Senior culture editor at @sfgate. Not so new in town. Vinyl DJ. House producer. Coffee, BBQ, and disco. Dan.Gentile@sfgate.com
Joined September 2010
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Apr 15
California has a fascination with ghost towns. But what if a town isn’t quite a ghost town? Residents in Darwin, Calif. say the fascination has brought trespassers and misconceptions to a community of real people trying to sustain life in a tiny town. sfgate.com/california/articl…
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Dan Gentile retweeted
Mar 10
“Located at the corner of Polk and Sacramento since 2015, Common Sage is a corner store stacked with a wide selection of Asian groceries. Brightly packaged snacks fill the shelves, but the star of the show is the counter service restaurant right up front, with a menu on the wall scrawled in colorful chalk calligraphy. Neighborhood regulars flock to the store to score some of the most affordable Japanese and Korean food in the city, most notably the omusubi.”
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Common Sage's ramen is some of SFs cheapest, and omusubi run between $3 and $5. sfgate.com/food/article/japa…
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🎨🔥 “Public art changes how people experience a street.” – Shola Olatoye, CEO, San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation
Now on view in downtown SF: THIS BURNING WORLD, a major public art installation by Jeffrey Gibson – one of today’s most influential contemporary artists. Check out the installation on Mission Street between 4th & 5th, spanning an entire city block.
Proud to support this project with @icasanfrancisco during #SFArtWeek!
Read more in @SFGate by @Dannosphere 👇 sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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Jan 8
I went deep on Rumors, a song that I've played at DJ sets roughly 100 times that was recorded in the Bay and spawned contract disputes, an imposter group, and both parodies and diss tracks. sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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20 Oct 2025
I'm getting a ton of pitches right now, which is great, but almost every one is about a big subject without a specific angle. For some pitching tips here's a real old thread I wrote x.com/dannosphere/status/128…
8 Jul 2020
I know there's much more successful/talented writers than myself that've made threads like this, but a few tips for freelancers pitching stories to editors:
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15 Oct 2025
Here's a PITCH CALL for the #freelancewriters out there. I'm looking for Bay Area stories on venues, characters, trends and historical stories, TV/movies/music with SF ties. $250-$400 . Email with an angle, not just a topic, and include a headline. Here's examples... 🧵
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15 Oct 2025
This is an oldie, but writing about sex/dating is so hard, and this is a perfect example of how to do it well from freelancer Chin Lu sfgate.com/local/article/tri…
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15 Oct 2025
And let's not forget one of my fave freelancers, who's about to release a collection of his best work — our dive bar columist @BrokeAssStuart . Hit me with business profiles that have grabby angles and timely hooks. sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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29 Sep 2025
This week's Fogcutter features Armenian food, a manga art exhibit, a corn-themed musical and Midland smooching an 81-year-old sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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25 Aug 2025
I profiled John Law, a Merry Prankster who very well may be the most interesting man in San Francisco @SFGate sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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6 Aug 2025
One of my favorite films from Sundance this year sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
Everything is under control. IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, a tour de force from writer-director Mary Bronstein starring Berlinale Silver Bear winner Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, and A$AP Rocky, opens in theaters this October.
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24 Jun 2025
Apartment rentals sure have changed in SF — in the 80s, people paid $200 to live inside a beer tank or $25 for air shafts. I talked to the punkrockers who ran the old Hamm's Brewery as a "mixed use" co-op with a gun range and dominatrix studio. @Longreads sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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2 Jun 2025
Hey I'm playing on Fault Radio tonight from 7-8 faultradio.com/ sfgate.com/sf-culture/articl…
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Dan Gentile retweeted
8 May 2025
Chicago Pope about to walk out to this:
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7 May 2025
SCOOP: A longstanding program connecting young adults from diverse backgrounds with summer jobs in the National Park Service was canceled indefinitely earlier this spring. sfgate.com/national-parks/ar…
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