Sweet Maple;
Shanghai Dumpling King; Super Duper; Kokkari Estiatorio; Olea; Bodega
Bistro; The Chairman Truck; Molinari Delicatessen; Wayfare Tavern;
Wexler's; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Lers Ros Thai; Helmand Palace;
HRD Coffee Shop; Fat Angel; Aperto; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Ted's Deli; Zero
Zero; Zazie; Shalimar; Swan Oyster Depot; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; La
Taqueria; Chez Maman; Radio Habana Social Club; Tony's Pizza Napoletana;
Hard Knox Cafe; Shabusen; Ragazza; Morty's Delicatessen; Hawaiian Drive
Inn #28; Just For You Cafe; Woodhouse Fish Co; Mission Pie; El Metate;
V-105; Kitchen Story; Frisco Fried; Range; Suzu Noodle House; The Codmother Fish & Chips; The Front Porch; Blue Plate; Chomp N' Swig; Piccino; La Mediterranee; Ken Ken Ramen; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; 1760; The Richmond; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Cinderella Bakery; The Little Chihuahua; Zuni Cafe; Bistro Central Parc; Old Skool Cafe; Starbelly; The Sandwich Place; Primo Patio Cafe; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Boulevard; The Sausage Factory; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tadich Grill; Little Nepal; Roxie Food Center; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Vega; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Marcello's Pizza; Olive Garden; Burmese Kitchen; Citizen's Band; Velvet Cantina; Brenda's Meat and Three; Guddu de Karahi; Shin Toe Bul Yi; Miyabi Sushi; Señor Sisig; Marcella's Lasagneria; Taqueria Guadalajara; Mission Beach Cafe; Ike's Place, Alta CA; Volcano; Goat Hill Pizza; Taqueria Cancun; Pete's Barbeque.
Previous
Peninsula/South Bay picks: Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Little Lucca
Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Falafel's Drive In (San
Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo
Park/San Jose); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo);
Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Nini's Coffee Shop (San
Mateo); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae);
Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo); Shanghai
Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Koi Palace (Daly City); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos).
Previous
East Bay picks: Little Star Pizza (Albany); Angeline's Louisiana
Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food
(Vacaville); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Pluto's
(Chico/Davis/Sacramento/
Previous
North Bay picks: Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Della Fattoria Bakery
(Petaluma); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery
(Guerneville); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Super Duper (Mill
Valley); The Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Garden Grill (Guerneville);
Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Andie's Cafe (Napa); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Fairfax Scoop.
Previous
Other picks: Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Built to Grill (Portland);
Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Fox & Goose
Public House (Sacramento); La Bonne Soup Cafe (Sacramento); Snow City
Cafe (Anchorage); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); Quinn's (Seattle); Geo
Nightlife
Drake's Dealership
2325 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 833-6649
Yelp - 4 stars (256 reviews)
Drake's,
which has built a solid Bay Area following while based in a San Leandro
mall complex, has expanded into Oakland's Uptown with a massive beer
garden and a fairly sizable menu of pizzas, salads, and sandwiches. The
name reflects the original owners of the building, a Dodge dealership
for decades.
Previous San Francisco picks: Blackbird;
El Rio; Rickhouse; Southern Pacific Brewing; The Hidden Vine; Vesuvio;
The Pig & Whistle; Biergarten; Martuni's; Tosca Cafe; Toronado; The
Alembic; Trad'r Sam; Sugar Lounge; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Lucky
13; Hotel Biron; Bottom of the Hill; Blackthorn; Local Edition; Magnolia
Pub & Brewery; Whiskey Thieves; Bourbon & Branch; The Monk's
Kettle; Amsterdam Cafe; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Latin American Club; Two
Sisters Bar and Books; Doc's Clock; 15 Romolo; Thee Parkside; The Social
Study; The Page; Rye; Bloodhound; Azucar Lounge; The Residence; Tommy's
Mexican; The Revolution Cafe; Trick Dog; The Hot Spot; Hi Tops; The Homestead; The Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Fillmore Karaoke; Musee Mechanique; Royal Cuckoo; The Phone Booth; The Bitter End; Dear Mom, Eureka Lounge; Elbo Room; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Amelie; Buckshot; Greens Sports Bar; The Hearth; The Armory Club; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; The Willows; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Third Rail; 440 Castro; Shotwell's; 83 Proof; The Dark Horse Inn; Hopwater Distribution; Novela; Twin Peaks Tavern; Great American Music Hall; Elixir; Topsy's Fun House; Wild Side West; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; Valley Tavern; 500 Club; The Mix; Redwood Room; The Plough and the Stars; 21st Amendment; Urban Putt; Bar 821; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; The Riptide; Pilsner Inn; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Third Rail; Spitfire Rose; Mission Bar; Dogpatch Saloon; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Showdown; Knockout; Gestalt Haus.
Previous
Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); The Oasis
Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); Fiddler's Green
(Millbrae); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); The Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); The Branham Lounge (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).
Previous
East Bay picks: The Trappist (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance
Saloon (Oakland); The Turf Club (Hayward); Jupiter (Berkeley); St.
George Spirits (Alameda); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); JC Cellars
(Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); Beer Revolution
(Oakland); Make Westing (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore);
Prizefighter (Emeryville); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Fauna (
Previous North Bay picks: Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); Mill Valley Beerworks; Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); No Name Bar (Sausalito); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma).
