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Avril Lavigne

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Before Iggy Pop: Five Artists' Memorable And/Or Awful Attempts to Sing in French

    On May 9th, Iggy Pop is releasing his latest album. Woo-hoo! But wait. Simmer down. The record is called Après and it will be comprised mostly of French cover versions -- Edith Piaf and Serge Gainsbourg songs included. We applaud Iggy's ongoing enthusiasm for multi-culturalism and bilingual experim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    The Top 6 Most Annoying Teen Pop Stars -- Other Than Justin Bieber

    Justin Bieber: Is there anything more annoying than his stupid helmet hair, saccharine songs, creepy affinity for hitting on older women and tiny, little, smooth, smug face? Not yet, no. But if Ashton Kutcher gets his way, there may well be. For PerezHilton.com has just reported that not only would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Glee Audition Videos: How Can Bad Music Be So Good?

    And by good, we mean hilarious and strangely affecting. The user-submitted audition vids for Glee, Fox's teen singing dramedy, inspire heaps of schadenfreude. They also raise the question of how fame could possibly be worth such shameless public humiliation. But some of these vids--even some of ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    Pay for Play

    Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese (Devo, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals) sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler to promote his new album.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Tease Your Food-Obsessed Brain at Sunday's Edible Pursuit Trivia Contest

    Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    Liz Phair returns from Guyville exile

    Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2008

    Stagecoach 2008: Friday dispatch photos

    Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    February 6, 2008

    Burnout Paradise Rekindles Auto Erotica on PS3, XBOX 360

    Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2007

    The Question of Our Time

    Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known ... More >>

  • Music

    September 12, 2007

    The Donnas' Bitchin' Party

    SF's ladies lose the major label and regain the rock

  • Music

    April 18, 2007

    Rehab Is for Quitters

    The stars need fixin'

  • Film

    May 17, 2006

    Shell Game

    Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

  • Music

    August 17, 2005

    Exile in Mainstream

    Can the songwriter's follow-up to the disastrous Liz Phair reconcile her altrock past with her pop-rock present?

  • Summer Guide

    June 29, 2005

    Music Highlights

    Bands reunited, sock-stuffing legends, and chanteuses from Charo to Chaka? It could only mean summer sounds in the Bay Area!

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Grammar School of Rock

    Never mind the bollocks, here's $lot Ma¢hine, the newest, meanest punk band in town -- aged 12 and under

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Marrying the Mainstream

    White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2004

    With Avengeance

    Teens and Geritol punkers alike will swarm to the Avengers' all-ages show

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    Too Sexy for Their Rock

    Fashionable retro rock has jumped the shark. Here's why.

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Me Talk Pretty

    In conversation with comedian Patton Oswalt and the original pianist for John Kerry's Electras

  • Music

    June 2, 2004

    Grumpy Old Punks

    In the age of Blink-182 and Yellowcard, being punk ain't what it used to be. Just ask the seniors in Pirx the Pilot.

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, May 5, 2004

  • Music

    April 28, 2004

    The Fog of Fog

    Talking to my doppelganger, Fog's Andrew Broder, on subjects ranging from war to penis

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 28, 2004

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    666, Dude

    Avril Lavigne and Tracy + the Plastics and the corruption of culture

  • Music

    May 28, 2003

    Liz Phair

    Liz Phair

  • Music

    April 30, 2003

    Special Delivery

    The Postal Service offers up the first rocktronic masterpiece

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