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Bono (Musician)

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    November 25, 2008

    Last Night: Deerhunter at the Great American Music Hall

    DeerhunterMonday, Nov. 22, 2008Great American Music HallWords by Jennifer Maerz, Photo by Chrissy LoaderBetter than: Getting yet another eyefull from Pitchfork about how great Deerhunter is.On record, Deerhunter is a band that can easily sound like precious ambiance. I mean that in a complimentary w ... More >>

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    December 29, 2008

    Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

    By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end ... More >>

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    March 1, 1995

    Slap Shots

    By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end ... More >>

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    January 27, 2009

    When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going -- to Davos?

    Where's Gavin? Far from San Francisco. Far from our problems. Today the Board of Supervisors begins the nails-on-chalkboard, surgery-sans-anesthetic, Adam Sandler Film Festival-painful process of adopting hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts. Gavin Newsom won't be there. Not that the mayor ... More >>

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    June 28, 1995

    Fandemonium

    Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

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    November 5, 2008

    Charting rockers' vigor by their backstage aphrodisiacs:

    Idle Worship with KISS, Nancy Sinatra, Camille Paglia, and Chevy Chase

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    May 7, 2008

    One Google Guy

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    April 16, 2008

    Also Playing

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    April 9, 2008

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    November 21, 2007

    oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs

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    September 5, 2007

    Megadeth

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    May 31, 2006

    Dreams of Syndication

    United Abominations (Roadrunner)

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    November 23, 2005

    The Hard Sellout

    Bruce Brugmann, Frank Chu, Super Balls, U2, and folk-playing surfers

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    May 26, 2004

    Summer Film Previews

    Bruce Brugmann, Frank Chu, Super Balls, U2, and folk-playing surfers

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    October 29, 2003

    They Might Be Authors

    Kiddie books meet rock

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    July 16, 2003

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    February 19, 2003

    The Eleventh Time's the Charm

    Our critic handicaps the latest installment of Noise Pop

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    August 28, 2002

    Mali Music

    Mali Music (Astralwerks)

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    December 5, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

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    May 30, 2001

    Fighting Nuns

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    Recordings

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    July 24, 1996

    Recordings

    Oh, brother -- sisters invade the W Hotel

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    June 14, 2010

    Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix From Bookworms

    ​Nicholas Dawson has been hard at work for over five years on the musical project Bookworms. In that time, Dawson has churned out a couple of EPs and the full-length LP The Hidden Staircase on Solos Records, in addition to remixing local favorites Mi Ami and Lemonade. His style is hard t ... More >>

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    June 16, 2010

    Google May Launch iTunes Rival, Rock Concert Injuries, Shred Guitar on Your iPhone

    Bono, your ruined back totally ruined our week​Google may launch music store to battle with iTunes this fall. [CNET]U2 had to postpone tonight's show in Oakland due to Bono's back injury. Disappointed, the Chron assembles a list of famous rock injury moments. [SF Gate]Members of Oakland noise-psy ... More >>

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    June 16, 2010

    Summer Bloodbath? The Concert Industry Had It Coming

    Was seeing Petty's grin worth the price? Tell us in the comments section​Summer 2010 is turning out to be a bloodbath for the concert industry. As Billboard reports:Individual shows, legs of tours, or entire tours have been canceled or postponed by such artists as U2 (due to Bono's back surgery), ... More >>

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    July 13, 2010

    U2 Reschedules Oakland Concert to 2011

    "See you in 2011, Oakland"​You may resume breathing, disappointed Bay Area U2 fans: Bono and company are coming back. But not until next year. As you no doubt remember, U2 had to cancel last month's Oakland show due to the sunglassed singer's emergency back surgery. Tour promoter Live Nation annou ... More >>

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    August 18, 2010

    Love Doesn't Actually Kill

    "See you in 2011, Oakland"​You may resume breathing, disappointed Bay Area U2 fans: Bono and company are coming back. But not until next year. As you no doubt remember, U2 had to cancel last month's Oakland show due to the sunglassed singer's emergency back surgery. Tour promoter Live Nation annou ... More >>

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    August 31, 2010

    Kanye West on Twitter: Top 8 Things We Want Kanye's Buying Advice On

    Kanye and his crew looking ready to dispense some buying advice.​Dear Kanye,In the approximately thirty-four days, five hours and seventeen minutes since you joined Twitter, you have taught the world great deal -- about yourself, about life, and even sometimes about music. But the rarest wisdom ye ... More >>

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    September 17, 2010

    George Lopez Hosting Kamala Harris Cocktail Soiree -- You Can Still Make It!

