Amber Schadewald

Gryp the surgeon

Falling in fokken love with Die Antwoord

07.13.10 - 4:48 pm | Amber Schadewald |

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MUSIC The bass. The accents. A scary little man in a hooded jacket. On first introduction to Die Antwoord via the video for their breakthrough jam, "Enter the Ninja," I was officially freaked out: intimidated by their honest anger, rank lyrics and ultrahip haircuts. It was early February of this year when the Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek of South Africa entered my life, and only days after we met on the 'interweb,' I was officially obsessed.Read more »

Birds & Batteries move out of the fog and into the bright light

05.28.10 - 11:21 am | Amber Schadewald |

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Part haunted house, half honky-tonk and a lot of freak funk, the sounds emitted via San Francisco band Birds & Batteries-- playing Fri/28 at Rickshaw Stop-- is a mixed bag of awesome that seems to come from a questionable place. Drug trade, mental instability and disturbing sadness inhabited the streets below band member Mike Sempert's former apartment in the Tenderloin and crept into his songwriting with dark undertones. Now that he's officially transplanted to greener grass in Oakland, the only thing creepin' into the band's new tunes is a little sunshine.

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A close-up view of Boot & Shoe

05.21.10 - 1:00 pm | Amber Schadewald |

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The pizza crafters who brave Boot and Shoe's scorching hot oven

High art by local artist Nathaniel Russel

The final, delicious product fresh out of the oven

Boot and Shoe's front dining room. Artist: Dave Wilson

The cozy back lounge, bar space. Artist: Meagan Donegan

The tables get a olive snack before the pizza arrives

The pies that fly out of the oven at Oakland's Boot and Shoe Service make other dough-marinara-cheese combinations look flat and lame. Crispy, brick oven-fired crust, organic toppings and loads of flavor are partly responsible for the prized pizza goodness, but it's also the layers of love baked into every bite.Read more »

Food & Drink

May the tastiest critter-friendly cupcake win

05.20.10 - 9:02 am | Amber Schadewald |

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Your chops sink into the rich, sweet fluff and your lips are left with a coat of luscious frosting; cupcakes are the things dreams are made of and especially the dozens that will be up for tasting this weekend at the Rock Paper Scissors Collective's 2nd Annual Vegan Cupcake Bake-off. No butter, no eggs people-- all that delicious and they're animal friendly...pretty sure that will be my excuse for chomping well over five cups. Read more »

Hot slice

Oakland's new Boot and Shoe Service pizza parlor wants to love the shit out of you

05.18.10 - 8:08 pm | Amber Schadewald |

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Check out more photos of Boot and Shoe Service here.Read more »

Watch out sexy Oysters! The Raveonettes are gonna eat you...

05.13.10 - 1:55 pm | Amber Schadewald |

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When I saw that the Danish rock-duo, The Raveonettes, are playing this weekend's SF Oyster Fest-- Sat/15 at Fort Mason-- I was quite curious how the two band members felt about the animal/food at the heart of the party. Strangely enough, I found a blog post that lifted the mystery and erected another. Read more »

Mission possibility

Meklit Hadero makes music of the word and world, from San Francisco

05.13.10 - 10:59 am | Amber Schadewald |

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Meklit Hadero's voice exudes music. A casual conversation over morning coffee can feel like an impromptu personal performance by the San Francisco jazz musician, because even her speaking voice has rhythm.Read more »

Eyes of the city

Streets of San Francisco: The cameras of Caliber capture SF in action

05.11.10 - 5:30 pm | Amber Schadewald |

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STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO Two packs of beer, five cameras, and a ridiculous amount of camera equipment are hauled up the narrow staircase and onto the Guardian's sunny rooftop on Potrero Hill. The four members of Caliber, a talented group of Bay Area photographers, immediately strap on their cameras and secure their lenses.Read more »

Lookin' hot in the bike lane: Two-wheel tips from Meli of 'Bikes And The City'

05.11.10 - 11:25 am | Amber Schadewald |

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Meli Burgueno is the woman pedaling hard behind the killer San Francisco blog, Bikes And The City and after catching a glimpse of her always adorable road-friendly attire, it was time to get behind the chains and cranks to get a few style fashion-dos from the bicycle lover herself. Poking in and out of her favorite stores on Polk Street, Meli shows ladies the rules for hot cruisin'...of which she says there are none. Read more »

Draw hot ladies on cycles at Dr. Sketchy's

05.11.10 - 1:14 am | Amber Schadewald |

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Get out your crayons, pencils, pens and chalk and pretend like you know how to draw for Dr. Sketchy's 2nd annual Cute Girls on Bicycles tonight (5/11). Three lovely SF bike ladies will pose on their favorite pair of wheels while the crowd is free to oogle and sketch for 20 minute intervals. Sweeeeet! Read more »