Smokedog Blog

It's kind of a low point for Bay Area sports right now (for the last several years, actually), but last weekend had to be the most perfe...

The year's almost over, so let's make a list! In no particular order, here are my favorite albums and EP's from 2008: Bloc Party...

My parents taught me never to laugh at someone else's misfortune. Sorry Mom and Dad, but whenever I need a pick-me-up during the day, t...

For many years, we've gone out and braved the Black Friday crowds, the day commonly known as the start of the holiday shopping season. ...

One of my favorite pastimes nowadays is to muse over how good the kids have it today, compared to what my generation had to go through when ...

After not seeing any concerts for what feels like a couple of years, we went to go see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Warfield the other...

I'm not sure what I was thinking of, but as I was refueling my rental car outside of Bradley International Airport, the gas suddenly pou...