Previous
Other picks: New Deal Distillery (Portland); Stateline Brewery (South
Lake Tahoe); The Garage (Las Vegas); The Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento);
Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); 49th State Brewing Co (Healy, AK); Goat
Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); El Prado (Los Angeles); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); The Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Polite Provisions (San Diego); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); The 1up (Denver); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); The Abbey (Seal Beach); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); The Far Bar (Los Angeles); Epic Brewing Company (Denver); The Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); San Diego Beerworks; Epic Brewing (Denver); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.); Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles).
Nooks & Crannies
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Park
Berkeley, CA
The
1.7-mile loop (or shorter versions) offer you sweeping vistas of the
East Bay, as well as the option to sample wild huckleberries.
Previous Nooks: The Secret Garden (SF); Cal Park Hill Tunnel (San Rafael); Mount Olympus (SF); Watts Towers (Los Angeles); Seward Street Slides (SF); Bison Paddock (SF); St. Ignatius Church (SF); Albany Bulb (Albany); Feather Falls (Oroville); Wolfe Ranch (Brentwood); South Park (SF); Castle Rock State Park (Los Gatos); Sutro Baths (SF); The Dish (Stanford); Bernal Hill (SF); Little Giant Gold Hydrant (SF); Redwood Valley Railway (Berkeley); Howard Langton Garden (SF); Philosopher's Way Trail (SF); Point Reyes Lighthouse; Sundial Bridge (Redding); Bay Bridge Trail (Oakland); Berkeley Rose Garden; Moraga Steps (SF); Angels Flight (Los Angeles); Grandview Park (SF); Corona Heights Park (SF); Lake Chabot (Oakland/Castro Valley); Friends of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (San Antonio, NM); Heron's Head Park (SF); History Park (San Jose); Runyon Canyon Park (Los Angeles); Cataract Falls (Fairfax); Coyote Point Recreation Area (San Mateo); San Pedro Valley Park (Pacifica); Ano Nuevo State Park (Pescadero); Redwood Regional Park (Oakland); Laguna Honda Reservoir (SF); Joaquin Miller Park (Oakland); Holly Park (SF); Belden Place (SF); Swetsville Zoo (Fort Collins, CO); Treasure Island (SF); Temescal Alleys (Oakland); Kite Hill (SF); Cascade Falls (South Lake Tahoe); Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (Stanford); Pier 39 (SF); Mountain Lake (SF); Ring Mountain (Corte Madera); Vermont Street (SF); The Armory (SF); Vacaville Premium Outlets; Kezar Stadium (SF); Botanical Building (San Diego); Musee Mechanique (SF); Armstrong Redwoods State National Reserve (Guerneville); Murphy Windmill (SF); Pinnacles National Park (Paicines); Mission San Francisco de Asis (SF); Grace Cathedral (SF); Flora Grubb Gardens (SF); Lake Merritt (Oakland); Diego Rivera Mural Project (SF); Baker Beach (SF); Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (Huntington Beach); Botanical Building (San Diego); Pier 70 (SF); Dipsea Trail (Marin County); Mount Evans (Colorado); Transamerica Redwood Park (SF); Waterdog Lake Park (Belmont); Stow Lake (SF); Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (D.C.); International Civil Rights Center (Greensboro, NC); Cow Palace (Daly City); White Sands National Monument (New Mexico); Garfield Square (SF); 826 Valencia (SF); Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery (San Simeon).
Charity
Westside Community Services
San Francisco, CA
This
mental health agency has been based in San Francisco's Western Addition
for over four decades. Their services range from black infant health to
substance abuse to HIV/AIDS. The program also has a satellite office in
SoMa.
Previous
organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Common Ground
Relief, LYRIC, Aldea Inc., Glide Memorial, City CarShare, Maitri, Loaves
and Fishes, Friends of the Urban Forest, Farm Sanctuary, Bay Area
Community Services, Blue Energy, My New Red Shoes, College Track,
Foundation for the People of Burma, Vital Life Services, Little Angel
Fund, San Francisco Health Services Coalition, Natural Resources Defense
Council, Bay Localize, San Francisco Women Against Rape, Sustainable
Conservation, Ashoka, Old Skool Cafe, Darfur Sister Schools, Rebuilding
Together San Francisco, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center,
Urban Solutions, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, The East Bay Depot
for Creative Reuse, Shanti, Curry Without Worry, SF Neighborhood Theater
Foundation, La Cocina, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of
Northern California, The Bike Kitchen, First Graduate, Lazarex Cancer
Foundation (Amy C), KQED (88.5 FM), FabMo Creativity Center,
Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, The Coming Home Project, Urban Tilth, Queer
Lifespace (Wes S), Re-volv, American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention, Prevent Blindness, Hamilton Family Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, Plant SF, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), City Slicker Farms, SCRAP, Good Karma Bikes, Milo Foundation, Rising Sun Energy Center, Vida Verde Nature Education, J-Sei.
Free Activities
Beauty Bar SF turns 17 {Sunday, 9pm-2am}
I
didn't know there were other Beauty Bars across the nation, from Denver
to Brooklyn. The one in the Mission is hosting a celebration party on
Sunday evening, with several DJs and an open bar for the first hour.
Pier 70 hosts Urban Air Market {Sunday, 11am-5pm}
The
rain should ease by mid-afternoon, so pick up some holiday gifts from
one of over 125 vendors. Local bands, food trucks, and a boozy zone
complement the event.
Sausalito celebrates the holidays {Saturday, 6-8pm}
A
lighted boat parade, followed by fireworks, will bring the masses down
to the Sausalito shoreline. Arrive early, browse the shops, grab a bite
to eat, then hunker down near Gabrielson Park.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Randy's Guide 4-6-3
Posted by Randy's Guide at 2:07 PM
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