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Melissa’s Mixtape


This week Melissa’s Mixtape is for an afternoon at the park. With predicted warm and sunny weather, it’s the perfect time to visit Golden Gate, Alamo Square, Dolores or one of the many other lovely neighborhood parks for an afternoon. These songs are perfect for bike riding, walking, playing on the playground, swinging, skipping, picnicking [...]

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Bocce Café is an Italian Hit


If one were to wander off the main path in North Beach-the main “path” being the long stretch of Columbus Street-he or she would find him or herself faced with dauntingly steep hills, quirky boutiques and a few delicious restaurants that might otherwise go unnoticed by tourists or unadventurous locals. Among these restaurants is Bocce [...]

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The Foghorn Sits Down With Project Runway Season Four’s Jack Mackenroth


Monday morning after the Academy of Friends Awards Night Gala I sat down with Jack Mackenroth to talk about his childhood interest in fashion, education, jobs in the fashion industry and what he has been up to since leaving the show. Mackenroth was very open about being HIV positive on the show and left early [...]

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Think you know Old School? Meet the Felice Brothers


The Americana folk band known as The Felice Brothers are currently touring the nation in a dusty storm of saloon-style singing. Started by three brothers in upstate New York in 2006, the band now includes two additional members and plays a soulful, raw country rock sound unlike most in their genre today. Ian, Simone and [...]

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Disco Never Dies When It Comes with a Side of Fries


It isn’t exactly health food: waffle or steak fries with cheese - usually mozzarella - and more brown sauce than you would find in a gravy boat at Thanksgiving. In addition to this, the dish comes with even more gravy for dipping - if you can manage to lift one of the soggy fries before [...]

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno


Kevin Smith is one of the original “bromantic” comedy writers and directors. He also has the classic rags to riches story. In 1994, Smith made a simple, low-budget, black-and-white movie called “Clerks” that quickly formed a word-of-mouth cult following. Flash forward to “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” Smith’s newest film. The story revolves around [...]

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A Privilege to Pee: “Urinetown” Spoofs Musical Genre

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A Privilege to Pee: “Urinetown” Spoofs Musical Genre


The year doesn’t matter, only the time. It’s early in the morning and everyone has to use the loo. In the dystopian world of Urinetown, however, a water shortage has caused the power-grubbing corporations to tax the public toilets. Any attempts to dodge taxes by finding the nearest bush result in a police beatdown and [...]

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Check It Out


International Education Week, a celebration of international experience and cultural exchange, is just around the corner. From Nov. 17-21 USF offers a week of internationally flavored programming. Some highlights are: Humanitarian Action in Darfur An evening with Anne Bartlett, Professor of Sociology and a Director of the Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development. Monday, Nov. 17 5:30 p.m. [...]

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Touched for the Very First Time: Party Band Frontman Talks to The Foghorn


Sensitive ex-model Donald Cumming dishes on girls, glam and growing up in New York. The mouthpiece for the slick nu-rave rock quartet released a self-titled debut earlier this year with his mates from Manhattan. The Virgins will continue to engage in the pop rock idealism frenzy when they embark on a European tour with Pigeon [...]

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Staff Picks: Guilty Pleasures


Have you ever found yourself wanting to know more about the current Foghorn staff beyond what they look like and their title? I have. This week I pried at their guilty pleasures. The often stern, stone-cold editor in chief and prized scholar Mr. Hunter Patterson explained his guilty pleasure: “After a long [...]

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