British Columbia

White Lung's Mish Way on Canadian Rock and the Prejudices of Male Bouncers

Mish Way is the lead vocalist of Vancouver, B.C.'s White Lung, whose sophomore full-length Sorry from 2012 is a relentless gust of uptempo, melodic punk. Notable as much for its instrumental ferocity as critical lyrical intelligence, Way draws from her experiences as a formal student of gender studi ... More >>

Paddling Faster

Fire Suit: An S.F. Family Challenges the Fireplace Industry

5 Things You Didn't Know About Oysters

I was an adult when I had my first oyster, though at 22 I was barely one. A local restaurant offered 50 cent oysters during weekday happy hours, and my friends and I started going because it made us feel like sophisticated high-rollers despite the fact that we were desperately broke (I couldn't even ... More >>

Felix Cartal on His Favorite Karaoke Song and What's Going on With His Hair

Lately, the talk surrounding Canadian producer and DJ Felix Cartal has focused on his hair, his love of sushi, and his latest album, Different Faces. Growing up in Vancouver listening to punk bands like Death From Above 1979, he later developed a taste for the electronic side of music. Eventually he ... More >>

S.F. Psych Outfit Sleepy Sun Talks Touring with White Hills, Losing a Singer, and Recording its Latest Album

One of the more celebrated bands to emerge in the past few years as part of San Francisco's new psychedelic-rock underground, Sleepy Sun made waves globally in 2009 with the release of its acclaimed debut album, Embrace. Shifting easily from epic Zeppelin-esque riff workouts to soulful, gospel-tinge ... More >>

One Last Spin: A Look Back at the Year in Bay Area Music

Pacific Salmon May Have Caught a Superbug

Factory farming is being held accountable for the the rise of antibiotic-resistent staph, virulent strains of E. coli, and now a powerful virus that has killed off huge numbers of Atlantic farmed salmon in Europe. But the latter seemed to be restricted to the ocean to the east of us until recently, ... More >>

California Has 1.1 Million Medical Marijuana Users, NORML Says

We pot more than we need politicians​California is the most populous state in the Union. It's where the nation's medical marijuana movement was birthed, and the Golden State is also where the rest of the country gets most of its illegal pot, judging by law enforcement statistics (lo siento, Britis ... More >>

San Francycle: The Truth About the Golden Gate Bridge Bike Speed Limit

​Okay, let's get down to brass tacks with this Golden Gate Bridge bicycle speed-limit crypto-bullshit. Here are the facts: According to a study commissioned by the Golden Gate Transportation District, on busy days the Golden Gate Bridge has as many as 6,000 cyclists. That number's going up -- but ... More >>

Big Pharma lobbies against S.F. drug proposal

Returning sea lions could be in for a shock

Zip Line Across Justin Herman Plaza -- What Could Go Wrong?

Jim HerdHere comes trouble...​On Thursday, folks who'd like to see your tourism dollars directed British Columbia's way, intuitively, erected a zip line on the Embarcadero, across Justin Herman Plaza. On the one hand, a zip line can't be a worse idea than adjacent Vaillancourt Fountain, another "g ... More >>

Jonathan Kauffman: Remapping the city, one memorable dish at a time

Chronic City: It's Obvious -- State Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is 'Failed Public Health Policy'

The November CoalitionDrug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif.​In a laudable nod to the obvious, members of the California Medical Association's (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a "failed public health policy."As enacte ... More >>

Newsom quotes the giant within

Now Open: Tsunami Mission Bay

One would think even those with their hearts dead set on opening a restaurant would be lying low during these uninspiring economic times. So some of us were surprised to see the empty space between Panera Bread and Philz Coffee (right across the street from SF Weekly's world headquarters) evolving i ... More >>

Identity Plagiarism

A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.

Eat to the Beat at Pan Ambient Brunch

The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas Headline Annual Rock the Bells Festival

Los Angeles Tap Water Judged Tastiest in the World, If You Can Believe It

A Petition: Cry for Justice: The Murder of Hugues de la Plaza

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Bring The Hard Sell to SF in Feb., Kid Koala Opens

Loca-voracious

If you want your food to be raised within a hundred miles, get down to the farm

Oil Spill Alert -- Bay Ships Getting Bigger, Ports To Get Busier

Lock and Load

LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

One-man Star Wars Trilogy

Hear ThisScientific methods, stoner rock, and Scandinavians

Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Misc. Reviews

If it's kinda, sorta music-related, we'll review it. This week: Nardwuar the Human Serviette's new DVD.

Primal Fur

Disney parades its pooches through the frigid Eight Below

Maple Leaf Boogie-Woogie

A cheat sheet of bands from the new Seattle -- that's right, Canada!

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Reconsider the Oyster

Bathing in bivalves by the bucket at three brilliant oyster bars

Hear This

Like punk rock conga lines and dissing Moby? This show's right up your alley.

Freak Show

Blacklight Theatre's bizarre bazaar

The New Pornographers

Electric Version

Picture This

Tenderloin residents strike a pose

Presumed Local

This year's superb S.F. International Asian American Film Festival focuses on homegrown, U.S. films

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 30, 2002

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists, and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation

Out With the New, In With the Old

The fear of change has been an ongoing parable of San Francisco. The city needs a new parable.

Savage Love

Dog Bites

Savage Love

Reviews

The House of Tudor

Borderlands

Dog Bites