Kat Norton, aka Miss Excel. TikTok screenshots. This week I learned that Excel influencers are a thing on TikTok. It’s possible all the youths know this but as I am brutally, cripplingly old and don’t have TikTok it was news to me that there’s a whole category of influencers…

Too $hort performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. As much as I love my beloved Oakland Athletics, boy oh boy do I hate their ownership. The story to this point: After screwing up their first choice of stadium location…

“1, 2, 3, 4/ Get your wo”—oops; wrong song. Sorry, Feist. I’ve made abundantly and repeatedly clear that I’m not a fan of most music from the ’00s, especially the death throes of alt rock and hip-hop’s transition to being all about how rich rappers are. This is making…