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Issue: April 22, 2009
Page: 2
52 stories found - 21 through 40
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  1. Night&Day

    Ferlinghetti

    By Jonathan Kiefer
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Whether this will stand as the definitive documentary profile of the definitive local poet, publisher, provocateur and City Lights co-founder is for history to judge. In the...

  2. Night&Day

    Yogi Bear

    By Michelle Orange
    Published: April 22, 2009

    There are a number of tensions at play in Kate Churchill’s Enlighten Up!, a documentary about the proliferation of yoga as both spiritual path and commercial workout...

  3. Feature

    SFIFF52:Q&A with David Lee Miller

    My Suicide director talks about death and the Internet.

    By Jonathan Kiefer
    Published: April 22, 2009

    If you've ever seriously wondered what the point of it all is, or whether one reason your life feels so empty is that you watch too much of it on a screen, you are very much in...

  4. Feature

    SFIFF52:On Location

    Films with Bay Area ties.

    By Jonathan Kiefer
    Published: April 22, 2009

    D Tour Being in an indie-rock band can be great fun — unless you have to do dialysis while on tour. This doc explores how East Bay rockers Rogue Wave had to rally...

  5. Feature

    SFIFF52:Star Power

    Special events at the fest bringout the celebrities.

    By Michael Fox
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Stars have long lured moviegoers to the theater, and for half a century festivals have used that gravitational pull to generate media attention, raise the glamour quotient, and...

  6. Matt Smith

    Whipped and Gagged

    Is government spending obscene? Well, it paid to train S&M filmmakers.

    By Matt Smith
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Talk about an economic stimulus. California taxpayers have paid $46,791 so that employees of the San Francisco pornographer Kink.com might produce more perfect web-based...

  7. Sucka Free City

    Animal Control gives Dog-Cat-Rat Man's pets a clean bill of health

    By Peter Jamison
    Published: April 22, 2009

    San Franciscans generally fear the great unknown beyond their windswept peninsula, particularly when that unknown takes the form — so rare within city limits — of...

  8. Sucka Free City

    Democratic Party contest pits bad boy Chris Daly against dark-past-lugging August Longo

    By Joe Eskenazi
    Published: April 22, 2009

    When Supervisor Chris Daly tossed his hat into the ring for the low-profile, unpaid position of Democratic Party regional director last week, much of the ensuing media coverage...

  9. Sucka Free City

    Dancing on the Culture Bus' ashes

    By Gordon Young
    Published: April 22, 2009

    It seems the ill-conceived, bright-yellow Muni 74X CultureBus — created to shuttle tourists to various San Francisco cultural icons and backed by Mayor Gavin Newsom...

  10. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Miracle Cell or Hard Sell? Third opinion: Having been integrally involved with embryonic-stem-cell research funding since it began (I was the citizen-sponsor of the Roman Reed...

  11. Music

    Throbbing Gristle's local homecoming

    By Ron Nachmann
    Published: April 22, 2009

    In May 1981, industrial godfathers Throbbing Gristle played a final show in San Francisco before breaking up. They followed in the footsteps of fellow iconic British bands the...

  12. Music

    Dan Deacon brings a human element to spastic jams

    By Nicholas Gitomer
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Although Dan Deacon's moshable hybrid of punk-rock energy, Casio melodies, and chipmunk vocals made him an instant indie darling two years ago, his musical pedigree is more...

  13. Let's Get Killed

    In the Red plays favorites — and survives indie labeldom

    By Jennifer Maerz
    Published: April 22, 2009

    People are seriously questioning whether record labels are necessary anymore. At a time when artists can market themselves directly to fans through the Internet, discussions...

  14. Reviewed

    Kush Arora

    The Dread Bass Chronicles (Kush Arora Productions)

    By Tim Pratt
    Published: April 22, 2009

    The emergence of Bay Area dubstep parties over the last couple of years illustrates the ever-expanding audience for music that combines elements of drum 'n' bass, breaks, dub,...

  15. Reviewed

    Asher Roth

    Asleep in the Bread Aisle (SchoolBoy/SRC/Universal Motown)

    By Ben Westhoff
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Being a privileged white guy from the Philly suburbs doesn't disqualify Asher Roth from legitimate hip-hop MC status — not being able to spin an interesting yarn does....

  16. Reviewed

    Serge Gainsbourg

    Histoire de Melody Nelson (Light in the Attic)

    By Brian J. Barr
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Even with no knowledge of the French language, it'd still be fairly obvious that Serge Gainsbourg's 1971 album was consumed with lust. The pelvic-thrust basslines, his...

  17. Hear This

    Spinal Tap "Unwigged and Unplugged"

    By Ezra Gale
    Published: April 22, 2009

    True story: Years ago, this writer ran smack into comedians Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer in an East Village bar, holding court in character as Spinal...

  18. Hear This

    Hostile Crawlcore

    By Phil Freeman
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Bay Area punk legends Flipper go through bassists like Spinal Tap did drummers; most recently, Nirvana veteran Krist Novoselic left and was replaced by Rachel Thoele, the...

  19. Hear This

    The Paper Route

    By Dan Strachota
    Published: April 22, 2009

    Over the past decade, Jason Quever has proven adept at spinning gorgeously murky pop with his Papercuts ensemble. His fourth disc, You Can Have What You Want, is no different,...

  20. Hear This

    Grouchy Attitude

    By Tamara Palmer
    Published: April 22, 2009

    The Grouch & Eligh's new album Say G&E! reveals the similar lyrical delivery style shared by these rappers and longtime friends. They twist tongues so quickly it takes some...

Issue: April 22, 2009
Page: 2
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