Arts, Entertainment, and Media

"This is the End": The Apatow Boys Will Fart Us Unto That Endless Night

National Parks To Get Major Food Makeover

Culinary offerings in America's national parks are about to get a lot tastier. A new initiative announced by the National Park Service last week outlines guidelines for healthier concessions in parks, including the use of local, sustainably produced foods whenever possible, reports the Washington Po ... More >>

Know Your Street Art: "Queer Street Art" in the Mission

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5 Soundtracks That Were Better Than the Movies

As anticipation grows for the release of Brad Pitt's zombie epic, World War Z, he's been singing the praises of the work Muse has done for the movie's soundtrack. Pitt recently called Muse's involvement "nice kismet." Given who's involved, we think he's either crazy or exaggerating -- a lot. And giv ... More >>

Easy, Noisy Living: Nor-Cal's Best Summer Music Festivals

Poems for Jazzbos

Dueling Banjos

LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, and De La Soul Reign Over Shoreline, 5/25/13

Kings of the Mic with LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, De La Soul Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday, May 25, 2013 Better than: Most rap shows. The rappers on stage at Shoreline on Saturday night's King of the Mic tour ranged from 43 to 54 years old, and they all exuded much more energy onstage tha ... More >>

The 7 Most Iconic Bay Area Band Logos

By TAMARA PALMER and IAN S. PORT Having a great band logo is more than art; it's also part science, alchemy, and business smarts. To create something impactful is like capturing lightning in a bottle, and a successful effort results in an image fans will want to show off for years. A few local grea ... More >>

The Making of Mikal Cronin: How a Shy Kid from Laguna Beach Became the Best Pop Songwriter in San Francisco

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The Great Gatsby's Soundtrack Doesn't Fit Its Message

Five Musicians Mocking Themselves in Movie Cameos

So. Word on the street is that both Drake and Kanye West are filming cameos for the upcoming Anchorman 2 movie. We'd love to see both of them doing something self-deprecating and hilarious, but Kanye is involved, so we'll not hold our breath. Truthfully, the only thing better than musicians showing ... More >>

Yelling in the Basement

Goldenvoice Announces First City Festival in Monterey With Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, More

Every year seems to bring more entrants to the Northern California music festival scene. The latest is First City, a two-day festival this Aug. 24-25 at the Monterey fairgrounds that will bring out big, indie-leaning names like Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, Toro y Moi, and Neko Case ... More >>

Shuck and Jive: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Forces a Redefinition of Environmentalism

Off the Farm: Globe-Hopping Street Artist Aryz Gifts the City With a Five-Story Canvas and a Few Small Ones

Bottle Rock: The Black Keys and Flaming Lips Can't Break Through Distractions at Napa Valley's New Fest, 5/10/13

The Black Keys, the Flaming Lips, Andrew Bird, Alabama Shakes, the Dirty Projectors, Vintage Trouble and more Friday, May 10, 2013 Bottle Rock Napa Valley Better than: Bob's Hot Rods cover band, Craig Chaquico, or other music you'd typically hear at a winery. Ostensibly the four-day event that too ... More >>

Paul Collins on 1970s San Francisco and the Redemption of 'Power-Pop'

Paul Collins founded the Nerves in 1975 with Jack Lee and Peter Case in San Francisco. The group struggled to gain momentum, but the track "Hangin' on the Telephone," from their sole 1976 EP, was propelled into fame by Blondie's faithful cover on the 1978 breakthrough LP Parallel Lines. Following th ... More >>

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Kanye West Thinks He's God -- Here Are Four Other Musicians Who They Are, Too

We all know that story about how mad people got when John Lennon said the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." There was uproar! There were banners! There were protests! But these days, musicians have the audacity to compare themselves to actual Gods and no one bats an eyelid. Let's take a look a ... More >>

Power Poet

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Wal-Art

Move Tube

Poetic License

Street Waltzing

Mount Tam Jam Books Galactic, Cake, and Others to Benefit Marin State Parks

There hasn't been a rock concert on top of Mount Tamalpais in decades. But there will be this year, when the first-ever Mount Tam Jam brings Galactic, Cake, Taj Mahal, and others to play a benefit show for the Marin County peak on its very own slopes. The concert comes at at difficult time for the C ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

The State of Snoop Dogg: An Awkward Gangstafari

Boobylicious: Five Insanely Breast-Centric Stage Outfits

Boobs. Everyone loves 'em -- even gay men. So can we really blame pop starlets for coming up with outfits that push the appearance of their breasticles to cartoonish levels? The answer is: Yes. Yes we can. Not only are there small children watching, but presenting breasts as cakes and/or flamethrowe ... More >>

One Last Lecture

Hips For A Week

Gender Roles: Local Theater Confronts the Lack of Women Behind the Scenes

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The Odd Spectacle of Musicians Being in Other Musicians' Weddings

Everyone loves a good wedding -- the booze, the food, the outfits, the awkward drunk uncle dance. But truth is, nuptials are even more fascinating when famous musicians are involved. (What do their drunk uncles look like doing "The Birdie Song" dance?!) Here are five musicians and singers who have p ... More >>

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Traveling Exhibits: Will Anyone Find the New Design Museum?

Brian as "Brian"

Tropical Weather

Haute Links: When Blogs Become Ads

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Five Straight Rappers Who Support LGBT Rights

As we're sure you're aware, the U.S. Supreme Court is again hearing arguments today about what to do with the issue of same-sex marriage. If the inundation of red profile pics on Twitter and Facebook is any indication, the growing social tide is on the side of the gay folk. Yet another sign that the ... More >>

Clutch Singer Neil Fallon Remembers When Rock 'n' Roll Was Dangerous

While a host of hard-rock groups still try to emulate the monolithic sounds of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Maryland-based rock juggernaut Clutch stands as a rare band that captures the relentless swing and ferocious groove that elevated those two iconic acts to greatness. For more than 20 years, ... More >>

Live 105's BFD Lineup: Thirty Seconds to Mars, Passion Pit, Silversun Pickups, DJ Shadow, and More

Live 105 this morning released the lineup for its annual BFD spring mini-festival, which will head to Shoreline Amphitheatre for the 19th year on Sunday, May 19. Headlining the day are Thirty Seconds to Mars, Passion Pit, Silversun Pickups, and Jimmy Eat World. Other notable performers include DJ Sh ... More >>

Environmentalists Campaign Crissy Field, Yosemite to Ban Bottled-Water

Bottled-water might not be as sexy as, say, public nudity in San Francisco, which actually isn't sexy, but environmentalists have launched an equally passionate campaign to ban bottled-water across national parks. Their next stop: San Francisco, where city officials have been barred from bottled- ... More >>

Stiff Life

Dawn Richard Finds New Life Outside of Diddy's Pop Machine

Dawn Richard's Goldenheart album is the sound of freedom, of a singer-songwriter unfettered by the binds of the pop music machine. Released in January, Goldenheart quickly topped the iTunes R&B chart and opened up a wide new fan base for the New Orleans-born singer best known for being one-fifth of ... More >>

Greensky Bluegrass and Sam Bush Jam Out at the Fillmore, 3/15/13

Greensky Bluegrass with Sam Bush Friday, March 15, 2013 The Fillmore Better than: Knocking around a hacky sack in Golden Gate Park. Greensky Bluegrass is one of the nation's leading newgrass bands. What's that mean? Essentially, they bring world-class musicianship to old-school hippie-rock jams. T ... More >>