Email Author Ian S. Port

Awards

• 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

• Tonight! Mushroom with jazz great Eddie Gale

  published Jul 12, 2007

  Last week we ran this piece about psychedelic genre-tweakers Mushroom, and their pairing with legendary trumpter and Sun Ra/Coltrane pal Eddie Gale. Tonight's your chance to hear the fruits of their ... More >>

• New club on Natoma row

  published Jul 12, 2007

  Last night I went to the little soft launch party for a new club called Temple. The place is located in SOMA, on Natoma row (Varnish, John Colins) but is tucked down there at the end, under the freewa... More >>

• Cred Sheet: Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism

  published Jul 11, 2007

  by Rob Harvilla Poignant Video Imagery R. Kelly and Usher playing pickup basketball in the "Same Girl" video. Neither of them is worth a damn in the low post. Patriotic Gestures Watching some dude a... More >>

• Broken English: fixing the flaws in romantic comedies

  published Jul 11, 2007

  Most romantic comedies are abysmally trite. They either show the cute, quirky blonde fumbling along until she meets Mr. Dashing and it all works out in the end, or they show the cute, quirky blonde ... More >>

• M.I.A. at Rickshaw Stop

  published Jul 10, 2007

  This show is probably going to sell out in the amount of time it took to announce it. But if you're really quick with the credit card this Friday when tickets go on sale (and if M.I.A. finally makes i... More >>

• Last Night: Band of Horses at Great American

  published Jul 06, 2007

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• This Afternoon: Earth at Amoeba

  published Jul 05, 2007

  Earth July 5, 2007 Better Than: Sitting in your office at 2 p.m., unless your office happens to be the riverbank of a magical forest in the middle of nowhere. If so, I want a job there too. For a ... More >>

• Raccoo-oo-oon at the Heml-oo-ck

  published Jul 04, 2007

  (Totally pro shot by Jennifer Maerz) Raccoo-oo-oon July 3, 2007 The Hemlock Better Than: Getting stoned in your basement with a bunch of techie music freaks Great effort was put into coming up with... More >>

• Everyone's a winner tonight: Riverboat Gamblers at Elbo Room

  published Jun 25, 2007

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• SF Weekly is looking for arts writers

  published Jun 21, 2007

  So you love pop culture (music, theater, visual art, dance, multi-media combos of all of the above)r And you love writing (have clips, keep a blog, have plenty of opinions and not enough places to pri... More >>

• Traditional Fools go through some serious LB drama

  published Jun 20, 2007

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• Last Night: Gang Gang Dance and Ariel Pink at the Independent

  published Jun 19, 2007

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• Mmmmm ... Dookie

  published Jun 19, 2007

  Rolling Stone magazine reported this week that local punks Green Day are both making a cameo in the upcoming The Simpsons Movie and have written the animated flick's theme song. The rag says the sin... More >>

• M.I.A., DJ Shadow, and Modest Mouse: shipwrecked on Treasure Island!

  published Jun 18, 2007

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• Pour me some Sugar (C.L.A.W.S., Frameline, Sugar & Gold)

  published Jun 15, 2007

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• Last Night: The Fratellis at the Fillmore

  published Jun 15, 2007

  (photo courtesy Ted Leibowitz/BAGeL Radio) The Fratellis June 14, 2007 The Fillmore Better Than: That first show you could go to without the folks in tow, that one where you made out with the cute d... More >>

• Make. It. Stop. (Bangles)

  published Jun 14, 2007

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• Chow Nasty gets arty with The Party's Over

  published Jun 08, 2007

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• Reppin' the Western Addition

  published Jun 06, 2007

  It's all happening in the Western Addition, doncha know. Between the Page bar and Little Star Pizza, you can keep your gullet stuffed on a budget. But if you also require something to nip the hunger... More >>

• published Jun 06, 2007

  High on Fire is back in the studio, working on a new record to be titled Death is This Communion. The first secret to be leaked about this one is that our local metal kings are totally going grunge! T... More >>

• Coconuts and half-banana bassists are way cool

  published May 25, 2007

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• Emily Jane White tonight

  published May 25, 2007

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