Curiosities, quirks, oddites, and items (plus a lot about kitties) from around the Bay and beyond

Oakland residents may be able to Party, Karamu, Fiesta, forever starting this summer.

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Don't know what to cook for dinner tonight? Why not check out this fucking website?

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Recipes for Terrible Behavior:

5. jerks + alcohol

4. desire for thing - ability to get thing

3. humans ÷ love

2. (untrammeled state power + megalomania) x perceived internal threat

1. guitar-store dudes + sales commissions"

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Among the many creepy details concerning the case of Janis Thompson, a 44-year-old Martinez resident who has been arrested "for lewd and lascivious contact with minors and sexual exploitation of a child," the fact that she contacted her victims through an Xbox 360 live gaming console is by the creepiest.

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Do you think Paxton Gate will host a traveling version of this rad exhibit of "organic art"?

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Scopitone Week continues! Click here to learn more about Scopitones. Today, we are graced by one-hit-wonder George McKelvey, who sings his satiric 1964 song "My Teenage Fallout Queen" in an outfit that would've made Sonny Bono proud.