Hope and Tim Walz, courtesy Twitter. When Kamala Harris was choosing a running mate, a running joke was that it had to be a white guy to appeal to the nation’s white guys. I, as a progressive East Bay guy who’s actively supported women for a variety of offices…

Dua Lipa performs during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. If you’re a regular reader of this column, you may have noticed that I’m often profoundly lazy. For example, in 2021 I…

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 2024. In a lawsuit, the Department of Justice seeks to break up Live Nation, alleging that the parent company of Ticketmaster has hurt consumers and violated antitrust laws by…

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 28, 2024. Photo: Nick Buckmaster. SAN FRANCISCO — “Can you feel the spirit!? Can you feel the spirit, now!?” Bruce Springsteen implored about halfway through the first of two concerts at Chase Center…

Bruce Springsteen SFMTA signs near Chase Center in San Francisco. Chase Center and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency have teamed up to install special street signs around the venue to celebrate two Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concerts this week. The signs were installed on Warriors…

Bruce Springsteen performs in Tampa, Flo. on Feb. 1, 2023. Courtesy. Bruce Springsteen on Friday announced his rescheduled 2024 North America tour dates after postponing the original concerts to recover from peptic ulcer disease. The new tour includes shows at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 28 and…

Lucinda Williams, “Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart.” Lucinda Williams had a tough 2020. The 67-year old Grammy-winner lost her home in a tornado and later had a stroke. It impaired her motor skills on her left side, which interfered with her ability to play guitar. Williams has…

Bruce Springsteen performs in Tampa, Flo. on Feb. 1, 2023. Courtesy. Update, June 12: The Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band concert that was originally scheduled for Friday, Dec. 8 at Chase Center has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 12. This means the Boss’ first date in San…

The best albums of 2022 include Orville Peck, Bruce Springsteen, … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Ozzy Osbourne, Phoenix, Eddie Vedder, Aurora, Death Cab for Cutie, Skillet and Halestorm. We’re now well into our countdown of our list of the best albums of 2022.…

Insert Foot’s Christmas playlist. My cat and I just put together our very first playlist of 14 essential holiday songs and it’s super exciting.  Of course, I did most of the work.   I say that because my cat, who answers to “Marlo” (he does, eventually, the third or fourth time…