Dan Gentile

Burning Man received an “overwhelming volume of feedback” about the proliferation of...

In a last-minute performance, Dave Chappelle condemned San Francisco in a set full of...

There’s now only one thing you can purchase with currency at Burning Man.

From startups behaving badly to Meta ending its laundry perk.

For 40 years, the clues have stumped treasure hunters. But my dig would be different.

In the music streaming wars, Bandcamp occupies a Switzerland-like middle ground. The Oakland-based company, which also operated a physical record shop and performance space on Broadway pre-pandemic, has one of the few artist-friendly distribution models in the industry. Although you can stream tracks for free, the site tries to steer the listener toward purchasing music, either digitally or as physical media, with an average of 82% of the net revenue going directly to artists. So the music indus…

One wonderful thing about the internet is that a simple Google search can lead you to a website that will show you 1,449 branded product placements in the NBC sitcom “The Office.” That site Product Placement Blog sounds like it might be some type of click farm hive, but it is actually a work of very contemporary art. The site meticulously catalogs branded objects that appear on TV shows and movies for a split second, ranging from the type of cereal on Jerry’s shelf in “The Finale” of “Seinfeld”…

At Mondo, movie posters are big business. The Austin company began in 2004 by hawking alternative movie posters in the lobby of the original Alamo Drafthouse. Since then, they’ve opened an art gallery and developed a rabid fan base that camps out in anticipation of the latest releases. Fans have been known to even resell posters for hundreds of dollars. Tonight in Texas, Mondo unveils an exhibit titled “Spirit of Adventure: A Pixar Poster Show” featuring original art prints inspired by films lik…

This season “Silicon Valley” on HBO has brought back Linkin’ Park-loving billionaire Russ Hanneman (played by Chris Diamantopoulos) in a big way. His eponymous music festival has proved the be the season’s biggest plot point, and now the evangelist of leather pants has stepped outside the show for an in-character interview with Squarespace. RELATED: We quizzed the stars of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ about the actual Silicon ValleyDon’t know Russ? Well, he sure thinks you do! “...my name might as wel…