Antarctica

"Melting Away": Camille Seaman Documents a Changing World

Planet B

Gwar's Oderus Urungus on Eating Crack, Dining on Mexicans, and Cultivating STDs

It must be difficult being billions of years old and living amongst the repulsive society of the human species, but our interview with Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus reveals that he has found certain simple pleasures to temper his hatred. The extraterrestrial heavy metal legend loudly snorted and burp ... More >>

"The Thing": Effective if Witless Remake of Horror Classic

It must be difficult being billions of years old and living amongst the repulsive society of the human species, but our interview with Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus reveals that he has found certain simple pleasures to temper his hatred. The extraterrestrial heavy metal legend loudly snorted and burp ... More >>

Fantasy Island: The Strange Tale of Alleged Fraudster Pearlasia Gamboa

It must be difficult being billions of years old and living amongst the repulsive society of the human species, but our interview with Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus reveals that he has found certain simple pleasures to temper his hatred. The extraterrestrial heavy metal legend loudly snorted and burp ... More >>

We Got Radiohead's Universal Sigh Newspaper in S.F. Did You?

Got it (happy sigh).​At about 1:30 p.m. today, after 40 minutes of waiting on Mission Street, we were handed a copy of Radiohead's much-ballyhooed newspaper, The Universal Sigh. It's 12 pages, with color on the front, back, and middle. It contains a lot of first-person writing, some Radiohead lyri ... More >>

This Is Noise Pop: What Not to Miss at S.F.'s Signature Indie Music Fest

Got it (happy sigh).​At about 1:30 p.m. today, after 40 minutes of waiting on Mission Street, we were handed a copy of Radiohead's much-ballyhooed newspaper, The Universal Sigh. It's 12 pages, with color on the front, back, and middle. It contains a lot of first-person writing, some Radiohead lyri ... More >>

Fresh Eats

Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

We're Compiling a List of San Francisco's Best Dishes

Perry Lucina​Coming up with SFoodie's annual list of San Francisco's best things to eat and drink is like packing for a yearlong sabbatical to Antarctica. You start by laying out on the bed all the clothes you think you need, then abandon stuff when you find you can't cram it into your duffel. ... More >>

Film Showtimes for the week of November 3-9, 2010

Perry Lucina​Coming up with SFoodie's annual list of San Francisco's best things to eat and drink is like packing for a yearlong sabbatical to Antarctica. You start by laying out on the bed all the clothes you think you need, then abandon stuff when you find you can't cram it into your duffel. ... More >>

Investors From Mumbai, Houston, L.A., Behind $2.33B purchase of State Buildings

Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

Fiorello's Caramel Balsamic Ice Cream Inspires A Certain Frantic Obsessiveness

It's like that.​Maybe the rambling, effusive message we left on the San Rafael-based company's answering machine at 11 p.m. had a different effect than the one we intended. What else were we to do? We had questions to ask. A friend had brought over a stunningly good pint of caramel balsamic ic ... More >>

Antarctica

It's like that.​Maybe the rambling, effusive message we left on the San Rafael-based company's answering machine at 11 p.m. had a different effect than the one we intended. What else were we to do? We had questions to ask. A friend had brought over a stunningly good pint of caramel balsamic ic ... More >>

Antarctica

It's like that.​Maybe the rambling, effusive message we left on the San Rafael-based company's answering machine at 11 p.m. had a different effect than the one we intended. What else were we to do? We had questions to ask. A friend had brought over a stunningly good pint of caramel balsamic ic ... More >>

San Francisco Overrun With Drunken, Smoking, Half-Naked Santas Again

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Quebec Mon Amour

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Art House

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Art House

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Art House

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Art House

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Saturday: S.F. Bierfest at The EndUp

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Last Night: Barn Owl at the Hemlock

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Saturday Night: Encounters at the End of the World

Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.) Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I head ... More >>

Deep Freeze

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

Encounters at the End of the World

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Unhealthy Union

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

Loyd Family Players, Langhorne Slim, Karpov -- ASD's Live Music Picks for July 13

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

The Ice-Breaker

Even when saturated with scientific jargon, the script reads like poetry

Primal Fur

Disney parades its pooches through the frigid Eight Below

Best Laid Plans

Michael Winterbottom delivers the sex, and not much else

Miracle on Ice

The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better

Love on the Run

How a combination footrace and frat party became one of the best places in the city to hook up

Summer Film Previews

How a combination footrace and frat party became one of the best places in the city to hook up

Punk in Drublic

Piecing together a long night of drinking the old fashioned way: horribly

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Ugly Casanova

Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop)

Shut Up!

Former musician Bernie Krause has spent 30 years recording the pristine sounds of nature in the remotest corners of the world. Now, after all his travels, he has an important message for the human race: Shut up!

Cold Fête

A fund-raiser for an unusual art space gives new meaning to the term "frozen dinner"

Pop Philosophy

Two clubs and a little Norwegian

Two to Say Go

The woman who would bike the length of North and South America, and the man who's running around the world

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Night Crawler

The Art of Surfing

Quannum Leap

Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

Escaping Metreon

Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

Real Astrology

For an Unreal World

Homage to Patagonia

For an Unreal World

Woodstick

Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

CyberTowne U.S.A.

Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Tired of computer gimmickry and gadgetry for Christmas? Prepare for exhaustion!