Tag Archives: COVID
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Insert Foot: Thanks, Omicron. But things could be way worse
Insert Foot vs. Omicron. I was literally writing this column when I got COVID-19. Well, when my test came back positive. I got it at some point this week, from my daughter, who got it from someone at work who lost their sense of smell for most of a…
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Insert Foot: Make your list, check it twice, and get back out there for live music
If Goose thinks he’s getting to cover Alanis, he’s in for a big surprise, because Insert Foot is vaxxed and ready for concerts. The crew at RIFF got the call this week … or maybe last week, but we got it: live music is back. Like fighter pilots in…
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Opinion: Getting the poke of ‘old normal’ in a COVID-19 vaccine
California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by Director of Inpatient Pharmacy David Cheng at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Dec. 14, 2020 in Los Angeles. Photo by Jae C. Hong-Pool. California has about 3,000 designations for the COVID vaccination process. Even…
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When will concerts return to the Bay Area? Promoters speak up
The Smashing Pumpkins perform at Oracle Arena (now Oakland Arena) in Oakland on Aug. 27, 2018. When will concerts return to such a high-density attendance? Alessio Neri/STAFF. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ineffable Music booked and oversaw 1,100 concerts at the five venues it either owns or at which…
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Insert Foot: Post-rock, post-apocalyptic Coachella, not over Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly
INSERT FOOT is into the post-apocalypse, post-rock and post-metal, but he’s not over Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly. I wince when someone attaches the word “post” to a noun. Except for maybe “apocalypse,” which is pretty clear, as there’s probably not much margin around an apocalypse. “Post-modern” was…