    We laughed. We cried...​For Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris, it's either up, up, up, or down, down, down. She spent much of this summer suffering the slings and arrows of her spectacular mishandling of the city's crime lab drug scandal. After attempting to nail Republican rival Steve Cool ... More >>

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    January 10, 2011

    The Top 6 Most Irritating Uses of a Really High Note in a Song

    The moral of this list? Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it. Nobody likes a show-off, and nobody enjoys shattered glass and burst eardrums. Here, then, are some proponents of high notes who really should've kept their vocal cords in check.6. Muse, "Micro Cuts"    ... More >>

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    February 18, 2011

    Radiohead's The King of Limbs: A First Listen

    ​ If Radiohead wants to move in real time, we music critics can oblige. I'm putting on the just-dropped The King of Limbs and engaging it as I listen. Here's a first take: "Bloom" Thom Yorke guested on Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma last year, and not wanting to be outdone, swiped a falling-down ... More >>

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    March 15, 2011

    'Outside' by Tapes 'n Tapes: A Bong's Eye View

    ​ Listen to this while high: Tapes 'n Tapes Outside ​Behind the buzz: Last Saturday night came down to a choice of the Tapes 'n Tapes show at the Bottom of the Hill or the superb skronk vaudeville at Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut on the other side of the Bay in Oakland. I figured I could ... More >>

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    April 12, 2011

    Toke Along with Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Then See Them at the Independent Tonight

    ​ This week: Toke along with Scala & Kolacny Brothers. ​ Behind the buzz: Anyone claiming mystification at this Coachella-bound rock choir needs a sharp rap across the skull with one of those dildos left over from a Die Antwoord video. You'd think cultural memory of a lopsided pair of So ... More >>

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    May 2, 2011

    Six Musicians Who'd Make a Better President Than Donald Trump

    So, it turns out that angling to be a presidential nominee turns you into a massive racist. At least, that's all we've been able to glean so far from Donald Trump's ill-informed and bafflingly ignorant behavior over the last few weeks. "I wanna see Obama's birth certificate! I wanna see Obama's ... More >>

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    May 27, 2011

    Tom Jones Appears On American Idol Finale To Zero Fanfare. We Call BS.

    Last Wednesday, the masochists amongst you may have caught the American Idol grand finale, during which baby-face baritone Scotty McCreery was crowned champion. The build-up to the announcement was nothing short of epic, featuring, as it did, performances from Lady Gaga (who's on the show so much at ... More >>

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    May 31, 2011

    Top Five Reasons to Hate Bono (Other Than That Stupid Spider-Man Musical)

    It was impossible to know, back when Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree came out, what Bono would one day turn into. He's been making it incredibly difficult to like him for about 15 years now, but -- woomp, there it is -- he just found a way to put a cherry on top of all that annoying behavior: He a ... More >>

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    June 8, 2011

    U2's Giant Spider Show Pops a Noisy, Well-Attended Squat in Oakland

    Christopher VictorioU2 in Oakland last night.​ U2 Lenny Kravitz Moonalice June 7, 2011 @ O.co Coliseum [The venue formerly known as the Oakland Coliseum] Better than: Watching a U2 concert DVD with the volume really high while standing outside with 70,000 other people. (But actually, that's e ... More >>

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    June 9, 2011

    Traffic-Trapped U2 Fans Might Sue for Missing Oakland Concert

    Christopher VictorioTraffic was so bad even Bono gave up and walked inside.​ The traffic jam exploding out of the Overstock.com Coliseum Tuesday night for the massive U2 concert was so bad that some people didn't make it inside -- at all. We told you. We weren't just being complainy music wr ... More >>

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    June 9, 2011

    Six Reasons Everyone Drove to Tuesday's U2 Concert and Caused a Huge Traffic Jam

    You don't get traffic jams the size of the one on I-880 Tuesday night for just any reason -- not even when one of the world's biggest rock bands is playing a sold-out show at Overstock.com Coliseum. The mess was so bad that some fans who missed the show are now reportedly pondering a lawsuit. Enou ... More >>

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    June 22, 2011

    How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

    Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

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    July 15, 2011

    5 Real Reasons the Monkees Don't Belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    The Monkees: Where are their leather pants?​ Do the Monkees belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Of course they don't. But not for the reasons Jann Wenner and his cabal of ex-Rolling Stone interns have decreed, which add up to the charge that Micky Dolenz, Davey Jones, Michael Nesmith, an ... More >>

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    July 27, 2011

    Seasunz on Hip-Hop Activism, Spirituality, and Speaking Klingon

    ​Ashel Eldridge has made the rounds. Otherwise known as Seasunz, Eldridge has emerged as a social and environmental activist, working with groups like Amazon Watch and Project Pink and partnering with Will.i.am to open a youth center in Oakland. And, lest we forget, he also makes music. In ju ... More >>

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    September 21, 2011

    R.I.P. R.E.M., Masters of a Beautiful, Eclectic Rock 'n' Roll

    Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>

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    December 1, 2011

    On World AIDS Day, No Talk of 'Barebacking' in San Francisco

    ​Today is World AIDS Day, and the men and women who have devoted themselves to fighting this pandemic -- from Bono to former President George W. Bush -- can justifiably take credit for a lot of progress.The day has particular resonance in San Francisco, which was at the forefront of formulating a ... More >>

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    December 23, 2011

    Top Six Christmas Songs That Don't Actually Suck

    That's right, folks. It's the rarest of things -- a Christmas song that doesn't make you want to vomit, or jam sharp pencils into your ear-holes. Finding one of these gems is like stumbling across a white tiger in your backyard -- you can't believe it's there, you know it's not supposed to be there, ... More >>

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