Email Author Ian S. Port

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• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 23, 2011

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2007 Stories by Ian S. Port

• New Emily Jane White video: Dagger

  published Dec 14, 2007

  (Emily Jane White's last YouTube'd video, for "Wild Tigers I Have Known") We're big fans of Emily Jane White here at the Weekly -- she made a couple staffers' best of 2007 list, and I'm thinking in ... More >>

• Skankin' Pickle guitarist Lynette Knackstedt dies

  published Dec 13, 2007

  We received an email earlier this week that Skankin' Pickle guitarist Lynette Knackstedt died last week in the band's practice space. We're still waiting for confirmations on the details, but Punkne... More >>

• RIP Ike Turner

  published Dec 12, 2007

  The controversial music legend died today at age 76. Full story here.... More >>

• Wear your music snobbery on your sleeve

  published Dec 10, 2007

  Best music elitist shirt ever (thanks to John Graham for the link).... More >>

• Local label Six Degrees earns three Grammy nods

  published Dec 07, 2007

  (Grammy nominee CeU) Congrats to local world-spanning label Six Degrees for picking up three Grammy nominations in 2007. New CDs by CeU, Bebel Gilberto, and Spanish Harlem Orchestra were recognize... More >>

• Entering the Yelp universe

  published Dec 06, 2007

  (Yelp VIP Nish Nadaraja and friend, courtesy of Yelp) December is the best month for party-crashing. Open bars line the city as everyone from Hennessey to SOMA loft spaces hosts some sorta function... More >>

• Classic metal -- or make that classical metal

  published Dec 06, 2007

  Just got the new zombie-friendly video from Judgment Day, a local metal band comprising a drummer, a cellist, and a violin player. If you like what they do with the living dead here, you can check o... More >>

• Last Night: Vampire Weekend at the Independent

  published Dec 06, 2007

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• Getting 'Saved with Mark Lanegan

  published Dec 05, 2007

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• McCoy Tyner with Savion Glover tops SF JAZZ annoucement of spring lineup

  published Dec 04, 2007

  (McCoy Tyner) SF JAZZ announced this morning its spring lineup, which includes performances from McCoy Tyner with Savion Glover, Brad Mehldau, Jack DeJohnette, and more. Full press release below:SFJ... More >>

• Lou Reed, Patti Smith, the Supremes: rare footage at SF Library

  published Dec 03, 2007

  (Lou Reed and John Cale -- "Waiting for the Man" 1972) If local rock historian Richie Unterberger didn't host his free monthly movie nights at the Page St. library, we'd still have YouTube. But comb... More >>

• Peace, love, and lingerie: Hey Willpower's new video

  published Nov 30, 2007

  Local popsters Hey Willpower aren't releasing their latest disc, P.D.A., until Jan. 22. But the video for "Double Fantasy II" -- featuring the kids stripped down to their socks and undies -- went l... More >>

• RIAA's purse strings clippedr Pretty pleaser

  published Nov 29, 2007

  BAGeL Radio reports today that record label EMI is considering slashing funding for the RIAA, that mean old organization that sues grannies and college kids for downloading music illegally. I echo Ted... More >>

• Daft Punk + movie about robots + live laser show = your Friday night highlight

  published Nov 26, 2007

  (Electroma trailer) This year, Daft Punk debuted its version of Two Lane Blacktop-ennui with Electroma, an arty flick about two robots who trapse around a quiet town, experience a literal face melti... More >>

• Beirut in Paris

  published Nov 16, 2007

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• U.S. Immigration is so Uptight

  published Nov 16, 2007

  Despite Mike Rowell's glowing plug for Japanese band Up-Tight in our Hear This picks ("[The band's] disc is a transcendent listen that ranges from ethereal melancholy to gargantuan guitar-freakout s... More >>

• Tonight: Art and Hamburger Dudes

  published Nov 08, 2007

  (photo by Ray Potes) The Hamburger Eyes empire is expanding. First, the talented self-taught photographers launched their lauded magazine. Then they opened a "photo epicenter" earlier this year in t... More >>

• Tonight: Local Chanteuse Emily Jane White Channels Cat Power

  published Nov 08, 2007

  It's a shame I didn't have space to plug Emily Jane White's CD release in print this week. The local twentysomething songwriter has an amazingly melancholy voice, which she uses to sing evocative ba... More >>

• Memorial for J Church's Lance Hahn set for Nov. 11

  published Nov 02, 2007

  The San Francisco memorial for Lance Hahn -- the frontman for the best band to namecheck MUNI, J Church -- has been set for Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Hemlock at 5 p.m. Hanh died on October 21 at the you... More >>

• Local actor screwed over by Will Smith's "Happyness"

  published Nov 02, 2007

  Nice that Will Smith got so much recognition for playing a struggling San Franciscan in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness. But what about the plight of an actual San Franciscan -- a local acto... More >>

• SF Garage Rock Faves Black Lips move to the big screen in 'Let It Be'

  published Nov 01, 2007

  Despite bad (gold) teeth, questionable mustaches, and scrawny physiques, Atlanta garage rockers the Black Lips are going to be little movie stars in the future. This according to a press release sen... More >>

• And the Winners Are: Results from the '07 Music Awards

  published Oct 19, 2007

  Last night at Ruby Skye, we placed some very special trophies in the hands of all the winners for this year's SF Weekly Music Awards. Here's a recap of who went home with a figure of a twisty dude hol... More >>

• Jack Kerouac's clan analyzed in the New Yorker

  published Oct 04, 2007

  The 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's On the Road has cast his famous book under new light, but the best essay I've read about both the novel and the pals who populated it is in the new issue of th... More >>

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• FolkYeah brings fall fun to Big Sur

  published Sep 19, 2007

  (Ariel Pink) For those who like the idea of an intimate weekend music fest where you can sip wine under the redwood trees and retreat between songs to cozy campfires, FolkYeah hosts pretty much the ... More >>